UN Sends Warning Letter to 150 Companies for Doing Business in Israeli Settlements
Israeli officials say some of the companies responded to the UN human rights commissioner by saying they won't renew their contracts in Israel
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- Opposition says 150 civilians killed in Russian, Syrian raids on Idlib (Reuters)
- Turkey says airstrikes kill 13 PKK fighters in northern Iraq (Reuters)
- Flydubai, Royal Jordanian halt flights to northern Iraq after Kurdish vote (Reuters)
- 92 percent of Iraq's Kurds voted 'yes' to independence, official results show (Reuters)
- Hamas instructed its officials to cooperate with the PA on returning to Gaza Strip (Haaretz)
- Spain says Belgian police arrest Spanish ISIS suspect (AP)
- After Kurdish 'yes' vote, Iraq sends delegation to Iran 'to coordinate military efforts' (Reuters)
- Iraqi parliament asks PM to send troops to oil-producing Kirkuk, under Kurdish control (Reuters)
- At least 7 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIS attack west of Baghdad (Reuters)
- Top UN human rights official appalled over hangings of Iraqi prisoners (Reuters)
- Iraqi PM calls on Kurds to 'cancel' independence referendum's outcome (Reuters)
- Security sources: ISIS launches multiple attacks on Iraqi forces west of Baghdad (Reuters)
- Russia encourages Iraq, Kurds to find solution within framework of single country (Reuters)
- Two Israeli soldiers killed in training accident in Golan Heights (Haaretz)
- Bannon pick Roy Moore beats Trump candidate for Alabama Senate primary (Reuters)
Haaretz Editorial
Israel Is Arming Criminals
>> UPDATE: High Court to make secret ruling on Israeli arms sales to Myanmar >>
Despite the UN stating that Myanmar’s army is carrying out “a textbook e...
Israel
Israel to Soften Policies on Women's Exclusion in Religious Communities
Attorney General Mendelblit now interprets current policy less stringently as to be ‘more suited to the religious and ultra-Orthodox way of life’
U.S. News
Neo-Nazi Leader Pleads Guilty to Storing Explosives in Florida Garage
Brandon Russell, the founder of white supremacist group Atomwaffen, faces up to 11 years in prison
Jewish World
Tunisian Jews Struggle to Preserve Ancient Island Community
The remaining Jewish families feel duty-bound to stay on Djerba even though they can envisage no future there for their children
Middle East
Flydubai, Royal Jordanian Halt Flights to Northern Iraq After Kurdish Vote
Baghdad sends notice to foreign airlines telling them international flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah will be suspended on Friday
Culture & Life
N.Y.'s Most Controversial Chef: I'm a Japanese Man Trapped in the Body of a White Jew
Despite his young age, Bouhadana has racked up exceptional culinary mileage in New York's sushi scene, but some are not pleased
