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

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 […]

News Briefs

The Armenian Genocide Commemorated April 24

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Armenian Genocide, also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, among Armenians, the Great Crime was the Ottoman government's systematic uprooting and extermination of its minority Armenian population from their historic homeland in Turkey. Those tragic events took place during and after World War I, in two phases: the wholesale killing and […]

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt

Suspected Israel Bedouin Spy on Hunger Strike in Egyptian Prison

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Israeli Bedouin serving a life prison sentence in Egypt on charges of being a spy has begun a hunger strike to draw attention to his plight, the Egyptian Ahram website reported. Ouda Trabin was sentenced in 2000 on charges of espionage. Voice of Israel public radio aired on Wednesday a letter he sent to […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Rock Throwers Hit Soldier in the Head

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF soldiers was wounded in the head by a rock-throwing Palestinian Authority terrorists Wednesday afternoon and is being treated in an Israeli hospital for light to moderate wounds. Arabs attacks soldiers in the Tulkarem area, approximately less than 10 miles east of Netanya.

News Briefs

Jerusalem Hotel Owners Expecting Boost from New Open Skies Deal

By Jewish Press News Desk

With the end of the Israeli airlines strike and the finalization of the Open Skies agreement with the EU, Alex Herman, Inbal Hotel VP of Sales & Marketing sent out a statement saying, “We welcome the ending of the strike and the return of the tourism industry back to normal.” According to Herman, the Open […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Two Life Terms Plus 58 Years for Arab Who Killed Two with a Rock

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority rock-throwing terrorist was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences and another 58-year sentence for the murders of an Israeli man and his infant son ear Kiryat Arba two years ago. Waal al-Araja, whose wages as a PA security officer are partly paid for by American and European Union aid, was sentenced Tuesday […]

News Briefs

Summer Is Coming – Check and Update your Passport

By Jewish Press News Desk

The following press release came in from the State dept.: As summer approaches, the Department of State would like to remind families to check the expiration dates on their passports. Passports issued to minors under 16 are only valid for five (5) years rather than the regular ten (10) years for adults. Some countries require […]

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Arab Caught Spying on Jewish Community South of Hevron

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF arrested on Monday a Palestinian Authority Arab from a family affiliated with Hamas after he was spotted taking pictures of a Jewish community located between Hevron and Arad, the Jewish Press has learned. Sources said that the Arab is part of a clan that lives next door to the community of Beit Yatir, […]

News Briefs

London Soccer Club Banning Fans for Taunting Israeli Player

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Chelsea soccer club will issue a life ban to any supporter found guilty of anti-Semitic against its Israeli player Yossi Benayoun, the London Evening Standard reported. Benayoun complained on his twitter account on Monday about being booed when he came on as a substitute in the 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday. He said […]

News Briefs

Disgraced Dior Designer to Teach at Top NY School

By Jewish Press News Desk

Disgraced designer John Galliano, 52, has been signed by Parsons' New School for Design to teach a three-day master class. Galliano was accused in 2011 of shouting anti-Semitic remarks at a couple during a night out in Paris, a scandal that cost him his job as head designer for Christian Dior. He has been slowly […]

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

Robert Sugarman to Chair Conference of Major Jewish Organizations

By Jewish Press News Desk

Robert G. Sugarman, the immediate past chairman of the Anti-Defamation League, has been nominated by a committee of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to serve as the next chairman, starting June 1. Alan Solow, immediate past chairman of the Presidents Conference and chairman of the Nominating Committee, said the full Conference […]

News Briefs

Kerry: US Doubling Non-Lethal Aid to Syrian Rebels

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Jewish Press received the following press release from the Dept. of State: Following his meetings with Syrian Coalition President al-Khatib, members of the Coalition’s leadership, and international partners supporting the Syrian opposition, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States’ intention to double non-lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, as well as provide […]

Terrorism / US / News Briefs

Marathon Suspect #1 Caught

By Jewish Press News Desk

An alert Watertown resident found the wanted man.

Israel / News Briefs / Obituaries

Samaritan High Priest Dies (87)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Samaritan High Priest Aharon Ben Av-Hisda died in his home in Mount Grizim on Friday.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs

One Boston Marathon Suspects Killed, Another Apprehended

By Jewish Press News Desk

New shootings and explosions in Boston. Suspects in Custody. Marathon Suspect #1 is dead.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Yale Elects First-Ever Israeli Student Union President

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yale University students have Jerusalem-born native Daniel Avraham as the first Israeli president of the Student Union. Avraham, a 24-year-old sophomore, learned at the Gymnasia Herzliya high school and is a former IDF intelligence officer. He is studying in the university’s ethics and economics program. Former Yale Student Union presidents include former U.S. Secretary of […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Obituaries

Britain’s Rabbi Sacks Says Thatcher as More like Moses than Aaron

By Jewish Press News Desk

British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks paid tribute to Margaret Thatcher on the day of her funeral, saying that “in public, her leadership style was more like Moses than Aaron, more conviction and confrontation than compromise and conciliation. “But we need both. Aaron was more loved than Moses. The sages said that when Aaron died, […]

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Unions Threaten To Ground El Al Flights Sunday

By Jewish Press News Desk

Unions at El Al, Arkia and Israir Airlines announced Thursday they will ground all planes beginning Sunday if the government carries outs plan to approve the open skies agreement at Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. El Al workers committee chairman Asher Edry told Globes, "We demand that all the promises made to us before the agreement […]

News Briefs

Al-Qaida Cell Arrested in United Arab Emirate

By Jewish Press News Desk

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked terrorist cell that was plotting to carry out operations in the region,. The WAM news agency reported that security authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested a terrorist cell affiliated with Al-Qaeda. All seven people have Arab nationalities. An official source […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

MK to Visit Temple Mount to Find Out Why Jews Barred from Praying

By Jewish Press News Desk

Likud Knesset Member Miri Regev announced Wednesday she will visit the Temple Mount to try to understand the problem with Jews praying at the holy site. The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf officially controls the Temple Mount, a power granted to it by the Israeli government shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967. MK Regev, who chairs […]

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Media

Israeli College Launches Daniel Pearl School of Journalism

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya launched the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute on Wednesday, named for The Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan 11 years ago. His murderers posted a video of Pearl, before they beheaded him, in which he stated, “I am Jewish.” Pearl's father, Prof. Judea […]

News Briefs

Australian Jewish Group Urges Boycott of Israeli Goods

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shurat Hadin reports: The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) recently launched a campaign calling on the boycott of goods produced in territories liberated after the 1967 Six Day War. The website "Don't Buy Settlement Products" seeks to garner support for the call. According to an executive member of the AJDS, "the idea of not buying […]

News Briefs

Ohio Greens Urging Divestment of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shurat Hadin reports: The Green Party of Ohio recently voted to endorse divestment of the Jewish state. The move came after last month Ohio's state government purchased $42 million in Israeli bonds, the largest single purchase of the latter in US history. The state now has a total of $80 million in bonds. According to […]

News Briefs

Native American Scholars Oppose Navajo Friendship with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shurat Hadin reports: A group of Native American scholars recently sent a letter to Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, urging him to shun the Israeli democracy because of claims the latter does not mirror parallel "indigenous values and justice." "As indigenous educators, we find your support for the state of Israel to be in complete […]

News Briefs

Irish Teachers Approve Academic Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shurat Hadin reports: The Teachers Union of Ireland recently voted to end all academic links to the Jewish democracy, including joint research and exchange programs. The resolution, which calls Israel an "apartheid state," was unanimously passed and stresses that the body must "cease cultural and academic collaboration with Israel, including the exchange of scientists, students […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Israelis Live Longer than Most OECD Countries

By Jewish Press News Desk

The average life expectancy in Israel is 81.7 years, fifth highest among OECD countries, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. The annual report on the eve of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, also reported that 10 percent of Israelis live in Jerusalem Tel Aviv is the second most popular city, where 5 percent of […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs

New Jersey Bible Quiz Co-Champion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fifteen-year-old Yishai Eisenberg of Passaic, N.J., and a Beit Shemesh high school student were the first-ever co-champions in the International Bible Quiz held in Israel on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Independence Day. Eisenberg and Elior Babian of Beit Shemesh, located west of, stunned the judges by their perfect knowledge of the Bible. When it became clear that […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

UPDATED: Two Rockets Hit Eilat, and Two land in Jordan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rockets slam Eilat and Aqaba. Children are in bomb shelters.

Terrorism / Israel / US / News Briefs

Sixteen Israelis Ran in Bombed-Boston Marathon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Sixteen Israelis ran in Monday’s terror-ridden Boston marathon, but none of them were wounded in the twin bombings. Tzviki Bronstein, 57, flew to Boston to run in the marathon and was able to finish the race before the explosions. He was walking back to his hotel room when he heard the explosions, he told the […]

IDF & Security / Jewish / News Briefs

Chief of Staff Gantz Calls on Haredim to Defend Israel’s Borders

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF Chief of Benny Gantz said that the military lacks manpower and that he would be happy if Haredim youth serve in the army. He told the Hebrew-language Yediot Acharonot newspaper that Haredim soldiers have “brought good results wherever they have served to date, and they will learn that army service benefits them as well.… […]

Terrorism / Jewish / US / News Briefs

Cleveland Jewish Runner Crossed Finish Line One Hour before Blast

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Cleveland Jewish man’s ability to finish the Boston Marathon in less than four hours helped save him from injuries, or worse, in the terrorist attack Monday “I was in the hotel when the explosions went off, Kevin Goodman, 50, told the Cleveland Jewish News. “The explosions happened about an hour after I finished. I […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

British Jewish Crime Boss Sues Prison for Kosher Meals

By Jewish Press News Desk

An orthodox British Jew serving time in jail for trying to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine is suing prison officials for discrimination by denying him kosher food, the London Sun reported. Simon Price, 68, complained of “institutionalized anti-Semitism” and charged that although inmates are allowed to cook their own meals, he was given […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF to Protect Smartphones from Hi-Tech Spies

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF soon will install protective systems onboard its smartphones used by the IDF to protect them against digital Trojan horses and prevent various spyware software using the devices eavesdropping, Israel Defense reported. The military’s Information Security department has determined there has been a significant rise in risks to the sensitive data found on cell […]

Terrorism / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem

Pearl’s Father: Execution Caused ‘Revolution’ against Barbarism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prof. Judea Pearl said at Israel’s Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers in Jerusalem Sunday night that the terrorists’’ brutal execution of his son Daniel “caused a revolution in our society’s struggle against barbarism.” He added, “The notion of absolute good and bad was almost erased, but was reborn with the murder of Daniel in Pakistan.” […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Sharansky Says Yoni Netanyahu Was an Inspiration while in Jail

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yoni Netanyahu, the brother of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who was killed in the Entebbe rescue, was an inspiration to Natan Sharansky while imprisoned in a Soviet jail, the former Refusenik said Sunday. Speaking to 5,000 Masa Israel Journey participants at a Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers ceremony, Sharansky said, “While in the Soviet prison, […]

News Briefs / Holocaust

Justin ‘Weird’ Bieber Says Anne Frank Would Have Been a Fan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, stayed for about an hour and wrote in the guestbook, "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber,” the “in” word for being one of his fans. Frank died at the […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Thwarts Terror Attack at Checkpoint

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli reserve soldiers prevented a major terrorist attack in Sunday by arresting a Palestinian Authority terrorist at the checkpoint immediately west of Kfar Saba, north of Tel Aviv. The highway to the checkpoint is the main artery for Ginot and Karnei Shomron and Kedumim, The terrorist was caught with an improvised firearm, ammunition and a […]

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

Hamas Tightens Ties with Iran in ‘Sister City’ Agreement

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas-controlled Gaza and Iran have strengthened ties with a “sister-city” agreement linking Tabriz, located in northwestern Iran, with Gaza City, according to the Fars News Agency, controlled by the Islamic Republic. Tabriz Mayor Ali Reza Novin and Gaza Mayor Refik Salem Mekki Novin said, "The sisterhood of the two cities was approved by Tabriz Islamic […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

‘Israel Wants Peace, Enemies Want War,’ Says Netanyahu

By Jewish Press News Desk

”From the moment the state was established, it has not ceased to wish for peace with its neighbors and to the same degree, its enemies have not ceased from their aspiration to wipe it off the face of the earth” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday afternoon as Israel prepares to observe Remembrance Day for […]

NY / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Aliyah / Geulah / Holocaust

Yom Ha’atzmaut Draws 200 New York UJA Leaders

By Jewish Press News Desk

The UJA Federation of New York’s William Rosenwald Mission landed in Israel Sunday with 200 leaders who will be celebrating the country’s 65th anniversary as a modern state on Tuesday. The delegation will examine how the New York community can help improve Israel’s quality of life, especially for children in distress, Holocaust survivors and new […]

News Briefs

Guantanamo Prisoners Clash with Guards

By Jewish Press News Desk

There was a clash on Saturday at the Guantanamo Bay maximum security prison for suspected terrorists, after the military closed a communal section of the facility and moved its inmates into single cells. The violence erupted during an early morning raid, which followed an uprising of the prisoners, who had covered up security cameras and […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Human Rights Watch Turns on Hamas for Executions of Collaborators

By Jewish Press News Desk

Human Rights Watch, which usually has Israel in its crosshairs, has turned its fury on the Hamas terrorist organization for failing to investigate the gory public execution of seven Gaza Arabs accused and sentenced to death without a trial for helping Israel. Hamas rejected the criticism, saying it was biased and adding that it has […]

News Briefs

Jeffrey Goldberg Retiring from Atlantic Online

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Goldblog is going away," wrote yesterday the atlantic.com columnist Jeffrey Goldberg. "Not today, but shortly. I've decided to spend more time focusing on my column at Bloomberg View." The left-wing journalist, who gave us the recent masterpiece "Obama: 'Israel Doesn't Know What Its Own Best Interests Are,'" says he'll continue to write stories for The […]

News Briefs

French Chief Rabbi Goes Home

By Jewish Press News Desk

France’s Chief rabbi, Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, has left his post after becoming hopelessly mixed in a scandal over plagiarism and over lying about his academic credentials. French Jewish leader Richard Prasquier told AP the Chief Rabbi had asked for the leave at an emergency meeting of leaders of the Central Consistory of France on Thursday. […]

News Briefs

Mezuzah Arsonist Busted

By Jewish Press News Desk

A suspect in an anti-Semitic arson attack was taken into custody yesterday and questioned about the burning of 12 mezuzahs at two Brooklyn apartment buildings this week — but cops haven’t charged him yet because he claims to have an alibi, the NY Post reported. Police interrogated Ruben Ublies, 35, who has at least 40 […]

Israel / News Briefs

Six Killed, 16 Injured in ‘Failed Brakes’ Crash in Haifa

By Jewish Press News Desk

The second horrific crash in a year resulting from failed brakes killed six people and injured 16 others in Haifa. Police are questioning the Arab driver of the truck that smashed several vehicles.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

PA Terrorists Arrested for Stabbings in Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Authorities lifted a gag order Tuesday on the arrest and indictment of two Palestinian Authority terrorists, both in their 20s,  for stabbings of Jews in Samaria and in eastern Jerusalem. One of the terrorists is student from a village in Samaria who stabbed a man at the Tapuach junction, causing moderate wounds. The attacker, Mistafa […]

News Briefs

Colorado Governor to Visit Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

John Wright Hickenlooper, governor of the State of Colorado will visit the State of Israel this week, at the head of a delegation of senior investors and business executives. In the framework of his visit to Israel Governor Hickenlooper will plant a tree at the J.F. Kennedy Forest on Friday, April 12, 2013. Hickenlooper, a […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / News Briefs

Daniel Pearl’s Father to Light Day Memorial Flame

By Jewish Press News Desk

The father of the late Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl will light one the memorial flames at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Jerusalem, the day before Independence Day. Pearl was kidnapped and brutally murdered in Pakistan while researching a story on Islamic radicals for The Wall Street Journal. Nine days after his abduction, Pearl was cruelly […]

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Moroccan MPs Not allowed in Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel on Monday blocked two Moroccan MPs who were traveling with EU officials from entering the PA for meetings with Palestinian officials. "The Israel authorities prevented me and my colleague Ali Salem Chekkaf from crossing into the West Bank without giving us any reason," MP Mehdi Bensaid told AFP. "I do not understand this Israeli […]

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Hagel to Visit Israel This Month

By Jewish Press News Desk

Chuck Hagel will visit Israel for the first time as Secretary of Defense for three days, April 21-23, according to Reuters, which was informed of the schedule by an Israeli official. Officially billed as trip to tighten cooperation with allies in the Middle East, Iran will be at the top of the agenda in his […]

Israel / Jewish / US / Travel / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Airline Glatt Kosher Demand Doubles

By Jewish Press News Desk

The number of travelers requesting kosher meals continues to rise, and requests for glatt kosher meals has more than doubled in the past five years, according to one source. Several travel agents reached by KosherToday concur that the number of travelers requesting kosher food has risen throughout the world and the airlines and the airline […]

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Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died following a stroke at the age of 87. She was a strong supporter of Jewish causes but often clashed with Israel, especially during the term of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. She called the policy of encouraging Jewish to live in Judea and Samaria “absurd.” Nicknamed the “Iron […]

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Fierce Clashes between Rebels and Hizbullah at Lebanese Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fierce clashes have broken out between Hizbullah’s terrorist army and Syrian rebels, increasing the threat that the civil war will spread as far south as Israel's border with Lebanon, where the fragile government fell last week. Syrian opposition sources told the London-based Arabic language Al Asharq Awsat that Hizbullah suffered heavy casualties and that dozens […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Holocaust

Peres: Holocaust ‘Cries from the Prayer Shawls’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Holocaust “cries from the prayer shawls the hair, the shoes that we see with our own eyes, resonates as we step on the stones of the ghettos, [and] it floats like a ghost in the barracks of the camp, President Shimon Peres said at the beginning of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day Sunday night. […]

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Shin Bet Arrests Hamas Terrorists for Attacks at Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Sunday that it arrested a five-member Hamas terrorist cell in Jerusalem for firebomb attacks on security officers at the Temple Mount last month. Nine policemen suffered injuries. The arrests were kept under wraps until Sunday, when security officials announced that indictments were filed against the cell a week […]

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Science and Tech

Hebrew U Professor Chosen for American Cancer Research Award

By Jewish Press News Desk

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has chosen Prof. Alexander Levitzki of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as the winner of its 2013 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. The AACR is currently holding its annual meeting through Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Levitzki, professor of biological chemistry at the Alexander Silberman […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hamas Calls UNRWA’s Protest Strike ‘Unjust’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas blasted UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, as being “unjust” for stopping food distribution after rioters stormed UNRWA offices in Gaza in what Hamas said was a “peaceful demonstration.” "They were screaming, shouting and threatening employees," said Adnan Abu Hasna, media adviser for UNRWA in Gaza. "It was a really serious danger […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel Won't Hand Over Maps

By Jewish Press News Desk

Trying to outsmart Israel, the PA is demanding that Israel hand over maps, to use them as the sole basis for negotiations,

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Biannual Budget Cancelled

By Jewish Press News Desk

Claiming the 2-year budget concept a failure, the country will revert to the 1 year budget system.

News Briefs

Report: Sharp Rise in Anti-Semitic Incidents in 2012

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Tel Aviv University annual report has logged a 30 percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide. The rise comes at a time of a rise in European economic distress, but also reflects the murderous attack on Jewish schoolchildren in France last year. The report, issued on Sunday, states that 686 anti-Semitic attacks were recorded in […]

US / News Briefs

Huckabee Fears Gun Control a Step towards Nazi-Style Government

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee backed up a caller to Fox News who suggested that gun control is a step towards a Nazi-style government. The caller stated, “So many people who have not read and do not understand how quickly Germany was turned into, it was a democracy, then turned into a dictatorship by […]

News Briefs

Kerry to Travel from Turkey and Jerusalem to Korea, China, and Japan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Secretary Kerry will travel to Istanbul, Turkey on April 6, where he will meet with senior Turkish officials to discuss a range of bilateral and global issues, including the crisis in Syria and regional peace and security. On April 7-9, Secretary Kerry will travel to Jerusalem and Ramallah. In Jerusalem, he will meet with Israeli […]

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Ukraine's Opposition Refusing to Back Anti-Hate Bill

By Jewish Press News Desk

Minority groups in Ukraine have suffered a setback in the wake of the refusal of opposition MPs—including those from the parties of Yulia Tymoshenko and heavyweight boxer Vitaly Klitschko—to support a resolution that would prohibit "hate speech and degrading expressions," Ukraine Monitor reported. The draft bill, banning terms that are offensive to Jews and other […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Kills Palestinian Terrorist in Shomron

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Wednesday evening a number of Palestinian terrorists attacked an IDF pillbox in Einav, near Tul Karem.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Europe

US Jewish Leaders Hope Decision Will Spur EU to Ban Hizbullah

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is urging European nations to follow the example of France’s declaring Hizbullah a terrorist organization. “We welcome the French government’s decision, [which] follows the declaration by the Bulgarian government of Hizbullah’s responsibility for the attack in Burgas in July, 2012 and the conviction of a Hizbullah […]

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