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Israel / News Briefs

Prime Minister Netanyahu's Remarks Before Leaving to the U.S.

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I will stand steadfast on the State of Israel's vital interests..."

The Muqata

To Rally or Not, That is the Question

By JoeSettler

The heated debate in the settlements revolved around participating in the Haredi anti-draft rally planned for Sunday - or not.

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

National-Religious Rabbis to Participate in Haredi Anti-Draft Rally

By Shalom Bear

While Dati-Leumi Rabbis show solidarity with Haredim, Haredi MK Gafni threatens to destroy Hesder yeshivot and the Settlements.

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

Inside Source: Netanyahu to Uproot Thousands of Jews

By Shalom Bear

The PM's office says the report is a lie, and that Netanyahu won't uproot Settlements.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Politely Asks Rock-Throwing Arabs not to Throw Rocks (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Please, Arab demonstrator. Please do not throw rocks. It is not nice. Please, Pretty, please…. Ouch!”

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / On Campus / Education

Arab Students Launch Anti-Israel Photo Exhibit at Hebrew U.

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Watan, a Palestinian student group at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, launched a new exhibit featuring photos whose captions are hostile to Israel, referring to Jerusalem as a “sewer of the Israeli settlements” and to Israeli soldiers as “the occupation army” and “the hunters of liberty.” In the “Pictures From Across Palestine” exhibit, which was […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

European Jewish Group Wants Israeli Security Forces in Ukraine

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The European Jewish Association has appealed to Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to urgently send Israeli-trained security forces to protect the Jewish community across Ukraine in response to the recent upsurge in attacks against Jews. EJA director Rabbi Menachem Margolin also appealed to European Union foreign ministers and ambassadors to lobby […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF Kills Wanted Suspected War Criminal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Amnesty International is invited to investigate who really commits war crimes.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

IDF Soldiers on High Alert along Lebanese Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF put soldiers along the Lebanese border on high alert Wednesday following the acknowledged bombing of Hezbollah terrorists and a weapons convoy near the Syrian-Lebanese border earlier this week. Farmers have been told to stay away from their land that in some cases is adjacent to the border. Hezbollah admitted on Wednesday that the […]

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

UCLA Student Council Rejects Divestment Resolution

By JTA

The flood of anti-Israel hatred on campuses seems to be losing some of its strength.

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Haredi Rabbi Warns Lapid Is a Target for Assassination

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Incitement is not taken lightly in Israel since the murder of Rabin, and even warning of a murder can be dangerous.

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Venture Capital Fund Awards Israeli Start-Up $ 1 million

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem Ventures Partners (JVP). Israel's leading VC firm and the largest early-stage cyber-security investor in Israel, announced Wednesday that Titanium Core, an innovative startup that protects mission-critical infrastructure, has won JVP's first ever “Cybertition” cyber-security startup competition. JVP will reward Titanium with an instant $1 million Investment and a spot in JVP Cyber Labs incubator […]

Israel / News Briefs

Anti-Israel Cyber Attackers Posing as Shin Bet

By Jewish Press News Desk

An anti-Israeli group is posing as the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and trying to plant spyware in personal computers by sending email in the name of General Security Service, Israel Defense reports. Attributing the report to informed officials, it said that the group of cyber attackers copy data from the Shin Bet website and […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

IKEA to Open Third Store in Israel in March

By Jewish Press News Desk

IKEA will open its third store in Israel on March 11, when it opens the doors to its Kiryat Ata branch near Haifa. The company paid $110 million to build the store, which will have 51 showrooms and three houses with designed rooms. "IKEA's entry to the north is the implementation of another step in […]

Government / News Briefs / Europe

Netanyahu Learns from Merkel How to Stay on Schedule

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday his meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Cabinet was “exceptional” because it was on schedule. Considering Israeli’s penchant for “on time” a synonym for running on a clock that does not keep time, that might be the most valuable result of the visit. “We had a very enjoyable […]

Government / News Briefs

Gush Katif Expellees Looking Forward to Permanent Homes

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Gush Katif Committee has worked for several months with Housing minister Uri Ariel, and the Tnufa administration headed by Yisrael Melachi, to develop a working plan for the victims of the mass expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif in 2005. The committee’s targets are to develop new communities, which besides fulfilling the obligation to […]

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hundreds of Arabs Riot at Gaza Security Fence

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli soldiers on patrol at the Gaza security fence shot at a mob of hundreds of rock-throwing Arabs Tuesday, two of whom sustained moderate gunshot wounds. The rioters also burned tires that were rolled towards the soldiers. None of the soldiers were wounded.

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Record Number of US Dentists Planning Aliyah

By Jewish Press Staff

An unprecedented number of 20 dentists from around the United States who are planning to make Aliyah to Israel took the Israeli Dentistry Licensing Exam, at the Nefesh B’Nefesh offices in Paramus, New Jersey, this week. This is the largest group ever to take the test outside Israel. Dentists who immigrate to Israel must pass […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Israel Discriminates 'against' PA by Charging Less for Electricity

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israel Electric Corp. shuts off power to those who don’t pay – unless the debtor is the Palestinian Authority.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Again Attack Police on Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two police were injured in this latest Arab riot on the Temple Mount.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Lebanese Media Reports Israeli Air Force Bombed Hezbollah Posts

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli Air Force war planes launched two bombing raids on Hezbollah posts in near the Syrian border eastern Lebanon Monday, the Beirut Daily Star reported. Quoting “security sources,” the newspaper said that four missiles were dropped in a mountainous area where Hezbollah recruits and trains its soldiers and near a known route for smuggling arms […]

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Boycott / BDS / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Richard Falk Blames Israel for Sins of Egypt and Palestinian Authority

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Falk lies in answers to “who shoots at Gaza fishermen and who prevents Palestinian Authority Arabs from protesting?”

The Muqata

Give an Inch - Steal a Kidney

By JoeSettler

JoeSettler's warning came too late, automatic government-authorized organ harvesting has begun.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Report: Commander of Syrian Rebels Trained in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir, the new commander of the Free Syrian Army, secretly trained in Israel last year after being admitted into to the country for medical treatment, according to the Arabic language Al-Ahd website. He was transferred to a hospital in Israel after he was wounded in a military operation. Rumors spread that he died and […]

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Shin Bet and IDF Arrest Hamas ‘Highway Rock-Throwing’ Gang

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), soldiers and police have arrested 15 Hamas members in the past several weeks on suspicion of carrying out rock-throwing and Molotov cocktail attacks on Highway 443, which connects Samaria, Jerusalem, the city of Modi’in and Ben Gurion Airport. Several of those arrested are returnees to terror, having previously been […]

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

Potential Religious Chief of Staff Promoted to Shomron Commander

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Leftists are scared out of their pants by the success of religious soldiers in fighting for their country.

Israel / US / Palestinian Authority

Obama to Invite Abbas to White House

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama is ratcheting up the pressure and will invited Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, Arab media reported Monday. A summit in Washington with Abbas would “even things out” politically since the president is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu next week, when the Prime Minister will address […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Canadian Jews Buys Tel Aviv Penthouse for $31 Million

By Jewish Press News Desk

You missed the boat if you wanted to pick up a nice little penthouse in Tel Aviv. An unidentified Canadian real estate tycoon picked up a seafront penthouse, stull under construction, for a paltry $31 million, Globes reported. The apartment is on the 20th and 21st floors and the balconies cover an area of 3,000 […]

Israel / News Briefs

Air Raid Drill Sirens Sound Nationwide

By Shalom Bear

A nationwide air raid drill was run today, so the schools will be prepared for missiles from Iran, Gaza or the Palestinian Authority.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jordan

Jordanian Yitzchak Rabin to Enlist in IDF

By JTA

A Jordanian man named Yitzchak Rabin has won his 16-year-old battle to join the Israel Defense Forces. Yitzhak Rabin Namsy, 18, earlier this week was granted Israeli citizenship and is eligible to enlist in the Israeli army. The boy was named by his Jordanian parents in honor of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, who signed […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Boycott / BDS / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Religion / Settlements

Presbyterians Do Repentance and Drink SodaStream

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It stands to reason that’s since BDS is based on the Big Lie, the impression that the “church” supports also is a lie.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Can of Coke Costs Up to Six Times more in Israel than in US

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Next time you drink a can of Coca Cola in Israel at a kiosk or tourist spot, take into consideration you are swallowing six times more money than you would if you had bought it at an American outlet, such as Walmart, according to a survey conducted by the Globes newspaper. Americans pay on average […]

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

Abbas, Kerry to Hold Second Paris Meeting

By JTA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet for a second day to discuss core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Kerry and Abbas met for two hours on Wednesday evening  in Paris, where they “had an in-depth discussion about the core issues” surrounding a peace deal […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Germany

Gag Order Lifted: Two Israelis Arrested for Smuggling Arms to Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How did smugglers of arms to Iran escaped the law for 10 years. How could Israeli Jews even think of helping the enemy?

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Knesset Panel Approves Jailing of Haredi Draft Dodgers

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Knesset committee headed by Jewish Home Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked approved on Wednesday a bill that would put Haredi draft dodgers in jail but which also has galvanized Haredi leaders to prepare for all-out war. The bill faced an immediate challenge by MK Shaked's party colleague Moti Yogev, who called on the committee to […]

Israel / News Briefs

Israel to Sell $500 Million of Natural Gas to Jordan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel’s new position of being energy self-sufficient is merging with Jordan’s more dependent on Jerusalem.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global / News Briefs

Israel Sending Illegal African Infiltrators to Uganda

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel has begun sending illegal African infiltrators to Uganda, the country the Theodore Herzl once imagined more than a century ago would be the home of a Jewish state. Activists who encourage the infiltrators to demand remaining in Israel have argued that sending them to Uganda does not mean that they will be allowed to […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Baby Injured in Jerusalem Terror Attack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

According to the MDA spokesperson, a baby was injured after being hit in the head with a glass marble that was shot at a group of tourists near the Kotel.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Massive Arab Rock Attacks Damage Cars near Modi’in

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arab rock-throwing terrorists attacked dozens of cars in  western Samaria Wednesday  evening, causing widespread damage but no injuries. The attackers fled the area when soldiers arrived at the scene on the road to Hashmonim, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and near the city of Modi’in. Soldiers so far have not nabbed the attackers.

Israel / US / Business and Economy

Bank of Israel May Pop the Bitcoin Bubble

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Economics 101 teaches that “money is money because it is money,” but a bitcoin may not always be a bitcoin.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Reports: Yeshiva Student Draft Dodgers to Face Criminal Charges

By JTA

Haredi Orthodox yeshiva students will face criminal charges for dodging the draft under a proposed law, after the intervention of the prime minister, Israeli media has reported. Under the proposed military draft law, the Haredi men would be criminally charged for evading the draft, but the penalties would not go into effect until 2017, according […]

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Government Says Aliyah Stats from US Better than Previously Stated

By Jewish Press News Desk

Official statistics on aliyah to Israel from the United States have been corrected to show that there was only a tiny change for the worse in the past year from the number of new immigrants in 2012. The Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and the Jewish Agency issued a report in late December that […]

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Knesset Eases Limits on Visitors’ Foreign Driving Licenses

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visitors to Israel will be able to use their foreign driving licenses for one year from their last time of entry if they have been outside of Israel for at least three months. Knesset Economics Committee on Monday corrected a contradiction in regulations to remove doubt on the validity of foreign licenses, and the changes […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Settlements

Rabbis Remain Silent as ‘Price Tag’ Vandalism Worsens

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rabbis and the Yesha Council are blowing a chance to prove that they are true nationalists and not country bumpkins.

US / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Assimilation

Avigdor Lieberman Warns US Jews ‘You Are Facing a Catastrophe’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is not an easy fact to swallow, but the real demographic problem for Jews is in the Diaspora and not in Israel.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Obituaries / Aliyah / Geulah / Judaism

Rabbi Meir Schuster, the 'Man of the Wall,' Dies at Age 71

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One is remembered for his mitzvahs and good deeds, and Rabbi “Heritage House’ Schuster will be remembered forever.

US / Government

Peres Can’t Leave His Ghetto Mentality

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Shimon Peres, even at the age of 90, cannot get rid of his Polish-rooted Jewish ghetto mentality.

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Two Mortar Shells Explode in Golan Heights after Netanyahu’s Visit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two mortar shells exploded in open areas in the central Golan Heights Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his entourage left the area following a visit. No one was injured, and no damage was reported. It is not known if Syrian soldiers or rebels were the source of the mortar fire and […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Visits Golan Heights and Says It ‘Divides Good from Bad’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Golan Heights “divides the good from the bad,” meaning Iran, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday during a visit to the region along with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. "On the day when talks between the major powers and Iran are being opened in Vienna, it is […]

Israel / Egypt

Egypt Charges Two Egyptians and Two Israelis with Spying

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian authorities said Tuesday they have charged two alleged Israeli Mossad intelligence agents and two Egyptians with plotting to spot on behalf of Israel by gathering information with "the intent of damaging national interests in exchange for money and gifts and sex." Egypt’s public prosecutor identified the Israelis as Samuel Ben Ze'ev and David Wisemen, […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

14 Ways to Shut Up BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The differences between the Boycott and Pro-Israel movement are that BDS is unified and is not crippled by competitors.

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

Netanyahu Calls Boycotters ‘Anti-Semites'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu’s comments about the Boycott Israel movement is a sign he is seriously worried about its potential damage.

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

Kerry and Abbas to Meet in Paris on Wednesday

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will talk with Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Wednesday in his non-stop diplomatic assault to break the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s stated refusals to agree to American ideas for the establishment of the Palestinian Authority as a new country within Israel’s current borders. State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki said […]

Israel / Jewish / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas’ Removal of Religious Identity from ID a Two-Edged Sword

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority announced on Sunday that "the part that defines the religion of the Palestinian citizen has been erased” has been erased from identification cards. Hassan Olwi, a director in the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, told the Chinese news agency Xinhua that the decision was made a few days ago in accordance with PA law […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Aliyah / Geulah

Meet the Torah Scholars-Soldiers Who Defend Israel (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

Haredi youth have no excuse to dodge the draft, unless they really don’t want to learn Torah.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

It's Raining Chocolates in Tel Aviv

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Along with the much needed rain that drenched Israel this past weekend, Tel Aviv experienced a different kind of rain – chocolates galore – at the city’s annual Chocolate Festival. From chocolate shwarmas and kebabs, to chocolate jewelry, sculptures, and even a chocolate spa, the festival took place at the old train station in Yafo […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Solar Power Field in Jewish-Sponsored Youth Village in Rwanda

By JTA

The first utility-scale solar power field in East Africa will be built on land belonging to a Jewish-sponsored youth village in Rwanda. The nearly $24 million project was announced Monday by Yosef Abramowitz, the president of Gigawatt Global Cooperatief, which arranged for its financing. Construction has already started on the solar field on land belonging […]

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Court Decision May Help Likud Dump Netanyahu’s Concessions to PA

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu may have to follow Sharon and form a new party if he insists on selling out to the Kerry-Obama-Abbas trio.

Fresno Zionism

Banana syndrome at the URJ

By Vic Rosenthal

Israel is an independent sovereign state, and it should not be treated as a banana republic.

Jewish / Politics / Global / News Briefs / Religion

Pope Praises Jewish-Catholic Dialogue in AJC Audience

By JTA

Pope Francis called on Jews and Christians to work together to construct a “more just and fraternal world,” and said he looked forward to his upcoming visit to Israel. Francis made his remarks during an audience at the Vatican on Thursday with a 50-member delegation of American Jewish Committee leaders. He called his visit to […]

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

Thousands March to 'E-1' in Maaleh Adumim to Demand New Homes

By Jewish Press News Desk

Thousands of people marched towards the “E-1” area of Maaleh Adumim east of Jerusalem Thursday night to demand that the government deliver on promises to build in the area.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Teva Wins FDA Approval for Leukemia Drug

By Jewish Press News Desk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Israeli-based Teva Pharmaceuticals full approval for Synribo, a drug that is injected for adults with a with chronic phase or accelerated phase of myeloid leukemia. Chronic myeloid leukemia, also known as chronic myelogenous leukemia, is one of four main types of leukemia and is a cancer […]

Israel / News Briefs

Credit Card Glitch Shuts Down Consumer Purchases for Two Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

A software malfunction brought Israeli businesses and consumers to their knees Thursday morning, leaving motorists unable to fill their tanks and grocery shoppers with unpaid grocery baskets full of food. Anyone without cash was stuck. Concerns that credit card security has been breached by a cyber attack were alleviated when the clearinghouse of credit card […]

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

IDF Shoots Dead Gaza Man Trying to Sabotage Security Fence

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel soldiers shot and killed a Gaza man and wounded one other after they tried to approach a restricted area to sabotage the security fence near Gaza City. The injured man was treated for light wounds in a Gaza hospital. The dead man was identified as Ibrahim Suleiman Mansour, 26. A Gaza health spokesman told […]

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / European Union

PA Allocates $46 Million More for Terrorists

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority announced last week it will be giving an additional $46 million a year to released prisoners, including hundreds of murderers of civilians, according to the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). This new funding is an addition to the tens of millions the PA already gives in salaries and other benefits to terrorists in […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Anti-Semitism Spurs Increased Aliyah from France

By JTA

A steady increase of Jews fleeing anti-Semitism and moving to Israel has prompted the Ministry of Absorption to submit for government approval a new plan to help them start new lives as “olim” [new immigrants]. In 2013, there were 3,301 new immigrants from France, the highest recorded number from that country since the year 2000. […]

Judaism / Israel / News Briefs

Online Brainstorming Marathon for Future of the Jewish People

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli government is inviting Jews from around the world to participate in a 72-hour online conversation next week to help formulate strategies for strengthening the Jewish People and bolstering Diaspora-Israel ties The three-day event starts Sunday and will open the floor to all Jews to help formulate strategies for strengthening both Jewish identity and […]

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Shas Blames ‘Incitement’ for Vandalism of Haredi School

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hate graffiti and swastikas painted on a Haredi Orthodox school in Be’er Sheva is the result of “incitement against the Haredi Orthodox,” the Shas Party said Wednesday after the vandalism at the entrance to the school was discovered. “The public atmosphere against the haredi public and Torah students has gotten out of control and actually […]

Government / News Briefs

Israel Grants Residency to 221 Children of Foreign Workers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar has approved permanent residency status in Israel for 221 children of foreign workers aged 8-23 and whose parents entered Israel with a legal visa or permit. Most of the children were born in Israel and all have been integrated into the Israeli education system. Their parents' countries of origin include Ghana, […]

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Police Want Rabbi Metzger on Trial for Bribery Charges

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police from Israel’s Major Crime Unit have recommended that former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger be put on trial for charges of bribery, money laundering and breach of public trust. The recommendation revealed more details of alleged criminal violations, including the rabbi’s allegedly pocketing money for his participation in a ceremony in Poland marking 70 […]

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Haredi Rabbi Calls on Youth to Shun IDF Costumes on Purim

By JTA

Will the Haredi rabbi who prefers U.S. army uniforms to those of IDF on Purim tell U.S. Haredim to fight for Uncle Sam?

Fresno Zionism

A Reasonable Alternative

By Vic Rosenthal

The survival of the state requires control of Judea/Samaria and a primarily Jewish population without hostile elements.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arabs Block Highway South of Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs from the village of Al Aroob rioted and blocked the only road connecting Gush Etzion with Kiryat Arba-Hevron Thursday night and then attacked IDF soldiers with firebombs and rocks before they were dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets. None of the soldiers were injured, an IDF spokeswoman told The Jewish Press, […]

Israel / US / News Briefs

State Dept. Official Curses EU over Ukraine

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel cannot dare say a bad word about Secretary of State Kerry, but the State Dept. can curse the EU.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs

Missile Hits Israel despite Hamas Pledge to Prevent Attacks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists form Gaza attacked Israel with one and possibly two missiles on Thursday despite pledges by Hamas that it would halt rocket firing. Either Hamas is not capable of controlling rival terrorist gangs, which has been the situation off and on for more two years, or it has returned to its old tactic of  pledging […]

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel

Thousands of Haredim Riot over IDF Draft (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Haredim could turn hate into love by serving in the army and showing non-religious soldiers the Light of Torah,

Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Former Fatah Strongman in Gaza Denies Meeting with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mohammed Dahlan, the former Fatah party strongman in Gaza, denied on Thursday that he recently met with Shlomo Molcho, one of Israel’s two negotiators with the Palestinian Authority and a confidant to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Maariv newspaper reported that the two men met in Dubai to establish a closer relationship with Dahlan, who […]

News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Dutch Pension Fund Rejects Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The giant Dutch ABP pension fund has rejected dis-investing from Israeli firms as was done earlier the past several days by funds in Denmark and Norway. The bank announced that it issued a statement that it is holding on to its investments in three Israel companies because of the publicity over the other funds’ boycott […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Hadassah Doctors Strike over Hospital Deficit Fallout

By JTA

Doctors at the Hadassah Medical Center launched a strike on Tuesday after talks between the Jerusalem hospital and the government over the institution’s $367 million deficit broke off. The doctors are offering only urgent treatment on a Sabbath and holiday schedule. Teaching also has been halted. The strike also is protesting that hospital staff members […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Settlements

Aljazeera Runs ‘News Program’ as Promo for Boycott

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Al Jazeera network aired a 25-minute program weed that was a bald-faced commercial for boycotting Israel under the guise of a supposed news program that featured two pro-Arab interviewees and, just to make an uneven program seem half-legitimate, Danny Dayan of the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria. Throughout the entire […]

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Court Verdict Says Hamas Trying to Take Over Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Thee eastern Jerusalem Arabs were sentenced to prison terms of four to seven years Wednesday for organizing Hamas activities and spreading its ideology. The Jerusalem court verdict declared that Hamas is trying “to take control of Jerusalem” through social activities, which is exactly the model Hezbollah used to take over southern Lebanon. The court denied […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Science and Tech

US and Israeli Air Forces Join Hands for Military Medicine

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF’s Israeli Medical Corps and the U.S. Air Force signed a Memo of Understanding Wednesday that “lays the foundation for a deep and ongoing cooperation in areas of aviation medicine, mental health, academics and research," the Israeli military announced. The memo was signed at the conclusion of the Surgeon General of the United States Air […]

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Judaism

Yisrael Beitenu MK Says 'Reform Movement Is not Jewish'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Reform leaders too often make themselves look silly by bending the Bible for their own convenience.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arab Rioters in Samaria Reportedly Injures Soldier

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs in a village near Shechem in northern Samaria lightly wounded an Israeli soldier with rock throwing and firebombs early Wednesday after the IDF entered area to arrests four suspected terrorists, according o Arab media. An IDF spokeswoman told The Jewish Press that only one terrorist was arrested and that there were no […]

News Briefs / Settlements

Price Tag Suspects Indicted for Arson Setting Arab Cars on Fire

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Three residents of the Gilad Farms outpost in Samaria were indicted Wednesday on charges of setting Arab vehicles on fire and spraying then with two Stars of David. Police have been sharply criticized for not putting their hands on price tag vandals. Some leaders in the nationalist movement have been claiming that most or all […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Combat Pilots Court-Martialed for Storing Secret Data on Phones

By Jewish Press News Desk

A military tribune has court martialed two Air Force combat pilots who were caught storing sensitive information, including operational maps, on their smartphones. The two pilots were sentenced to five days in the brig, and another 12 pilots were disciplined for similar offenses. Other pilots explained they store the information so that it could be […]

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / The Knesset

'National Day of Commemoration for the Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands' Passes First Reading

By Jewish Press News Desk

850,000 Jewish refugees were created when the Arabs attacked Israel in 1948, and expelled Jews from their homes in Arab countries.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Canadian Minister ’Thanks Oxfam’ and Buys SodaStream Machine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canada’s Employment minister Jason Kenney has countered the BDS ‘Boycott SodaStream” campaign by buying one of the company’s soda-making machines and crediting Oxfam for the idea. Oxfam has dumped Scarlett Johansson as an ambassador because she signed up to promote SodaStream whose 20 factories around the world include one in the industrial area of Maaleh […]

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

High Court Says No Money for Yeshivas whose Students Don’t Enlist

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to cease all funding of yeshivas whose students do not enlist in the IDF. The decision struck in one blow further sealed the fate of Haredi leaders fighting the “equal burden” policy pursued by Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid and also gave him a needed […]

Israel / US / Travel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

US State Dept. Continues Stiff Travel Warings in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. government employees are forbidden from traveling anywhere on personal business in Judea and Samaria except for Bethlehem and Jericho, according to the government’s latest travel advisory. In language softer than previous warnings that scared the dickens out of anyone even thinking of visiting Israel, the advisory pointed out, “Over three million foreign citizens, including […]

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