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

Arabs Attack Girl Near Efrat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab stone throwing and other violent disturbances near Efrat continues. Following in the footsteps of the pipe bomb found near the northern entrance last week, a girl was hurt Thursday when rocks were thrown at a car she was riding in. A number of cars were hit and damaged near Efrat's northern entrance. Last week […]

News Briefs

ADL Condemns Detroit Leaders' Love-In with Farrakhan

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed deep disappointment with the members of Detroit City Council and local clergy who met with and embraced the antisemitic and racist leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, during his visit to the city last week. During his visit to Detroit, Farrakhan was invited by Rev. Wendell Anthony, President […]

News Briefs

Former Iranian President: 'Things Have Never Been This Bad'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former Iranian president Akbar Rafsanjani on Wednesday strongly criticized the leadership of his country, following his disqualification as presidential candidate this week. "I don't think the country could have been run worse, even if it had been planned in advance," the 78-year-old Rafsanjani reportedly told members of his campaign team. "I don't want to get […]

News Briefs

Nadler Disappointed by Nixing of Immigration Reform LGBT Amendment

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) on Wednesday responded to the withholding of the Leahy Amendment to protect LGBT families in immigration reform legislation: “As the House sponsor of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), I am extremely disappointed that an amendment to ensure equal treatment for same-sex, bi-national couples was withheld, without a vote, during the […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Bibi to Talk Separately with Kerry, Sarkozy and Hague – in 4 Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a busy day Thursday and is scheduled to talk with two foreign ministers and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a four-hour time span. His office announced he will welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at 10:15, and the American efforts to bring Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority […]

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Steinitz Warns Iran Will Be Able To Make 30 Nuclear Bombs a Year

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran will be able top produce 30 nuclear bombs a year and 100 within the decade, Minister of Strategy, Intelligence and International Relations Affairs Yuval Steinitz told a defense conference this week. He told the IsraelDefense C5I Conference that Iran could reach the capability of operating 54,000 centrifuges. "Iran is not North Korea or Pakistan […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Dizzy Dollar Dumps the Shekel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The shekel-dollar rate has soared 4 percent in the past two weeks, with the latest jump today (Wednesday) prompted by expectations that the Bank of Israel will lower the interest rate again in June. The rate crossed the level of 3.69 shekels to the dollar on Wednesday after having dropped under 3.55 shekels to the […]

News Briefs

Shmuley Boteach to Host Jewish Values Gala for Rambam Medical Center

By Jewish Press News Desk

At the inaugural Values Network Gala on June 4, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach will be honoring Holocaust survivor Professor Elie Wiesel, renowned philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson and influential health advocate Dr. Mehmet Oz for their outstanding work as champions for Jewish and human values. Proceeds from the dinner, to be held at the New […]

News Briefs

Ahmadinejad Irate at Disqualification of his Candidate

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a decision by election overseers to disqualify his own top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, from the June 14 presidential vote in Iran as an act of "oppression" and threatened to take the case to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, AP reported. His comments were posted Wednesday on his website […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Soldier Killed in Training Accident

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF soldier was killed Tuesday afternoon in a training accident on the Golan Heights. The soldier, in the Combat Engineering Corps, was clearing anti-tank mines when one mine unexpectedly exploded.

Israel / News Briefs

Waze Defeats Google

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel’s Waze user-run navigation service easily beat out Google’s app Tuesday night when the Israel Electric Corp. closed down the high-speed Ayalon Highway that runs through Tel Aviv. Drivers using the Google app, which uses Android devices that broadcast information of traffic, found themselves being directed to the Ayalon even though it was closed, the […]

News Briefs

Nefesh B’Nefesh Co-Founder to Receive YU Honorary Doctorate

By Jewish Press News Desk

Co-Founder and the Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh Rabbi Joshua Fass, a Yeshiva University alumnus, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at YU’s 82nd Commencement Ceremony, Thursday, May 30, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. YU President Richard M. Joel will also confer honorary doctorates upon entrepreneur Tony B. […]

News Briefs

Report: Discrimination against Jews and Muslims Rising Everywhere

By Jewish Press News Desk

Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to the annual U.S. State Dept. report for 2012. The report points to growing antisemitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. The BBC noted that the International Religious Freedom Report noted that in Egypt, antisemitic sentiment in the media sometimes included Holocaust […]

News Briefs

Nadler Demands Justice for Jacob Ostreicher

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Monday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, participated in a Congressional hearing which examined the issue of Jacob Ostreicher’s illegal detention. Mr. Ostreicher, a constituent of Rep. Nadler’s from Brooklyn, has been detained in Bolivia for nearly two years. Rep. Nadler has previously […]

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

IDF Returns Fire after Gunfire from Syria on Golan Heights

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli soldiers returned fire on Syrian territory after another incident of gunfire on a military area in the Golan Heights Monday night. No one was injured, and there was no damage to property. Military spokesmen said that the soldiers' fire on the source of the attack" hit the target," but they did not provide any […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Egypt Prepares for Battle in Sinai to Free Soldiers

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Muslim Brotherhood government of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is moving tanks and heavy arms towards the northern Sinai towards possible all-out battle with a gang that   kidnapped seven Egyptian security personnel four days ago. Morsi has ruled out negotiating, saying there was "no room for dialogue with the criminals.” and that his government would […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Legal Activist Calls for Prosecuting France 2 for Al-Dura Hoax

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel should file criminal charges against France 2 following a government report Sunday that the television channel broadcast a film in 200 that falsely portrayed the alleged killing of 12-year-old Mohammed Al-Dura by Israeli soldiers. Charles Enderlin was bureau chief of France 2 when the Second Intifada, also known as the Oslo War, broke out. […]

Israel / News Briefs

Updated: Be'er Sheva Bank Attack, Hostages, Dead, and Wounded

By Jewish Press News Desk

What initially appeared to be a bank robbery gone wrong, turned out to be a revenge attack on the bank staff.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Natural Gas Magnate Says Gov’t Can Pocket Billions from Exports

By Jewish Press News Desk

The government can expect to rake in billions of dollars from natural gas exports in the next 20 years, claimed Yitzchak Tshuva, controlling shareholder of Delek, which is a major partner in the Nobel Energy consortium that has begun pumping gas from its off-shore oil discovery. Opposing views are trying to prohibit exports, arguing that […]

News Briefs

Iran Executes Two for Spying for Mossad, CIA

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two men convicted of spying for foreign intelligence agencies were hanged Sunday morning in Iran, IRNA reported. According to Tehran Magistrate Office, one of the culprits was convicted to death for accumulating and selling classified information to agents of the Zionist regime's Mossad and receiving money in return during repeated meetings with them outside the […]

News Briefs

Syrian Army Bombing Central Rebel Town

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Syrian military has been pounding the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing 13, preparing for a ground assault, AFP reported. “After two days of calm, planes bombed the town of Qusayr in the early hours of the morning,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdul Rahman said. “The bombing and air raids killed […]

News Briefs

Spanish Politicians Call for Cancellation of Achinoam Nini Concert

By Jewish Press News Desk

Left-wing politicians in the autonomous region of Galicia in Spain recently called on their local government to cancel an upcoming concert by Israeli singer Achinoam Nini and to boycott Israel., Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center reports. The Galician Left Alternative, an umbrella organization that represents the region’s third largest political bloc, went on to […]

Syria / News Briefs / Russia

Syrian Army Completes S300 Training in Russia

By Jewish Press News Desk

The first anti-aircraft missiles may be delivered to Syria within 2 months.

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

Bennett and Livni in Facebook Fight over Women of the Wall

By Jewish Press News Desk

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Religious Affairs Minister Yair Lapid, who doubles as Finance Minister, are arguing via Facebook over the issue of a women’s minyan at the Western Wall. Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky has proposed that a Women of the Wall demand for the minyan be allowed at the southern part of the […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / Hamas / News Briefs

Arabs ‘Celebrate’ Nakba with Kassam on Negev and Mortars on Golan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gaza and Syrian Arabs on Wednesday marked Nakba Day, the English date of the re-establishment of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948, with a Kassam rocket attack on the Negev and two mortar shells on the Golan Heights. The mortar shells may have been unintentionally fallen on the Israeli side of the border […]

Israel / Antisemitism / Islamists

Geller Raps Toronto Rabbis for ‘Loshon HaRa’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Pamela Geller, a controversial critic of radical Islam, has accused the Toronto Board of Rabbis for “loshon hara” in response to the clerics charging that she “is known for her extreme criticism of Muslims in language that is intended to shock and ridicule.” The Toronto rabbis had criticized the Jewish Defense League of Canada for […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Obituaries

Jewish Psychologist-Media Star Dr. Joyce Brothers Dies

By Jewish Press News Desk

Millions of Americans this week are mourning Dr. Joyce Brothers, the Jewish psychologist and media start who died Monday in Fort Lee, New Jersey Monday at the age of 85. She was buried at the Beth David Cemetery on Long Island. Born in Brooklyn, she earned degrees in psychology from Cornell and Columbia. She broke […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

More Natural Gas Found

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel has (more) gas. Baruch Hashem. But who should profit?

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Cabinet Passes ‘Austerity Budget’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Cabinet Monday evening passed a two-year budget, nearly five months late, with tax hikes and across-the-board cuts in spending, Only one minister voted against the  budget, the second and last time it will cover two years instead of one. Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who is chairman of the Yesh Atid party, said after the […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Vienna Hosts First European Jewish Choral Festival

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Vienna Jewish Choir last weekend hosted the first European Jewish Choral Festival with a comprehensive repertoire of Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino songs, the European Jewish Press reported, Hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish singers from 18 groups in Europe participated n the four-day event that drew approximately 1,500 spectators. The festival, under the patronage of […]

Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs / Religion

Hillary and Bill Clinton Give Weiner the Cold Shoulder

By Jewish Press News Desk

Anthony Weiner can forget about any support from Hillary and Bill Clinton if he decides to run for mayor of New York City, the New York Post reported Monday. The main reason is Huma Abedin, Weiner’s Muslim wife who suffered disgrace shortly after their marriage when Weiner was caught using the Internet for online relationships […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Blue and White, All the Waze

By Jewish Press News Desk

Waze and Facebook have reached an impasse in their negotiations, but not over whether Facebook will buy Waze for 700 million dollars, or a clean billion, but over Israel, according to the Israeli site Telecom News. Facebook wants to close down Waze's Raanana office, and transfer some of the developers to the U.S. While the […]

News Briefs

Pope Beatifies 813 Italians Beheaded by Turks

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Sunday, in a packed St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis announced his first canonization of new saints, including 813 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam. The 813 "Martyrs of Otranto" were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480, for refusing the demands of the Turkish invaders to renounce Christianity. […]

News Briefs

Trial of Accused American Front Leader Starts

By Jewish Press News Desk

The trial of Marcus Faella, 40, the alleged ringleader of the American Front, a white supremacist group that was training at a compound in the rural area of St. Cloud, is set to begin on Monday at the Osceola County, FL, courthouse. The American Front is an antisemitic militia with paramilitary training. Its members have […]

News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Settlements / Holocaust

Church of Scotland Thinks Twice, Grants Israel the Right to Exist

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Church of Scotland has called last week’s publication of a Church and Society Council report that denies Israel’s right to exist a “misunderstanding” and now says the Jewish state can remain as part of the world. The Jewish communities of Scotland were shocked by the report, and the local Council of Christians and Jews […]

News Briefs

Egypt Blocks Qaeda Plot Against Western Embassy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday that police arrested members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell that was plotting suicide bombings against a Western embassy as well as other targets, Egyptian Interior Mohammed Ibrahim said at a news conference. According to Ibrahim, police "have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks," including […]

News Briefs

UN Ambassador Prosor: Hezbollah Will Not Test our Resolve

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor spoke on Friday during a discussion on counter-terrorism at the UN Security Council. In his remarks, Ambassador Prosor said terrorism to a "growth industry," with a "business development arm" and a "human resources division." He said: "Chapter Seven of the United Nations Charter sets out the Security […]

News Briefs

While You Were Keeping Shabbat

By Jewish Press News Desk

(All times are local, Israel) Friday, 7 PM: an Arab terrorist was moderately injured by IDF fire near the Mount Hebron village of Idhna, after trying to damage the security fence. Friday, 7:15 PM: An Eritrean national, 20, was moderately injured after falling off his bicycle near the Megiddo junction. He was taken to Haemek […]

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / Hezbollah

Nasrallah Brags Syria will Give Hezbollah ‘Game-Changing’ Weapons

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hezbollah supreme leader Hassan Nasrallah boasted on Thursday that the Syrian regime will ship to the terrorist organization “game-changing” weapons, a week after Israel bombed Iranian missiles that were sent to Syria for delivery to Hezbollah. Nasrallah's rhetoric came a day after Syrian President Bashar Assad’ bravado that he will strike Israel but only when […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Views Chinese Wall ‘Security Fence’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Great Wall of China on Thursday, allowing him to make the obvious comparison with Israel’s security fence, dubbed by leftists as the “Apartheid Wall. Unlike the Chinese Great Wall, the “wall” in Israel extends less than 10 percent of the total length of the fortification, […]

IDF & Security / Travel / News Briefs

Israel’s Semi-Automatic Tavor Rifle May Replace M-16s at Airport

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tourists landing at Ben Gurion Airport soon may see guards toting the Israel-made Tavor rifle instead of the traditional M-16, according to Israel defense, The Micro Tavor is shorter but heavier than the M-16, and started replacing the M-16 in IDF combat units approximately three years ago.

News Briefs / Islamists

Invest or Gamble? Egypt Sells Islamic Bonds

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt, headed by President Mohammed Morsi, is set to issue “Islamic bonds,” not to be confused with the highly successful Israeli bonds that helped the Jewish state get off it feet after its re-establishment in 1948. Unlike Israel, modern Egypt has been around for a long time, but the Arab […]

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

Three Jews from US and France to Be Awarded Dan David Prize

By Jewish Press News Desk

The international Dan David Prize will be awarded  June 9 at Tel Aviv University to an American Jewish philosopher, a research doctor at Johns Hopkins and a French economist. The Dan David Prize awards three $1 million to individuals with proven exceptional excellence in the sciences, arts, humanities, public service and entrepreneurship that have made […]

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Kerry Hosts Livni, to Return to Israel to Push Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with visiting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni this week and told reporters he will return to Israel in two weeks to push ahead for more “peace process” talks. In a brief session with reporters,  Kerry did not refer to the de facto building freeze that Israel media reported […]

Jewish / US / Religion

Yogurtland Launches Kosher Store

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yogurtland, a leading frozen yogurt chain, is following the lead of Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins and The Coffee Bean and has launched its first kosher store, the Beverly Connection location in Los Angeles. The store is under the kosher supervision of the Rabbinical Council of California, according to the Kosher Today newsletter. Yogurtland’s self-serve frozen […]

Israel / News Briefs / Islamists

Police Arrest Jerusalem Mufti

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following threats and violence on the Temple Mount, the police detain the Jerusalem Mufti.

Syria / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Syrian Rebels Take 4 UN Peacekeepers Prisoner

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian Rebels are holding four UN peacekeepers prisoner. The four Filipino peacekeepers were on the Golan Heights to monitor the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel. The Rebels claim they are holding them, to keep them safe.

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / Religion

Biden Wants Rabbis, Pastors and Nuns to Back ‘Moral’ Gun Control

By Jewish Press News Desk

Vice President Joe Biden met with Jewish, Muslim Christians, Sikh and other religious leaders Monday to encourage them to back gun control as matter of morals. He met for two and a half hours with rabbis, pastors, nuns and other religious leaders before the gun control bill comes up for a Senate vote. "The conversation […]

Israel / News Briefs

Samsung S4 Smartphone Makes ‘Aliyah’ and Costs $1,100

By Jewish Press News Desk

Samsung's Galaxy S4 flagship Smartphone arrived in Israel this week with an official price tag of approximately $1,100 (3,600-3,700 shekels). Prices may drop a bit if local mobile carriers try to undercutting each other, and one retailer already is offering it for $920. The Samsung S4 has a five-inch screen with a super-thin glass and […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion

Israel Hotels Attracting Tourists with OU Kosher Certification

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli restaurants and hotels are more interested n seeking kosher certification from the American-based Orthodox Union (OU) in order to attract foreign tourists, according to the Kosher Today newsletter. It said that many American Jewish tourists generally are more familiar with the OU than Israeli rabbinic certifications. The OU operates in Israel in an office […]

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Israel Moves Closer to Eliminating Small Parties

By Jewish Press News Desk

A bill to increase the minimum number for a political party to be represented in the Knesset has passed a ministerial committee and will be brought to the Knesset for a first vote. If it passes, it will be discussed in a Knesset committee for returning to the Knesset for further votes. The bill is […]

News Briefs

New $10.4 million Security Pavilion at Moynihan Federal Courthouse

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Monday, Congressmen José E. Serrano, Jerrold Nadler and Peter King joined Chief Judge Loretta A. Preska to announce that the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse has received $10.4 million in federal funds to build a new state-of-the-art security pavilion. The security pavilion was planned for shortly after 9/11 but until the intercession of the […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Israeli Injured by Arab Terrorists Wakes From Coma

By Jewish Press News Desk

Aharon Zlotkin, the 53 year old man hit in the head by Arab terrorists two days ago at the Doar Junction, has come out of his coma. He's also managed to slightly move his hands and feet. His condition is still listed as serious.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Wants to Equalize Term of Service for Men and Women

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Armed Forces is proposing that women and men both serve in  the army for the same amount of time for equal positions. Men soldiers currently serve for three years and women for two years. The IDF wants to cut the men’s service to 32 months and extend the service for women as well […]

Israel / News Briefs

Netanyahu Promoting Israeli High-Tech in China

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Shanghai Monday and immediately traveled from the airport to an exhibition at a high-tech industrial park and promoted Israel’s high-tech industry. Next to a wall on which were the logos of the companies operating in the high-tech park, the Prime Minister said, "We see here the logos of many […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

Israel Did not Notify US of Bombing Mission in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

An American intelligence official, speaking on the basis of anonymity, told Reuters that Israel did not notify the Obama administration before the two bombing missions last weekend that targeted Iranian missiles destined for the Hezbollah terrorist organization. Israel informed the United States of the pre-emptive counterterrorist operation after the attacks. Unlike many previous secret maneuvers […]

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs

Syria Aims Missiles at Israel; Local Flights Banned in North

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syria and Israel stepped closer to getting ready for war Sunday, with Syrian missiles reportedly deployed and aimed at Israel, which has closed off air space in the north to civilian air traffic. Arkia airlines told Channel 2 television that "due to IDF instructions on the closure of airspace in the North until May 9, […]

Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs

Iran: Israel Used Radioactive Uranium in Syrian Missile Bombing

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Iranian propaganda machine is working overtime Sunday, claiming that Israel used depleted uranium in its missile attacks on Syria early this weekend. “The first missile…contained uranium substances, a correspondent of the Russian TV quoted some local sources as saying,” the Iranian regime-controlled Fars News Agency reported. “Other media outlets had also earlier released similar […]

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Saudi Arabia Warns Students of Hebrew U. 'Suspicious’ Website

By Jewish Press News Desk

Saudi Arabia’s Education Ministry has warned students to steer clear of what it called “suspicious websites,” an apparent reference to the Hebrew University site that has attracted Saudi students. The ministry’s spokesman, Dr. Muhammad Al-Hayzan, said the certificates from such institutions will not be accredited by the ministry. “Students have other alternatives. One of them […]

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Gaza Rocket Hits Eshkol Region

By Jewish Press News Desk

Reshet Bet reports that a rocket from Gaza just hit the Eshkol region. No injuries or damage were reported. No alerts went off either.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Shalit Released Terrorist Caught in Ashdod

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gadia Abdallah, one of the many terrorists released in the Gilad Shalit deal, was caught in Ashdod, according to a report in Hakol HaYehudi. The police say his presence there was illegal, and his arrest has been extended. He claims he was there looking for work. The terrorist who murdered Evyatar Borovsky last week was also recently […]

News Briefs

Iron Domes Redeployed to North

By Jewish Press News Desk

In light of the recent IAF activities in Syria, Israel has repositioned two Iron Dome anti-missile batteries to the country's north. One has been placed near Tzfat (Sefad), the second near Haifa.

News Briefs

Women in Green: It's Time to Wake Up!

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Friday, we received the following press release from Nadia Matar of Women in Green: Something bad is cooking. Arab Stone throwing. Adele Biton. Roads blocked by stones. Molotov cocktails. An attempted murder near Kedumim. Arabs attacking the fence of Ofrah. The murder of Evyatar Borovsky HY"D. The IDF's destruction this morning of the office […]

News Briefs

State Dept. Suddenly Appalled by Massacre in al-Bayda

By Jewish Press News Desk

We received the following statement from the U.S. Dept. of State: The United States is appalled by horrific reports that more than 100 people were killed May 2 in gruesome attacks on the coastal town of al-Bayda, Syria. Regime and Shabiha forces reportedly destroyed the area with mortar fire then stormed the town and executed […]

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Rebellion in Shas

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Saturday Night, Rav Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual head of the Shas party said that he had to return political control of the Shas party back to Aryeh Deri, as it was promised to be returned to him (Deri) when he was sent to prison. Eli Yishai, the successful, but now displaced Shas party head, […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs

(Not) Only Netanyahu Can Go to China

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Netanyahu is on his way to China on Sunday evening, but he won't be the only one. PA President Mahmoud Abbas is also on his way. The two are not expected to meet - it is a big country after all. Netanyahu will be in China for 5 days to discuss economic agreements […]

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

Breaking News: Multiple Shooting Attacks, Jew Injured

By Jewish Press News Desk

Multiple Shooting attacks have been reported in the Shomron in the past 10 minutes (5:03 pm). One occurred between Karnei Shomron and Yitzhar (Tzir Gilad), one person has been injured. MDA is responding. In the second shooting attack also near Gilad farm, a number of Israeli cars were hit, but no injuries were reported.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem

PA Arab Shoots at Israeli Car; Gaza Terrorists Fire Two Mortars

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority terrorists shot at an Israeli car near Maaleh Adumim and terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two mortar shells on the Western Negev Thursday evening. No injuries were reported in  the attacks, which came two days after a PA Arab stabbed to death a Jewish father of five children in northern Samaria. The […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Rabbi Ovadia Dumps Yishai, Crowns Deri as Shas Party Leader

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has given his blessing for the charismatic Aryeh Deri to return to his former position as head of the Shas political party at the expense of Knesset Member Eli Yishai. Since the return of Deri to the Knesset after the end of his seven-year banishment as a  result of […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arab Cabbie Tries to Commit Suicide over PA Traffic Ticket

By Jewish Press News Desk

A taxi driver tried to set fire into his car early Wednesday after a police officer gave him a traffic ticket because he parked in an off-limits area between Bethlehem and Beit Jala. ”I wanted to set fire to my taxi and keep myself inside it to explode because I am exploding from the new […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Israeli Man who Jumped the Fence into Lebanon has Mental Disorder

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli who jumped over the border fence at Rosh HaNikra and crossed into Lebanon Wednesday apparently has a mental order. Lebanese officials still are holding and questioning 34-year-old Simon Saadati, according to the Beirut Daily Star. A representative of United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is present at the interrogation, the newspaper added. […]

News Briefs

Terrorist Attacked Visiting UN Representative

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Arab terrorist attacked with a sharpened manhole covers point the UN representative who came to visit him in his cell at Shikma prison. The UN official was admitted for medical treatment in the prison clinic, suffering from cuts his head. (Hakol Hayehudi)

News Briefs

Israeli Entrepreneurs Compete for Attention at Innovation Road Show

By Jewish Press News Desk

Eighteen Israeli and Brazilian entrepreneurs pitched their ideas and business models to 230 investors, executives, and guests in attendance at the U.S. Israel Business Council (USI) 2nd Annual Innovation Roadshow on Tuesday evening, at the Morgan Stanley headquarters. U.S. Israel Business Council (USI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together members, community leaders, investors, […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Arab on Arab Rock Violence, and Stone Throwers Caught

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arabs mistakenly attacked an Arab car, and a group of Arab stone throwers were captured.

Jewish / News Briefs

Holland’s Jews Welcome New King With Special Prayer and Blessing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Holland’s Jews joined millions in the Dutch country on Wednesday and celebrated the coronation of Willem-Alexander as Holland’s new king with a special prayer and an ancient traditional blessing. On the eve of the coronation, a special traditional ceremony was held in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. This ancient synagogue, which is lit only by […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Netanyahu Meets with US House Foreign Affairs Committee Delegates

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with a delegation of senior members of the U.S.  House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA.) "The last time I was here, we had a situation during the Second Lebanon War,” said Rep. Royce. “I was in Haifa and I saw what things […]

Syria / News Briefs

Assad Makes Rare Public Appearance

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian President Bashar Assad visited a Damascus power station on May Day Wednesday in a rare public appearance, according to the regime’s television station. The television station showed Assad speaking to workers and shaking their hands, He has tried to show Syrians that all is “business as usual” despite the bloody civil war and charges […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Lebanon Nabs Israeli Who Jumped over Border Fence

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF has confirmed reports that Lebanese soldiers caught an Israeli citizen who jumped over the border fence near Rosh HaNikra, on the northeast Mediterranean Coast. His identity has not been released, and it is not known if he is Jewish or an Arab, nor are there any clues regarding his motives. Israeli army officials […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Jewish Girls Protest Outside Terrorist's Hospital Room

By Jewish Press News Desk

A group of girls managed to reach the hospital room in Beilinson (Rabin) Hospital, where the terrorist who murdered Evyatar Borovsky is currently recovering. The girls began a loud protest, demanding the death sentence for the terrorist. Police managed to remove 10 girls from the hospital building.  

Syria / US / News Briefs

Obama to Face Questions on Syria in Morning Press Conference

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama has scheduled a press conference for 10:15 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, and he is all but certain to face questions regarding American intentions concerning the use of chemical weapons in Syria and the continuing revelations of faulty intelligence on the Boston Marathon terrorists. Gun control and spending cuts also may be on the […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Arabs Trying to Cause Car Accidents Near Efrat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab youths near Efrat have been escalating their attacks against Jewish motorists driving down the main highway near Efrat. For the second day in a row, Arab youths have been throwing stones at cars driving down Highway 60, near the northern entrance to the town. Earlier today, the Arabs escalated their attacks and also tried […]

News Briefs

UConn Student Sends Nasty Emails to the Wrong Chosen People

By Jewish Press News Desk

A University of Connecticut Law School student was arrested by campus police and charged with harassment and breach of peace offenses after a series of emails and online posts, West Hartford Eyewitness News reported. According to court documents, Anya Bargh was picked up by police following the discovery of racist and anti-Semitic emails to university […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Arab Terrorist Gets Out of Prison, Murders Israeli in the Shomron

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian terrorist killed a Jew at Tapuach Junction, not long after being released from jail for a previous terror attack.

Israel / News Briefs

Massive Fire Near Mitkan Adam

By Jewish Press News Desk

Eye witness reports say that a massive fire is engulfing the mountain tops near the IDF Mitkan Adam army base. 25 Fire Engine crews are working to put out the blaze and prevent it from spreading to Road 6. Soldiers are currently being evacuated from the base. Some people have been reported as lightly injured. […]

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists

Syrian Says Prime Minister Survived Car Bomb Explosion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rebels, termed “terrorists” by the Assad regime, killed six people in a car bomb explosion in Damascus that failed to claim the life of its main target, Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi. Official state media broadcast the report of the car bomb, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed it. The apparent suicide attack was […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Rock-Throwing Terrorists Return to Route 443

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs Monday morning hurled rocks at motorists on Route 443, which connects Modi’in with Jerusalem, despite two checkpoints on the highway that also serves as alternate route to Highway 1 to Jerusalem. No injuries were reported. The Supreme Court three years ago ordered that the government open the road to Palestinian Authority drivers, […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / United Nations (UN)

Ban Ki-Moon Caves In, ‘Rejects’ Falk’s Boston Terror-Israel Link

By Jewish Press News Desk

It took five days, but United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon finally said he “rejects” United Nations Human Rights Council official Richard Falk’s comments that cited “the American global domination project: and US-Israeli relations as provocations for the bombings. Falk, a Jewish American who has long history of accusing Israel of “war crimes” and “apartheid, […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Next Israel Shekel Bills to Feature Sephardi Jew

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Netanyahu government is going “politically correct” and will make sure the next serious of Israel shekel bills will feature a Sephardi Jew following last year’s four new banknotes that featured only Ashkenazi Jews. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he personally prefers that the “Sephardi shekel bill” feature poet Rabbi Yehuda HaLevy, calling […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

US Likes New Israel Radar That Detects Mortar Fire

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rada, an Israeli company, is gearing up for production of its new tactical radar that the U.S. Army and the IDF may use to pinpoint the source of mortar fire and rocket fire. Rada has successfully tested its Multi-mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR), the independent Israel Defense website reported. The U.S. Army asked Rada to carry […]

Terrorism / NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

New York Synagogue Bomber Accomplice Sentenced to Jail

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Moroccan immigrant to the United States who plotted to blow up synagogues in New York City was sentenced on Friday to five years in jail and faces deportation after his release. Mohammed Mamdouh pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to commit terrorism and criminal weapon possession. He was an accomplice to Algerian immigrant Ahmed […]

News Briefs

Syrian Report: IDF Planes Circled over Assad's Palace in Damascus

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Syrian rebel army spokesman said Sunday that Israeli Air Force fighter jets were observed circling in sky over Damascus. He said the planes flew over Assad's palace and over security and military institutions in the Syrian capital. Last Thursday, the Israeli Air Force thwarted an attempt to infiltrate Israel's airspace by a drone belonging […]

Israel / News Briefs

Lag B'Omer Fires in UN Compound

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nine cars caught fire in the UN compound in Jerusalem, according to a report in Times of Israel. In the Armon HaNatziv neighborhood, firefighting crews battled the fire inside the UN compound that burned up between four to nine cars. The fire department believes the fires were started by sparks from bonfires in a nearby […]

News Briefs

Monastery Loses 7-Year Battle against Israeli Security Fence

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Catholic monastery and convent near Bethlehem lost a seven-year legal battle against the building of Israel's security fence on its land. The Society of St. Yves, a Catholic group that argued the case on the monastery's behalf, said an Israeli appeals court had endorsed a plan to expand the barrier Israel had built in […]

News Briefs

Feiglin Issues Interim Note on Medical Cannabis Law

By Jewish Press News Desk

After a Thursday meeting that lasted almost three hours, with the Health Minister, MKs Moshe Feiglin (Likud) and Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) issued the following joint statement: "Today, a meeting was conducted on the cannabis issue at the Health Minister's office, initiated by MK Moshe Feiglin and MK Tamar Zandberg. "No decisions were made at the […]

News Briefs

Dinner for Young Russian-American Jews to Feature Elie Wiesel

By Jewish Press News Desk

RAJE is proud to honor the emerging young philanthropists of the newly formed RAJE Young Leadership Board Russian American Jewish Experience (RAJE) invites you to join the Russian Jewish community of New York at its annual dinner as they present Ambassador Ido Aharoni with a Builder of Israel Award and Shalom TV and RTN CEO […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Potash Corp. Gives Up on Bid to Buy Out Israel Chemicals

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canadian fertilizer giant Potash Corp. has given up on its $15 billion offer to buy Israel Chemicals following strong opposition in Israel, where fears also were raised that Potash would move some local production to Jordan. Potash, which already has a 14 percent stake in Israeli Chemicals, stated that although it maintains that the proposed […]

Terrorism / NY / News Briefs

Americans Donate More than $21 Million for Boston Terror Victims

By Jewish Press News Desk

Americans have opened their hearts and wallets one week after the Boston marathon terrorist attack and have donated more than $21 million for the victims. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced last week the creation of The One Fund Boston, which Fox News said has raised $15 million from corporations and […]

News Briefs

Canadian Jewish News Out of Business

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Monday, the weekly Canadian Jewish News (CJN) told subscribers in an online note that it would cease publishing a weekly newspaper in Toronto and Montreal, The Globe and Mail reported. CJN president Donald Carr said he hopes to re-launch a digital-only publication – but at this point the website operates at a 1994 Internet […]

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