Israel is continuing behind the scenes efforts to mend diplomatic relations with Turkey. National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror met a few weeks ago in Rome with Turkey’s director-general of the Foreign Ministry. According to the Channel 2 report, the Prime Minister’s Office declined to officially comment on any such meeting. After the Israel Navy commando […]

Former IDF Central District Commander Major-General Avi Mizrachi announced that since November 2013, there has been an alarming increase in attempts to abduct IDF soldiers by terrorists towards using them as negotiating pawns to obtain the release of terrorists imprisoned in Israel. Speaking to Channel 2’s Meet the Press on motzei Shabbos, Mizrachi explained that […]

MK (The Movement) Tzipi Livni on Shabbos spoke out against the agreement reached by which Bayit HaYehudi and Yesh Atid will enter or remain outside of the coalition together. Speaking with Channel 2’s, Meet the Press she stated “I hope that Yesh Atid’s decision to team up with Bennett will not sabotage the diplomatic process”. […]

A New York assemblyman who at first vigorously defended wearing blackface, an Afro wig and a basketball jersey to a costume party apologized Monday, saying he didn’t mean to hurt anyone. Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind wore the basketball garb at his own party in his home to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, for which […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have come to the realization that he will not succeed in his divide and conquer strategy, having made numerous attempts to break up the

The Movement leader Tzipi Livni, who is in line to become the next minister of justice, announced Israel must continue all efforts to return o the negotiating process with the PA (Palestinian Authority) towards resolving outstanding issues. Regarding the recent announcement by government officials to renew construction in the E1 area, Livni stated “we must […]

In light of PA (Palestinian Authority) reports of three residents of Qusra south of Shechem wounded by gunfire on Shabbos afternoon, ballistic testing will be conducted of weapons in nearby

General Motors Co. wants to pay its chief executive $11.1 million in total compensation this year — an increase of more than 20 percent over 2012, according to a document turned over to Congress. The Detroit automaker, which received a $49.5 billion bailout in 2008 and 2009, must get approval for the pay packages for […]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]  Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that donating $500,000 to the group Organizing for Action will get one quarterly meetings with President Barack Obama. “Giving or raising $500,000 or more puts donors on a national advisory board for Mr. Obama’s group and the privilege of attending quarterly meetings with […]

Boko Haram threatened on Monday to kill a kidnapped French family of seven if authorities in Nigeria and Cameroon do not release Muslim militants held there. French ministers said they

America’s new top diplomat is already facing trouble and confusion as he begins a two-week trip whose major focus is on coalescing international action on Syria. With John Kerry in London Monday on the first leg of his nine-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, administration officials were scrambling to salvage a planned meeting between the new U.S. […]

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd criticized Monday the new fundraising efforts of President Obama’s dark money group, Organizing for Action, calling a scheme for high donors to meet regularly with Obama “the definition of selling access.” Todd was describing the quarterly meetings that will be enjoyed by OFA’s $500,000 donors, the New York Times reported over the weekend: But those contributions will […]

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told thousands of followers Sunday he was planning to reach out to gang leaders to help “protect” the Nation of Islam. That came at

U.S. military veterans who have been deployed overseas for prolonged periods struggle to find work because of the traumas of war, as well as training that does not readily translate

Speaking with Israel Radio on Sunday 14 Adar 5773, MK (Labor) Binyamin Ben-Eliezer stated the current increase in Arab violence in areas of Yehuda and Shomron signals that Israel must return to the negotiating table with the PA (Palestinian Authority). Ben-Eliezer, a former defense minister, warns that “we are on the verge of another intifada” […]

The Affordable Care Act sets up a new arena of whistleblower protections for employees who complain that their company-provided health insurance doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do. On Friday, the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published aninterim final rule in the Federal Register that establishes procedures and time frames for handling retaliation […]

After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use

 A man charged with disorderly conduct for his loud whistling in downtown Portland has reached a deal with the city — he can whistle, but he can’t linger in one spot. Robert Smith, of Westbrook, has been cited by police twice in the past year after businesses complained. He pleaded guilty last summer and reached […]