Report: Apple Not Seeking to Purchase Waze

Posted on: January 7th, 2013

Rumors that Apple wants to acquire Israeli social navigation app developer Waze are false, according to a report by CNET.

Israeli Documentary Takes US Film Critics’ Award

Posted on: January 7th, 2013

The Israeli documentary “The Gatekeepers” was named the best nonfiction film of 2012 by the National Society of Film Critics in the United States. The film, which features interviews with six former directors of Israel’s Shin Bet security service, received the award on Saturday. The film critics’ society is made up of 60 newspaper critics [...]

US: Asad Detached from Reality

Posted on: January 7th, 2013

A statement released by State Dept. spokesperson Victoria Nuland following Bashar al-Asad’s speech on Sunday said the speech was “yet another attempt by the regime to cling to power and does nothing to advance the Syrian people’s goal of a political transition. His initiative is detached from reality, undermines the efforts of Joint Special Representative [...]

Rav Ovadia’s Son Prohibits Vote for Parties Pushing 2-State Solution

Posted on: January 7th, 2013

In recent weeks, "Pikuach Nefesh" rabbis have sent pledges to every party leader, asking for their signatures.

And the Rain, Rain, Rain, Came Down, Down, Down…

Posted on: January 7th, 2013

Storms and floods hit Israel, as the Kinneret rises.

Right-Leaning Pro-Israel Organizations Join Voices in D.C.

Posted on: January 7th, 2013

EMET focuses its attention on educating members of Congress about issues crucial to Jews and to Israel.

Use your Surge Protectors!

Posted on: January 7th, 2013

A lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge caused by unbalanced electric charge in the atmosphere, either inside clouds, cloud to cloud or cloud to ground, accompanied by the loud sound of thunder. The computer of a friend of mine who lives in Jerusalem was once fried by a lightning storm and it took him about [...]

An Ambushed Bennett Shoots Back and Scores

Posted on: January 6th, 2013

Bennett turns the tables on a political ambush.

IDF Arrests Three Arabs, Averts Gush Etzion Terror Attack

Posted on: January 6th, 2013

On Sunday afternoon, IDF forces arrested three suspicious Arabs at the Gush Etzion junction, averting a terror attack. All three were carrying knives, and during their interrogation admitted that they were planning on committing a terror attack when the IDF caught them. Speaking in a closed forum to his soldiers, Etzion brigade commander, Colonel Yani [...]

File Closed Against 13 Year Old in Gush Etzion Taxi Bombing

Posted on: January 6th, 2013

The Jerusalem District Attorney’s office decided on Sunday to close the file against the 13 year old boy who was their final suspect in the throwing of a firebomb that hit a Palestinian taxi in Gush Etzion in August. The prosecutor closed the case due to lack of evidence that the boy or his friends, whom they [...]

200th Anniversary of the Alter Rebbe Celebrated by Renewed Chabad Presence in Hebron

Posted on: January 6th, 2013

Marking the 200th anniversary of the yartzeit of the Alter Rebbe - Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi who founded the Chabad movement - the Jewish Press' Yishai Fleisher interviewed one of the special emmissaries who have become the hallmark of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to talk about the man who started it all, what his passions were, and where Chabad is headed.

Drive-by Firebombing at Migdal Oz

Posted on: January 6th, 2013

Palestinians attack Migdal Oz again with firebombs.

Nuland: US Position on Hamas Unchanged Despite Reconciliation with Fatah

Posted on: January 5th, 2013

But the next Quartet meeting will be held in Cairo, where president. Morsi has close ties with Hamas.

11 Wounded in Esh Kodesh Shabbat Clashes (Video)

Posted on: January 5th, 2013

Following the disturbances, about 30 residents arrived from the entire Shilo area to Esh Kodesh.

Palestinian Rioters Inside Settlement, Injure 11 and Destroy Settlement’s Farms Over Shabbat

Posted on: January 5th, 2013

Arab rioters injured 11 Israelis and destroyed numerous farms over Shabbat inside the Aish Kadosh settlement.

Al Gore Gives Al Jazeera 40 Million US Homes, Taking $100 Million

Posted on: January 4th, 2013

Al Gore, former politician, “founder” of the Internet, and Global Warming Guru has just traded entree into 40 million U.S. homes for $100 million from the Qatari-Royal-Family-Owned Arab media conglomerate Al Jazeera.  The operation will be called Al JazeeraAmerica. The deal has left many questioning its kosher bona fides. Perhaps the most traif aspect of [...]

Chuck Hagel told Israel Supporters: “Let the Jews Pay for It!”

Posted on: January 4th, 2013

Hagel once told an employee of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that she was a "[expletive] tool from AIPAC."

Security Fence Construction Frozen, Preventing Cutting Off Gush Etzion from Israel – for now

Posted on: January 4th, 2013

"Once the fence is up, we'll be outside the state of Israel."

Hebron Chief Rabbi Pulls Support from Bennett’s Party

Posted on: January 4th, 2013

Upset over the ousting of MK Michael Ben Ari

Safari Website Hacked

Posted on: January 4th, 2013

A Turkish hacker whose Facebook page identifies him as Hulusi Semih Karaca has hacked the website of the Ramat Gan Safari. A Jewish Press reporter who went to the Safari website in search of material on the passing, last year, of the 17-year old giraffe Dubla, found the hacked page instead. Shortly after entering the [...]