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Four hurt after shots fired in possible West Bank terrorist attack

Four hurt after shots fired in possible West Bank terrorist attack

The four victims, all men in their 20s, are residents of a nearby settlement; One person sustained serious wounds, according to initial reports.   Shots… Read More ›

UN report author: Israel, Palestinian groups are equal under the law

UN report author: Israel, Palestinian groups are equal under the law

The American jurist, Mary McGowan Davis, headed the two-person fact-finding mission that authored a 500- page report on last summer’s war between Gaza and Hamas.… Read More ›

Independent review calls for Janner to face child abuse charges despite dementia

Independent review calls for Janner to face child abuse charges despite dementia

Prosecutors had earlier excused former MP and chair of Board of Deputies from standing trial over 22 allegations of sexual offenses from ’60s to ’80s.… Read More ›

French, Quebecois Jews worry over Islamic radicalization

French, Quebecois Jews worry over Islamic radicalization

Jewish parliamentarian Irwin Cotler attends meeting with community leaders in Montreal to discuss global anti-Semitism   MONTREAL — Jewish leaders from Montreal and France met… Read More ›

This simple formula will help you figure out how to leave your job and work for yourself

This simple formula will help you figure out how to leave your job and work for yourself

  One of my most recent coaching clients, let’s call her Jane, is an IT developer from Washington, DC who wants to work for herself… Read More ›

KRUGMAN: ‘I would vote no’

KRUGMAN: ‘I would vote no’

  “I would vote no, for two reasons.” Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman says he would vote “no” on Greece’s upcoming referendum on whether to accept… Read More ›

IT’S OFFICIAL: Capital controls have come to Greece

IT’S OFFICIAL: Capital controls have come to Greece

  Capital controls have come to Greece. According to a report by Greek newspaper Kathimerini, Greece’s government has formally issued a legislative decree instituting capital controls. Capital… Read More ›

Sousse – Tunisia Launches Nationwide Manhunt For Attack Accomplices

Sousse – Tunisia Launches Nationwide Manhunt For Attack Accomplices

  Sousse, Tunisia – The student who massacred holidaymakers on a Tunisian beach and at a swank resort hotel acted alone during the attack but… Read More ›

Washington – Obama Sheds Cool Style For ‘Fearless’ Final Lap In Office

Washington – Obama Sheds Cool Style For ‘Fearless’ Final Lap In Office

  Washington – Barack Obama has reached the stage of his presidency where if he wants to break out in song publicly, as he did… Read More ›

Monroe, NY – Written Comments To KJ Annexation Overwhelmingly Support Expansion, Say KJ Officials

Monroe, NY – Written Comments To KJ Annexation Overwhelmingly Support Expansion, Say KJ Officials

  Monroe, NY – Four days after the public comment portion of the official annexation process came to a close, the Village of Kiryas Joel… Read More ›

Yes co-founder Chris Squire dies

Yes co-founder Chris Squire dies

Bassist Chris Squire, a founding member of progressive British rock band Yes, died Saturday in Phoenix after battling leukemia, his band mates confirmed. “It’s with… Read More ›

Copa America 2015: Sorry Brazil exits on penalties to Paraguay

Copa America 2015: Sorry Brazil exits on penalties to Paraguay

Brazil’s hopes of restoring national pride after its disastrous 2014 World Cup exit were cruelly dashed after losing a penalty shootout to Paraquay to exit… Read More ›

David Sweat shot and captured alive after New York manhunt

David Sweat shot and captured alive after New York manhunt

Malone, New York – Prison escapee David Sweat is listed in critical condition at Albany Medical Center, a hospital official told reporters Sunday night. Emergency, trauma,… Read More ›

Berlin’s new Jewish conductor met by anti-Semitism in German press

Berlin’s new Jewish conductor met by anti-Semitism in German press

One website calls Russian-born Kirill Petrenko, philharmonic’s first Jewish conductor, ‘the tiny gnome, the Jewish caricature’   BERLIN (JTA) — The newly announced future conductor… Read More ›

Hamas masses troops on Israeli border, trains for new round of fighting

Hamas masses troops on Israeli border, trains for new round of fighting

Still, wrapped up in tension between its military and political wings, Gaza’s ruling Islamist group isn’t keen on engaging Israel anytime soon   Something relatively… Read More ›

Take the offensive against anti-Israel academics, top think tank urges

Take the offensive against anti-Israel academics, top think tank urges

JPPI hands Prime Minister Netanyahu series of recommendations, including emergency immigration plan for French Jewry   A major Jewish think tank of Sunday urged the… Read More ›

Jews in Paris: If you’re pro-Israel in France, you’re finished!

Jews in Paris: If you’re pro-Israel in France, you’re finished!

While armed soldiers were sent to secure synagogues in the French capital, members of the country’s Jewish community say it is not enough; ‘There are… Read More ›

2 soldiers seriously injured in fire at air force base

2 soldiers seriously injured in fire at air force base

Soldiers, who suffered burns to 70-80 percent of their bodies, fighting for their lives; IDF still investigating causes of fire. Two IDF soldiers were fighting… Read More ›

Israeli Navy preparing to take over Gaza-bound flotilla

Israeli Navy preparing to take over Gaza-bound flotilla

Four boats carrying 47 pro-Palestinian activists will be welcomed with letter from PM: ‘It looks like you took a wrong turn. Perhaps you meant to… Read More ›

Report: Islamic Jihad leader to end hunger-strike after Israel agrees to his release

Report: Islamic Jihad leader to end hunger-strike after Israel agrees to his release

Khader Adnan, 37, had been hospitalized in critical condition as a result of rejecting food since May 4.   An Islamic Jihad leader jailed by… Read More ›