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Lebanon’s Hezbollah-backed Al Manar satellite network claimed on Tuesday that the bombing of an IDF patrol at the Syrian border was a kidnap attack, but the terrorist organization frequently makes such claims after attacks. Israel has not responded to the report. However, Israeli media reported that soldiers were trying to approach and arrest a suspicious […]
By JTA
A $15,000 reward has been posted for information that will help find Peretz Sontag of Rockland County, New York.
By Lee Bender
Is there no price to pay by the Palestinian Arabs for intransigence and rejection? Or defeat in war?
It was no coincidence when Netanyahu said that the Negev will be a cyber capital and that no rockets will be fired at it.
The subject of President Shimon Peres’s speech at the Sixth Annual Negev Conference in Sderot on Tuesday was not a surprise, but his contrasting a peaceful-seeking nation with one that is isolated says volumes about his view from the Ivory Tower. After his expressing his delight at the Israeli government’s going along for the ride […]
The Novartis dug company is in advanced talks to buy up Israeli-based stem cell treatments developer Gamida-Cell for $600 million, sources told the Globes business newspaper. Slightly more than half of Gamida-Cell is owned by Clal Biotechnology and Elbit Medical Technologies, a subsidiary of Elbit Imaging. Gamida-Cell has been considering offering an IPO on Wall […]
When you say a cancer-stricken boy smiling and happy, you wonder why anyone complains about anything.
By JTA
Six children from the Haredi Lev Tahor sect who fled Canada will be allowed to remain in Guatemala with their parents, but with conditions, a Guatemalan family court judge ruled Tuesday. The Lev Tahor members from two families can stay in the Central American country, but they must check in with the Canadian embassy within […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Facebook has announced that it has appointed Adi Soffer-Teeni as the company’s CEO in Israel. The current executive chairman of the grammar and spell-checking program Ginger Software, Soffer-Teeni will head Facebook’s commercial operations in Israel and help clients and agencies develop their marketing strategies at the social network. She will focus on building up the […]
By JTA
A Belgian watchdog on anti-Semitism warned it was preparing to take legal action against online propagators of a new anti-Semitic joke about the Holocaust. The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA, issued the threat regarding a photograph of an oven with paper money inside, bearing the caption, “The Jew trap is set.” The photo surfaced […]
The “border with Syria has lately been full of jihad and Hezbollah terrorists, placing us with a new challenge, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Likud party caucus Tuesday. Speaking shortly after a bomb, apparently planted by Hezbollah, exploded at an Israeli patrol and wounded three soldiers, he added, “We have succeeded to maintain quiet […]
Unfortunately, it was only as matter of time until Syrians wounded Israeli soldiers.
Israel’s image of an archaeological center of the world gets a new boost.
By JTA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said Jewish diplomat Daniel Rubinstein would replace Robert Ford as the diplomat guiding the U.S. response to the crisis in the country. “It’s more than fair to say that he is among our government’s foremost experts on the Middle East and has served with distinction in some […]
Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon is sounding more like Foreign Minister Lieberman every day.
“Allowing freedom of religion incites violence” is the essence of Jordan’s message.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the SWC hopes President Obama will ask PA leader Mahmoud Abbas 4 important questions.
On the one hand, Putin has been a friend to Chabad and to Israel. On the other hand, Putin is a brutal dictator.
Obama made several absurd comments, while Abbas played with Obama's words.
By JTA
Josh Fattal, an American hiker freed by Iran in September 2011 after two years in captivity, said the Iranians knew he was Jewish even though it was never explicitly stated. “I was so scared in those first months about being a Jew with an Israeli father, but at a certain point I embraced it,” Fattal […]
By JTA
The British Football Association will request that Nicolas Anelka serve his entire suspension for performing the quenelle salute regardless of the soccer team he joins. Anelka was fired by British West Bromwich Albion on Friday for “gross misconduct” for making the salute, seen by many as being anti-Semitic, on the field during a December match […]
Did Obama know who was sitting next to him when he said his guest “consistently renounced violence”?
The last thing Israel wants now is an excuse for the inevitable revolution against the Jordanian monarchy.
One of these days the Arabs are going to be very sorry if they have to live up to their anti-Israel rhetoric.
One of the lessons the IDF learned from the Second Lebanese War is how terrorists blended in with the scenery.
The Obama administration imposed sanctions on seven Russians and four Ukrainians in retaliation on Monday in response to the apparently imminent annexation by Russia of the Crimean peninsula of the Ukraine. Among those sanctioned were advisers to Russian President Vladimir Putin and parliament members in and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The European Union has […]
Hackers invaded the website of the left-wing Meretz party on Monday and readers now get an “Oops” or “Not available” message when trying to access it. The Hackers posted an Arabic message on the site. Apparently as part of their celebration of Israel Apartheid Week, which actually is a month-long festivity of attacking right-wing, the […]
By JTA
Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch rightist, pro-Israel Party for Freedom, called for The Hague to be home to fewer Moroccans, which led an opposing candidate to compare him to Hitler. Wilders, an anti-Islam and anti-immigration politician and a supporter of Israel, made the comments last week during a campaign event. Local elections in Holland […]
Thousands of Arabs in the Palestinian Authority rallied in major cities on Monday in support of “Palestinian national rights,” the official WAFA news agency reported Monday. The supporters waved pictures of Yasser Arafat, the first terrorist to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said at one rally, “We are here today […]
The State Dept. is absolutely blind and deaf to what is happening in Ramallah.
A photo essay from Purim in Hebron.
Israel is concerned that the missing MH370 could be used in a terror attack.
Northeastern U's Students for Justice in Palestine Suspended following mock evictions
Gazan Rocket Attack Backfires.
IDF border patrol hit by explosive device Friday evening, IDF shelled Hezbollah site in response.
This Purim, EMET has released a video which strips away the mask and reveals to everyone the true face of Hassan Rouhani.
Residents of the Shomron who wish to host a family from Israel's battered south this Shabbat, can call: 1700-700-0106.
By Shalom Bear
Bar Ilan researchers recovered the ancient method of converting giraffe hide into Kosher parchment for writing Torah scrolls and Mezuzot.
By Shalom Bear
Resistance to integrating Haredim into the coalition came from an unexpected source.
By JTA
The Israel Defense Forces called up a limited number of reservists following a second day of rocket attacks from Gaza on southern Israel.
A one year old baby was killed after a fire broke out in their Meah Shearim home.
By Shalom Bear
Rabbi Cohen's attackers were screaming "Zhid" and then stabbed him, while U.S. envoy denies rise in antisemitism.
New Holocaust denial film, "The Gas Chamber Hoax" is on YouTube.
The IDF held its fire after a couple of post-ceasefire attacks, but enough is enough.
Norway's YMCA adopted a boycott of all Israel. The Weisenthal Center objects strenuously.
By JTA
A New York man has gone to court for the return of several Nazi-looted artworks from the controversial collection of Cornelius Gurlitt in Munich. David Toren, 88, whose father and uncle were art collectors in the pre-war German city of Breslau, sued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to demand the […]
The Obama administration has rejected an appeal from the interim government in Ukraine that the United States send arms, ammunition and intelligence support, senior officials said Thursday. With Vladimir Putin breathing down his neck, the last thing President Barack Obama needs is doing anything to aggravate the Russian bear, who already is fuming at the […]
Abbas will not end the wrongly-named peace talks until he achieves his aim for starting them – freeing 104 terrorists.
By JTA
Ira Forman, the Obama administration’s special envoy on anti-Semitism, disputed claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukrainian revolutionaries were spreading hatred of Jews. In an interview published Thursday in the Jewish Daily Forward, Forman said Putin’s assertions were not credible. “We have no indication that what President Putin has been saying about anti-Semitism has […]
During an interview on the official Palestinian Arab television station on March 12, 2014, the hostess asked her guest, Abbas Zaki, about recent efforts undertaken by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The clip and translation is from Palestinian Media Watch. Zaki is the Palestinian Liberation Organization's representative to Lebanon and a member of the Fatah […]
Hamas is a big loser in the latest mini-war in which it apparently was a guilty bystander.
Nazi stamps used to tattoo death camp prisons are proof of the evil system as Holocaust survivors’ numbers dwindle.
There is nothing like a bunch of yeshiva high schoolers to get everyone in the mood for Purim.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A new display in Jerusalem is showcasing the oldest-known masks in the world, believed to have originated 9,000 years ago, long before Purim. The 11 masks are made of stones and were discovered in the Judean desert near Jerusalem. Experts believe the masks were meant to look like skulls, with each displaying a unique personality […]
By JTA
Tokyo Metropolitan Police reportedly have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of hundreds of copies of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in city libraries. The Tokyo resident, identified as an “unemployed man in his 30s,” made a statement admitting to some involvement in the vandalism of the books in February, according to a […]
Four masked Muslim Brotherhood gunmen killed one soldier and wounded three others on Thursday and fled on two motorcycles, Egyptian officials and eyewitness said. The rare attack on an army bus in the capital came eight months after Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi was ousted in a military coup. Previous attacks in Cairo have targeted […]
By JTA
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., received a $10 million grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. The museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies will be renamed the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies and will concentrate on Holocaust studies throughout the world. The center sponsors […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) raised $20 million on Tuesday at its annual national gala, held in New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel. Some 1,400 guests from the U.S., Panama, and Israel attended the event, where IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz thanked the organization “for choosing to stand by our side […]
Another ceasefire leaves Islamic Jihad with lots of good PR and Israel with a finger on the trigger.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Hiding in his underground rat hole, an Islamic Jihad terrorist threatens Israel.
Another barrage of Gazan rockets hit Israel.
Perhaps the Saudis are afraid that eating Zionist fruit will indoctrinate its citizens with a bit of common sense.
The US condemned the Gazan terrorists' rocket attacks on Israel on March 12, noting Israel's sovereign right of self-defense.
Two Jordanian talk show guests turn into rock 'em sock 'em robots.
Wednesday night’s retaliation leaves Hamas in a smaller corner of survival.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Even the State Dept. will be happy to say goodbye to Falk, but the “Rights Committee has a built-in anti-Israeli bias.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
The IDF stated that eight of the rockets hit urban, civilian areas including Sderot.
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the international community on Monday for turning a blind eye to Iran’s continued attempts to foment global terrorism.
Following the Minchah (afternoon) service, led by the Vyelipoler Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Frankel, rally participants recited several passages of Tehillim.
The IDF’s initial response was to stop the rocket fire, and the next step of retaliation has yet to begin.
Either Hamas is trigger-happy again or has lost all control of Islamic Jihad terrorists
A huge explosion in New York City at 9:31 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, sent "people flying out the windows," of a five story building, killing two women, injuring 18 and leaving two buildings in rubble Wednesday morning, according to the New York City Fire Department and witnesses. The explosion occurred at Park Ave. and East […]
By Ron Kampeas
Tensions between Russia and the West are mounting over the Russian military takeover of the Crimean Peninsula, with the United States and European countries threatening to impose sanctions.
The Haredi Knesset Members who walked out of David Cameron’s speech didn’t miss very much.
By JTA
A new theater dedicated to the story of Anne Frank is slated to open in the Dutch capital ahead of the 70th anniversary of the teenage diarist’s deportation and death. The new theater, which is in the final stages of construction, was first shown to media on Wednesday and will feature a permanent show titled […]
Digging for the past sometimes is possible by simple looking at what already has been found.
The romantic skyline of Jerusalem is disappearing. Is Jerusalem on its way to becoming a modern city? Or is it losing its special character?
The Knesset passed the bill to draft more Ultra-Orthodox Jews into the IDF.
By Shalom Bear
Police captured the Arab terrorist tried who tried to blow up 8 buildings in a Jerusalem residential neighborhood.
It appears that Makor Rishon may now be up for sale. Makor Rishon is a popular Israeli/Hebrew newspaper that caters to the Religious-Zionist market. Last year, the newspaper's management purchased the failed newspaper, Maariv, which subsequently turned into a financial black hole that has neen sucking Makor Rishon dry. Agreements connected to the purchase of […]
Moshe Abutbul, the Haredi candidate, beat out Eli Cohen, in the do-over election held on Tuesday.
Net month Brunei will become the first East Asian country to implement the strict penal code of Shariah.
FGM is again on the rise in Egypt. A 14 year old Egyptian girl died this week after undergoing the procedure.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, at the time the ballot closed, in the Beit Shemesh elections, 76% of eligible voters voted, compared to 69.32% in 2013. While in the redo election in Nazareth, 83.6% of eligible voters voted, compared to 70.27% in 2013. There is no update yet as to who won.
Retired Supreme Court Edmund Levy, who headed a three-man committee that debunked allegations that Israel is an “occupier,” died Tuesday night at the age of 72. He served on the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2011, capping a legal career that began with studies at Tel Aviv University several years after his family immigrated to […]
Nadia Haroun, the deputy head of Egypt's Jewish community was buried on Thursday.
The youth wing of Sweden’s Liberal party organized a “love bombing” Monday night and pasted heart-shaped papers on the same school that was attacked by neo-Nazi vandals the night before. Stockholm’s “Vasa Real” school was sprayed with swastikas and slogans, such as “disgusting Jews” and the number 1488 that is a symbol for white power […]
By JTA
Norwegian Cruise Lines dropped Tunisia from its itineraries after the country refused to allow Israeli citizens to disembark in the Port of Tunis. About 20 Israelis were quietly told before disembarking from the Norwegian Jade over the weekend that they were not welcome per the Tunisian government. The cruise line’s decision to drop Tunisia was […]
“More than the Jews have kept the Shabbos (Sabbath), the Shabbos has kept the Jews.”
Bye-bye to the right-wing extremists, left-wing extremists, weirdoes and maybe Tzipi Livni.
Three Hamas terrorists were killed on Tuesday in an explosion that was “all part of a day’s work” of preparing rockets and bombs for attacks on Israel. The Hamas website reported that the “work accident” killed three members of the “military branch” of Hamas in Beit Hanoun, located in northern Gaza. Earlier on Tuesday, the […]
The Priceline online ticketing and reservation company has bought Israeli-based start-up Qlika for around $3 million, according to the VentureBeat website. Qlika, based in the metropolitan Tel Aviv city of Ramat Gan, focuses on "micro-location" ad campaigns and has only six employees, all of whom have masters' degrees in physics and mathematics and who have […]
By JTA
An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates said it “emphatically refutes” claims that it excludes Israel from its official travel-route map and refuses to transport Israelis. In a statement, Etihad Airways wrote that it carried more than 1,000 passengers traveling with Israeli passports last year, refuting assertions made in the New York Post newspaper. […]
Either the IDF has privately admitted it goofed or Netanyahu is scared of Jordan when he needs him most.
Ruderman Foundation announces $250K prize for programs to ensure inclusion into the Jewish community to those with disabilities.
It is up to Defense Minister Ya’alon to decide if a court ruling in favor of Hebron Jews has any meaning at all.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A Jewish scribe has restored an 18th century copy of the Book of Esther that was donated to Catholic Nuns.
September 25, 2026 
