יום רביעי, כ׳ אלול תשפ״וWednesday, September 2, 2026
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It is still early in the day, but according to Arab news outlets, 200 people in Cairo have begun protesting against Egyptian President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood takeover. The protest is expected to get larger as evening approaches and the temperature cools down.
Rivlin said, “If we don’t attack [Iran], we will lose our deterrence with our enemies. If Israel keeps threatening and threatening, but in the end doesn’t act, it will place us in a bad strategic position. Israel’s deterrence capabilities are a strategic asset that has no equivalent.” Rivlin then went on to attack specific individuals, such as Kadima head Shaul Mofaz, and the various former intelligence chiefs, condemnibg what he believes is their need to comment in real-time on the Iran situation, because otherwise they won’t be considered “in.”
The Iran threat does not scare Rabbi Dov Lior. The rabbi of Kiryat Arba/Hebron believes that it is forbidden, and there is actually no reason to leave Israel because of a life-threatening situation. In a halachic response made public in the B’sheva newspaper, Rabbi Lior wrote that “it is clear that the goyim are always […]
A Gazan Arab was captured Thursday evening after he crossed the North Gaza security fence near the Zikim army base. The man was unarmed, and IDF forces captured him.
In an interview with former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk on Galei Tzahal radio Thursday morning, Indyk stated that the US was expecting an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities this past spring.
Criminal assault charges have been filed against the rabbi of the Jewish community in oberfränkischen Hof, Rabbi David Goldberg, for circumcision for religious reasons. Chief prosecutor Gerhard Schmitt confirmed that the complaint was filed by a doctor from Hessen, which is under the jurisdiction of the Cologne Regional Court, which decided a while ago that […]
The online Irish website, TheJournal, reports that the Israeli embassy in Dublin was evacuated early Tuesday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered. An army bomb disposal team was sent to the site. Source: http://www.thejournal.ie/suspicious-package-israeli-embassy-dublin-566588-Aug2012/ Hattip: Challah Hu Achbar
Canadian singer songwriter Evan Malach won an international Hallelujah music competition. Malach, 27, sang the Israeli rock classic “Canaanite Blues” before a live audience in Hod Hasharon. The 14 finalists performed personally selected Hebrew songs. Malach won an $8,000 prize and will be invited to record a duet with Israeli singer Dudu Fisher. The song […]
On Friday, the IDF found the fragments of the 2 rockets that hit near Eilat earlier in the week.
Residents of the Eshkol region continued to be under Gazan attack on Friday night after a mortar was launched at them around midnight. It landed in an open area and no one was injured.
The Israeli site NRG reports that Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian President Morsi will be making a visit to Iran at the end of the month. This is the first time an Egyptian president will be visiting Iran in more than 30 years, since the 1979 Iranian revolution. Morsi will be participating in a conference in the […]
A few hundred Jews and non-Jews marched in the southern-Swedish city of Malmo to protest intolerance and anti-Semitic attacks in Sweden. Malmo, with a large immigrant Muslim community, saw a surge in hate crimes against Jews after Israel's operation in Gaza in 2009. Some marchers wore a kippa. Willy Silberstein of the Swedish Committee Against […]
At around 4:30 PM on Friday, the Gazans fired 8 rockets at Israel at the Eshkol Region. The rockets fell in open areas and no one was injured. This is in addition to the 12 rockets fired since this morning.
A registered sex offender who delivered milk to a summer camp for Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish boys, from was arrested Wednesday, one week after he was caught by hidden cameras breaking into the buildings where the children slept, state police told the NY Post. Yoel Oberlander, 31, of Monsey, was charged with trespassing. He was being […]
UPDATE: Israeli TV reports that there is a possibility that the attack on the bus was a misthrow, and the taxi was not the target. Ha'aretz is now reporting that police are investigating whether the van was actually hit by a firebomb, or if the car overturned for "other reasons". A Palestinian taxi was […]
Just four days after being tapped by presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney as his running mate, Paul Ryan met with Sheldon Adelson, a major donor to Republican causes in an effort to defeat President Obama. Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, met Tuesday with Adelson and other major Republican donors at the casino magnate's Venetian hotel in […]
Two missiles hit Eilat Wednesday evening in an open area near a residential neighborhood. More details to follow.
Actor Ron Palillo, who played the obviously Jewish character Arnold Horshack in the 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter,” died on Tuesday in Florida. He is the second "Sweathog" to pass away this year. Robert Hegyes, who played the Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein, died in January at age 60. The 63-year-old Palillo died in […]
To a packed Council Chamber, the Sacramento City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to name Ashkelon as a sister city.
The Tel Aviv District Attorney's offices today submitted to the magistrate court an indictment and an arrest order against Shay Cohen and Simon Soriano, on charges of attempting to blackmail a Rabbi in a New York Jewish congregation. The name of the Rabbi has not been released for publication. The two are charged with conspiracy […]
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Rumors are flying around Egpyt that Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Hafez Anan have been placed under house arrest by President Morsi. The two former military leaders of Egpyt have not been seen or heard from by anyone since they were retired yesterday. On Sunday, supporters of Tantawi gathered by the […]
Debra Ryder, a Jewish resident of Florida and an El Al passenger, is asking the carrier for 50,000 shekel ($12,500) in compensation for allegedly switching her seat on a flight from the U.S., after a Haredi man refused to sit next to her. She claims that the flight attendant moved her without her expressed consent […]
Syria's Olympic 400m hurdler Ghfran Almouhamad has been disqualified from the Olympics after testing positive for methylhexaneamine, according to the BBC. Almouhamad, 23, finished eighth in the second heat of the first round of the event on 5 August. Although intended to be used as a nasal decongestant, methylhexaneamine has been marketed as a dietary […]
The IDF Homefront Command will be testing a new nationwide SMS alert system between Sunday and Thursday this week. Each day the testing will be done in different cities and areas. On Thursday, between 10AM and noon, the entire country should receive an SMS alert.
At 11:53 PM on Saturday night, a rocket was launched from Gaza at the Eshkol region in Israel. The rocket fell in an open area.
If it's not cloudy by you and its dark enough, go outside tonight and look at the sky, the annual Perseid meteor shower will be peaking tonight. It's a nice show. Later in the evening, you should also be able to see Jupiter rising.
10:23 PM (Israel Time): The Iranian FARS news agency has put the death toll from Saturday's earthquakes at 153, with hundreds more wounded. The earthquakes struck the north-east city of Tabriz. The US Geological Survey measured the first quake at 6.4 and the second, 11 minutes later, at 6.3.
In addition to the 60 tanks, 400 armored vehicles, 6 gunships and more, Egypt has now introduced mid-range rocket launchers into the Sinai.
On August 9, 2001 a Palestinian Suicide Bomber entered the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and blew themselves up. They killed 15 people, 7 of them children, and wounded 130 more. The murdered: Giora Balash, 60, from São Paulo, Brazil Zvika Golombek, 26, from Karmiel Shoshana Yehudit (Judy) Greenbaum, 31, from Passaic, New Jersey,USA Tehila Maoz, […]
Channel 2 reports that the Israel's cabinet approved the entry of 6 Gunships (helicopters) in the Sinai. The vote to allow them in was done hastily over the telephone, but not fast enough, as Egypt had already sent them the gunships in without waiting for Israeli approval. Egypt also sent in 60 tanks and 400 […]
A Pro-Palestinian website exposed the identities of 100 Israeli Air Force pilots. The list included their names, addresses, and photos. In Israel, one isn't allowed to publicize personal details of pilots for their security and safety.
Arab sources are reporting that Egyptian troops that entered El-Arish to fight with terrorists there are now preparing to enter the Egyptian half of Rafiach which straddles both sides of the Gazan border.
Aly Raisman continues to inspire as she dedicated her Olympic gold medal to the Munich 11.
Egypt has demanded that Hamas terror chief Ismael Haniyeh hand over 3 of his Hamas leaders who were involved in the attack on the Egyptian military base in the Sinai this week. According to to the Arab paper, Al Quds, Israel handed over the names of 9 terrorists that were involved in the attack. The […]
A Border Police soldier apparently accidentally shot himself in the chest on Thursday at his base near Ma'aleh Michmas around noontime. The soldier was checking his weapon when it went off. He was taken by helicopter to Hadassah Ein-Karem.
The US has passed a message on to Israel that Saudi Arabia informed them they will shoot down any Israeli planes that flies over their territory on the way to attacking Iran's nuclear weapon development facilities. Some Israeli officials believe the idea for the message was instigated by the US in order to place additional […]
On Wednesday evening, there were reports of an attempted cross-border infiltration into Israel from Jordan. The attempt happened near Beit Shean. Some security forces in the area are remaining on high alert. Police are saying everything is normal.
The website Egypt Independent reported Tuesday that Prime Minister Hesham Qandil's car was vandalized by angry mourners during the funeral of the 16 Egyptian officers who were killed by Palestinian terrorists Sunday afternoon. The military funeral began at the Unknown Soldier Monument after noon prayers. Eyewitnesses said that as soon as Qandil arrived at the […]
The IDF is currently investigating how the terrorists in Sunday's’ attack managed to drive one of their commandeered armored vehicle 2 kilometers into Israel until the IAF blew it up. In the strike, six terrorists, armed with suicide belts, were killed, while an additional two, who tried to escape on foot, were shot by IDF […]
UPDATE: The Curiosity has landed on Mars. Watch NASA TV, as the Curiosity Rover lands on Mars. The landing is expected to happen on Monday at 8:30 AM Israel Time. Live Video streaming by Ustream For more information on the Mission: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
Ninety-thousand Jews will gather in Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., to celebrate Siyum HaShas, the completion of a Talmud study program that occurs once every seven-and-a-half years. The attendants will be finishing a study program called Daf Yomi, "page of the day," a daily regimen of learning the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have made it possible for many special-education students to be placed in private schools using public funds, the NY Post reports. Under the school districts would have been obligated to consider a child's religion when placing them in a school. Under the current law, families […]
Photos:15,000 Ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to celebrate the completion of this 7.5 year cycle of learning the Talmud.
20,000 people participated Tuesday night in Shas's Siyum HaShas (completion of the Talmud). Here are some photos.
Mitt Romney visited Israel, and on Sunday met with Israeli leaders. Here are the photos.
On Thursday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Members of Congress in observing a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli Olympians and coaches murdered by terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics, 40 years ago this summer. Nadler urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open its ceremony tomorrow with a moment of silence to remember […]
The charges against Jerusalem District Major General Nisso Shacham have just been releases from the gag order. Among the charges are sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, indecent assault and illicit sexual relations with women under his command. Nissim Edri, an officer under his command is under suspicion of ignoring the complaints against Shacham, and is now on […]
Miriam Ben-Porat, Israel's first female Supreme Court President died on Thursday at the age 94. She was also Israel's first female State Comptroller. Ben-Porat was born in Russia in 1918, and moved to Israel in 1936. She graduated with a degree in law in 1945. Ben-Porat is survived by a daughter and three grandchildren.
Yariv Oppenheimer received honorary citizenship in the Shomron for his actions that resulted in 3 outposts/settlements being allowed to expand.
On Tuesday evening, three Palestinians attacked an Israeli youth who was hiking along the Meir Spring near Neve Tzuf. The youth did not require medical treatment. IDF forces arrived at the scene, as well as some Neve Tzuf residents. Concurrently, 20 Palestinians came out from their village of Neve Salach and began throwing stones at […]
The International Olympic Committee has contacted the management of the BBC on Monday, and requested that they correct their listing of Jerusalem to say, Jerusalem - Capital of Israel. This came at the request of Alex Giladi, the Israeli representative on the Olympic Committee. In a response to an official complaint written by Mark […]
The Ministry of the Interior reports a dramatic drop in the number of illegal infiltrators crossing into Israel from the Sinai.
During an armed robbery overnight at the La Casa restaurant in Eilat, two policemen who arrived at the scene had their guns taken away by the thieves. The thieves then fled the scene, hijacked a taxi. Three addditional police cars began chasing them through the streets of Eilat. During the chase, policemen managed to shoot […]
12:30 AM (Sunday) Syrian tanks shelling the town of Juvta Al-Chashav, 2 kilometers from the Israeli border. 11:50 PM Rebels looted and then burned 30 Turkish trucks at a border crossing. 11:45 PM Al-Arabiya reports that the Rebels have taken over the city of A-Ruchiyana near Ramat HaGolan. 11:30 PM Arab sources are reporting over 100 […]
Social Protesters are currently blocking the Ayalon Highway in both directions. They are blocking the highway near the Shalom Junction. Firemen are stationed at the protest, apparently just in case anyone else tries to light them self on fire.
Near Shavei Shomron a Palestinian tried to steal a soldier's gun. A reserve soldier was driving in his car when a Palestinian, mistaking him for a woman because of his long hair, blocked the road in an attempt to hijack the car. When the soldier got out of his car, the Palestinian then tried to […]
An oil pipeline that ran between Kirkuk, Iraq and Turkey exploded on Saturday evening. The pipeline has been shut down.
Colorado gunman - now identified as James Holmes, 24 - killed at least 12 people and injured 50 in a shooting spree in a Colorado movie theater near Denver overnight.
Heavy fighting is being reported in Halab, Syria. Meanwhile, there are unconfirmed rumors of a massacre in Hama, Syria. The death count for the past day is now up to at least 99, while the Syrian opposition has placed the number as high as 310 people.
Moshe Silman, the man who set himself on fire last week during the Social Protest died of his injuries on Friday. Silman suffered burns on 94% of his body.
A rocket from Gaza hit the Eshkol region in an open area at 2:49PM on Friday. No injuries or damage was reported. Perhaps they thought they were shooting Ramadan fireworks.
Many IDF soldiers up in the Golan found their weekend furloughs canceled in light of the unrest in Syria and potential problems along the Syrian border. Sounds of shooting and fighting in Syria can be heard on the Golan. Some 90 Syrians have been killed in the past day. 20 Syrian soldiers went AWOL.
The New York City Police Department is stepping up its presence at synagogues and in Jewish neighborhoods the wake of yesterday's deadly bus bombing in Bulgaria, reports NY1. The website cites NYPD officials who say that critical response vehicles have been re-deployed as a precaution. Residents of the Upper East Side told NY1 Thursday morning […]
UPDATE: 7/19/12 10:46PM Sources are indicating that the Swedish national that was held in Guantanamo is not the Burgas bomber. As soon as we know more, we'll update the report. Bulgarian TV has announced that Medi Muhammad Ghezali, the suicide bomber who killed seven people on Wednesday, five of them Israelis, was member of […]
Was there a similar terror attack attempt against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, back in January?
Statement by President Obama on the Terrorist Attack in Bulgaria: I strongly condemn today’s barbaric terrorist attack on Israelis in Bulgaria. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and injured, and with the people of Israel, Bulgaria, and any other nation whose citizens were harmed in this awful event. These attacks […]
The first plane carry MADA (Magen David Adom) medical personnel just landed in Burgas, Bulgaria. A second plane is expected to land within a half an hour.
Police estimate that 300,000 people attended the funeral of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (102) on Wednesday.
After years of dispute and roadblocks from within the Israeli academic system, on Tuesday the Ariel University Center was officially granted University status by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria. The Ariel University Center is now one of Israel's eight universities. As a result it can now begin to officially receive money […]
Following is an excerpt from the letter that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent to Shaul Mofaz on Tuesday: "I regret your decision to give up on an opportunity to make an historic change. After 64 years, we were very close to a substantial change in the division of the burden. I gave you a proposal […]
Hillary Clinton: He was sentenced to life in prison. He is serving that sentence, and I do not have any expectation that that is going to change.
Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox adults and young children are protesting against the universal draft in Kikar Shabbat in Jerusalem. The adults have handcuffed all the children together as part of their protest. United Torah Judaism and Shas have renounced the demonstration and passed the message to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Chief Rabbi Amar and President Peres met today and discussed the draft issue. They concluded that the debate must continue, but without extremism from any side. Peres restated that everyone must bear the burden. Prime Minister Netanyahu announced at the weekly cabinet meeting that drafting every 18 year old makes for a good headline, but […]
A fire in Ein Hemed has spread to Mevaseret Zion just outside Jerusalem. 21 firefighting squads and six airplanes are fighting the fire.
Yehuda Weinstein, the government's legal adviser announced Friday that a new government body will be established in October to oversee and review the actions and decisions of the State's prosecutor office. According the report in Makor Rishon, the new office will review the transparency and ethics of the State's prosecutor.
On Friday, an armed terrorist inside Gaza fired on Israeli troops at the border fence. IDF soldiers shot back, killing the terrorist. No Israeli troops were injured.
Frontpagemag.com cites several reports in the Arabic media, that prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids, or, as Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi‘I put it, those “symbols of paganism,” which Egypt’s Salafi party has long been planning to cover with wax. According to Frontpagemag.com, Bahrain’s “Sheikh of […]
In an Arab rock throwing incident Sunday morning near Michmas in the Binyamin region, three cars were damaged and two Israelis were injured. One of the injured was treated on site, the second was transported to Hadassah-Har Tzofim hospital for treatment.
On Saturday Night, July 8th, the 10,000 person signed the petition against the German court's ban on Brit Mila. The petition can be found here: http://jewishpress.com/petition-against-germanys-ban-on-brit-milah/ Members of the JewishPress.com staff plan to present the petition to the German Embassy in Israel this week.
Update #2: Motion to reconsider - Failed ------------------- Update #1: A motion to reconsider the BDS divestment from Israel vote has been made and seconded at the Presbyterian General Assembly. Now it only needs a simple majority.
The AP reported that on Thursday night, the largest Presbyterian group in the United States rejected by a razor-thin margin a proposal to divest from three companies that do business with Israel. According to AP, the Presbyterian General Assembly voted 333-331, with two abstentions, against the divestment plan. The assembly voted instead in favor of […]
Libby Kahane, widow of Rabbi Meir Kahane HY"D, was questioned by police this week after her grandson, Meir Ettinger broke his bail conditions last Shabbat. Ettinger has been under house arrest for several months after being indicted approximately six months ago on charges that he gathered information on IDF troop movements in order to block […]
Three people were injured Thursday in a family brawl south of Gaza City, witnesses told the Ma'an news agency. One of those injured is in critical condition, witnesses said, adding that all three were hospitalized after the fight in the Zaitoun neighborhood. No IAF drones were involved in the event.
Hungary's House Speaker László Kövér has replied to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, who recently renounced a Hungarian state honor in protest at what he sees as the government toleration of rising anti-Semitic sentiment, the Budapest Times reported. Kövér defended Hungarian writer József Nyírõ, who was a member of parliament for the wartime fascist […]
Six women from Gaza appealed their case to the Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday to be allowed to pray at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, after their original petition was denied by the Beersheba District Court last year. The women claim discrimination based on their Muslim faith, as Christian women in Gaza are allowed to visit Israel’s […]
Human rights group claims that Jordan is discriminating against 140,000 Syrian refugees by forcing the return of new arrivals and threatening others with deportation. The New York-based Human Rights Watch found that since April, Jordanian authorities have detained Palestinians for months with no possibility of release. Others said that they or relatives had been deported […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was featured in a video message Tuesday night at the Independence Day celebration at the U.S. Ambassador’s home in Herzilya saying he “appreciate(s) deeply all that America has done for Israel.” Netanyahu expressed hope at the power of freedom’s ability to prevail, despite a skeptical society and difficulty at achieving […]
Two pilots, whose jet was shot down by Syria, have been found in the eastern Mediterranean sea bed. The plane was shot down on June 22, and the bodies were just found on Wednesday after a US deep-sea exploration. The F-4 jet was said to be shot down in international airspace, while Syria claims it […]
Yigal Amir will finish 17 years in solitary confinement after shooting Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to death in 1995. The assassin will join between one and three other inmates in a locked cell and be allowed time to walk in the prison yard for just two hours a day. Amir is serving a life sentence […]
Polish billionaire Jan Kulczyk's company Kulczyk Holding has donated zł.20 million, or close to $6 million, for the construction of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, reports Gazeta Wyborcza. The total cost of construction is expected to reach zł.320 million, or around $96 million, with the museum opening its doors in 2013. “Life […]
A coalition crisis has been growing the past few days. The crisis resolves around the now disbanded, Plessner Committee and their recommendations on how to resolve the draft/national service issue for Chareidim and Arabs. Kadima head, Shaul Mofaz has reportedly refused to meet with Netanyahu as a result. Avigdor Liberman refuses to accept a solution […]
During the funeral of Former Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir, robbers broke into the Tel Aviv home of Shamir's daughter Glada Diamont, and robbed the house. The thieves got away primarily with jewelry. Police have opened an investigation.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle weighed in Friday on a controversial German court ruling on circumcision, saying the country protected religious freedom and traditions, EJP reported. "The ruling on circumcision has provoked annoyance internationally," Westerwelle wrote on his official Twitter account. "We have to be clear: religious traditions are protected in Germany," he added. Westerwelle […]
Former Prime Minister Yithak Shamir passed away on Saturday night at age 96. As member of the Mossad Shamir directed the assassinations of former Nazi rocket scientists working on the Egyptian missile program.He served several terms as prime minister throughout the 1980s. He maintained a hard political line, which strained his relations with the U.S.
A Hamas leader was assassinated in Damascus on Wednesday night, a member of the party's politburo announced, according to the Palestinian Ma'an news agency.. Izzat al-Rishq wrote on his Facebook page that Kamal Ghanaja, also known as Nizar Abu Mujahed, was killed in his home in the Syrian capital. Hamas is investigating the crime, al-Rishq […]
Great Jewish screenwriter Nora Ephron died on Tuesday at age 71. Alfred A. Knopf, her book publisher, said in a press release that Ephron died of leukemia. Her son, Jacob Bernstein, told the New York Times she had died of pneumonia brought on by her leukemia. Screenwriter of When Harry Met Sally (1989) and Sleepless […]
The NY Post reports that Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel overcame demographic changes in his district to win the Democratic nomination for what will be his 22nd term on Tuesday. With more than half the precincts reporting, Rangel was leading by double-digits. Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries beat City Councilmember Charles Barron, a fierce anti-Israel voice, in the […]
Dozens Sherman Oaks residents are complaining that the new Chabad House on Chandler Boulevard is "just too big for the surrounding blocks of single-family homes, some starting at more than $1 million," the LA Times reports. The new building is slated to be 12,000 square feet, on a 9,568-square-foot parcel which is zoned for residential […]
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