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Netanyahu on Swedish FM’s remarks: Outrageous, immoral, unjust and stupid
At press conference with foreign media, PM rips double standards applied to Israel, calls for ‘reset’ in ties with EU. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›
Fractured field for big GOP Iowa debate
While anti-establishment frontrunners Trump and Cruz exchange blows, Rubio, Bush, Kasich, Christie vie to stand out as alternatives NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) —… Read More ›
Goldman just got wiped out
Goldman Sachs’ fourth-quarter earnings essentially just got wiped out. The bank said on Thursday that it will pay a $5 billion settlement related to… Read More ›
Morgan Stanley just announced bonuses ― and fixed-income traders are not happy
It’s bonus day at Morgan Stanley. That means the bank is telling employees what they’ll receive for their work from the previous year. Bonuses, not base… Read More ›
Democratic campaign erupts into firefight after Bernie Sanders ad criticizes Hillary Clinton on Wall Street
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign pounced on Thursday after her chief primary rival, US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), swiped at… Read More ›
Jerusalem – Netanyahu Stands Behind Proposed Envoy To Brazil Share Tweet Share Mail
Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister says he remains firmly behind his candidate to be the new ambassador to Brazil — despite Brazil’s apparent objections… Read More ›
West Bank – Palestinians Appeal For Poet On Death Row In Saudi Arabia
West Bank – Palestinian intellectuals and writers have gathered in the West Bank to read poems and call for the release of a Palestinian… Read More ›
New York – NYC Mayor On Cusp Of Possible Horse Carriage Deal
New York – New York City officials are close to a deal that would save Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages from a threatened ban. When… Read More ›
Alan Rickman, Snape in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 69
Alan Rickman, the British actor with the unforgettable voice who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” films as well as “Die… Read More ›
Taiwan set to elect first female leader
Hong Kong – Voters in the only Chinese democracy are expected to elect Taiwan’s first female leader when they go to the polls Saturday for presidential… Read More ›
Outrage over Charlie Hebdo cartoon of dead toddler Alan Kurdi as sex attacker
After a year in which it has never been far from the headlines, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is back in the news again —… Read More ›
EU presents aggressive strategy for fighting anti-Semitism
New coordinator aims to tackle online hate speech, expand legislation prohibiting Holocaust denial Tackling online hate speech, implementing hate crime legislation and education are… Read More ›
Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel
Amid rise in attacks, 9,880 make aliya in 2015, including almost 8,000 from France AP — Jewish immigration to Israel from Western Europe has… Read More ›
French Jews ask: Is wearing your faith a risk, or a right?
Calls to hide Jewishness amount to ‘projecting part of the responsibility on the victim,’ warns France’s Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia PARIS (AP) — Religious… Read More ›
In the absence of a foreign minister
Op-ed: Boycotting IKEA is not the answer to Sweden’s comments against Israel. The European Union is not our enemy. By realizing this, Yair Lapid got… Read More ›
Synagogue in memory of slain Israeli teen opened
Tair Rada was murdered at her school’s bathroom in 2006 when she was only 13; he father, who is terminally ill, was overjoyed he lived… Read More ›
Israel’s poverty rates highest among OECD nations
An OECD report indicates about 21% of Israelis are under the poverty line – more than in countries such as Mexico, Turkey, and Chile. A… Read More ›
Ministry proposes revoking citizenship of ISIS members returning to Israel
Law seeks to revoke citizenship of Israelis considered disloyal to the state and keep them out of the country. The Interior Ministry has proposed… Read More ›
Protesters in Afula demand release of Palestinian hunger striker
Security forces arrested journalist Muhammad al-Qeq at his home in Abu Kesh, near Ramallah, on November 21, and he has been kept in administrative detention… Read More ›
















