U.S. consumer spending fell in October for the first time in five months as superstorm Sandy choked off car sales, suggesting slower economic growth in the fourth quarter. The Commerce
When Czechs cast the lone European “no” vote against the Palestinian Authority’s bid for semi-statehood at the United Nations this week, it was no surprise from a country Israel has
The Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Degel Hatorah is expected to convene next week to decide on the party lineup for the general elections, the election for the 19th Knesset. Because
After his defeat in the Likud primaries, Minister Dan Meridor is being tapped by veteran Likudniks in the capital to consider entering the city mayoral race next year. Once considered
Tenders for the construction of 1,846 housing units in Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel/2 were released on Tuesday. The tenders for Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel/1 were released three years earlier, the
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Former South Dakota Republican Governor Mike Rounds said on Thursday he will run in 2014 for a U.S. Senate seat now held by a Democrat, the second state where a
The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners and perhaps extend the
An alliance of Egyptian opposition groups pledged on Thursday to keep up protests against President Mohammed Mursi and said broader civil disobedience was possible to fight what it described as
The United States said on Thursday it was confident Syria’s opposition could use U.S.-provided technology to circumvent an Internet shutdown in the country. The U.S. State Department said Syrian contacts
Israel has agreed to give the United States the know-how needed to produce interceptors used by the vaunted Iron Dome rocket shield, but it is not interested in any proposed
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday defended the city’s decision to pay for more than 1,000 hotel rooms, including hundreds that remain vacant, for residents whose homes were
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Following UN General Assembly Vote on Palestinian Observer State Status Resolution, November 29, 2012 Thank
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians but an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has criticized the United Nations’ recognition of Palestine for creating “further obstacles in the path to peace” between Palestinians and Israelis. Speaking at a
The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a U.N. nuclear agency investigation, warning Tehran the issue may otherwise be referred
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s strong critique of Israel in his speech at the United Nations on Thursday as “hostile and poisonous”, and full of
New York City homeowners whose houses were severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy will get an extra three months to pay their property taxes and could receive partial refunds under measures
As the streets of Jerusalem continue to reflect the unacceptably low level of sanitation services, the dispute between Deputy Mayor Yitzchak Pindrus and Mayor Nir Barkat over sanitation services seems
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