Month February 2020

Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The Associated Press. The revelation came… Continue Reading →

BEIJING (AP) — Wang Feng, house-bound by China’s virus outbreak, counts on the parka-clad delivery drivers of e-commerce giant JD.com to keep her kitchen stocked. Demand for online food vendors has surged since China’s government told the public to stay… Continue Reading →

While Election Day is March 2, for Israeli delegations around the world, voting has already begun – and is nearly all over. More than 5,200 Israelis with voting rights in… Read more » The post Overseas Voters Kick Off Knesset… Continue Reading →

The black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane accidentally shot down over Iran last month is damaged but Iran will not hand it over to another country despite pressure for… Read more » The post Iran Won’t Hand Over ‘Damaged’… Continue Reading →

The IDF said on Wednesday that it had retaliated against an Islamic Jihad sniper unit after members of the terrorist group reportedly fired at soldiers positioned near the Gaza border… Read more » The post IDF Hits Back at Islamic… Continue Reading →

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday talks with Russia on the conflict in Syria‘s northwestern Idlib province were far from meeting Turkey’s demands and he said a military operation… Read more » The post Turkey’s Erdogan Says Syria Talks… Continue Reading →

Polls show Yisrael Beytenu losing support, but it’s not because voters are turning away from Avigdor Liberman’s anti-chareidi campaign; according to the party, it’s because someone is swaying people away… Read more » The post Yisrael Beytenu Accuses ‘Anonymous Group’… Continue Reading →

On Shabbos Parashas Beshalach, Kehillas Am Echad of San Jose, California, hosted Harav Zev Leff, Rav of Moshav Mattisyahu in Eretz Yisrael, for a special scholar-in-residence program, followed on Sunday… Read more » The post San Jose’s Kehillas Am Echad… Continue Reading →

Police said Wednesday that in recent days they foiled a major robbery of a bank automated teller machine – not from the machine, but the machine itself. The attempted robbery… Read more » The post Police Foil Thieves Who Attempted… Continue Reading →

At least six Democratic presidential contenders will meet in a pivotal debate in Nevada on Wednesday, three days before the state’s voters make their picks in an unsettled and tight… Read more » The post Democratic White House Candidates Face… Continue Reading →

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said authorities in Washington were prepared to talk to Iran “anytime,” but that it needed to “fundamentally” change its behavior and that a… Read more » The post Pompeo: Prepared to Talk to… Continue Reading →

State Attorney Avichai Mandelblit is expected to tell the High Court that, despite the fact that Binyamin Netanyahu will be going on trial two weeks after the March 2 election,… Read more » The post Report: Mandelblit to Tell Court… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump said the United States and India were working on a major trade deal, but he was not sure if it would be completed before the presidential election… Read more » The post Trump Says Working on Very… Continue Reading →

On Motzoei Shabbos Parashas Beshalach, February 8, something special happened in Toronto, as the annual Avos Ubanim melaveh malkah/Pirchei siyum Mishnayos teamed up with the Masmidei HaSiyum of Agudath Israel… Read more » The post Toronto Siyum Mishnayos Joins Agudath… Continue Reading →

Iran has had to reduce oil production projects because of a lack of funds and a drop in income from oil exports, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Tuesday, according… Read more » The post Minister: Iran Oil Projects Reined… Continue Reading →

Twenty-six clusters of terror balloons were found in Israel on Tuesday – but as this was a “substantial reduction” in the number of daily balloon attacks, the government authorized a… Read more » The post Terror Balloons Still Flying In,… Continue Reading →

The IDF will set up a special branch in its general staff dedicated to threats from Iran, it said Tuesday. The IDF said it will appoint a major general to… Read more » The post IDF to Create Command to… Continue Reading →

Passengers on the virus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo began disembarking on Wednesday, after a controversial two-week quarantine that saw more than 500 people infected with the new coronavirus originating… Read more » The post Virus-Hit Cruise Liner Passengers Start… Continue Reading →

Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an outbreak of a new virus that began in China. The Nikkei 225 rose 1.0%… Read more » The post Asian Shares Mostly Rise While… Continue Reading →

Something very unusual is happening off the coast of Israel. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of aircraft have been tracked flying in circles around a spot in the ocean between Israel and Cyprus. I know what has been happening, and it is… Continue Reading →