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Former Mossad Intelligence Agency Director Tamir Pardo feels that the single biggest threat to Israel is from the inside, not outside sources. Pardo is critical of the policies of current
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On Mexican soil for the first time as the Republican presidential nominee, a firm but measured Donald Trump defended the right of the United States to build a massive border
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Jerusalem Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Aryeh Stern Shlita has published a letter containing his bracha, addressed to teachers and students alike ahead of the opening of the 5777 school year. The
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The New York Blood Center will begin screening its blood supply for the Zika virus. The announcement Tuesday by the New York City-based blood bank comes after the U.S. Food
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