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6 ways Israel is counting its blessings on its 68th Independence Day

6 ways Israel is counting its blessings on its 68th Independence Day

In Israel’s first decades, phone access was a luxury. Now, 96 percent of Israelis own cellphones.   When Israel entered its 1948 War of Independence,… Read More ›

Israel at 68: Not isolated, but badly misunderstood

Israel at 68: Not isolated, but badly misunderstood

Israel is not isolated. What it is, however, is badly misunderstood and not universally loved, and both those conditions leave us often wringing our hands.… Read More ›

Educating the Start-Up Nation’s next generation

Educating the Start-Up Nation’s next generation

Making sure Israeli students learn math and science at the highest levels will ensure Israel can meet any threats it may face, Education Minister Naftali… Read More ›

Confidence in Iron Dome aids PTSD, shows research

Confidence in Iron Dome aids PTSD, shows research

During the conflict between Israel and Gaza, more than 4,500 missiles were fired by Palestinian terrorists on 70 percent of the Israeli population.   The… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s controversial pick for Italy envoy withdraws her candidacy

Netanyahu’s controversial pick for Italy envoy withdraws her candidacy

Fiamma Nirenstein cites ‘personal reasons’ for pulling out as Israeli ambassador-designate to Rome   Israel’s ambassador-designate to Italy has withdrawn her candidacy for the role… Read More ›

Amazon Web Services just scored a big deal with $50 billion Salesforce

Amazon Web Services just scored a big deal with $50 billion Salesforce

  Amazon Web Services has just signed another big client to its expanding customer list: Salesforce, the $50 billion cloud-software maker. According to the WSJ,… Read More ›

Donald Trump scored a big first 2 victories after vaulting to become the presumed GOP nominee

Donald Trump scored a big first 2 victories after vaulting to become the presumed GOP nominee

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — His White House dreams fading, Bernie Sanders aimed to add another state to his tally over Hillary Clinton with a… Read More ›

Jeff Bezos just made $18 billion in 3 months

Jeff Bezos just made $18 billion in 3 months

  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has had a nice three months. On February 9, three months ago, Amazon’s stock was trading at around $482 a share.… Read More ›

Chicago – Jon Stewart Labels Donald Trump A ‘Man-baby’

Chicago – Jon Stewart Labels Donald Trump A ‘Man-baby’

  Chicago – Jon Stewart has been on the sidelines for one of the wildest campaign seasons in memory. But he’s weighing in with a… Read More ›

Fort Lee, NJ – Judge Orders Disclosure Of GW Bridge Scandal Co-Conspirators

Fort Lee, NJ – Judge Orders Disclosure Of GW Bridge Scandal Co-Conspirators

  Fort Lee, NJ – A list of unindicted co-conspirators should be made public in the case of two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris… Read More ›

New York – Budweiser Becomes “America.” Drink Up. Or Not.

New York – Budweiser Becomes “America.” Drink Up. Or Not.

New York – There’s no trademark on America. Budweiser, now owned by Belgium’s AB Inbev, will rename its beer “America” this summer and alter its… Read More ›

Five Solomon islands swallowed by the sea

Five Solomon islands swallowed by the sea

  Rising sea levels that submerge entire islands were supposed to be a distant possibility of an apocalyptic future. But in the idyllic Pacific, that… Read More ›

U.S. destroyer sails near disputed Chinese island

U.S. destroyer sails near disputed Chinese island

The U.S. Navy on Tuesday sent a guided missile destroyer within 12 miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea where China has… Read More ›

Sanders, Clinton battle for West Virginia

Sanders, Clinton battle for West Virginia

  Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are battling in the West Virginia primary as the Vermont senator seeks a morale-boosting win over the Democratic front-runner.… Read More ›

Man charged as accomplice in deadly Jaffa stabbing spree

Man charged as accomplice in deadly Jaffa stabbing spree

Muhammad Awieda of East Jerusalem allegedly drove Bashar Massalha, who killed US citizen Taylor Force, to scene of terror attack   An East Jerusalem man… Read More ›

Israel seals off West Bank for memorial, independence days

Israel seals off West Bank for memorial, independence days

IDF announces shutdown just hours before it goes into effect; exceptions to be made for ‘humanitarian cases’   Israel closed off the West Bank and… Read More ›

Teen US terror victim memorialized in musical tribute

Teen US terror victim memorialized in musical tribute

As Israel remembers its fallen soldiers and victims of terror, musician Rebecca Teplow releases song dedicated to 18-year-old Ezra Schwartz, who was murdered in November… Read More ›

LGBT community protests for equal rights for families of fallen soldiers

LGBT community protests for equal rights for families of fallen soldiers

Gay IDF reserve soldiers are protesting in front of the prime minister’s residence against the fact that Israeli law does not automatically recognize same-sex partners… Read More ›

Netanyahu backtracks on comment about 2011 Cairo embassy incident

Netanyahu backtracks on comment about 2011 Cairo embassy incident

After initially saying ‘threat of an Israeli military rescue operation’ was what brought Egyptian forces to Israeli embassy, where security staff were besieged by demonstrators,… Read More ›

IDF officer hurt in bomb explosion near Hizma

IDF officer hurt in bomb explosion near Hizma

Security forces close route 437 after finding two potential explosives at scene of attack near Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood. An IDF officer was wounded on… Read More ›