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Elkin plays down Israel’s ability to influence who succeeds PA president

Elkin plays down Israel’s ability to influence who succeeds PA president

The Netanyahu government would not allow PA elections in east Jerusalem and the Palestinians would not go forward with a vote without them.   At… Read More ›

Trump said planning Israel trip before July GOP convention

Trump said planning Israel trip before July GOP convention

Four sources tell New York Magazine presumptive Republican nominee weighing visit; Jewish son-in-law, Sheldon Adelson said making arrangements   Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump is… Read More ›

Bernie Sanders is closing in on Clinton in California

Bernie Sanders is closing in on Clinton in California

  Bernie Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton in California, according to a new poll. Clinton leads the Vermont senator by just two points… Read More ›

The ‘Never Trump’ movement has settled on a candidate to stop Donald Trump — and he looks like a total flop

The ‘Never Trump’ movement has settled on a candidate to stop Donald Trump — and he looks like a total flop

  Conservative editor Bill Kristol teased the political world when hetweeted over the weekend that he’d recruited an “impressive” candidate with a “strong team and… Read More ›

Obama just kicked off his final campaign by unloading, one by one, on Donald Trump’s plans

Obama just kicked off his final campaign by unloading, one by one, on Donald Trump’s plans

  President Barack Obama in 2012 often invoked the freeing nature of his “final” reelection effort. But on Wednesday, he unofficially waded into what will… Read More ›

New York – LaGuardia Airport’s $4 Billion Renovation Financing Deal Closes, Begins Lease

New York – LaGuardia Airport’s $4 Billion Renovation Financing Deal Closes, Begins Lease

  New York – A $4 billion project to renovate New York’s delapidated LaGuardia Airport finalized its financing on Wednesday, marking the start of a… Read More ›

New York – Forbes: Former Richest Self-made US Woman Now Worth Nothing

New York – Forbes: Former Richest Self-made US Woman Now Worth Nothing

  New York – Forbes has revised the net worth of the woman it crowned America’s richest self-made woman last year from $4.5 billion to… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – 5-year-old Hasidic Boy Dies After Falling From 5th-story Porch In Williamsburg

Brooklyn, NY – 5-year-old Hasidic Boy Dies After Falling From 5th-story Porch In Williamsburg

  Williamsburg, NY – Hatzolah Emergency crews in Williamsburg were called to a multi-family home early this afternoon, after a small child fell from a… Read More ›

Husband charged with beating wife’s would-be rapist to death

Husband charged with beating wife’s would-be rapist to death

A New York man has been charged after authorities say he beat his wife’s would-be rapist to death with a tire iron. Police initially recommended… Read More ›

Pakistani woman dies after being set on fire for rejecting marriage

Pakistani woman dies after being set on fire for rejecting marriage

  Islamabad, Pakistan – An 18-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher died Wednesday from injuries after her body was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal, police… Read More ›

Fight for Falluja: How we got here, why it matters

Fight for Falluja: How we got here, why it matters

  One of the most significant battles against ISIS is unfolding in the crucial city of Falluja. The metropolis west of Baghdad is much more… Read More ›

Kahlon appeals to Herzog: Regional peace efforts ‘more substantial’ than reported

Kahlon appeals to Herzog: Regional peace efforts ‘more substantial’ than reported

Finance minister urges Zionist Union ‘not to miss historic window of opportunity,’ is rebufffed   There is a substantive effort underway to launch a regional… Read More ›

PM: Paris peace parley will ‘radicalize’ Palestinian demands

PM: Paris peace parley will ‘radicalize’ Palestinian demands

Two days before conference to which Israel and PA are not invited, Netanyahu says ‘direct negotiations’ are ‘only path to peace’   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Diaspora leaders warn of ‘major rift’ if Western Wall plan collapses

Diaspora leaders warn of ‘major rift’ if Western Wall plan collapses

As ultra-Orthodox parties stymie implementation of pluralistic prayer pavilion, Diaspora Jewish heads hold crisis talks at PMO, look to Netanyahu to prove his leadership  … Read More ›

Attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison

Attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison

Alaa Ziad, who carried out a ramming and stabbing attack last November, will also have to pay victims hundreds of thousands of Shekels in compensaton;… Read More ›

Jewish presence in Jerusalem in 2014 on the increase, study shows

Jewish presence in Jerusalem in 2014 on the increase, study shows

Overall growth rate of Jewish population in Jerusalem shows stark increases, while Arab rate on the decline; Statistics serve to undermine political claims that the… Read More ›

Parents rebel against exorbitant summer camp prices

Parents rebel against exorbitant summer camp prices

Local protests, angry social network groups protest the high fees; several MKs to submit bills to set up price controls; MK Dudu Amsalem: ‘the state… Read More ›

Titanic legal battle – meet prosecution, defense in Hebron shooter trial

Titanic legal battle – meet prosecution, defense in Hebron shooter trial

In many ways it symbolizes a much broader struggle over Israeli identity as the country decides how to confront the ongoing Third Intifada.   The… Read More ›

Israel talking to US in efforts to impact Paris summit

Israel talking to US in efforts to impact Paris summit

Netanyahu again blasts meeting, says path to peace runs through direct talks, not international parleys.   Israel’s efforts at affecting the results of Friday’s scheduled… Read More ›

NGO transparency bill to apply to 27 foreign-gov’t-funded groups

NGO transparency bill to apply to 27 foreign-gov’t-funded groups

All organizations aligned with Left; Bill to ban Super PACs advances.   Legislation requiring greater transparency for organizations getting most of their budgets from foreign… Read More ›