Berlin – German Netanyahu Cartoon Triggers ‘Anti-Semitism’ Row
Berlin - A cartoon in a regional German paper on Tuesday depicted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as poisoning the Middle East peace process, sparking accusations that the German...
Israel – IDF To Enlist 300 Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers Into 2 New Charedi Units
Israel - The IDF was set to enlist 300 haredi soldiers on Thursday into two new units which are being established to accommodate the specific requirements of ultra-Orthodox recruit...
Israel – Member Of Neturei Karta Group Charged With Spying For Iran (video)
Israel - A state prosecutor has charged an Israeli man with offering to spy for Iran, Israel's archenemy.
The indictment, released on Thursday, says the suspect belongs to the f...
Israel – Knesset Charedi Enlistment Committee Holds Inaugural Meeting
Israel - The Shaked Committee on haredi enlistment held its inaugural meeting in the Knesset Thursday, to prepare the government bill for its final vote.
"The topic we're dealin...
West Bank – Israel Moving Ahead With New 1,000 Settler Housing
West Bank - Israel is moving forward with plans to build more than 1,000 homes in two small isolated Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday, as Palesti...
Trenton, NJ – NJ Attorney General Named To Fill US Senate Seat
Trenton, NJ - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie named a longtime colleague, state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat Thursday that opened up thi...
Washington – IRS Replaces Official Who Oversaw Targeting
Washington - A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw ag...
Russia – Putin, Netanyahu Meet To Discuss Ways To Stabilize Middle East
Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that focused on the situation in Syria, amid concerns that Moscow cou...
Moscow – Russia Detains U.S. Embassy Worker Accused Of Being A CIA Agent
Moscow - Russia says it will expel a U.S. diplomat who it claims was caught disguised in a blond wig while trying to recruit a Russian agent in Moscow.
Russia's security service...
Washington – US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low Of 324K
Washington - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to seasonally adjusted 324,000, the lowest since January 2008. The drop points to fewer layoffs and pos...
Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Taps Arye Deri As Next Shas Head
Jerusalem - A spokesman for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party says it has reinstated Arieh Deri as party leader.
Deri last held the post in 1999, the year he was convicted of a...
Jerusalem – Museum Unveils Mysterious Hebrew Tablet
Jerusalem - An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars c...
Rome – Pope Accepts Peres’ Invitation To Israel
Rome - Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East.
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Washington – Justices Say States Can Limit Public Records Access
Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday states are free to allow public records access only to their own citizens, delivering a blow to freedom of information advocates ...
West Bank – Palestinian Prisoner In Deal With Israel Ends Fast
West Bank - A Palestinian prisoner who refused food for eight months ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal with Israeli for early release, his lawyer and the mil...
Tel Aviv – Israeli Spy Says Syria Used Chemical Arms, U.S. Unconvinced
Tel Aviv - Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons - probably nerve gas - in their fight against rebels trying to force out President Bashar al-Assad, the Israeli milit...
Washington – Officials: Envelope Sent To Sen. Roger Wicker Tests Positive For Deadly Poison Ricin
Washington - An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, congressional officials said, heightening co...
Washington – Obama To Meet With Putin In Russia In September
Washington - President Barack Obama will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September when he travels to Russia for the G20 summit, the White House said on Monday.
Th...
Poland – Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Reflects A Changing Poland
Poland - Almost nothing remains of the old Warsaw Ghetto: a few buildings here and there, a synagogue, some fragments of a brick wall. The rest was blown up by the Germans in their...
New York, NY – NCAAP Rally For New NYC Stop And Frisk Rules
New York, NY - The president of the NAACP says ending the New York Police Department's extensive use of stop and frisk is a "national priority" for the civil rights organization.
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