Egypt Says It Busted Israeli Spy Ring

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Egyptian authorities have smashed a suspected Israeli spy ring consisting of Egyptian and Palestinian Authority Arabs operating in the Sinai Peninsula, official state media reported Sunday. The only alleged spy who has been arrested is an Egyptian national who is said to have been the ringleader and who confessed that he handed over secret military [...]

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Sunday Times: Israel Wants Use of Turkish Base to Bomb Iran

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Turkey and Israel once were good friends until Erdogan went berserk when Israel defended itself against Gaza missiles and then Turkish terrorists. But the Iranian threat has a way of uniting old friends.

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Union to Ground All Ben Gurion Flights for Five Hours Tuesday

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

The Histadrut national labor union will shut down Ben Gurion Airport for five hours Tuesday morning in a solidarity move with employees of El Al, Arkia and Israir. They shut down the three airlines starting Sunday morning because of their opposition to the “open-skies” agreement, which will not go into effect until next April. Tuesday’s [...]

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Cabinet Approves ‘Open Skies’ Agreement and Skies Stayed Closed

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

El Al has cancelled all flights that were scheduled to take off before 9 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT) as its workers continue to strike even after the Cabinet approved the European-Mediterranean Sea “Open Skies” aviation agreement. Click here to understand the agreement and why the unions are striking. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “The goal [...]

Samsung Korea VP Visits Yeshiva to Help Koreans Learn Talmud

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

South Koreans love the Talmud, a mandatory school course. A Korean language version is popular, and a Samsung official visited an Israeli yeshiva to grasp “the growing grounds” of the Jewish genius.

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IKEA Pulls Ad from Swedish Anti-Semitic blog

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

IKEA is investigating how its online advertisement banner came to be placed on a Swedish anti-Semitic blog, a spokesperson for the furniture giant said. IKEA has two stores in Israel. Aftonbladet found ads for several companies, including IKEA and Western Union, on a Swedish blog called the “Gothic team,” which features anti-Semitic and other racist [...]

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Hagel Thumps ‘I Love Israel’ Litany, Visits Yad VaShem

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Who cares whether Hagel loves or hates Israel? The US needs the Jews. He brought money and parroted the official line: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself.” Thank you. He even visited Yad VaShem.

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Kerry: US Doubling Non-Lethal Aid to Syrian Rebels

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

The Jewish Press received the following press release from the Dept. of State: Following his meetings with Syrian Coalition President al-Khatib, members of the Coalition’s leadership, and international partners supporting the Syrian opposition, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States’ intention to double non-lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, as well as provide [...]

Hagel Coming to Israel Bearing Lots of (Sort of) Gifts

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

When Chuck Hagel leaves the region, he will have explained how Israel can afford to spend even more billions of dollars.

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Kibbutz Women

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Here are a bunch of kibbutz women filling up saltshakers, sometime between 1920 and 1940. The original caption for this image read: “Kibbutz women canning sardines.” But I don’ think these are sardines they’re pouring into those saltshakers, or the whole kibbutz would be up in arms. I spent a few minutes looking online for [...]

Midnight Rockets

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Things that go boom in the night.

Israeli Airlines Grounded on Day 1 of Anti ‘Open Skies’ Policy

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

An internal report predicts the collapse of El-Al.

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Marathon Suspect #1 Caught

Posted on: April 20th, 2013

An alert Watertown resident found the wanted man.

Boston Bombing Suspect Arrested

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

UPDATE, 8:25 PM  Sat. night Israel Time: Federal terrorism charges against Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev could be filed soon, even as he remains hospitalized, a Justice Department official told CNN on Saturday. The 19-year-old could also face murder charges at the state level. UPDATE 7:12 pm ET Reports that suspect was hiding in boat, [...]

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King David Era Find ‘Buried’ by Authorities for Political Reasons

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

Soon the area will be handed over to the PA.

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Samaritan High Priest Dies (87)

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

Samaritan High Priest Aharon Ben Av-Hisda died in his home in Mount Grizim on Friday.

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Boston Marathon Suspect Killed

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

Second suspect sought after Watertown explosions, gunfire.

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New Chief Rabbi Appointment Pitting Bennett Against Lapid

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

Yesh Atid opposes both the Jewish Home candidate and the tricky legislation his appointment would require.

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UN Rebukes Assad, Rebels, Equally for Millions Suffering in Syria

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

6.8 million needy, 4.25 million internally displaced, 1.3 million refugees—out of a rapidly shrinking population of 20.8 million.

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One Boston Marathon Suspects Killed, Another Apprehended

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

New shootings and explosions in Boston. Suspects in Custody. Marathon Suspect #1 is dead.

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