38,000 Palestinians Take Teacher Exams to fill 1,400 Vacant Positions

Posted on: May 12th, 2012 at 9:55PM

The Palestinian news agency Ma’an reports that around 38,000 people in the Palestinian Authority on Saturday took exams to become public school teachers. The exams are highly competitive, and the Palestinian Authority ministry of education will select only 1,400 candidates to fill vacant teaching positions in its schools. The exams started at 10 a.m. in [...]

Peres’ Hernia Surgery Successful

Posted on: May 12th, 2012 at 9:38PM

Israeli President Shimon Peres successfully underwent surgery to treat a hernia. Peres underwent the surgery on Friday at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer. Doctors say that the surgery was successful and that Peres is feeling well. The hernia was discovered in Peres’ abdomen during his recent state visit to Canada.

NY Times: Brooklyn D.A. Inflated Success of Program Against Haredi Sex Abuse

Posted on: May 12th, 2012 at 9:35PM

Brooklyn’s district attorney has inflated the results of a program for combating child sexual abuse in the Haredi Orthodox community, a New York Times investigation concluded. The Kol Tzedek program was launched in 2009 by the district attorney’s office in order to combat sexual abuse in Brooklyn’s large Haredi community and encourage reporting of such [...]

Polanski to Shoot the Dreyfus Affair

Posted on: May 11th, 2012 at 10:00AM

Polish director Roman Polanski’s next film will be a political thriller based on the Dreyfus Affair. The acclaimed director announced Wednesday that the new film, titled "D," will reunite the team that produced his award-winning film "Ghost Writer."

US Pressure on Building Freeze, PA State After Knesset Remix

Posted on: May 11th, 2012 at 9:49AM

Early this week, the Obama administration was ready to give up on its "haggling" with Netanyahu's government, abandoning its effort to renew the freezing of Jewish settlement construction. Then came the Netanyahu-Mofaz deal, guaranteeing the PM the support of 94 MKs. Hours later, a call came from Secretary of State Clinton, urging Netanyahu to use his new clout to advance the two-state solution.

Chabad Emissary Held at Ben-Gurion; Police Crack Down on ‘Right Wing Publication’

Posted on: May 11th, 2012 at 5:00AM

Chabad emissary Rabbi Hanan Herbst returned with his wife and children Thursday morning from half a year of outreach work in India and was arrested at Ben-Gurion airport in Lod. Herbst learned that the investigation concerned the publication of articles supposedly calling for violence, in “HaKol HaYehudi” ("The Jewish Voice") more than a year ago.

Romney Courting Evangelicals at Falwell’s Liberty University

Posted on: May 10th, 2012 at 11:48PM

The Daily Caller reports that Governor Mitt Romney is quickly consolidating the Republican base to support him in November. His speech this weekend at Liberty University illustrates provides an opportunity for Romney to get closer to a segment of the Right which may instinctively be repelled by the candidate’s Mormon affiliation. Liberty University is the [...]

Netanyahu’s Cabinet to Legalize Ulpana Hill Neighborhood

Posted on: May 10th, 2012 at 9:48PM

Israel’s Cabinet will meet in a special session to discuss legalizing the Ulpana Hill Neighborhood in Judea and Samaria, in response to a Supreme Court ruling calling for its demolition. The meeting will be held Friday, a day after National Union faction leader Ya’akov Katz (Ketzaleh) and Zevulun Orlev of the Jewish Home faction each [...]

IDF Intelligence Chief: Instability Changes Our Military Options

Posted on: May 10th, 2012 at 5:37AM

The regional instability has changed Israel's security outlook in a number of ways, said Chief Intelligence Officer Brigadier General Ariel Karo, most notably in recent months in the Sinai Peninsula. Moreover, he said, the nature of the IDF's enemies is not always entirely clear, with the lines between military and terrorist groups blurred.

Video: Five to Eight UFOs in Israel’s Sky Wednesday Night

Posted on: May 10th, 2012 at 4:08AM

Moti Gaber, a resident of Kfar Yonah, a suburb of Netanya, Israel, was coming home with his son Wednesday night around 8:00 from the Lag Ba'Omer festivities, when he saw something quite literally out of this world.