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Jerusalem Post Israel News   

Obama rejects 'rubber stamp' of Israel policies   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
President says in Atlantic interview he cares so deeply about Israel that he's motivated to criticize continued settlement activity, comments from Netanyahu. US President Barack Obama (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (photo credit:REUTERS).
'Tough love' Obama courts Jewish Democrats in advance of Iran showdown   Haaretz (blog)
Obama takes step to mend relations with speech at Adas Israel synagogue   Washington Post
Obama on Iran Deal: 'Personal Interest in Locking This Down'   NBCNews.com
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Haaretz   

Gaza facing 'dangerous fiscal crisis': World Bank   
BusinessWorld Online Edition
THE Gaza Strip has the world's highest unemployment and Palestinians, Israelis and donors must take action to avoid a "dangerous fiscal crisis," the World Bank said Friday. The report, prepared ahead of the bi-annual meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison ...

2015-05-22 Israel Health

Shalom Life   

Israeli woman sets record: gives birth at age 65   
Jweekly.com
A 65-year-old haredi Orthodox woman became the oldest woman ever to give birth in Israel — and one of the oldest in the world. Chaya Sarah Schachar of Bnei Brak delivered her first child, a healthy boy, on May 18 at the Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba, the ...

2015-05-22 Israel Entertainment

Haaretz   

Israel qualifies for Eurovision final for first time in five years   
Haaretz
16-year-old Nadav Guedj, singing 'Golden Boy,' progresses to final of 60th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. By Itay Stern May 22, 2015 | 12:21 AM. submit to reddit. Nadav Guedj. Israel's Nadav Guedj performs during a dress rehearsal for the second ...

2015-05-22 Israel Sci/Tech

NBCNews.com   

Phree Stylus Makes the World Your Paper, and Your Phone a Notepad   
NBCNews.com
It's nice that we have our phones and tablets everywhere we go but trying to draw on the screen or write notes on a document is a pain, since your finger is too big and the screens weren't really designed to be written on. Phree is a new gadget that takes a ...

2015-05-22 Israel Business

Al-Bawaba   

Israel won't pay $1.1B after Iran orders compensation on 35-year-old deal   
Al-Bawaba
Israel has refused a court order to pay compensation to Iran as part of an agreement dating back to the Islamic Revolution. (AFP/File). More >. Create alert for HaifaHaifa. ,. Create alert for TehranTehran. ,. Create alert for Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline CompanyEilat ...

2015-05-22 Israel World

Channel News Asia   

Blinken urges South East Asia to tackle root causes of migrant crisis   
Channel News Asia
During his visit to Myanmar, US Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has stressed the region's responsibility to improve conditions in Bangladesh and Myanmar's Rakhine state, home to the minority Rohingyas, as thousands of them are stranded at sea.
Myanmar to attend regional crisis meeting over Rohingya and Bangladeshi ...   Deutsche Welle
Gambia offers to resettle all Rohingya boatpeople   The Star Online
US to carry out air patrols to locate Rohingya migrants stranded at sea   Al Jazeera America
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Irish Independent   

As one crisis ends another one begins in our divided EU   
Irish Independent
'The European Union is itself in crisis. Evidently it cannot go forward. But Open Gallery 1 'The European Union is itself in crisis. Evidently it cannot go forward. But neither can it go back. It is locked into political and economic stagnation and urgently needs ...

2015-05-22 Israel Middle East

Newsweek   

US admits two children killed in Islamic State campaign | Reuters   
Firstpost
WASHINGTON Two children were likely killed by a U.S. air strike in Syria in November, the U.S. military said on Thursday, the first time the Pentagon has acknowledged civilian casualties since it began an air campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria ...

2015-05-22 Israel Israel

Haaretz   

Concern in Jerusalem over international decision against Israeli nuclear program   
Haaretz
Israeli officials worried Obama administration won't help foil creation of international committee for nuclear-free Middle East; White House says it won't 'break commitments to our Israeli partners.' By Barak Ravid | May 22, 2015 | 12:44 AM ...