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Israel’s El Al looks to new planes to reassert dominance

Israel’s El Al looks to new planes to reassert dominance

El Al’s main advantage has long been tough security; average age of its long-haul fleet is 18 years; airline, pilots in new wage deal to… Read More ›

Will Netanyahu’s visits to Muslim countries bring Israel’s secret ties out of the closet?

Will Netanyahu’s visits to Muslim countries bring Israel’s secret ties out of the closet?

Azerbaijan, located in the Caucasus region, and Kazakhstan, in Central Asia, are Muslim republics. Friendly relations with both of them, and especially the strategic alliance… Read More ›

New US Ambassador to Israel references ’embassy in Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem’

New US Ambassador to Israel references ’embassy in Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem’

During the campaign, Trump made it clear he would support Israel in a number of critical areas, including moving the American embassy to Jerusalem.  … Read More ›

Trump taps adviser Friedman to be US ambassador to Israel

Trump taps adviser Friedman to be US ambassador to Israel

In sign of president-elect’s resolve to move embassy to Jerusalem, intended envoy predicts he’ll be working from ‘Israel’s eternal capital’   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald… Read More ›

Tillerson’s past offers few clues on his Middle East perspective

Tillerson’s past offers few clues on his Middle East perspective

Trump’s choice for secretary of state, an oil man, will come under scrutiny for his broad opposition to sanctions.   WASHINGTON – Donald Trump announced… Read More ›

First cousins who thought entire family died in Holocaust united in Israel

First cousins who thought entire family died in Holocaust united in Israel

Two pairs of Polish Jewish siblings meet in Jerusalem after one of them finds her father’s testimony at Yad Vashem database filled out by previously… Read More ›

With fog delay, F-35 ceremony turns farcical — but it could’ve been worse

With fog delay, F-35 ceremony turns farcical — but it could’ve been worse

Event for Israel’s new fighter jet starts 6 hours late with greatly depleted audience; though unlike a botched 1976 ceremony for the F-15, it probably… Read More ›

Zionist Union MK warns Europe against letting in terrorism

Zionist Union MK warns Europe against letting in terrorism

“There is no doubt that the recent flood of refugees to Europe can be manipulated by terrorist organizations,” says Hilik Bar.   Europe must take… Read More ›

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

A new Ministry of Health report shows immense differences in the quality of medical care between the periphery regions of Israel and the Center; minister… Read More ›

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Combining hip-hop talent with a love of Torah, Ramat Beit Shemesh band Shtar shows things in Israel aren’t as black and white as its members’… Read More ›

New Jersey – Cleaning Woman Arrested For Stealing Jewelry From Jewish Family In Lakewood

New Jersey – Cleaning Woman Arrested For Stealing Jewelry From Jewish Family In Lakewood

New Jersey – The Lakewood Police Department is asking homeowners to check their valuables after a 31 year old Toms River resident was found to… Read More ›

Israel’s responsible adult

Israel’s responsible adult

Op-ed: The muezzin’s call for prayer is a nuisance that has to be taken care of, but this matter can be handled through an understanding… Read More ›

Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party

Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party

Minnesota congressman removes one of the key internal objections to his bid for DNC chair, but criticism on his Israel record and past ties to… Read More ›

Palestinians urge security council session over bill to legalize outposts

Palestinians urge security council session over bill to legalize outposts

“You can’t legalize a crime,”says Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.   Palestinian leaders reacted angrily Tuesday to the Knesset’s passage on… Read More ›

Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim refuse to attend a speech given by Uri Banki, father of Shira Banki, who was murdered by Yishai Schlissel at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

Six weeks before Inauguration Day, doomsday predictions about shattered relations and the outgoing president’s wrath striking Israel at the Security Council appear to have been… Read More ›

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

There is no freedom of religion for Jews in Israel, says Lapid.   Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Monday lamented the delay in implementing… Read More ›

Today’s counter-culture Millennials increasingly turn off, tune in, and go analog, says author

Today’s counter-culture Millennials increasingly turn off, tune in, and go analog, says author

In new book, David Sax reports on comeback of real things and explains why it matters to people of all ages   When author David… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Sassoon Children To Be Memorialized In Flatbush Family Center

Brooklyn, NY – Sassoon Children To Be Memorialized In Flatbush Family Center

  Brooklyn, NY – Almost two years after losing seven of her eight children to a catastrophic fire caused by a faulty hotplate, Gayle Sassoon… Read More ›

Dutch police nab several jihadists who plotted synagogue attack

Dutch police nab several jihadists who plotted synagogue attack

Two main suspects and additional accomplices had planned to attack the synagogue in Amsterdam last year.   AMSTERDAM – Dutch police arrested several suspects in… Read More ›