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Thousands of Holocaust survivors without essential funds due to financial dispute

Thousands of Holocaust survivors without essential funds due to financial dispute

Holocaust survivors have not received their quarterly allowance due to a battle between the Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets and the… Read More ›

Distressing details revealed in Henkin murder investigation

Distressing details revealed in Henkin murder investigation

The struggle over a pistol, the murder and the children that witnessed it all: About a month ago, the Hamas members who shot Naama and… Read More ›

Proposed amendment would delay haredi conscription another three years

Proposed amendment would delay haredi conscription another three years

Should enlistment quotas after 2020 not be met, then some economic sanctions would apply to yeshivas, but will be determined by the prime minister, defense… Read More ›

Al-Qaida leader praises stabbing attacks in Israel, offers plan to ‘Liberate Palestine’

Al-Qaida leader praises stabbing attacks in Israel, offers plan to ‘Liberate Palestine’

In a new audio recording, al-Qaida leader says attacks against the US are what is needed to ‘Liberate Palestine.’   Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri released… Read More ›

Israel’s judokas explain circumstances behind lack of flag on uniforms in UAE

Israel’s judokas explain circumstances behind lack of flag on uniforms in UAE

Israel Judo Federation chairman Moshe Ponte claimed he was forced to accept the request made by the organizers due to security concerns.   Israel’s delegation… Read More ›

Jordanian cleric says that killing of Jews in Palestine, even soldiers, is forbidden

Jordanian cleric says that killing of Jews in Palestine, even soldiers, is forbidden

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

The case is a test of existing US anti-boycott laws.​   WASHINGTON – The US Department of Transportation is preparing legal action against Kuwait Airways… Read More ›

Sprint will leave ‘no stone unturned’ to cut $2.5 billion in costs

Sprint will leave ‘no stone unturned’ to cut $2.5 billion in costs

  (Reuters) – Wireless carrier Sprintsaid on Sunday it aims to slash fiscal 2016 expenses by as much as $2.5 billion, through layoffs and a… Read More ›

FRIDAY’S JOBS REPORT IS SUDDENLY A BIG DEAL: Here’s your preview of this week’s big market-moving events

FRIDAY’S JOBS REPORT IS SUDDENLY A BIG DEAL: Here’s your preview of this week’s big market-moving events

  It’s the first full week of a new month, which means we’ll get new reports on the state of manufacturing and labor in the… Read More ›

DISTRESSED INVESTOR: ‘We’re getting closer’

DISTRESSED INVESTOR: ‘We’re getting closer’

  There’s a growing sense on Wall Street that markets are close to the top. That’s bad news for some investors, but for a certain breed… Read More ›

New York – Prosecutor: Clothing Bin Operator Fined For Donation Scheme

New York – Prosecutor: Clothing Bin Operator Fined For Donation Scheme

  New York – A company operating more than 1,100 clothing drop-off bins in New York has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle claims that… Read More ›

Gaza City – Gaza Family Is First To Return To Rebuilt Home After War

Gaza City – Gaza Family Is First To Return To Rebuilt Home After War

  Gaza City – The al-Zazas have much to celebrate these days, after returning a few weeks ago to their neighborhood in the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

New York – Survey: Gov. Cuomo’s $15 Wage Would Cost Schools Millions

New York – Survey: Gov. Cuomo’s $15 Wage Would Cost Schools Millions

  New York – A survey of New York school districts has found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15… Read More ›

Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for big wave surfer Alec “Ace Cool” Cooke off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Cooke’s girlfriend reported… Read More ›

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

  Bucharest, Romania – More than 12,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest on Sunday to commemorate the victims of a nightclub fire that killed… Read More ›

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

Iraq-Syria border – A thick column of black smoke hangs over the Iraqi Syrian border near the town of Ash Shaddadi in Syria ‘s Hasakah province.… Read More ›

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Driver says incident, which wounded three Border Police officers, was a hit-and-run rather than vehicular assault   A Palestinian man suspected of deliberately running over… Read More ›

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

In letter to Netanyahu, Jerusalem major says less talk, more action needed as capital hit by recent terror wave   Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on… Read More ›

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

Neither side feels safe walking the streets, and both insist they’re not going anywhere — no matter how bad the violence gets   JTA —… Read More ›

UK building first permanent Middle East base since 1971

UK building first permanent Middle East base since 1971

The military base in Bahrain is aimed at helping Britain and its allies “reinforce stability in the Gulf and beyond,” says British Foreign Secretary. For… Read More ›