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US peace envoy blasts ‘hostile march’ on Gaza border

US peace envoy blasts ‘hostile march’ on Gaza border

Greenblatt says Hamas ‘inciting violence’ instead of caring for its people; State Department says Gazans ‘have a right’ to protest   Jason Greenblatt, the US… Read More ›

San Francisco – Facebook Begins ‘Fact-checking’ Photos And Videos

San Francisco – Facebook Begins ‘Fact-checking’ Photos And Videos

  San Francisco –  Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had begun “fact-checking” photos and videos to reduce the hoaxes and false news stories that… Read More ›

Russia expels US diplomats and shuts consulate in tit-for-tat move

Russia expels US diplomats and shuts consulate in tit-for-tat move

Russia will expel 60 US diplomats and close the US Consulate in St. Petersburg, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday, in retaliation for a similar… Read More ›

EU Sanctions Offer to Trump Would LEave Iran Deal Untouched

EU Sanctions Offer to Trump Would LEave Iran Deal Untouched

Trump has given London, Paris and Berlin until May 12 to offer concrete “fixes” to the accord   WASHINGTON – European Union officials met in… Read More ›

Infiltration from Gaza is our worst fear

Infiltration from Gaza is our worst fear

Op-ed: Tuesday’s incident, where three terrorists managed to cross the border and reach an Israeli community armed with knives and grenades, clarified that our fears… Read More ›

Jeremy Corbyn says he plans come to Israel, meet Netanyahu

Jeremy Corbyn says he plans come to Israel, meet Netanyahu

In interview over allegations he has spurred anti-Semitism in Labour, UK opposition leader says wants to visit Middle East, ‘ensure there is a process that… Read More ›

Gondar, Ethiopia – Remaining Ethiopian Jews Waiting To Immigrate To Israel Prepare For Passover

Gondar, Ethiopia – Remaining Ethiopian Jews Waiting To Immigrate To Israel Prepare For Passover

  Gondar, Ethiopia – Many of the at least 8,000 remaining members of the Jewish community of Ethiopia awaiting Israeli government approval to move to… Read More ›

Trump ousts VA secretary and plans to replace him with White House doctor who gave glowing medical report

Trump ousts VA secretary and plans to replace him with White House doctor who gave glowing medical report

  President Trump has ousted Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin. Shulkin will be replaced by Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician. Once considered… Read More ›

Israel Speeds Up U.S. Embassy Opening in Jerusalem by Eliminating Bureaucracy

Israel Speeds Up U.S. Embassy Opening in Jerusalem by Eliminating Bureaucracy

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon exercised his rarely used authority to fast-track the process.   The red tape that could have delayed the opening of the… Read More ›

Anti-Semitic slaying of 85-year-old prompts outcry in France

Anti-Semitic slaying of 85-year-old prompts outcry in France

Son of Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll, who was stabbed 11 times in her apartment before it was set on fire, says he ‘cried all the… Read More ›

Netanyahu released from hospital, diagnosed with mild viral infection

Netanyahu released from hospital, diagnosed with mild viral infection

Prime minister had been admitted with high fever, cough; doctors say all tests negative, so he was sent home and told to rest   Prime… Read More ›

Jerusalem – These 5 Works By Israeli Artists Will Make You Rethink The Seder Plate

Jerusalem – These 5 Works By Israeli Artists Will Make You Rethink The Seder Plate

Jerusalem –  The Torah commands Jews to share the story of their exodus from Egypt every year at Passover. Though the narrative doesn’t change, that… Read More ›

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met Xi Jinping on surprise visit to China

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met Xi Jinping on surprise visit to China

  Beijing – North Korea leader Kim Jong Un made a surprise trip to Beijing, Chinese state media confirmed Wednesday. Images broadcast on Chinese state… Read More ›

Int. Ministry Defies Court on Conversions

Int. Ministry Defies Court on Conversions

The ministry refused to register a woman as Jewish who used the largest non-state Orthodox court.   The Interior Ministry has refused to register a… Read More ›

Why half of Israelis still support Netanyahu

Why half of Israelis still support Netanyahu

Op-ed: Deep down inside, we want to be a bit like the prime minister—to test the limits, to maneuver within the gray area between right… Read More ›

Most new West Bank homes being built in ‘isolated settlements’ — monitor

Most new West Bank homes being built in ‘isolated settlements’ — monitor

Peace Now figures show slight decrease in number of construction starts in past year, but 78% of new homes are well beyond Green Line, and… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Heroism, Not Hatred, To Be Honored In Brighton Beach Street Renaming

Brooklyn, NY – Heroism, Not Hatred, To Be Honored In Brighton Beach Street Renaming

Brooklyn, NY – A years-long battle to give a new identity to a Brooklyn street named for a virulently anti-Semitic 19th century railroad and banking… Read More ›

Dow Jones soars to 3rd-biggest point gain ever

Dow Jones soars to 3rd-biggest point gain ever

  Stocks regained some of last week’s heavy losses on Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing up more than 600 points The tech-heavy… Read More ›

Displaced Kurds From Afrin Need Help, Activist Says

Displaced Kurds From Afrin Need Help, Activist Says

Rebels threaten historic diversity in province where Jews once visited Kurdish, Yazidi neighbors.   Kurds often say they have “no friends but the mountains.” However,… Read More ›

PM and Sara Netanyahu to be grilled in Bezeq probe

PM and Sara Netanyahu to be grilled in Bezeq probe

Netanyahu couple prepare to be questioned under caution in Case 4000 Monday; latest grilling will be the first time the two are confronted, separately, with… Read More ›