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Israel’s politicians are fiddling while the south burns

Israel’s politicians are fiddling while the south burns

Opinion: Gaza incendiary balloons have set Israeli fields on fire and disaster is just a matter of time, but our leaders are too busy squabbling… Read More ›

Allegations of excessive police violence at rally spark calls for probe

Allegations of excessive police violence at rally spark calls for probe

Lawmakers say action needed after video shows senior officer shoving protesters in Jerusalem; police blame violence on demonstrators, say three officers injured   A video… Read More ›

Trump Says Democrats’ Convention Was ‘Gloomiest’ In History

Trump Says Democrats’ Convention Was ‘Gloomiest’ In History

  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to cast a more positive light on his presidency Friday after four days of bashing at… Read More ›

China’s Communist Party is a threat to the world, says former elite insider

China’s Communist Party is a threat to the world, says former elite insider

  Hong Kong – Cai Xia is no stranger to defying expectations. During her years at the Chinese Communist Party’s top training center and think… Read More ›

Israel’s military supremacy is non-negotiable

Israel’s military supremacy is non-negotiable

Opinion: Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem’s emerging agreement is an historic achievement and beneficial for both nations, but the IDF’s qualitative military advantage is the only… Read More ›

3 Gaza rockets knocked down by Iron Dome after IDF strikes Strip

3 Gaza rockets knocked down by Iron Dome after IDF strikes Strip

Escalation of violence comes after day where at least 42 fires were sparked by balloon-borne incendiary devices lofted from the Strip   The Israel Defense… Read More ›

Prosecutors: Former Uber Exec Charged In Hacking Cover-Up

Prosecutors: Former Uber Exec Charged In Hacking Cover-Up

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former Uber executive was charged Thursday in federal court on allegations that he arranged to pay hackers $100,000 to… Read More ›

Have you noticed that a lot of Trump advisers get arrested?

Have you noticed that a lot of Trump advisers get arrested?

QUOTE OF THE DAY “This is a group of nuts and kooks and he ought to disavow them,” — former Bush administration senior advisor Karl Rove on… Read More ›

Police remove anti-Netanyahu protest tent; ex-Shabak chief injured

Police remove anti-Netanyahu protest tent; ex-Shabak chief injured

Police remove anti-Netanyahu protest tent; ex-Shabak chief injured   Former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Carmi Gillon was handcuffed and carried away by policemen.… Read More ›

Israel holiday lockdown is gov’t admission of failure, says health expert

Israel holiday lockdown is gov’t admission of failure, says health expert

Outgoing chair of the WMA slams Gamzu’s inability to come up with solutions other than lockdown as coronavirus cabinet is set to mull a possible… Read More ›

Ministers to discuss restrictions, potential lockdown over High Holidays

Ministers to discuss restrictions, potential lockdown over High Holidays

Health Ministry confirms 1,554 new cases in 24 hours, 10 deaths; Netanyahu said to be pushing for full closure, but coronavirus czar Gamzu and other… Read More ›

Elul and Embarrassing a Child

Elul and Embarrassing a Child

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com It is now the month of Elul – the time when we ask mechila for what we may have… Read More ›

Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump

Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump

From the Philadelphia ground where the American experiment was born, one former president — in a stunning prime-time address to the nation he once led… Read More ›

Sudanese Foreign Ministry backtracks on call for peace with Israel

Sudanese Foreign Ministry backtracks on call for peace with Israel

Netanyahu: Israel, Sudan and the entire region will benefit from the peace agreement; Khartoum backtracks from statement   Sudan’s Foreign Ministry rescinded its message in… Read More ›

The Arab world is fed up with the Palestinians

The Arab world is fed up with the Palestinians

Opinion: As these nations come to conclusion that ‘Palestinian problem’ is not an asset but a burden, they will no longer entertain every Palestinian whim,… Read More ›

1st complete strontium isotope map of Israel tracks ancient human migration

1st complete strontium isotope map of Israel tracks ancient human migration

New study of rock and soil samples taken from entire span of Israel provides first comprehensive database for archaeologists to perform ‘forensics’ on movements of… Read More ›

Elections Panel Staff: Keep Kanye West Off Wisconsin Ballot

Elections Panel Staff: Keep Kanye West Off Wisconsin Ballot

  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Staff for the Wisconsin Elections Commission recommended Tuesday that rapper Kanye West be kept off the battleground state’s presidential ballot… Read More ›

Joe Biden has officially been nominated as the Democratic Party’s candidate for president

Joe Biden has officially been nominated as the Democratic Party’s candidate for president

  Joe Biden is now the Democratic Party’s official candidate for president. The former vice president received the news, remotely, while surrounded by balloons and… Read More ›

Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas targets near Rafah crossing in Gaza

Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas targets near Rafah crossing in Gaza

The attack was carried out in response to incendiary balloons sent from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory throughout the day.   Israeli aircraft carried… Read More ›

Omani FM makes calls to Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi

Omani FM makes calls to Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi

Bin Abdullah also phones Fatah central committee secretary-general Rajoub, emphasizes Gulf states’ commitment to the Palestinian cause; tells Ashkenazi he supports ‘just and lasting’ Mideast… Read More ›