WASHINGTON (AP) — During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s deputy told investigators during the special counsel’s Russia probe. The unsubstantiated theory, advanced by President Donald Trump even after he took office, would later […]

TEL AVIV – (VosIzNeias) – Tens of thousands of people attended Saturday Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square for a memorial event for former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in Tel Aviv in November 1995. Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz, the keynote and only political figure speaking at the rally, said that Israel will […]

NEW YORK (VosIzNeias) — The annual New York City Marathon will take place tomorrow November 3. The TCS New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world and the signature event of New York Road Runners (NYRR), the world’s premier community running organization. The race is held annually in the beginning of November […]

GAZA CITY (AP) – Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed a Palestinian man Saturday as aircraft pounded militant sites in response to barrages of rockets launched toward Israel from the seaside enclave. The exchange of fire shattered a monthlong lull across the volatile frontier. Gaza’s Health Ministry said Ahmed al-Shehri, 27, died from shrapnel injuries during […]

WASHINGTON (JNS) — The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that it has enacted sanctions against Iran’s construction sector and trade of four materials allegedly being used in connection with the regime’s nuclear, military or ballistic-missile programs. The development is part of the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran since leaving the 2015 Iran […]

Los Angeles (VosIzNeias) — A message recently circulated from Los Angeles reporting a Jewish girl missing. Shira Green was last seen in Los Angeles in the area of Olympic Blvd and Wooster St. Shira is 28-years-old, is 5 feet 9 inches tall, has brown curly hair and brown eyes. She has a very thin build. […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Coalition talks continue with Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, who is trying to use the most of the 28 days that Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has given him to form a coalition. While Gantz has been holding many meetings, the possibility of him succeeding to form a government seems to […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The man leading the inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe is no stranger to politically sensitive investigations. In his 41-year career as a prosecutor, John Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, has led investigations into the FBI’s cozy relationship with Boston mobsters such as James “Whitey” Bulger and the […]

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization said Friday that China can impose tariffs on up to $3.6 billion worth of U.S. goods over the American government’s failure to abide by anti-dumping rules with regard to Chinese products. The move hands China its first such payout at the trade body at a time when it […]

WASHINGTON (VosIzNeias) – Donald Trump is arguably the most pro-Israel president in U.S. history. Could it be that Trump has Jewish roots in his family? The president himself is not Jewish, nor does he have any known Jewish ancestors. His father, Fred Trump, was a Lutheran who hailed from Bavaria, although he claimed Swedish ancestry, […]