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Report: Israeli Minister Says Convicts’ Release Likely After Passover
Ynet - Naftali Bennett, Chairman of Bayit Yehudi, threatened Thursday night to break up the coalition if Israeli Arab prisoners are released as part...
German Furniture Store Sells Hundreds of Hitler Coffee Mugs
NBC News - A furniture store in western Germany sold nearly 200 coffee mugs bearing a portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler after it mistakenly ordered 5,000 of the cups from China. The company put...
Al Jazeera America Fires Dozens of Employees
Hollywood Reporter - Al Jazeera America, which launched last August with nearly 850 employees and 12 news bureaus in the United States, has laid off dozens of employees as part of restructuring. The channel is...
Norway, Denmark Take Steps to Preserve Legal Status of Circumcision
JTA - Resisting calls to ban the non-medical circumcision of boys, the governments of Norway and Denmark have taken steps to preserve the practice's legal status. Norway's health ministry has submitted a bill that proposes placing...
Report: Israeli Official Blames Kerry for Peace Talks Crisis
Times of Israel - The likelihood that derailed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will get back on...
American-Jewish Prisoner Alan Gross Ends Hunger Strike in Cuba
JNS.org - American-Jewish prisoner Alan Gross, who has been held in Cuba since late 2009,...
U.S. Denying Visa to Iranian U.N. Ambassador Involved in Hostage Crisis
JNS.org - The Obama administration on Friday notified Iran and the United Nations that...
Four Bodyguards Hired for NYC Book Launch Hosted by Israeli War Hero
Raanan Lurie, the legendary Israeli political cartoonist and war hero, was in the gossip pages...
Survey: In 2013, 1,000 Start-Ups Founded in Israel; For Each Start-Up That Closes, Two More Launch
A survey of Israel's start-up eco-system revealed on Friday that 1,000 nascent ventures came to...
Report: Israeli Minister Says Convicts’ Release Likely After Passover
Ynet - Naftali Bennett, Chairman of Bayit Yehudi, threatened Thursday night to break up the coalition if Israeli Arab prisoners are released as part of...
German Furniture Store Sells Hundreds of Hitler Coffee Mugs
NBC News - A furniture store in western Germany sold nearly 200 coffee mugs bearing a portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler after it mistakenly...
Al Jazeera America Fires Dozens of Employees
Hollywood Reporter - Al Jazeera America, which launched last August with nearly 850 employees and 12 news bureaus in the United States, has laid off...
Norway, Denmark Take Steps to Preserve Legal Status of Circumcision
JTA - Resisting calls to ban the non-medical circumcision of boys, the governments of Norway and Denmark have taken steps to preserve the practice's legal...
Report: Israeli Official Blames Kerry for Peace Talks Crisis
Times of Israel - The likelihood that derailed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will get back on track before expiring at the end of April is virtually...
American-Jewish Prisoner Alan Gross Ends Hunger Strike in Cuba
JNS.org - American-Jewish prisoner Alan Gross, who has been held in Cuba since late 2009, said he is ending a hunger strike that he had...
U.S. Denying Visa to Iranian U.N. Ambassador Involved in Hostage Crisis
JNS.org - The Obama administration on Friday notified Iran and the United Nations that it would deny a visa to newly appointed Iranian Ambassador to...
Four Bodyguards Hired for NYC Book Launch Hosted by Israeli War Hero
Raanan Lurie, the legendary Israeli political cartoonist and war hero, was in the gossip pages this week when a book launch party hosted at his...
Survey: In 2013, 1,000 Start-Ups Founded in Israel; For Each Start-Up That Closes, Two More Launch
A survey of Israel's start-up eco-system revealed on Friday that 1,000 nascent ventures came to life in 2013, and for each that fails, two more...
Palestinian Authority Official Says Hitler Could Have Learned From Israelis About Concentration Camps
Another Palestinian Authority leader was caught inciting hatred against Israel and demonizing Israelis on PA state television. Media watch-dog Palestinian Media Watch reported on Friday how Deputy...
Israel’s Bennett Leaving Govt if Prisoners Released Into Israel: ‘We Will Not Allow Them to Walk All Over Us’
Naftali Bennett, the Israeli Economy Minister and head of Bayit Yehudi, the Jewish Home Party, said on Friday that his faction adopted his threat...
Bereaved Israeli Families Stage Mock Passover Seder to Protest Prisoner Release
JNS.org - Bereaved families and victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks staged a mock Passover seder as part of a demonstration outside the U.S. Consulate...
Jerusalem Court Convicts Islamic Movement Head of Obstructing Police Operations
JNS.org - The Jerusalem Magistrates' Court on Thursday convicted Islamic Movement head Sheikh Raed Salah of obstructing a police officer in the line of...
Swiss Government Grants Palestinian Authority Permission to Join Geneva Conventions
JNS.org - The Swiss government on Friday announced that it has approved the Palestinian Authority's (PA) bid for accession to the Geneva Conventions, Swiss foreign...
