International

Israel breaks up alleged Hamas Turkey-Hebron money laundering ring

Terror group brought some $200,000 into the West Bank to pay salaries of its command, operatives, Shin Bet says By Judah Ari Gross Clockwise from top left, Majd Jaaba, Muhammad Maher Bader, Haron Nasser al-Din, Muasseb Hashalmon, Taha Uthman, Yusri Hashalmon, Umar Qimri, identified by the Shin Bet security service as the leaders of a […]

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Middle East

Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers $750 billion over lifetime

Deporting the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants would cost nearly $125 billion, but allowing them to remain in the U.S. could cost taxpayers far more, according to a new report being released Thursday by a think tank that wants to see stricter immigration limits. Steven A. Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration

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International, USA

Iraq should be divided into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish states

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Iraq, once the cradle of civilization, has and continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts in modern history that defies any semblance of civilized humanity. It is hard to imagine the mammoth death and destruction that has been inflicted on the Iraqi people by foreign powers and

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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA

New Zealand’s new opposition leader shoots down baby question

Wellington (dpa) – New Zealand’s newly elected opposition leader, Jacinda Ardern, said Wednesday it was “totally unacceptable” to ask women in 2017 if they’re planning to have children. The 37-year-old, who replaced Andrew Little in a surprise move on Tuesday as head of the Labour Party, told TV morning show AM host Mark Richardson he

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International

‘Wonder Woman’ gives Time Warner earnings a boost

LOS ANGELES — “Wonder Woman” proved its mettle once again, boosting media company Time Warner Inc.’s earnings with its better-than-expected box-office performance. Time Warner’s second-quarter earnings, released early Wednesday, also benefited from increased subscriptions for the company’s premium television unit HBO, which recently began showing the seventh season of its acclaimed series “Game of Thrones.”

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Ultra-Orthodox protest campaign compares IDF draft to Holocaust

Posters show Haredi recruits walking into Auschwitz, claim IDF induction targets souls whereas Nazis went after bodies By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an anti-draft protest in Jerusalem on March 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A leaflet campaign against the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews into

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Middle East

Breaking silence, AIPAC announces support for Taylor Force Act

Day before powerful Senate panel scheduled to consider bill, powerful pro-Israel lobby says markups protecting humanitarian programs and security cooperation earn its backing By Eric Cortellessa Masked Hamas terrorists attend the funeral of Mazen Fuqha in Gaza City, March, 25 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) WASHINGTON — A day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will

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Middle East, USA

Russia accuses Trump of ‘total weakness’ for signing sanctions legislation

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump quietly signed legislation Wednesday that imposes new limits on his ability to lift sanctions against Russia, saying that parts of the measure are unconstitutional but that he was signing it for the “sake of national unity.” The signing brought a protest from Russia, whose prime minister accused Trump of showing

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International, USA

Palestinian suspected of murdering his pregnant Israeli lover

Nablus resident Muhammad Harouf insists killing of Michal Halimi, who has been missing since May, was an act of terrorism By Alexander Fulbright and Jacob Magid Nablus resident Muhammad Harouf (left) attends a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on August 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A Palestinian man has confessed to killing his pregnant Israeli

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