Evangelical Ministers Converge On Jerusalem In Support Of Israel

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

From a raucous display of affection for the Israeli prime minister to an inspiring encounter with beleaguered Israeli citizens who live near the Gaza Strip, influential evangelical leaders visiting from the U.S. this week gave the people of Israel a much needed injection of moral support.

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Germany Sells Israeli Navy its Sixth Submarine, 1 Year After Netanyahu Released PA Funds

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Israel and Germany signed a contract purchasing the Israeli Navy's sixth submarine Wednesday. It is an SSK Dolphin Class submarine. Last year the newspaper The Welt am Sonntag reported that German chancellor Angela Merkel conditioned the sale of the Dolphin on Israeli concessions to the Palestinians, which Netanyahu obliged.

Toulouse Slayings Leave French Jews Shaken

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

PARIS – When Arie Bensemhoun, a Jewish community leader in Toulouse, woke up Tuesday morning, he thought for a moment the horrific shooting of three children and a rabbi at a local Jewish school might have been a bad dream.

Victims of Toulouse School Shooting Buried in Jerusalem

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of four Jews murdered in the shooting attack at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin were among those that arrived at Givat Shaul's Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning to lay the victims to rest.

French Police Deny Reports They Have Arrested Mohammad Merah, Ozar HaTorah Killer

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

French Police and the French Interior Minister have denied that the the 15-hour standoff is over. Instead, they say, hundreds of police have surrounded the building as they prepare to storm the complex in which he lives.

French Police to Storm Toulouse Killer’s Premises

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

According to France 24 News, the French Police have announced that they will storm the apartment of Mohammad Mera – the perpetrator of the Toulouse school shooting that left 4 Jews dead – by 2:30 PM, French time (3:30 PM Israel time) if he does not surrender.

Photos: Toulouse Shooting Victims Funeral in Jerusalem

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Images from the Burial of Rabbi Yonatan Sandler, his sons Aryeh and Gavriel, and Miriam Monsonego

Live Coverage: Rabbi Scheinberg Funeral in Jerusalem

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Live coverage of the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, zt"l

Watch Live Feed from Israel Channel 2 TV, Siege and Funeral

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Toulouse Suspect Still Hiding, Heavily Armed

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Mohammed Mera, the 24-year-old Frenchman who claimed ties to Al-Qaida and suspected of shooting the 5 victims of the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, remains surrounded by police in his Toulouse apartment.  According to a report by Euronews, Mera is heavily armed with an Uzi machine gun, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, and other weapons. Earlier in [...]

Algerian Mohammed Mera of Al-Qaeda Surrounded by Police in Toulouse Hideout

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

VIDEO OUTSIDE STANDOFF. The suspect's brother was arrested in an early dawn raid by the Toulouse police. The suspect's mother, an Algerian, is refusing to participate in attempts to coax him out. Police fear for the lives of civilians in the building. The morning standoff is in its 8th hour.

Toulouse Victims Arrive in Israel for Burial

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

The bodies of the four victims of Monday’s shooting attack at the Otzar Hatorah school in Toulouse arrived at Ben Gurion Airport accompanied by ZAKA volunteers. The bodies were flown out on the midnight El Al flight from Paris to Tel Aviv.

Chicago Billionaire Fundraiser Drops Obama for Romney Over 67 Border

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Susan Crown, a philanthropist and member of the billionaire Crown family, says she has switched sides this election year, after supporting candidate Barack Obama in 2008. She will be bundling donations for candidate Mitt Romney this year.

Video: London Mayor Wannabe Will Make London ‘Beacon’ of Islam

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Speaking at last Friday's prayer at the North London Central Mosque, also known as Finsbury Park Mosque—and formerly controlled by convicted terrorist recruiter Abu Hamza al-Masri—Ken Livingstone, the Labor party's candidate for mayor of London, pledged to "educate the mass of Londoners" about Islam.

Bomb Explodes Outside Indonesian Embassy in Paris

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

AFP reports that French police say that a bomb exploded outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris Wednesday morning.

Netanyahu’s Son Court-Martialed for Going AWOL

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Sergeant Yair Netanyahu will pay a heavy price for his longing for home cooking. The Prime Minister's son got 21 days detention after abandoning the Friday night shift in his unit and going to dine with his family.

Toulouse Police Preparing to Raid Al-Qaeda Man Who Murdered Jewish Children

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

France's interior minister Claude Gueant told reporters at the scene that the suspect has links to Jihadist and Salafist groups. Two French police officers have been hurt during a shoot-out with the suspect. The elite officers were injured during a Wednesday pre-dawn raid in Toulouse.

Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, 101, Yeshiva Dean and Halachic Posek

Posted on: March 21st, 2012

Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Dean of Yeshiva Torah Ore in Kiryat Mattersdorf, Jerusalem, and Yeshivas Derech Chaim in Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday at age 101. Rabbi Scheinberg was born in Poland, in 1910, and raised in the US. He moved to Israel in 1965. He was a renowned halachic posek, and was considered by many [...]

French, Israeli, ZAKA Volunteers Secured Full Jewish Burial in Israel for Toulouse Victims

Posted on: March 20th, 2012

The bodies of the four victims of yesterday’s shooting attack at the Otzar Hatorah school in Toulouse will be flown back to Israel for burial later Tuesday night, arriving in Israel at 4 a.m. local time. The funeral is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. in Jerusalem. “The Jewish community in France is still in shock and cannot fully comprehend the scope of the disaster.”

EU Foreign Affairs Chief: Remarks Equating Toulouse Tragedy with Gaza ‘Grossly Distorted’

Posted on: March 20th, 2012

Catherine Ashton was castigated for her remarks by officials from across Israel's political spectrum. PM Binyamin Netanyahu lambasted her, saying that it was absurd to compare the "intentional massacre of children and an execution-style killing of an 8-year-old with the IDF's defensive and surgical actions meant to harm terrorists who use children as human shields."