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Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Houston Chabad rabbi helps Jewish prisoner on death row put on tefillin and perform a Bar Mitzvah; the rabbi says, ‘When he saw that I… Read More ›

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel sent notices to ramshackle 12 Bedouin properties; affected bedouin says ‘The Israeli occupation seeks to displace us from our territory’ Israel’s Civil Administration, the… Read More ›

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Following altercation at friend’s house, Israeli champion sailor is ran over by a car; suspect says he lost control of car. Maor Ben Harush, who… Read More ›

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government representatives said it is too early to tell if there is correlation between pollution and health problems in Haifa – everyone else criticized them… Read More ›

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

  Chances are good that if members of the Saudi royal family are eating Turkish dried fruit or wearing Bulgarian shoes, some of those products… Read More ›

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

Comments come during Israeli offensive against “biased media.”   Israel’s increasingly hostile condemnations of the foreign press are beginning to verge on incitement, Associated Press… Read More ›

Kerry to meet Abbas in Jordan; no planned visit to Israel

Kerry to meet Abbas in Jordan; no planned visit to Israel

Talks come as France, Quartet promote bids to break impasse.   US Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in Jordan on Saturday, is expected to… Read More ›

Kerry tells Lavrov Syria truce must come as soon as possible

Kerry tells Lavrov Syria truce must come as soon as possible

Top US diplomat rails against ‘indiscriminate continued bombing’ by Russian aircraft in support of Assad regime   AMMAN, Jordan – US Secretary of State John… Read More ›

Here’s why Google invested $1 billion in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Here’s why Google invested $1 billion in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

  Did you notice this big investment Google made last year? You may have missed it. After all, the U.S. space company hadn’t yet earned… Read More ›

‘Down to 3’: Marco Rubio delivers triumphant speech after South Carolina finish

‘Down to 3’: Marco Rubio delivers triumphant speech after South Carolina finish

  Sen. Marco Rubio, locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Sen. Ted Cruz for second place in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, said in a… Read More ›

Donald Trump just passed a historic test toward winning the GOP nomination

Donald Trump just passed a historic test toward winning the GOP nomination

  The prospect of Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination for president is starting to look more and more likely after what was shaping up… Read More ›

Columbia, SC – Cruz Says His Campaign ‘Has Beaten’ Trump

Columbia, SC – Cruz Says His Campaign ‘Has Beaten’ Trump

  Columbia, SC – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz says he is the only campaign that “has beaten and can beat” billionaire Donald Trump, who won… Read More ›

New York – Pressure Grows On Hillary Clinton To Release Goldman Sachs Speeches

New York – Pressure Grows On Hillary Clinton To Release Goldman Sachs Speeches

  New York – Hillary Clinton continued to resist calls to release her transcripts of paid speeches she gave to Goldman Sachs and other banks,… Read More ›

Egypt – Arab Social Media Abuzz Over Sisi’s Reported Praise Of Netanyahu To American Jewish Leaders

Egypt – Arab Social Media Abuzz Over Sisi’s Reported Praise Of Netanyahu To American Jewish Leaders

  Egypt – What exactly did Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi say to a group of American Jewish leaders about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? That… Read More ›

Cameron calls British referendum on UK’s EU membership for June 23

Cameron calls British referendum on UK’s EU membership for June 23

Now the campaign for the future of Britain, the argument over its place in the world, really begins. The day of decision is just four… Read More ›

Lock of John Lennon’s hair sells for thousands

Lock of John Lennon’s hair sells for thousands

  A lucky bidder made the cut and is adding to their memorabilia collection four inches of The Beatles star’s hair. The nearly 50-year-old lock… Read More ›

Fiji cleaning up from powerful Tropical Cyclone Winston

Fiji cleaning up from powerful Tropical Cyclone Winston

Fiji has started to assess and clean up the damage inflicted by Tropical Cyclone Winston, the most powerful storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere,… Read More ›

Clinton edges out Sanders to win Nevada caucuses

Clinton edges out Sanders to win Nevada caucuses

Entrance polls in third Democratic primary contest show former senator winning among women, union workers, minorities   LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hillary Clinton edged out… Read More ›

After S. Carolina loss, Jeb Bush drops out of White House race

After S. Carolina loss, Jeb Bush drops out of White House race

62-year-old brother and son to two US presidents failed to score victories as voters flocked to political outsiders   COLUMBIA, South Carolina – Former Florida… Read More ›

Newly uncovered 1963 protest footage boosts Sanders campaign

Newly uncovered 1963 protest footage boosts Sanders campaign

Film shows a 21-year-old Bernie Sanders, then a student, being arrested at protest for desegregation of Chicago public schools   Footage of a 1963 arrest… Read More ›