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Iran suffers losses in Syria, Aleppo truce extended
In a conflicting report to Iranian sources, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had confirmed from its sources the death of 20 Iranians, including 13 advisors.
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 12:08:00 AM
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Herzog considering November 2017 Labor leadership primary
If Zionist Union joins the coalition, the largest opposition party would be the Joint List, meaning MK Ayman Odeh would become opposition leader and receive monthly briefings from Netanyahu.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/8/2016 12:23:01 AM
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Israeli judoka Gerbi stifled by rival Schlesinger once more
By ALLON SINAI \
5/8/2016 12:24:54 AM
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ISRAEL21c starts DIY Independence Day exhibit
Nonprofit creates an exposition on 18 ways Jewish state is changing the world.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/8/2016 3:12:06 AM
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Israeli hopeful Dudi Sela denied 21st Challenger title in painful manner
Meanwhile, Andy Murray reached the final of the Madrid Open for the second year running by beating Rafael Nadal in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday.
By ALLON SINAI \
5/8/2016 12:46:59 AM
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Fight for survival to go down to the wire
Kiryat Shmona, Haifa and Acre set for nerve-racking final weekend, with one team to be relegated.
By ALLON SINAI \
5/8/2016 12:56:33 AM
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Pride on the line for Maccabi ahead of Tel Aviv derby
Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Hapoel Tel Aviv in the final derby of the BSL regular season on Sunday night.
By ALLON SINAI \
5/8/2016 1:06:29 AM
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It’s never too late to start a business of your own
Pensioners in the ‘third age’ can have a new life by establishing a small niche company based on their talents, experiences and interests. A new Hebrew-language book explains how to do it.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/8/2016 1:11:55 AM
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Health Scan: New device shortens chest-tube insertion from minutes to seconds
The need for a solution was made evident by a current wave of stabbing attacks that has left dozens of Israelis dead and hundreds of them wounded.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/8/2016 1:14:45 AM
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‘Green Prince’ to speak at Jerusalem Post Conference in NY
Son of Hamas leader was made famous by 2014 documentary.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/9/2016 10:02:23 PM
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Comptroller report leak on 2014 war rattles leadership
Sources close to Netanyahu: Draft revealed by vested interests• Shapira calls for A-G to investigate lapse.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB,HERB KEINON,LAHAV HARKOV \
5/8/2016 6:02:39 AM
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North Korea leader Kim says will not use nuclear arms unless threatened
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 1:37:34 AM
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Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria freed
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 2:57:26 AM
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Former British spy bosses say nation's exit from EU would pose threat
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 3:25:47 AM
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Eight police killed in attack on outskirts of Cairo
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 4:36:02 AM
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Son of mob family named as victim in Tel Aviv drive-by shooting
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 7:53:22 AM
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Why Do They Hate Us So? (American Liberals That Is)
By Louis Pinkett \
5/8/2016 8:00:01 AM
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Photo of lone woman standing against marching neo-Nazis in Sweden goes viral
The image was uploaded to social media and has since gained over 27,000 likes and has nearly 7,000 shares.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 9:09:20 AM
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Leader of Islamic Movement set to begin jail sentence for incitement of racism, violence
Salah was convicted for a sermon he had delivered in 2007, in which he was accused of inciting racism and violence.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 9:12:14 AM
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Thirty-four missing in China landslide
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 9:47:32 AM
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UN says ISIS committing genocide following discovery of 50 mass graves in Iraq
The latest graves found contained the remains of at least 40 people.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 10:03:45 AM
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Turkish military kills 55 Islamic State fighters north of Aleppo
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 10:31:47 AM
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Police arrest three suspects for possession of illegal weapons in weekend raids
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 10:48:25 AM
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Israelis suffer heavy defeat to Egypt in London's 'falafel war'
Egyptian media mocked the Israeli loss claiming Israel had tried to hijack Arab culture by chosing falafel as it's national dish.
By MAAYAN GROISMAN \
5/8/2016 10:54:57 AM
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Saudi soldier killed in gun battle with militants
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 11:03:21 AM
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Mexico rumbled by 5.9 magnitude quake, no immediate damage reported
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 11:04:01 AM
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Israeli terror victim to UN: Palestinian neighbors comforted us, but you ignored us
Natan Meir, husband of Dafna Meir who was stabbed to death in their home, sent an emotional plea to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
5/8/2016 11:42:15 AM
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Netanyahu: General's comments were 'outrageous and cheapen the memory of the Holocaust'
Netanyahu lashes out at Deputy Chief of General Staff Mag.-Gen. Yair Golan for comments made during a Holocaust memorial service comparing modern day Israel to Nazi Germany.
By HERB KEINON \
5/8/2016 12:18:22 PM
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Canada fire rages for seventh day
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 12:20:03 PM
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Mercury poised for rare 'transit' across sun's face on Monday
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 2:14:02 PM
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Egypt's Islamist Authority blasts ISIS organ harvesting
Egypt's religious authority issued a fatwa stating that ripping out human organs from a live captive to transplant them in another body is prohibited, whether or not it endangers someone's life.
By MAAYAN GROISMAN \
5/8/2016 2:15:53 PM
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Taliban attacks end lull in combat in Afghan province of Helmand
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 2:28:40 PM
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Ex-president Katsav, in jail for rape, asks Rivlin for pardon
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 3:17:09 PM
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WATCH: Kittens are the best audience
This cute video of kittens listening to a busker in Malaysia has gone viral over the last few days. Who knew they had such a good attention span!
By OLIVIA FINE \
5/8/2016 3:20:42 PM
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Math mayhem: Professor questioned for terrorism after solving equation on flight
After noticing Menzi scribbling strange symbols on a notepad, a woman, attempting to save the passengers from danger, alerted a stewardess.
By ROSIE PERPER \
5/8/2016 3:21:53 PM
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The new Han Solo is Jewish – and he was discovered at a bat mitzvah
The new Han Solo film, announced in 2013, is scheduled to be released in May 2018.
By JULIE WIENER \
5/8/2016 3:23:46 PM
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Ex-president Katsav, in jail for rape, asks Rivlin for pardon
By law, the president is empowered to grant pardons to convicted felons sent to prison.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 3:26:14 PM
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Seven IDF troops treated for smoke inhalation after fire on Jerusalem base
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 3:39:16 PM
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PM, Kahlon clear coalition hurdle with 2-year budget deal
Israel's budgetary process is key not only because it allocated the government's resources and priorities, but also because failure to pass a budget on time leads to automatic early elections.
By NIV ELIS \
5/8/2016 3:47:31 PM
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Watch Live: Top Israeli and Jewish figures speak at Jerusalem Post Annual Conference
Key speakers at conference include Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, former Obama administration official Dennis Ross and 'Son of Hamas' author Mosab Hassan Yousef.
By NOA AMOUYAL \
5/22/2016 8:42:59 PM
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We cannot mitigate the force of antisemitism if we wrongly define its roots
By Vladimir Minkov \
5/8/2016 4:14:13 PM
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Trump says taxes for the wealthy should go up
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 4:34:39 PM
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Poll: Muslims, ultra-Orthodox, 'leftists' seen as giving least to Israel
By JEREMY SHARON \
5/8/2016 4:43:23 PM
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Poll: Muslims, ultra-Orthodox, 'leftists' seen as giving least to Israel
JPPI’s survey also revealed that those on the left of the political spectrum feel much less comfortable 'being themselves' in Israel.
By JEREMY SHARON \
5/8/2016 4:54:21 PM
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Report: Russia establishes military base in Palmyra, after driving ISIS out of the city
The Syrian Revolution Coordinator group in Palmyra claimed on its Facebook page that "Assad and ISIS allow Russia to conquer and vandalize Palmyra and its culture."
By MAAYAN GROISMAN \
5/8/2016 5:05:27 PM
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2 Israeli men indicted for stock fraud approved for extradition to US
A grand jury in Manhattan indicted the suspects in June on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 5:26:02 PM
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The Jerusalem Post's top 5 stories of May 8
Leaked Gaza war comptroller report rattles leadership, defense sources say Gaza border escalation coming to an end, terror victm's husband chastises UN, and more.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/8/2016 5:33:52 PM
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Beach season to open with partial lifeguard strike
The Histadrut Labor Federation has instructed lifeguards to work no later than 2:00 p.m. in a labor dispute over the lifeguards work conditions.
By NIV ELIS \
5/8/2016 5:40:25 PM
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ADL says MK Oren's criticism of Obama foreign policy not racist
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/8/2016 5:56:30 PM
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As he leaves Shin Bet Yoram Cohen thanks anonymous ‘helpers’
The Shin Bet, he said, also thwarted numerous attempts to spy on Israel, including in the cyber sphere.
By HERB KEINON \
5/8/2016 6:00:21 PM
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ADL says MK Oren's criticism of Obama foreign policy not racist
Then-ADL director Foxman said that former ambassador's conclusions about Obama's attitudes toward Muslim world were 'borderline stereotyping and insensitivity.'
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/8/2016 7:01:35 PM
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Labor leadership hopeful Margalit launches 'Bibi fail' website
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/8/2016 8:07:06 PM
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Labor leadership hopeful Margalit launches 'Bibi fail' website
Candidate challenging Herzog wants Netanyahu to release the full text of the comptroller's report on Operation Protective Edge.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/8/2016 8:13:27 PM
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Haredim riot over arrest of pub-going, draft-dodging yeshiva student
By JEREMY SHARON \
5/8/2016 8:30:12 PM
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THEATER REVIEW
How did Shakespeare put it? “There’s a divinity that shapes our ends/Rough hew them how we will” (Hamlet).
By HELEN KAYE \
5/8/2016 8:34:49 PM
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Haredim riot over arrest of pub-going, draft-dodging yeshiva student
Demonstrations took place in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem, as well as on Route 4, and Route 444 just north of the predominantly haredi city of Elad.
By JEREMY SHARON \
5/8/2016 8:34:55 PM
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CONCERT REVIEW
On Friday, May 6, American rock singer Chris Cornell performed at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv.
By SHAINA OPPENHEIMER \
5/8/2016 8:36:28 PM
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‘Shtisel’ creator helms first film
Yehonatan Indursky’s debut, ‘Before Memory’, to be set among ultra-Orthodox in Bnei Brak.
By HANNAH BROWN \
5/8/2016 8:38:04 PM
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High school students' 'wandering' strike enters second day
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
5/8/2016 8:38:55 PM
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THINK ABOUT IT: Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the British Labor Party
“Thanks for reminding me why I am a Zionist, despite my reservations about many social and political developments in my homeland.”
By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF \
5/8/2016 8:40:27 PM
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RIGHT FROM WRONG: A shocking mockery of Holocaust remembrance
It is the job of the IDF brass to combat the latter for the security of Israel’s citizens, not to imperil us by emboldening those who seek to undermine our very existence.
By RUTHIE BLUM \
5/8/2016 8:41:59 PM
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High school students' 'wandering' strike enters second day
High school students in Ramat Gan, Rosh Haayin, Ofakim, Yokneam and Deir al-Assad were the first to strike on Sunday.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
5/8/2016 8:42:01 PM
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ENCOUNTERING PEACE: The United Nations and Israel’s legitimacy
The conference is organized by the UN Division for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which was established by the international community in 1975.
By GERSHON BASKIN \
5/8/2016 8:43:28 PM
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
5/8/2016 8:46:23 PM
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Israeli university heads warn of ‘erosion’ of democracy at Knesset event
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
5/8/2016 8:48:37 PM
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TERRA INCOGNITA: Obama’s amanuensis? The apoplectic media outburst over Ben Rhodes
“Why the Ben Rhodes profile is just gross,” complained 'The Washington Post'.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
5/8/2016 8:48:56 PM
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BDS equals economic warfare
Due to the ongoing violence in Syria, SodaStream also went out of its way to offer employment to Syrian refugees – one of the only Middle Eastern companies to do so.
By ASAF ROMIROWSKY,NICOLE BRACKMAN \
5/8/2016 8:50:42 PM
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Israeli university heads warn of ‘erosion’ of democracy at Knesset event
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein met with the university presidents to discuss pressing issues relating to education and democracy.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
5/8/2016 8:52:00 PM
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The next stage of Zionism
Our ancestors would have sacrificed much just to enjoy one moment living in this time and in this land, with its myriad of challenges.
By ASHLEY PERRY \
5/8/2016 8:52:57 PM
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JPOST EDITORIAL: London's new mayor
Sadiq Khan has publicly defended Yusuf Qaradawi, long influential within the Muslim Brotherhood that he “is not the extremist that he is painted as being.”
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
5/8/2016 8:55:07 PM
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Islamic Movement leader Salah begins jail term for incitement
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
5/8/2016 8:56:14 PM
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Islamic Movement leader Salah begins jail term for incitement
“I go to jail because of the will of God and not the will of [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu. It is an honor to me,” he said.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
5/8/2016 8:59:22 PM
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Police search for suspects in Tel Aviv shooting of reputed crime boss’ son
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
5/8/2016 9:10:17 PM
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Bereaved father's idea for commemoration phone app becomes reality
Defense Ministry unveils new application at suggestion of Ofer Mendelovich, whose son, Oz, fell in Gaza in 2014.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
5/8/2016 9:10:31 PM
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Antitrust Authority to fast-track noncontroversial mergers
The idea behind the policy is to cut regulation and waiting time in clear-cut situations that raise little or no concern about increasing market concentration.
By NIV ELIS \
5/8/2016 9:14:54 PM
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Police search for suspects in Tel Aviv shooting of reputed crime boss’ son
On Saturday night, Shay Shirazi, 30, was shot in a hail of bullets fired from a car while he was driving on Moshe Sneh Street in northern Tel Aviv.
By BEN HARTMAN,DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
5/8/2016 9:15:43 PM
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s son champions father's dream for Ethiopian Jews
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
5/8/2016 9:18:44 PM
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Allegations made of sexual harassment against Father Gabriel Naddaf
The allegations were reported by Channel 2 on Sunday night.
By JEREMY SHARON \
5/8/2016 9:20:15 PM
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PM to meet family of soldier whose body still held by Hamas
By HERB KEINON \
5/8/2016 9:25:44 PM
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s son champions father's dream for Ethiopian Jews
Three Israelis presented with the 2016 Unsung Hero Awards for championing the rights of the country’s marginalized Ethiopian community.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
5/8/2016 9:26:40 PM
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Revealer of nuclear secrets Mordechai Vanunu indicted for TV interview
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/8/2016 10:02:54 PM
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High Court split vote lets Deri keep post
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/8/2016 10:06:31 PM
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High Court split vote lets Deri keep interior minister's post
With only Justice Neal Hendel dissenting, the High Court majority made two points to clear the cloud hanging over Deri’s head.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/8/2016 10:09:16 PM
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Legal NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement
Shurat Hadin has accused Israel of facilitating PA incitement to genocide against its own Jewish citizens.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/8/2016 11:29:44 PM
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Canada officials start to get a handle on largest wildfire
By REUTERS \
5/8/2016 11:36:08 PM