Knesset Swears in New Govt with Hugs and a Walkout

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

The 33rd Knesset is off to a flying start. MKs kissed and hugged each other, Haredim walked out, and Arabs called the coalition”racist.” Tomorrow, the Knesset return to more bickering.

Digging for Uranium in the Negev Ends before It Begins

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

Any chance of Israel producing uranium have come to a quick end for the time being with Israel’s Gulliver Energy company’s announcement Monday that it is giving up its search for the key ingredient for a nuclear weapon. The company explained that findings in the area between Arad and Sodom, near the Dead Sea. the field [...]

PA Arabs Spray Paint ‘Obama’ Banner with Swastikas

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

PA Arabs already have put banana peels on a spiked carpet for Obama’s visit to Bethlehem. Vandals sprayed swastikas on an Obama banner. Then a car ran over it and others set the banner on fire.

Feiglin Named Deputy Knesset Speaker

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu surprised many Likud followers Monday by naming his long-time nemesis Moshe Feiglin as of one several Deputy Knesset Speakers. The Knesset elected Knesset Member Yuri Edelstein as Speaker, replacing Reuven Rivlin. Feiglin heads the Jewish Leadership faction that for years has been trying to become the dominant influence in the Likud [...]

Syria Bombs Rebels’ Smuggling Route in Lebanon

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

The Syrian army staged a rare bombing attack on Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Monday in an apparent attempt to strike at a weapons smuggling route used by rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. Four rockets hit the eastern town of Arsal in the second aerial attack inside Lebanon since the uprising against Assad, [...]

Israel’s Gift to Obama: Nano Chip of Declarations of Independence

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will present visiting President Barack Obama a one-of-a kind replica of the Israeli and American Declarations of Independence etched on a tiny gold-coated silicon nano chip designed by Technion University’s Nanotechnology Institute researchers and scientists. The two declarations are inscribed side by side on the chip, as area of 0.04mm by [...]

Greek Soccer Player Gets Life Ban for Nazi Salute

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

A Greek soccer player has been banned for life from playing for the national team after giving the Nazi salute during a game. Giorgos Katidis, 20, who plays for the AEK Athens team, gave the salute after scoring the winning goal in a match on March 15, the same day Greek Jews marked the 70th [...]

Angry Israeli passenger Arrested for False Bomb Threat in Newark

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

Two men, one of them an Israeli who was bumped from his flight even though his luggage was on board, learned quickly at Newark airport that bomb hoaxes are no joke. Both were arrested.

Dept. of Education Outreach Plan May Include Orthodox Groups

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

The U.S. Department of Education outlined new efforts to bring non-profit schools into federally funded programs, an initiative that had been sought by Orthodox Jewish groups, among others. State and local educational agencies “must ensure the equitable participation of eligible private school students and, as applicable, their teachers and parents” in such programs, the department’s [...]

Arabs Shoot 71 Year Old Israeli in Highway Drive By

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

The victim was injured lightly in the leg.

Likud-Beytenu to Split?

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

An Israel Channel 10 report speculated on Sunday that Likud and Yisrael Beytenu are headed their separate ways. Avigdor Liberman will be holding a press conference at 11:00 AM on Monday, where it is believed he may announce the split between the two parties. If the parties do split, then the Likud will remain the [...]

Oren Says ‘Gatekeepers’ Makes His Job Harder

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

Israel’s U.S. ambassador Michael Oren, said the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Gatekeepers” complicates his mission. The movie compiles interviews with six former leaders of the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, and records their perceptions of how successive Israeli governments missed opportunities for peace. “This is a good movie that presents a narrative of 45 years [...]

Israel to Ask Obama to Attack Syria if Hizbullah Gets Missiles

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

Israel already has bombed at least once a Syrian attempt to ship anti-aircraft missiles to Hizbullah. Israel will use Obama’s visit to ask United States to do the work the next time, or at least back an Israeli strike.

Would-Be N.Y. Synagogue Bomber Sentenced to 10 Years

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

An Algerian immigrant who admitted to planning to blow up synagogues in New York City was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ahmed Ferhani, 28, was the first person convicted under a state terror statute that went into effect following the 9/11 attacks. He was sentenced last Friday. Ferhani could have been sentenced to up [...]

Special Needs Israelis Realizing their Dreams as IDF Soldiers

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

”Soldiers with special needs voluntarily commit to serve their country for three years, just like their peers.”

Cleric to Saudi Government: Start Reforms, Or Else…

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

"If revolutions are suppressed they turn into armed action, and if they are ignored they expand and spread."

Former MK Marina Solodkin Passed Away at 60 in Latvia

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

Former Kadima Knesset Member Marina Solodkin passed away on Saturday night at the age of 60. Solodkin was in Riga, the Latvian capital, at a conference against Fascism. She is survived by her husband and two children. According to the Russian news agency, she was found dead in her hotel room, and doctors believe she [...]

Greek Soccer Player Attacked for Nazi Salute (video)

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

The 20-year-old Katidis is pleading ignorance.

Netanyahu Tells Israeli President: ‘I Put Together a Government’

Posted on: March 16th, 2013

"You handed me this assignment and I carried it out."

Jewish Baby Survives Fall in NY Strapped to Suicidal Mom

Posted on: March 16th, 2013

A Jewish infant in New York survived an eight-story fall after his mother, Cynthia Wachenheim, strapped him to her body and apparently jumped to her death. Wachenheim, who was 44, landed on her back on Wednesday in her Harlem neighborhood, allowing 10-month-old Keston to roll away virtually unscathed, according to media reports. She had been [...]