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Daniel Dion, Celine Dion’s brother, dies of cancer

Daniel Dion, Celine Dion’s brother, dies of cancer

Daniel Dion, the brother of entertainer Celine Dion, died on Saturday after a battle with cancer, his family said. He was 59. The eighth of… Read More ›

Burkina Faso attack: At least 28 dead, scores freed after hotel siege

Burkina Faso attack: At least 28 dead, scores freed after hotel siege

Attackers raided a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso overnight, shooting some and taking others hostage in a siege that lasted hours and ended with 28… Read More ›

Taiwan elects its first female president; China warns of ‘grave challenges’

Taiwan elects its first female president; China warns of ‘grave challenges’

Taipei – Taiwan has elected its first female president in a landmark election that could unsettle relations with Beijing. Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the opposition… Read More ›

Kerry declares US, Mideast allies ‘safer’ with Iran deal

Kerry declares US, Mideast allies ‘safer’ with Iran deal

In Israel, Netanyahu, Erdan warn implementation endangers region and fails to curb Tehran’s nuclear program   The responses to the Saturday announcement in Vienna of… Read More ›

Minister: PA collapse imminent, result will be ‘anarchy’

Minister: PA collapse imminent, result will be ‘anarchy’

Ze’ev Elkin, a member of the security cabinet, warns Israel is not preparing for the ‘war of all against all’ that will follow   In… Read More ›

Republicans, AIPAC bemoan lifting of Iranian sanctions

Republicans, AIPAC bemoan lifting of Iranian sanctions

As Obama signs executive order putting Iran deal into effect, Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton offers praise, but warns ‘we can’t take our eye off… Read More ›

Holocaust survivors missing out on funds because of legal dispute

Holocaust survivors missing out on funds because of legal dispute

The company that is supposed to look after Holocaust survivors in Israel is locked in a legal dispute, meaning that survivors are denied funds from… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry employees announce Bennett boycott

Foreign Ministry employees announce Bennett boycott

In response to an interview in which Education Minister Naftali Bennett seemed to cast aspersions on the loyalty of Israeli diplomats, Foreign Ministry employees decide… Read More ›

EU: Agreements with Israel only apply within 1967 borders

EU: Agreements with Israel only apply within 1967 borders

Israel is battling an EU proposal that will be tabled next week in a meeting of European foreign ministers, which calls for all European Union… Read More ›

PMO: Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapon, will destabilize Middle East

PMO: Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapon, will destabilize Middle East

Unless there is an appropriate response to each Iranian violation of its deal with the six world powers “Iran will surmise that it can continue… Read More ›

Jewish-American Robert Levinson not included in prisoners released from Iran

Jewish-American Robert Levinson not included in prisoners released from Iran

According to sources, as part of the exchange deal Iran “committed to continue cooperating with the United States to determine the whereabouts of Robert Levinson.”… Read More ›

Middle Israel: A Middle Eastern Finland

Middle Israel: A Middle Eastern Finland

With conflicts rapidly multiplying around it, Israel is steadily adopting a mind-set of neutrality.   There was a time when Switzerland epitomized the idyll Israel… Read More ›

Abdelfattah Mourou in NJ Sermon: U.S. Muslims Should Serve as a Beacon and a Model for Islamic World

Abdelfattah Mourou in NJ Sermon: U.S. Muslims Should Serve as a Beacon and a Model for Islamic World

Peaceful Muslim Protester? You Decide

Peaceful Muslim Protester? You Decide

A Song about Gefilte Fish by Moshe Mendelson

A Song about Gefilte Fish by Moshe Mendelson

Netanyahu on Swedish FM’s remarks: Outrageous, immoral, unjust and stupid

Netanyahu on Swedish FM’s remarks: Outrageous, immoral, unjust and stupid

At press conference with foreign media, PM rips double standards applied to Israel, calls for ‘reset’ in ties with EU.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Fractured field for big GOP Iowa debate

Fractured field for big GOP Iowa debate

While anti-establishment frontrunners Trump and Cruz exchange blows, Rubio, Bush, Kasich, Christie vie to stand out as alternatives   NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) —… Read More ›

Goldman just got wiped out

Goldman just got wiped out

  Goldman Sachs’ fourth-quarter earnings essentially just got wiped out. The bank said on Thursday that it will pay a $5 billion settlement related to… Read More ›

Morgan Stanley just announced bonuses ― and fixed-income traders are not happy

Morgan Stanley just announced bonuses ― and fixed-income traders are not happy

It’s bonus day at Morgan Stanley. That means the bank is telling employees what they’ll receive for their work from the previous year. Bonuses, not base… Read More ›

Democratic campaign erupts into firefight after Bernie Sanders ad criticizes Hillary Clinton on Wall Street

Democratic campaign erupts into firefight after Bernie Sanders ad criticizes Hillary Clinton on Wall Street

  Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign pounced on Thursday after her chief primary rival, US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), swiped at… Read More ›