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Netanyahu Appoints New Ministers  to Positions He Previously Held

By: Arye Green Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced to the cabinet that he is appointing new ministers to positions he previously held, from which he had resigned due to the criminal charges against him. Netanyahu appointed Member of Knesset (MK) David Bitan (Likud) as Agriculture Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) as […]

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Hudson Yards Rivals Silicon Valley in Providing Workspace for Amazon, Google

By: Ilana Siyance The mini-city taking shape on Manhattan’s Far West Side is becoming a behemoth for big companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, whose traditional headquarters are in California’s Silicon Valley. These four giant companies are expected to have roughly 20,000 workers in New York by the year 2022, mostly concentrated along Manhattan’s […]

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New York Musical Festival Shuts Doors After 15 Years

By: Ilana Siyance The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) announced that after 15 years it is ceasing operations immediately. The board of directors for the NYMF made the announcement on Thursday January 2nd. The popular annual festival, which touted itself as the largest annual musical theatre event in the nation, had presenting cutting edge new […]

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Israel and Panama’s Free Trade Agreement Goes into Effect

By: Arye Green The global trade war continues to escalate as a free trade area agreement between the State of Israel and the Republic of Panama went into effect over the weekend, lowering tariffs for importers in both countries in a variety of fields. The agreement was signed by the Israeli Minister of Economy and […]

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Golden Globes Host Ricky Gervais Rips Into Hollywood Elites in Monologue

By Howard M. Riell Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais wasn’t just speaking to millions of Americans on Sunday night’s broadcast; he was speaking for millions of Americans. Gervais ripped into the Hollywood elites sitting in his audience during his opening monologue, slamming them for virtue signaling while largely ignorant of real life. “You know nothing […]

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Shin Bet: March Car Accident Was in Fact a Terrorist Attack

By: Aryeh Savir A car accident that occurred in Jerusalem in March in which two people were injured was, in fact, a terrorist attack, the Shin Bet (Israel’s Security Agency) revealed Sunday. On March 27, police were alerted to an intersection in Jerusalem following a report of a vehicle that struck two people. Police forces […]

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Rare Super Storm Smashes Into Israel; and More Coming

By Benyamin Davidsons In Israel, 2020 ushered in much more than just cheer. A brutal storm in Tel Aviv ushered in severe flooding. The storm smashed down more than 20 percent of the city’s average annual precipitation in the course of just three hours, breaking the rainfall record without delivering any of the benefits. Low-lying […]

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