Coming Next Week: The Obama Traffic Jam

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

“Operation Unbreakable Alliance” also will be ”Operation Unbreakable Traffic Jam” next week. Motorists as well as tourists coming into the country for the Passover holiday are advised that parts of Jerusalem will be off limits during President Barack Obama’s visit next week. The road passing by the KingDavidHotel, which will be completely occupied by Obama [...]

Chief Rabbis Praise Vatican for ‘Banning Terror in God’s Name’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The Chief Rabbinate of Israel on Thursday reacted to the election of Pope Francis I by highlighting his predecessors’ “rich and fruitful dialogue …with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel on primary issues such as banning terrorism in God’s Name, the sanctity of life and the sanctity of the family unit.” The office of the Chief [...]

Collision after Arab Rock Throwing, Infants Injured (Updated)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Palestinian rock throwers caused a serious accident on the highway.

Iron Dome to Defend Obama

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Reports that Israel will bring the Iron Dome system to Ben Gurion Airport for President Barack Obama to view because he won’t have time to visit its deployment elsewhere are half accurate. Another reason is that the Iron Dome is needed to protect the president in the event of an enemy missile when President Obama [...]

Palestinian Authority Says Obama May Avoid Ramallah

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

President Barack Obama may scratch Ramallah from his itinerary and meet Palestinian Authority only in Bethlehem when he visits the Church of Nativity, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. The news agency, which has close ties with the Palestinian Authority, quoted “anonymous” PA sources. A sign of how President Obama would be received by the [...]

PA Arabs Go to Court to Divide Efrat

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

When almost no Arabs stake claims to areas that were “state land” under Turkey and Jordan and now Israel, the PA tries to find another way to divide Efrat. It goes to court and claims discrimination.

Sara’s Latest: Lapid, Bennett’s Posts Torpedoed

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

No one knows yet if this is a deal breaker.

NJ Jewish High School Team Runs Jerusalem Half-Marathon

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Eleven students from the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston, NJ, with their teacher, Rabbi Motti Miller, were the only American high school contingent to run the Jerusalem half marathon (13.1 miles). Rabbi Miller began running last summer, and decided to invite students to join him as a team and to commit to participating [...]

Labor Suspends Lord Ahmed for Jewish Conspiracy Comments

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Nazir Ahmed, a Labor member of the House of Lords, has been suspended over allegations he blamed his prison sentence for dangerous driving on a “Jewish conspiracy.” Ahmed, 55, went to prison in 2009 for driving while texting just before getting his car into a fatal crash. The Times of London says that, in an [...]

US Denies Obama Boycotting Ariel U. Students

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

A U.S. embassy official denied that it did not invite students from Ariel University to President Barack Obama’s speech in Jerusalem next week because the institution is located in Samaria, which the United States considers an illegitimate and illegal settlement. The speech, set to take place at the Jerusalem Convention Center next Thursday, on the [...]

Italian FM: Israel First on Path to Secure Middle East

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Should Tehran acquire nuclear capabilities, others would follow and the Middle East—at the very doorstep of Europe—would enter this new regional nuclear race.”

Following Lapid-Bennett Deal, Likud Facing Civil War

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The third Netanyahu government's unprecedented composition ushers in a power struggle within the ruling party.

Norway: Aid Money Went to Palestinian Murderers

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The Palestinian Authority misled Oslo when it claimed Norwegian aid money was not used to reward the murderers of Israelis, Norway’s foreign minister said. Espen Barth Eide said Monday in a statement quoted by the daily Dage that “it is unfortunate that the incorrect information obtained from the Palestinian Authority was communicated to the Parliament.” [...]

UN to Adopt Syrian Text Damning Israel for ‘Violating Human Rights’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

There will be five other resolutions targeting Israel, and about the same number combined covering the rest of the world.

All in a Day’s Work

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

We caught this picture on the Life in Israel blog. According to them, two days before Rabbi Menachem Fromman’s death, MK Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid) went to visit him in Tekoa. Rabbi Fromman was unconscious, so she said her good-byes, then rolled up her sleeves and went to work in the kitchen. She spent the [...]

Miss Israel: I’ll Ask my Role Model Obama to Free Pollard (VIDEO)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Miss Israel calls Obama her role model, will ask him to release Pollard. Pollards issue statement asking Israelis to show Obama 'all due respect and honor.'

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Thomas Friedman Labels Obama’s Visit a ‘Tourist Trip’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Thomas Friedman is ho-hum about Obama’s visit to Israel, calls him a “tourist” and calls the Palestinian Authority issue a “hobby” for US diplomats. But does anyone care what Thomas Friedman says?

Jewish Leaders Praise New Pope

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina attended Rosh HaShanah services five years ago and was outspoken in the attack against the Jewish Community Center by agents of Iran in 1994.

Evidence of Stone Age Cultic Phallic Symbols Found in Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Signs of the agricultural revolution in the Stone Age were found in northern Israel. Archaeologists discovered remains of an ancient village, along with sexual symbols.

White Smoke, New Pope

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

The Vatican Cardinals have chosen a new pope. The winner is the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76). Bergoglio has chosen the name Francis.