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The U.S. cut $175 million from the $3.1 billion dollars of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) it supplies Israel, as part of across the board cuts in international military aid, according to a report in Ma'ariv. Ambassador Michael Oren said Israel would not be asking for an exemption from the cuts, and that Israel would carry […]
A Kotel security guard shot and killed a homeless man he apparently thought was a terrorist.
“It turns out that Moses wasn’t such a bad navigator after all, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Israeli Presidential Conference birthday party for President Shimon Peres Thursday evening. Negating the old joke that Moses could have turned towards Saudi Arabia and lead the People of Israel from Egypt to a land of oil instead […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trying to recruit Harvard Prof. Elkhanan Helpman, who previously moved to Israel form the Soviet Union, to replace Stanley Fischer as head of the Bank of Israel. Helpman also was the Prime Minister's first choice to head the Bank seven years ago, but after Helpman’s refusal, Fischer was imported from […]
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Lebanon said the kingdom plans to deport Lebanese citizens who back the Hezbollah terrorist organization, the latest sign of Saudi concern over Hezbollah’s direct military offensive with the army of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad. Saudi Arabia air ruled by Sunni Muslims, and most of the Sunnis in Syria are part of […]
Iran’s state-controlled media announced it will build a new nu clear “research center” for the production of medical isotopes. The new reactor is to be built approximately 420 miles south of Tehran and will supplement Iran’s Bushehr reactor.
Yisrael Beitenu Knesset Member Shimon Ohayon, on United Nations World Refugee Day, called on the Arab League to accept responsibility for the exodus of Jews from the group’s countries before and after the re-establishment of the State of Israel . “The Jews of Arab countries, starting in 1947, were used as weapons by the Arab […]
A 13-year-old girl died while being circumcised by a doctor in a small village northeast of Cairo, according to the website Al Masry Al Youm. Suhair al-Bata'a, who went by the nickname Soo-Soo, died of a "sharp drop in blood pressure resulting from shock trauma," was the statement given by officials following the child's autopsy. […]
Syrian rebels for the first time have accused Hezbollah of using chemical weapons in battles with the Syrian opposition forces. According to the Rebel sources, the forces of Syrian President Assad and Hezbollah used poison gas during the Thursday morning shelling of Zamlika, near Damascus. The head of the UN team examining reports on the […]
Anerican actor James Gandolfini, whose depiction of Tony Soprano in HBO's "The Sopranos,' about a troubled mobster trying to balance his family life and his life of crime, died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome. The presumed, but not yet confirmed, cause of death is a heart attack. Gandolfini won three times both the Prime […]
Offshore gas fields should be allowed to export no more than 40 percent of the natural gas they produce, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday. The Cabinet is expected to approve the recommendation at Sunday’s weekly session. The limit is more restrictive than the 53 percent that was suggested by a committee set up to […]
Exports of Israeli Foods and Beverages to the United States reached a record $224 million in 2012, reported Kosher Today, which attributed the statistics to the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute. While it spelled a 3% increase over 2011, it represented nearly 50% growth since 2008 when exports were valued at only $144 million. […]
One of America's largest Quaker groups recently announced that it would be sponsoring a mini-summer camp about the ways in which Israel can be boycotted. The American Friends Service Committee "We Divest Campaign Student Leadership Summer Training Institute” plans on having a five day intensive BDS program for US college students already running or planning […]
President Shimon Peres awarded former U.S. President Bill Clinton the President's medal, Israel's highest civilian award in Israel, given to those who have made rare and outstanding contributions to Israel or to Humanity. In his speech at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, Peres said that the unwavering commitment of Clinton and his support for the […]
The Shabak (Israeli General Security Services) has removed the gag order on the capture of three of the terrorists who were involved in the murder of Ben-Yosef Livnat at Joseph's Tomb in Shechem in 2011. That attack also wounded five additional Israelis. Two other terrorists involved in the attack have not yet been captured, according […]
On Tuesday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, defended the victims of rape and the reproductive rights of all women by speaking out against a Republican bill, H.R. 1797, which would ban abortion under certain circumstances. Newly drafted language contained in the bill would […]
Palestinian Authority’s New Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has refused Israeli protection and insists he will travel as he pleases in “Area C,” which supposedly is under full Israeli control. Hamdallah, who is replacing Salam Fayyad, created diplomatic crisis by his refusal to allow Israeli protection, according to the Gulf News website. “We do not know […]
MK Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) responded strongly to Health Minister Yael German's (Yesh Atid) proposed legislation that would permit the state to automatically harvest organs from all dead Israeli without their explicit consent, unless the citizen previously signed a organ donor refusal card. Litzman said, according to an Arutz-7 report, "This disgusting proposal has no place […]
The Gazan gave Israeli citizens an early wake-up call at 5:30 this morning, when they launched 3 rockets at the coastal city. Two of the rockets landed in an open area, and the third near the Ashkelon Beach area. The last rocket attack against Ashkelon was at the end of April. No injuries or damage […]
On Tuesday, Senator Daniel Squadron announced that the NY State Senate passed his legislation to make the Mitchell-Lama Housing Program more accessible to middle class families. The Assembly passed the legislation earlier this month; it will now be sent to the Governor. Current law stipulates that families with two or more dependents -- whose joint annual net income exceeds […]
The Israel President's Conference kicked off on Tuesday night with a star-studded 90th birthday bash for Shimon Peres, along with an obsessive repetition of the word "peace" over and over again.
Frieda Hikind, mother of New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind, died on Noonday at the age of 95. Her funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. (EDT) at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park. Mrs. Hikind suffered a massive stroke last week after having been hospitalized for several weeks in Maimonides Hospital. She was born in Czechoslovakia […]
The tombstone of the late New York City Mayor Ed Koch shows his year of birth as 1942 and not 1924, due to what the engraver said was a “human error” that he will correct in the next three weeks. Koch was so concerned about his tombstone that he worked with a professional for eight […]
On Tuesday, prosecutors in Budapest, Hungary, charged a 98-year-old who is listed by the Simon Wiesenthal Center as the most wanted war crimes suspect, for helping to deport Jews to Auschwitz in World War II, Reuters reports. Laszlo Csatary, who in 1944 served as police commander in the Nazi-occupied eastern Slovak city of Kosice, was […]
The Rabbinical Council of America on Monday sent Rabbi David Stav, a Religious Zionist candidate for the post of Israel's Chief Rabbi, a letter of encouragement, stating the organization's full support: To the Honorable Rabbi David Stav Shlit'a, Rabbi of the town of Shoham, Chairman of the Rabbinical Organization Tzohar, the Rabbi of the Ezra […]
Observant Jews in Los Angeles are bracing for the possibility that they will not be allowed to carry anything or even push a baby stroller on Shabbat due to a freeway project that will knock down the ‘Eruv.” which transforms a public area in to a private space in terms of Jewish law. The eruv […]
Egypt has deployed helicopters to patrol the Sinai Peninsula and has declared a state of alert in the area after radical Islamic terrorists from Gaza set up a base in the central Sinai. Curfews were clamped on Sinai cities, including the Egyptian side of Rafiah and el-Arish, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency. Approximately […]
SodaStream, the Israel-based company that makes machines to convert tap water into fizz, has signed a deal with KitchenAid to join forces for a new machine expected to be on the market before the end of the year. SodaStream was rumored two weeks ago to become part of PepsiCo, which denied reports that it was […]
Pope Francis sent President Shimon Peres a letter with blessings for his 90th birthday, which is to be marked on August 2. Celebrations towards the day began more than a month ago. The pope quoted a verse in Psalms and paraphrased the Priestly Blessing as a personal note for President Peres. Pope Francis wrote, “On […]
“Price Tag” vandals who damage and burn Arab property and spray graffiti on mosques and churches are now official an illegal organization in Israel, thanks to a Security Cabinet decision. It is not quite clear how a group of people without any formal party or unit can be called an “illegal organization.” The Security Cabinet […]
On Sunday, Turkish police detained 441 people following clashes in Istanbul between police and anti-government protesters, an official at the city's bar association told Reuters. Throughout Sunday, police in Istanbul shot water cannon and tear gas at thousands of demonstrators who were trying to get into Taksim Square. An official from the capital Ankara bar […]
The IDF is refusing to comment on a report on a Syrian television channel associated with the rebels, according to which Israel attacked the Al Maza airport west of Damascus. The IDF Spokesperson's office says they never comment on this kind of reports. The Suria Mubasher TV channel said Israel bombed advanced weapons and Radar […]
“If he (Rohani) is interested in, as he has said in his campaign, mending Iran’s relations with the rest of the world, there is an opportunity to do that.”
“We won’t kid ourselves. The international community shouldn’t be tempted into wishful thinking,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday after the victory of relatively moderate cleric Hasan Rohani as Iran’s new president.. “We must remember that, anyway, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sets Iran’s nuclear policy. Iran will be tested by its deeds,” Netanyahu added. Likud minister […]
Outgoing Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer dodged questions from the Financial Times on whether he wants to succeed Ben Bernanke as director of the Federal Reserve. Fischer is quitting his job in Israel only two years after his second term started, and it has been widely speculated he wants to take a run for […]
Egyptian’s Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi announced Saturday he will cut diplomatic ties with the regime of Bashar Assad and close Cairo’s embassy in Damascus. He also demanded that Hezbollah leave Syria adding, “There is no business or place for Hezbollah in Syria.” Morsi spoke at a rally organized by hardline Islamists, whose clerics told […]
The campaign for Chief Rabbi in Israel got uglier Saturday night with Shas party’s spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef saying in his weekly address that Tzohar Rabbi does “not have the fear God.” Rabbi Stab has staged an unprecedented campaign to promote himself for Chief Rabbi. His candidacy is supported by most national religious leaders […]
A Press Statement from Secretary of State John Kerry: We have seen the announcement by Iran’s Interior Ministry that Hassan Rouhani has been declared the winner of the country’s 11th presidential election. We admire the courage of the Iranian people who went to the polls and made their voices heard in a rigidly controlled environment […]
The world's oldest Jewish person has died in New York City at age 113, the Star Tribune reports. Evelyn Kozak's granddaughter, Brucha Weisberger, says she died early Tuesday in a hospital after suffering a heart attack the day before. Kozak was the world's oldest documented Jewish person and the seventh-oldest person in the world, according […]
Education Minister Shai Piron spent the night in Beilinson hospital after complaining of chest pains on his flight back to Israel with Prime Minister Netanyahu. He was rushed to the hospital as soon as the plane landed. A doctor on the flight took care of him until the plane landed. IBA news reports that doctors […]
On the return flight from Poland with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Education Minister Shai Piron complained of chest pains. He was given medication on the plane, by a doctor on the flight who suspected that Piron was suffering a heart attack. As soon as the plane landed in Israel, Piron was rushed in an MDA ambulance […]
After their abject defeat on the hands of the Syrian army and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah in the central strategic city of al-Qussair near the Lebanese border, the radical Sunni rebels on Wednesday stormed a Shiite village in eastern Syria, killing 60 villagers and burning out their homes, Xinhua reports. Radical Sunni Muslim rebels […]
Moments ago a second shooting attack occurred in the Shomron, in Hawara on Highway 60, between Tapuach Junction and Har Bracha. There were no injuries, but police identified multiple bullet hits on the armored bus. Last night's attack occurred at the Jitt Junction on Highway 55, east of Kedumim, when Arab gunman opened fire on […]
Hamas is planning to put an end to collaboration with Israel by its citizens by simply killing them, perhaps by hanging them for the public to see. The policy of simply killing those who try to help Israel with information on intended terrorist attacks would end the phenomenon, according to Hamas’ thinking. Executions are not […]
The first-ever Formula 1-style race car event will be held in Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday, to the delight of racing car fans and curiosity seekers and to the sorrow of small business owners who still are angry over traffic disruptions during Barack Obama’s visit earlier this year. The city has invested more than $4 […]
Ten rabbis have signed a petition to boycott a mall in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot because of “issues of modesty” while secular residents are organizing a demonstration in support of the shopping mall. The petition alleges that Haredi rabbis in the Ramot area struck an agreement with the mall developers on rules concerning modesty, […]
The Assad regime escalated the spillover of the civil war Wednesday with a helicopter-mounted missile attack on a Sunni Muslim Lebanese urban center, wounding at least two people, including a schoolteacher. It was the first time Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have attacked a Lebanese city, having limited previous attacks to villages […]
Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner thinks he has the solution for small businesses to combat constant fines, but when it comes how to deal with delivery trucks blocking traffic, he is stumped. He brought his "Keys to the City Ideas Tour” to the Avi Glatt Kosher market, according to the Capital website, and echoed other candidates […]
On Tuesday, flood waters continued gushing north along the Elbe Rive.
Gulf Arab states on Monday threatened sanctions against the Lebanese Shi'ite terrorist group Hezbollah in retaliation for its intervention in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reported. The six Sunni-led members of the Gulf Cooperation Council issued a similar statement, according to the GCC secretariat, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency: "The GCC […]
Tens of thousands of Jews are expected to visit the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Tuesday, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson (z"l), who passed away 19 years ago. Thousands stood in the rain Monday night at the Queens gravesite at the beginning of the third day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. The Rebbe was arguably […]
A double suicide bombing in the center of Damascus morning killed at least two people and injured two dozen others, according to a regime-operated television station. The reported attacks coincide with what appears to be the upper hand that Hezbollah has given forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. They are prep raring to recapture […]
Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth, who compiled the widely used “Shmirat Shabbat K’Hilkhatah," died Monday night in Jerusalem at the age of 85. Tens of thousands of Jews rely on his two-volume book on the laws of Shabbat. He upgraded the first version more than 20 years ago to change several leniencies that he later prohibited. He […]
The Knesset passed into law on Tuesday a requirement that at least four women be included on the committee that elects rabbinical court rabbis. Haredi Knesset Members voted against the bill. The committee automatically includes the Justice Minister, who currently is Tzipi Livni and who will sit on the committee in addition to the four […]
According to the Mas Hachnasa (Israel Tax Authority) website, senior members of the IRS, met yesterday in Jerusalem with the Tax Authority director, Moshe Asher and other senior tax officials, to discuss strengthening cooperation between the authorities. The meeting placed an emphasis on the exchange of information between the two tax authorities and the authorities' […]
“Move over Sandy, the Worst is Yet to Come” might be the headlines in New York City in 2050 if scientists’ projections are correct. Studies that a quarter of the city will be under water by 2100 have been updated and show that the disaster resulting from climate change could come by 2050, the Associated […]
The Knesset Monday approved on the first reading a bill that would cut salaries of Knesset Members and the President of Israel by 10 percent. Salaries of ministers and judges would be cut by one percent. The measure passed by a margin of 38-15 but likely will be altered by Knesset committee that will discuss […]
Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz signed an Open Skies agreement with the EU on Monday in Luxembourg. The agreement which is to be gradually implemented over the next 5 years, until it goes fully into effect in 2018, should lower prices significantly on flights between Israel and Europe. Open Skies will allow EU and Israeli […]
Former Senator Joseph Lieberman has returned to law, acting as senior counsel at the New York office of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP. He told the Globes businesses newspaper he expects to be involved in Israel, which he strongly supported during his 24 years as senator. "The firm has a number of Israel-based clients […]
Yair Lapid’s star is beginning to dim, with his Yesh Atid party losing two seats in the Knesset in a Knesset Channel poll released on Monday. The two-seat drop from its current standing in the Knesset is even more serious when taking into consideration that Lapid was sitting on top of the poll three months […]
A brave veterinarian is treating a sick tiger with acupuncture, sticking needles in its ear and other parts of the 14-year-old animal to cure a chronic ear infection. The tiger was sedated before the vet, Mor Mosinzon, began treated “Pedang,” according to the Israel HaYom newspaper. Pedang lives at the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat […]
New York City’s annual Puerto Rican parade gave the city’s mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner a rousing welcome Sunday, one week after the controversial candidate was roundly booed at the annual Israel Day parade. “You got the best name ever! Everybody loves a Weiner! There goes our next mayor. You could run for president with a […]
The U.S. government has recovered 400 pages of the dairy of Hitler’s Jewish confidante Alfred Rosenberg, according to Reuters, which reported that the diary has been long lost. Rosenberg was hanged in 1946 for his party in the systematic murder of 6 million Jews. Details of the diary have not been released, but it may […]
Club-wielding men wearing the yellow band identified with the Hezbollah terrorist organization killed protesters in an attack on anti-Hezbollah demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Sunday. It was not known if the attackers were Hezbollah guards or were sympathizers with Hezbollah, which dominate the neighborhood of the embassy. One man reportedly opened fire […]
A Palestinian Authority official stormed out of a Boycott Israel conference in Bethlehem after a heckler insulted PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – and was hospitalized for his insults. “Jawad Naji was speaking at the ‘Fourth National Conference for the boycott of Israeli goods,’ held at Bethlehem University, when a member of the audience, Nizar Banat, […]
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva on wrote a letter saying that his country may end its boycott of the UN's top human rights forum. In the letter, dated June 3, Ambassador Eviatar Manor says he is seeking to meet the head of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council "with a view to […]
Israelis who may fear that European Union nations would look unfavorably at their country's efforts to rid itself of some 60 thousand illegal migrant workers from Africa, may have less to worry about, as Germany is in the process of initiating a similar policy. Germans have been complaining for years now about the influx of […]
The Kotel Rav, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, on Sunday morning expressed sorrow this over the prayer of the Women of the Wall and the serious inconvenience it generated for many. "This morning, the Kotel was turned into an enclosed fortress, to serve the provocative needs of this group of women," wrote Rabbi Rabinowitz. "This image of […]
President Bashar al-Assad's Syrian army has recaptured the Golan Heights crossing—the only crossing on the ceasefire border with Israel—in a setback for rebels, only one day after rebel forces had been forced out of the strategic town of Qusayr, AFP reports. The capture of the town Qusayr, after weeks of bloody battles, leaves President Assad […]
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem said Tuesday that it will not allow Jerusalem to use church property in the Old City for a festival because of alleged police action against Christians, according to WAFA, the official website of the Palestinian Authority. Patriarch Theophilos III add that the festival "does not reflect in any way […]
The Syrian side of the border crossing near the Syrian town of Quneitra has been captured by the rebels after heavy fighting Thursday. Quneitra is the only border crossing between Israel and Syria, and this is the first time it has been captured by the rebels since the fighting began in early 2011. The IDF […]
The MTA has announced its plans to close the R Train tunnel for 14 months and the G Train tunnel for 12 weekends and 5 consecutive weeks. John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance, released the following statement today: "Even before today's construction plans were announced, we were pushing for better R and G […]
Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor, is establishing a development information system center in the Negev, the latest addition to a growing list of some of the largest American-based companies to set up operations in Israel. The center will be part of the IDF Intelligence Corp's technology campus in the Negev. Israel has agreed […]
The Gulf Cooperation Council took the lead against Hezbollah Tuesday and unanimously declared it a terrorist organization, a designation that the European Union is considering. “All GCC countries are convinced that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization,” Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Ghanim bin Fadl Al-Buainain told reporters in Jeddah. “There is no difference of opinion among the […]
Half of New York voters think that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should quit because of his actions in the Vito Lopez sex harassment scandal, and 52 percent disapproved of his overall performance, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. Which is a meaningless figure, since Silver continues to be very popular in his district which […]
Vice President Joe Biden told the American-Turkish Council's annual conference that in his opinion only Turks can solve the problem of anti-government protests, which has been the cause of riots across Turkey. He said the U.S. "is concerned and isn't indifferent" to the outcome of events there. The annual conference is the most important event […]
New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday a special primary election will be held August 13, followed by general elections Oct. 16, to fill the seat left vacant by the death on Monday of Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg. By law, he could have appointed a temporary replacement. “I want to have an elected senator […]
The 5K Run/Walk for Israel, begun in 2001 by the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates Coalition for Israel Action, drew more than 300 runners and 700 participants last week and raised more than $65,000 for a 12-year total of over $800,000. The 5K event began during the beginning of the first Arab Intifada, and the […]
The Israeli-based Wix website developer company has filed for a $75 million initial public offering (IPO) to raise the company’s value to $400 million. Last week, the Israeli-based Kamada medical treatments company completed an IPO prior its stock trading on NASDAQ last week. Software developer Babylon also has filed for IP, and Caesarstone Sdot Yam […]
The aggressive new U.S. sanctions against Iran are targeting, for the first time, the country's currency, the rial, and its car industry. The new measures came with new warnings of a yet more painful escalation of the sanctions still to come, as President Barack Obama is attempting to convince the Iranians to stop enriching weapons […]
Shas spiritual rabbi and former Chief Sephardi Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was released from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem Monday after having been rushed there the night before when he lost consciousness at home. Doctors said he is good condition and did not suffer a broken leg, as was first feared when he fell at […]
Two Jewish youth attacked an Arab cab driver after they asked him to take them from Gilo, in southern Jerusalem, to downtown Jerusalem, police said Monday. The driver, 50, is from the Beit Safafa neighborhood bordering Gilo. He escaped with light wounds after struggling with the attackers, who fled. Police are treating the attack as […]
Protests in Turkey against the government of Prime Minister Erdogan have entered their fourth day, with rioters setting fire to offices of Erdogan's AK Party, Deutsche Welle |reports. Leftist NGOs have condemned Turkey's crackdown. Television images from Turkish media showed firefighters dispatched in the early hours of Monday morning local time battling a fire started […]
Kesher, a Yeshiva in Jerusalem with offices in the U.S. and Canada, has announced that Rabbi Doctor Abraham Twerski, Dr. David Pelcovitz and Rabbi Dr. Benzion Sorotozkin will be featured in an educational webinar series starting this Sunday at 8 PM and continuing for 3 consecutive Sundays. Parents and educators can gain keen insights from […]
10:37 AM: A suspicious bag was found inside a classroom in the Rimon elementary school in Ginot Shomron. The entire school was evacuated. Hundreds of students are waiting outside the school while the bomb squad deals with the suspicious object. Security officials are taking the situation very seriously. 10:54 AM: A teacher from a different class […]
Syria returns the favor, in light of the escalating violence in Turkey.
Another Arab with Israeli citizenship has been exposed as a traitor. Zahar Ben Omar Yusfin, of the Arab city Shfaram, located immediately east of Haifa, allegedly handed over to a Hezbollah agent intelligence information of an IDF base. He was charged with “making contact with an enemy agent, assisting a banned organization, and passing on […]
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas finished off his latest swipe at the United States Sunday by appointing a professor, who is a member of his Fatah party, to replace PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as prime minister of the PA. Fayyad, trained in the United States as en economist, was hand-picked by the Bush administration […]
Israel is the home to 84,000 millionaires, putting it in 10th place in the world’s ranking of the number of millionaires as a percentage of the number of households, according to The Boston Consulting Group, in its report "Maintaining Momentum in a Complex World: Global Wealth 2013." In percentage term, there is a millionaire in […]
The Jewish Home (HaBayit HaYehudi) party will be meeting Sunday afternoon to officially (and finally) announce their support for Rav Stav as Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi. The decision was made after it became clear that the law that would allow Rav Ariel to run, was not going to pass. Rav Ariel is the preferred choice for […]
Germany has been making false assumptions for decades – at least when it comes to the number of the country's residents, foreigners and dwellings, reports Der Spiegel. Apparently, these are the main results of a census conducted released Friday in Berlin. They offer the first concrete figures on a number of demographic issues since the […]
On Saturday night, Russia blocked a UN Security Council declaration of alarm over the siege of the Syrian town of Qusair by Syrian troops and Hezbollah guerrillas, diplomats told RTE News. Britain, the president of the council, had circulated a draft statement expressing "grave concern about the situation in Qusair, Syria, and in particular the […]
Muslim inmates in Florida are asking to join a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Jewish prisoners demanding that the state Department of Corrections provide kosher meals, AP reported. A Miami federal judge is scheduled to hold a hearing on Tuesday on whether Florida prison officials should be ordered to serve kosher meals to Jewish […]
Secretary of State John Kerry will address the American Jewish Committee Global Forum on Monday, June 3, at 3:30 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC. The speech will focus on the United States commitment to and ongoing efforts in support of Middle East peace. The event will be open to the press.
Israeli VAT tax went up 1% to 18% on Saturday night. It's now at its highest level in a decade. The government expects the tax hike will raise an additional NIS 4.4 billion a year in revenue, assuming the economy stays strong. The price of gasoline also rose to NIS 7.52 for 95 octane. This […]
Bennett turns the tables on a political ambush.
Organizers of an annual Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan attended by many Muslims decided to cancel this year’s event following four years of tension between attendees and opponents of Islam, Christian News reported. The City and event organizers reportedly faced insurance and liability issues after being sued by two separate groups claiming that their First […]
Israel’s Housing Ministry announced on Thursday that it has given final final approval to a plan to construct 300 new homes in Jewish East Jerusalem. This will not be pleasant news to Secretary of State John Kerry, whose efforts to renew Mideast peace talks appear to rely on Jewish homelessness. The announcement came less than […]
On May 30, 2013, the State Department submitted Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 to the U.S. Congress as required by law. This report, available on www.state.gov/j/ct, provides the Department of State’s annual assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that occurred from January 1 to December 31, 2012. It includes a strategic assessment, country-by-country […]
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers will join several other world financial leaders on June 18 for a $30,000 farewell party for Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, the Globes business newspaper reported Thursday. Fischer is leaving in the middle of his second term of office after having made aliyah to take the […]
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