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Police remove wall at entrance to Jebl Mukaber

Police remove wall at entrance to Jebl Mukaber

Roadblocks, checkpoints remain in J’lem neighborhood; Police arrest 15 in overnight raids, rioter shot in leg.   Police in Wednesday removed the temporary concrete wall… Read More ›

Family of Gaza flotilla activist sues Ehud Barak

Family of Gaza flotilla activist sues Ehud Barak

No possibility of former prime minister facing arrest in civil suit.   Relatives of a US citizen killed in Israel’s 2010 storming of the a… Read More ›

Henny Machlis: A Truly Great Jewish Woman

Henny Machlis: A Truly Great Jewish Woman

Henny Machlis: A Truly Great Jewish Woman by Sara Yoheved Rigler How did an ordinary Jew from Brooklyn become one of the greatest lights of… Read More ›

New MK Cohen-Paran: Israel must take part in global action plan on climate change

New MK Cohen-Paran: Israel must take part in global action plan on climate change

Green Movement co-leader to replace Atar as MK.   For lifelong environmentalist and soon-to-be Knesset newcomer Yael Cohen Paran, achieving a cleaner, more breathable Israel… Read More ›

Images show moment Israeli was hit by Palestinian truck

Images show moment Israeli was hit by Palestinian truck

Photos depict Avraham Hasano carrying large stick and approaching oncoming truck as driver claims he hit the man by accident (warning: graphic content)   Newly… Read More ›

Bill Maris: Here’s why Google Ventures didn’t invest in Theranos

Bill Maris: Here’s why Google Ventures didn’t invest in Theranos

Bill Maris, founder of Google Ventures, is happy that his firm decided not to invest in biotech-company Theranos. It’s been a tense few weeks for… Read More ›

Paul Ryan says he’d run for House speaker — but there’s a big catch

Paul Ryan says he’d run for House speaker — but there’s a big catch

  US Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) says he’d seek the House of Representatives speakership if he is the “unity candidate” for the party. Ryan is seeking assurances… Read More ›

America’s companies might be running out of people to hire

America’s companies might be running out of people to hire

The number of employers saying that they can’t fill open jobs is surging while the number of people being hired each month is starting to fall.… Read More ›

Newark, NJ – New Jersey Governor: No Cuba Flights Until Fugitive Returned

Newark, NJ – New Jersey Governor: No Cuba Flights Until Fugitive Returned

  Newark, NJ – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants the bistate agency that controls the state’s airports to reject any efforts to launch flight… Read More ›

Buffalo, NY – At 100, Woman Still Working 11 Hours A Day, 6 Days A Week

Buffalo, NY – At 100, Woman Still Working 11 Hours A Day, 6 Days A Week

Buffalo, NY – Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundromat and says she has no plans to quit… Read More ›

Dallas, TX – Texas Teen Arrested Over Clock, Met With Obama, Is Moving To Qatar With His Family

Dallas, TX – Texas Teen Arrested Over Clock, Met With Obama, Is Moving To Qatar With His Family

  Dallas, TX – The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar,… Read More ›

Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid

Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid

Washington – Vice President Joe Biden offered an account Tuesday of the decision to launch the raid that killed Osama bin Laden that differed from some… Read More ›

Grief, disbelief after former U.N. official found dead in Turkish airport

Grief, disbelief after former U.N. official found dead in Turkish airport

  London – Dumbfounded friends of a former BBC journalist and U.N. official found dead in a bathroom in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport are calling for a… Read More ›

Video shows Syrians near Aleppo hiding from airstrikes under mattresses

Video shows Syrians near Aleppo hiding from airstrikes under mattresses

From under a mattress, a small child emerges on all fours, oblivious to the danger in the skies. Out from another mattress crawls a baby.… Read More ›

Palestinian killed in Gaza clash; IDF targets sniper cell in Strip

Palestinian killed in Gaza clash; IDF targets sniper cell in Strip

Gaza officials say protester shot with live fire; army warns it will not tolerate attacks on forces patrolling the border   A Palestinian man was… Read More ›

2 Israelis hurt in car-ramming attack in West Bank

2 Israelis hurt in car-ramming attack in West Bank

Driver is shot dead by security forces after running over soldier and civilian in the Gush Etzion region, south of Jerusalem   Two Israelis, a… Read More ›

This Israeli ex-diplomat is a pop star in Kenya

This Israeli ex-diplomat is a pop star in Kenya

Gilad Millo, whose song Unajua has topped local charts, says he’s ‘never encountered a more open, generous people’ Zipping between meetings at Nairobi’s five-star hotels… Read More ›

Netanyahu declares all quiet on the Gaza front during visit

Netanyahu declares all quiet on the Gaza front during visit

The prime minister, defense minister, and senior IDF officers toured the Gaza border, where Netanyahu declared that the ‘situation was under control.’ Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Another self-deception produced by the free world

Another self-deception produced by the free world

Op-ed: According to the logic of American administration spokespeople, led by Secretary of State Kerry, the US should be condemned for its bombings of the… Read More ›

Jordan plays host to Israel hate fest

Jordan plays host to Israel hate fest

Students and lawyers show off their hatred of Israel in violent displays of ‘solidarity with the Palestinians’ by stepping over Stars of David. The Jordanian… Read More ›