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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 24, 2013. Credit: World Economic Forum.

Likud calls for criminal charges after Barak compares Netanyahu to Hitler

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Israel's ruling Likud Party on Monday denounced former premier Ehud Barak for posting to social media a video that compares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. "Must watch! Is Netanyahu mentally unfit...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left), U.N. Secretary General António Guterres (left) and Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan at U.N. headquarters in New York, Aug. 28, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry.

Gallant calls for ‘urgent UN intervention’ at Lebanon border

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday called for the United Nations to step in to stop the growing threat from Hezbollah at the Lebanon border. The minister made the request during a meeting at the organization's...
Aerial view of the new King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 2020. Credit: Skytrax via Wikimedia Commons.

Flight with 100-plus Israelis makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia

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A commercial flight from the Seychelles to Tel Aviv carrying 128 Israelis made an unscheduled landing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday night. Air Seychelles flight HM022 was forced to land due to an electrical...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu to vet all secret meetings after Libya fallout

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In the wake of the Libya fiasco, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday instructed government ministers to get his personal approval in advance of and for the release for publication of any secret diplomatic meetings. The...
Actress Arleen Sorkin at an event sponsored by the National Breast Cancer Coalition in 2011. Credit: Kathy Hutchins via Wikimedia Commons.

Actress Arleen Sorkin of daytime TV fame dies at 67

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After fighting multiple sclerosis for a decade, the disease took the life of 67-year-old Jewish film and television actress Arleen Sorkin on Aug. 24. Playing Calliope Jones Bradford in the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” Sorkin served...