Hamas is looking into Thursday's rocket fire on southern Israel as "there was no order to any group to do it," group leader Ismail Haniyeh tells UN envoy to the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov. Thousands of Palestinians riot along the volatile Gaza-Israel border on Friday, Gaza’s Health Ministry says 46 people were wounded by Israeli fire.
Iran: US waging "Iranophobic campaign" of economic warfare. With 20% of world's oil passes through Strait of Hormuz, acting US defense secretary cites need for contingency plans should situation deteriorate.
IAEA: Tehran on course to hit limits on heavy water set out in nuclear deal. President Hassan Rouhani warns that Iran will continue scaling back compliance with nuclear deal unless other signatories to the pact show "positive signals."
An Orthodox Jew from Manhattan, William Brickman never expected to be dispatched to Germany during World War II. There, posing as an SS officer behind enemy lines, Brickman's job was to catch Nazis attempting to flee Germany for South America.
American Jewry's devotion to the Democratic Party, which is vocally and increasingly critical of Israel, raises concern over what will happen when the United States elects another Democratic president.
