Bibi On Brink Of Forming Coalition But Issues, Acrimony Linger

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

JERUSALEM – Less than a week before President Obama’s arrival in Israel for a much-anticipated visit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was working round the clock to present a new coalition government to President Shimon Peres and the Knesset.

Obama to Dine with Miss Israel

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Life often changes fast. Miss Israel was orphaned in Ethiopia and was brought to Israel. She worked in a dress shop until she was crowned. Next week, she will dine with Obama at Peres’ official home.

Former ZOA President Jacques Torczyner Dies at the Age of 98

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Jacques Torczyner, a former president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and a leader in the Zionist movement in the United States and around the world, has died in Saratoga, California at the age of 98. Torczyner served as national president for the Zionist Organization of America from 1968 until 1973. He was emeritus [...]

Assad’s Rockets Kill EU Diplomat on Humanitarian Mission

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

A European Union policy officer whose group was giving humanitarian aid to victims of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s suppression of rebels was killed by an army missile near Damascus on Tuesday. EU policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement, “I have learned today with great sadness of the tragic death on 12 March of [...]

Israeli Arabs Launch ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Event organizers are young Arab activists who are members of the local branch of the BDS movement.

Gilad Shalit Signs Pollard Petition

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit joined the call on President Obama to release spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard. On Monday, Shalit signed an online petition asking Obama to commute Pollard’s life sentence to time served. “I have signed a petition, and call on you to do the same. Freedom is a great gift and privilege,” Shalit posted [...]

Obama Boycotting the Knesset and Ariel University

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

This is what presidential contempt feels like. Let's all get used to it.

Israeli Father Beats an African Rapist Unconscious

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

The neighborhoods of south Tel Aviv have been infested with illegal migrants from East Africa.

Going Presidential

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Here’s a Jerusalem municipality worker hanging an American flag near the Israeli President’s residence, in preparation for the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama, starting on March 20. It’s been rumored that, should Obama not bring a freed Jonathan Pollard with him on Airforce One, Jerusalemites will leave town on the 19th, leaving the visitors [...]

US Arabs: Obama Blames Israel, Congress for Slacking Peace Progress

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Arab Americans who met with Obama said he blamed the Israeli government for refusing to make concessions, blamed the U.S. congress for providing cover to the Israeli government, and he planned to bring an additional $500 million in aid for the PA.

Lapid Holds Up Coalition, But Rumors Fly that an Alternative Coalition Might Be Forming

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

With just days left until the coalition deadline, any of these rumors and leaks could be true.

Rare Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Donkey in Israel

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

At about the same time the Jewish people were slaves in Egypt, a young donkey was sacrificed in what is now Israel and was placed under a house. In a rare discovery, Archaeologists found the skeleton.

Koch Leaves Most of His Estate to His Nephews

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Approximately $3 million of the estimated $11 million estate of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch was signed over to his three nephews, and $100,000 each was willed to his long-time secretary to the LaGuardia and Wagner Educational Fund for the purpose of creating a program to promote public and government service. His sister [...]

The Jewish World Series: Home Run for Unison

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

The need for such a Shabbat-considerate tournament came up last winter, when the basketball team of Houston’s Beren Academy had reached the semifinals, only to become the center of a national controversy.

Peres Tells EU Parliament, ‘Europe Has Divorced Its Past’

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

President Shimon Peres told the European Union Parliament Tuesday, “In the past thousand years, more Jews lived in Europe than in any other continent.  Alas, more Jews were murdered in Europe in the last hundred years than in the preceding two thousand years.” The first Israeli president to address the current arrangement of the EU [...]

IDF Releases Names of Helicopter Crash Victims

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

The two reservist pilots who died in the crash of their Cobra helicopter overnight are Maj. Erez Flexer, 31 of Haifa and  Lt. Col. Noam Ron, 49, of Oranit, located on the western edge of Samaria. The Air Force is investigating the cause of the crash, which for the time being is assumed to have [...]

Quinoa for Passover: Kashrut Debate or Power Struggle?

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Star K says quinoa is kosher for Passover. The OU says it is not, and once again the principle of keeping a mitzvah is getting lost in the argument over who is in charge.

Female MKs Prayed with Women of the Wall, No Arrests this Time

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Some 30 percent of the women were Israeli Modern Orthodox.

Israel Creating Virtual Embassies in Middle East

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Israel is utilizing new media technology to developing innovative ways to extend hands of friendship to countries in a volatile Middle East. “We are exploring government, people and societies … trying to skip over the borders and using the new media to create virtual embassies,” which speak directly to those in the Arab world, said [...]

Judge Throws Out Jewish Lawyer’s Bid to Ban Jews from Jury

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Frederick H. Cohn, Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, terror, Muslim,Jew