BDS Campaign Against Caterpillar Stymied by the Truth and the Palestinian Authority

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

Caterpillar issued a stinging rebuke of the accusations, and it was revealed that the Palestinian Authority recently bought Caterpillar equipment.

New Bill Envisions Large Scale Settlement Uprooting, Attempts to Protect Victims

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

The new bill not only forces government to live up to 100 percent of its promises to future evacuees, but anticipates a reality in which evacuations are commonplace.

Photography Unit to be Established in the IDF

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

Photographers will join the combat fighters in the Golani Brigade for a full eight month course.  The purpose is to prepare them to document major operational events and improve the IDF’s challenge with public relations.  Captain Micah Ohana explained anyone can have a camera and distort an image that then becomes shown to the public.  [...]

Two Arabs Arrested for Arson in Jerusalem Vicinity

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

The Jerusalem Fire Department reports that two hundred fires have been extinguished since the beginning of the summer. Most of them have been determined to be caused by arson.

Ashlag Rebbe: Secular Youths Should Be Conscripted into Torah Study

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

During his weekly talk, the Ashlag Rebbe, Rabbi Simcha Avraham Halevy, challenged politicians who promote the notion of an equal burden, describing them as imbeciles. He proposed a solution to the inequality: "Let every secular boy be forced to bear the burden of defending the homeland of Israel and fulfill his national duty to study Torah and keep the mitzvot." He also said, "The nation of Israel did not survive our brutal history by the deterrence of the IDF, nor by the might of the State of Israel, but by the merit of the study of Torah."

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Olmert Acquitted on Most Charges, Convicted on Breach of Trust

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was "only" convicted of breach of trust, making him the first Israeli PM ever to be convicted of a criminal offense.

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Florida DNC Member Resigns over Leaked Anti-Israel Emails

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

Evelyn Garcia: "I deeply resent U.S. taxpayer funds being used to continue Israeli aggression, (yes, confiscating other peoples' land and building illegal settlements is aggression), not to mention ‘incursions’ that kill PEOPLE, destroy civilian homes and infrastructure all over, mass concentration prison camps, etc, etc, etc.”

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State Dept. Objects to Levy Committee’s Legalizing Outposts

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

The State Dept. press director Patrick Ventrell said, "We’ve seen the reports ... but we do not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity."

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Beats Blogging

Posted on: July 10th, 2012

His name is Sylvester, he’s 12, lives in Netanya with his sister Lightening and their three humans. His favorite nap corner during the winter months is this Toshiba Laptop, which, if you check it online, has serious issues with dumping its accumulating heat during normal operation. But what’s a problem for most users is a [...]

Study Shows Haredi and Secular Women Face Equal Risk of Eating Disorders

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

A high-number of Haredi women responded to the survey. Haredi women suffering from eating issues also face a particular set of challenges.

Special Committee: Judea and Samaria Communities Legal, Let Construction Resume

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

The “outposts committee” recommended legalizing and expanding the outposts. Leaders in the region are urging immediate implementation.

Seeking Anglos’ Vote, Likud Junket Heads to Hebron

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

The 140 participants on the “Remember Hebron!" tour were English speakers from places like Jerusalem, Ra’anana, Tel Aviv, and Modi’in. For 50 shekels (45 for Jerusalemites) they got to take a luxury bus for a tour of Hebron organized by Likud Anglos and Young Likud, and give "a show of support for the Jewish community of Hebron and Jewish settlement in all the Land of Israel!" There was no mention of the fact that Likud Prime Minister Netanyahu in 1997 delivered most of Hebron into the hands of the PLO.

UN Watch: Iran Elected to UN Arms Trade Treaty Post

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

Iran was elected to a top post on the UN Arms Trade Treaty conference, UN Watch revealed on Sunday. The Geneva-based human rights group is calling on UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who addressed the conference on the same day, to condemn the selection of the Tehran regime.

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Jewish Magazine: Hitler Protected his Jewish WW1 Commander

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

Adolf Hitler ordered that the Jewish commander of his army unit during World War I not be persecuted or deported, a German-Jewish publication reported. Susanne Mauss, editor of the Jewish Voice from Germany, found an August 1940 note of the Gestapo ordering that Ernst Hess, a former judge, not be persecuted or deported following an [...]

Let’s Do Lunch

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

A homeless man feeds a cat on the streets of Nachlaot, Jerusalem. We were looking for a cheerful image this morning, but one that won’t belie the assortment of bad news out there. Something that would look good but won’t give the reader the sense that we’re just escaping reality. So we thought this image [...]

Haredim Offer to Purchase Jerusalem Soccer Team, Impose Weekday Only Schedule

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

Chairman of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer club Itzik Kornfein said in an interview to Israel TV's sports channel that a number of Haredi businessmen have expressed their desire to invest money in his team, on one condition: that Beitar would not play on Shabbat.

Israel to Support New Immigrant College Students

Posted on: July 9th, 2012

Israel’s government has budgeted more than $10 million to provide college scholarships and Hebrew language schools to new immigrants. The Cabinet decision Sunday to continue to support financially the Immigrant Absorption Ministry Student Authority is “ensuring the continuation of its joint projects with the Jewish Agency which, due to budgetary constraints, faced uncertain futures,” according [...]

Judge Lets 2nd Avenue Deli Keep Instant Heart Attack Sandwich

Posted on: July 8th, 2012

Warm up the defibrillator, the Instant Heart Attack Sandwich has life at New York’s 2nd Avenue Deli. A U.S. District Court Judge in Manhattan ruled late last week that the sandwich cannot be confused with the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas and thus the deli can keep the sandwich – two latkes stuffed with [...]

Obama Invites Egypt’s President – Morsi Likely to Seek Freedom for ‘Blind Sheikh’

Posted on: July 8th, 2012

President Barack Obama has invited his newly elected Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi to visit the US for an official visit in September. Deputy Secretary of State William Perez said he delivered this message during his meetings with Morsi on Sunday. One of the issues Morsi is certain to bring up as part of the preparation for his visit, would be his pledge to seek the release of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman from U.S. custody.

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Barney Frank Weds Lover in Massachusetts

Posted on: July 8th, 2012

Jewish Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts Barney Frank, 72, wed his male partner of five years, carpenter James Ready, 42, in a private ceremony on Saturday, marking the first same-sex marriage conducted by a sitting US congressman. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick officiated at the ceremony at the Boston Marriortt Newton in suburban Boston.  The grooms vowed [...]

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