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Head of Israel’s organized labor calls for nationwide strike

Head of Israel’s organized labor calls for nationwide strike

Failed talks with treasury officials on the issue of contract workers cause the labor chief to call for a massive strike that could shut down… Read More ›

US: Iran nuclear talks extended to Friday

US: Iran nuclear talks extended to Friday

Officials confirms additional extension of talks with Iran in Vienna, says ‘substantial progress’ has been made; source says deal must occur within 48 hours; US… Read More ›

Holocaust Claims Conference fraud likely ‘much higher’ than $57 million

Holocaust Claims Conference fraud likely ‘much higher’ than $57 million

Recently terminated ombudsman says organizational insiders have siphoned off funds meant for Holocaust survivors.   The scope of conspiracy to defraud the world’s largest Holocaust… Read More ›

40% of Israeli children in Gaza border town of Sderot suffer from anxiety, PTSD

40% of Israeli children in Gaza border town of Sderot suffer from anxiety, PTSD

“The ongoing situation in Sderot causes PTSD at a rate three or four times greater than that of the rest of the country,” expert says.… Read More ›

NGO: Israel forces migrants to choose between leaving for Rwanda or indefinite prison

NGO: Israel forces migrants to choose between leaving for Rwanda or indefinite prison

According to Hotline for Refugees and Migrants the State has invented a new loophole so it can detain migrants indefinitely in the Saharonim closed detention… Read More ›

Book Profile – Omri Has an Animal in His Belly By: Hanna Alexandrovitz-Ytah

Book Profile – Omri Has an Animal in His Belly By: Hanna Alexandrovitz-Ytah

The book ‘Omri has an animal in his belly’ is a children’s book and work guide for parents and carers to familiarize themselves with the… Read More ›

Analysis: Making sense of Germany’s vote against Israel in the UN Human Rights Council

Analysis: Making sense of Germany’s vote against Israel in the UN Human Rights Council

While Germany and Israel mark 50 years of cooperation, Germany’s readiness to participate in anti-Israel demonization taking place in the UN and similar venues is… Read More ›

Ex-Iran president: Israel a fake, temporary regime

Ex-Iran president: Israel a fake, temporary regime

Rafsanjani says Jewish state could soon be wiped off map; Tehran’s defense minister: No country safe from bloodthirsty Zionists   Fomer Iranian president Akbar Hashemi… Read More ›

China just announced more measures to stabilize its stock market

China just announced more measures to stabilize its stock market

  Having managed to stabilize China’s larger stock indices – the Shanghai Composite and CSI 300 yesterday – Chinese policymakers have implemented additional measures to… Read More ›

TRUMP: The Mexican government is ‘pushing the bad ones in here’

TRUMP: The Mexican government is ‘pushing the bad ones in here’

It’s safe to say Donald Trump is not backing down after his comments about undocumented immigrants from Mexico caused a massive firestorm last week. Trump,… Read More ›

Two big problems that could stop Facebook video dead in its tracks

Two big problems that could stop Facebook video dead in its tracks

  Over the last year, Facebook has focused on establishing its video platform with a force that’s catapulted it to more than 4 billion video… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Rare 1953 Photo And Document On Auction Offers Glimpse Into Ben-Gurion As A Jew

Jerusalem – Rare 1953 Photo And Document On Auction Offers Glimpse Into Ben-Gurion As A Jew

  Jerusalem – A rare glimpse into the world of former Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion is being offered at auction tomorrow by the Jerusalem-based Kedem… Read More ›

Fairfield County, CT – Kosher Bakery In Hot Water After Selling Rainbow Cookies In Support For Gay Marriage

Fairfield County, CT – Kosher Bakery In Hot Water After Selling Rainbow Cookies In Support For Gay Marriage

Fairfield County, CT – The sale of rainbow color cookies following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage throughout the nation has unleashed… Read More ›

Fort Madison, IA – Iowa Inmate Escaped Maximum-Security Cell Through Piping

Fort Madison, IA – Iowa Inmate Escaped Maximum-Security Cell Through Piping

  Fort Madison, IA – A convicted armed robber managed to escape from one of Iowa’s most highly secure prison cells by sneaking through the… Read More ›

Rory McIlroy: ‘10% Open chance’ as world No. 1 ruptures ankle ligaments

Rory McIlroy: ‘10% Open chance’ as world No. 1 ruptures ankle ligaments

  Rory McIlroy has a “10% chance” of playing in the British Open after the world’s No. 1 golfer ruptured his ankle ligaments while playing… Read More ›

Crash at NASCAR race at Daytona injures fans

Crash at NASCAR race at Daytona injures fans

  Debris from a car that crashed into the catchfence at Daytona International Speedway sent a spectator to the hospital, officials said. The incident took… Read More ›

Suspect tells TV station he killed San Francisco woman

Suspect tells TV station he killed San Francisco woman

The man accused of killing a San Francisco woman in what appeared to authorities to be a random shooting has told CNN affiliate KGO-TV that… Read More ›

At first Gaza war memorial, Rivlin warns next conflict could be worse

At first Gaza war memorial, Rivlin warns next conflict could be worse

President says Gaza can’t be rehabilitated unless renewed rocket fire stops; Netanyahu issues warnings to Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and IS   Israel held an official… Read More ›

Panel recommends changes to Orthodox conversion

Panel recommends changes to Orthodox conversion

Rabbinical group’s new guidelines to prevent abuse, following voyeurism case, also offer a snapshot of converts   NEW YORK (JTA) – After facing criticism for… Read More ›

Obama: Fight against IS progressing, but still a long slog

Obama: Fight against IS progressing, but still a long slog

President says militants are ‘opportunistic, nimble’; warns threat of ‘lone wolf’ attacks within US has grown   Obama said Monday the US-led coalition battling Islamic… Read More ›