Israeli Police Arrest 10 in Corruption Case, Including a Mayor and Local Government Officials

Photo Credit: Yossi Zeliger / Flash 90 Lahav 443 Police Investigation Building Israel’s police on Monday morning carried out raids at several locations in the country and arrested 10 officials suspected of corruption, including a mayor, government office directors and former public officials. The names of which towns were involved have not been released. The […]

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Iran Celebrates 40th Anniversary of US Embassy Takeover; ‘Broke Washington’s Fictitious Grandeur’

Photo Credit: revolution.shirazu.ac.ir via Wikimedia Iranian students scale up US embassy wall in Tehran, Nov. 4, 1979 Tehran Times reported on Monday that “people, especially students, took to the streets in various cities across Iran to mark the 40th anniversary of the capture of the former US embassy, known as the ‘den of espionage,’ in […]

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Fashion First Aid

Photo Credit: Jewish Press We’ve all had little wardrobe emergencies – at the times that are less than convenient. You know what I mean. You’re already running late when you realize that the button on your jacket is literally about to fall off. You pull your favorite sweatshirt out of the dryer only to discover […]

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INTO THE FRAY: Democracy Devoid of the Demos?

Photo Credit: Alex Kolomoisky/POOL They who sow the wind will reap the storm – Hosea 8:7.   Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); [There is a] dangerous symbiosis between elements in the police Major Crimes Unit, the State Prosecutor’s Office and the media.—citation from Justice […]

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Larry’s Letters: Oslo to ban Goods and Services from ‘Occupied’ Areas

Photo Credit: Courtesy Arab workers at SodaStream’s factory in Maaleh Adumim may be replaced by Bedouin in the company’s new plant in the Negev. Marianne Borgen Mayor of Oslo Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Norway Dear Mayor Borgen, Oslo has voted to refrain from […]

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Appeals Court Revokes Deportation Orders Against 2 Foreign Workers, their Children

Photo Credit: Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90 Filipino workers and their children, alongside Israeli school children, protest the deportation order against Filipino workers, October 31, 2019. An appeals court judge on Sunday canceled the deportation orders against two foreign workers from the Philippines and their children, ruling that Israel’s Immigration and Population Authority had not properly considered the […]

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