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

IDF and Shabak Capture Hamas Terror Cell

By Jewish Press Staff

The seven member Hamas-affiliated cell were producing and testing improvised bombs for a terror attack.

Israel / News Briefs

For John Kerry: A Lesson on Apartheid

By Jewish Press News Desk

Apparently, US Secretary of State John Kerry needs a lesson on what Apartheid is, and which state is not an apartheid state. We recommend he watches this video: H/T IsraelEmpowered

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Wall to Wall Outrage as IDF Throws Soldier Under the Bus

By Shalom Bear

Tens of thousands of angry IDF soldiers are displaying grassroots support for IDF soldier, "David the Nachlawi", who may go to jail following a premeditated Arab instigation.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

A Violent Night During Celebrations in Jerusalem's Old City

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Tensions are continuing to rise and violent incidents are increasing in the Old City of Jerusalem, the latest taking place Tuesday night.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Another Violent Night in The Old City

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Tensions continue to rise as violent incidents increase in the Old City in Jerusalem.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

Jewish Motorcyclists to Ride for Refugee Shelter

By Jewish Press News Desk

The JMA will “Ride to Remember” to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust and to raise money for organizations that support and promote Holocaust education and awareness.

US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Kerry Does NOT Apologize for the ’Apartheid’ Word

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry has made such a mess that no matter what he says about Israel or the PA, he is wrong. And he is a diplomat?

Israel / NY / Politics / News Briefs

New York's Grimm: Indictment Result of 'Witch Hunt'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Grimm said the indictment was a "political witch hunt" against him because he "was an outsider who wasn't supposed to win."

Government / News Briefs

Olmert’s Lawyers Claims $500,000 Bribe Not Such a Big Deal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

And Ephron told Abraham the land is worth 400 silver shekels, and between us, that’s peanuts. (Genesis: 23:15)

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Official PA Daily: "Israel 'Enthusiastically Imitates Everything the Nazis Did to Them'"

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian media Watch (PMW) has exposed op-eds that appeared in an official PA daily, in which Israel was accused of "enthusiastically imitating everything the Nazis did to them".

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Sports

Ethiopian-Israeli MK Slams Sterling in Letter to NBA’s Silver

By JTA

An Ethiopian-Israeli Knesset Member called racist statements attributed to Donald Sterling, the Jewish owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, “disgusting” in a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. “As a Jew, as a citizen of a country founded on the ruins of racism in Europe, it hurt me to hear Mr. Sterling, especially on this […]

Israel / News Briefs

Postal Strike to Continue on Wednesday

By Jewish Press News Desk

Striking workers at the Israel Postal Company put their stamp on a second day of a strike that has left citizens, the military and businesses without ground communication. Bails, checks bad orders for IDF reservists cannot reach their destinations. Employees are striking over management plans to fire 2,000 workers as part of a program to […]

Syria / News Briefs

Dozens Killed in Two Syrian Cities

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian soldiers and rebels killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 100 others in a car bomb blast in a regime-held neighborhood in Homs and mortar shelling attacks in Damascus. The car bomb explosion killed 36 people and wounded more than 85, most of them civilians. In Damascus, at least 17 died and […]

News Briefs / Settlements / Israeli Arabs / Judaism

Government Chickens Out and Re-Opens Yitzhar Yeshiva

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The IDF retains the right to limit the number of Torah students and to tell them when they can pray and learn.

Israel / News Briefs / Ukraine

Shot Ukrainian Mayor Airlifted to Israel for Treatment

By JTA

The Jewish mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city was airlifted to Israel early Tuesday morning for treatment for a gunshot wound shot in a suspected assassination attempt. Kharkov mayor Gennady Kernes was shot in the neck while on his routine morning jog and initially was reported to be struggling for his life. Kernes underwent surgery at […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Threatens No Peace for Israel without Borders for PA

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Get ready for a media onslaught blaming for “war talk” that really is no different from the “peace talks.”

Israel / US / News Briefs

Jewish Democrats Blast Kerry for ‘Apartheid’ Remark

By JTA

Jewish Democrats called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Monday to apologize for warning that the failure to achieve a two-state solution could lead to apartheid. “We express our deep disappointment that the Secretary of State has chosen to invoke the specter of ‘apartheid’ in discussing his concerns about the failing peace process,” the […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Sports

Advertisers Run Away from LA Clippers after Sterling’s Racist Rant

By Jewish Press News Desk

Used car chain CarMax, KIA, energy drink producer AQUAhydrate, auto title company LoanMart and State Farm are cancelling or suspending their sponsorship of the  LA Clippers following the reported racist rant by the team’s Jewish owner, Donald Sterling. “CarMax finds the statements attributed to the Clippers’ owner completely unacceptable,” the company said in a statement. […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

State Dept. Can’t Explain Why Kerry Used ‘Apartheid’ Word

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry’s mouth is too big for him or his spokespeople to put their foot into it.

Israel / News Briefs

Postal Service on Strike

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Postal Co. workers are going on a nationwide strike Tuesday, one day after they closed offices in central Israel in protest of the Post Office's plans to fire 2,000 workers. The employees committee said the move was not coordinated with them.

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

U. Of New Mexico Graduate Students Pass Divestment Resolution

By JTA

The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico passed a non-binding resolution on Saturday calling for the university to divest from companies that operate in Judea and Samaria. The resolution calls on the university to divest from companies that “directly profit from the ongoing violations of international law and human rights, […]

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Tens of Thousands Participate In Budapest Holocaust Memorial March

By JTA

Tens of thousands of Jews and Jewish supporters participated in the 12th March of the Living Hungary in Budapest in what is considered the largest civil anti-fascist event in Hungary. It was held on the 70th anniversary of the mass deportation of Jews from Hungary by the Nazis. Holding posters saying “Never again” and “History […]

US / News Briefs / Sports

Jewish Groups Slam Racist Rant Attributed to Donald Sterling

By JTA

Abraham Foxman, the Anti-Defamation League’s national director labeled as “reprehensible” the racist remarks attributed to Donald Sterling, the Jewish owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and other Jewish groups chimed in with condemnation. “If the National Basketball Association’s investigation reveals that Mr. Sterling in fact made these racist and intolerant statements, we expect and anticipate […]

Israel / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Sen. Rand Paul Takes Aim at US Aid to Palestinian Authority

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rand Paul, looking for the key to the White House, is trying to turn around his image of not being pro-Israel.

Israel / News Briefs

Government Prosecutor Wants Olmert in Jail for At Least Six years

By Jewish Press News Desk

Government prosecutors told a sentence hearing on Monday that the former prime minister should be jailed for at least 6 six years and fined nearly $400,000 for bribery. He was convicted last month for buying favors in the development of the Holyland apartment complex while he was mayor of Jerusalem. The prosecutor also asked the […]

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judaism

Egged Buses Reportedly Stop Counting the Omer

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The U.S. concept of separation of church and state means separating Jews from Judaism in Israel.

News Briefs / Holocaust

Aging Rescuers of Holocaust Survivors Paid Debt of Gratitude

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) seeks to repay the debt of gratitude to non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust by providing financial support to those non-Jewish rescuers in need.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Holocaust

The Holocaust Survivor Who Fought in Every Israeli War (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

Ze’ev’s childhood dream was to wear a uniform and be farmer. First, it was a nightmare. In Israel, it was a dream come true.

News Briefs / Media / Religious & Secular in Israel

Former Supreme Court Judge Goes to Bat for Makkor Rishon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former Supreme Court Justice Dalia Dorner, who now heads the Israeli Council of Journalists, has called on the powers-to-be to prevent the closure of the bankrupt national religious newspaper Makkor Rishon that American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson wants to buy. Adelson also owns the highly successful freebie Israel HaYom newspaper, which staunchly supported Prime Minister […]

News Briefs / Ukraine

Jewish Mayor of City in Ukraine Shot in the Back

By Jewish Press News Desk

The mayor of Ukraine’s second largest city was shot in the back Monday and was rushed to a hospital where he is “fighting for his life,” a Kharkov City Council stated on its website. Different sources reported that the mayor was swimming, cycling or jogging when he was shot from a nearby forest. Kharkov has […]

Israel / US / News Briefs

ECI Statement: "Time for Kerry to Go"

By Jewish Press News Desk

John Kerry has once again threatened Israel with "apartheid". The Emergency Committee for Israel says it is time for Kerry to go.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

The Parchment of Rebuke That Came Home

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman examined the piece of Torah parchment, cut from a Torah scroll in an Eastern European synagogue, and used by a Luftwaffe officer to wrap his ID card during World War II.

Holocaust

Survivors (Photo Essay)

By Jewish Press Staff

On Sunday evening, April 27, 2014, six Holocaust survivors lit six torches representing the six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide during the opening ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem.

US / News Briefs / Sports

Obama Censures LA Clippers’ Jewish Owner for Racist Comments (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Just as sad as Sterling’s racist comments is that Jewish leaders tacitly accept his having a non-Jewish mistress.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Killer of Baltimore Jewish Girl Rejected in Bid for New Trial

By JTA

The convicted murderer of an 11-year-old Jewish girl in 1969 will not receive a new trial, a Baltimore judge ruled. Circuit Judge Edward Hargadon, in his ruling on the appeal by Wayne Stephen Young, said jurors who found Young guilty of killing Esther Lebowitz in 1972 were adequately advised of how to try the case, […]

Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

Netanyahu Connects Hitler with Nuclear Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is one thing “never to forget,” and it is another to remember not to let it happen again.

Terrorism / US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

DC Think Tank: PA Merger With Hamas Should End US Funding

By Jewish Press Staff

EMET wants the US to stop funding the PA, given its merger with Hamas. Doing otherwise contravenes US law.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

More Offshore Gas and Oil Found

By Jewish Press News Desk

Its estimated that the "Oz" field has between 93 to 607 million barrels of oil, and 2.5 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Attempted Terror Attack in Hebron

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Two Arab terrorists attempted to stab an Israeli security man in Hebron, on Sunday afternoon. One of the terrorists was captured, the second managed to escape. IDF forces are searching for the second terrorist. The Israeli man was not injured in the attack.

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

Cabinet Approves Plan for More Financial Assistance to Holocaust Survivors

By Jewish Press News Desk

The government approved a plan to increase financial assistance to Israel's 193,000 remaining Holocaust survivors.

Antisemitism / News Briefs

Pre Yom Hashoah Report: Sharp Increase in Anti-Semitism in 2013

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Findings point at an intensified feeling that personal safety and communal wellbeing are jeopardized.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Media

Makor Rishon in Danger of Closing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Antitrust Commissioner David Gilo has delayed signing off on Sheldon Adelson's purchase of the paper.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Saves Arab Baby's Life at Checkpoint

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Parents of a 1 month old infant, who was unable to breath, quickly brought her to an IDF checkpoint near Beit El on Friday night where a medical officer on site managed to revive her.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Arabs Attack Jew in Berlin

By Jewish Press News Desk

A group of six Arabs attacked an Israeli man in Berlin, according to a report by Benjamin Weinthal in The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. The six Arabs first confirmed the man was an Israel, and then identified themselves as "Palestinians". He was taken to the hospital by ambulance to be treated for facial injuries.

News Briefs / Holocaust

Yom HaShoah 2014

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day begins on Sunday night in Israel.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Historic Jewish Cemetery in Croatia Vandalized

By JTA

Vandals seriously damaged several graves in a more than 400-year-old Jewish cemetery in Split, Croatia.

News Briefs / Holocaust

Spielberg Launches Center for Genocide Research

By JTA

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg is establishing a Center for Advanced Genocide Research at the University of Southern California.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Shalit Terrorist Recaptured After Firebomb Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

A terrorist released in the Gilad Shalit deal was recaptured after he threw a firebomb. The Shalit terrorist, along with another terrorist, were captured by the IDF after they threw 4 firebombs at the Gush Etzion checkpoint.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Arabs Assault Jewish Children on Temple Mount (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

The overwhelmed police made sure the Arab mob didn't snatch any of the Jewish children during the attack.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion

NYU Latest Site of Anti-Israel Mock Eviction Notices

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

NYU SJP students crept into a primarily Jewish dorm and shoved propaganda under the doors of the sleeping students.

News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Tzipi Livni: I Won't Quit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Even after the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, Tzipi Livni won't give up on her obsession with negotiating with the Palestinian Authority - "the door is still open."

Israel / News Briefs / Sports

Israel to Host ATP Men’s Tennis Tournament

By JTA

The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour will play this year in Israel, the first time that Israel has hosted an ATP tournament since 1996, according to the organization. The tournament, offering $1 million in prize money, will take place at the Israel Tennis Center in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat HaSharon Sept. 15-21 […]

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Israeli Security Cabinet Unanimously Rejects Negotiations with Hamas

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli security cabinet unanimously decided today that Israel would not negotiate with a Palestinian government backed by Hamas, the terrorist organization that calls for Israel's destruction. Considered a severe blow to peace talks, the ‘historic’ Hamas-Fatah unity pack was announced on Wednesday following a seven-year power struggle between the two factions. After Hamas’s victory […]

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Northeastern U. Reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine Group

By JTA

Northeastern University has provisionally reinstated the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter on campus. The SJP chapter will remain on probation through January 2015, according to a notification letter from Dr. Laura A. Wankel, the university’s vice president for student affairs. Students for Justice in Palestine was suspended from campus on March 7 for at […]

Israel / US / Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Breaking: HAS Visa Points Now Worthless for El Al Flights

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

HAS and El Al are no longer flying the friendly skies together - and loyal customers are getting hurt the most.

Israel / US / Global / News Briefs

Ellen Degeneres Gives SodaStream as Earth Day Prize

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Ellen Degeneres gave away SodaStream products to audience members as an eco-friendly Earth Day gift.

Israel / Hamas / Qatar / News Briefs / Turkey / Palestinian Authority

Turkey Backs Fatah-Hamas Unity Deal

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkey “will strongly support the reconciliation agreement and offer all humanitarian aid” for the Hamas-Fatah unity government that was announced Wednesday,  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Gaza’s de facto prime minister Ismail Haniyeh. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan became a fan of Hamas five years ago, at the same time relations with Israel […]

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Synagogue Worshippers in London Save Family from Burning Car

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two worshippers in a synagogue on Passover saved a child from death in a burning car that exploded shortly after the rescue. The worshippers rushed to the burning vehicle after hearing the family’ scream for help, and they found the toddler strapped in a car seat. The worshippers, Moshe Kupperman and a second man, identified […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Abbas Continues To Demand Concessions From Israel

By Steve K. Walz

At the press conference with the Israeli reporters, Abbas threatened to cancel the Oslo Accords, dismantle the Palestinian Authority, and force the Israeli government to pay the salaries of PA employees and the police.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Holocaust

Youngest Holocaust Survivor from Schindler’s List Tells her Story

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

A survivors’ daughter serving in the IDF brings pride and joy to a Holocaust survivor.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

With Israeli-Palestinian Talks Teetering, Fatah And Hamas Sign Unity Accord

By dvora

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Abbas must choose between peace with Israel or Hamas.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Settlements

Brave Israel Police Stand Guard at Empty Yeshiva to Stop Violence

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Border Police in Yitzhar’s yeshiva have plenty of time on their hands to learn a bit of Torah.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

J Street Seeking a Seat at the Conference

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There is lobbying going on both for and against including J Street in the Conference of Presidents.

US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Terrorists Greet Hamas-Fatah Unity with Rocket Attacks on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The last one out of the Peace Talks Cemetery is requested to please lock the gate and throw the key away.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Jerusalem Woman Injured in Stone Throwing

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arabs throwing stones at bus #65 on its way to Pisgat Zev in Jerusalem, injured one of the passengers. The woman was transported to Hadassah Har Tzofim hospital. Several other passengers were treated for shock.

US / News Briefs

Jeb Bush Considering the White House

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jeb Bush told a crowd at a NY fundraiser that he is thinking for running for President, according to a report on Fox News. He said he would make his final decision this year.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Going Wild in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Dozens of Arabs are going wild near the Flower Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. They're burning tires, blocking the main road around the Old City, and shooting fireworks at the local police station in the area. Tazpit News Agency is unaware of any police response at this point, other than Jews are not permitted into […]

News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Receives $700 Million in Oil Aid - Monthly

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egypt receives an estimated $700 million of oil every month from Arab countries, according to a report in the Egyptian Independent. Egypt's Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail said that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have been supplying Egypt with the needed oil and financing since Morsi was deposed in July, to the tune […]

US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Kerry's Talks Achieve Peace Between Hamas and Fatah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has granted itself its death wish, unless Obama wants to make a death wish for Israel.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

Ex-Met Council Chief Rapfogel to Plead Guilty in Financial Scam

By JTA

William Rapfogel, the ousted leader of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York, reportedly will plead guilty for his role in a scheme to steal more than $7 million from the social service agency. Rapfogel, who had served as CEO and president of the Met Council from 1992, was scheduled to enter a […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Suffolk University Defends Honoring Foxman as Commencement Speaker

By JTA

Closed-minded liberal sophomoics think that anyone against Ground One Mosque and for profiling possible terrorists is a racist.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Ukraine / Russia

Eyewitness Report from Ukraine: 'You Can Feel the Tension in the Air'

By Roman Mokrinsky / Tazpit News Agency

Tensions continue to mount in eastern Ukraine, with reports of casualties continuing to stream out of the provinces in dispute,

US / News Briefs / Egypt / Russia

Egypt Plays US off Russia, Gets Military Aid Back

By Jewish Press News Desk

The US has decided to begin restoring its military aid to Egypt, apparently in response to the Egypt-Russia MiG-35 deal that is on the table.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Shas Continues Petty Attacks Against Rav Amar for Control Over Sephardim

By Shalom Bear

Attacks against former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar get as petty as which robe he is wearing, and when he is running his Lag B'Omer bonfire.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

More Jewish Sites Vandalized in Ukraine

By JTA

A Holocaust memorial and the grave of the brother of the late Lubavitcher rebbe were vandalized in Ukraine, amid a string of anti-Semitic attacks in the country.

Syria / News Briefs

Syria to Hold Presidential Elections

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bashar Assad will be running for president of Syria again...

US / News Briefs / Egypt / Russia

Egypt Signing Unprecedented $3 Billion MiG-35 Deal with Russia

By Jewish Press Staff

This massive Russian-Egyptian arms deal is a slap in the face for President Obama and his failed foreign policy.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Missouri's Jew-Hating Mayor Quits (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is no wonder that Marionville is ”the home of the white squirrels.” Black ones wouldn’t stand a chance, forget about Jewish ones.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Jordan / Israeli Arabs

Jordan Summons Israeli Ambassador over Temple Mount Violence

By JTA

Jordan’s foreign minister summoned the Israeli ambassador to protest what it called Israel’s “violations” on the Temple Mount. The Jordanian government told Ambassador Daniel Nevo that recent clashes between Muslim worshippers and Israeli soldiers on the Temple Mount a violation of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. The Temple Mount was closed to visitors […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Archaeology

Archaeologists Find Ancient Chisel that May Have Helped Build Kotel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The chisel was found along with a gold bell that may have been on the clothes of the High Priest.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

IDF Announces Draft Notices to Christian Israelis

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF has announced it will begin to offer Israeli Christians the chance to enlist in Israel’s army.

Syria / News Briefs

US Has Proof Syrian Gov’t Poisoned Civilians

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United States has announced it possesses evidence the Syrian government is using chemical weapons against its own civilians.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Gazan Rockets Pound Israeli Communities Over the Holiday

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

At least ten rockets were fired by Gaza terrorists at Israeli civilian targets over the holiday.

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Chief Rabbi of Nikolayev, Ukraine on Firebomb Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Chabad.org interviews Nikolayev 's chief rabbi on the firebomb attack in the Ukraine. Here is an excerpt...

Israel / US / News Briefs

Will Your Child be Born in 'Israel'?

By Jewish Press News Desk

The US Supreme Court has agreed to examine the question as to whether or not an American citizen born in Jerusalem can have "Israel" listed on his (or her) passport as their country of birth.

NY / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Settlements

All in the Family: BDS Protests Zabars; Carole Zabar Promotes BDS

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Carole Zabar, longtime supporter of BDS promoters, is now in a pickle - Zabar's is a BDS target.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Bennett to Abbas: Go Ahead, Make My Day

By Shalom Bear

PA president Abbas, who is about 9 years late for democratic elections, has threatened to dismantle the PA and annul the Oslo Accords. Sounds good to us...

Terrorism / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Arab Riots Forced Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Family off Temple Mount

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and his family's visit to the Temple Mount was cut short when violent rioting once again broke out on the holy site.

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Ukrainian Synagogue Firebombed (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Anti-semitic attacks have escalated with the firebombing of a synagogue in the Ukraine. Watch the video of the attack...

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

Hikers Find Human Skull and Bones in Gush Etzion Cave

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A surprised group of hikers stumbled across human bones in a Gush Etzion cave. But what they actually found was even more astounding.

Global / Islamists

Pakistan Library Renamed to Honor bin Laden

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Many Pakistanis consider bin Laden a "hero of Islam."

Israel / US / News Briefs

U.S., Israel Teaming to Push Israel into Visa Waiver Program

By JTA

Two major obstacles have kept Israel from joining the program: Allegations by U.S. officials that Israel has discriminated against Arab- and Muslim-Americans seeking entry, and a proliferation of young Israelis traveling to the United States as tourists and then working illegally.

Terrorism / Global / News Briefs

Report: Lebanese man admits to targeting Israelis in Thailand

By JTA

A Lebanese man who was arrested in Thailand on suspicion of belonging to Hezbollah admitted to targeting Israelis, Thai media reported.

Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Jets Strike Targets on Ramat HaGolan

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Friday afternoon, Syrian fighter jets hit opposition/rebel targets and villages on the Syrian side of the Ramat HaGolan (Golan Heights), in the Quneitra region. Large pillars of smoke are seen rising from struck areas. Quneitra is the site of an official crossing between Syria and Israel on the Golan. IAF jets were sent out […]

News Briefs / Assimilation

Chelsea Clinton Pregnant with Non-Jewish Child

By Shalom Bear

As Rabbi Stav said, "You’re free to think what you want. But do you want me to recognize Chelsea Clinton’s child as a Jew?"

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