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Netanyahu pans US senator’s call to probe ‘extrajudicial killings’

Netanyahu pans US senator’s call to probe ‘extrajudicial killings’

Patrick Leahy, 10 other lawmakers questioned military aid to Israel, Egypt given allegations of human rights abuses by their security forces   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Trump says nuclear Saudi Arabia may be inevitable

Trump says nuclear Saudi Arabia may be inevitable

GOP front-runner calls for US to consider allowing allies to acquire atomic weapons as defense against rogue states   Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said… Read More ›

Police examines suspicions against Herzog

Police examines suspicions against Herzog

Israel Police and Tax Authority are looking into suspicions the Opposition leader violated the Parties Financing Law during last Labor primaries; similar suspicions arose against… Read More ›

US congressmen call on Kerry to probe Israeli ‘extrajudicial executions’

US congressmen call on Kerry to probe Israeli ‘extrajudicial executions’

In letter, Dem. Senator Patrick Leahy urges State Department to investigate allegations of ‘gross violations of human rights’ by Israel and Egypt, and reexamine military… Read More ›

German historian accuses AP of Nazi collaboration

German historian accuses AP of Nazi collaboration

Historian Harriet Scharnberg claims the Associated Press reached agreement with Hitler’s regime that it could not publish information that might weaken the Third Reich, while… Read More ›

NGO to A-G: Spill the beans on new Deri scandal to High Court

NGO to A-G: Spill the beans on new Deri scandal to High Court

Movement for Quality of Government wants the interior minister fired.   An NGO wrote to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit demanding that he reveal evidence from the… Read More ›

Settler leader: IDF to raze outpost synagogue

Settler leader: IDF to raze outpost synagogue

The synagogue was constructed in memory of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, whom Hamas terrorists kidnapped and murdered on June… Read More ›

Quartet envoys in Jerusalem to work toward restarting peace talks

Quartet envoys in Jerusalem to work toward restarting peace talks

Group expected to release report in coming months.   Envoys from the Middle East Quartet, made up of the US, Russia, EU and UN, met… Read More ›

Theater director: Take ‘Israel’ off my name on int’l festival program

Theater director: Take ‘Israel’ off my name on int’l festival program

Ofira Henig’s Arabic-language ‘manmaRo’ project will be showing at the Festival of International New Drama in the Schaubühne theater in April.   A prominent Israeli… Read More ›

Israel, China announce 260-million-shekel academic cooperation

Israel, China announce 260-million-shekel academic cooperation

Visiting Jerusalem, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Jindong announces start of talks over free-trade zone with Israel   Israel and China have signed seven academic cooperation… Read More ›

Trader Joe’s is reportedly slashing prices

Trader Joe’s is reportedly slashing prices

  Trader Joe’s (TJ) appears to be slashing prices, which could put new pricing pressure on Whole Foods Market (WFM), according to Deutsche Bank analysts.… Read More ›

Coke and Pepsi are facing a terrifying reality

Coke and Pepsi are facing a terrifying reality

  Americans cut their soda intake yet again in 2015. The total volume of soda consumed in the US dropped 1.2% in last year, compared… Read More ›

‘Al Qaeda has sealed its future’: Syria’s jihadists may be the biggest winners of Assad’s ‘victory’ at Palmyra

‘Al Qaeda has sealed its future’: Syria’s jihadists may be the biggest winners of Assad’s ‘victory’ at Palmyra

  Pro-regime forces recaptured the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra from ISIS over the weekend, dealing a blow to one of the terrorist group’s most… Read More ›

Teaneck, NJ – Police Probe If Wind Played Role In Fatal 7-story Fall

Teaneck, NJ – Police Probe If Wind Played Role In Fatal 7-story Fall

  Teaneck, NJ – Police are investigating whether powerful wind gusts played a role in the death of a man who fell off the roof… Read More ›

West Palm Beach, FL – Officials: Airline Worker With $282K In Backpack Arrested

West Palm Beach, FL – Officials: Airline Worker With $282K In Backpack Arrested

  West Palm Beach, FL – A Delta Air Lines employee sneaked $282,000 in a backpack into Palm Beach International Airport with instructions to deliver… Read More ›

Washington – Apple Remains In Dark How FBI Hacked iPhone, Increases Pressure On Security

Washington – Apple Remains In Dark How FBI Hacked iPhone, Increases Pressure On Security

  Washington – The FBI’s announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers suddenly discover they… Read More ›

Japanese teen flees after abduction, two-year imprisonment

Japanese teen flees after abduction, two-year imprisonment

  A 15-year-old girl from Saitama, Japan has escaped a two-year long imprisonment after her captor inadvertently left his door unlocked, allowing her to escape,… Read More ›

Chinese editor quits in protest over media crackdown

Chinese editor quits in protest over media crackdown

  For one editor at a Chinese newspaper, the government’s tightening grip on the media appears to have become too much to bear. Yu Shaolei,… Read More ›

Canadian politician Jean Lapierre and 6 others die in crash flying to funeral

Canadian politician Jean Lapierre and 6 others die in crash flying to funeral

  Former Canadian Parliamentarian Jean Lapierre and several members of his family were among seven killed in a plane crash Tuesday off the coast of… Read More ›

Israeli companies to build smart city in Brazil

Israeli companies to build smart city in Brazil

Croatá Laguna Ecopark, a high-tech city for low-income Brazilians, will boast Israeli solutions for security, landscaping and engineering   RIO DE JANEIRO — Three Israeli… Read More ›