Politics
Cory Booker Wins New Jersey Senate Race
Fox News - New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker on Wednesday won the state's special Senate election - keeping the open seat for his party....
Kerry Praises Assad for Starting to Destroy Chemical Weapons
Reuters - Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons. An official...
Official Admits: Iran Cut Hamas Funding
Times of Israel - Iran penalized Hamas for leaving its headquarters in Syria last year by slashing funding for the movement, a senior Hamas official said this week, adding that Hezbollah showed more understanding of...
Peres: Rabin’s Killer Will Never be Pardoned
Times of Israel - The actions of Yigal Amir, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, will never be condoned and he must never be absolved from serving out the entirety of his life sentence, President Shimon...
Hamas Says Mending Ties With Assad is Possible
Ynet - Hamas' Deputy Politburo Chief Moussa Abu Marzouk interviewed for Assad affiliated channel Al...
IDF Criticized After Soldiers Flee Stone Throwers
Ynet - Proof on behalf of Palestinian propaganda: Social networks recently distributed a video of IDF...
Two Israeli Foreign Ministry Employees Suspected of Criminal Wrongdoing
Ynet - Police on Monday arrested two senior Foreign Ministry employees on suspicions of illicit financial...
Palestinian Official: British Findings About Arafat’s Death ‘Brought Nothing New’
Xinhua - A Palestinian official dismissed Sunday a British medical journal's report which linked Arafat's...
De Blasio Criticizes Columbus on Columbus Day
Politicker - While he's beyond proud of his Italian-American heritage, Bill de Blasio nevertheless stops short...
Cory Booker Wins New Jersey Senate Race
Fox News - New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker on Wednesday won the state's special Senate election - keeping the open seat for his party. "Thank...
Kerry Praises Assad for Starting to Destroy Chemical Weapons
Reuters - Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President...
Official Admits: Iran Cut Hamas Funding
Times of Israel - Iran penalized Hamas for leaving its headquarters in Syria last year by slashing funding for the movement, a senior Hamas official...
Peres: Rabin’s Killer Will Never be Pardoned
Times of Israel - The actions of Yigal Amir, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, will never be condoned and he must never be absolved from...
Hamas Says Mending Ties With Assad is Possible
Ynet - Hamas' Deputy Politburo Chief Moussa Abu Marzouk interviewed for Assad affiliated channel Al Mayadeen on Monday, saying Khaled Mashal was wrong in raising...
IDF Criticized After Soldiers Flee Stone Throwers
Ynet - Proof on behalf of Palestinian propaganda: Social networks recently distributed a video of IDF soldiers allegedly chosing to leave a scene of conflict. In...
Two Israeli Foreign Ministry Employees Suspected of Criminal Wrongdoing
Ynet - Police on Monday arrested two senior Foreign Ministry employees on suspicions of illicit financial dealings. One worker is suspected of receiving hundreds of thousands...
Palestinian Official: British Findings About Arafat’s Death ‘Brought Nothing New’
Xinhua - A Palestinian official dismissed Sunday a British medical journal's report which linked Arafat's death with poisoning. Tawfi Al-Tirawi, head of a Palestinian committee investigating...
De Blasio Criticizes Columbus on Columbus Day
Politicker - While he's beyond proud of his Italian-American heritage, Bill de Blasio nevertheless stops short of celebrating Christopher Columbus, the famed Italian explorer who also committed...
Health Care Website Continues to be Plagued With Problems
Washington Post - The dead-tree version of health insurance enrollment is turning out to be surprisingly popular. Unable to use new government insurance Web sites that...
Rabin’s Grandson to Netanyahu: ‘You Owe Us Peace’
Ynet - 18 years after Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered, the official memorial rally in his honor was held Saturday in Tel Aviv's Rabin square,...
Shutdown Talks Turn to Senate
New York Times - With a possible default on government obligations days away, talks between the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate on Sunday...
GOP Leaders Express Willingness to Negotiate on Debt Ceiling
Washington Post - House Republican leaders said Thursday they will offer a temporary increase in the federal debt ceiling in exchange for negotiations with President...
IDF Tweet About Yom Kippur War Startles Oil Traders
Ynet - Oil prices jumped $1 as the talk raced through oil markets, which frequently react quickly to rumors of geopolitical events and where traders...
