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Actor Jussie Smollett indicted on 16-count felony indictment by grand jury
Smollett, who is black and openly gay and plays a gay character on the Fox network hip-hop drama "Empire," was previously charged in a criminal complaint with lying to police.
By REUTERS,ZACHARY KEYSER,TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
3/9/2019 12:02:03 PM
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U.S. accuses Palestinians of manufacturing crisis over tax transfer
The U.S. mission to the United Nations declined to comment on Greenblatt's remarks. The Palestinians have condemned the Israeli decision as "piracy."
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 5:21:40 AM
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Brazil's Bolsonaro will visit on March 19 - White House
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 1:30:54 AM
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Wall St critic Warren vows to break up Amazon, Facebook, Google
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 1:32:25 AM
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United Arab Emirates to be first in Middle East to host Special Olympics
“You have to have an open mindset when 90 percent of the general population [of the UAE] consists of expats.”
By TARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE \
3/9/2019 1:59:02 AM
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EU's Tajani says Brexit date can be delayed few weeks at most
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 2:12:43 AM
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Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida coast
A SpaceX rocket launched the 16-foot-tall (4.9-meter) capsule from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last Saturday.
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 11:32:08 AM
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Chelsea Manning jailed for defying grand jury subpoena
Manning's communications team released a statement saying the judge said she will be detained until she either cooperates or the grand jury finishes its term.
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 3:08:53 AM
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says AIPAC is coming after her
Not only is it not official, it’s not true.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
3/9/2019 3:13:25 AM
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Hostage recovery efforts bill named after Jewish American missing in Iran
The FBI and the State Department separately issued statements calling for Levinson’s release and noting the standing $5 million reward for information that would lead to his safe return.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
3/9/2019 3:21:24 AM
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Pope Francis praises role of women in meeting with Jewish delegation
In the private audience Friday – International Women’s Day – he highlighted the “irreplaceable contribution of women in building a world that can be a home for all.”
By RUTH ELLEN GRUBER \
3/9/2019 4:20:54 AM
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U.S. NGO Hazon wants an Israeli right-wing upstart to stop using same name
The U.S. group is perhaps best known for bicycle rides that raise funds and awareness for environmental causes here and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel.
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA \
3/9/2019 4:34:39 AM
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Grave diggers desecrate mass burial site of Holocaust victims in Ukraine
Police have no suspects in custody in connection with the incident, according to RIA.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
3/9/2019 4:40:46 AM
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Philanthropist who championed Catholic-Jewish ties, dies at 97
Miller, the co-chairman emeritus of Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. in Cleveland, the real estate development company he helped build into a national giant, died Thursday. He was 97.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
3/9/2019 4:49:38 AM
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Linda Sarsour blocks Wall Street Journal reporter from press brief
"Don't let her [Nomani] be one of the first ones in. Do you all hear me? Come stand here. Don't let her be one of the first ones in," Sarsour can be overheard in Arabic saying.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
3/9/2019 5:52:37 PM
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Federal judge tweaks education-related NCAA compensation limits for student athletes
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 6:35:07 AM
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Israei Air Force attacks Hamas infrastructure in Gaza overnight
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 8:33:39 AM
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India accuses Pakistan of withholding information on bombing site
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 8:35:39 AM
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Malaysian citizen jailed for insulting Islam on social media
The sentence is believed to be the harshest such penalty on record in the Muslim-majority country, where concerns over racial and religious tensions have grown in recent months.
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 5:49:18 PM
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Former Bank of Israel Governor Flug returns to Hebrew University
"We are delighted that Prof. Karnit Flug is joining our department," said chair of the Hebrew University's economics department Prof. Eric Gould.
By EYTAN HALON \
3/9/2019 11:58:12 PM
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Israeli Navy opens fire at Palestinian boat near Gaza
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 9:47:36 AM
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Images show - North Korea preparing launch of missile or satellite
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 9:56:56 AM
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Nasrallah: Israel is scared of war and is not prepared for one
The deployment of the American THAAD system is proof Israel can't defend the country against Hezbollah's missiles, Hassan Nasrallah said.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
3/10/2019 12:20:40 AM
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Liberman: In two years the situation will be worse than the Yom Kippur war
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 11:55:04 AM
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Saudi app to track women's movements sparks controversy
Ilhan Omar, who has been the center of attention for her antisemitic comments lately, also related to the app on Twitter with "Women are not your property!" and demanding an end for the existence of
By ALON EINHORN \
3/9/2019 6:12:18 PM
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'If Netanyahu wins elections it would impose a double threat to democracy'
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 1:05:50 PM
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King Abdullah heads to Washington amid Temple Mount crisis
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court is expected to allow the police to close the building again, unless the Wakf submits a written response to the court on the matter on Sunday.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN,TOVAH LAZAROFF \
3/10/2019 12:44:00 AM
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Detained tycoon Sanea's bankruptcy filing approved by Saudi court
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 3:11:58 PM
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ISIS teen's baby dies, British gov't condemned for denying her entry
"The tragic death of Shamima Begum's baby, Jarrah, is a stain on the conscience of this government," Diane Abbott, the opposition home affairs spokeswoman said.
By REUTERS \
3/10/2019 11:03:48 AM
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Venezuela's Guaido to lead rally as blackout lingers
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 4:39:04 PM
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Hundreds march in Paris as childminders join 'yellow vest' protests
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 4:39:51 PM
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Bodies of Italian, British climbers found on Pakistan's "Killer Mountain"
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 4:44:08 PM
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Muslim Council of Foreign Relations member condemns Ilhan Omar for antisemitism
"In her remarks, she has branded every Muslim in America as an antisemite, and this is absolutely unacceptable and un-Islamic," Ahmed said.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
3/10/2019 8:52:28 AM
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Flights resume at New Jersey's Newark airport after fire report shuts runways
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 5:26:19 PM
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U.S. judge may force Trump administration to reunite more families separated at Mexico border
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 5:27:02 PM
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Facebook to reduce exposure of anti-vaccination pages
Facebook will reduce their exposure by rejecting paid ads, rejecting incorrect information about vaccines on Instagram, and sharing educational information about vaccines.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 5:58:14 PM
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Top Fatah official escapes assassination attempt in Gaza
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack, which came amid continued tensions between Fatah and Hamas.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
3/9/2019 5:32:33 PM
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'The most wanted woman in France' killed in Syria bombing
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 6:58:26 PM
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British police close roads near parliament due to a suspicious vehicle
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 7:00:06 PM
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New drone technology allows farmers to mimic barks
"The past two years have seen farmers embrace drone technology to help with those jobs that are dirty, dangerous or just plain dull," said drone specialist Adam Kerr.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/10/2019 4:28:24 PM
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Iran's Rouhani urges Pakistan to act against group behind border attack
"We are awaiting your decisive operations against these terrorists," IRNA quoted Rouhani as telling Khan.
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 7:13:11 PM
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A positive move by Pope Francis
Although there was a collective effort by the Catholic Church to save Jewish children, many questions remain, such as the degree of the pontiff's involvement and the underlying motivation.
By BARUCH TENEMBAUM AND EDUARDO EURNEKIAN \
3/9/2019 7:16:05 PM
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More civilians leave Islamic State's Syria enclave, delaying final assault
"There are a number of families ... military operations are paused now for their evacuation," Mustafa Bali, head of the SDF media office, told Reuters.
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 7:24:09 PM
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The beginning of the end of the Diaspora in France
In 2015, two days after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, four Jews were murdered at a Paris kosher supermarket, Hypercacher. Since then, violence against French Jews has become commonplace.
By Ziva Dahl \
3/10/2019 10:46:07 AM
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Netanyahu is a product of Israel’s political system
Netanyahu has already been declared guilty in most of Israel's media, the same media that decided 15 years ago to handle Sharon's indictments with kid gloves.
By ORI WERTMAN \
3/9/2019 7:38:03 PM
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A conflict of identities
How neglect and denial lead to refusing an adversary’s sense of peoplehood
By JONAH NAGHI \
3/9/2019 8:02:39 PM
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Opposition protesters scuffle with police as Venezuela blackout continues
"We're all upset that we've got no power, no phone service, no water and they want to block us," said Rossmary Nascimiento, 45, a nutritionist at the Caracas rally. "I want a normal country."
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 8:01:39 PM
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#Hate_stops_here
For 71 years, the Jewish state has stood behind Jewish communities worldwide, just as our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora have stood, are standing and will stand alongside the Jewish state.
By YAAKOV HAGOEL \
3/9/2019 8:28:11 PM
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Liberman: Cabinet ministers wanted to stop me, not Hamas
Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party has polled below the 3.25% electoral threshold in several recent polls.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
3/10/2019 10:44:57 AM
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Rocket alarms sounded in Eshkol Regional Council
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 8:49:19 PM
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IDF strikes Gaza in response to rocket fired into Israel
The rocket fire came hours after Israeli aircraft attacked several Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, hours after a projectile was fired towards southern Israel, the IDF said.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
3/10/2019 10:31:40 AM
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Indian military shoots down Pakistani drone - spokesperson
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 9:12:45 PM
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Autonomy in preventing the ‘aguna’ problem
Get-refusal can affect a man or a woman.
BY RACHEL LEVMORE \
3/9/2019 9:14:50 PM
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Democrats now an ‘anti-Jewish party,’ Trump says
"Democrats have become an anti-Israel party," Trump said. "They have become an anti-Jewish party, and that’s too bad."
By MICHAEL WILNER \
3/9/2019 11:59:26 PM
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Ethiopian triumphs
Even though members of Israel’s Ethiopian community are politicians, doctors, lawyers, academics, etc., they too are seldom in the spotlight on the basis of their achievements.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
3/9/2019 9:27:00 PM
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Women Wage Peace asks parties to commit to resolving Palestinian conflict
It has set up a Mothers’ Tent in Rabin Square on Tel Aviv, where it plans to sit until the day after the April 9 elections.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
3/10/2019 12:40:22 AM
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Kotel fighting
Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya’alon would likely not act differently when facing the same dilemma.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
3/9/2019 9:33:57 PM
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Greenblatt at UNSC defends Israel’s decision to deduct terrorist payments
Afterward, Greenblatt tweeted what appeared to be his message to the 15-member Security Council.
By HERB KEINON \
3/10/2019 12:36:21 AM
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Politics dividing US Orthodox synagogue movement
By BEN SALES/JTA \
3/9/2019 9:45:24 PM
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U.S. State Department letter to play role in Otzma's Supreme Court defense
Both groups are designated as terrorist groups in Israel, as well, and were banned from running from the Knesset in Israel on grounds of racist incitement.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
3/10/2019 12:51:44 AM
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A man for all musical seasons
Famed conductor Joshua Rifkin to wield baton for Bach in Jerusalem Festival
By BARRY DAVIS \
3/9/2019 9:57:32 PM
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Emma Shapplin, Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson and Queen tribute on the way
If the Bohemian Rhapsody film and the Oscar ceremony appearance of Queen left you wanting more, Marc Martel – the Ultimate Queen Celebration – will rock you on April 17 at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/10/2019 5:26:15 PM
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Anne Frank center compares Jews fleeing Nazis to Islamic State terrorists
Colonel Richard Kemp, who was a former Commander of Operation Fingal in Afghanistan, wrote on Twitter: “A terrible insult by @BS_AnneFrank. They should delete this disgraceful tweet.”
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
3/10/2019 11:46:19 AM
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Islamic State fighter wants to return to Italy, warns of 'sleeper cells'
Mounsef al-Mkhayar, a 22-year-old of Moroccan descent who grew up in Italy, gave an account of growing chaos among jihadists on the brink of defeat, and disputes in ranks as top commanders fled Syria
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 10:20:19 PM
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Bullet fired from Gaza yesterday hit house in Eshkelon Regional Council
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
3/9/2019 10:48:25 PM
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Nicaragua pledges to free anti-government protesters and begin reforms
By REUTERS \
3/9/2019 10:49:42 PM