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Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

New Bill Compels Burial Societies to Work on Shabbat

By JNi.Media

Burial societies that receive their funding form the state must arrive within three hours of receiving the request, even if the death occurred on Shabbat.

News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Religion

'I Was Pope John Paul II's Girlfriend' Tonight on BBC

By JNi.Media

In 2008, Tymieniecka sold her archive of letters to the Polish National Library, which kept them from public view until the BBC was invited to take a peek.

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Testifies at Supreme Court: Gas Regulator Harmed Israeli Geopolitical Interests

By JNi.Media

With the pesky commissioner out, Netanyahu went about protecting the deal by using Article 52 of the Antitrust Law.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

PM Olmert, Two More Holy Land Hotel Defendants to Start Prison Terms

By JNi.Media

On Monday a new chapter will be written in Israel's annals of politics and crime.

Terrorism / Politics / Gaza / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Israeli Arabs

Likud Activist Wants to Pay 250,000 Arabs Each Year to Start New Lives Elsewhere

By JNi.Media

"My parents received reparations from Germany. Let [the Arabs] take billions and live a great life."

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Chabad / Religion / Judaism

Oldest Torah Scroll Proves Yemenite, Chabad Versions Right

By JNi.Media

One of the challenges of the comparative analysis of the scroll has been the tendency of later scribes to “correct“ the work of their predecessors.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Russia

Report: Russia, Israel, to Sign Free Trade Agreement

By JNi.Media

Israel, a world power in agricultural technology, is ready to share its expertise with its Russian trade partners.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Sources: IDF Preparing for Action on Hamas Tunnels Across Gaza Border

By JNi.Media

The IDF does not rule out the possibility that Hamas has succeeded in digging attack tunnels that cut through the border fence system.

US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Assimilation

Reform Movement Boycotting Israeli Tourism Minister

By JNi.Media

Levin, for his part, said it's annoying to be boycotted just when you're done explaining the boycotting is inappropriate.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Media

MK Livni: Foreign Media Cover Terror Attacks As If They're Road Accidents

By JNi.Media

"We must treat the international media arena as a hostile arena," Livni said.

Syria / News Briefs

New Report: 11.5% Killed or Injured as Syria’s Death Toll Reaches 470,000

By JNi.Media

The Syrian population has shrunk by 21%, feeding the enormous wave of refugees flooding Europe.

Israel / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Watch: Neturei Karta Demonstrators Calling on Rubio to Abandon Israel

By JNi.Media

They wish to inform everyone about a different Judaism, and that God is an enemy of the Zionist entity.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / On Campus / Education / Religion

The Perfect Holiday Gift: New Hebrew Translation of 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion'

By JNi.Media

The Protocols is a plagiarized work composed by the Czarist secret police to divert public attention from the empire's economic woes to imagined outside enemies.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Media

Analysis: Facebook Worried about Israeli Legislative Initiatives on Incitement

By JNi.Media

It sounded more like the minister had summoned the network and not the other way around, mostly because the Minister got to do all the talking.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Bernie Sanders Tattoos the Rage in New England

By JNi.Media

Sanders' supporters are performing group violations of the biblical commandment against tattoos...

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Technion Develops Small Portable Ultrasound

By JNi.Media

“The new device will provide a doctor who is not at the scene with information in real time, enabling them to instruct the paramedic at the scene.”

Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Media

Adelson's Lawyer Tells Court the Billionaire Does Not Own 'Israel Today'

By JNi.Media

Sivan Ochshorn Dumont runs Yisrael Hayom, which is owned by her stepfather, the casino mogul.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs

Justice Minister Berates Left as NGO Transparency Bill Passes First Reading

By JNi.Media

The Dutch ICCO wanted to pay $47,000 Breaking the Silence for 90 incriminating testimonies against IDF soldiers, that's $521 for every Israeli soldier's head.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Computerized Transparency Already Activated in Justice Committee Session

By JNi.Media

Guests and participants in sessions of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will be identified at the entrance to the meeting room through a card reader.

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Knesset Committee: Don't Return Terrorists' Bodies, Punish Arab MKs

By JNi.Media

"It is infuriating to see how the Supreme Court repeatedly changes the decision of the Central Elections Committee and permits the candidacy of Hanin Zoabi."

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Report: Israeli Couples Don't Live in Sin

By JNi.Media

About 95% of Israeli couples are legally married, and only 88,000 couples (out of 1.96 million) are living together out of wedlock.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

Hitler's Other Hobby, Painting, Now on Auction

By JNi.Media

It should be noted that WW2 was fought not by one, but by two really bad amateur painters.

Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Media

Reporter Who Interviewed Bernie Sanders on Kibbutz Experience Speaks Out

By JNi.Media

Sanders confessed to his Israeli interviewer that after returning to the US in 1963 he had forgotten all about Israel, Zionism and Judaism.

News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Quadruplets Born in Haifa

By JNi.Media

The mother, 30, had undergone fertility treatments and had a cesarean birth after one of the fetus's condition had become stressful.

US / Politics / News Briefs

Hillary Clinton Dropped Out of the 2016 Presidential Race - in 2012

By JNi.Media

In an October 2015 keynote speech at the Charleston NAACP, she made the mother of all Freudian slips.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

S&P Keeps Israel's Credit Rating at A+

By JNi.Media

Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) said in response to the rating decision that "the international credit rating companies continue to express faith in the strength of the Israeli market.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu, Edelstein, to File Complaints with Ethics Committee Against Arab MKs

By JNi.Media

"I ... hope that this will enter the hearts and minds of Supreme Court judges next time they rule on an appeal of the disqualification of unworthy candidates for the Knesset."

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs

Defense Ministry's Gilad: Preventive War Against Tunnels Impractical

By JNi.Media

Gilad said the State Auditor's report draft that found gaps and deficiencies in the IDF's preparedness for the tunnels threat was not supposed to be publicized.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

Catholic Holy Land Custodian: Muslim Leaders Must Confront Extremism

By JNi.Media

"They kill Christians and persons of different religions. Why are they doing this?"

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Senior IDF Commander Hints: Israel Collapsed Gaza Tunnels

By JNi.Media

When he was asked if Israel had a hand in the collapse of several tunnels in recent days, Mordechai answered, "God only knows."

Government / Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

10,000 French Jews, 3,000 Americans expected to Make Aliyah in 2016

By JNi.Media

"We could have reached 15,000 [French] olim last year, not only 8,000," Former Minister of Immigration and Absorption Sofa Landver (Yisrael Beitenu) said.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers Capture Large Weapons Stash Near Beit El

By JNi.Media

The event is part of a long list of operational success stories of the ultra-Orthodox battalion which is part of the Kfir Brigade.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Media / Jerusalem

Analysis: Bottomless Chutzpa, Your Name Is CBS News

By JNi.Media

These headlines are filed under the epic "It all started when Israel retaliated."

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Media

Ultra-Orthodox MK: Media Cameras Are Like Speeding Vehicles

By JNi.Media

"A journalist who does his work properly and reports on the difficulties of war and the price of war, is a vital tool for communications."

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Authentic Lower East Side Kossar's Bialys to Reopen Friday

By JNi.Media

"We bought a business to almost restore a bit of history in New York City and then desire to expand that throughout the city, throughout the country and even throughout the world.”

Op-Eds / Israel / United Nations (UN)

Mr. Ban Ki Moon - You’re No Messenger

By JNi.Media

Yishai Fleisher writes: Two-State has flat-lined, and only fuddy-duddys like yourself, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, continue to obsess over reviving it.

Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Ukraine / Russia

Ukrainian-Born Russian House Speaker Meeting Ukrainian-Born Knesset Speaker on Visit to Israel, PA

By JNi.Media

Edelstein was born in Chernivtsi in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), Matviyenko was also born in Ukraine, but started her political career in Leningrad.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Ethiopian MK Rebukes Israelis for Ignoring Russian Jews' WW2 Suffering

By JNi.Media

"Israeli society is not sufficiently aware of the Russian Jewry's suffering during World War Two," said MK Naguisa.

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

Kahane's Grandson Gets 4 More Administrative Detention Months, Still on Hunger Strike

By JNi.Media

Last week, the hunger striking Ettinger collapsed in his cell and was treated by a prison doctor.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Australian Chain Removes World Globe with Palestine Replacing Israel

By JNi.Media

The chain stated: “Typo is not removing any country from the globe," and, "We never intended to offend anyone with this product.” But they somehow accomplished both.

Druze / Government / Bedouin / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Arab Anger May Be Strictly a Muslim Thing

By JNi.Media

A sober examination of the data shows significant gaps between Muslim Arabs and other non-Jewish populations in Israel, in favor of the latter.

Jewish / Bedouin / News Briefs / The Knesset

Camel GPS Will Save Lives of Israeli Motorists, Camels

By JNi.Media

Both Jewish and Bedouin Negev residents appear to support the new legislation.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

'Ghost Sniper' Picking Off Libyan ISIS Leaders

By JNi.Media

A “ghost sniper” has been putting the fear of Allah in the hearts of ISIS leaders in Libya, having already assassinated three of them over the past two weeks.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

OECD Report: Israeli Life Quality High, Growth Better than Most Countries

By JNi.Media

After a moderate pace in 2015, Israel's economic growth is projected to pick up to around 3¼ per cent in 2016 and 2017.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judaism

Women of the Wall to Get Own Kotel Plaza

By JNi.Media

The new plaza will be outside the control of the Kotel rabbi, and be governed by a new public committee.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Ban Ki-moon 'Alarmed' by Hamas Pledge on tunnels, Rockets

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu stated earlier, "Those Palestinians who murder do not want to build a state, they want to destroy a state and they say this openly.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey

US Ambassador Denies Ya'alon's Accusation of Turkish Toleration of ISIS

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu said that Turkey and Israel enjoyed good relations in the past and that Israel does not want to see those relations deteriorate.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / UK / News Briefs

Revealed: US, UK 'Anarchist' Penetrated Israeli Drone Intelligence

By JNi.Media

"This constitutes the most severe leak in the history of Israel's intelligence service."

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Second Light Rail Line Serving Eastern Jerusalem Approved

By JNi.Media

Connecting the entire city with a Light Rail physically unites the capital and establishes a de facto veto of any idea of dividing it wherever the trains are running.

Iran / News Briefs

Knesset Speaker: No words to describe hypocrisy of hosting Rouhani on Holocaust Day

By JNi.Media

Rouhani will address UNESCO, the United Nation’s science and culture organization, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Israel / Arts and Entertainment

Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson to Perform in Israel

By JNi.Media

The scheduled appearance is another blow to the Boycott Israel Movement.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israel Fighting Back Against Online Terrorists

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu told the Cybertech conference that cyber threats “could paralyze a country.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / The Knesset / Holocaust

Knesset Speaker: No Words to Describe Hypocrisy of Hosting Rouhani on Holocaust Day

By JNi.Media

Rouhani will address UNESCO, the United Nation's science and culture organization, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Religion

The Rebbe Predicted: New Precious Stones in Kishon River, Stock Up Overnight

By JNi.Media

Haifa mayor was told by the Lubavitcher Rebbe that the depth of the sea near Haifa "is suitable for precious stones and gems."

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / News Briefs

Enlisted Religious Girls Not Impressed by Rabbinic Decrees

By JNi.Media

2,010 religious women enlisted in 2015, compared with 935 in 2010.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Documents Show Eichmann Begged for his Life

By JNi.Media

"I declare once again, as I've done in court: I loath as the greatest crimes the atrocities committed against the Jews."

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Steinitz: Cyber Attack Against Electric Grid

By JNi.Media

A spokesperson for the Electricity Authority said the system will return to normal functioning within a few hours.

Politics / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

How UNESCO Chief Learned to Live with Iran's Holocaust Toons

By JNi.Media

So far, Iran's only response to international condemnations was to up the first prize from $12,000 to $50,000.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Rechnitz: I help Lakewood Institutions I Know Would Never Accept my Own Children

By JNi.Media

How dare you destroy another child’s life because of your opinion about them? How dare you face God in prayer when you’ve snuffed out a Jewish soul?

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

MK Naguisa Protesting Insufficient Funding for Immigrant Crisis Hotline

By JNi.Media

Out of the 180,000 calls the hotline centers field each year, some 10% are from new immigrants.

Politics / UK / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Germany

George Soros: Europe Facing Collapse, But Not Necessarily

By JNi.Media

Going back many years Donald Trump wanted me to be the lead tenant in one of his early buildings. My answer was, “I’m afraid I can’t afford it.”

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs

Meretz MK: NGO Transparency Will Discourage European Support

By JNi.Media

Between 2012-2014, 27 left-wing Israeli NGOs received $65,811,236 in grants and donations.

Israel / Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Health and Medicine / Religion

Israeli Fruit Growers: Stop Feeding Children Dried Fruits on Tu Bishvat

By JNi.Media

Instead of using Tu Bishvat to teach children to eat fresh, healthy fruits, we stuff their faces with dried fruits, rich in Artificial sugars and preservatives.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Yachimovich on Warpath Against Party Leader Herzog on Collaboration with Netanyahu

By JNi.Media

She accused Herzog of winking at the right, and suggested he is breaking with the party's cherished values regarding the two states solution.

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

First Israeli Claims Spanish Citizenship, Many to Follow

By JNi.Media

As you may recall, in 1492, just as Columbus was sailing the ocean blue, the Jews of Spain, on the 9th of Av (which fell in August) were expelled.

News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Revolutionary Israeli Car Engine: 1 Cylinder, 1 Piston, 86 Horsepower, Double the Efficiency

By JNi.Media

"Many inventors try to think outside the box, but ... our inventor, Shauli Yaakoby, is probably not aware that there is a box."

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Compromise on Hebron Buildings Expected Amid Coalition Brawl

By JNi.Media

If populated by Jews, the two buildings would constitute an expansion of the Jewish part of Hebron by a few square yards, which would surely cause global condemnation.

Politics / News Briefs / Islamists / Germany

Refugees Use German Public Pools as Bathrooms and Worse

By JNi.Media

Pool staff began to tell Middle Eastern swimmers the Sauna was out-of-order if there were women inside.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Bayit Yehudi: While Terror Is Raging Freely, Ya'alon Excels at Evicting Jews

By JNi.Media

"This is a case of irresponsibility, intellectual paralysis and a needless fanning of the emotional flames."

IDF & Security / Jewish / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

UPDATE: Police Evicting Jews from 2 Hebron Buildings

By JNi.Media

The future of these families is in the hands of the sole governor of the Jewish parts of Judea and Samaria, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs

Kerry Says Sanctions Relief Will Help Iran Fund Terrorists

By JNi.Media

In March, Israeli naval forces boarded a cargo ship in the Red Sea and discovered vast amounts of ammunition in crates of cement labeled “Made in Iran” believed to be going to terrorists.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Holidays & Observances

Early Birds: Knesset Celebrates 15th of Shvat on 10th

By JNi.Media

The Knesset was founded on Tu Bishvat, 5709, February 14, 1949.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Chabad / Russia

European Jewish Congress President Tells Putin Jewish Exodus from Europe Is Coming

By JNi.Media

"Statistically, the position of Jews in Europe is the worst since the end of WWII," Kantor said.

Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Europe / Media

Swedish PM Is Right, You Can't Blame Muslim Refugees for Rise in Rapes

By JNi.Media

Still, the Sweden Democrats Party insists that the high number of rape reports is due to the influx of Muslim immigrants.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset

Shaked Closing Barn Door After Several Ministerial Horses Flee

By JNi.Media

The amendment is being submitted against the background of several cases of disgraced senior public servants attracting much public attention.

News Briefs / ISIS

Tales from the New Libyan Caliphate: Acupuncturist Beheaded for Witchcraft

By JNi.Media

US counter-terrorism officials regard the Libyan branch as the Islamic State’s most dangerous affiliate.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Study: Stabbing Terrorists Motivated by Revenge, Not Incitement

By JNi.Media

The COGAT report suggests that even if Abbas were to cut off all incitement videos today, the “knives intifada” would probably keep on knifing.

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

The Year in US On-Campus Anti-Semitism: 302 Acts at 109 Schools in 28 States

By JNi.Media

In addition, AMCHA announced a dynamic, 2016 incident tracker that will be updated in real time.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements

71 British Doctors Demand Banning Israel's Medical Association

By JNi.Media

MK Anat Berko suggested establishing a "special forces" unit to act to solve this issue around the world.

Israel / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

New Play About the Murder of 'Stern Gang' Leader

By JNi.Media

Seventy-three years after Avraham Stern (Yair) was killed by British detectives, a new English-language play is bringing Stern’s ideas and poetry to the stage.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Religion / Local

12-Mosque Hamtramck, Michigan Now Has Muslim-Majority Council

By JNi.Media

Most of the women on the streets wear hijabs, or headscarves, and niqabs, veils that leave visible only the area around the eyes.

Israel / US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Gay Avek — National LGBTQ Task Force Cancels Reception of Israeli Homosexuals

By JNi.Media

"As LGBTQ people, we are all too familiar with being oppressed through shaming, the closet, and imposed silence."

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Intifada

Arab Teen Murderer's Father: I Am Proud of my Son

By JNi.Media

An emerging theory suggests that the Meir murder was in retaliation for the death of a distant relative of of the murderer who was killed while trying to kill Jews.

IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs

Bennett: Facing Our Enemies' Disruptive Innovation, Israel Is Left Behind

By JNi.Media

"The most modern ceramic vests will not protect us from the delegitimization campaign, which has become the foundation of the attacks against Israel."

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

New Immigrants Ages 22-26 Exempted from Military Service

By JNi.Media

Raphael Werner, chairman of the Flemish Forum of Jewish Organizations, estimated that within 20 years Antwerp would have an Arab mayor.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Justice Minister Wins Battle Against Chief Rabbi over Appointment of Rabbinate Judges

By JNi.Media

As of Monday morning, JNi.media has learned that the attempt to change the rules of selecting permanent rabbinic judges has been rescinded, due mostly to the stern response of the Justice Minister.

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