In a split vote Tuesday, the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the Libertarian Party's request to appoint a perennial fringe political candidate and outspoken Holocaust denier as a precinct committeeman. Read more»
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Russia’s Justice Ministry is threatening to dissolve the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel as political repression and economic uncertainty have prompted emigration from Russia - raising alarms among people who see it as turning back the clock. Read more»
When reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, headlines often fail to mention who instigated the violence nor any hint of the power imbalance in the region - and headlines matter because many Americans do not read past them when consuming news. Read more»
The influential right-wing lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council is driving a surge in new state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry - the strategy, which aims to protect conservative-friendly industries, is modeled on legislation to punish divestment from Israel. Read more»
Multiple studies show the COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, even if the potency of the vaccines is somewhat reduced, but a guest on Fox News falsely claimed there is “no clinical reason to go get vaccinated.” Read more»
The push for a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine for patients with certain immune conditions is not moving fast enough for some vaccine advisors, and other countries have already gone ahead with third-dose recommendations.
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Arizona’s aerospace and defense industry not only “stands with” Israel, but technology developed here stands watch over the country: Israel’s Iron Dome defense system was created here. Read more»
If you've seen some new shapes in the sky over Tucson lately, you're not alone. Delta-winged Kfir fighter jets from the Colombian Air Force are making a training stop at Davis-Monthan before heading to Nevada for an air show later this month. Read more»
President Donald Trump’s first official trip overseas this week took him to the capital cities of Riyadh, Brussels, Vatican City and Tel Aviv – but some Arizona lawmakers think he went to the wrong capital city while in Israel. Read more»
An Israel-American teenager has been arrested by Israeli police after an investigation that linked him to the rash of bomb threats against nearly 150 Jewish community centers in the United States — which may include two threats that put the Jewish Community Center in Tucson on lockdown late February and early March.
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Republican VP nominee Mike Pence promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act, renew the economy and deal with "Islamic terrorism" during a speech at the Fox Theatre in Tucson on Tuesday afternoon. Read more»
U.S. Rep. Martha McSally traveled to Israel this week, meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials to "hear first-hand about the region’s most pressing national security issues." Read more»
Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. Tom Cotton each claimed the other distorted the facts regarding the role of Congress in a possible international deal on Iran’s nuclear program: Read more»
Analysis: A leaked Mossad report suggests Israel's own spy agency disagrees on the threat posed by Iran. Read more»
The news doesn't stop just because you're eating turkey and sneaking leftovers. Read more»
American companies are supplying technology that the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are using to spy on their citizens’ communications and clamp down on dissent, according to a new report from the U.K.-based advocacy group Privacy International. Read more»