Israelis open San Francisco’s latest kosher bakery

Israeli friends Isaac Yosef, Avi Edri and head chef Yanni – who goes by one name – held a soft opening for their bakery Taboon in the city’s SoMa neighborhood last week, the San Francisco Gate reported. As Oakland’s Grand Bakery gets set to close this week after 55 years of operation, Taboon will become the city’s only true kosher bakery.

Senior Hamas member threatens Israel with ‘new conflict’

Hamas political bureau member Saleh al-Arouri on Sunday threated that his group would start a new round of fighting with Israel over its alleged “violation” of Muslim rights in Jerusalem. Speaking to Hamas’s Al-Aqsa television channel, Arouri referred to the proposed “Muezzin Law” in Israel, which would prohibit mosques from using loudspeakers for the call to prayer, saying that preventing the sound of the muezzin is a provocation which will result in a new conflict.

Jesinta Campbell reveals extraordinary price offered for wedding photos

Crushed and covered in blood: Scenes of devastation amid the crumpled stalls of the Berlin Christmas market immediately after ‘terror attack’ Trump says terrorists ‘must be eradicated from the face of the earth’ after 12 die and 48 are hurt when lorry ploughs into Berlin market ‘People were tearing off wooden panels to get out’: Witness describes the moment a truck plowed into a Berlin Christmas market How Zsa Zsa seduced the world with sex, one-liners and VERY tall tales to become the world’s first celebrity to be famous just for being famous Obama pardons 78 felons and commutes 153 more as White House boasts of ‘greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day’ Ohio’s next three executions are postponed as the state struggles to get hold of the controversial drug Midazolam to carry out the killings Horror as Russian ambassador to Turkey is shot dead in art exhibition in Ankara … (more)

TRUMP: Assassination of Russian ambassador a ‘violation of all…

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday condemned the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, calling it a “violation of all rules of civilized order” and saying it was carried out by a “radical Islamic terrorist.” “Today we offer our condolences to the family and loved ones of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was assassinated by a radical Islamic terrorist,” Trump said in a short statement.

Trump blames terrorists for killings in Turkey, Berlin

On the day that his election victory became official, Donald Trump on Monday experienced what life will be like as president as he condemned separate deadly incidents against a Russian diplomat and shoppers at a German Christmas market, blaming Islamic terrorism in both instances. Authorities in Turkey and Germany were still investigating when Trump issued back-to-back statements condemning the incidents, although the White House earlier had said that what happened in central Berlin when a trucked rammed a holiday crowd “appears to be a terrorist attack.”

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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This picture taken on December 19, 2016 shows Andrey Karlov , the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lying on the floor after being shot by a gunman during an attack during a public event in Ankara. A gunman crying “Aleppo” and “revenge” shot Karlov while he was visiting an art exhibition in Ankara on December 19, witnesses and media reports said.

Nation-Now 15 mins ago 2:27 p.m.Gunman kills Russian ambassador to…

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This picture taken on December 19, 2016 shows Andrey Karlov , the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lying on the floor after being shot by a gunman during an attack during a public event in Ankara. A gunman crying “Aleppo” and “revenge” shot Karlov while he was visiting an art exhibition in Ankara on December 19, witnesses and media reports said.

Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey at photo exhibit

An Ankara police officer dressed in a suit and tie shouted slogans about Syria’s civil war after he killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital on Monday, according to officials and an Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting. Police later killed the assailant.

Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey at photo exhibit

An Ankara police officer dressed in a suit and tie shouted slogans about Syria’s civil war after he killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital on Monday, according to officials and an Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting. Police later killed the assailant.

Russian Ambassador Gunned Down, Killed in Ankara

Russia’s ambassador was shot dead in the Turkish capital on Monday in an assassination apparently linked to Syria’s civil war, heightening tensions over a conflict that’s drawn in almost all the region’s main powers. Andrey Karlov was shot in the back at an art exhibit in Ankara on Monday and died from his injuries according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The Latest: Putin, Erdogan: Killing aimed at derailing ties

The leaders of Turkey and Russia say the killing of the Russian ambassador in Turkey has been intended to ruin Russia-Turkey ties. Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking in televised remarks during a meeting with senior officials, said that the killing of Ambassador Andrei Karlov was a “provocation aimed at derailing Russia-Turkey ties and the peace process in Syria.”

Alleged BDS activist writer may be forced to leave Israel

A journalist who has allegedly engaged in activity supportive of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement may not be able to remain in Israel, the Government Press Office told The Jerusalem Post exclusively on Sunday. GPO director Nitzan Chen said he was leaning against renewing the press card of Antony Loewenstein, a Jerusalem- based freelance reporter who writes for The Guardian and other publications.

HH the Emir and President of Turkey discuss regional developments

Trabzon: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed today the latest developments in the region and particularly in Syria, in light of the tragic events in Aleppo as all international efforts to stop the genocide by the Syrian regime and its allies continue to stumble.

HH the Emir and President of Turkey discuss regional developments

Trabzon: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed today the latest developments in the region and particularly in Syria, in light of the tragic events in Aleppo as all international efforts to stop the genocide by the Syrian regime and its allies continue to stumble.

Jordan shootings kill 4 policemen, Canadian tourist

Gunmen ambushed Jordanian police in a series of attacks Sunday, including at a Crusader castle popular with tourists, killing four members of the security forces and a woman visiting from Canada, officials said. A standoff between Jordanian special forces and armed men holed up inside the castle continued after nightfall Sunday, several hours after the first shooting.

A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday.-AFP

Aden: A suicide bomber killed at least 49 soldiers gathered to receive their monthly pay in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday, officials said, as IS claimed responsibility for the attack. Officials said at least 60 other troops were wounded in the attack, which occurred near Al Sawlaban military base in Aden’s Khor Maksar district, where another IS suicide bomber blew himself up a week ago killing 50 soldiers.

Poll: Israelis worry about intermarriage

A new study done in honor of the Week of Connection to Diaspora Jewry shows how deep the connection between Israel’s Jews and Diaspora Jews really is. One of the statistics the new study reveals is that the vast majority of Israel’s Jews are concerned over intermarriage rates abroad.

Bombing kills at least 30 outside Yemen military camp

A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military camp in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday morning, killing at least 30 soldiers, Yemeni officials said. The officials told The Associated Press that preliminary investigations showed the blast was the work of a bomber wearing an explosive vest.

The last dance at Amona

Activists sing and play music at a home in the illegal outpost of Amona in the West Bank, on December 17, 2016. Full of people, full of cars, full of tension and singing and dancing and hope that the planned evacuation of the illegally-built settlement won’t take place.

Car bomb kills 13 Turkish soldiers on bus; 7 suspects held

A suicide car bomber set off an explosion Saturday that demolished a public bus transporting off-duty soldiers in Turkey’s central province of Kayseri, killing 13 troops and wounding 56 other people, authorities said. Saturday’s blast comes a week after a car bomb attack claimed by Kurdish militants killed 44 people, mainly riot police, and wounded over 150 others near a soccer stadium in Istanbul.

Deal reached that could restart Aleppo evacuation

This image released by Aleppo 24, shows residents of eastern Aleppo arriving in western rural Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, as part of an evacuation deal. The evacuation of eastern Aleppo stalled Friday after an eruption of gunfire, as the Syrian government and rebels threw accusations at each other, raising fears that a peaceful surrender of the opposition enclave could fall apart with thousands of people believed to be still inside.

Dr Al Kawari meets Albania PM; discusses ties

Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama met yesterday with Cultural Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and the State of Qatar’s candidate to the Post of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari. During the meeting, they talked in detail about the Qatari candidate’s vision for the advancement of Unesco and the most important challenges facing the organisation.