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At Kristallnacht gathering, MK Zoabi compares Israel to Nazis

At Kristallnacht gathering, MK Zoabi compares Israel to Nazis

In Amsterdam speech to event hosted by far-left Jewish group, Joint List lawmaker says Jewish state engaged in ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians   AMSTERDAM —… Read More ›

Paradise lost, and remembered, for the Jews of Rhodes

Paradise lost, and remembered, for the Jews of Rhodes

An exhibition at the University of Hartford explores a once-thriving Greek Jewish community before the Nazis deported all 1,800 to Auschwitz; only 150 survived  … Read More ›

Terrorism survivor: I’ll be the first female IDF chief

Terrorism survivor: I’ll be the first female IDF chief

Sergeant Orel Azuri, who was critically wounded in a vehicular attack in Gan Shmuel, is recovering after lying unconscious for 13 days; ‘I’ll go back… Read More ›

53% of Israelis support killing Palestinian terrorists ‘on the spot’

53% of Israelis support killing Palestinian terrorists ‘on the spot’

A recent survey conducted by The Peace Index finds that while Israeli Jews support hawkish handling of Palestinian attackers, they do not support similar measures… Read More ›

Border policeman wounded in terror attack succumbs to wounds

Border policeman wounded in terror attack succumbs to wounds

19-year-old Benjamin Yaakovovich dies a week after being wounded in vehicular attack near Hebron. He is the 12th Israeli causality during the current wave of… Read More ›

The ICC decision on ‘Mavi Marmara’ may actually be good for Israel

The ICC decision on ‘Mavi Marmara’ may actually be good for Israel

Israeli soldiers could still be closer to the embarrassment and delegitimization process of major war crimes trials than ever before.   How can the International… Read More ›

Israel Air Force hits Hamas terror target after rocket lands in Israel

Israel Air Force hits Hamas terror target after rocket lands in Israel

Earlier Sunday, a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area near the border in Israel Sunday night.   The Israel Air… Read More ›

PM, White House to focus on common ground

PM, White House to focus on common ground

Obama has no interest in re-igniting old battles with Netanyahu.   Before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Sunday, Israeli and American officials… Read More ›

ICC top court keeps ‘Mavi Marmara’ war crimes allegations alive

ICC top court keeps ‘Mavi Marmara’ war crimes allegations alive

Ruling prolongs internal drama and disagreement among the ICC’s own bodies over whether to dive further into the Israeli-Arab conflict than it ever has before.… Read More ›

US updating nuclear arsenal to deter ‘Russian aggression’

US updating nuclear arsenal to deter ‘Russian aggression’

Pentagon head Ashton Carter says Washington not seeking new Cold War, but adapting ‘operational posture’ to deal with new moves by Moscow   SIMI VALLEY,… Read More ›

A Texas judge was shot outside of her home and sustained ‘extremely serious’ injuries

A Texas judge was shot outside of her home and sustained ‘extremely serious’ injuries

  Julie Kocurek, a state district judge in Texas, was returning to her West Austin home on Friday night when shots rang out, seriously injuring her… Read More ›

Here’s how Marco Rubio rang up more than $7,000 in personal expenses on a GOP charge card

Here’s how Marco Rubio rang up more than $7,000 in personal expenses on a GOP charge card

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Marco Rubio put more than $7,000 in personal expenses on a Republican Party credit card during a nearly two-year… Read More ›

Ben Carson may have fabricated a story about being the ‘most honest’ student while at Yale

Ben Carson may have fabricated a story about being the ‘most honest’ student while at Yale

  After hosting a raucous press conference Friday evening to respond to several questionable claims about his past, Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson may have more… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s Fifth President, Dies At The Age Of 94

Jerusalem – Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s Fifth President, Dies At The Age Of 94

  Jerusalem – Yitzhak Navon, who served as Israel’s fifth president, has died. He was 94. His family said he died Saturday. Navon was a… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israel Worried Egypt’s Sisi Might Fall To Jihadist Insurgents

Tel Aviv – Israel Worried Egypt’s Sisi Might Fall To Jihadist Insurgents

  Tel Aviv – Israeli officials are reportedly growing concerned over the long-term viability of the current Egyptian regime in light of gains made by… Read More ›

New York – Protesters Gather In NYC To Protest Trump’s ‘SNL’ Appearance

New York – Protesters Gather In NYC To Protest Trump’s ‘SNL’ Appearance

  New York –  Demonstrators are marching through the streets of New York City to protest Donald Trump’s views on immigration hours before he hosts… Read More ›

Group: ISIS releases 37 elderly Assyrian Christians

Group: ISIS releases 37 elderly Assyrian Christians

  Nine months after their capture by ISIS, dozens of Assyrian Christians can finally head home. The Islamist extremist group released 37 elderly Assyrians Saturday… Read More ›

Magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks Chile

Magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks Chile

  A magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocked the central coast of Chile on Saturday, two months after a temblor struck the same area. The most recent quake… Read More ›

Myanmar going to polls in freest elections in decades

Myanmar going to polls in freest elections in decades

Myanmar is going to the polls Sunday, with many hoping that the landmark election will mark a new era of political cooperation and the installation… Read More ›

Egypt crash shows mass surveillance can play key role, analysts say

Egypt crash shows mass surveillance can play key role, analysts say

Ex-French intelligence official says satellite images of a flash when a plane explodes can be crucial to a probe   PARIS, France (AFP) — Intelligence… Read More ›