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‘French Thatcher’ Fillon wins France’s Republican primary

‘French Thatcher’ Fillon wins France’s Republican primary

French conservatives have picked François Fillon as their presidential candidate in next year’s election. Fillon easily beat Bordeaux Mayor Alain Juppé in the Republican party’s… Read More ›

IDF reveals video-interpreting system

IDF reveals video-interpreting system

The army also revealed the existence of the advanced, start-up-styled unit that developed the technology; live events are summarized in text; a database compares to… Read More ›

Finance minister: NIS 2,500 immediately to every person who can’t go home

Finance minister: NIS 2,500 immediately to every person who can’t go home

Speaking in Haifa, Moshe Kahlon committed to provide emergency relief, distributed by local authorities, to every person whose home was rendered uninhabitable by the recent… Read More ›

Cabinet to gather in fire-struck Haifa as flames peter out

Cabinet to gather in fire-struck Haifa as flames peter out

Small fires still being quenched in Jerusalem hills; firefighters to stay on high alert through the week; at least 35 people, mostly Palestinians, held on… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Thanks Palestinian President For Help In Fighting Fires

Jerusalem – Israeli PM Thanks Palestinian President For Help In Fighting Fires

  Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday night to thank him for sending firefighting teams and trucks… Read More ›

Trump slams ‘scam’ Jill Stein election recount effort

Trump slams ‘scam’ Jill Stein election recount effort

  President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday ripped what he termed a “scam” effort from Green Party nominee Jill Stein aimed at requesting recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan,… Read More ›

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories on Facebook Live with Palestinians

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories on Facebook Live with Palestinians

Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai answered questions posed to him by residents of the West Bank and Gaza. Asked ‘When will the occupation end?’ he answered,… Read More ›

Follow the lawyer

Follow the lawyer

Op-ed: In his fourth term, Netanyahu is a king in his palace. As the one who was the first to spot the Mount Carmel fire,… Read More ›

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

Fires contained elsewhere in the country; eight countries sending planes to combat blazes, Palestinians dispatching crew   Firefighters continued to battle blazes around the country,… Read More ›

New York – Everyone Loves A Proposal: Policeman Pops Question At Parade

New York – Everyone Loves A Proposal: Policeman Pops Question At Parade

New York – Talk about a memorable trip to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The New York Police Department says an officer who was shot… Read More ›

Top Trump aide acknowledges grassroots furor over Mitt Romney as potential secretary of state

Top Trump aide acknowledges grassroots furor over Mitt Romney as potential secretary of state

  Top Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway noted Thursday the outcry over the president-elect’s meeting with Mitt Romney last weekend and his potential appointment as… Read More ›

Israeli Jews of Iraqi descent meet Abbas in Ramallah

Israeli Jews of Iraqi descent meet Abbas in Ramallah

“The hostility must end, and we want people to live in peace with everyone, whether [Mizrahi] or Ashkenazi,” Abbas remarks, adding, “We will one day… Read More ›

Appointed IDF chief rabbi to High Court: ‘I never said it’s okay to rape’

Appointed IDF chief rabbi to High Court: ‘I never said it’s okay to rape’

In response to halting his appointment to chief rabbi of the IDF, Rabbi Eyal Karim issues an affidavit to the High Court, saying, ‘One must… Read More ›

Jewish Trump voters are ready for their party to get started

Jewish Trump voters are ready for their party to get started

After tough, divisive campaign — and with 75% of their fellow American Jews voting the other way — those who voted for the brash billionaire… Read More ›

East Moriches, NY – Ailing Humpback Whale Stuck In New York Bay Is Euthanized

East Moriches, NY – Ailing Humpback Whale Stuck In New York Bay Is Euthanized

  East Moriches, NY – An ailing humpback whale that became grounded on a sandbar in a bay was euthanized on Wednesday, three days after… Read More ›

Hillary Clinton’s lead in popular vote nears 2 million

Hillary Clinton’s lead in popular vote nears 2 million

  Washington – Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote is now nearing 2 million votes, approaching the milestone as the campaign begins to hear… Read More ›

Israel against using term ‘Polish death camps’

Israel against using term ‘Polish death camps’

Israeli-Polish governments hold joint meeting in capital.   Israel is opposed to the use of the term “Polish death camps” to describe the Nazi concentration… Read More ›

State-sponsored chaos

State-sponsored chaos

Op-ed: Israel must pass a law to prevent the recurrence of cases like Amona by settling once and for all land-ownership issues and setting a… Read More ›

The US alt-right: angry, white and nuts about Trump

The US alt-right: angry, white and nuts about Trump

White nationalist movement feels ‘psychic connection’ to president-elect, who tepidly condemned the group after supporters hailed his victory, did Nazi salute at recent DC event… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

  Jerusalem – For the first time in Yad Vashem’s 63-year history, live music echoed through the halls of Israel’s national Holocaust memorial in a… Read More ›