Scranton, PA – A Pennsylvania man created a digital image of himself pointing an AR-15 rifle at a group of praying Jewish men and posted it online, one of several cyber threats he made against Jewish, Muslim and black people, prosecutors said Thursday in announcing a criminal charge. Corbin Kauffman, 30, used aliases to post [...]

 Israeli Beresheet Spacecraft to Attempt Historic Moon LandingTo date, three countries have landed on the moon. Today, that number may become four.
Israel launched its first lunar mission, a spacecraft called Beresheet, on Feb. 21, riding piggyback on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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The ultra-Orthodox won big by invoking rabbinic leaders; the secular right-wing that played with racial prejudices did relatively well, while those that didn't fared poorly

Old-new PM takes calls from Trump, Pence, Orban and Kurz; Modi tweets in Hebrew; Merkel, May and Macron likely awaiting final results

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump said he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will discuss North Korea during their White House meeting on Thursday, including potential additional summits with the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Trump said good things have come out of negotiations with North Korea even though Washington did not get what [...]

Tamar Zandberg claims political intervention and discrepancies in the counting process; Central Elections Committee denies it

Army stops unarmed Palestinians in two separate incidents along the southern border

Washington – A founder of the Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel has been blocked from entering the United States. The movement says in a statement that Omar Barghouti (bar-GOO’-tee) was traveling to the U.S. for a speaking tour, including meetings with journalists and policymakers in Washington. It says Barghouti was told by airline staff at [...]

Applications For Jobless Aid Fall To Lowest In FIFTY YEARSThe number of people applying for unemployment aid fell last week to its lowest level in nearly five decades, solid evidence that the job market is healthy and layoffs scarce.
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Mnuchin Postpones Decision On Handing Over Trump Tax ReturnsThe Treasury Department has missed a deadline to deliver President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee chairman. It’s another early step in a battle between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats over access to Trump’s business and financial dealings, with the dispute likely to end up in court.

China Says Trade Talks With US ‘Moving Forward’China said Thursday that trade talks with the U.S. are “moving forward” after nine rounds of consultations aimed at ending a standoff that has shaken the world economic outlook.
The latest discussions had achieved “new substantial progress,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a daily news briefing.
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The Ministry of Health has ordered the vaccination of all the aircrews of El Al Airlines in a process that began this Thursday.
This was the result of a measles case discovered last week at the company that led to the hospitalization of a 43-year-old flight attendant in a serious condition.
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Ex-Obama Counsel Expects Charges In Mueller-Related ProbeFormer Obama administration White House counsel Greg Craig expects to be charged in a foreign lobbying investigation spun off from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, his lawyers said.
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Washington – It was a far cry from “I love WikiLeaks!” President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that “I know nothing about WikiLeaks” after its disheveled founder Julian Assange was hauled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to face charges, a stark contrast to how candidate Trump showered praise on Assange’s hacking organization night [...]

Kim Jong Un said North Korea should prove its self-reliance and deliver a “telling blow” to the hostile foreign forces who mistakenly believe sanctions will bring his country to its knees.
The comments, reported by state media Thursday, represent Kim’s first official, defiant response to the breakdown of the second U.S.-North Korea summit in February, and were delivered to a plenary session of officials from the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.
They also come as South Korean President Moon Jae-in is due to meet President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, as he tries to find a way to mediate between the United States and North Korea and restart a stalled dialogue.

 Mayanei Hayeshua voted #1 in Patient Satisfaction for the 5th Consecutive Year!New Catheterization Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical CenterAttended by Deputy Minister of Health Rabbi Yaakov Litzman and Magen David Adom (MDA) directors, the new Catheterization Unit located inside the Medical Center’s brand new hospital wing was officially inaugurated by Mayanei Hayeshua’s C.E.O.

Redmond, WA – Authorities say a 20-month-old boy survived a six-story fall from suburban Seattle apartment window after the toddler landed on the roof of a parked car that cushioned the impact of the plunge. Redmond police spokesman James Perry told the KIRO television station that the toddler “landed in a way where the car [...]

Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos is daring rival retailers to raise their minimum wage to $16 an hour.
Bezos laid down the challenge in his annual shareholder letter, published Thursday. Bezos routinely uses the letter to outline his long-term strategy, which made him the world’s wealthiest man and Amazon one of the most valuable companies.
“Today I challenge our top retail competitors (you know who you are!) to match our employee benefits and our $15 minimum wage,” Bezos said. “Do it! Better yet, go to $16 and throw the gauntlet back at us. It’s a kind of competition that will benefit everyone.”

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