London – Rupert Murdoch: We Owe Major Apology For Offensive ‘Blood Libel’ Cartoon
London - Rupert Murdoch, owner of British broadsheet The Times on Monday tweeted an apology following the fallout from the publication on Sunday of a cartoon accused of using anti-...
New York – Cuomo’s Big Donors Boost His Campaign Fund To $22M
New York - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has collected mostly five-figure donations to build an almost unassailable campaign fund over the last six months even as he seeks to limit future dona...
Washington – Obama Unveils Biggest Gun-Control Push In Generations
Washington - President Barack Obama proposed a new assault weapons ban and mandatory background checks for all gun buyers on Wednesday as he tried to channel national outrage over ...
Jerusalem – Court: Israel Can Remove Palestinian Protest Tents
Jerusalem - Israel's Supreme Court gave the government the go-ahead on Wednesday to remove tents Palestinian activists pitched on a patch of West Bank land marked for Jewish settl...
Jerusalem – Israeli Watchdog Rips Netanyahu Over Settlements
Jerusalem - A review of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policies shows a clear intent to prevent the creation of a viable Palestinian state by stepping up constructi...
Washington – House Approves $50.7B For Sandy Aid
Washington - More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.7 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tue...
Albany, NY – Cuomo Signs New Gun Law, First In U.S. Since Newtown Attack
Albany, NY - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed into law one of the nation's toughest gun-control measures and the first to be enacted since the mass shooting last mo...
Israel – US Report: Iran Operating Listening Station In The Golan
Israel - The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been operating a signals intelligence (SIGINT) listening station in the Golan Heights, providing intelligence for Lebanon...
Austin, TX – Spokesman: Ex-President George H.W. Bush May Leave Hospital Soon
Austin, TX - Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been hospitalized in Houston since November, may be released from the facility in the coming days, a family spokesman said o...
Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Released From Hospital After Stroke
Jerusalem - Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual leader of the Shas movement, was released from Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem Sunday morning after suffering ...
Jerusalem – Rav Ovadia Yosef Rushed To Hospital After Collapsing In Shul
Jerusalem - The spiritual leader of an Israeli ultra-Orthodox political party was hospitalized after a suspected minor stroke in Jerusalem on Saturday, a development that could sha...
Washington – Biden Butts Heads With NRA In Gun Violence Drive
Washington - Vice President Joe Biden butted heads with the powerful National Rifle Association on Thursday in his drive to reduce U.S. gun violence, drawing complaints from the lo...
Jerusalem – Shas Agrees To Pull Controversial Campaign Ad
Jerusalem - he Shas party has agreed not to broadcast its controversial campaign ad on conversion following a request by from the Chairman of the Central Election Committee Supreme...
New York – Gov. Cuomo Pushing Hard For One Of Nation’s Toughest Gun Laws
New York - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his sky-high popularity into his third year with an agenda to ban assault weapons, raise the minimum wage and revive the still-slow ...
Putnam County, NY – DA Opposes Request For Info On Gun Owners
Putnam County, NY - The chief prosecutor in a New York county says he is opposed to releasing the names and addresses of licensed gun owners.
Putnam County District Attorney Ada...
Jerusalem – Hagel Nomination Unnerves Some In Israel
Jerusalem - President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some circles view the former Nebraska senat...
Brooklyn, NY – Sephardic Community Federation Working to Prevent Casino From Coming to Coney Island
Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s proposal to bring a casino to Coney Island has the Sephardic Community Federation spearheading an effort to prevent the ...
Ramallah, West Bank – Abbas Avoids Clash With Israel Over State Symbols
Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian officials say they will not rush to issue new passports and ID cards with the emblem "State of Palestine" to avoid confrontation with Israel.
L...
Jerusalem – Rav Amnon Yitzhak: I Won’t Stop, I Will Save The Jewish People
Jerusalem - Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak, a well-known haredi outreach preacher and founder of newly established Koah Lehashpia, said the party would be running in the coming elections, des...
Washington – Obama Taps Hagel For Pentagon, Brennan For CIA
Washington - Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the lea...