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Hamas chief says armed wing ‘stronger’ now than during Gaza war

Hamas chief says armed wing ‘stronger’ now than during Gaza war

Echoing comments by Shin Bet chief, Ismail Haniyeh notes Gaza-based terror group has beefed up its military capabilities   Nearly a year after Israel and… Read More ›

A missing comma got this woman out of a parking ticket

A missing comma got this woman out of a parking ticket

  Never underestimate the importance of proper punctuation. A village in Ohio is finding that out the hard way, having recently lost a case in… Read More ›

The ‘hot’ housing market is about to experience a serious cooldown

The ‘hot’ housing market is about to experience a serious cooldown

  “For more than 30 years, consistently falling mortgage interest rates have helped spur more home sales. But in about a year’s time, that decades-long… Read More ›

America’s ‘Plan B’ for Iran comes with one huge problem

America’s ‘Plan B’ for Iran comes with one huge problem

  The Iranian nuclear negotiations are currently in overtime as negotiators have agreed to work past the previous June 30 deadline. Should negotiations ultimately fail… Read More ›

Israel – Jerusalem Municipality Seeks To Draw Crowds To Capital In Whimsical, Cheery Fashion

Israel – Jerusalem Municipality Seeks To Draw Crowds To Capital In Whimsical, Cheery Fashion

  Israel – The Jerusalem Municipality has lined the streets of Jerusalem with over 1,000 umbrellas, floating magically in the sunny skies above pedestrians flocking… Read More ›

Baltimore, MD – Man Suspected Of Starting Pharmacy Fire During Baltimore Riots Is Arrested

Baltimore, MD – Man Suspected Of Starting Pharmacy Fire During Baltimore Riots Is Arrested

  Baltimore, MD – A man suspected of torching a CVS Health Corp pharmacy in Baltimore that became a symbol of the April rioting in… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – U.S. Real Estate Firms Turn To Israel Bond Market For Funds

Tel Aviv – U.S. Real Estate Firms Turn To Israel Bond Market For Funds

  Tel Aviv – Foreign real estate developers are expected to issue over $1 billion in bonds in Israel in 2015, as small-to-medium sized firms… Read More ›

Wimbledon 2015: Maria Sharapova wins amid record heat

Wimbledon 2015: Maria Sharapova wins amid record heat

  Wimbledon, England – Boyfriend and girlfriend, Grigor Dimitrov and Maria Sharapova posted back-to-back wins on the same court on yet another sizzling — indeed record-setting… Read More ›

In defense of a regime: North Koreans reject rights abuses

In defense of a regime: North Koreans reject rights abuses

Just weeks after getting rare access to arguably the world’s most reclusive state, a CNN crew led by Will Ripley returned to Pyongyang, where they… Read More ›

Women’s World Cup: Japan edges England, advances to final against U.S.

Women’s World Cup: Japan edges England, advances to final against U.S.

  Defending champion Japan advanced to the Women’s World Cup soccer final with a 2-1 victory Wednesday over England in a semifinal at Edmonton, Alberta.… Read More ›

Egypt cabinet passes anti-terror law, requests faster trials

Egypt cabinet passes anti-terror law, requests faster trials

Following assassination of chief prosecutor, Cairo moves to stem growing violence from Islamist opponents to Sissi rule   Egypt’s government adopted a controversial anti-terror law… Read More ›

Hamas has close ties to IS affiliates in Sinai, say Israel, Egypt

Hamas has close ties to IS affiliates in Sinai, say Israel, Egypt

Following massive attacks against Egyptian army in Sinai, Cairo said to be livid with Hamas over its aid to wounded jihadists   Hamas maintains close… Read More ›

Toronto composer revives streetcar conductor’s Yiddish poetry

Toronto composer revives streetcar conductor’s Yiddish poetry

‘Tramvay Lider’ album takes listeners backward in time to lonely Depression-era winter’s journey   Not much is known about Shimen Nepom, a Ukrainian-born Jew who… Read More ›

Britain’s Schindler passes away at age of 106-years-old

Britain’s Schindler passes away at age of 106-years-old

Winton saved more than 650 Jewish children singlehandedly during the run up to world war two, passed away at the age of 106. He was… Read More ›

Poll finds dramatic decline in anti-Semitic attitudes in France

Poll finds dramatic decline in anti-Semitic attitudes in France

ADL survey of adults in 19 countries also reveals significant drops in anti-Jewish sentiments in Germany and Belgium; anti-Semitism markedly higher among Muslims in six… Read More ›

Bennett to Netanyahu: Cancel Ramadan exemptions for Palestinians

Bennett to Netanyahu: Cancel Ramadan exemptions for Palestinians

Bayit Yehudi drafts letter to prime minister demanding continued construction in West Bank in wake of terror attacks; ‘Bayit Yehudi will not ignore the murder… Read More ›

Iran deadlines swept aside as negotiators settle on moment of truth

Iran deadlines swept aside as negotiators settle on moment of truth

“We have our own sense of deadline,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said outside the Palais Coburg on Wednesday afternoon.   VIENNA – Negotiators… Read More ›

Child labor on the rise among Syrian children as crisis spirals

Child labor on the rise among Syrian children as crisis spirals

UNICEF reports that most refugee children in host communities in Jordan work six or seven days a week earning between $4 and $7 daily.  … Read More ›

Analysis: Egypt still trying to find a fitting answer to a complex situation

Analysis: Egypt still trying to find a fitting answer to a complex situation

Obama, who has not severed his links with the Brotherhood, is apparently not giving enough weight to the decisive role played by Egypt in the… Read More ›

950 Hezbollah operatives, 300 Hamas members in Germany – intelligence report

950 Hezbollah operatives, 300 Hamas members in Germany – intelligence report

Radical Islamists ‘greatest danger for the country,’ German agency says.   The number of Islamists in Germany increased to 43,890 in 2014 from 43,190 in… Read More ›