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Israel to phase out customs duties on some consumer goods

Israel to phase out customs duties on some consumer goods

The Finance Minister reveals his financial plan: taxes on the import of baby clothes, shoes, and cellular devices will be abolished. Due to the ongoing… Read More ›

Islamic State claims attack on Egypt police checkpoint

Islamic State claims attack on Egypt police checkpoint

Gunmen kill policeman, wound 4 others outside St. Catherine’s Monastery in southern Sinai   CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility… Read More ›

Brownsville, TX – Border Wall Could Leave Some Americans On ‘Mexican Side’

Brownsville, TX – Border Wall Could Leave Some Americans On ‘Mexican Side’

  Brownsville, TX – The last time U.S. officials built a barrier along the border with Mexico, they left an opening at the small road… Read More ›

Official: White House, Pentagon miscommunicated on aircraft carrier’s location

Official: White House, Pentagon miscommunicated on aircraft carrier’s location

  As the White House was talking about sending a naval “armada” to the Korean Peninsula, the very ships in question were on their way… Read More ›

Comment: Sparing Erdogan’s Wrath

Comment: Sparing Erdogan’s Wrath

Perhaps Turkey may even play a bigger and more significant role now.   Luckily for Israel, the reconciliation agreement with Ankara, which ended six years… Read More ›

17 year old allegedly gang-raped in Herzliya

17 year old allegedly gang-raped in Herzliya

The girl accompanied a 22-year-old acquaintance to his home, where she found two of his friends waiting. The three then allegedly forced themselves on her… Read More ›

US defense chief to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to talk war aims

US defense chief to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to talk war aims

In Mideast tour this week, James Mattis looking for new ideas in US bid to ‘defeat extremist terror organizations,’ Pentagon says   WASHINGTON (AP) —… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Caretaker Sustains Minor Injuries In Chol Hamoed Synagogue Robbery

Brooklyn, NY – Caretaker Sustains Minor Injuries In Chol Hamoed Synagogue Robbery

  Brooklyn, NY – A Midwood man is recovering from minor injuries sustained after being assaulted early this morning by two unknown suspects in his… Read More ›

North Korean envoy at UN warns of nuclear war possibility

North Korean envoy at UN warns of nuclear war possibility

  United Nations – Only at a North Korean press conference at the United Nations, can you hear a diplomat say he hoped journalists had… Read More ›

So Close and Yet so Far: The Jews of Cuba

So Close and Yet so Far: The Jews of Cuba

Cuban Jews face challenges with hope.   HAVANA, CUBA – On a quiet, tree-lined street of Havana’s Vedado, a residential neighborhood just steps away from… Read More ›

Barghouti explains hunger strike in New York Times Op-ed

Barghouti explains hunger strike in New York Times Op-ed

In a scathing Op-ed for the New York Times, Marwan Barghouti outlines the ‘abuses’ and ‘colonial’ occupation Israel conducts against Palestinians as reasons for engaging… Read More ›

Turkish opposition calls to annul referendum results

Turkish opposition calls to annul referendum results

Republican People’s Party says irregularities in voting process require Erdogan victory be overturned; leaders set to extend nation’s state of emergency   Turkey’s main opposition… Read More ›

Trenton, NJ – Roadside Memorials A Tricky Matter For Mourners, Officials

Trenton, NJ – Roadside Memorials A Tricky Matter For Mourners, Officials

  Trenton, NJ – As roadside memorials become more common on roadways in the wake of fatal crashes, efforts to regulate these makeshift sites can… Read More ›

PENCE WARNS NORTH KOREA: ‘The era of strategic patience is over’

PENCE WARNS NORTH KOREA: ‘The era of strategic patience is over’

  DEMILITARISED ZONE, South Korea (Reuters) – US Vice President Mike Pence stared across the demilitarized border between North and South Korea on Monday, a… Read More ›

Comment: Sisi and the Copts

Comment: Sisi and the Copts

After nearly three years of Sisi’s reign, the Copts find themselves facing continuous decay in their livelihoods and rights, with no end in sight.  … Read More ›

IDF Special Forces arrested by Palestinian police in Nablus

IDF Special Forces arrested by Palestinian police in Nablus

Two undercover soldiers from the Duvdevan unit were detained for questioning by Palestinian security forces and taken to the police station in Nablus. The soldiers… Read More ›

Tense Turkey braces for crunch referendum on Erdogan powers

Tense Turkey braces for crunch referendum on Erdogan powers

Polls show a race too close to call as critics fear a bolstered presidency could lead to authoritarian rule   ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey on… Read More ›

Rockland County, NY – Chaverim Volunteers Help Police Nab Suspect In Monsey Backyard Assault

Rockland County, NY – Chaverim Volunteers Help Police Nab Suspect In Monsey Backyard Assault

Rockland County, NY – Quick thinking Monsey Chaverim members are being credited as heroes in an Erev Shabbos attack on a 78 year old Jewish… Read More ›

North Korean missile ‘blows up’ on test launch as Pence heads for South

North Korean missile ‘blows up’ on test launch as Pence heads for South

  SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before… Read More ›

In Battle for Mosul, New US Strategy Takes Shape

In Battle for Mosul, New US Strategy Takes Shape

Although training of the Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga is a major part of the operation, the overall narrative has changed; the US is more… Read More ›