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Fort Lauderdale airport suspect used gun once held by police, sources say

Fort Lauderdale airport suspect used gun once held by police, sources say

When Esteban Santiago was in an Alaska FBI office in November, saying his mind was being controlled by US intelligence, he left two things in… Read More ›

Police question Netanyahu again in ongoing graft probe

Police question Netanyahu again in ongoing graft probe

Likud MKs have closed ranks around the prime minister, pronouncing his innocence.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was questioned by police on Thursday for the… Read More ›

2017 will be another bad year for the Arab world

2017 will be another bad year for the Arab world

Analysis: All Mideast experts are predicting that least one leader in our neighborhood will be murdered this coming year. Who will it be? Each expert… Read More ›

US House passes motion repudiating UN resolution on Israel

US House passes motion repudiating UN resolution on Israel

Passed with vote of 342-80, House Resolution 11 calls Security Council’s anti-settlements measure a ‘one-sided’ obstacle to peace   WASHINGTON — The US House of… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. Files Suit Against D-Link, Alleging Devices Vulnerable To Hackers

Washington – U.S. Files Suit Against D-Link, Alleging Devices Vulnerable To Hackers

Washington – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against D-Link Corp on Thursday, arguing that the company failed to take steps to ensure… Read More ›

Joe Biden to Trump: ‘Grow up. Time to be an adult’

Joe Biden to Trump: ‘Grow up. Time to be an adult’

  Joe Biden had a strong message Thursday for Donald Trump two weeks away from his inauguration: Grow up. The vice president made the critical remarks during… Read More ›

Comment: Israel and the Trump administration

Comment: Israel and the Trump administration

Trump’s attitude toward Israel still remains an issue of considerable conjecture.   In just two weeks, a new US administration will enter the White House.… Read More ›

Azaria pardon options seem unlikely

Azaria pardon options seem unlikely

Analysis: whether through a presidential pardon or a military one, having a parole board cut his prison time cut short or a surprisingly lenient sentence,… Read More ›

Campaign rhetoric, post-election hate crimes draw Jewish historians into fray

Campaign rhetoric, post-election hate crimes draw Jewish historians into fray

Since Election Day, scholars and curators of Jewish history have consistently issued one message: Watch out   NEW YORK — In the two months since… Read More ›

Buffalo, NY – Carl Paladino: No Problems Over Insults Against Obamas

Buffalo, NY – Carl Paladino: No Problems Over Insults Against Obamas

  Buffalo, NY – The wealthy businessman who co-chaired Donald Trump’s campaign in New York says there are no lingering problems with the president-elect’s transition… Read More ›

Turkey attack: The romantic dinner that turned into a struggle for survival

Turkey attack: The romantic dinner that turned into a struggle for survival

Naef Zakaria Al Wazan and his wife were on a dinner date on New Year’s eve in Istanbul when their night turned into a struggle… Read More ›

World Jewish students to Knesset: Stop saying no future for Jews in Europe

World Jewish students to Knesset: Stop saying no future for Jews in Europe

“They talk about peace, we talk about the war against BDS.”   European students from the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) called on Israeli officials… Read More ›

Report ignored by state could grant Darfur refugees legal status in Israel

Report ignored by state could grant Darfur refugees legal status in Israel

A legal opinion issued two years ago stating that any former Darfur resident from a non-Arab tribe is automatically entitled to political asylum in Israel… Read More ›

A Jew and an Indian make a film — about the African American experience

A Jew and an Indian make a film — about the African American experience

In ‘Barry,’ Adam Mansbach and Vikram Gandhi take a crack at portraying future president Barack Obama’s campus isolation during his Columbia years   SAN FRANCISCO… Read More ›

Palmyra, NY – Man Buys Nearly 1,000 Newspaper Copies To Hide DWI Arrest, Mugshot

Palmyra, NY – Man Buys Nearly 1,000 Newspaper Copies To Hide DWI Arrest, Mugshot

  Palmyra, NY -The owner of a weekly upstate New York newspaper says a man bought hundreds of copies of the publication in an unsuccessful… Read More ›

SCHUMER: ‘America cannot afford a Twitter presidency’

SCHUMER: ‘America cannot afford a Twitter presidency’

  Chuck Schumer delivered his first speech as Senate minority leader on Tuesday, spending most of the address from the Senate floor speaking about how… Read More ›

Jewish groups speak out against Paris peace conference following UN vote

Jewish groups speak out against Paris peace conference following UN vote

Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected the conference proposal.   NEW YORK – In the aftermath of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity, American Jewish… Read More ›

Annex, Bibi, annex

Annex, Bibi, annex

Op-ed: If Netanyahu and Bennett really want to continue the occupation and are unwilling to give up a single inch of land, they should go… Read More ›

AG formally confirms Netanyahu is under investigation, details cases already closed

AG formally confirms Netanyahu is under investigation, details cases already closed

Avichai Mandelblit says there is ‘sufficient evidence’ to justify criminal probe over suspicion the PM received ‘improper benefits from businessmen’   Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit… Read More ›

Havana – Cuba Puts On Show Of Strength As Trump Inauguration Nears

Havana – Cuba Puts On Show Of Strength As Trump Inauguration Nears

  Havana – Cuba paraded troops and hundreds of thousands of citizens through its emblematic Revolution Square on Monday in a traditional show of nationalist… Read More ›