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Egypt’s General Sisi Declares Presidential Candidacy, Easy Win Expected
Reuters - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who ousted Egypt's first freely elected leader, declared his candidacy on Wednesday for a presidential election he is...
Report: Olmert Ex-Aide Presents Incriminating Audio Recording
Israel National News - Shula Zaken, who served as former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's bureau chief, has reportedly presented new evidence implicating Olmert of obstruction of justice...
Supreme Court to Rule on Religious Exemption From Health Care Mandate
Time - The three women of the Supreme Court dominated questioning at the beginning of Tuesday's oral arguments in a case pitting religious business owners...
Kerry to Meet Abbas in Effort to Salvage Israel-PA Peace Talks
Jerusalem Post - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman on Wednesday, hours after Abbas dismissed...
Jewish Mogul Vadim Rabinovich Announces Ukraine Presidency Bid
JTA - Ukrainian Jewish businessman Vadim Rabinovich announced his candidacy for president of Ukraine in the May elections. Rabinovich, 61, the owner and co-founder of Jewish...
State Dept Says Israeli ‘Unequal Treatment’ of Arab-Americans Holding Back Visa Waiver Deal
JTA - Discrimination against visiting Arab-Americans is the primary reason Israel is not eligible for a program allowing Israeli tourists in to the United...
U.S. Welcomes Departure of ‘Noxious’ U.N. Rights Envoy for Palestinian Arabs
Reuters - The United States on Monday welcomed the imminent departure of a U.N. human rights investigator for the Palestinian territories whom Washington accused of...
Israeli Knesset Members to Netanyahu: Freeze Settlements Instead of Releasing Murderers
Jerusalem Post - A group of 15 MKs from Labor, Hatnua and Shas implored Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to freeze settlement construction instead of releasing...
Poll: Zionism in Decline Among Hebrew-speaking Jewish Youth in Israel
Times of Israel - A survey of Hebrew-speaking Jewish youth in Israel, the results of which were released on Monday, found that Zionism among respondents...
Israeli-Arab Knesset Member Convicted of Assault
Israel Hayom - The Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court on Sunday convicted Hadash MK Mohammad Barakeh of assault over his actions during a protest in Rabin...
New Report Reveals Extent of Israeli Government Outsourcing
Ynet - Private bodies are growing increasingly involved in almost every aspect of governmental activities and in almost every government ministry, a new report claims,...
Democratic Senators Ask Obama to Stand Firm in Iran Nuclear Talks
Israel Hayom - Twenty-three U.S. senators kept the spotlight on Iran nuclear negotiations on Saturday with a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama urging that...
Top Israeli Minister Under Investigation for Sex Offenses
Times of Israel - Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein is investigating allegations that a senior Israeli minister sexually assaulted or abused a woman who worked with...
Israel’s Lapid Claims IDF Conscription Law Victory
Israel Hayom - The Equal Sharing of the Burden Bill, which applies the mandatory national service requirement on haredim, was passed with an overwhelming majority...
