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Family of Itamar Massacre Terrorist Laud Him As a 'Legend'

By Jewish Press Staff

Comments were made on a PA-run television show last week.

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PM Netanyahu Considering Rail Link For Asia-Europe Trade Route

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu: "The Eilat Railway will be a passenger railway with a travel time of two hours" from Tel Aviv.

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Technion To Build, Launch Mini-Satellites Into Space

By Jewish Press Staff

Project head Professor Pini Gurfil says the satellites have great practical applications.

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Israel closes Hamas-Affiliated Institutions in East Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

The move comes after intensified Israeli action against Hamas individuals and institutions.

News Briefs

American Jewish Leaders Visit Pollard in Prison

By Jewish Press Staff

Pollard has served 27 years in federal prison, seven in solitary confinement.

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Mashaal On Official Hamas Visit to Jordan

By Jewish Press Staff

Trip is Jordan is Mashaal's first since being expelled in 1999.

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UN Nuclear Team Arrives in Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

IAEA is expected to visit the underground enrichment site near the city of Qom, in which Iran recently said it had begun uranium enrichment work.

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Turkey May Supplant Iran As Main Hamas Backer

By Jewish Press Staff

Haniyeh and Erdogan reportedly discuss finances in Haniyeh's first official visit to Turkey.

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Russia Blasts Arab League Decision to Pull Observers

By Jewish Press Staff

Reports estimate that the death toll in the weekend government crackdown has exceeded 210.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu on Continuing Peace Talks With Palestinians: 'Signs Are Not Good'

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu blames Palestinians for failure of recent negotiations in Amman, Jordan.

Jewish / NY

Teen Synagogue Firebomber Charged With Another Attempt

By Malkah Fleisher

The teen loner awaiting trial for the firebombings of two northern New Jersey synagogues has been charged with an additional arson attempt at the Jewish Community Center of Paramus.

News Briefs

Arab League Suspends Mission in Syria; Syria Condemns

By Jewish Press Staff

The Arab League decision comes in the wake of the uptick in government violence over the weekend.

Family / Israel

Father of the Year – Man in Samaria Saves Children from Fire

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Father of three suffered burns on face and shoulders while extricating his family from danger.

News Briefs

State Comtptroller to Come Down Heavy on Steinitz, Yishai Over Carmel Fire

By Jewish Press Staff

Micha Lindenstrauss' report on the 2010 tragedy leaked ahead of its release next week.

News Briefs

Former Mossad Head Weighs In On Tal law

By Jewish Press Staff

Meir Dagan expresses opposition to the law.

News Briefs

Irish FM Begins Trip to Region With Visit to Gaza

By Jewish Press Staff

Eamon Gilmore will meet with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, among others.

News Briefs

Palestinians Rejected Israel's Outline for Borders and Security in Amman Talks

By Jewish Press Staff

Palestinian sources claimed that the Israeli principles presented would destroy any chance for a two-state solution.

News Briefs

US Chief of Staff Says Military Attack on Iran 'Premature'

By Jewish Press Staff

General Martin Dempsey acknowledged that US and Israel see the threat differently.

Israel / US

Jewish Mega-Philanthropist Backing Gingrich, Drawing Critique

By Malkah Fleisher

Republican US presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s relationship with Jewish mega-billionaire and foremost donor Sheldon Adelson has raised the ire of critics, who say Gingrich’s very public support for Israel is an exchange for support.

News & Views

Republican Debate: Romney, Gingrich Condemn Abiding Palestinian Rejection of Jewish State

By Jewish Press Staff

US Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says Palestinians "want to eliminate the state of Israel."

News Briefs

Cyber Attacks UPDATE: Pro-Israeli Hackers Hit Iranian Official Websites

By Jewish Press Staff

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education taken offline.

News Briefs

Former IDF Chief of Staff: Iran Nuclear Program 'Ticking Faster Than Ever'

By Jewish Press Staff

Gabi Ashkenazi says that Israel must 'keep a viable military option on the table.'

News Briefs

United Torah Judaism MK to Livni: 'You're Our Enemy'

By Jewish Press Staff

MK Yisrael Eichler makes comments in response to Livni's condemnation of ultra-orthodox sector.

News Briefs

Iran UPDATE: A-Jad says Iran Unaffected By EU Embargo, Wants to Talk

By Jewish Press Staff

Iranian President: "Why should we run away from the negotiations?"

News Briefs

Tal Law Will Not be Brought to Cabinet Vote

By Jewish Press Staff

PM Netanyahu recently said that the law would be extended another five years.

Jewish

Israel-American Knesset Caucus Established

By Jewish Press Staff

Recent poll found that almost 90% of Israeli Jews believe that the American Jewish community is crucial to Israel's security and continued existence.

News Briefs

Cyber Attacks UPDATE: Pro-Israeli Hacker Claims Strike on Iranian Sites

By Jewish Press Staff

'Hannibal' claims to have access to a trove of confidential Iranian information.

News Briefs

Muslim Brotherhood Reiterates Refusal to Conduct Dialogue with Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman: ""We will reject any request from the Israeli embassy to meet."

Global / Aaron Klein

Klein: Russia Helping Syria Quell Insurgency

By Aaron Klein

Moscow has been trying to water down United Nations Security Council resolutions targeting Syria in recent days, with Russia insisting that any Council action should not only focus on the Assad government, but also the opposition movement trying to end Assad’s rule.

Jewish / US

Holocaust Museum Rebuffs FDR Backers

By dvora

Defenders of President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Holocaust were dealt a blow last week when a study by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum rejected a claim they have made regarding the U.S. failure to bomb Auschwitz.

Israel / Global

Furor Over Palestinian Grand Mufti’s Statement About Muslims Killing Jews

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has ordered a formal Israel Police probe of Palestinian Grand Mufti Muhammad Hussein for incendiary remarks made at a recent gathering of Fatah leaders in Ramallah.

News Briefs

US Grants 3-Year Extension of Loan Guarantees to Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

The guarantees will extend through September 2015, are worth $3.8 billion.

News Briefs

Former Israeli Envoy to UN Says Obama Should Be One-Term President

By Jewish Press Staff

Dan Gillerman makes comments at a women's Zionist conference.

News Briefs

Abbas: No Progress in Amman

By Jewish Press Staff

PA president not excluding possibility of additional low-level discussions.

Israel

Peace Talks Over, Abbas Says

By Sam Ser

Even before the meeting on Wednesday, PA and Israeli officials declared the talks fruitless, with each side trying to portray the other as the recalcitrant one.

News Briefs

Cyber Attacks UPDATE: Anti-Israel Hackers Strike Israeli Hospitals' Websites

By Jewish Press Staff

The websites of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer and Assouta Medical Center in Tel Aviv were both taken offline.

News Briefs

Report: Palestinians Demand Prisoner Release to Continue Talks

By Jewish Press Staff

The Palestinians are reportedly seeking the deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Sa'adat.

US / Global

Focus On Florida’s Jewish Community As GOP Presidential Primary Approaches

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama won’t show up on the vote tallies after polls close in Florida’s Republican primary on Jan. 31, but the president’s supporters already are waging a fight for the Sunshine State.

News Briefs

Israel Arrests 19 Palestinians for Terror-Related Activities in Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press Staff

Two Palestinian teenagers caught on tape firing on Israeli vehicle last Saturday.

News Briefs

EU Agrees to $72 Million Financing of UNRWA

By Jewish Press Staff

UN agency created to assist, protect, and advocate for 'some 5 million Palestine refugees,' pending a solution to their plight.

News Briefs

Report: Jordan Considering Diplomatic Sanctions on Israel Over Palestinians

By Jewish Press Staff

King Abdullah reportedly hinted at such measures to get Abbas to talks in Amman.

News Briefs

Russia Reiterates Disapproval of Western Handling of Syria

By Jewish Press Staff

Russia opposes sanctions and military intervention against Syrian regime.

News Briefs

Azerbaijani Assassination Plot Foiled

By Jewish Press Staff

Suspects allegedly intended to murder the Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan and two employees at the Chabad school in Baku.

Jewish / NY

Arrest Made in North Jersey Synagogue Attacks

By Malkah Fleisher

A 19 year-old from Lodi, New Jersey has been arrested and charged with attempted murder for anti-Semitic firebombings of 2 Bergen County synagogues.

News Briefs

Israeli Diplomatic Posts Receive Letters with White Powder

By Jewish Press Staff

All cases so far have tested negative for harmful substances like anthrax.

News Briefs

Rabbi Elyashiv Health Continues to Deteriorate

By Jewish Press Staff

The Lithuanian sage is suffering from pulmonary edema.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine"

Israel arrests Hamas lawmakers in Jerusalem

By Eric Schulenberg

Members of terror group’s political echelon had been hiding from law in Red Cross compound.

Israel / Jewish

Torah of Ben Ish Chai Rescued in Covert Op

By Malkah Fleisher

An ancient Torah scroll once belonging to the great Torah sage Ben Ish Chai has been rescued from war-torn Iraq, and made its way home to Israel’s beach-side community of Netanya on Tuesday.

News Briefs

EU 'Worried' About Israeli Construction in Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press Staff

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton scheduled to visit Israel, Judea and Samaria, and Gaza this week.

News Briefs

Israeli Film Nominated for Oscar

By Jewish Press Staff

Footnote, a film by Joseph Cedar, is a film about father-son Talmudic scholars.

Israel

Another Woman Attacked in Beit Shemesh

By Sam Ser

Dozens of haredim stoned the car of a woman as she hung posters for a lottery; similar incidents have sparked debate over the treatment of women in haredi society

News Briefs

French Parliament Passes Bill Outlawing Denial of Armenian Genocide; Erdogan Furious

By Jewish Press Staff

Turkish PM responded to the bill with threats of additional sanctions on France.

News Briefs

UPDATE: Israel Attorney-General to Investigate Jerusalem Mufti for Incitement

By Jewish Press Staff

Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein has ordered an investigation of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, for comments he made glorifying the killing of Jews as a religious edict for Muslims at a Fatah event recently

News Briefs

Owner, Publisher of Atlanta Jewish Times Resigns over Obama Assassination Column

By Jewish Press Staff

Andrew Adler proposed 'taking out' president deemed unfriendly to Israel.

News Briefs

Pro-Israel Hacker Discloses Information of 100,000 Arab Facebook Users

By Jewish Press Staff

Hannibal has been responsible for the release of several batches of personal information.

News Briefs

Report: Russia to Sell Syria Fighter Jets

By Jewish Press Staff

36 aircraft would be delivered to Syria at a total cost of $550 million.

News Briefs

UPDATE: Secretary-General of Muslim Brotherhood Party Appointed Speaker of Parliament

By Jewish Press Staff

Mohamed Saad el-Katatni quoted as saying that Camp David accord "needs reevaluation".

News Briefs

Iranian Officials Again Threaten Closure of Strait of Hormuz

By Jewish Press Staff

USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the Strait without incident Sunday.

News Briefs

Netanyahu on EU embargo: As of today, Iran is continuing nuclear weapons program

By Jewish Press Staff

"Strong and quick" pressure on Iran is still necessary, Israeli PM insists.

News Briefs

UPDATE: EU Approves Oil Embargo on Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

Total ban on oil imports to begin July 1, 2012.

News Briefs

Report: Hamas Chief Plans Gaza Visit, May Run for PLO President

By Jewish Press Staff

Khaled Mashaal recently announced that he would not seek reelection as politburo chief.

Middle East / Levant

Arab League to Assad: Step Down

By Sam Ser

If Bashar Assad does not accept the national unity government proposal, the Arab League will ask the United Nations to step in and end the crisis.

News Briefs

Israel Arrests Hamas Officials Found Hiding in Red Cross Building

By Jewish Press Staff

The men had been in staying in the compound for over a year.

News Briefs

President Peres Condemns Jerusalem Mufti's Incitement

By Jewish Press Staff

Shimon Peres called on Justice Minister Yaakov Ne'eman to prosecute Sheikh Muhammed Hussein.

News Briefs

$225 Million Raised By Israel Bonds in One Night

By Jewish Press Staff

Israel Bonds raised $1.1 billion in all of 2011.

News Briefs

Interior Minister Eli Yishai: Jewish People Survived Because of Torah

By Jewish Press Staff

Shas MK: Torah protected Jews before there was a state, the IDF, and Shin Bet.

News Briefs

Migron Outpost Community Residents Reject Netanyahu Compromise

By Jewish Press Staff

Migron is largest outpost community in Judea and Samaria.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Jordan Sends Back Israeli New Year's Letter in Protest

By Malkah Fleisher

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has rejected the New Year’s wishes of Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, sending the letter back because it called Jerusalem the capital of the State of Israel.

News Briefs

Report: Bedouin Take 70 Hostages at Sinai Resort

By Jewish Press Staff

Incident comes amid growing lawlessness and discontent among Sinai Bedouin

Eye on "Palestine"

Qalqilya Girl Freed From Bathroom Prison

By Sam Ser

Man locked daughter in bathroom for nine years because she wanted to go to school. "She hasn't seen sunlight since," he told police.

News Briefs

EU Reportedly Agrees to Iran Oil Embargo

By Jewish Press Staff

According to sources, the ban would halt all oil imports by July 1, 2012.

News Briefs

Assad Rejects Arab League Call to Resign

By Jewish Press Staff

Arab League has decided to extend its observer mission.

Israel

PM, IDF Chief Clash Over Next Air Force Commander

By Sam Ser

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz are reported to be locked in a disagreement over the appointment of the next air force commander, with some suggesting a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities as the source of the divide.

News Briefs

Israeli Company Develops New Riot Control Vehicle

By Jewish Press Staff

The vehicle can operate while under attack from molotov cocktails.

News Briefs

Report: Israel to provide 12-Hour Window Before Attacking Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

The Sunday Times also reported that the US postponed the joint US-Israel military drill

Israel / Knesset Corner

Million Shekel Challenge or Legislation to Save Migron?

By Jeremy Saltan

Migron's residents are not waiting for politicians to change their fate and are offering a one million shekel reward to anyone who can provide legal proof that Migron is owned by its residents and is not private Arab land.

News Briefs

China Reproaches Iran on Nuclear Program

By Jewish Press Staff

Statements come as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao wraps up trip to Gulf region.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu Urges Migron Residents to Evacuate 'with Consent'

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu supports MK Benny Begin's proposal for evacuating Migron.

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Israeli Application Wins Best App of the Year

By Jewish Press Staff

Any.DO was downloaded over 500,000 times in its first month.

News Briefs

Campus Watchdogs: 10% of Israeli Academics Anti-Zionist

By Jewish Press Staff

Campus watchdog organizations Im Tirtzu, IsraCampus, and Israel Academia Monitor performed the survey.

News Briefs

Return to Sender: Knesset Speaker Rivlin's New Years Greeting 'Biased,' 'Political'

By Jewish Press Staff

Jordan's Speaker of Parliament blasts Rivlin's New Years greeting as racist.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu Condemns Jerusalem Mufti's Anti-Semitic Speech

By Jewish Press Staff

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein in response: "I can't change the Hadith."

News Briefs

Yair Lapid Blasts Kadima, Labor

By Jewish Press Staff

Former media personality dispels any notion that he would join Kadima, Labor

News Briefs

MKs Zoabi, Sarsour, Ghnaim Met with Hamas

By Jewish Press Staff

Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi, Ibrahim Sarsour, and Masud Ghnaim all photographed meeting with Dr. Aziz Dwaik.

Middle East / Levant

Syrian Rebels Briefly Seize Damascus Suburb

By Sam Ser

Witnesses said the Free Syrian Army held territory and set up roadblocks in Douma, a center of dissent, for up to several hours before retreating to their hideouts.

News Briefs

Prominent Samaria Rabbi: 'Great Mitzvah to Serve in the army'

By Jewish Press Staff

Head of Har Bracha yeshiva supports IDF service for religious men.

News Briefs

Demand for Sharia Law in Libya Growing

By Jewish Press Staff

Islamist parties expected to fair well in upcoming Libyan elections.

News Briefs

Islamists Win Over 70% of Egyptian Parliament

By Jewish Press Staff

The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party wins 235 seats; the ultra-conservative Salafist Al-Nur party wins 121 seats.

News Briefs

Cabinet To Extend Law Denying Citizenship to Palestinians Who Marry Israelis

By Jewish Press Staff

One-year extension of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law supported by Israel Security Service.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Jordan's Queen Orders Solid Gold Shoes as King Pushes Two-State Solution

By Malkah Fleisher

Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan has commissioned a jeweler in Calcutta, India to make shoes for her out of gold.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu: Israel Will Protect Jewish People Against 'Bitter Enemies'

By Jewish Press Staff

PM speaks on the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazis decided on their "Final Solution," for the Jewish people.

News Briefs

IAF Strikes Gaza Terrorists

By Jewish Press Staff

Terrorist squad in southern Gaza targeted after launching rockets.

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