Britain Convicts Al Qaeda Terrorist for Massive Suicide Bomb Plot

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

A British court found three Al Qaeda terrorists guilty on Thursday for planning what would have c been the worst-ever terror attack in Britain, featuring eight suicide bombers. A trial that last for four and a half months concluded with a guilty verdict for the Birmingham-based group, whose ringleaders were Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, [...]

Attack on British Soccer Fans in France Appears to be Anti-Semitic

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Fans of the British soccer team the Tottenham Spurs were targeted by an apparent anti-Semitic attack at a pub in Lyon, France. The Spurs traditionally have had a large Jewish support base in London, which is sometimes referred to as the “Yid Army.” Some 50 attackers entered the Smoking Dog on Wednesday night making a [...]

Coalition Carnival of Spins Turning into Purim Fest

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Talks on a new government coalition have turned into spin after spin and bluff after bluff, with “everyone on first” and no one at home. Everyone is wearing masks to the point that some people, like Livni, already have lost their identities. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s deal with Tzipi Livni to appoint her in charge of [...]

Peres asks EU What Does It Take to Brand Hizbullah ‘Terrorists’

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

President Shimon Peres called on the European Union Thursday to face the facts and follow the American lead in blacklisting Hizbullah as a terrorist organization. Speaking at a ceremony on the 93rd anniversary of the death of Zionist pioneer Joseph Trumpeldor, the president cited Hizbullah’s proven involvement in terrorist attacks in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Nigeria. [...]

US Pressing Abbas to Steer Clear of Hamas

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Palestinian Authority PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas reportedly is angry at Hamas for reportedly conducting indirect talks with Israel, but his ire may be an excuse to appease the Obama administration and stay clear of the terrorist organization. However, Abbas also wants something in return from the United States, mainly forcing Israel to accept PA demands [...]

Jews in Washington Launch Fund to Help Gross and other Jailed Jews

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington established a legal defense fund for Jews being held wrongfully because of their Jewishness and will assist Alan Gross, who is in prison in Cuba. Financial contributions will be used to help cover the legal defense of Jews in the United States and throughout the world who [...]

Dozens Killed, Hundreds Injured, in Rebel Bomb Blast in Damascus

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

The Mysteriously Missing Religious Alliance

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Who's to blame for there being no religious bloc in the negotiations with the Likud?

Everyone’s Angry at Hamas

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Hamas is getting it from all sides, even as, or perhaps because, they are reportedly secretly negotiating with Israel on the current cease-fire.

Google Makes a Fast (of Esther) Error

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Google had a good idea on how to present the data.The only problem is, the data is wrong.

It’s No Fish Tale

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

The Kineret is filling up beautifully from all the rain Israel has had over the winter. Apparently the fishing is good too. Can you identify what kind of fish, this fisherman has caught?

Schumer Cites Hagel’s Tears, but Smears Jewish Conservatives

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Schumer provided inaccurate information about other matters Wednesday morning. He said that "there is not a major Jewish organization against Hagel." That's not true.

Hizbullah Fingered in Cyprus Terror Plot against Israelis

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

The noose tightened on Hizbullah Wednesday after a Swedish-Lebanese citizen on trial in Cyprus admitted that the terrorist organization recruited him to stake out areas where Israelis gather. Hossam Taleb Yaacoub traveled to Cyprus on business and with no ulterior motives, according to his lawyer, before Hizbullah hooked him into cooperating with it. Cyprus police [...]

Syrian Rebels Threatened to Take On Hizbullah in Lebanon

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

The Syrian Free Army warned Hizbullah Wednesday it will open a new front in Lebanon in the ongoing war against the Syrian-Hizbullah alliance if the terrorist organization continues to fight for Syrian President Bashar Assad. “”We are announcing and warning that if Hizbullah will not stop shelling the Syrian lands, villages and civilians from inside [...]

Syrian and Lebanese News Agencies Claim Israeli Drone Downed

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

Two news agencies in Lebanon and Syria claimed Wednesday evening that an Israeli drone was downed, possibly by a SAM anti-missile that was fired from Syria. The official Lebanese National News Agency reported, “The tail of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired from Syria fell in the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Deir al-Ashayer,” near [...]

Rubio Tells Peres, ‘Of Course’ Jerusalem is Israel’s Capital

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

US State Department spokesmen on several occasions have refused to give a straight answer to reporters’ questions concerning the location of Israel’s capital.

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Dressing Up

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

Hareidi boys dress up in a costumes as part of the Purim Holiday tradition, at the “Talmud Torah Ohalei Menachem” school in the town of Beitar Illit in Gusg Etzion.

Israel Awards First-Ever Oil Drilling Permit in Golan Heights

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

Israel has awarded the first-ever oil drilling permit in the Golan Heights. On the eve of almost every high-level visit to Israel by US officials, the Israeli government habitually has angered the American government by coming up with an approval for building in Judea and Samaria or areas in Jerusalem that are claimed by the [...]

Police Let Sarah Silverman’s Niece Visit Western Wall on Purim

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

Police have agreed to allow the niece of American comedian Sarah Silverman will be allowed to attend a women’s Megillah reading at the Western Wall despite being banned from the site. Hallel Abramowitz Silverman, 17, was one of 10 female worshipers arrested for wearing prayer shawls during a women’s Rosh Chodesh prayer service at the [...]

Aussie Zionists Furious at Reports of Mossad ‘Recruitment Camps’

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

The Zionist Federation of Australia blasted as “totally uninformed and mischievous” several claims in the media that Israel programs serve as recruitment camps for the Mossad. The Australian Broadcasting Corp last week delivered a bombshell report that linked “Prisoner X,” who committed suicide in an Israel prison two years ago, to Ben Zygier, a Melbourne-born [...]