Shas Balking on Support for Bennett’s Candidate for Chief Rabbi

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

"Rav Ovadia is willing to lose both chief rabbis" and not collaborate with those who "stuck a knife in our back."

Respected Poll: Large Majority Favor Sovereignty in West Bank

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

The idea of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria once seemed a pipe dream or nightmare, depending on your view. Now, a respected poll delivers a thunderbolt: 80 percent say it will happen.

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Israel Embassy in Nepal Arrests Suspected Iranian Spy

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Iranian spies were caught in Turkey and India lat year. Now it is Nepal’s turn, and this time the Israeli Embassy caught the spy, who used a fake Israeli passport.

Al Qaeda Plot to Derail NY Train Exposed in Canada, 2 Arrested

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

The arrest of two suspected al-Qaeda-linked terrorists who had been preparing to derail a New York to Toronto passenger trains was announced Monday, April 22, 2013.

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Qualcomm Founder Donates $133 million to Cornell-Technion

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Irwin Jacobs, the founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, is making a $133 million gift to Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for a joint institute. Jacobs and his wife Joan Klein Jacobs said on Monday that the gift will create the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute. The funds will [...]

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Robert Sugarman to Chair Conference of Major Jewish Organizations

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Robert G. Sugarman, the immediate past chairman of the Anti-Defamation League, has been nominated by a committee of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to serve as the next chairman, starting June 1. Alan Solow, immediate past chairman of the Presidents Conference and chairman of the Nominating Committee, said the full Conference [...]

Netanyahu Approves Egalitarian Section at Western Wall

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

The women win a battle, but the question is, “Do they want a war they might lose?” Netanyahu approves Sharansky’s plan for women to pray like men in an “egalitarian” section at the Western Wall.

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Airline Strike Ends after Deal with El Al

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

The Histadrut national labor union has called off its planned shutdown of Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday morning, and workers of Israeli airlines have ended their strike following a special agreement between the government and El Al. The agreement was signed Monday evening in Israel, less than two hours before the Labor Court was to meet [...]

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Report: Jordan Opens Skies to Israeli Drones to Attack Syria

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Jordan is jittery as Syrian chaos and bloodshed goes from worst to worst. Abdullah had no choice but to ditch hopes for Assad and let Israel use its air space to attack Syria with drones, if need be.

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African Immigrant Knocks Kippa Off Head of MK Stern

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Police have arrested an African immigrant who charged at Knesset Member Elazar Stern in Tel Aviv Sunday night, hit him, knocked his kippa off his head and then stepped on the kippa several times. MK Stern is a product of a national religious yeshiva, former head of the IDF Manpower Department and now presents Tzipi [...]

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American Friends of IDF Open up New Home for Lone Soldiers

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

A new home for Lone Soldiers in Israel was opened in Ramat Gan with a special ceremony marking the conclusion of the $5 million project launched by Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, headed by Elias and Lila Kalimian and family of Great Neck, N.Y. Thousands of young men and women from around the world [...]

Fist-Fight at Public Security Ministry Hospitalizes Woman

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

A fight that erupted at a meeting in the Public Security Ministry Monday sent one woman to the hospital for injuries suffered by the attacker, who has been ordered to take a two-week “cooling off” vacation. The head of the firearms department barged into a workers’ committee meeting and protested his not being invited. When [...]

Kerry’s Heart Bleeds for Dead IHH Terrorists as for Boston Victims

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Kerry showed Ankara how much the Boston Marathon bombings affected him. Now he understands why Turks are angry at Israel for the Mavi Mamara flotilla clash. Go figure.

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With Haredim Out of Govt. Summer Clock Will Be Stretched

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Traditionally, a religious Interior minister decided in favor of the religious, but now things have changed.

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Israeli Gymnast Alexander Shatilov Wins European Gold

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Israeli gymnast Alexander Shatilov won a gold medal in the men’s floor exercise final at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow. Shatilov shared the first-place podium on Saturday with Max Whitlock of Britain. It was the first gold medal in international competition for Shatilov, 26, who finished sixth in the floor exercise finals at [...]

Subway Chaos over Arrest of Teen Harassing Jewish Rider (Video)

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

When he received no reply, the young man said "You think you're better than me? We are cousins."

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Nearly 100 Massacred near Damascus

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Blood poured like water in Syria on Sunday. Rebels claimed nearly 100 fighters were massacred. Assad’s regime in effect confirmed the report and said it “inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists.”

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Former IDF Combat Doc Cares for Boston bombings Victims and Suspect

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Israeli physicians who have been treating the victims and the suspects of the Boston Marathon bombings are used to the eerie situation.

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Canadian Chief of Staff Visiting Israel

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Chief of the Defense Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces General Thomas J. Lawson arrived in Israel today for his first visit to the country as commander of the Canadian Armed Forces. His arrival coincided with the first official visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Gen. Lawson will be hosted by the IDF [...]

Egypt Says It Busted Israeli Spy Ring

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Egyptian authorities have smashed a suspected Israeli spy ring consisting of Egyptian and Palestinian Authority Arabs operating in the Sinai Peninsula, official state media reported Sunday. The only alleged spy who has been arrested is an Egyptian national who is said to have been the ringleader and who confessed that he handed over secret military [...]

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