A new government for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority was sworn in Saturday, led by a veteran peace negotiator and harsh critic of Gaza’s Hamas rulers.
President Mahmoud Abbas picked Mohammed Ishtayeh as prime minister, a move that deepens the internal Palestinian divide at a time when prospects for a peace deal with Israel are possibly at their lowest point ever.

Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s name is on the lips of nearly everyone at Fox News.
A study found that the New York City Democrat was mentioned 3,181 times on Fox News Channel and its sister Fox Business Network during the six-week period of Feb.
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The notion was so bizarre and horrific that Jesse Fink had trouble believing his own eyes and ears.
R’ Fink’s wife, Edna, had been hospitalized with multiple health issues.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year’s end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the North’s state-run media said Saturday.
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For most of the nation, voters believed that the results announced last week by Chairman of the Central Elections Committee Justice Chanan Meltzer were final. However, almost immediately thereafter, Naftali Bennet of “New Right” learned he was less than 1400 votes from the minimum threshold.

It’s the Pre Yom Tov sale you’ve been waiting for – Kiki Riki shells now only $13.99! That’s right – all regular adult and kids shells of every color and every sleeve length are $13.99 for one week only!

Dan Crenshaw responds to the criticism and support Rep. Ilhan Omar has received since her controversial comments made about 9/11.
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It has the makings of a new Cold War, or worse.
The deep chill in U.S.-Russian relations is stirring concern in some quarters that Washington and Moscow are in danger of stumbling into an armed confrontation that, by mistake or miscalculation, could lead to nuclear war.
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According to multiple reports quoting Syrian opposition websites, a Russian delegation reportedly left Syria on Sunday and had with them the coffin containing the remains of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.