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A government-appointed commission investigating the 2010 Mavi Mamara flotilla clash suggested on Wednesday that “the buck stops here” law should apply to IDF officers who are found responsible for any illegal orders that soldiers carry out. Military courts previously have found some soldiers for illegal actions during the Operation Cast Lead counter-terrorist campaign four years […]
Israel has deployed a third Iron Dome missile defense system in the north, shortly after the IDF air strike near the border between Syria and Lebanon, AFP reports. "The deployment of several Iron Dome batteries in the north of the country comes as part of the setting up of the system," an IDF spokesperson said. […]
On Tuesday, Democratic Jewish Congressman from Lower Manhattan Jerrold Nadler, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, led a bipartisan coalition of congressional champions of immigration reform and civil rights in re-introducing the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), including Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Luis […]
German Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller is in hot water with German politicians for stating that "targeted discrimination campaigns" against Catholic church positions on ordination of women and of homosexual relationships sometimes reminded him of a "pogrom sentiment." "Targeted discreditation campaigns against the Catholic Church in North America and also here in Europe have led to […]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ready to Iran’s first human astronaut, according to his regime’s official media outlet, only two days after Western media cast doubt on whether Iran actually sent a monkey into space, as it claimed. The Islamic Republic News Agency, quoted by the Associated Press, said that Ahmadinejad is willing to sacrifice […]
Assad’s propaganda machine has dreamed up a novel twist to get out of looking weak by not retaliating against Israel. Actually it was Israel that retaliated against Assad’s victories over “Zionist rebels.” “It was the Israeli enemy that was retaliating” by bombing Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles headed for Hizbullah, according to Syria’s government-controlled television, which interviewed […]
Israel police caught an Arab who fled the scene after he tried to stab a Haredi Jew near Mea Shearim late Monday morning. The victim was not injured. The suspect had fled, but police caught up with him and are questioning him. Police said the attempted knifing was most likely a terrorist attack, but they […]
Ed Koch will be honored at his funeral by former President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. At the service Monday morning, NY time, at Manhattan's Reform Temple Emanu-El, the assembled will also hear Israeli consul general Ido Aharoni speak about Koch's other fierce loyalty: Israel. Koch died Friday of congestive heart […]
Likud officials told Reshet Bet Radio that negotiations on cobbling a coalition are going sluggishly, as all the parties appear to be entrenched in their opening positions. According to a senior party official, Netanyahu has run into partners with new political standards, who insist on fulfilling their promises to the voters. The same source said […]
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz landed in the United States Sunday for a week of talks, hosted by U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. The meetings were planned in advance but comes less than a week after Israel’s undeclared attack, apparently on a convoy of advanced […]
Israeli forces detained 11 people in Arab Judea and Samaria overnight Saturday, Ma'an reported. Dozens of military vehicles raided the village of Beit Fajjar, in south Bethlehem, and arrested Mohammad Majed Amro Thwabteh, 20, Ali Mohammad Thwabteh, 28, Ihsan Hamied Takatka, 19, Mohammad Salih Thwabteh, 23, Jihad Ahmad Thwabteh, 23, Ala Nasri Takatka, 20, Shadi […]
Netanyahu condemns the terror attack in letter to Obama
Tzipi has a lot more important things to celebrate now!
London’s Haredi establishment's reaction to a Channel 4 exposé that aired on Wednesday night was that it's a slur on their community to suggest it failed to tackle child abuse properly, reports the Jewish Chronicle's Simon Rocker. The news show "Dispatches" secretly taped the leader of Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Rabbi Ephraim Padwa, instructing […]
While Netanyahu reportedly has his hands full with Yair Lapid's coalition demands, Avigdor Liberman met with Naftali Bennett today to discuss Bennett's joining the coalition, according to Avigdor Liberman's Facebook page. Liberman said they discussed the political options currently on the table as well as the Chareidi draft issue. They agreed to continue talking. Bennett […]
Israel says it is transferring about $100 million in tax revenues that were frozen last year to the Palestinian Authority, AP reports. The Israeli government stated on Wednesday that this is a one-time arrangement, intended to ease the Palestinians' economic troubles. Israel froze the monthly payments after the PLO applied to the UN for recognition […]
Bank of Israel Governor, U.S. born Stanley Fischer, on Tuesday told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to resign at the end of June, after eight years in office. The dramatic announcement that was published at noon by the Bank of Israel said: "The Governor noted that in addition to his goal of promoting […]
On Tuesday at 2:30 PM, a Palestinian managed to infiltrate into the town of Shavei Shomron. He was caught by the town's local security team. Update: This is turning out to be an unusual story, as the Palestinian did not infiltrate into the town to commit a terror attack. The Palestinian was involved in a […]
Palestinian terrorist stabs Jewish teenager.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi declared a state of emergency in Port Said, Suez and Ismailia, the three Suez Canal cities hit by rioting that resulted in close to 40 dead. Speaking on state television, Morsi said the emergency measures, which include night curfews, would stay in place from 9 PM to 6 AM, for 30 […]
On Sunday evening, three Arab residents of the village of Balata approached a checkpoint at the Tapuach junction. Something about the group raised suspicions of the Border Police, who then initiated protocols for dealing with suspicious incidents like that. The three terrorists were found to have been carrying 8 pipe bombs, and a gun. They […]
In 2009, Naftali Bennett voluntarily took a lie detector test to prove his loyalty to PM Netanyahu, according to an Israel Channel 2 report. At the time, Netanyahu apparently thought that Bennett, possibly among others, was the one who leaked the information that resulted in the Bibi-Tours investigation. In order to clear his name, Bennett […]
Yediot Ahronot reported. on Friday that former Iranian intelligence officials who defected to the West claim that Iran's underground Fordo uranium enrichment facility has been almost completely demolished, and hundreds of staff members are at this moment trapped underground, This has to be the worst blow to Iran's nuclear ambitions so far. WND, an American […]
On Friday afternoon, Arabs blocked the entrance to the town of Elazar in Gush Etzion. On Friday evening, a terrorist was caught infiltrating into the nearby town of Efrat. H/T Natan Epstein
Rumors are flying in the Israeli media today that the other possible reason between the acrimonious relationship between Bibi and Bennett is the anonymous claim that Bennett leaked information that led to the Bibi-Tours investigation. The investigation into Netanyahu's financial relationships with certain donors is once again being talked about in the news. Bennett has […]
The Kinneret continues to rise and rain continues to fall.
David Coleman Headley, an American citizen, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai that has been called India's 9/11. Headley 's meticulous scouting missions facilitated the assault by 10 Pakistani gunmen, who killed 160 people, including children. The attackers arrived by boat on […]
Two days after the elections ended, PM Netanyahu finally decided to call HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) head Naftali Bennett. The two did not set a time they would meet, and rumors from within the Likud before the elections said that Netanyahu would not include the "Jewish Home" party in his coalition. Netanyahu will not be […]
Counting of the 250,000 votes from soldiers, hospitals, embassies and prisoners are expected to only be completed on Thursday. As a result, some of the party numbers may still change. There are predictions that Likud may still go up to 33, HaBayit HaYehudi to 12, while Yesh Atid may drop to 18 and the Arab […]
Bibi want to block democracy within the Likud.
These are the final results for the elections to the 19th Knesset.
Update: There was a slight surge for the religious/right during the middle of the counting, but in the end it didn't pan out. As the voting results continue to be tallied, it appears that the Right and Religious parties are gaining in strength compared to the the results released in the earlier exit polls, with […]
Who's in, who's not in the 19th Knesset.
Is the Likud in danger?
For an Israeli election race where no one can actually say what the important issues of the race are, voter turnout has been at an all time high all day long. By 2:00PM, voting was at 38.3%, compared to the previous high in 1999, when it was at 34%. At 4:00 PM, voting reached 46.6%, […]
In the past, Chareidi (Ultra-Orthodox) participation in election voting has never topped more than around a third of their potential voters. Chareidim have avoided voting for two primary reasons. The first is to minimize their participation in the Zionist enterprise, the second is that many Chareidim are actually disillusioned with the Chareidi political leadership, and […]
On Tuesday afternoon, the IDF captured and arrested the Arab terrorist that seriously injured a guard from Yitzhar. During the attack that occurred around December 17, 2012, Arab attacked residents of Yitzhar, and injured one of the town's security men with a rock, causing him severe damage in the head and eye.
A Channel 1 survey reported that 20% of voters remain undecided until the last minute. Many will only be deciding on the party to vote for once they reach the voting booth. Voter turnout is the highest its been since the elections in 1999.
In what is turning in an almost nightly event, Arabs from next door Beit Fajr shot at the southern entrance of Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion on Monday evening. IDF troops chased the five terrorists into Beit Fajr. Bystanders heard shooting inside the Arab village, but the terrorists managed to get away. An explosive […]
ABC's Barbara Walters fell during an inauguration party in Washington and has been hospitalized, AP reported. Walters, 83, fell on Saturday night at the residence of British Ambassador Peter Westmacott and sustained a cut on her forehead. Walters was taken to hospital for treatment and an examination. An ABC spokesperson said she was alert and […]
At the Oz Etzion (Jewish) outpost in the Binyamin region, a large number of troops arrived on Saturday night to expel the residents and destroy the homes that were built there. There are two permanent homes built on the site. They were rebuilt there after troops destroyed the homes that were on the hill a […]
On Saturday, Palestinians tried to set up another illegal outpost. This latest attempt was in the Jordan Valley, near the town of Maskiot. Border Police took down the 19 tents. No Arabs were arrested, and injuries were reported on either side. Last week, Arabs set up an illegal outpost in E1, near Maaleh Adumim, which […]
On Friday, shots were fired twice on Kibbutz Migdal Oz from the nearby Arabs village of Beit Fajr. No one was injured in the attack.
Senior Hamas and Fatah officials announced Thursday that following negotiations in Cairo, Fatah and Hamas have reconciled and will be forming a unity government by January 30th.
Israel Channel 10 reported that the Likud's strategic campaign advisor, Arthur Finkelstein, quit the campaign. Finkelstein's office said the trip overseas today was planned well in advance.
The Israel Broadcasting Authority's news and public affairs radio channel Reshet Bet is about to release in a few hours its final poll for this elections season. So far, the teaser data released has been that the right wing parties, including Shas and Torah Judaism, will receive 71 seats in the next Knesset, versus 49 […]
We received the following press statement from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: This month we commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Inter-Allied Declaration against Acts of Dispossession Committed in Territories under Enemy Occupation and Control, known as the London Declaration of January 5, 1943. Beginning with the London Declaration, the United States implemented a […]
Want to be an IDF Officer? Then you should move to the town of Efrat in Gush Etzion.
Israeli security forces have begun removal of the illegal Arab tent encampment in E1, the area between Maaleh Adumim and Jerusalem. Last week, Israel security forces were taken by surprise by an Arab initiative to try to illegally settle on the E1 location, and create facts on the ground. At the time, the Israeli Supreme […]
Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Jim Moran (D-VA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) will announce new legislation to eliminate the federal debt ceiling, a law they view as unnecessary and increasingly an impediment to Congress’s ability to further economic recovery. Only a year-and-a-half after the last disastrous […]
A Palestinian Authority resident, Samir Awad (16), was reported to have been killed by IDF soldiers near Ramallah on Tuesday. Initial reports incorrectly stated that there was a physical confrontation between Palestinians and the IDF soldiers in the village of Burdos, near the security fence. The IDF spokesman finally released a statement that an IDF […]
Police are preparing for potentially violent riots against Michael Ben-Ari and his supporters.
The IDF accidentally discovered a terror tunnel preventing a terror attack/kidnapping from Gaza.
The terrorist tried to run, but the IDF caught him red-handed.
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is proud to announce that former Senator Joseph Lieberman and five recently retired senior military officers have joined JINSA's Board of Advisers. Senator Lieberman embodied JINSA's mission for almost three decades in the Senate. As a staunch supporter of both U.S.-Israel cooperation and a strong American military, he […]
Egypt's Court of Cassation (an appellate court, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Supreme Court) has ordered the retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib El-Adly, who were convicted for failing to prevent the killing of protestors during the January 25 Revolution, Al Ahram reports. The retrial was ordered after the appellate […]
During the early hours of Sunday morning, the Israeli police successfully managed to evacuate, without violence, 100 Arab activists/provocateurs who entered the E1 area between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim and set up an illegal tent camp, claiming the area as a new Arab village. The government's plan to evacuate the activists on Friday was derailed […]
Congress is debating whether to add Israel to the list of countries that don't need an entry Visa.
On Saturday morning, Rav Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, was taken to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem after not feeling well. Rav Ovadiah reportedly suffered a minor stroke. It was decided that Rav Ovadiah will stay in the hospital a few more days for observation. The rabbi did not lose […]
The United States stands resolutely with the Syrian people facing dire humanitarian conditions every day as a result of the brutal, ongoing violence that has engulfed the country and spread beyond its borders. In 2012, U.S. contributions of humanitarian assistance for Syria totaled $210 million. Life-saving food, medical treatment, blankets, and essential winter supplies reached […]
Snow and rain cover Israel.
A car that was parked on Menachem Begin Street, near the Azrieli Towers, a short distance from the IDF central command, exploded as a bus was passing by this afternoon. Between 7 and 10 were injured and are receiving medical treatment from MDA units. Police has determined a criminal motive for the, and not the […]
Two suspects have been arrested in conjunction with an apparent assassination attempt against alleged underworld figure Nissim Halperon (Alperon). It is the eighth attempt on life. On Jabotinky Street and Shlomo Hamelech Boulevard, near the Azrieli Towers, a short distance from the IDF central command in Tel Aviv, a parked car exploded next to a bus at 1:00 PM on […]
Palestinians evil ambitions are not even constrained on the holiest site to Judaism.
A selection of videos from the Israeli election commercials.
Stormy weather in Israel brings much-needed water to the Kinneret.
'This was an excellent government for the settlements,' Dani Dayan said.
In the past 24 hours, the Kinneret rose 22 centimeters. At it's last measurement, it was at 211.50 meters below sea level. With the rainstorm currently hitting Israel, the Kinneret is expected to rise even higher.
A statement released by State Dept. spokesperson Victoria Nuland following Bashar al-Asad’s speech on Sunday said the speech was "yet another attempt by the regime to cling to power and does nothing to advance the Syrian people’s goal of a political transition. His initiative is detached from reality, undermines the efforts of Joint Special Representative […]
Storms and floods hit Israel, as the Kinneret rises.
Bennett turns the tables on a political ambush.
On Sunday afternoon, IDF forces arrested three suspicious Arabs at the Gush Etzion junction, averting a terror attack. All three were carrying knives, and during their interrogation admitted that they were planning on committing a terror attack when the IDF caught them. Speaking in a closed forum to his soldiers, Etzion brigade commander, Colonel Yani […]
The Jerusalem District Attorney's office decided on Sunday to close the file against the 13 year old boy who was their final suspect in the throwing of a firebomb that hit a Palestinian taxi in Gush Etzion in August. The prosecutor closed the case due to lack of evidence that the boy or his friends, whom they […]
Palestinians attack Migdal Oz again with firebombs.
IDF to begin mass draft of Chareidim in August.
Pro-Palestinian activists recently called on Dutch musician Yuri Honing to refrain from playing at Israel's upcoming Red Sea Jazz Festival. In their letter, the anti-Israel group stressed such a move would be "in solidarity with the Palestinian civil society boycott call" of Israeli government-sponsored events aimed at "masking Israeli human rights violations by art and […]
A Press Statement from Philippe Reines, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State: Secretary Clinton was discharged from the hospital this evening. Her medical team advised her that she is making good progress on all fronts, and they are confident she will make a full recovery. She's eager to get back to the office, and we will keep you […]
Police on Tuesday freed without restricting conditions Likud Knesset candidate Moshe Feiglin, after he was arrested in the morning on the Temple Mount, Israel's Reshet Bet radio reported. According to police, Feiglin prostrated himself on the ground and tried to pray. The police will recommend that he be charged for breaking the rules governing the […]
Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Friedman, the Sadagora Rebbe, who was the eldest rebbe of the Rizhin court, passed away on Tuesday morning, after complaining of not feeling well. After attempting CPR for about an hour, the rebbe's pulse came back and he was rushed to Ma'ayney Ha'Yeshua hospital in Bnei Brak. But in the hospital his […]
Following a brutal rape, Tel Aviv residents demand the illegal aliens be expelled.
In the course of a follow-up exam today, Secretary Clinton's doctors discovered a blood clot had formed, stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago. She is being treated with anti-coagulants and is at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital so that they can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours. Her doctors will continue to assess […]
The leaders of the Power Israel party, MKs Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben Ari on Sunday sharply attacked the Supreme Court's decision to revoke the decision of the Knesset Election Committee and to approve the candidacy of MK Haneen Zoabi. Power to israel issued the following statement: "The High Court has become the home court […]
Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled unanimously that MK Hanin Zoabi from the Balad party will be able to run to the 19th Knesset, despite the decision of the Knesset Elections Committee to disqualify her. Zoabi’s name became infamous in Israel after she took part in the attempted illegal invasion of secure waters by the […]
Press Statement Patrick Ventrell, Acting Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson We deeply regret Russia’s passage of a law ending inter-country adoptions between the United States and Russia and restricting Russian civil society organizations that work with American partners. American families have adopted over 60,000 Russian children over the past 20 years, and the vast majority of […]
Since the outbreak a few weeks ago within the Palestinian Authority, 190 arabs have been infected with swine flu also known as H1N1, and 9 have died so far.
According to IndexMundi.com, "home of the Internet's most complete country profiles," which contains detailed country statistics, charts, and maps compiled from multiple sources, the share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector has reached 49.5 of the overall sector. This compares to 48.3 in the United States, and only 46.9 in the United […]
The highly decorated Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf died in his home in Tampa, Florida. The cause of death was not immediately known. Known to his soldiers as "Stormin' Norman," General Schwarzkopf led some 540,000 U.S. and 200,000 allied troops in the first Gulf war that forced Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's army out of Kuwait in 1991. […]
On Wednesday evening, a fire broke out in the Spa Center near Herzliya's Arena Mall which is in the Marina area. Five people were trapped in the building and rescued by firefighters. Three of the people rescued are in critical condition. Firefighters now have the fire under control.
Likud-Beytenu punished for bad behavior, while inadvertently helping HaBayit HaYehudi again.
Right now, a lot of eyebrows are probably being raised as high as the champagne glasses, after Defense Minister Ehud Barak granted Ariel College his stamp of approval.
On Monday, the 10,000th person liked the Facebook page of JewishPress.com.
On Sunday, the Palestinians launched a rocket from the Gaza Strip, an official military source confirmed. The rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, and landed in an open area near Ashkelon. It was the first launch to reach Israel since the end of Operation Pillar of Defense month ago. Recently the IDF […]
Egyptian blogger, Maikel Nabil Sanad, was shouted down today during his visit to Israel... by Arab students studying at Hebrew University.
In what the Israeli police are now calling a nationalistic (terror) attack, an Arab taxi driver drove into a border policeman at the Oz police station near Jaabel Mukaber in Jerusalem.
Egyptians want an Islamic state.
Over the past few days the Kinneret has been steadily rising, and on Saturday it rose by 12 centimeters reaching 212.07 meters below sea level, which is 93 centimeters above the lower red line. The Kinneret is now 327 centimeters below its maximum capacity which is at 208.8 meters below sea level. The Kinneret's highest […]
On Sunday, Jews will be fasting on the 10th of Tevet in memory and commemoration of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar (588 BCE), which ultimately resulted in the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. The siege lasted one and half years, after which Nebuchadnezzar broke through the walls of Jerusalem on the 17th of Tammuz, and […]
Naftali Bennett goes on the offensive, questioning whether Netanyahu is planing another Expulsion/Disengagement based on his statements.
Over Shabbat, an IDF officer was injured by stone throwers near Beit Omer (near Hevron). The officer was taken to the hospital and is now listed as lightly injured. In a separate attack on Saturday evening, a firebomb was thrown at an IDF pillbox. No injuries or damage was reported.
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