US Denies Obama Boycotting Ariel U. Students

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

A U.S. embassy official denied that it did not invite students from Ariel University to President Barack Obama’s speech in Jerusalem next week because the institution is located in Samaria, which the United States considers an illegitimate and illegal settlement. The speech, set to take place at the Jerusalem Convention Center next Thursday, on the [...]

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Italian FM: Israel First on Path to Secure Middle East

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Should Tehran acquire nuclear capabilities, others would follow and the Middle East—at the very doorstep of Europe—would enter this new regional nuclear race.”

Following Lapid-Bennett Deal, Likud Facing Civil War

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The third Netanyahu government's unprecedented composition ushers in a power struggle within the ruling party.

Norway: Aid Money Went to Palestinian Murderers

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The Palestinian Authority misled Oslo when it claimed Norwegian aid money was not used to reward the murderers of Israelis, Norway’s foreign minister said. Espen Barth Eide said Monday in a statement quoted by the daily Dage that “it is unfortunate that the incorrect information obtained from the Palestinian Authority was communicated to the Parliament.” [...]

UN to Adopt Syrian Text Damning Israel for ‘Violating Human Rights’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

There will be five other resolutions targeting Israel, and about the same number combined covering the rest of the world.

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Miss Israel: I’ll Ask my Role Model Obama to Free Pollard (VIDEO)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Miss Israel calls Obama her role model, will ask him to release Pollard. Pollards issue statement asking Israelis to show Obama 'all due respect and honor.'

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Thomas Friedman Labels Obama’s Visit a ‘Tourist Trip’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Thomas Friedman is ho-hum about Obama’s visit to Israel, calls him a “tourist” and calls the Palestinian Authority issue a “hobby” for US diplomats. But does anyone care what Thomas Friedman says?

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Jewish Leaders Praise New Pope

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina attended Rosh HaShanah services five years ago and was outspoken in the attack against the Jewish Community Center by agents of Iran in 1994.

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Evidence of Stone Age Cultic Phallic Symbols Found in Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Signs of the agricultural revolution in the Stone Age were found in northern Israel. Archaeologists discovered remains of an ancient village, along with sexual symbols.

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White Smoke, New Pope

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

The Vatican Cardinals have chosen a new pope. The winner is the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76). Bergoglio has chosen the name Francis.

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Israel Winning War against the Locusts

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Spray planes are working overtime and so far have overcome millions of locusts that have invaded southern Israel, with much smaller numbers reported in northern Israel. Planes sprayed fields in the Negev overnight and early Wednesday morning before the locusts could feast on fields of wheat and vegetables. Tzfat (Safed) residents were surprised to see [...]

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Last Survivor of Plot to Kill Hitler Dies at 90

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, who was a Nazi Germany army lieutenant volunteered to blew himself up along with Hitler, died at his Munich home as the age of 90. The suicide bomb plot never was carried out, but von Kleist later was part of a group that unsuccessfully tried to kill Hitler in July 1944. He [...]

Paris Thugs Threaten Jewish Teen with Merah-Style Murder

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Three men who accosted a French Jewish teenager in a suburban Paris subway said they would do to him “what Mohammed Merah did.” According to a report on the incident by the National Bureau of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, a non-governmental organization known locally by the French acronym BNVCA, the 17-year-old Kippa-clad male was threatened in [...]

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Coalition Finally in Place after Bennett’s Mediation

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

After a month of poker, chess and blind man’s bluff, a coalition is in place. Netanyahu played miserably, Lapid refused to move, and Bennett was the kingmaker, proving that politics is compromise.

Report: Bennett Mediates Compromise for Coalition

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett has mediated a compromise between Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that will enable a new coalition government to be formed, Israeli media reported Wednesday evening. Lapid’s party  apparently hold the position of Minister of Education, in place of Gideon Sa’ar, but Lapid will give up [...]

Russian Jewish Group Offers Free Matzah

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

The Russian Jewish Congress has partnered with one of the country’s leading Internet companies to deliver free matzah to Muscovite Jews. The only cost to recipients will be the price of the delivery. The collaboration with the online marketing giant Vigoda.ru will allow the Jewish organization to send two million emails on Thursday in the [...]

Installation of New Pope May Cut Short Obama’s Visit to Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

President Barack Obama may have to cut short his trip to Israel next week if it coincides with the installation of a new pope, especially if he will be an American. With 75 Catholic Americans and archbishops from Boston and New York who are nominees to replace Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinals failed for the second [...]

Detectives Arrest Man Who Stole 300-Year-Old Torah Parchment

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Israel’s Antiquities Authority detectives have their hands full trying looking for thieves who rob the country of one of its greatest treasure – history. A thief was caught with a 300-year-old parchment of the Torah.

Obama to Dine with Miss Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Life often changes fast. Miss Israel was orphaned in Ethiopia and was brought to Israel. She worked in a dress shop until she was crowned. Next week, she will dine with Obama at Peres’ official home.

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Former ZOA President Jacques Torczyner Dies at the Age of 98

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Jacques Torczyner, a former president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and a leader in the Zionist movement in the United States and around the world, has died in Saratoga, California at the age of 98. Torczyner served as national president for the Zionist Organization of America from 1968 until 1973. He was emeritus [...]

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