In the moments after the shooting stopped, Rabbi Goldstein said he wrapped his bloodied hand in a prayer shawl and addressed congregants gathered outside the building, vowing to stay strong in the face of the deadly attack targeting his community.
Soldiers securing a tour bus return fire, wounding one Palestinian suspect. Second shooter turns himself in. No casualties among Israeli civilians or soldiers.
Iran expected to be among hardest hit this year. IMF expects 6% retraction in Iran's economic growth in 2019 – and that does not factor in recent announcement by U.S. that waivers on Iranian oil exports to expire next week, further deepening Iran's economic recession.
Israeli leaders are increasingly concerned that the Palestinian Authority is close to collapse in the wake of PA President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to accept tax revenues collected by Israel, which the government has reduced over the PA's insistence on paying monthly stipends to terrorists and their families.
The former U.S. vice president and current Democratic presidential candidate is a long-standing supporter of Israel but one who always thinks he knows better than Israel's leaders and its people about what is good for the Jewish state.
