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Israel News News

Israel launches largest-ever multi-front war exercise

(JNS)The Israel Defense Forces launched a month-long war exercise on Sunday—the largest in its history—simulating a multi-front conflict. The wargames, dubbed “Chariots of Fire,” will see the IDF test its responses to combat scenarios in northern and southern Israel, as well as in Judea and Samaria, Kan reported on Sunday. After consultations on Saturday, in […]

Local New York News

New York politician defends push to restrict aid to Israel

By JNSRep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) defended his support for a bill that would impose limitations on U.S. military aid to Israel.Bowman, who serves as the U.S. representative for New York’s 16th Congressional District, is one of 18 Democratic House members who co-sponsored the legislation, proposed by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn), to regulate U.S. taxpayer funds […]

Israel News News

Netanyahu Responds to US Pressure: Jerusalem is Not a Settlement!

By: Yakir Benzion Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed several objections by the Biden administration over Israeli construction in Jerusalem, telling the Americans that the city is Israel’s capital and not a settlement, Channel 12 reported Thursday. According to the report, the U.S. official temporarily in charge of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, until a […]

Arts & Culture

Elon Musk Does Strange SNL Monologue; Shows Humility and Hubris

By: Andrew Dalton The 49-year-old Tesla CEO, SpaceX founder and one of the world’s richest men opened his monologue by mocking his monotonal speaking style, saying no one can tell when he’s joking. “It’s great to be hosting ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and I really mean it,” said Musk standing on the stage in a black […]

National News News

Police: 3 Hurt In Aventura Florida Mall Shooting As Shoppers Scatter

By: Adriana Gomez Licon A shooting at an upscale South Florida shopping mall that erupted from a fight between two groups of people left three persons injured Saturday afternoon and sent anxious shoppers fleeing, police and local reports say. Live aerial television news footage showed people scattering outside the Aventura Mall after reports of gunfire. […]

Israel News News

Man in Iran Catches Fire While Trying to Burn Israeli Flag

JOEL B. POLLAK An Iranian man caught fire while trying to burn an Israeli flag during annual anti-Israel demonstrations on Friday, as reported by Al Arabiya. Watch: A man in Iran catches on fire while burning an Israeli flag during a Quds Day protest. https://t.co/qv4NUU1OEE pic.twitter.com/9q0Cv6W7zI — Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 9, 2021 The […]

National News News

Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting

(AP) — A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said. The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park on the east side of Colorado Springs, police said. Officers arrived at a trailer to find six dead adults and a man with […]

Op-Ed Opinion

Not Fit to Print: The NY Times on Sheikh Jarrah

By: Prof Phyllis Chesler In a nearly full-page article entitled “As Court Decision Nears, Battle Over Evictions Spikes in East Jerusalem,” the New York Times manages to describe Jews as “settlers” in Jerusalem nine times; as “far right” or “right-wing” twice; as “right-wing settlers” once (in case we did not already get this point); as […]

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