Rav Ovadia Yosef: Lapid a Scoundrel who Hates the Yeshivas

Posted on: February 10th, 2013

If Shas is invited to join the coalition, it is sure to torpedo most of Netanyahu's national agenda.

Lapid to Haredim: I Will Not Hurt the Torah World, It’s Nonsense

Posted on: February 7th, 2013

"The study of Torah cannot become an excuse not to study math and English, not to serve the homeland, and not to work for a living."

Jewish Home: Netanyahu Wants Us Out of Government

Posted on: February 7th, 2013

The Likud is only using Bennett's party to bring down Yair Lapid's price.

Hagel Vote Postponed, Senators Say Financial Info Withheld

Posted on: February 7th, 2013

"Until the committee receives full and complete answers, it cannot in good faith determine whether you should be confirmed as secretary of defense."

McLaughlin Sorry for Cuomo-Hitler Analogy (Video)

Posted on: February 6th, 2013

GOP Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin previously has likened Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Julius Caesar. Today he compared him with Hitler and quickly apologized – after the damage, mostly to himself, was done.

Obama to Visit Israel on Passover Eve to Push Peace

Posted on: February 6th, 2013

The president’s trip, his first to Israel since taking office, appears to show that he intends to concentrate on Middle East politics.

Bibi’s Wishful Thinking – A Doppelganger Coalition

Posted on: February 5th, 2013

Netanyahu chose an Israeli satirist as his double for Facebook’s annual Doppelganger week. If Yair Lapid would double as Rabbi Lau and Bennett as Obama, Israel would be ready for Moshiach.

Ed Koch: Fiercely Jewish But Buried in a Churchyard

Posted on: February 5th, 2013

He explained at the time that he could not bear the idea that his body would have to leave New York City. "This is my home, the idea of having to go to New Jersey was so distressing to me."

New Lapid Bennett Axis Enters Coalition Talks Together

Posted on: February 4th, 2013

The two parties agreed that they would either join the coalition together or not at all.

It’s Stalingrad Again!

Posted on: February 1st, 2013

Local MPs have decided to use the historic name in all city statements on February 2, the day of the Nazi defeat.

Rabbis Tweak Inaugural Readings to Make them ‘Jewier’

Posted on: January 27th, 2013

Gina Campbell, the cathedral’s director of worship, “encouraged all the religious leaders to be faithful to their own traditions.”

Naftali Bennett Passed Lie Detector Test

Posted on: January 27th, 2013

In 2009, Naftali Bennett voluntarily took a lie detector test to prove his loyalty to PM Netanyahu, according to an Israel Channel 2 report. At the time, Netanyahu apparently thought that Bennett, possibly among others, was the one who leaked the information that resulted in the Bibi-Tours investigation. In order to clear his name, Bennett [...]

Israel Approves Begin’s Bedouin Land Grab

Posted on: January 27th, 2013

The plan was accepted with mixed feelings among the Bedouin as well as among right wing critics.

Turkish, Israeli Pols Meet to Solve Disagreements ‘with Love’

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident there have been many behind the scenes efforts to calm political tensions.

Lapid: Let Conservatives and Reform in

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

The (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly shares remarks, photos from Yair Lapid’s address to its 2012 convention.

Israeli Stocks and Bonds Rise Post-Elections

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Israeli stocks and bounds advanced following elections, “as investors bet Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition would weaken ultra-Orthodox factions as the nation seeks to narrow its budget deficit,” according to a report by Bloomberg business news.

Lapid on Jerusalem and the Palestinians

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Yesh Atid perceives a possible peace process as a response to an ensemble of threats looming over the State of Israel.

Will Congress Investigate Obama’s Attempt to Derail Bibi?

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

President Obama was issuing a not so subtly veiled threat to the Israeli voters.

Bibi’s Obvious Option: Coalition with Lapid and Bennett

Posted on: January 22nd, 2013

Yair Lapid will be calling the shots at this point.

The Full Projected Results

Posted on: January 22nd, 2013

Jewish Home received only 12 seats.