Month February 2020

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to claim during an extradition hearing that the Trump administration offered him a pardon if he agreed to say Russia was not involved in leaking… Read more » The post Lawyer: Assange Was Offered U.S…. Continue Reading →

The coronavirus quarantine saga ended on Wednesday for two of the Israelis who were on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, and ten more are set to be… Read more » The post First Israelis Leave Coronavirus Ship… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (ALMA) — Nissim Black knows that wherever he goes, he’s going to turn heads. “There’s always these questions,” the rapper explains to me from his home in Israel. “Like, ‘Well, are you still black? How black are you? How… Continue Reading →

Mike Bloomberg will confront the greatest test of his presidential campaign when he faces five Democratic rivals in a debate in Las Vegas that could fundamentally change the direction of the party’s 2020 nomination fight. The debate debut for the… Continue Reading →

Teaching about the Holocaust to middle and high school students in Wisconsin would be required under a bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the state Assembly. The measure now heads to… Read more » The post Wisconsin Assembly Votes to Require… Continue Reading →

In a billionaire-to-billionaire media matchup, Tom Steyer is taking on Mike Bloomberg in a multimillion-dollar Super Tuesday ad buy, accusing the former New York City mayor of “racist” policies including “redlining” and the controversial “stop-and-frisk” tactic. The 60-second spot is… Continue Reading →

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz made anti-corruption a major plank in his campaign platform on Wednesday, as he declared that any party that wants to join his coalition after… Read more » The post Gantz Conditions Coalition on Opposing… Continue Reading →

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mike Bloomberg will confront the greatest test of his presidential campaign when he faces five Democratic rivals in a debate in Las Vegas that could fundamentally change the direction of the party’s 2020 nomination fight. The… Continue Reading →

There’s a new kid in town for the ninth Democratic debate, Mike Bloomberg, the self-funding billionaire presidential candidate. Five questions ahead of the faceoff Wednesday night in Las Vegas: HOW DOES BLOOMBERG STACK UP? No candidate has the potential to… Continue Reading →

KEW GARDEN HILLS (VINnews) — The Kew Garden Hills community of Queens was inconvenienced on Wednesday, after a construction crew accidentally struck high-pressure gas main, causing evacuations across the area. The incident occurred on Main St and 68th Drive on… Continue Reading →

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Construction crews working in the Kew Gardens Hills section of Queens struck a high-pressure gas main on Wednesday afternoon. It happened in the area of Main Street & 68th Drive. There were evacuations as a precaution. Jewish stores and business… Continue Reading →

CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago early Wednesday, shaking hands and signing autographs after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption. Blagojevich landed at O’Hare airport… Continue Reading →

Israel’s government is racist and does not have to be backed by those who support the Israelis and want peace, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Tuesday during a CNN town hall event in Las Vegas. The independent Vermont senator… Continue Reading →

Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected… Read more » The post Bloomberg Would Sell Business Interests… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that it had attacked a Palestinian Islamic Jihad sniper unit that fired on Israeli troops near the Gaza border earlier in the day. “A short while ago, IDF forces identified… Continue Reading →

Egypt is building a wall on its border with the Gaza Strip, the AFP reported Wednesday. The concrete structure apparently will extend from Gaza’s southeastern tip to the Rafah crossing… Read more » The post Egypt Building Wall on Gaza… Continue Reading →

A teenager was shot and killed in overnight clashes between Palestinian forces and local gunmen, local media reported Wednesday. Salah Zakarna, 17, was shot in the chest and later died… Read more » The post Palestinian Security Forces Kill Teen… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (JTA) — New York City is hoping that a new ad campaign will make Jewish New Yorkers feel comfortable despite a recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks. The campaign, launched Wednesday by the city’s Commission on Human Rights, consists… Continue Reading →

Billionaires are the consistent villains in Bernie Sanders’ campaign narrative. He rails against what he perceives as the undue influence their wealth wields and how that contributes to the yawning inequalities of American life. His criticisms are unsparing, and his… Continue Reading →