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Visitor Numbers to Israel Fell by 20% in First Half of 2015

Tourists are choosing destinations without war and oppression.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Official statistics from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism have shown that there has been a 20 percent decrease in the number of the tourists in the first half of 2015, compared to the same period last year.

Israeli website Walla has reported that senior officials from the ministry held an emergency meeting last week, headed by Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. They discussed ways to woo in tourists.

What Does Israeli Regime Seek in the Caucasus?

Tel Aviv's intervention increased in the Caucasus in the late 2000s, when the ministry of foreign affairs established the special departments of Caucasus and Central Asia.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Jewish political tradition is based primarily on a realistic school of thought. Israeli regime has derived its three underlying principles of foreign policy from this school which are: to focus on survival among hostile neighbors, to seek power, and to form alliances.

Israeli regime's foreign policy has also close ties with its longstanding historical traditions.

Discontent Within the Rebel Coalition Jaish al-Fatah

Al-Nusra Front losing support in Syria following unilateral actions in Idlib.

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to various stories on Syrian social media, some of the armed groups and Syrian Islamist rebel factions in coalition with Al-Nusra Front which formed the Jaish al-Fatah, especially Ahrar ash-Sham, voice dissatisfaction with Al-Nusra Front's unilateral actions in Idlib.

They believe their alliance with Al-Nusra was a mistake.

Al Saud Teetering on the Edge of Collapse

Support for military action in Yemen during sacred months could lead to deep unpopularity in the Muslim world.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Professor Jones Partner, scholar and German orientalist, in one of his articles referring to Al Saud's actions in the distortion and misrepresentation of Islam and said: "Such distortions in the history of Islam have been in line with Bani Umayya's actions.

"Al Saud issued Fatwas and arbitrary declared of what is Halal and Haram (lawful and unlawful) regardless of the Shariah according to personal desire of their rulers".

Evacuation by the Numbers: Disaster Preparedness

As fire evacuations are underway, here are some things we should all know

(BANDON, Ore.) - The recent heat wave in our region has been, at worst, an inconvenience for most of us. Elsewhere in the Northwest there have been all manner of wildland fires resulting, according to one news report, in the loss of over 300 homes. That’s at least 300 families who were ordered to get out and find safety elsewhere.

The need for evacuation is rare in our regio .... But at this writing, several major wildland fires are threatening more homes and scorching thousands of acres of forest land.

When Just Any Ole Spot Won`t Do...There`s The Other Spot

Marijuana use is legal in Oregon for 21+. But where? Here's a great option!

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Now that recreational cannabis use is legal in Oregon many people are looking for a safe place to consume their weed.

Often apartments have no-smoking clauses and it is not permissible to smoke pot in public. Everybody knows you can’t smoke in your car or at work. So where can the law abiding cannabis consumer enjoy a joint without risking getting sent to the joint?

Palestinian Baby Burns to Death in Arson Attack by Suspected Israeli Settlers

The child was sleeping when the firebomb landed on his bed.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A gang of suspected Israeli regime settlers have burnt to death an 18-month-old Palestinian baby boy while three of his family members were injured at dawn Friday after their house was deliberately set on fire in Duma, a town south of Nablus.

The one-and-a-half year old toddler, Ali Saad Dawabsha, died after sustaining serious burns when a firebomb was thrown through the window near his bed while he slept. It was 3 a.m., all the family was asleep and defenseless.

President of the United Nations General Assembly has called Israel a Wild Country

Lykketoft was the unanimous choice of European and other Western nations.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician and also General Assembly chief met with Palestinian officials on a visit to the region last year but was accused of refusing to meet with Israeli officials.

In June 2015, Mogens Lykketoft was elected President of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly. In February 2014, he was set to meet with Israeli officials, but...

Israel, Qatar and Turkey to Sign Trilateral Agreement for Joint Military Presence in the Persian Gulf

Building aircrafts and multi-purpose military vehicles are included.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Turkey is preparing to establish its first military base abroad, according to Lale Kemal, a commentator in the newspaper Today's Zaman.

The military base will be established in Qatar. Turkey and Qatar with the support of Israel is going to begin broad cooperation in the field of military industry, the formation of the joint force and unified action in the region.

Florida Board of Medicine Appears Oblivious to Pill Mill Crisis

Florida Board of Medicine: you have a pill mill crisis in your state! Why are you contributing to it?

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - There is an organization of ordinary citizens operating out of Florida called StoppNow. These ordinary citizens recognize that pill mills operating out of storefront buildings are warehouses of prescription opioids who are dispensing pills to hopelessly addicted people lined up outside the storefront pill mills.

StoppNow organizes picket lines in front of the pill mills calling attention to law enforcement and the D.E.A. that people are dying and families torn apart because of these pill mills. Ordinary citizens saving lives -- heroes in every sense of the word.