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Gunman Randomly Shoots at Philadelphia Block Party; 2 Children Wounded

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United States continues to turn into a coast-to-coast shooting range. At least seven people were wounded lat Saturday night in a random shooting of people at a block party in Philadelphia. Two of the victims were children, ages 2 and 10, and others included teenagers. The gunman appeared to fire randomly down the street, […]

US / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Kulanu Chairman Kachlon Apologizes to US for Oren Criticizing Obama

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kachlon seems to be concerned about an apparent delusion that he will visit the White one day as Israel's Prime Minister.

Syria / US / Government / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Israel Saved Obama's Neck on Assad's Chemical Weapons

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Guess which ally helps the other, lets it take credit and then gets spat on?

Israel / Hamas / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Rejects 'Two States' if One is 'Jewish'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He said he will not accept a French resolution in the UN that gives him everything he wants except wiping "Jewish" off the map of Israel.

US / News Briefs / Egypt

Obama Has Remorse for Morsi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The President is "troubled" over the death sentence to the Muslim Brotherhood leader whom he once congratulated.

Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Donald Trump Running to Be 'Greatest President God Ever Created'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Trump loves Israel and Netanyahu and hates Obama. His candidacy for the GOP nomination is going to wake up people tired of political correctness.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Ex-Amb. Michael Oren Says Obama 'Deliberately Abandoned Israel'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Oren spilled the beans on Obama one week before his new book is released and four months after he dumped Netanyahu in the election campaign.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Jeb Bush Launches Campaign with Swipes at Obama and Clinton

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"The presidency should not be passed on from one liberal to the next."

Israel / US / News Briefs

'Obama Invited Netanyahu For a Visit after Iran Deal to be Signed'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The White House denies the Yediot Achronot report, and Netanyahu's office has no comment.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Israel Has 80 Nuclear Warheads, Says Swiss Research Unit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The stockpile is less than half the number usually estimated. Pakistan has 100-120, and North Korea 6-8.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Qualcomm Co-Founder Donates $50 Million to Technion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Prof. Andrew Viterbi now has the honor of being the largest private donor to Technion.

Iran / News Briefs

Khamenei's Cancer May Kill Iran Deal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rumors are flying that Khamenei's days are numbered. Hard-liners are outdoing each other to ditch a deal on its nuclear program.

US / News Briefs / Gulf States / UAE / Iraq

Arabs Charge Obama With Turning His Back on Iraqi Prime Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Arab world clearly distrusts Obama even more than Israel doubts him, although they are a bit paranoid.

News Briefs / France / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy

Orange Apology Tour Arrives in Wrong 'Occupying' Country

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The French-based telecom company operates in an area of Azerbaijan that the United Nations and US consider occupied territory.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Sports

Israelis Follow David Blatt to Cleveland for NBA Finals

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

All you need is a few days vacation and a few thousand dollars to show the Israeli flag at the big game.

Israel / US / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

Arab-American Radio Host Bites the Dust with Lie on 'Israeli' Sanders

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Every journalist can make a mistake, but no decent journalist depends on a single Facebook post as a source.

US / Elections / News Briefs

'Fed Up' Black Voters May Help Elect Republican President in 2016

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama built up ridiculous expectations among blacks just as he did among Middle East Muslims.

The Muqata

10 Things Wrong with the RAND Report

By JoeSettler

The RAND report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a fatally flawed document that offers an unattainable utopian economic vision based on incorrect, impossible, undesirable and immoral assumptions.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

U.S. Gen. Martin Dempsey in Israel for Bilateral Military Talks

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Israel on Monday as the official guest of his counterpart, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot. The two military leaders will meet, along with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and other Israeli security officials, to discuss bilateral military cooperation and other common […]

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem

US Refuses to Recognize 'West Jerusalem' as Part of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Obama administration dug itself deeper in the hole by its reaction to the Supreme Court ruling upholding U.S. policy against "Jerusalem, Israel."

IDF & Security / US / Iran / News Briefs

US Poll: Keep Negotiating with Iran and Let Israel Bomb their Nukes

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A new Zogby poll suggests that more and more Americans trust Israel more than Obama to get rid of the Iranian nuclear threat.

Jewish / US / Iran / News Briefs

Jews Boo US Treasury Secretary Lew

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He told the hecklers, "I would only ask that you listen to me as we listen to you,” which is exactly what they did.

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Rockets from Gaza

Netanyahu Asks Why UN Does not Condemn Rocket Attacks on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Doesn’t Netanyahu understand that the UN opens its mouth if an Israeli home is rocketed and then warns the IDF not to "escalate tensions"?

US / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Secretary of State John Kerry Breaks a Leg

By Steve

John Kerry crashed his bicycle into a curb and broke his leg.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Transcript of President Obama's Speech at Congregation Adas Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Remarks by the President on Jewish American Heritage Month - May 22, 2015

US / News Briefs / ISIS

ISIS Claims 'Credit' for Attack at Mohammed Cartoon Contest

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"We tell America that what is coming is more bitter and harder."

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Black Republican Ben Carson Running for President

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Carson's never having held a political office is a disadvantage - and a big advantage for those fed up with professional politicians.

First Person / US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

From Segregation to Confrontation - No Nostalgia for Baltimore

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Ravens' Ray Lewis screamed that violence is never the answer." Unfortunately, he is wrong.

Syria / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / ISIS

US: UNRWA Gets Add'l $6M for Yarmouk 'Palestinians,' Only $10M for Nepal

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The US has given more than $57M to UNRWA for 'Palestinian' refugees in Syria in 2015 alone, but only pledged $10M for Nepal?

Israel / US / News Briefs

NY Times Notices That Obama Pushes Off Netanyahu Meeting (Again)

By Jewish Press News Desk

The NY Times may not realize that this was the second time Obama pushed off a potential meeting since the Israeli elections ended.

US / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Obama Gift List to Former Enemies Continues: Cuba Plucked from Terrorism Sponsor List

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The US is removing Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism. But Cuba's recent BFF, Iran, doesn't have such a clean record.

US / Iran / News Briefs

IRAN: US Won't Inspect Military Sites

By Jewish Press News Desk

Someone's confused. It's just not clear who that is.

US

Suicide Shooting and Suspicious Package Lock Down Capitol in Washington

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police immediately rule out terror without knowing the contents of a suspicious package.

US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements

It's Official: Justice Brandeis Wants his Name Back

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Justice Brandeis was an ardent Zionist. Thomas Pickering, Brandeis's 2015 Commencement Speaker, insults the Justice's memory.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Obama Espouses his Iran Strategy: If, If, If and Blind Hope

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He assures the USA will defend Israel if is attacked, assuming there is anything left to defend.

US / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Religion / Judaism

US President Barack Obama's Belated Video Passover Greetings

By Jewish Press Staff

US Pres. Barack Obama posts late video Passover greetings and timely Easter greetings in a weekend message.

The Muqata

Iran Deal - First Thoughts

By JoeSettler

It's official - Iran is 2-3 months away from the bomb - even worse than Netanyahu thought....

US / News Briefs

One-Third of GOP Voters See Obama Worse for US than Assad and Putin

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A Reuters poll shows that America is increasingly polarized, especially about President Obama.

US / Iran / News Briefs / Europe / United Nations (UN)

Iranian Journalist Defects, Says US Team Speaking for Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The US negotiating team are mainly there to speak on Iran’s behalf with other members of the 5+1 countries and convince them of a deal.”

US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Silvan Shalom - Israel Can't Trust US Brokering of Future Agreements

By Shalom Bear

Israel can't sign future agreements with the PA, when the US Administration gives the PA backup as they violate their obligations.

US / News Briefs

Ted Cruz is Running for President as the anti-Obama

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A Cruz presidency as antidote to Obama: repeal Obamacare, dismantle the IRS, strong support for Israel.

Israel / US / News Briefs

McCain - "Get Over Your Temper Tantrum, Mr. President"

By Jewish Press News Desk

Senator John McCain pulled no punches against President Obama on CNN.

Syria / US / News Briefs

Report: US Waiting for "Green Light" for Assad Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The US is reportedly waiting for a positive Syrian response.

The Muqata

What Candidate Obama Promised the Jews Before Elections

By JoeSettler

I might have to "reassess" my position on President Obama if his "new positions and comments" on Israel don't match his pre-election statements.

US / UK / News Briefs / France / United Nations (UN) / Germany

Iran's Rouhani Optimistic 'Possible to Reach Agreement' on Nuclear Deal

By Jewish Press Staff

Iran's Pres. Rouhani is optimistic an agreement can be reached on a nuclear deal, says there's "nothing that cannot be resolved."

US / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Talks Stuck Over What Stops First, Nukes Or Sanctions

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The U.S. and the Europeans expect the process of lifting the restrictions on Iran to last at least one year, more likely two.

US / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Elections / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / Judea & Samaria

US President Obama Punishes Israel for Re-electing PM Netanyahu

By Rachel Levy

Punishment of Israelis for re-electing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was not long in coming from US President Barack Obama.

US / News Briefs / Turkey / Egypt / ISIS

US Air Force Vet Charged with Trying to Help Islamic State

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dozens of Americans have had criminal charges filed against them in connection to ISIS.

The Muqata

Netanyahu's Victory for the Free World

By JoeSettler

Netanyahu's decisive victory has important ramifications beyond who gets to sit int he coalition.

News Briefs / Turkey / ISIS

A Lost Soul and $25 Buys a Ticket to Cross from Turkey to ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

US Intelligence Chief Says ISIS 'low priority' for Turkey.

US / Iran / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

Iran Bombs ISIS in Iraq

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The good side of the Islamic State is that radical jihadists are killing each other.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Kerry Says Nothing in 2025 Words

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Just when things were started to calm down, Kerry parachutes form the moon to take credit.

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Rockets from Gaza / Pallywood

US State Dept Attacks Its Ally, Israel Over UNRWA Human Shields

By Rachel Levy

The U.S. State Department has attacked its ally, Israel, for returning fire in combat with Hamas near UNWRA facilities.

Syria / US / News Briefs / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

Report: Islamic State Already in America

By Rachel Levy

A former CIA operative and other U.S. intelligence sources say Islamic State terror cells already exist in the United States.

Terrorism / Syria / US / UK / News Briefs / Europe / ISIS

Report: Foley Murdered because His Brother Works for US Air Force

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A French journalist said the murderer who beheaded James Foley is named “John.”

Analysis / US / Politics / Global / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists

US, Turkey Announce $4 Billion Arms Deal

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Obama has chosen shaky ally on the way out over strong ally solidly in the American orbit.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

White House Says 'No' to Ground Invasion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Channel 2 reported Tuesday that US President Barack Obama supports Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas missile attacks, but added that Washington is opposed to a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip by IDF forces.

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Europe / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Hundreds of US and European-Arabs Leave Gaza

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The IDF escorted 670 Arabs with dual nationality from foreign countries out of Gaza and away from the Hamas war front and safely in to Israel Sunday morning. The dual citizens left through the Erez Crossing, the northern border of Gaza, and include those with citizenship form the United States, Sweden, Norway, Belgium and other […]

Israel / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Islamists

US Been Meeting With Hamas for Months; Warns 'We'll Be Watching'

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Residents of southern Israel can rest easy: Hamas promised not to fire rockets at Israel from Gaza anymore!

US / Government / News Briefs

Israel, U.S. Reach Agreement on IRS Regs for Dual Citizens

By Jewish Press Staff Reporter

The Israel Tax Authority has reached agreement with the U.S. to coordinate info between the IRS and Israeli banks.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Can of Coke Costs Up to Six Times more in Israel than in US

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Next time you drink a can of Coca Cola in Israel at a kiosk or tourist spot, take into consideration you are swallowing six times more money than you would if you had bought it at an American outlet, such as Walmart, according to a survey conducted by the Globes newspaper. Americans pay on average […]

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Government Says Aliyah Stats from US Better than Previously Stated

By Jewish Press News Desk

Official statistics on aliyah to Israel from the United States have been corrected to show that there was only a tiny change for the worse in the past year from the number of new immigrants in 2012. The Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and the Jewish Agency issued a report in late December that […]

US / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Assimilation

Avigdor Lieberman Warns US Jews ‘You Are Facing a Catastrophe’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is not an easy fact to swallow, but the real demographic problem for Jews is in the Diaspora and not in Israel.

News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Ukraine Police Storm Protest Camp after 19 Killed in Clashes (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

The United States and United Nations once again have showed their weakness and have failed to prevent violence in Ukraine.

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Civil War Spreads along Israel’s Northern Borders as Bombs Kill 12

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hezbollah is on the course of self-destruction but is bringing Lebanon down with it.

Op-Eds

Israel: the Impudence Accompanying Betrayal

By Barry Rubin

"Israel has become an affluent and developed country that can afford to pay for its own defense."

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

US Losing Middle East Coalition

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Lately, the pro-Western coalition has begun to crumble, and two key countries - Saudi Arabia and Egypt - are searching for a new political crutch.

Rubin Reports

What Will Happen Now with US Middle East Policy?

By Barry Rubin

Not much progress—which is really moving backwards—will be made on the Israeli-Palestinian front.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Back in the USSR

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Today's anti-democratic glue is apparently better than the glue of Slavic identity that formed the "Warsaw Pact" because it is a world view and a cultural perspective.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The Saudis are Trembling – Quietly

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

If chemical weapons had not been used, Damascus would have been overcome by the rebels.

Rubin Reports

Turning Point: Obama and Israel, the Next Three Years

By Barry Rubin

The greatest danger for Israel would be to listen to the bad advice of Obama, Kerry, and their supporters.

Shiloh Musings

What War with Syria?

By Batya Medad

Should we be dusting off our gas masks?

Rubin Reports

America's Impending Defeat in Syria

By Barry Rubin

The Obama Administration believes that it can reconcile with Islamist states.

Rubin Reports

American Culture: How to Reconcile the Brutal and the Effete?

By Barry Rubin

I sat there speechless. I simply couldn't believe what I was hearing.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

A Future of Only More Radicalization and Escalation – Get Used to It

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

General al-Sisi and is not about to give in to American pressure regarding the Muslim Brotherhood.

Daniel Pipes / The Lion's Den

Obama's Foreign Fiasco

By Daniel Pipes

His singular foreign policy accomplishment, trumpeted ad nauseam, was the execution of Osama bin Laden.

Rubin Reports

Why US Policy Betrayed the Moderates

By Barry Rubin

Lost: Obama's Middle East policy, 2013-2016.

Sultan Knish

Looking Back on the Life of Barack Obama

By Daniel Greenfield

(CNN) Celebrity News Network - Now with More Holograms!

United with Israel

Garin Tzabar: Helping Lone Soldiers Feel At Home In Israel

By Rachel Avraham

Israel’s Garin Tzabar program, supporting ‘lone soldiers’ with no family in Israel, recently welcomed close to 360 young women and men from around the world into its care.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

By Harry Maryles

The Egyptian army is fighting a movement that is extremely anti Semitic as a part of its religious theology.

J.E. Dyer

Egypt: This Is Big

By J. E. Dyer

The Muslim Brotherhood is willing to keep chaos and misery going for as long as necessary to topple the military’s interim government.

Atlas Shrugs

State Dept. Now Fighting 'Enemies Of Islam'

By Pamela Geller

Does President Obama know that his Administration is launching an all out effort to kill or capture people in the name of Islam?

Rubin Reports

America's Real 'Dangerous Slide' to the Wrong Side

By Barry Rubin

Obama, a man who has spent a few hours in Israel and has no empathy with it, dares to say that he knows better what that country needs than does Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Rubin Reports

Now We Know the Truth: What's Behind US 'Peace Process' Policy

By Barry Rubin

Why would the PA keep any post-treaty commitments? We know that Hamas will not.

US / News Briefs / Egypt

A Coup by Any Other Name Allows US Aid to Continue

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

While the government lawyers are looking into the matter, the hands on the US aid spigot will ignore the "c" (coup) word, and U.S. aid to Egypt will continue flowing.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Netanyahu Invokes Herzl’s Vision on Eve of Kerry’s Visit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry has great timing. He comes to Israel hours after the anniversary of the death of the founder of Zionism, giving Netanyahu the opportunity to state there is no peace without security.

US / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Egypt Convicts 43 American NGO Workers

By JTA

An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted 43 employees of NGOs in Egypt, including 19 Americans, of using foreign funds to incite violence in the country. The workers were sentenced to jail terms of one to five years and fines. Most of the American workers, including Sam LaHood, the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, […]

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

U.S. Publishes Details of Secret Israeli Military Base

By JTA

Some clerk in the US might start looking for a new job. The US is building a secret missile site in Israel. A public posting asked for bids, with details of the site. Now the enemy knows where to bomb.

Israel / US / Politics

Obama Golfs and Bibi Eats Ice Cream - How Much to Indulge Leaders?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama has been cited for expensive golf outings. Now it’s Netanyahu’s turn: $2,700 for ice cream and $125,000 for an airplane bed. Indulgence or the price of public office?

Terrorism / Israel / US / Global / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Israel Hi-Tech Firm Helped Capture Boston Bombers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Surveillance cameras were not enough to catch the Boston Marathon terrorists. The Israeli-based BriefCam firm “collapsed” an hour of video and focused on suspicious objects – and people.

Rubin Reports

The True Conflict of the Middle East

By Barry Rubin

A new paper at a Muslim Brotherhood-associated think tank has admitted that Israel is not the primary "threat" to Arab culture fingering Iran instead.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Susan Rice Says Defending Israel Swallows Much of Her UN time

By JTA

Defending Israel’s legitimacy is a “huge part” of her work as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice told a Reform Judaism event Sunday evening. “It’s a huge part of my work to the United Nations,” she said at the launching of this year’s social activists’ Consultation on Conscience, organized by the Religious Action […]

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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