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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to Georgia governor: If you don’t veto that bill, we will ‘reduce investments’ in the state

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to Georgia governor: If you don’t veto that bill, we will ‘reduce investments’ in the state

  Late Wednesday night, the Georgia state legislature passed a contentious bill that critics say will let organizations discriminate against gay people. The next question… Read More ›

New York – Facing Criticism, NYC Mayor To Shutter Nonprofit Group

New York – Facing Criticism, NYC Mayor To Shutter Nonprofit Group

  New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he has begun shutting down the nonprofit group that was advancing his… Read More ›

TIME fails to mention Palestinian killed by Israel murdered three

TIME fails to mention Palestinian killed by Israel murdered three

Five months later and despite repeated requests to correct the factual error that appeared in an article mentioning a ‘Palestinian graphic design’ killed by Israel,… Read More ›

Pyongyang – South K: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea

Pyongyang – South K: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea

  Pyongyang – North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday off its east coast and it flew about 800 km (500 miles) into the… Read More ›

EU: Israel’s ‘land seizure’ threatens peace process

EU: Israel’s ‘land seizure’ threatens peace process

Appropriation of 579 acres near Jericho ‘risks undermining the viability of a future Palestinian state and therefore calls into question Israel’s commitment to a two-state… Read More ›

Running for the greater good

Running for the greater good

Groups helping disabled children, new olim to race in Jerusalem Marathon.   For marathoners, the only thing more enjoyable than a runner’s high is running… Read More ›

Dennis Ross: Next US administration will want to improve ties with Israel

Dennis Ross: Next US administration will want to improve ties with Israel

Former US envoy to Mideast says whoever takes over the White House will realize “you don’t need a problem with Israel when dealing with all… Read More ›

New York – Alexa Voice Software To Offer Fitbit Progress Updates

New York – Alexa Voice Software To Offer Fitbit Progress Updates

  New York – Alexa, what can you tell me about my health? Starting Thursday, Amazon’s voice assistant will tell you how well you slept… Read More ›

Air Force faces shortage of drone and jet pilots

Air Force faces shortage of drone and jet pilots

  Washington – A top Air Force general warned Wednesday that the U.S. faces a shortage of hundreds of fighter pilots and drone operators. In Capitol… Read More ›

Iran seen escaping UN sanctions over missiles due to ambiguous resolution

Iran seen escaping UN sanctions over missiles due to ambiguous resolution

“When you look at your hand, and you can’t even bluff… you fold,” said a US official.   UNITED NATIONS – Iran will likely escape new… Read More ›

US says Europe needs ‘working definition’ of anti-Semitism

US says Europe needs ‘working definition’ of anti-Semitism

In 2013 the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights dropped a definition of anti-Semitism from its website, eliciting harsh criticism from Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.… Read More ›

Israel wont allow Iran, Hezbollah on Syrian border, Rivlin tells Putin

Israel wont allow Iran, Hezbollah on Syrian border, Rivlin tells Putin

Israeli president tells Russian counterpart enemies’ presence in Golan Hieghts is a red line, backs return of UN peacekeepers   Israel will not allow Iran… Read More ›

Thank you, surge, may I have another?

Thank you, surge, may I have another?

  Late last night, around 10:30pm (“late” for parents), my brother (who is visiting from the NYC area) and I were standing in my kitchen… Read More ›

Bill Ackman is having the worst year in his fund’s history

Bill Ackman is having the worst year in his fund’s history

  Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, founder of $12 billion Pershing Square Capital, is having the worst year in his fund’s history. Pershing Square Holdings, his fund’s… Read More ›

FedEx: Amazon would have to spend ‘tens of billions’ to compete with us

FedEx: Amazon would have to spend ‘tens of billions’ to compete with us

  FedEx is not concerned about recent reports of Amazon possibly building up an in-house shipping network, and downplayed it as mere “headline grabbing” stories. During its… Read More ›

Washington – Analysis: Obama Dares GOP To Let Clinton, Trump Pick Justice

Washington – Analysis: Obama Dares GOP To Let Clinton, Trump Pick Justice

  Washington – By nominating an uncontroversial 63-year-old judge, President Barack Obama handed Republicans an unwelcome election-year proposition: Give in or risk letting Hillary Clinton… Read More ›

Jerusalem – How Palestinians Produce Guns Out Of Home Appliances

Jerusalem – How Palestinians Produce Guns Out Of Home Appliances

  Jerusalem – In just one in a series of overnight operations in Judea and Samaria, the IDF and police located weapons and gun-manufacturing machinery… Read More ›

New York – For New York Hospital’s Patients, Miniature Horses Are A Strong Rx

New York – For New York Hospital’s Patients, Miniature Horses Are A Strong Rx

  New York – Some of the most powerful medicine delivered to young patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Wednesday came in… Read More ›

North Korea sentences U.S. student to 15 years hard labor

North Korea sentences U.S. student to 15 years hard labor

North Korea has sentenced an American student to 15 years of hard labor after accusing him of removing a political banner from a hotel. The… Read More ›

Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation

Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation

  It was a problem that had baffled mathematicians for centuries — until British professor Andrew Wiles set his mind to it. “There are no… Read More ›