Bomb Found in Tel Aviv Bus Station (UPDATED)

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

UPDATED: On Monday afternoon, two Palestinians tried to enter the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station without any ID, and carrying a large knapsack. The two had tried to enter via gate #45. The guards got suspicious and questioned them further.  When the Arabs, who said they were construction workers, could not say where they were [...]

Netanyahu: Sanctions Alone Won’t Stop Iran

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

Only if sanctions are backed by "credible military threat" will there be a chance that Iran will peacefully halt its nuclear program, Netanyahu said.

DNA Evidence Helped Lead Investigators to Hezbollah

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

DNA evidence left on SIM cards helped leader Bulgarian investigators to conclude that Hezbollah was indeed behind the bus bomb attack in Burgas in which five Israelis and one Bulgarian were killed, Ha’aretz reported. Bulgarian Foreign Minister will present the evidence of Hezbollah’s guilt in a briefing to other E.U. Foreign Ministers today. The U.S., Israel [...]

Israel’s Economic Growth Slowing

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

Israel’s economy grew by 2.5 percent in the last quarter of 2012, as compared with 2.9 percent in the third quarter of the year and 2.8 percent in the second quarter, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The numbers are also lower as compared with 2011, which saw growth rates of [...]

Arab Protesters Close Efrat Highway (Video)

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

At around 10:45 AM, dozens of Arab protesters have managed to close Highway 60, the main highway next to the town of Efrat. IDF and police managed to eventually open the road and disperse the protesters. Residents in the Shomron decided to return the favor, and blocked Arab traffic for an hour in protest, following [...]

Netanyahu Not Discounting New Elections, Likud Says

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not discounted the possibility of calling new elections, Likud sources say, according to the Israeli publication, Ma'ariv.

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Latest Coalition Building Rumors and Threats from Israel

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

Nasty threats, mistreatment, rumors, and a general lack of trust define this government's coalition building attempts.

Rav Ronsky: Your Arms and Legs Will Be Broken

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

Following a threat by a young activist to disrupt the Fogel family memorial due to the inclusion of General Nitzan Alon in the ceremony, Rabbi Ronsky threatened to have his arms and legs broken if he showed up.

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Frum Law Prof’s Charming Legal Case for Israel

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

Kontorovich says, "international opinion is squarely against Israel, and if international law were a popularity contest, Israel would be voted off the island. But the whole point of international law is to buffer international politics, rather than serve them."

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Apple Ad Uses Israeli-Developed Cooking app

Posted on: February 18th, 2013

A picture of an app developed by an Israeli start-up is being used in a new Apple iPad Mini ad campaign, Israel’s Globes business newspaper reported Sunday. The app was developed by the start-up Kinetic Art, founded by former Israeli journalist Oran Huberman. Kinetic Art’s Look & Cook platform is for writing and editing cookbooks [...]

Israeli and Palestinian Authority Trying to Butter Up Obama

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

The Palestinian Authority is vying with Israel in an effort to win over President Barack Obama before his visit to the region next month. Senior PA negotiator Saeb Erekat and an associate are flying to Washington this week to make their case that Israel must stop building for Jews in Judea and Samaria and half [...]

Bulgaria Expels Visiting Hamas Politicians

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

Bulgaria reportedly expelled a visiting group of three Hamas legislators from Gaza on Friday, after removing them from their hotel room. The lawmakers blamed their expulsion on Israel. “We entered the country with an official visa, so we should have left willingly, rather than being expelled. The delegates represent the Palestinian people, not Hamas, though [...]

Choose a Logo for ‘Operation Unbreakable Alliance’

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

Israel is making sure the favorite Americana politicians’ phrase of an “unbreakable alliance” with Israel will not be lost on visiting President Barack Obama next month.

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Aussie Jews Furious over Rabbi’s Selective Sex Abuse Apology

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

Australian Holocaust survivors are furious with US-based Rabbi Manis Freidman for apologizing for comparing sexual abuse with diarrhea but not for expressing regret for remarks he made around 30 years ago that the Nazis should not be blamed for the Holocaust because it was part of a Divine plan. Rabbi Friedman recently posted a YouTube, [...]

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Big Scoop: Netanyahu Freeze Ice Cream Budget

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has put a stop to his $2,700-a-year ice cream after Israel’s Calcalist business newspaper reported the expenditure. The office of the Prime Minister said the ice cream bill was part of the cost of hosting foreign officials at his official home in Jerusalem, and Netanyahu admitted that the bill was “excessive [...]

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Believe It or Not: Hagel Disavows ‘Jewish State Dept.’ Remark

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

The saga of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense added a new chapter Sunday with South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham telling Fox News that Hagel did not “recall” making a comment that the State Department “has become adjunct to the Israeli Foreign Minister’s office.” Based on a post on a blog, Republicans have charged [...]

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‘Hitler’ and ‘Frankenstein’ Fight it Out in Indian Election

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

“Hitler” and Frankenstein” are two of 345 candidates running for state assembly seats in the predominantly Christian state of Meghalaya in India, but “Bomber” and Hilarious” may give them a good run for the money. Located in India’s northeast, the tribal state has “laugh clubs,” and people like to have fun giving their children strange [...]

Dershowitz Says Contender for Papacy an Anti-Semite

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

In a letter to the editor of the Miami Herald, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said that one of the leading candidates to replace Pope Benedict XVI is an anti-Semite. Responding to a list published last week after the resignation of Benedict, which identified Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras as a possible successor [...]

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Sen. Rubio ‘Shadowing Obama,’ Flies to Israel

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, increasingly sounding like a candidate for the 2016 presidential campaign, flew on Saturday to Jordan and Israel for a previously unannounced six-day trip as a member of the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committee. Rubio took the limelight as a possible GOP candidate in 2016 last week by being chosen [...]

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Meteor Smashed Russian Synagogue’s Stained Windows

Posted on: February 17th, 2013

The Russian meteor shower that caused widespread damage Friday smashed the stained glass windows of a synagogue in Siberia Friday morning. Yechiel Michel Levitin, director of the Or Avner Jewish day school in Chelyabinsk, located 1,000 miles east of Moscow, said a miracle saved one congregant from injury when he left his seat to find [...]

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