Former justice minister Avi Nissenkorn announced Sunday morning that he would be taking a “time-out” from politics and would not be running in the March election with The Israelis, less than a month after he was recruited as the new party’s number two. The move, which comes days before parties must submit their final slates […]
Archive for January, 2021
Former justice minister leaves The Israelis as party seeks to unite with Labor
Over $4.5b of bank loans paid to knowledge-based firms in 9 months
TEHRAN – The Iranian banking system has paid 191 trillion rials (about $4.54 billion) of facilities to knowledge-based companies during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20, 2020). According to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) data, the amount of the mentioned facilities, paid to 763 companies, has increased […]
Ilhan Omar: If GOP Don’t Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene, Then We Will Do It
Far-left extremist Rep. Ilhan Omar warned that if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not removed from office by Republican leaders, then “we must do it.” Speaking on SiriusXM’s “The Dean Obeidallah Show” on Thursday, Rep. Omar described Rep. Greene as “dangerous and violent.” Host Dean Obeidallah asked Omar: “Today, Speaker Pelosi just a short time ago […]
Mass arrests in Russia of protesters demanding Navalny’s release
On Sunday, police detained more than 1,000 people in protests held in cities across Russia’s 11 time zones, according to the OVD-Info, a group that monitors arrests. In Moscow, authorities introduced unprecedented security measures in the city center, closing subway stations near the Kremlin, cutting bus traffic and ordering restaurants and stores to stay closed. […]
Twitter Bans ‘Hateful’ Catholic Organization
Twitter has banned prominent Catholic media organization, Catholic World Report (CWR), for alleged “hateful conduct.” The ban was for describing Joe Biden’s HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine as a “biological man.” The following tweet was posted by CWR journalist Matt Hadro in January: “Biden plans to nominate Dr. Rachel Levine, a biological man […]
500 transport, urban development projects to be inaugurated within 3 weeks
TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday his ministry is going to inaugurate 500 projects worth 100 trillion rials (about $2.38 billion) within the next three weeks, on the occasion of Ten-Day Down (this year from January 31 until February 10). Eslami made the announcement on the sidelines of […]
30 idle industrial units revived in Qom Province
TEHRAN- The governor-general of Iran’s central Qom Province said that 30 idle industrial units have been revived in the province since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020). Bahram Sarmast said the mentioned units returning to the production cycle have created jobs for 520 persons. A compiled program is being implemented […]
Russia protests: More than 1,500 Navalny supporters detained in fresh demonstrations over Putin critic’s arrest
More than 1,500 have been detained at protests in Russia in support of Alexei Navalny, a jailed politician and fierce critic of the Kremlin. Rallies are being held across the country for the second weekend in a row after Mr Navalny was arrested earlier this month upon his return to Moscow, having spent months in […]
Iran envoy Rob Malley is not ‘anti-Israel’ or an Iran apologist. It’s that simple
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Woke Biden State Dept Spox: ‘Largest Threat to National Security Are Cops’
Joe Biden’s new State Department spokesperson, Jalina Porter, said in a 2016 Facebook post that the “largest threat to U.S. national security are U.S cops.” “The largest threat to U.S. national security are U.S. cops,” wrote Porter. “Not ISIS, not Russian hackers, not anyone or anything else.” Freebeacon.com reports: Porter’s comments were made on Sept. […]
Let our people come!
This past week has been hell, as Israelis – mostly English-speaking immigrants – who were abroad for family and business reasons have been stuck there, unable to return to Israel. I have been bombarded with requests for help, and, along with MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh, have spent most of my time trying to help – usually […]
Leader visits Imam Khomeini shrine as Islamic Revolution marking 42nd anniversary
TEHRAN – Concurrent with the start of “the 10-Day Dawn” and on the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visited the shrine of Imam Khomeini and the martyrs’ cemetery on Sunday. The 10-Day Dawn starts from Bahman 12 to Bahman 22, which this year […]
Tension grows in Austria over the deportation of three young girls to Georgia and Armenia
Tensions are growing in Austria over the deportation of three girls to Georgia and Armenia, including a 12-year-old girl who was born in the country. The government is being criticised for expelling the children, who are considered to be “well-integrated” into Austrian society, especially amid the coronavirus crisis. Tina, 12, who was born in Austria […]
Israel admits: The richer you are, the more likely you’ll open a startup
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Hundreds of protesters descend on Romania’s health ministry after deadly fire engulfs Covid hospital
Hundreds of protesters descended on Romania’s health ministry in the wake of a deadly fire at one of the country’s major hospitals for Covid patients which claimed at least five lives. Demonstrators demanded Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis, the health minister and the head of emergencies step down. The inferno erupted early on Friday on the […]
Wider Meanings of Indian Farmers Movements to Reclaim the Republic and Beyond
In the darkness of nights, the Hindutva fascists and their trained henchmen are trying to attack farmer’s protests and provoke violence with the help of police. The objective of the BJP government is to discredit the peaceful and democratic movements of the Indian farmers. All slanderous campaign by the ruling classes against farmers movements have […]
Defense minister visits IDF’s long-range attack HQ in veiled threat to Tehran
Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited the Israel Defense Forces unit tasked with conducting operations far beyond the country’s borders on Sunday, reviewing operational plans, his office said, in an apparent threat to Iran. Gantz, who created the Depths Corps in 2012 when he was chief of IDF staff, met with the unit’s commander, Maj. Gen. […]
Ethiopia says Tigray back to normal after conflict but witnesses disagree
Ethiopia‘s government has privately told Biden administration staffers its embattled Tigray region has “returned to normalcy,” but new witness accounts describe terrified Tigray residents hiding in bullet-marked homes and a vast rural area where effects of the fighting and food shortages are yet unknown. The conflict that began in November between Ethiopian forces and those […]
Rep. Greene claims Trump supports her, Democrat to move offices after being ‘berated’
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