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Baghdad car bombs kill 12

Baghdad car bombs kill 12

  Twelve people were killed and 38 wounded Saturday night when two parked car bombs exploded in separate neighborhoods in Baghdad, police officials said. The… Read More ›

Terror attack in Bangladesh: The victims

Terror attack in Bangladesh: The victims

A multi-national crowd was dining when terrorists invaded the trendy restaurant in a diplomatic enclave of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The attackers took hostages… Read More ›

To repair a broken world: The words of Elie Wiesel

To repair a broken world: The words of Elie Wiesel

The prolific author, scholar and humanitarian, who has died at 87, leaves a legacy of memory   As a witness to the horrors of the Holocaust,… Read More ›

Obama: Elie Wiesel was ‘the conscience of the world’

Obama: Elie Wiesel was ‘the conscience of the world’

US president eulogizes deceased Holocaust survivor and activist, whose life, he says, was an example to humanity to ‘never be bystanders to injustice or indifferent… Read More ›

Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience

Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience

Perhaps more than any other figure, the late scholar and activist came to embody the legacy of the Shoah and the community of survivors  … Read More ›

Chava Mark’s condition stable, but serious

Chava Mark’s condition stable, but serious

The mother in the car shot at on Friday near Hebron who lost her husband in the attack is improving, says the head of the… Read More ›

In response to rocket fire, IAF strikes in Gaza

In response to rocket fire, IAF strikes in Gaza

Israeli Air Force planes struck four Hamas targets in the Gaza Friday night, responding to a rocket fired from the Strip, which landed in a… Read More ›

IDF: Friday’s rocket fired by Salafi group, not Hamas

IDF: Friday’s rocket fired by Salafi group, not Hamas

The military assesses that the rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at Sderot on Friday night was not fired by Hamas and was actually contrary… Read More ›

Erdan blames Facebook for aiding recent murders

Erdan blames Facebook for aiding recent murders

Other MKs continued to blame MK Haneen Zoabi (Joint List) for inciting to violence on Wednesday by calling IDF soldiers murderers.   Facebook founder Mark… Read More ›

Analysis: The dangers of a violent spiral

Analysis: The dangers of a violent spiral

Is this a tolerable level of violence, which both sides are willing to absorb while they go about their daily routine?   For the first… Read More ›

Training activists in the social media war against BDS

Training activists in the social media war against BDS

IDC in Herzliya spearheading effort to provide students with tools to defend Israel.   Sitting in a classroom at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, a… Read More ›

Netanyahu links terror attacks to Islamic extremism, UN envoy to ‘Palestinian resentment’

Netanyahu links terror attacks to Islamic extremism, UN envoy to ‘Palestinian resentment’

UN special envoy Nickolay Mladenov, in an address to the Security Council on the Middle East, referred to Palestinian violence and terror – which he… Read More ›

ADL lauds Dems’ platform backing two states, opposing BDS

ADL lauds Dems’ platform backing two states, opposing BDS

Group’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt urges GOP to use similar language to reflect bipartisan consensus on Israel   The Anti-Defamation League commended the Democratic National Convention’s… Read More ›

Stealth startup Zoox lands $200 million for its secretive self-driving car

Stealth startup Zoox lands $200 million for its secretive self-driving car

  Zoox, the super-stealth self-driving-car startup, has closed a $200 million round of funding, according to a source familiar with its fundraising plans. In an… Read More ›

Trump is doing something no candidate has done in almost 30 years, and it could pay off

Trump is doing something no candidate has done in almost 30 years, and it could pay off

  Whom Donald Trump will select as his running mate has been the source of endless speculation. But even more interesting than whom he picks… Read More ›

Here’s what Marissa Mayer told upset investors asking about Yahoo’s decline

Here’s what Marissa Mayer told upset investors asking about Yahoo’s decline

  Yahoo’s business has been declining for years, and some investors are not happy about it. And during Yahoo’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, one frustrated… Read More ›

Washington – OBAMA LEGACY: Immigration Stands As Most Glaring Failure

Washington – OBAMA LEGACY: Immigration Stands As Most Glaring Failure

  Washington – Hours after the Supreme Court sent his immigration policy into legal limbo, President Barack Obama huddled around a long conference table in… Read More ›

Washington – FDA Warns Against Eating Raw Dough Amid E. Coli Fears

Washington – FDA Warns Against Eating Raw Dough Amid E. Coli Fears

  Washington –  In a warning that’s sure to disappoint many who enjoy sneaking a taste of cookie dough, federal regulators said this week that… Read More ›

Mountain View, CA – Google Serves A ‘Nougat’ To Fans Of Its Android Software

Mountain View, CA – Google Serves A ‘Nougat’ To Fans Of Its Android Software

Mountain View, CA – Google is serving a new morsel for fans of its Android software: The next version has been dubbed “Nougat,” extending Google’s… Read More ›

Brexit: Truth, myths and media ‘neutrality’

Brexit: Truth, myths and media ‘neutrality’

London – One week after the Brexit referendum, many people who voted to leave the EU last Thursday — patriotic, decent people — have been… Read More ›