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Blinken warns Israeli leaders Sheikh Jarrah evictions could spark new violence

Blinken warns Israeli leaders Sheikh Jarrah evictions could spark new violence

Top US diplomat says he passed along concern during visit to region, during which he heard of interest from both sides in maintaining Gaza ceasefire… Read More ›

Coast Guard: 2 Dead, 10 Missing After Boat Overturns In Keys

Coast Guard: 2 Dead, 10 Missing After Boat Overturns In Keys

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Two people are dead and 10 others are missing after their boat overturned Thursday near the Florida Keys, officials said.… Read More ›

McConnell doubles down to pressure Republicans, asking for ‘a personal favor’ to block January 6 commission

McConnell doubles down to pressure Republicans, asking for ‘a personal favor’ to block January 6 commission

Washington – In the last 24 hours, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has ramped up the pressure on his GOP Senate colleagues to oppose a… Read More ›

Opinion: How long will the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last?

Opinion: How long will the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last?

Hamas has now once again been given time to recover and rearm to be ready for another round of attacks at their chosen time, putting… Read More ›

Israel must understand it has a friend in the White House

Israel must understand it has a friend in the White House

Opinion: Biden’s conduct during the latest round of fighting in Gaza reassured Jerusalem that it will have Washington’s support no matter what, but in return… Read More ›

Hundreds protest New York’s Museum of Modern Art board’s Israel ties

Hundreds protest New York’s Museum of Modern Art board’s Israel ties

Activists accuse members Ron Lauder, Leon Black, Steven Tananbaum, others of ‘supporting apartheid rule’ and ‘artwashing’ the ‘occupation of Palestine’   Nearly 300 people have… Read More ›

Tens Of Thousands Participate In Online Rally To Demand Justice For Sarah Halimi

Tens Of Thousands Participate In Online Rally To Demand Justice For Sarah Halimi

  PARIS (JNS) – As many as 40,000 people participated in an online rally, along with leaders from France and Canada, to demand justice for… Read More ›

Biden tasks intelligence community to report on Covid origins in 90 days

Biden tasks intelligence community to report on Covid origins in 90 days

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and… Read More ›

Ashkenazi: Israel, int’l community partnering to weaken Hamas

Ashkenazi: Israel, int’l community partnering to weaken Hamas

“This is an Israeli, Palestinian, regional and international interest that will strengthen stability in the Middle East,” Israeli FM Gabi Ashkenazi said.   Israel will… Read More ›

U.S. concerns over China said threatening UAE arms deal

U.S. concerns over China said threatening UAE arms deal

Unease grew after Chinese army planes spotted in Emirati airport; WSJ quotes American officials as saying that preserving Israel’s military qualitative edge, preventing China from… Read More ›

IAEA chief: Iran’s uranium enrichment now at levels of ‘countries making bombs’

IAEA chief: Iran’s uranium enrichment now at levels of ‘countries making bombs’

Head of UN nuclear watchdog urges tight monitoring, warns that even if 2015 pact is revived Iranian program cannot be rolled back to previous status… Read More ›

US Cuts Mexico’s Aviation Safety Rating, Curbing New Flights

US Cuts Mexico’s Aviation Safety Rating, Curbing New Flights

  U.S. regulators have downgraded Mexico’s aviation safety rating, a move that prevents Mexican airlines from expanding flights to the United States just as travel… Read More ›

Analysis: Why scientists are suddenly more interested in the lab-leak theory of Covid’s origin

Analysis: Why scientists are suddenly more interested in the lab-leak theory of Covid’s origin

The United States is closer than ever to beating Covid-19, with half the country vaccinated and more restrictions lifting. But we’re as far as ever… Read More ›

Award-winning Filmmaker Eva Lanska to Direct First Documentary, The Abraham Accords Change History: Women in the Middle East

Award-winning Filmmaker Eva Lanska to Direct First Documentary, The Abraham Accords Change History: Women in the Middle East

Filmmaker Eva Lanska has directed and produced her first documentary titled, The Abraham Accords Change History: Women in the Middle East. This film was Co-Produced with Yves Friedman and Oren Rosenfeld.… Read More ›

Blinken trip to Israel aimed to ensure Israel, Hamas ceasefire holds

Blinken trip to Israel aimed to ensure Israel, Hamas ceasefire holds

Netanyahu warns Israel may act independently against nuclear Iran   US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed for the Middle East on Monday evening to… Read More ›

Israel’s weak policies brought about recent violence

Israel’s weak policies brought about recent violence

Opinion: Israel’s attempts to contain constant acts of aggression, from incendiary balloons and sporadic rocket fire to crime in the country’s north and south, have… Read More ›

As ceasefire holds, Israel reopens Gaza crossings for humanitarian aid

As ceasefire holds, Israel reopens Gaza crossings for humanitarian aid

Hamas said to threaten renewed fighting over any change to ‘status quo,’ reject proposed condition of releasing captives in exchange for Strip’s reconstruction   Israel… Read More ›

Florida Law Seeks To Rein In Large Social Media Companies

Florida Law Seeks To Rein In Large Social Media Companies

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that seeks to punish social media platforms that remove “conservative… Read More ›

Detained Belarusian dissident appears in video as fury mounts over ‘hijacking’ of Ryanair flight

Detained Belarusian dissident appears in video as fury mounts over ‘hijacking’ of Ryanair flight

Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich has appeared in a new video after his arrest by Belarusian authorities on Sunday, following the government’s extraordinary diversion of his… Read More ›

Blinken: US not jump-starting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks now

Blinken: US not jump-starting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks now

“I don’t think we’re in a place where getting to some kind of a negotiation for what ultimately, I think, has to be the result,… Read More ›