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Einstein’s theory of happiness sells for $1.3 million at auction

JERUSALEM – While Albert Einstein’s theory of happiness may be relative, it fetched $1.3 million at a Jerusalem auction on Tuesday. The Nobel-winning scientist’s musings, on a han...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets after airstrikes

JERUSALEM – Syria fired missiles at Israeli warplanes on a mission to destroy a weapons convoy destined for the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah prompting it to deploy its mi...

DATE: Mar 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israeli settlers dismiss White House criticism

JERUSALEM –Israeli settlers on Friday shrugged off White House criticism of settlement construction, convinced they have the sympathies of President Donald Trump. The Palestinians, still war...

DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gunmen kill four in Tel Aviv attack

2 Palestinians arrested after shootings

DATE: Jun 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

American killed in Israel

JERUSALEM – Palestinian attackers unleashed a series of shooting and stabbing assaults on Israelis on Tuesday, including a stabbing spree in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Jaffa that...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Manhunt continues in Tel Aviv after gunman kills 2 at bar

Attacker’s father identifies son after seeing video on TV

DATE: Jan 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clashes at Jerusalem holy site for third straight day

JERUSALEM – Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters on Tuesday in a third straight day of unrest at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Police entered the Al-Aqsa mos...

DATE: Sep 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Netanyahu blasts West over Iran talks

JERUSALEM – In his sharpest criticism yet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that world powers “have given up” on stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons in ongo...

DATE: Feb 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Suspects confess to killing Palestinian teen

JERUSALEM – Three Israeli suspects in the killing of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned to death last week confessed to the crime on Monday and were re-enacting the incident ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Faithful celebrate ‘holy fire’ in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM – The dark hall inside Christianity’s holiest shrine was illuminated with the flames from thousands of candles Saturday as worshippers participated in the holy fire ceremony, a mom...

DATE: Apr 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israel drops prisoner release plan

JERUSALEM – Israel on Thursday abruptly called off a release of Palestinian prisoners, sending U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s troubled Mideast peace efforts further into a tailspin. ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israel ex-PM recounts 2008 talks with Palestinians

JERUSALEM – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Friday that if talks he held with Palestinians in 2008 had produced a peace deal, it would have forced tens of thousands of Jewish ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World