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Bennett and Abbas have broken a barrier

Bennett and Abbas have broken a barrier

Opinion: The actual outcome of the meeting between the head of the right-wing Yamina and the leader of the Islamist Ra’am is inconsequential when compared… Read More ›

38 people crushed to death, dozens hurt at mass Lag B’Omer event in Mt. Meron

38 people crushed to death, dozens hurt at mass Lag B’Omer event in Mt. Meron

More than 65 injured, many in critical condition as ambulances, helicopters evacuating victims from largest gathering held in Israel since COVID outbreak; IDF sends rescue… Read More ›

Prewar Prayer Said At Rema’s Tomb On Lag Baomer Discovered In Old Book

Prewar Prayer Said At Rema’s Tomb On Lag Baomer Discovered In Old Book

JERUSALEM  — Old books can contain untold treasures not just in their content but in what hides between the pages. Recently a yellowing page was… Read More ›

Jill Biden punches the clock

Jill Biden punches the clock

Jill Biden has no time for dawdling; she has work to do. At a vaccine clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week, sensing hesitancy from… Read More ›

In first speech to Congress, Biden to push $4 trillion spending plans

In first speech to Congress, Biden to push $4 trillion spending plans

Biden will speak inside the US Capitol at an event scaled back this year because of the pandemic. He will use the speech to outline… Read More ›

U.S. disagrees that rights group claim Israel carrying out ‘apartheid’

U.S. disagrees that rights group claim Israel carrying out ‘apartheid’

State Department says that recent report by Human Rights Watch ‘is not the view of this administration’; renews calls on both Israel and Palestinians to… Read More ›

Israel braces for fallout as Abbas expected to delay Palestinian elections

Israel braces for fallout as Abbas expected to delay Palestinian elections

Hamas, which stands to make gains in the vote, warns it will hold Israel responsible if ballot is postponed over dispute on East Jerusalem voting;… Read More ›

Feds Raid Giuliani’s Home, Office, Escalating Criminal Probe

Feds Raid Giuliani’s Home, Office, Escalating Criminal Probe

  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the… Read More ›

Analysis: How the first 100 days became a standard by which new presidents are judged

Analysis: How the first 100 days became a standard by which new presidents are judged

  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt might have conquered the Great Depression and won World War II. But he bequeathed a first-term curse for his successors.… Read More ›

Judges nix Netanyahu’s illegal vote on justice minister

Judges nix Netanyahu’s illegal vote on justice minister

High Court freezes appointment of Likudnik and Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis, may be on the verge of appointing Defense Minister and Blue and White… Read More ›

Jerusalem’s Palestinians need a diplomatic solution not a security one

Jerusalem’s Palestinians need a diplomatic solution not a security one

Opinion: Recent riots in capital were caused not by barriers placed at Damascus Gate but by repression at hands of Israeli government; to restore order… Read More ›

US updates Israel on Iran nuclear talks as national security advisers meet in DC

US updates Israel on Iran nuclear talks as national security advisers meet in DC

Mossad chief slated to meet Blinken in Washington as Jerusalem seeks to make case against US reentry into nuclear treaty   The Israeli and American… Read More ›

US ‘Real Id’ Deadline Is Now May 2023 Because Of COVID-19

US ‘Real Id’ Deadline Is Now May 2023 Because Of COVID-19

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will have more time to get the Real ID that they will need to board a flight or enter federal… Read More ›

As Covid sweeps India, experts say cases and deaths are going unreported

As Covid sweeps India, experts say cases and deaths are going unreported

India, home to the world’s worst ongoing coronavirus outbreak, has reported more than 17.6 million cases since the pandemic began last year. But the real… Read More ›

US Homeland Security to investigate domestic extremism in its ranks

US Homeland Security to investigate domestic extremism in its ranks

President Joe Biden called for funding to investigate any complaints of white supremacist beliefs at immigration enforcement agencies within DHS.   The US Department of… Read More ›

Israel needlessly limping from one Gaza flareup to the next

Israel needlessly limping from one Gaza flareup to the next

Opinion: While it is in Israel’s interests to ease tensions with the Palestinians and refrain from any unnecessary clashes, recent events in Jerusalem and the… Read More ›

US Jewish groups now welcome Biden’s designation of an Armenian genocide

US Jewish groups now welcome Biden’s designation of an Armenian genocide

In the past some Jewish organizations had lobbied to stop US from recognizing the genocide, in part to preserve Israel’s strategic ties to Turkey  … Read More ›

Kanye West Sneakers Fetch Record $1.8M At Private Sale

Kanye West Sneakers Fetch Record $1.8M At Private Sale

  NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of prototype Nikes worn by Kanye West during his performances of “Hey Mama” and “Stronger” at the Grammy… Read More ›

How the US went from having one of the worst Covid responses to being a global leader in vaccinations under Biden

How the US went from having one of the worst Covid responses to being a global leader in vaccinations under Biden

Washington – For the last 100 days, President Joe Biden and his top advisers have mounted an urgent, wartime effort to get millions of coronavirus… Read More ›

Rocket sirens heard in Sderot as rockets launched into Israel from Gaza

Rocket sirens heard in Sderot as rockets launched into Israel from Gaza

It is possible there were multiple interceptions by the Iron Dome defense system.   Rocket sirens went off in Sderot by the Gaza border in… Read More ›