Progress Reportedly Made On Shalit Deal
Egypt hosted closed-door talks today on a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel that would set free soldier Gilad Shalit along with hundreds of...
Shalit Price Tag to Go Up
Israeli sanctions against Palestinian detainees in an effort to press Hamas will prompt the group to step up its demands for abducted soldier Gilad...
Jewish Banker Sets Heartfelt Tone for Obama Speech
In times like these, "Jewish banker" might seem an unlikely descriptor for "hero," but that's who President Obama chose to make his point about...
Pilot Dies Aboard Continental Flight From Europe
Liberty Airport in Newark, N.J. was preparing for an emergency landing of a Continental Airlines flight from Europe after a pilot reportedly died,...
Tripartite Meeting: Israel, PA Agreed to Begin Talks Without Preconditions
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to relaunch peace negotiations without any preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared today. "There was general agreement, including...
Black Friday: Best Day to Buy a Car
When people think of Black Friday shopping, they usually think of things like flat screen TVs, toys and sweaters. Now you can add cars,...
Mubarak: ‘Not Egypt, nor any other Arab country would accept Israel as a Jewish...
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech on Sunday saying "Netanyahu's demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state is...
Swine Flu Scare Blamed for PM Not Seeing Livni
Swine flu fear is what kept Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from meeting with Opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Friday as originally scheduled, the Prime...
El Al Appoints Former Israel Air Force Head as CEO
El Al Israel Airlines' board of directors has chosen former Israel Air Force commander-in-chief Major-General Eliezer Shakedi as its new CEO to succeed Chaim...
Video: Obama “Shocked” After Gunman Kills Security Guard at Holocaust Museum
President Obama has said he is "shocked and saddened" by today's shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, where an elderly man described...
Which Gates? Obama Flubs Defense Chief’s Name
President Barack Obama sees his secretary of defense just about every day, but he still flubbed Robert Gates' name today. Gates was in the...
ADL: Rush Limbaugh Reaches New Low With ‘Borderline Anti-Semitic’ Remarks About Jews
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says that radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh reached a new low with "borderline anti-Semitic comments" on his radio show, in...
Obama Begins Vacation With Request to Media
President Barack Obama and his family began a weeklong vacation on this Massachusetts island with a message to the reporters who have crowded the...
1 in 4 Israelis Would Consider Leaving Country if Iran Gets Nukes
Some 23 percent of Israelis would consider leaving the country if Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, according to a poll conducted on behalf of...
Obama Urges Congress To Put Off Fort Hood Probe
President Barack Obama yesterday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities...
Question Remains: What Will Rise at Ground Zero?
As the eighth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, it's become increasingly clear that the grand design for rebuilding the area will take...
Powell Blasts Rush Limbaugh, Again
The Republican Party is in big trouble and needs to find a way to move back to the middle of the country, former Secretary...
In Yerushalayim, Clinton Hails ‘Unprecedented’ Israeli Settlement Concessions
Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today after arriving in Israel in the...
Two NYC Men Accused of Offering to Aid Hezbollah
Two New York City men have been charged with trying to provide weapons, ammunition and vehicles to Hezbollah. Forty-five-year-old Patrick Nayyar of Queens and...
Israel Acknowledged as International Patent Center
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations located in Geneva, has decided during its annual assembly meeting, which...
