Search continues for victims of parking lot collapse (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Rescue teams at the scene of the collapsed parking facility in Tel Aviv were pessimistic Wednesday, saying the chances of finding survivors under the rubble after more than 48 hours were diminishing rapidly. Four people were killed and 23 others were wounded Monday […]
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Middle EastI first met Brian Mast at the Palm Beach Synagogue in South Florida where he was invited to speak by Rabbi Moshe Scheiner who held a “Shabbat of Unity for Israel” in October 2015 due to the escalating violent attacks on Israeli citizens “Our tradition teaches us that the greatest strength of the Jewish people
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USANew clues in the 30-year old case of Ron Arad emerged this week as the IDF censor cleared for publication new details in the search for the Israeli Air Force navigator shot down over Lebanon in 1986. According to a report by Yediot Ahronot, over the past year, Israel has been in contact with Hezbollah,
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Middle EastDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday had some trouble speaking at a Labor Day rally in Cleveland. Clinton was set back by a bad coughing fit, which she blamed on her Republican opponent, Donald Trump. “Every time I think about Trump, I get allergic,” she said, before coughing some more. Clinton sipped some water
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Middle East, USAST. LOUIS — After a primary election season that featured the Republican candidate for Missouri governor shooting guns and blowing things up, the National Rifle Association on Tuesday endorsed his opponent, Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster. The NRA Political Victory Fund said Koster’s commitment to the Second Amendment earned him an “A” rating. “For over
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USAWASHINGTON — Vice presidential hopeful Tim Kaine warned that Donald Trump was too unpredictable and dangerous to entrust with the powers of commander in chief, accusing the Republican of misleading the public on his past foreign policy views and expressing a fondness for dictators at the expense of traditional U.S. allies. Speaking in North Carolina
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USACHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Mike Pence continued his criticisms of Democrats at a rally on Tuesday, painting a picture of diminishing American exceptionalism under President Barack Obama’s administration that would continue if Hillary Clinton is elected president. The vice presidential nominee and Indiana governor called running mate Donald Trump “the genuine article,” while questioning Clinton’s integrity
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USAPresident François Hollande on Tuesday declared that France and Vietnam had “overcome” their conflictive past during a historic visit to the Southeast Asian country, which was marked by lucrative deals for French aviation giant Airbus. Speaking to French expatriates in the Vietnamese commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City, Hollande once again acknowledged that the
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InternationalCampaign group ‘Black Lives Matter’ brought London City Airport to a standstill on Tuesday morning after activists set up a wooden tripod and locked themselves together on the runway. The UK arm of the group said it wanted to highlight Britain’s environmental impact on the lives of black people locally and globally. The protest began
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InternationalVIENTIANE, Laos — On a weeklong tour of China and Laos, President Barack Obama is trying to reassure anxious foreign partners that even if he waits till after the election to make a big push for his sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal, U.S. politics won’t jeopardize its passage. A failure by Congress to ratify the
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International, USAFox News and Roger Ailes have reached a settlement in the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former anchor Gretchen Carlson. Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox also issued an apology to Carlson, who charged Ailes with sabotaging her career after she rebuffed sexual advances and complained about a hostile work environment. Her contract was
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USAGOP presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a 2-point lead over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton among likely voters, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday. Mr. Trump was at 45 percent and Mrs. Clinton was at 43 percent among likely voters, with Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson at 7 percent and Green Party nominee
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USAST. LOUIS — Phyllis Schlafly has died, but the battle for control over the conservative interest group she founded continues. On Monday, the same day Schlafly died at the age of 92, a so-called “super PAC” was created in her name, Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle PAC. A super PAC is a type of independent political action
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USAIn a triumph for the global movement to save whales from oblivion, the U.S. government on Tuesday removed most of the world’s humpback populations from the federal list of endangered species, with some glaring exceptions on the West Coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that nine of 14 groups of whales around the
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