Most Israelis Trust Obama, Most PA Arabs Distrust Him

Posted on: May 10th, 2013

Israelis by a 4-to-1 margin are more confident than Palestinians in how President Barack Obama a handles his foreign policy, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. The survey revealed that 61 percent of Israelis “express confidence in the American president to do the right thing regarding world affairs,” as opposed to 15 [...]

Nasrallah Brags Syria will Give Hezbollah ‘Game-Changing’ Weapons

Posted on: May 10th, 2013

Hezbollah supreme leader Hassan Nasrallah boasted on Thursday that the Syrian regime will ship to the terrorist organization “game-changing” weapons, a week after Israel bombed Iranian missiles that were sent to Syria for delivery to Hezbollah. Nasrallah’s rhetoric came a day after Syrian President Bashar Assad’ bravado that he will strike Israel but only when [...]

Facebook Running after Waze to Stare Down Google

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Waze may be Facebook’s third purchase in Israel, not for the Waze maps but for the traffic it can generate through Facebook, at Google’s expense. But the buyout is far from certain.

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Kerry’s Dream and Abbas’ Nightmare Meet in Biblical Beit El

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

The Israeli government has announced a new step in plans to build 300 new homes in Beit El, in  northern Samaria, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to convince Mahmoud Abbas to return to talks if Israel slaps a freeze on building for Jews in Judea and Samaria. Reports from Israeli [...]

Netanyahu Views Chinese Wall ‘Security Fence’

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Great Wall of China on Thursday, allowing him to make the obvious comparison with Israel’s security fence, dubbed by leftists as the “Apartheid Wall. Unlike the Chinese Great Wall, the “wall” in Israel extends less than 10 percent of the total length of the fortification, [...]

Israel’s Semi-Automatic Tavor Rifle May Replace M-16s at Airport

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Tourists landing at Ben Gurion Airport soon may see guards toting the Israel-made Tavor rifle instead of the traditional M-16, according to Israel defense, The Micro Tavor is shorter but heavier than the M-16, and started replacing the M-16 in IDF combat units approximately three years ago.

Invest or Gamble? Egypt Sells Islamic Bonds

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

The Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt, headed by President Mohammed Morsi, is set to issue “Islamic bonds,” not to be confused with the highly successful Israeli bonds that helped the Jewish state get off it feet after its re-establishment in 1948. Unlike Israel, modern Egypt has been around for a long time, but the Arab [...]

Rome Jewish Leader Must Pay Court Fees of Convicted Nazi

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Italian tax collectors have ordered the president of Rome’s Jewish community and a TV reporter to pay the court fees of convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who lost a lawsuit against them in 1996. “I won’t pay,” Jewish Community President Riccardo Pacifici told Italian media, but under Italian law, “all parties involved” must pay [...]

Wagner Opera Staged with Nazi Atrocities Booed off the Stage

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

The audience that attended a new production of a Wagner opera, complete with acts of Nazi atrocities, should have been Holocaust deniers. But it’s too late now. The production was yanked off stage.

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Thousands of Orthodox Women to Mix with WOW at the Kotel

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Yes, they've won a battle, a long one at that—but the war is far from over.

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De Blasio Promising The Jewish Press to Restore Childcare Vouchers

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

“Too often, the Bloomberg approach has been My way or the highway. I'll do things differently.”

Despite Calls to End Peace, Israel Increases Water Flow to Jordan

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Israel's ambassador to Jordan, about to be kicked out, says things should calm down once the peace process is restarted.

HRW Founder: Human Rights Must Focus on Arab Regimes’ Hate Speech

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Human Rights Watch founder Robert Bernstein said that today's human rights advocates ignore the repression of basic freedoms across the Middle East and mistakenly call "free speech" and "advocacy' what is really state-sponsored hate speech.

Ethiopian Yahrzeit

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Jerusalem Day, Iyar 28, is also a date observed by Ethiopian Israelis in memory of some 4,000 of their brethren who perished on the way to Israel, in Sudanese refugee camps, before Operation Moses (1984), and Operation Solomon (1991). The official government memorial on Mount Hertzl was established in 2007. Thousands participated in a special prayer [...]

Jordan Moves to Scrap Peace Treaty over Arrest of Jerusalem Mufti

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

World War III may have been close and may have been prevented on the Temple Mount, where the Jerusalem Mufti was arrested and then released for throwing chairs at Jews on Jerusalem Unification Day.

Ringleader Found Guilty in $57M Fraud at Claims Conference

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

Semen Domnister, the former Claims Conference employee who was charged with leading a $57 million fraud scheme at the Holocaust restitution organization, was found guilty Wednesday by a U.S. District Court jury in Manhattan after a four-week trial. Domnitser and two others, Oksana Romalis and Luba Kramrish, were found guilty on all counts., and 28 [...]

PA Official: ‘If We Had a Nuke, We’d Use It This Morning’ (Video)

Posted on: May 9th, 2013

The Palestinian Authority doesn’t need rocks, firebombs, guns and suicide bombers. Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub has a better way to kill Jews: “If we had a nuke, we’d use it this very morning.”

British Legal Aide Pays $3,900 for ‘I Can’t Stand Jews’ Remark

Posted on: May 8th, 2013

The Jewish prohibition of “loshon hara,” speaking negatively about people, was learned quickly by a non-Jewish British legal assistant, who paid $3,900 for saying, “I can’t stand Jews.”

Bill De Blasio Visits The Jewish Press

Posted on: May 8th, 2013

Bill de Blasio, one of the Democratic frontrunner in the race for New York City mayor, met last week with the editorial board of The Jewish Press at the newspaper’s Boro Park office. De Blasio is the New York City public advocate.

Resolved: Cambridge U ‘Misunderstood,’ Hawking Actually Hates Israel

Posted on: May 8th, 2013

I still like our original headline: 'Cambridge U: Hawking Health Nixed Trip – Wanna’ Buy a Nice Bridge?'