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OECD report: Israel is corrupt, poor, and happy

OECD report: Israel is corrupt, poor, and happy

Israel ranks low for income, housing market and poverty, says report – yet Israelis express high satisfaction with life and the country places high for… Read More ›

Terror victims’ relatives to gov’t: Deport terrorists’ families

Terror victims’ relatives to gov’t: Deport terrorists’ families

Relatives of 18 people murdered in terror attacks have written an open letter calling on the government to stiffen the penalty for terrorists’ families and… Read More ›

The drums of war can be heard

The drums of war can be heard

Op-ed: War is likely to break out here next summer, or even before then – and if you think its doubtful, or trust in the… Read More ›

Israeli envoy Danon: ‘I live with anti-Semitism 24/7 at the United Nations’

Israeli envoy Danon: ‘I live with anti-Semitism 24/7 at the United Nations’

Quarter of Israelis scared of a new Holocaust, end of Israel, says new poll.   “At the UN I live with anti-Semitism twenty four-seven,” Israeli… Read More ›

Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

  The followers of an Israeli rabbi who has been on the run to avoid extradition back to Israel on sex abuse charges reportedly made… Read More ›

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

PM warns Palestinian terror group against reestablishing network of underground passageways.   Israel will respond more forcefully than it did during 2014’s Operation protective Edge… Read More ›

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to update the government on Sunday in regard to the legalization of the homes.   Some 20 Jewish families… Read More ›

Sanders: Democratic socialist calling for ‘political revolution’

Sanders: Democratic socialist calling for ‘political revolution’

Jewish progressive who spent three decades as an independent touches a chord among those disaffected with Washington   NEW YORK (AFP) – Bernie Sanders, the… Read More ›

The most respected poll in Iowa just gave Donald Trump some great news

The most respected poll in Iowa just gave Donald Trump some great news

  The most historically accurate poll in Iowa just released its final poll of the state’s caucuses — and it brought some good news for… Read More ›

China is angry with US warships getting in its way in the South China Sea

China is angry with US warships getting in its way in the South China Sea

  WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China and two other states in the… Read More ›

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a razor-thin race, according to the most respected poll in Iowa

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a razor-thin race, according to the most respected poll in Iowa

  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a narrow lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) in Iowa, according to a survey released Saturday by… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

  Jerusalem – Israel’s cultural class is increasingly alarmed by what many see as a tightening noose on freedom of expression, as a hard-line government… Read More ›

Washington – Sanders Says He’ll Quickly Break Up Big Banks Share Tweet Share Mail

Washington – Sanders Says He’ll Quickly Break Up Big Banks Share Tweet Share Mail

  Washington – Battling across Iowa ahead of the first-in-the-country vote on Monday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are dueling on fertile populist ground: resentment… Read More ›

Houston, TX – Now Deeply Christian, Cruz’s Religion Once Wasn’t So Obvious

Houston, TX – Now Deeply Christian, Cruz’s Religion Once Wasn’t So Obvious

  Houston, TX – Ted Cruz sometimes sounds more like a preacher than a presidential candidate, praising the transformative love of Jesus Christ and promising… Read More ›

Children among 33 migrants dead after boat sinks off Turkish coast

Children among 33 migrants dead after boat sinks off Turkish coast

  Lesbos, Greece – Another day, another group of migrants lost in the Mediterranean Sea — forever. This time, at least 33 migrants died after their… Read More ›

Helicopter pilot killed on Tanzania anti-poaching mission

Helicopter pilot killed on Tanzania anti-poaching mission

  A British helicopter pilot was fatally shot by elephant poachers while flying an anti-poaching mission in Tanzania, a member of Parliament and a conservation… Read More ›

Turkey says Russia violated airspace, summons ambassador

Turkey says Russia violated airspace, summons ambassador

  Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Ankara to protest and condemn what it called a violation of airspace by a Russian warplane.… Read More ›

Obama to meet with Muslims on 1st visit to US mosque

Obama to meet with Muslims on 1st visit to US mosque

In last year of presidency, effort to ‘celebrate’ Muslim Americans seen as response to anti-Muslim rhetoric   WASHINGTON (AP) — In a public show of… Read More ›

Report counts some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years

Report counts some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years

‘Last ten years were the most dangerous,’ says journalists’ group, estimating that just one in ten killings is investigated   BRUSSELS (AP) — In the… Read More ›

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

While acknowledging 80% of West Bank settlers went there in search of affordable housing, filmmaker Shimon Dotan insists it is the violent fringe that leads… Read More ›