International

Jailed ex-PM Olmert hospitalized with suspected heart attack

Former premier, serving time in prison for corruption, taken to Tel Hashomer Medical Center after suffering chest pains By Stuart Winer Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL) Jailed former prime minister Ehud Olmert was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after suffering chest pains. Initial reports

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Middle East

Jon Ossoff expresses disgust over attack ad featuring wounded Steve Scalise

Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff expressed disgust over an attack ad against him featuring wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Election Day in Georgia. “What can you even say? The man is fighting for his life. It’s got no place in a political attack ad. This is exactly what Americans are sick and tired of,”

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USA

Ground broken for first new West Bank settlement in 25 years

Prime minister announces start of works for Amichai, which will house residents of evacuated illegal Amona outpost By Sue Surkes and Jacob Magid Construction workers begin work on the new settlement, Amichai, meant to resettle the evacuees of Amona, June 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that ground had been broken

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Middle East

Impeach Trump And You’d Get ‘Zealot’ Pence, Franken Says

If Donald Trump were impeached, as some Democrats would like, Mike Pence “would be worse” for domestic policy than the current president, U.S. Sen. Al Franken told International Business Times. But the vice president would be less dangerous on foreign policy, said Franken. Franken made the comments in an interview with IBT during a stop

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International, USA

When your First Amendment rights offend me: Senators considers free speech on campus

WASHINGTON — Students on college campuses can’t agree on what represents legitimate free speech, and neither can Congress, with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee arguing Tuesday about where to strike a balance. “Where do you draw the line?” asked Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. “I don’t want a speaker to come to a university and

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USA

Australia halts Syria airstrikes following Russia warning

Sydney (dpa) – Australia on Tuesday said it had halted its airstrikes in Syria following a warning from Russia that it would target US coalition aircraft after a US fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane. “As a precautionary measure, Australian Defence Force (ADF) strike operations into Syria have temporarily ceased,” a Defence Department spokesman

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International, Middle East, USA

McCain Hammers DepSecDef Nominee Shanahan On Russia, Boeing

Patrick Shanahan faces withering questioning this morning by Sen. John McCain WASHINGTON: “Not a good beginning. Not a good beginning,” Senate Armed Services chairman John McCain told the administration’s nominee for deputy secretary of defense this morning. “Do not do that again, Mr. Shanahan, or I will not take your name up for a vote

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International, USA

Bernie Sanders tells supporter to act in ‘unprecedented’ ways to thwart Republicans

Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders says “unprecedented” actions by his supporters must be taken to stop Republicans from passing a health care bill in the Senate. A Facebook Live event Monday with Mr. Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren included a call for unorthodox actions to halt Republican efforts to replace Obamacare, former President Barack Obama’s

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USA

MDA paramedic tells of fight to save Hadas Malka

TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) – A peaceful Friday evening was interrupted with the voice of the Shift Officer at MDA’s 101 dispatch center who announced a stabbing attack had taken place at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. Seconds earlier, three terrorists attacked a Border Police force patrolling the area. One of the terrorists, who

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

PM rejects report Israel gives financial aid to Syrian rebels

‘We do not interfere in this terrible conflict,’ says Netanyahu; only humanitarian assistance provided By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attend the opening of a radiotherapy department, the first of its kind in the north, at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, Israel, on June 19, 2017.

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Middle East