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From grain silos to arsenals to apartments

From grain silos to arsenals to apartments

A new national project seeks to connect some 200 silos the length of Israel and repurpose them as museums, dorms etc. The old silos that… Read More ›

Attacker stabs female soldier in Northern W. Bank

Attacker stabs female soldier in Northern W. Bank

The attack comes just days after a stabbing in Jerusalem.   A female attacker stabbed a female soldier in the Northern West Bank near the Shaked… Read More ›

3 comments on the state budget

3 comments on the state budget

Analysis: Three sections of the state budget and Arrangements Bill—approved recently by the government—are of specific interest this year, as they indicate that the Israeli… Read More ›

Analysis: The truth about Hezbollah

Analysis: The truth about Hezbollah

Above all there is peace and tranquility at the Lebanese border. For the last 10 years not a single Israeli citizen was scratched and only… Read More ›

Leftists break their Fast of Av in Sussiya, praying it will be saved

Leftists break their Fast of Av in Sussiya, praying it will be saved

At issue is the unauthorized placement of homes on land zoned for agriculture use. But those talks were halted, pending an opinion from Liberman.  … Read More ›

Obama supports renewal of key Iran sanctions bill, Engel tells ‘Post’

Obama supports renewal of key Iran sanctions bill, Engel tells ‘Post’

Senior administration official responds to ‘Post’: ISA extension “not necessary” yet.   NEW YORK – US President Barack Obama supports renewal of the Iran Sanctions… Read More ›

Muslim, youngest-ever Swedish minister resigns over drunk driving

Muslim, youngest-ever Swedish minister resigns over drunk driving

Aida Hadzialic, 29, a former Bosnian refugee, leaves post after being caught at the wheel with proscribed level of blood alcohol   STOCKHOLM, Sweden –… Read More ›

All of the US’s energy consumption in one giant graphic

All of the US’s energy consumption in one giant graphic

Today’s graphic is special type of flow chart, called a Sankey diagram. This particular one shows the total estimated energy consumption in the United States… Read More ›

Why Georgia is turning purple

Why Georgia is turning purple

  Since the end of the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton has been riding high in the polls nationally, in swing states, and in a… Read More ›

Donald Trump sidesteps Hillary Clinton, says he’s running against ‘the crooked media’

Donald Trump sidesteps Hillary Clinton, says he’s running against ‘the crooked media’

  Donald Trump signaled on Saturday that he’s more interested in fighting the media than challenging his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. The Republican presidential nominee… Read More ›

Washington – Medicaid Estimate Renews Cost Concerns Over ‘Obamacare’

Washington – Medicaid Estimate Renews Cost Concerns Over ‘Obamacare’

  Washington – A government report finds that the cost of expanding Medicaid to millions more low-income people is increasing faster than expected, raising questions… Read More ›

New York – Briefly Standing, Or Being Active, Reduces Blood Sugar Across The Day

New York – Briefly Standing, Or Being Active, Reduces Blood Sugar Across The Day

New York – For obese people who sit for most of the day, replacing some sitting time with standing, slow walking or slow cycling reduces… Read More ›

New York – Trump Tower: Not As ‘Huuge’ As Donald Trump Says It Is

New York – Trump Tower: Not As ‘Huuge’ As Donald Trump Says It Is

  New York – When a Virginia teenager began scaling the glass walls of Trump Tower this week, journalists covering his dramatic climb live struggled… Read More ›

Aleppo’s angel: A nurse’s devotion to Syria’s children

Aleppo’s angel: A nurse’s devotion to Syria’s children

Malaika, a 29-year-old head nurse, holds Ali, a 2-day-old infant, as he struggles to take his final breaths. Born in eastern Aleppo, one of the… Read More ›

2 detained, questioned in Thailand blasts

2 detained, questioned in Thailand blasts

Bangkok, Thailand – Investigators in Thailand detained and questioned two people in connection with the wave of bombings across the country Thursday and Friday, police… Read More ›

Michael Phelps: How swimming legend regained his ‘immortality’

Michael Phelps: How swimming legend regained his ‘immortality’

  Michael Phelps set out with the goal “to change the sport of swimming.” With a record 22 Olympic gold medals — and possibly a… Read More ›

Gaza aid workers fear impact of Hamas allegations

Gaza aid workers fear impact of Hamas allegations

Accusations that employees diverted funds to Hamas ‘could have major implications for wider humanitarian community,’ expert says   AFP — Getting foreign aid to hundreds… Read More ›

Archeological finds, City of David bolster Jewish claim to J’lem

Archeological finds, City of David bolster Jewish claim to J’lem

“If all that stuff is built on the notion that none of this ever happened, and then you pull a seal out of the ground… Read More ›

Kahlon touts budget reforms amid criticism on spending

Kahlon touts budget reforms amid criticism on spending

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the unanimously-approved budget, calling it “an important budget with foundations for competition, reforms and growth.”   Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon… Read More ›

UN says Gaza employee diverted rubble on PA instructions

UN says Gaza employee diverted rubble on PA instructions

Waheed Borsh, 38, is charged by Israel with transfering 300 tons of rubble to help build a Hamas naval facility   The United Nations on… Read More ›