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Israelis leave behind 1,000 tons of litter at end of Passover holiday

Israelis leave behind 1,000 tons of litter at end of Passover holiday

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis take advantage of the warm weather to go out into nature on the last day of Passover holiday, filling up… Read More ›

Report: Germany considering stopping ‘unconditional support’ of Israel

Report: Germany considering stopping ‘unconditional support’ of Israel

Der Spiegel reports senior officials in the German government believe Netanyahu is ‘instrumentalizing’ Berlin’s friendship, while the magazine quotes Merkel as saying she understands ‘why… Read More ›

Israelis celebrate the Mimouna: ‘A holiday that unites all’

Israelis celebrate the Mimouna: ‘A holiday that unites all’

The Moroccan tradition for the day after Passover has become popular among all ethnic groups in Israeli society; the Jews of Northern Africa open their… Read More ›

Police: Double suicide in Ma’aleh Adumim due to wife’s terminal illness

Police: Double suicide in Ma’aleh Adumim due to wife’s terminal illness

Around 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, police received a call from the couple’s son, who told them he found his parents badly wounded and lying… Read More ›

On Macedonia border, Syrian migrants hope for open door

On Macedonia border, Syrian migrants hope for open door

Conditions have improved since this empty meadow, under the gaze of several distant casinos, turned from a scrum of desperately fleeing victims of war into… Read More ›

Institute warns Israel it could lose Jewish majority; Recommends easing conversion policy

Institute warns Israel it could lose Jewish majority; Recommends easing conversion policy

Halevy, Norman warn that the country could lose its Jewish majority within decades.   Unless the State of Israel changes its policy on converting immigrants from… Read More ›

Islamic State (ISIS) Fighting Video Captured on Helmet Cam

Islamic State (ISIS) Fighting Video Captured on Helmet Cam

 

‘I’m ashamed I did nothing to stop injustice,’ ex-Nazi SS officer says

‘I’m ashamed I did nothing to stop injustice,’ ex-Nazi SS officer says

Reinhold Hanning is being charged by a German court with being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people.   A 94-year-old former… Read More ›

Even with the nation’s largest insurer leaving, Obamacare is nowhere near dead

Even with the nation’s largest insurer leaving, Obamacare is nowhere near dead

  Obamacare was dealt a huge image blow on April 19 when United Healthcare announced that it was pulling its plans from all but a “handful” of… Read More ›

2 clear signs the stock market ‘endgame’ is approaching

2 clear signs the stock market ‘endgame’ is approaching

Is this the top? In a note to clients on Friday, UBS strategist Julian Emanuel suggests that a few signs pointing to the “endgame” for… Read More ›

The unprecedented deal between Cruz and Kasich to stop Trump is collapsing

The unprecedented deal between Cruz and Kasich to stop Trump is collapsing

  It has taken only a few days for the unprecedented deal between Ted Cruz’s and John Kasich’s presidential campaigns to fall flat. The agreement… Read More ›

New York – Billionaire Icahn Says Sold Entire Apple Stake Share Tweet Share Mail

New York – Billionaire Icahn Says Sold Entire Apple Stake Share Tweet Share Mail

  New York – Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said Thursday he had sold his entire stake in Apple Inc, citing the risk of China’s… Read More ›

Miami, FL – Smile! Miami-Dade Police Deploying 1,000 Body Cameras

Miami, FL – Smile! Miami-Dade Police Deploying 1,000 Body Cameras

  Miami, FL – The largest police agency in Florida is outfitting 1,000 of its officers with pager-sized body cameras over the next few months… Read More ›

Baltimore, MD – Police Sniper Shoots Man Who Says He Has Bomb At FOX TV Station

Baltimore, MD – Police Sniper Shoots Man Who Says He Has Bomb At FOX TV Station

  Maryland – A police sniper shot a man who walked into a TV station lobby wearing a full animal costume and surgical mask and… Read More ›

Helicopter crashes into sea off Norway, at least 11 dead

Helicopter crashes into sea off Norway, at least 11 dead

  A helicopter carrying workers from an oil platform to the mainland crashed off the coast of Hordaland, Norway, Friday, killing at least 11 people,… Read More ›

North Korean military moves: What can the U.S. do?

North Korean military moves: What can the U.S. do?

North Korea’s attempted missile tests Thursday are just the latest in a string of muscle-flexing and trash-talking provocations out of Pyongyang. U.N. officials gathered later… Read More ›

Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech earns praise in Russia

Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech earns praise in Russia

  Moscow – After Donald Trump gave a much-anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday, some of the most glowing reviews that he received were from a… Read More ›

Former US House speaker: Cruz is ‘Lucifer in the flesh’

Former US House speaker: Cruz is ‘Lucifer in the flesh’

John Boehner says he ‘never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch’; Cruz: He’s showing his ‘inner Trump’   Former US House speaker… Read More ›

Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan

Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan

After PM says territory will remain under state’s sovereignty permanently, expert stresses situation on the ground has not changed and that annexation never took place… Read More ›

It’s pot and prejudice as British comedy tackles Jewish-Muslim relations

It’s pot and prejudice as British comedy tackles Jewish-Muslim relations

In ‘Dough,’ opening in the US on Friday, an unlikely alliance between an elderly kosher baker and a Darfuri refugee makes for cannabis-laced challah  … Read More ›