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Report: Rivlin Unlikely To Extend Netanyahu’s Mandate To Form Coalition

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is not expected to grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an extension to form a majority government and… Read More ›

FBI officials were ‘rattled’ and ‘blindsided’ by Trump’s call for Ukraine to manufacture dirt on Joe Biden

FBI officials were “rattled” and “blindsided” by President Donald Trump’s calls for Ukraine to manufacture dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son ahead of the… Read More ›

Assad’s Army Marches in on the Kurdish Zone Near the Turkish Border

The Syrian forces are meant to block the Turkish advance, a no-fly zone declared in northern Syria by Russia. Syrian army units loyal to… Read More ›

Mother of jailed Israeli allowed to visit her in Russian prison

Yafa Issachar said she intermittently optimistic that an appeal to the court will be answered and her daughter will be released, after being held for… Read More ›

Trio win Nobel Prize in economics for work on poverty

Michael Kremer, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo receive award ‘for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’; Duflo becomes second ever female winner STOCKHOLM… Read More ›

Florida Jury Finds Hit-Man Guilty In Murder Of Jewish Law Professor

TALLAHASSEE (JTA) — A Tallahassee, Florida jury has found a man guilty in the murder of Dan Markel, a Jewish law professor shot outside… Read More ›

Analysis: The war against ISIS was all a waste

Earlier this year I spent almost two months in northeast Syria covering what we thought was the final battle against ISIS. The so-called caliphate… Read More ›

Turkish Backed Jihadists Murder Prisoners and Female Politician in Syria

Turkey has used the Syrian Arab fighters as a way to avoid casualties, unleashing them to attack and murder Kurds after US President Donald Trump… Read More ›

Rivlin asks Putin to grant clemency to Israeli jailed on drug charges

In a letter addressed to the Russian leader, Rivlin asks for Putin’s ‘personal intervention’ to grant Naama Issachar – jailed for 7.5 years after 9… Read More ›

Turkey sets sights on key routes in Syria amid offensive against Kurds

Turkish forces’ push against Syrian Kurdish fighters enters fourth day with little sign of relenting, as over 100,000 displaced AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkish… Read More ›

Tiberias Mayor Orders Garbage Collection In Chareidi Neighborhood On Shabbos

TIBERIAS — Militantly anti-religious Tiberias mayor Ron Kobi continues his provocations against the Chareidi community despite the fact that, after failing six times to… Read More ›

The US is preparing to pull its remaining 1,000 troops out of northern Syria as the Turkish offensive against the Kurds moves forward

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the US is “preparing to evacuate” its remaining 1,000 troops in northern Syria, as per a Saturday night authorization… Read More ›