Abbas to Catch Up with Kerry in Saudi Arabia

Posted on: March 4th, 2013

Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, John Kerry, Saudi Arabia,

Sequestration Worries Israel

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz expressed concern Sunday that U.S. financial difficulties would affect Israel’s economy. “We are very worried about the financial difficulties in the U.S., and I hope they won’t hurt us,” he said at the weekly Cabinet meeting. Steinitz’s comments came after Obama on Friday night ordered $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board cuts, [...]

Sandy-Battered Rockaways Residents Boo Schumer and Bloomberg

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

Hecklers in the Rockaways, battered by Superstorm Sandy, booed Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Chuck Schumer at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday. “For the politicians to come down here and try to take our celebration and make it their thing . . . it’s disgusting,” one resident told the New York Post. “Let’s [...]

Ehud Barak First Defense Minister to Meet with Secretary Hagel

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is scheduled to be the first foreign defense minister to meet with newly confirmed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. The Tuesday meeting will take place following Barak’s speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference, which begins Sunday and ends on Tuesday. The two defense chiefs, [...]

White House Appoints New Mideast Coordinator

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

The White House has appointed Philip Gordon as  Special Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region, as the Obama administration continues to try to succeed where others have failed. In the official announcement, Gordon was termed the “perfect person” for the job. Gordon, born in 1962, was a senior foreign policy adviser [...]

Satmar Couple Killed in Motzei Shabbat Car Crash; Unborn Baby Survives (Video)

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

Nachman Glauber’s rabbi told him to rush his wife to the hospital on the Sabbath after she said did not feel her unborn baby moving. The couple was killed in a crash. The baby was later delivered.

Egypt Teeters on Bankruptcy, Promises Reforms and Gets US Money

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

The Muslim Brotherhood has won its reward for driving the Egyptian into the ground - $190 million in immediate aide from the US n return for promises of reforms it promised t carry out a year ago.

Joan Rivers Moves on from Holocaust Joke to Mimicking Hitler

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

Joan Rivers ignored critics of her crass joke about the Holocaust at the Oscars last week and decided to have a go with Hitler, just for laughs. On Friday, she cut off a piece of her hair and held it where a mustache usually grows as she tried to mimic Hitler, according to Radaronline. Rivers [...]

Oren Opens AIPAC with Appeal to Non-Jews for Pro-Israel Outreach

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, opened the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC)annual policy conference with an appeal for pro-Israel outreach to African Americans, Latinos and Muslims and others. “Reach out to the churches in your community, to the African Americans, the Latinos, to the mosques,” Oren said Sunday after he was asked what [...]

Sheldon Adelson’s Corporation Admits ‘Likely’ Anti-bribery Violation

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

The admission was included in the Sands' annual regulatory report published on Friday.

The Cost to Israel of Obama’s Visit

Posted on: March 1st, 2013

The cost to Israel of a visit by President Obama is likely to be as much as 10 times the cost of a visit from any other head of state.

IFCJ Denying Report on Netanya Charity Rejecting Donation

Posted on: March 1st, 2013

The money was contingent on hanging a sign revealing who were the givers.

Settlement Construction Freeze Until Obama Goes Home

Posted on: March 1st, 2013

Everybody wants to avoid the embarrassment of Joe Biden's visit, when plans for East Jerusalem construction were published during his stay in Israel.

Syria Smells Oil, Protests Israel’s Golan Heights Exploration

Posted on: February 28th, 2013

Syria sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday protesting the granting of a license to explore for oil and gas in the Golan Heights. It called the government approval a “blatant violation” of what it considers its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which Israel annexed [...]

Israel TV: Obama Won’t Visit Israel without New Coalition Gov’t

Posted on: February 28th, 2013

No coalition? No ticket on Air Force One. Israel television says that if Netanyahu cannot form a government by the final March 16 deadline, Obama will tear up his March 20 ticket.

State Dept. Not Sure Who Owns the Golan Heights

Posted on: February 28th, 2013

What does the State Dept. say when a US-based company, one of whose shareholders is former VP Cheney, explores for oil in the Golan Heights? It says, “Uh, y’know what? that’s a good question.”

Critics: Joan Should Cry a River over Crude Holocaust Joke

Posted on: February 28th, 2013

Rivers, as usual, laughed at her own so-called joke

Congressional Republicans: European Jews Facing ‘Volatile Synergy of Hate’

Posted on: February 28th, 2013

Witnesses told the committee that European Jews are more vulnerable than their American counterparts to prejudiced policies by their governments.

Nadler Slams GOP over Churches, Synagogues Disaster Relief

Posted on: February 28th, 2013

The Orthodox Union’s Institute for Public Affairs and the National Council of Young Israel asked constituents to support the bill.

VP Biden Confirmed for AIPAC Speech as Iran Nukes Heat Up

Posted on: February 27th, 2013

President Obama will visit Israel later this month and will, therefore, skip the AIPAC meeting this year.