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Netanyahu: Israel in ‘world war’ with Islamic extremists

Netanyahu: Israel in ‘world war’ with Islamic extremists

Following Hezbollah threat to avenge Kuntar assassination, PM warns Jewish state will react forcefully to any attack   Israel is involved in a “world war”… Read More ›

US spied on Netanyahu’s anti Iran deal lobbying — report

US spied on Netanyahu’s anti Iran deal lobbying — report

Despite promising to curb eavesdropping on foreign leaders, White House had NSA listen in on conversations between Israeli leaders and US lawmakers, according to Wall… Read More ›

Olmert family vows to seek pardon

Olmert family vows to seek pardon

“A man who did so many great things for Israel should be pardoned,” Olmert’s brother says.   Members of former prime minister Ehud Olmert’s family… Read More ›

PMO officials rebuff report that Israel is planning to build on E1

PMO officials rebuff report that Israel is planning to build on E1

US: Such construction on West Bank zone incompatible with peace   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not advancing the construction of E1 at this time… Read More ›

Experts: ‘Iran has achieved a major victory’

Experts: ‘Iran has achieved a major victory’

Head of Washington think tank tells ‘Post’: Tehran traded away easily-reversible nuclear concessions like enriched uranium and first-generation centrifuges.   Experts dealing with the Iranian… Read More ›

Netanyahu agrees with haredim not to allow Women of the Wall to read Torah at Western Wall

Netanyahu agrees with haredim not to allow Women of the Wall to read Torah at Western Wall

“Apparently when Netanyahu spoke of ‘all’ Jews in November 2015, he forgot that women make up half of all Jews,” WOW said.   Prime Minister… Read More ›

Kerry hails ‘significant progress’ in Iran deal implementation

Kerry hails ‘significant progress’ in Iran deal implementation

Kerry hails ‘significant progress’ in Iran deal implementation   WASHINGTON – The United States has “seen important indications of significant progress towards Iran completing its… Read More ›

Yahoo’s popular finance tool has users revolting

Yahoo’s popular finance tool has users revolting

  Marissa Mayer may have one more problem to add to her list. Yahoo has been making changes to its popular finance tool, and users have complained… Read More ›

Tamir Rice’s family accuses prosecutor of ‘manipulating’ grand jury to get cops out of indictment for 12-year-old’s death

Tamir Rice’s family accuses prosecutor of ‘manipulating’ grand jury to get cops out of indictment for 12-year-old’s death

  The family of a 12-year-old black boy shot by police in Ohio is claiming that a prosecutor abused the grand-jury process to ensure that the… Read More ›

Microsoft rushed to kill a key feature because a ‘major publication’ was about to publish a negative article

Microsoft rushed to kill a key feature because a ‘major publication’ was about to publish a negative article

  Microsoft rushed to kill unlimited OneDrive storage because “a major publication was going to print something that was very damaging and was not true,”… Read More ›

Los Angeles – Weight-loss Resolution? Watch ‘In Defense Of Food’ First

Los Angeles – Weight-loss Resolution? Watch ‘In Defense Of Food’ First

  Los Angeles – January is looming, and we all know what that means: A resolution to lose weight and get healthy. Just like the… Read More ›

New York – Honest Tea: Trump Quote Being Phased Out From Bottle Caps

New York – Honest Tea: Trump Quote Being Phased Out From Bottle Caps

  New York – Organic beverage maker Honest Tea says a Donald Trump quote is being removed from its bottle caps, but not because it… Read More ›

Seattle – Amazon Holiday Shipping, Prime Memberships Break Records Share Tweet Share Mail

Seattle – Amazon Holiday Shipping, Prime Memberships Break Records Share Tweet Share Mail

  Seattle – Online retailer Amazon has been a prime beneficiary of more consumers doing their holiday shopping online and procrastinating. Amazon Prime, the company’s… Read More ›

South Korea, Japan reach agreement on ‘comfort women’

South Korea, Japan reach agreement on ‘comfort women’

Japan and South Korea have reached an agreement over the long-standing issue of “comfort women,” a term that describes sex slaves used by the Japanese… Read More ›

Drowned Syrian toddler’s family reunited in Canada

Drowned Syrian toddler’s family reunited in Canada

Relatives of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, the toddler who tragically drowned off the Turkish coast earlier this year, have arrived safely in Canada as refugees. There… Read More ›

Expelling ISIS from Ramadi: Why It Matters

Expelling ISIS from Ramadi: Why It Matters

  The expulsion of ISIS fighters from the Iraqi city of Ramadi is a morale-boosting victory for the Iraqi Security Forces after a thoroughly forgettable… Read More ›

IDF soldiers come under fire in Qalandia riot

IDF soldiers come under fire in Qalandia riot

Palestinian throws pipe bomb at troops operating in Jenin; no injuries reported in either incident   Shots were fired at IDF troops overnight Monday during… Read More ›

IDF deploys concrete barriers to northern border

IDF deploys concrete barriers to northern border

In expectation of Hezbollah attack over killing of terrorist Samir Kuntar, army said to bolster troop presence in northern towns   The IDF began placing… Read More ›

Olmert to go to jail after Supreme Court cuts sentence to 18 months

Olmert to go to jail after Supreme Court cuts sentence to 18 months

Justices overturn one bribery conviction but uphold another for disgraced former prime minister, who was originally slated to serve 6 years for his part in… Read More ›

Haredim skip swear-in of first openly-gay Likud MK

Haredim skip swear-in of first openly-gay Likud MK

Amir Ohana, replacing retiring minister Silvan Shalom, became a member of Knesset while United Torah Judaism chose to ignore the swear-in ceremony. Likud’s first openly-gay… Read More ›