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Budget to go to first vote in Knesset, final vote set for Nov. 20

Budget to go to first vote in Knesset, final vote set for Nov. 20

Margalit: Israel is going through one of worst turndowns   The Knesset is scheduled to vote on the 2015-2016 state budget – the government’s first… Read More ›

Visiting US Republican senator deems Iran deal not legally binding, can be overturned

Visiting US Republican senator deems Iran deal not legally binding, can be overturned

Arkansas’s Tom Cotton says he supports Israel because of common values, shared security interests.   Even if the US Congress does not muster enough votes… Read More ›

Prosor: Efforts to fly Palestinian flag at UN not the way to peace, statehood

Prosor: Efforts to fly Palestinian flag at UN not the way to peace, statehood

Prosor formally raised Israel’s objection to the proposal in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and current president of the General Assembly, Sam… Read More ›

2,191,004 students start new school year

2,191,004 students start new school year

After an Israel Teachers Association strike was averted on Monday night, the new school year was set to begin as schedule on Tuesday morning.  … Read More ›

EU struggles for answers as migrant influx raises tensions

EU struggles for answers as migrant influx raises tensions

Nations fight over responsibility for hundreds of thousands rushing in, as Germany warns treatment of refugees will define continent   BRUSSELS (AP) — French and… Read More ›

China stocks are getting hosed again

China stocks are getting hosed again

  Chinese stocks have endured a wild session so far on Tuesday, tanking as much as 5% in early trade before recovering into the mid-session… Read More ›

Jared Fogle is suing the former head of his foundation, who is also facing child-pornography charges

Jared Fogle is suing the former head of his foundation, who is also facing child-pornography charges

  Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle, who has been accused of child pornography, has sued the former head of his foundation for not repaying a… Read More ›

Apple wants to make its own TV shows and movies, according to a new report

Apple wants to make its own TV shows and movies, according to a new report

  Apple has been meeting with Hollywood executives with an eye toward making its own original TV shows and movies, Variety reports. The news comes… Read More ›

Denmark – Dutch Chief Rabbi Says Police Warned Him A Year Ago About Traveling By Train

Denmark – Dutch Chief Rabbi Says Police Warned Him A Year Ago About Traveling By Train

  Denmark – On the heels of last week’s terrorist incident aboard a Thalys train headed to Paris from Amsterdam, Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs… Read More ›

Washington – State Dept. Releases 7,000 Pages Of Emails, 150 Censored

Washington – State Dept. Releases 7,000 Pages Of Emails, 150 Censored

  Washington –  The State Department released roughly 7,000 pages of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails Monday, including about 150 emails that have been censored because… Read More ›

Detroit – Fiat Chrysler Offers $100 Debit Cards To Owners Of Recalled U.S. Vehicles

Detroit – Fiat Chrysler Offers $100 Debit Cards To Owners Of Recalled U.S. Vehicles

  Detroit – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is offering $100 prepaid debit cards to owners of recalled vehicles to help ensure cars and trucks with potential… Read More ›

Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill 79 in trio of attacks, locals say

Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill 79 in trio of attacks, locals say

  Boko Haram militants have unleashed another torrent of violence in northeast Nigeria, killing 79 people in three recent attacks there, residents and local militia… Read More ›

Ben Carson ties Donald Trump in new Iowa poll

Ben Carson ties Donald Trump in new Iowa poll

Washington – For the first time in more than a month, mogul Donald Trump is not leading the field in one of the first four nominating… Read More ›

China’s factory sector is running out of steam

China’s factory sector is running out of steam

China’s all-important manufacturing industry is running out of steam. An important gauge of factory activity, a measure of sentiment among manufacturing purchasing managers, fell to… Read More ›

Supremacist convicted of killing 3 at Kansas Jewish sites

Supremacist convicted of killing 3 at Kansas Jewish sites

Frazier Glenn Miller told jurors he’d hoped to ‘die a martyr’ when opening fire last Passover eve; could get death penalty   OLATHE, Kan. (AP)… Read More ›

Knesset speaker urges Arab leaders to visit Israel

Knesset speaker urges Arab leaders to visit Israel

Yuli Edelstein tells global conference cooperation on environmental issues would lay foundations for peace; Iran walks out on speech   Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstain called… Read More ›

Sirens blare in Gaza periphery in apparent failed rocket launch

Sirens blare in Gaza periphery in apparent failed rocket launch

Hours after West Bank firefight surrounding terror suspects’ arrest, Israelis living north of Strip are sent racing to shelters   Rocket warning sirens were heard… Read More ›

Minister Regev denies paying firm without tender

Minister Regev denies paying firm without tender

Culture and sports minister challenges network after report that she hired ad agency without following protocol; recording apparently captures Regev’s attempts to settle on an… Read More ›

Russian jets in Syrian skies

Russian jets in Syrian skies

Russia has begun its military intervention in Syria, deploying an aerial contingent to a permanent Syrian base, in order to launch attacks against ISIS and… Read More ›

Soldier moderately wounded in West Bank arrest operation

Soldier moderately wounded in West Bank arrest operation

IDF force enters West Bank town of Jenin to arrest wanted Islamic Jihad official, sparking violent clashes, wounding 5 Palestinians. An Israeli Yamam operative was… Read More ›