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Netanyahu is laundering the language

Netanyahu is laundering the language

Opinion: We live in ‘post-truth’ era, where public attitudes are based on appeal to sense of ‘unity,’ personal opinions and gut feelings, while facts and… Read More ›

Over a third of coronavirus patients feel symptoms for weeks, says CDC

Over a third of coronavirus patients feel symptoms for weeks, says CDC

New study shows even those with mild case are unwell for 2-3 weeks, including those with no pre-existing conditions   At least 35 percent of… Read More ›

Sinclair Pulls Show Where Fauci Conspiracy Theory Is Aired

Sinclair Pulls Show Where Fauci Conspiracy Theory Is Aired

  NEW YORK (AP) — The Sinclair Broadcast Group said Saturday it is pulling from the air an edition of its “America This Week” program… Read More ›

Analysis: Trump is calling protesters who disagree with him terrorists. That puts him in the company of the world’s autocrats

Analysis: Trump is calling protesters who disagree with him terrorists. That puts him in the company of the world’s autocrats

Heavily armed, unidentifiable security agents dressed in camouflage have been snatching anti-racism protesters off the streets of Portland, Oregon, and bundling them into unmarked cars,… Read More ›

US fighter jets near Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace

US fighter jets near Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace

Israel and the United States have long accused Mahan Air of ferrying weapons for Iranian-linked guerrillas in Syria and elsewhere.   Several passengers on an… Read More ›

Israeli government becomes latest coronavirus casualty

Israeli government becomes latest coronavirus casualty

Opinion: Israelis are united in their criticism of the government’s failure to address the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis; Israel needs a national plan with… Read More ›

Thousands mass outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence in latest protest

Thousands mass outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence in latest protest

5 arrested as police begin to forcibly disperse anti-government demonstrators; several hundred at counter-protest; some women remove tops, imitating Tuesday protester Thousands of demonstrators massed… Read More ›

Zach Banner Tries Challah And (Spoiler) He Loves It

Zach Banner Tries Challah And (Spoiler) He Loves It

  PITTSBURGH (JTA) – Zach Banner of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers now knows what challah tastes like — and he can say the word properly.… Read More ›

US weekly jobless claims hit 1.4 million, the first increase since March, as spiking virus cases halt reopening plans

US weekly jobless claims hit 1.4 million, the first increase since March, as spiking virus cases halt reopening plans

  US jobless claims for the week that ended Saturday totaled 1.4 million, the Labor Department said Thursday. That came in above the consensus economist… Read More ›

Netanyahu, Edelstein make Gamzu coronavirus ‘czar’

Netanyahu, Edelstein make Gamzu coronavirus ‘czar’

Prof. Gabriel Barbash refused role after ultimatum not met   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein appointed Sourasky Medical Center CEO Ronni… Read More ›

Iran’s bid for splendid isolation

Iran’s bid for splendid isolation

Analysis: Tehran is trying to convince the world of catastrophic scale of its coronavirus pandemic, hoping to persuade U.S. to ease the pressure until the… Read More ›

Knesset passes coronavirus law, weakening its oversight of government decisions

Knesset passes coronavirus law, weakening its oversight of government decisions

Law approved 48-35 gives cabinet wide-ranging powers to set virus restrictions, sidelines Yifat Shasha-Biton’s combative coronavirus committee   The Knesset in the early hours of… Read More ›

Video: Joe Biden Calls Trump The Country’s ‘First’ Racist President

Video: Joe Biden Calls Trump The Country’s ‘First’ Racist President

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came… Read More ›

Analysis: US move to shut China’s Houston consulate draws questions about political motives

Analysis: US move to shut China’s Houston consulate draws questions about political motives

Washington – The US demand Wednesday that China shut its Houston consulate within 72 hours triggered Chinese threats of retaliation, the latest escalation between the… Read More ›

34 arrested amid mass anti-government protests in Jerusalem

34 arrested amid mass anti-government protests in Jerusalem

Two different protests were integrated together in front of the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem – one demanding the resignation of Netanyahu and another organized… Read More ›

Thousands rally against PM over coronavirus, corruption charges

Thousands rally against PM over coronavirus, corruption charges

Over 2,000 people take to the streets of Jerusalem once again, protesting near Netanyahu’s official residence as well as the Knesset; restauranteurs set up free… Read More ›

Trump says ‘nasty, horrible’ virus in US will get worse before it gets better

Trump says ‘nasty, horrible’ virus in US will get worse before it gets better

President brings back coronavirus briefings, changing tone and professing newfound respect for the protective face masks, holding one up, but not wearing it   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Tesla’s Spent A Year Terrifying, Electrifying Wall Street

Tesla’s Spent A Year Terrifying, Electrifying Wall Street

  DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s losses were mounting last summer, massive debt payments were looming, and both Wall Street and federal regulators had run out… Read More ›

‘I just wish her well’: Trump comments on Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s recently arrested aide and sex-trafficking suspect

‘I just wish her well’: Trump comments on Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s recently arrested aide and sex-trafficking suspect

  During Tuesday’s coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump sent his well-wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell, who was recently arrested on charges related to child sex trafficking.… Read More ›

7 Syrians injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes near Damascus

7 Syrians injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes near Damascus

The strikes in Damascus targeted sites belonging to Iranian militias and the Assad regime near the Damascus International Airport.   Seven Syrian soldiers were injured… Read More ›