US Jewish Groups Applaud Netanyahu’s Review of Western Wall Restrictions

Posted on: December 30th, 2012

Netanyahu asked Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky to look into the matter.

Embassy Denies Ron Dermer Is New Envoy

Posted on: December 30th, 2012

The Israeli embassy in Washington described as baseless an Israeli newspaper report that Ron Dermer, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu, is set to replace Michael Oren as Israel’s ambassador to the United States. The daily Makor Rishon on Friday reported that Oren has requested to end his tenure in the spring of [...]

State Dept. Statement on Russia’s Yakovlev Act

Posted on: December 30th, 2012

Press Statement Patrick Ventrell, Acting Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson We deeply regret Russia’s passage of a law ending inter-country adoptions between the United States and Russia and restricting Russian civil society organizations that work with American partners. American families have adopted over 60,000 Russian children over the past 20 years, and the vast majority of [...]

9 Palestinians Die of Swine Flu (H1N1)

Posted on: December 29th, 2012

Since the outbreak a few weeks ago within the Palestinian Authority, 190 arabs have been infected with swine flu also known as H1N1, and 9 have died so far.

Antwerp Jewish Girls School Forced to Admit Holocaust Denier’s Boys or Pay Fine

Posted on: December 29th, 2012

A Belgian court ordered a Jewish school for girls to admit two boys or face heavy fines. If the Benoth Jeruzalem school in Antwerp fails to admit the boys, it will have to pay $2,600 for every day that the two boys are not allowed to study there, a Belgian judge ruled on Dec. 21, [...]

Woman Charged in Noah Pozner Fraud Probe

Posted on: December 29th, 2012

Federal prosecutors charged a New York woman with lying to federal agents during an investigation into an alleged scheme soliciting donations in the name of Newtown rampage victim Noah Pozner. In an interview with NBC’s “Today” show, Nouel Alba, 37, of the Bronx, denied posing as an aunt of Noah and sending messages requesting donations. [...]

Report: Ron Dermer to become Israel’s ambassador to the US

Posted on: December 29th, 2012

Ron Dermer, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to replace Michael Oren as Israel’s ambassador to the United States, an Israeli newspaper reported. The daily Makor Rishon on Friday reported that Oren has requested to end his tenure in the spring of 2013, when he will have completed a four-year tenure. [...]

Activists Left Oz Etzion after the Shabbat Clashes

Posted on: December 29th, 2012

Yesterday the activists clashed with security forces and prevented the evacuation of the Oz Zion residents.

Israeli Women’s Wages Reach Near-Equality

Posted on: December 28th, 2012

According to IndexMundi.com, “home of the Internet’s most complete country profiles,” which contains detailed country statistics, charts, and maps compiled from multiple sources, the share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector has reached 49.5 of the overall sector. This compares to 48.3 in the United States, and only 46.9 in the United [...]

Likud Continues to Sink, Left Rising, Jewish Home Third Largest

Posted on: December 28th, 2012

Expect an interesting conundrum on the opposition side.

Change of Location for Sovereignty Conference

Posted on: December 28th, 2012

Due to the overwhelming huge response and registration for the January 1 conference, it has been moved to a much larger venue.

US Army General Norman Schwarzkopf Dies at 78

Posted on: December 28th, 2012

The highly decorated Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf died in his home in Tampa, Florida. The cause of death was not immediately known. Known to his soldiers as “Stormin’ Norman,” General Schwarzkopf led some 540,000 U.S. and 200,000 allied troops in the first Gulf war that forced Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s army out of Kuwait in 1991. [...]

Brooklyn Hasid Indicted for Throwing Bleach in Rabbi’s Face

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

A Brooklyn fishmonger was indicted for throwing a cup of bleach in the face of a Chasidic rabbi who advocates for victims of sexual abuse in the haredi Orthodox community.

Brian Schatz, Hawaii’s Jewish Lt. Gov., Named to U.S. Senate

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

Hawaii's governor named his Jewish lieutenant governor, Brian Schatz, to replace the late Daniel Inouye in the U.S. Senate.

Russian Bushehr Plant Workers ‘Corrupting’ Local Iranians

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

A representative of the southern Iranian seaport of Bushehr is complaining that Russian women working at the nuclear development plan there are corrupting local Iranians with their immodest dress.

In Groundbreaking Decision, Rabbinic Court Equates Lesbian and Heterosexual Relations

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

After 10 years of marriage, with 2 children, the wife began an affair with her female boss.

Syrian Crowned Miss Arab World

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

Syria’s Nadine Fahad has been named Miss Arab World 2012, according to a report in al-Arabiya. The beauty pageant was held in Cairo on Sunday.

Liberman Indictment Updated: He Did Instruct Ayalon to Appoint the Ambassador

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

The revised testimony by Former FM Avigdor Liberman’s deposed deputy Danny Ayalon appears to get Liberman into hotter water, as the AG on Thursday has presented a revised indictment against him, which includes details regarding a greater involvement on the ex-minister’s part in the appointment of an ambassador to Belarus. The indictment accuses Liberman of [...]

Arab MK Zoabi Explodes After High Court Hearing on Her Disqualification

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

Shouts and slurs erupted between Zoabi and MK Michael Ben-Ari of the new Otzma LeYisrael party and other nationalists who called her a terrorist and a traitor.

The Palestinian Holy Trinity: Jesus, Arafat and Abbas

Posted on: December 27th, 2012

PA leader Rajoub: "The greatest Palestinian in history since Jesus is Yasser Arafat."