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“If more effective and efficient methods and equipment were available, we would not still be here two years later discussing this death, and that is regrettable.” Ramallah, February 18 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed regret today over the death ...

“Political donors want to use us for their own purposes and have refused to fully get behind our movement.” Tel Aviv, February 18 – A once-hopeful new player on Israel’s electoral scene has had trouble convincing the electorate of its sincerity, ...

“Oppression must be homegrown, like oil.” Amman, February 17 – After a lull in military moves by the United Arab Emirates, Jordanian and Emirati officials confirmed today that the two countries would run joint operations to roll back some of ...

“Few sights move me, as a Frenchman, more than thousands of Jewish graves.” Paris, February 16 – Prime Minister of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu reiterated a call for European Jews to move to Israel this week in the wake of yet ...

“We note the worrisome trend of people associating violence by people of the Muslim faith with violence by people of the Muslim faith.” New York, February 15 – Editors at the New York Times are struggling to find a common ...

Pop icon Shlomo Artzi famously smeared Nutella all over his body before performances throughout the 1970’s, sparking a trend among Israeli women eager to use the treat to maintain youthful, supple skin. Jerusalem, February 15 – Already grieving over the ...

By evening, a summary and brief commentary by a Bnei Brak Rabbi had appeared, entitled Cover Thy Ass. Heaven, February 14 – The omnipotent Creator announced today that He will issue a modification to a famous statute proscribing perjury, departing ...

The J Street survey posited a hypothetical situation in which a man named Adolph Hitler were born in Iowa in 1883, and asked whether the respondents would support him if he decided to change his name in the 1930’s. Washington, ...

“Chamberlain was able to achieve what he called ‘peace in our time’ by offering Germany the Sudetenland region in exchange for a declared end to further territorial ambitions in Europe. There’s no reason it can’t work again, this time with ...