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Microsoft is marking the end of an era with a $199 Windows phone for the business customer

Microsoft is marking the end of an era with a $199 Windows phone for the business customer

  After lots of speculation, and somesignificant information leakage, Microsoft finally and officially announced the Lumia 650 — a budget $199 smartphone running Windows 10… Read More ›

Washington – Texas Judge Disclosed More Details About Scalia’s Health

Washington – Texas Judge Disclosed More Details About Scalia’s Health

  Washington – The Texas county judge who decided no autopsy was needed following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has disclosed new… Read More ›

Washington – New Research Finds Noise Harder On Children Than Adults

Washington – New Research Finds Noise Harder On Children Than Adults

  Washington – From the cacophony of day care to the buzz of TV and electronic toys, noise is more distracting to a child’s brain… Read More ›

Columbia, SC – George W. Bush Offers Tough Trump Takedown In Campaign Debut

Columbia, SC – George W. Bush Offers Tough Trump Takedown In Campaign Debut

  Columbia, SC – George W. Bush never mentioned Donald Trump. But with his folky touch, the former president unleashed a tough takedown Monday of… Read More ›

$1 billion drug bust in Australia

$1 billion drug bust in Australia

Australian police have seized $1 billion Australian dollars’ worth of the drug “ice” from a shipment of silicon bra inserts and art supplies, the country’s… Read More ›

Four Americans arrested in Bahrain

Four Americans arrested in Bahrain

  Four Americans have been arrested in Bahrain for entering the country using false information and allegedly participating in “attacks on police,” according to a… Read More ›

Bush family values: 43 comes to Jeb’s rescue

Bush family values: 43 comes to Jeb’s rescue

Charleston, South Carolina – Jeb Bush, who has struggled with the political baggage attached to his famous last name, has finally come to a place where… Read More ›

Nearly half of all Palestinian terrorists are aged 20 or less — Shin Bet

Nearly half of all Palestinian terrorists are aged 20 or less — Shin Bet

24 attackers between October and February were female; 9 were Arab Israelis and 36 East Jerusalemites, security service’s stats show   Nearly half of the… Read More ›

‘Morocco’s king dispatches Jewish aide to push Israeli-Palestinian talks’

‘Morocco’s king dispatches Jewish aide to push Israeli-Palestinian talks’

Channel 2 says senior officials from both sides will meet this week under auspices of Sam Ben Shitrit, with backing from Abbas and Netanyahu  … Read More ›

Looking for a quickie Jewish wedding in Las Vegas? Call Rabbi Mel Hecht

Looking for a quickie Jewish wedding in Las Vegas? Call Rabbi Mel Hecht

He came in the ’80s to serve a synagogue congregation, but wound up being the indiosyncratic rabbi of Sin City   LAS VEGAS (JTA) –… Read More ›

Israel starts returning terrorists’ bodies to families

Israel starts returning terrorists’ bodies to families

After public outcry, the first of ten bodies of terrorists killed while carrying out attacks in current wave of violence was returned to his family… Read More ›

At least 50 dead in Russian airstrikes on Syrian schools, hospitals

At least 50 dead in Russian airstrikes on Syrian schools, hospitals

Days after Russia and other world powers agreed to bring about a humanitarian pause in fighting, Russian warplanes allegedly strike multiple civilian targets in northern… Read More ›

‘ISIS planning chemical attack against US’

‘ISIS planning chemical attack against US’

American and European intelligence chiefs say the Islamic State group is manufacturing chemical weapons on an industrial scale, and have already used WMDs ‘numerous times’… Read More ›

Rivlin slams bill allowing MKs to vote out lawmakers who express support for terrorism

Rivlin slams bill allowing MKs to vote out lawmakers who express support for terrorism

President: Bill allowing MKs to oust colleagues oversteps and undermines Knesset’s purpose.   President Reuven Rivlin on Monday condemned legislation that would allow MKs to vote… Read More ›

Turkey accuses Russia of firing missiles in Syria, killing 50 in schools, hospitals

Turkey accuses Russia of firing missiles in Syria, killing 50 in schools, hospitals

  KIEV/BEIRUT – Turkey on Monday accused Russia of an “obvious war crime” after missile attacks in northern Syria killed scores of people, and warned… Read More ›

Home made guns add to Israeli security

Home made guns add to Israeli security

Security Woes Improvised attacks are a growing challenge to stemming “popular terror.”   The gun that killed Hadar Cohen was not carried into the Palestinian territories… Read More ›

FROM THE WILDERNESSS AND LEBANON, An Israeli Soldier’s Story of War and Recovery, by Asael Lubotsky

FROM THE WILDERNESSS AND LEBANON, An Israeli Soldier’s Story of War and Recovery, by Asael Lubotsky

FROM THE WILDERNESSS AND LEBANON, An Israeli Soldier’s Story of War and Recovery, by Asael Lubotsky Translated by Murray Roston Toby Press, Jerusalem, Israel and… Read More ›

Britain to issue anti-boycott regulations

Britain to issue anti-boycott regulations

Matthew Hancock, the British government’s Cabinet Office Minister, is scheduled to visit Israel early this week and unveil details of the regulations.   In what… Read More ›

Who’s for destroying democracy?

Who’s for destroying democracy?

Op-ed: The prime minister’s ‘big plan’ is to weaken the political system, debilitate the civil servants and gatekeepers and destroy free press. This is not… Read More ›

Elizabeth Warren unloads on Republicans for saying they’ll block Obama’s attempt to replace Scalia

Elizabeth Warren unloads on Republicans for saying they’ll block Obama’s attempt to replace Scalia

  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), an influential member of the Senate Democratic caucus, unloaded on Republicans who have said that President Barack Obama should not… Read More ›