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IDF to institute changes in placing slain soldiers’ siblings in combat units

IDF to institute changes in placing slain soldiers’ siblings in combat units

After agreeing to send lone remaining sons, families will not be able to change their minds.   Until now, parents of slain soldiers who left behind… Read More ›

He found Judaism at 14. Today he’s at the forefront of Poland’s Jewish revival

He found Judaism at 14. Today he’s at the forefront of Poland’s Jewish revival

In the midst of a steady post-Communist Jewish resurgence, Maciej Pawlak now heads the Lauder Morasha Jewish Middle School   WARSAW — On the face… Read More ›

Bartenders are winning Cuba’s embrace of capitalism — and doctors are losing

Bartenders are winning Cuba’s embrace of capitalism — and doctors are losing

  Cuban state employees are abandoning their jobs for high-paying, private-sector gigs—in Cuba. As bartenders, bellhops, and taxi drivers. The growth of the Cuban private… Read More ›

The antidote to China’s debt addiction could make things worse

The antidote to China’s debt addiction could make things worse

  China is hooked on debt, and the policymakers’ idea of treating the addiction could make things worse. Chinese officials said two months ago they will make it… Read More ›

The college known as ‘the poor man’s Harvard’ is facing severe budgetary issues

The college known as ‘the poor man’s Harvard’ is facing severe budgetary issues

  The City University of New York (CUNY) is the largest urban public university system in the US. The school, however, sometimes called “the poor… Read More ›

Tampa, FL – Trump’s Movement Campaign Likely To Turn On The Margins

Tampa, FL – Trump’s Movement Campaign Likely To Turn On The Margins

  Tampa, FL –  Donald Trump calls his presidential campaign a mass movement, but he must show he can coax enough support from voters who… Read More ›

Cincinnati – Killing Of Gorilla To Save Boy At Ohio Zoo Sparks Outrage

Cincinnati – Killing Of Gorilla To Save Boy At Ohio Zoo Sparks Outrage

  Cincinnati – The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy tumbled into the ape’s enclosure triggered outrage and questions… Read More ›

New York – Sky High: NYC ‘Trophy Apartment’ Could List For $250 Million

New York – Sky High: NYC ‘Trophy Apartment’ Could List For $250 Million

  New York – Billionaires’ Row. That’s what New York real estate experts have dubbed a lineup of a half-dozen new superluxury skyscrapers overlooking Central… Read More ›

Czech mountaineer dies skiing on Denali

Czech mountaineer dies skiing on Denali

  A Czech mountaineer died after falling about 1,500 feet while skiing down Denali, officials said Sunday. Pavel Michut, 45, fell while doing a ski… Read More ›

Libertarians pick ticket, slam Trump

Libertarians pick ticket, slam Trump

Orlando, Florida – Libertarians on Sunday selected a presidential ticket headed by former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, who lit into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump… Read More ›

Kurds: Peshmerga eye Mosul in advance on ISIS territory

Kurds: Peshmerga eye Mosul in advance on ISIS territory

  Thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga troops are involved in an offensive to regain formerly Kurdish villages near the ISIS-held town of Mosul, Kurdish officials say.… Read More ›

12 Real Madrid fans killed by Islamic State in Iraq cafe

12 Real Madrid fans killed by Islamic State in Iraq cafe

For second time in a month, terror group targets soccer club’s supporters; team’s president dedicates championship win to those killed   A suicide bomber blew… Read More ›

Playing coalition chicken

Playing coalition chicken

Papers seem to agree that the government won’t be toppled, at least not quite yet; plus one writer opines that killing is okay, so long… Read More ›

Dispelling rumors, Herzog says ‘no door’ to unity government

Dispelling rumors, Herzog says ‘no door’ to unity government

As Netanyahu battles Bennett, Zionist Union leader denies report his faction could replace Jewish Home in the coalition   Opposition leader Isaac Herzog denied reports… Read More ›

Rape case outrage backfires on PM

Rape case outrage backfires on PM

Prime Minister Netanyahu apologizes for chastising the media’s failiure to give proper attention to a rape by two Palestinian men on a mentally challenged Jewish… Read More ›

Russia to return Israeli tank captured 34 years ago

Russia to return Israeli tank captured 34 years ago

The tank, used by the IDF during the First Lebanon War, was taken in 1982 during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub; the fate of the… Read More ›

Jordan’s King dissolves parliament, names caretaker PM

Jordan’s King dissolves parliament, names caretaker PM

King Abdullah orders new elections to be held after dissolving the parliament in accordance with constitutional custom. Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi… Read More ›

Republicans join Democrats in anger at AIPAC

Republicans join Democrats in anger at AIPAC

The pro-Israel lobby are shirking their mission on a host of battles, according to GOP members.   WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats are still nursing wounds from… Read More ›

Analysis: Why does Bennett care so much about the Security Cabinet?

Analysis: Why does Bennett care so much about the Security Cabinet?

No government in Israel has come or gone based on the issue so apparently trivial as whether a cabinet secretary will be appointed to brief… Read More ›

Coalition crisis over as Netanyahu and Bennett reach compromise

Coalition crisis over as Netanyahu and Bennett reach compromise

A military secretary will begin briefing the security cabinet from Monday as Litzman mediates a solution to avert the mounting crisis. The vote to expand… Read More ›