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Ra’am expected to vote in favor of Bennett-Lapid government

Ra’am expected to vote in favor of Bennett-Lapid government

Marking significant progress in government talks, Yamina chief agrees to honor Abbas’ list of demands, including heading prominent Knesset committees, allocating budgets to tackle issues… Read More ›

UN Security Council to hold emergency meet on escalating Jerusalem violence

UN Security Council to hold emergency meet on escalating Jerusalem violence

US national security adviser calls Israeli counterpart to express Washington’s ‘serious concerns’ about the violence in city and urges Israel to ‘ensure calm’ on Jerusalem… Read More ›

Cyberattack On US Pipeline Is Linked To Criminal Gang

Cyberattack On US Pipeline Is Linked To Criminal Gang

  NEW YORK (AP) — The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline was carried out by a criminal gang… Read More ›

It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates, Fauci says

It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates, Fauci says

Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon. Sunday on ABC News, Fauci was asked whether it’s time to… Read More ›

IDF strikes Gaza after rocket launched at Israel amid Jerusalem unrest

IDF strikes Gaza after rocket launched at Israel amid Jerusalem unrest

A number of rioters were injured along the Gaza border as IDF soldiers responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.   The Israeli Air Force… Read More ›

Israel’s Jerusalem Syndrome

Israel’s Jerusalem Syndrome

Opinion: The recent clashes in a capital where even the smallest spark can set its streets alight are a direct result of the city’s long… Read More ›

Netanyahu, Lapid back security forces: ‘We won’t allow violence, terror threats’

Netanyahu, Lapid back security forces: ‘We won’t allow violence, terror threats’

PM says Israel acting responsibly to ‘ensure law and order, maintain freedom of worship’; Joint List head blames far-right MK for ‘fanning’ tensions in Jerusalem… Read More ›

Weak Jobs Report Spurs New Arguments Over Big Fed Spending

Weak Jobs Report Spurs New Arguments Over Big Fed Spending

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost… Read More ›

Countries in Africa fear they could become the next India as vaccine supplies dwindle

Countries in Africa fear they could become the next India as vaccine supplies dwindle

Johannesburg, South Africa – The funeral pyres in New Delhi tell the tragic story of an uncontrolled Covid-19 wave. For a world that’s grown numb… Read More ›

Iran ‘conceals illegal activities’ for WMD tech – German intel

Iran ‘conceals illegal activities’ for WMD tech – German intel

The report said Iran’s regime can use “Detour deliveries over ‘third states’ in order not to identify the final buyer” and “the use and misuse… Read More ›

Lapid faces daunting path in government united only by Netanyahu hatred

Lapid faces daunting path in government united only by Netanyahu hatred

Analysis: Centrist Yesh Atid leader might have to sacrifice his own prime ministerial ambitions in the short term if he wants to form a coalition… Read More ›

Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try stay safe while helping their neighbors

Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try stay safe while helping their neighbors

Local Jewish groups are working to funnel assistance coming from international Jewish organizations, but also dealing with increased requests for assistance from within   JTA… Read More ›

Holocaust Survivor Who Led Yad Vashem Memorial Dies At 94

Holocaust Survivor Who Led Yad Vashem Memorial Dies At 94

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Yitzhak Arad, a Holocaust survivor and scholar who was the director of Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial for more than two… Read More ›

Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

New Delhi – While hospitals plead for life-saving oxygen and Covid-19 patients die in their thousands, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing ahead with… Read More ›

Student, 19, dies of injuries after West Bank drive-by shooting

Student, 19, dies of injuries after West Bank drive-by shooting

Victim of terror attack on Sunday identified as Yehuda Guetta of Jerusalem; IDF apprehends suspected gunman during raid on house in village where he was… Read More ›

Israel’s failure to put ideology aside fuels political crisis – editorial

Israel’s failure to put ideology aside fuels political crisis – editorial

Rivlin has often spoken about Israel’s four tribes. In reality Israel has far more than that. If, however, we stay focused on what divides us… Read More ›

With government formation out of his hands, Netanyahu still a threat

With government formation out of his hands, Netanyahu still a threat

Opinion: Although the ball to form a government is now in the ‘coalition for change’ court, the challenges facing those hoping to oust Netanyahu are… Read More ›

Will Wexler Be the Next US Ambassador to Israel?

Will Wexler Be the Next US Ambassador to Israel?

FLORIDA – It is rumored that President Biden could make his choice for the next Ambassador to Israel within the next two days. It is… Read More ›

The world sent India millions in Covid aid. Why is it not reaching those who need it most?

The world sent India millions in Covid aid. Why is it not reaching those who need it most?

New Delhi – As India’s Covid-19 crisis tipped past breaking point last month, dozens of countries pledged critical aid. Planeloads of ventilators, oxygen supplies and… Read More ›

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asks judge for new trial

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asks judge for new trial

In a series of motions filed to District Court Judge Peter Cahill, Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, said his client was deprived of a fair trial.… Read More ›