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Expert dismisses Jordanian rhetoric against Israel as election ‘propaganda’

Expert dismisses Jordanian rhetoric against Israel as election ‘propaganda’

Parliament speaker: We oppose the peace treaty with Israel.   A Jordanian expert is dismissing comments opposing the peace treaty with Israel by Jordanian House… Read More ›

Right takes aim at Ya’alon: ‘IDF is subordinate to civilians, not a junta’

Right takes aim at Ya’alon: ‘IDF is subordinate to civilians, not a junta’

“Somebody needs to remind Bogie (Ya’alon’s nickname) that we live in a democracy, not a military regime,” Likud MK Oren Hazan said.   The Israeli… Read More ›

Susan Sarandon on Woody Allen: ‘He sexually assaulted a child’

Susan Sarandon on Woody Allen: ‘He sexually assaulted a child’

‘I have nothing good to say about him,’ Sarandon said of Allen. ‘I don’t want to go there.’   Susan Sarandon slammed Woody Allen at… Read More ›

Holocaust denial in Iran can be tackled by media, say experts

Holocaust denial in Iran can be tackled by media, say experts

US Holocaust Memorial Museum holds briefing to discuss Iranian cartoon contest on the Shoah.   NEW YORK – The way to tackle Holocaust denial in… Read More ›

Prominent Republicans weigh third-party run to unseat Trump

Prominent Republicans weigh third-party run to unseat Trump

Group reportedly led by 2012 presidential contender Mitt Romney has commissioned polling and courted potential challengers to the GOP candidate   A group of prominent… Read More ›

The future of grocery shopping just opened in a tiny Midwestern town

The future of grocery shopping just opened in a tiny Midwestern town

  When Sweden’s first unstaffed grocery store opened earlier this year, it received a flood ofbreathless global coverage—it’s a concept both novel and posh, a… Read More ›

The Target boycott has reached a boiling point — and sales may suffer as a result

The Target boycott has reached a boiling point — and sales may suffer as a result

  Target is facing a nationwide backlash for its support of transgender rights. More than 1.2 million people have signed a pledge to boycott the… Read More ›

The middle class is vanishing in America’s cities

The middle class is vanishing in America’s cities

The middle class in America’s cities has shrunk dramatically in the 21st century. A Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data looked at the… Read More ›

Manhattan, NY – Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Asks To Stay Free Pending Appeal

Manhattan, NY – Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Asks To Stay Free Pending Appeal

  Manhattan, NY – A former New York Assembly speaker convicted in a $5 million corruption case is asking to remain free pending appeal. Lawyers… Read More ›

London – British Delivery Driver Jailed For Plot To Kill U.S. Troops

London – British Delivery Driver Jailed For Plot To Kill U.S. Troops

  London – A delivery driver who plotted to kill U.S. troops based in England by staging road accidents to lure soldiers from their cars… Read More ›

Washington – Report: Billionaire Sheldon Adelson To Give Millions To Trump Campaign

Washington – Report: Billionaire Sheldon Adelson To Give Millions To Trump Campaign

  Washington – Billionaire casino mogul and ardent Israel supporter Sheldon G. Adelson will reportedly give nearly $100 million dollars to the campaign of presumptive… Read More ›

Hubble captures comet’s close Earth encounter

Hubble captures comet’s close Earth encounter

  One of the closest encounters between a comet and Earth has been captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The American space agency released a… Read More ›

U.S. official: ISIS declares state of emergency in self-declared capital

U.S. official: ISIS declares state of emergency in self-declared capital

U.S. military officials are closely watching social media and news reports that say ISIS believes it may soon come under siege in Raqqa, Syria, its… Read More ›

Ukrainian singer Jamala wins Eurovision competitio

Ukrainian singer Jamala wins Eurovision competitio

  Jamala of Ukraine on Sunday won the immensely popular Eurovision Song Contest with a somber, controversial tune that evokes Moscow’s deportation of members of… Read More ›

Brazil’s Jews scale back, a little, on their tots’ birthday extravaganzas

Brazil’s Jews scale back, a little, on their tots’ birthday extravaganzas

Be it for modesty, or economic necessity, some families are cutting back on the four-hour long, ‘millionaire market’ of deejayed parties for 100-plus friends of… Read More ›

EU trying to do same as Hitler, says UK’s Boris Johnson

EU trying to do same as Hitler, says UK’s Boris Johnson

Six weeks ahead of June 23 ‘Brexit’ vote, polls show Britons evenly divided over remaining in EU   LONDON – Former London mayor Boris Johnson… Read More ›

French Jews oppose Cannes film defending Munich terrorists

French Jews oppose Cannes film defending Munich terrorists

‘Munich: A Palestinian Story’ by director Nasri Hajjaj claims German police, not Palestinian hostage-takers, killed Israeli athletes at 1972 Olympics   The umbrella group of… Read More ›

Hezbollah blames insurgent shelling for death of top commander in Syria

Hezbollah blames insurgent shelling for death of top commander in Syria

Despite some newspapers initially blaming Israel for Badreddine’s death, the Lebanese terrorist organization has declared the assassination to be the work of ‘criminal gangs;’ Hezbollah… Read More ›

Jewish bus blaze evokes tension of 1991 Brooklyn riots

Jewish bus blaze evokes tension of 1991 Brooklyn riots

Following ultra-Orthodox Jewish students’ bus being set ablaze in Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, some are wondering if days of rioting will return. For days,… Read More ›

Former Syrian general calls for peace with Israel

Former Syrian general calls for peace with Israel

Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein received a letter from a former Syrian brigadier general, Nabil al-Dandel, who defected from the ranks of the regime… Read More ›