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Updated: Aug 5th, 2012 12:53 PM
The following protest letter was printed in the Israeli newspaper Yated Neman. It is signed by many prominent Rabbis in protest to those that have criticized R Shteinman supposedly for his views on military service of Yeshiva students in Israel. Perhaps they were Also upset about those that brought our own local politician, ... Read More
Updated: Jun 28th, 2012 8:21 PM
Three ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have been arrested in Israel, suspected of defacing the national Holocaust memorial with anti-Zionist graffiti.
One of the slogans daubed in paint on the walls of the memorial read: "If Hitler had not existed, the Zionists would have invented him."
The suspects have admitted vandalising ... Read More
Posted: Jan 1st, 2012 6:37 AM
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Posted: Oct 30th, 2011 6:58 AM
In the wake of the escalation in rocket attacks on southern Israel over the weekend, MK Yoel Hasson (Kadima) has called on the Knesset to hold discussions about the rocket threat which is disrupting the daily routine of over a million civilians.
In a letter he sent to Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, Hasson placed the blame on ... Read More
Posted: Oct 30th, 2011 6:47 AM
Hamas and allied terrorists attacked southern Israel with rockets and mortar shells at the rate of one every six minutes at dawn Sunday.
Islamic Jihad appeared to be behind most of the attacks over the past 48 hours, but Hamas has done nothing to stop the sudden offensive, one week after kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was ... Read More
Posted: Oct 24th, 2011 11:45 AM
BROOKLYN - Defense attorneys for a man charged with abducting, killing and dismembering an 8-year-old boy he met on the street say his confession was coerced and that they plan to prove he is not guilty by reason of insanity.
At a hearing Monday, they said authorities told Levi Aron what to write down. They say he is not ... Read More
Posted: Oct 18th, 2011 1:53 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian officials in Gaza say Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit has been moved from the Gaza Strip to Egypt, beginning an elaborate prisoner swap deal in which hundreds of Palestinian inmates are to be freed in return for the captured tank crewman.
The officials say an SUV whisked Schalit across the ... Read More
Posted: Oct 16th, 2011 10:37 AM
JERUSALEM - The Israel Prisons Service (IPS) on Sunday morning began transferring Palestinian prisoners set to be released in the Gilad Schalit exchange deal to two prisons for processing.
The 477 prisoners scheduled to be released in the first part of the deal, spread over 11 prisons around the country, will be consolidated ... Read More
Posted: Oct 16th, 2011 4:00 AM
JERUSALEM - As David Meidan, the government’s chief negotiator on the Gilad Schalit case, went to Cairo on Saturday night to finalize the deal to bring the kidnapped soldier home on Tuesday, the army went on high alert, fearing terrorists or right-wing Israeli groups might try to torpedo the swap.
The IDF Southern Command ... Read More
Posted: Oct 15th, 2011 9:15 PM
BNEI BRAK - Rebbetzin Bat-Sheva Kanievsky died in the early afternoon on Shabbat, in her home in Bnei Berak.
She suffered a heart attack.
Magen David Adom emergency crews arrived and attempted to resuscitate her, but to no avail.
Rebbetzin Bat-Sheva Kanievsky was the wife of Rav Haim Kanievsky and the daughter of Rav ... Read More
Posted: Oct 11th, 2011 2:24 PM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is convening a special cabinet meeting Tuesday evening to approve an Egyptian mediated deal for the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit, government sources confirmed.
The meeting is scheduled to begin a 8 pm.
In Gaza, a source involved in Egyptian-mediated talks between Israel and ... Read More
Updated: Oct 9th, 2011 2:51 AM
ISRAEL - In synagogues throughout Israel, the shofar – ram's horn – was sounded to end the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.
Preparations are now afoot for Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, which begins Wednesday evening.
No extraordinary security-related events were reported during the holiday. In the last 24 hours, there ... Read More
Updated: Oct 7th, 2011 4:52 AM
It was cleared for publication on Thursday that the Israel Security Agency (ISA) and the IDF have arrested two Arab terrorists from the Halhoul area, north of Hevron, who admitted to having thrown the rock at the vehicle driven by Asher Palmeron September 23.
The car overturned from the impact of the rock, killing Palmer ... Read More
Posted: Aug 30th, 2011 6:07 PM
The Israeli Navy (INF) has decided to boost its presence and patrols near Israel's maritime border with Egypt due to a viable terror threat in the area.
Israeli security sources told the Associated Press on Tuesday that two additional warships have been dispatched to Israel's Red Sea border with Egypt. Another source ... Read More
Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 12:35 AM
Jewish Agency uses new safeguarding methods after hackers attack its website over the weekend.
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Hackers from several countries around the world tried to attack the website of the Jewish Agency this past weekend.
As of ... Read More
Posted: Aug 1st, 2012 5:46 PM
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Posted: Jun 11th, 2012 6:12 PM
Wife says she was opposed to habit, brought rabbit into house in bid to destroy plants
Police on Wednesday arrested a married couple from the city of Elad after a search of their home revealed more than 200 marijuana plants and hundreds of grams of the drug.
The woman claimed in her defense that she had tried to prevent ... Read More
Updated: Nov 3rd, 2011 7:27 AM
Iran would cause serious damage to the United States and Israel should Jewish state strike the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, Iran's top military official said on Wednesday.
The "Zionist regime's military attack against Iran would lead to heavy damages to the US as well as [to the] Zionist regime," Iran's Chief of ... Read More
Posted: Oct 30th, 2011 6:51 AM
The rocket attacks from Gaza continued overnight Saturday, giving local residents a restless night.
Two rockets were fired towards Be’er Sheva just after 3:00 a.m. (Israel time). The rockets exploded in open areas and there were no reports of physical injuries or damage.
At about 5:00 a.m. Israel time, a Grad missile ... Read More
Posted: Oct 24th, 2011 3:42 PM
JERUSALEM - A statement from the Israeli prime minister's office says Egypt has agreed to release a dual US-Israeli citizen held since June on spy suspicions.
The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office Monday evening said Israel will release 25 Egyptian prisoners in exchange. There was no immediate ... Read More
Posted: Oct 24th, 2011 8:14 AM
JERUSALEM - The Police department & the army in Jerusalem is responding with heavy security measurements to a Serious threat of an arab in town headed for a shul in a frum area.
The security level in response has been put on the highest.
Police setup checkpoints all over Romema, Shmuel Hanavi & Bais Yisroel areas; ... Read More
Posted: Oct 17th, 2011 11:38 PM
JERUSALEM - The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap deal between two bitter enemies swung into motion early Tuesday, as hundreds of Palestinians and one Israeli soldier prepared to return home in one of the most dramatic recent developments in the otherwise deadlocked Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Before dawn Tuesday, the ... Read More
Posted: Oct 16th, 2011 4:19 AM
CAIRO - Egypt will free jailed American-Israeli law student Ilan Grapel shortly after the completion of the Hamas-Israel prisoner swap that will see the release of Gilad Schalit, Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported on Sunday.
According to the report, Israel is expected to release 81 Egyptian prisoners.
Grapel's release ... Read More
Posted: Oct 15th, 2011 9:41 PM
JERUSALEM - The Prison Service on Saturday night published a list (Excel sheet) of the Palestinian prisoners slated for release in the first stage of an exchange deal that will see captive IDF soldier Gilad Schalit returned to Israel. According to Israeli law, the government must provide citizens 48 hours to appeal the release ... Read More
Posted: Oct 11th, 2011 3:58 PM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to bring kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit home within the coming days.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of an urgent cabinet meeting over the prisoner-swap deal that free Schalit - which sources said was approved by Hamas - Netanyahu said he would stand true to his ... Read More
Updated: Oct 9th, 2011 2:49 AM
JAFFA - A Molotov cocktail was hurled at a Jaffa synagogue Saturday evening, as tensions were rising in the central Israel town after two Arab cemeteries were vandalized over the weekend.
The firebomb hit the roof of the synagogue and did not cause significant damage. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Earlier, ... Read More
Updated: Oct 9th, 2011 2:14 AM
Jerusalem - The Magen David Adom (Red Star of David - MDA) emergency service will be at its highest level of preparedness for the Yom Kippur Day of Atonement holy day that begins Friday afternoon.
While most of the treatment administered by MDA relates to the effects of the 25-hour fast on some people, it has delivered ... Read More
Posted: Oct 5th, 2011 12:56 PM
The Nobel prize for chemistry has gone to a single researcher for his discovery of the structure of quasicrystals.
The new structural form was previously thought to be impossible and provoked controversy.
Daniel Shechtman, from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, will receive the entire 10m Swedish krona ... Read More
Posted: Aug 12th, 2011 1:22 AM
Radical extremist Chassidim from the Neturei Karta groop protest and shout all kinds of insults against Hagaon Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman in Williamsburg on Tisha B'av, Tuesday, August 9, 2011. At Walabout St. coner Badford Ave. Where Rav Shteinman's Shiur was broadcasted live from Israel. A yearly event, Cordinated by the ... Read More