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While Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, Putin in his own style, sent a gift to the Turkmen who killed his pilot: hell, fire and brimstone coming from all directions; land, air and sea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin earned a new distinction last month, when conservative U.S. blogger Matt Drudge branded him the "leader of the free world." Drudge's support of Putin may seem odd (just last year he was angry with Obama for calling Putin after the Russian was re-elected president), but Drudge doesn't seem to be alone in his newfound high opinion of the Russian leader. When Business Insider posted a photograph of Obama's G20 "death glare" to Putin on Facebook, the comments were overwhelmingly pro-Putin. "The back of Putin's head is more intimidating than Obama's 'death stare,'" one user wrote. Other...

JERUSALEM – Israel's prime minister on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to halt construction in disputed east Jerusalem, clouding a new peace mission by Washington's Mideast envoy.

We commemorate the memory of thousands of terror victims murdered in attacks against Israel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday at the opening of a Memorial Day ceremony in Jerusalem dedicated to the memory of victims of terror attacks. "The only sin committed by these victims, was that they lived in Israel, or visited Israel. But they weren't sticklers ? they killed Israelis outside of Israel too. The murderers slaughtered them only because of their identity." The prime minister also remarked on captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured by Hamas in 2006, saying that "we won't...

The settlements blocs of Ariel, Ma'aleh Adumim and Gush Etzion are an indisputable part of Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. He spoke in Kibbutz Kfar Etzion, part of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, where he planted a tree in honor of the upcoming Tu B'Shvat holiday. He was then scheduled to head to the Ma'aleh Adumim to plant another tree. Netanyahu said he will also plant a tree in the Ariel settlement sometime in the next few days. With these trees, Netanyahu said he wanted to "send a clear message that we will stay here. We are...