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Clinton calls for strategy to fight boycotts of Israel

Clinton calls for strategy to fight boycotts of Israel

The Palestinian Authority has sought recognition as a sovereign state through various international fora in the last several years.   VIENNA – Hillary Rodham Clinton,… Read More ›

Experts: Egypt in life-and-death struggle, though regime is stable

Experts: Egypt in life-and-death struggle, though regime is stable

In order for the Egyptians to be effective they need new equipment for surveillance, specifically drones to more precisely combat the jihadists.   Egyptian President… Read More ›

MKs on Left and Right slam Ghattas for calling Binyamin Brigade Commander ‘murderer’

MKs on Left and Right slam Ghattas for calling Binyamin Brigade Commander ‘murderer’

Soldiers who shoot at rock throwers are accused of being “trigger happy.”   Less than a week after disembarking from the planned Gaza flotilla, MK… Read More ›

UK’s Princess Charlotte christened with ‘sterilized’ water from River Jordan

UK’s Princess Charlotte christened with ‘sterilized’ water from River Jordan

Water came from the Jordanian side after being ‘cleaned and blessed,’ according to a Jordanian official   Prince William and his wife, Kate, marked a… Read More ›

A petition to remove Ellen Pao as Reddit CEO has added more than 100,000 signatures in 3 days

A petition to remove Ellen Pao as Reddit CEO has added more than 100,000 signatures in 3 days

  An online petition asking Reddit to oust interim CEO Ellen Pao has added more than 100,000 signatures since Friday, when news broke that a popular… Read More ›

What Greece means to the US

What Greece means to the US

  Greece doesn’t mean a lot to the US economy. However, the tiny country in the periphery of the eurozone has hijacked the headlines with… Read More ›

EL-ERIAN: Prepare for a global stock market sell-off

EL-ERIAN: Prepare for a global stock market sell-off

  Greek voters have voted in a referendum on whether their country should accept the terms of a new European Union bailout package. They’re still… Read More ›

Southampton, NY – Some Hamptons Villages Seek Limits On New Construction

Southampton, NY – Some Hamptons Villages Seek Limits On New Construction

  Southampton, NY – Mansions are as synonymous with the Hamptons as cocktail parties, manicured lawns and white sandy beaches. But some in three of… Read More ›

Jerusalem – President Rivlin Tells Arab Journalists: We Must Be Israelis Not Jews Or Arabs

Jerusalem – President Rivlin Tells Arab Journalists: We Must Be Israelis Not Jews Or Arabs

  Jerusalem – President Reuven Rivlin on Monday night hosted Arab notables at an Iftar dinner at his official residence.  In addition to Members of… Read More ›

Berlin – Germany’s Der Spiegel Files Criminal Charges For US Spying

Berlin – Germany’s Der Spiegel Files Criminal Charges For US Spying

  Berlin – German news magazine Der Spiegel has filed charges and demanded an investigation into alleged spying by the US intelligence community and a… Read More ›

ISIS video shows execution of 25 men in ruins of Syria amphitheater

ISIS video shows execution of 25 men in ruins of Syria amphitheater

  Atlanta – A just-released video from ISIS shows militants executing 25 captives in the ruins of a Roman amphitheater in the ancient Syrian city of… Read More ›

‘Excited’ Pope Francis lands in Ecuador, praises the nation’s ‘singular beauty’

‘Excited’ Pope Francis lands in Ecuador, praises the nation’s ‘singular beauty’

  Welcomed by a youth orchestra, local dignitaries and a whipping wind that carried away his white skullcap, Pope Francis landed in Quito, Ecuador on… Read More ›

Russian spacecraft filled with crew supplies docks at space station

Russian spacecraft filled with crew supplies docks at space station

  After a series of failed resupply missions, the International Space Station finally got a load of supplies on Sunday when a Russian spacecraft filled… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Western powers ‘collapsed’ in nuclear talks

Netanyahu: Western powers ‘collapsed’ in nuclear talks

PM says emerging Iran deal is worse than the agreement with North Korea, which went on to produce atomic arsenal   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

‘Now is the time’ for nuclear deal, world powers warn Iran

‘Now is the time’ for nuclear deal, world powers warn Iran

Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair urges Kerry to take his time, make sure red lines not crossed in final agreement   Global powers upped the… Read More ›

Israel gears up to battle Iran deal in Congress

Israel gears up to battle Iran deal in Congress

Many in Jerusalem think efforts to block accord are a lost cause as world powers prepare to resume substantial economic dealings with Tehran   Israel… Read More ›

State to Supreme Court: Give Olmert more prison time

State to Supreme Court: Give Olmert more prison time

State Attorney says that due to lenient punishment in the Talansky affair, former prime minister should be sentenced to firm prison time in the Investment… Read More ›

Greeks defy Europe with overwhelming referendum ‘No’

Greeks defy Europe with overwhelming referendum ‘No’

With nearly half of the votes counted, 61% reject European bailout offer, leaving Greece in risk of financial and political isolation within the euro zone,… Read More ›

Israeli-Egyptian coordination is working, but it’s not enough

Israeli-Egyptian coordination is working, but it’s not enough

Analysis: Officials in Cairo and in Jerusalem voiced the same mantra over the weekend: It’s not ISIS, it’s Hamas which is insisting on rocking Egypt.… Read More ›

US public opinion expert: Iran deal can still be stopped

US public opinion expert: Iran deal can still be stopped

“It would require the most efficient, effective and unified PR campaign in my lifetime.”   If the American people vigorously oppose the Iran nuclear agreement… Read More ›