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Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

BREAKING: 2 Dead in Mercaz Clal Shooting

By Jewish Press News Desk

A shooting has just occurred in the Mercaz Clal building, in the center of Jerusalem. Two people in a third floor law office were just shot and killed. A man in his 60s and a woman in her 20s. Police are saying it appears to be a personal/criminal attack. Mercaz Clal on Yafo street houses […]

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

Terror on the Roads: Arabs Shoot at Bus

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Early Tuesday morning, Arabs shot at an Afikim bus number 101, that was driving to the Tapuach junction in the Shomron. There were no passengers in the bus at the time. The driver was not injured. The army temporarily locked down Hawarwa, near Shechem, where the shooting occurred, while the IDF searched for the shooter. […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Updated: Kotel Security Guard Shot and Killed a Homeless Jewish Man

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Kotel security guard shot and killed a homeless man he apparently thought was a terrorist.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs

One Boston Marathon Suspects Killed, Another Apprehended

By Jewish Press News Desk

New shootings and explosions in Boston. Suspects in Custody. Marathon Suspect #1 is dead.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Terror Network Apprehended Near Bethlehem

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Indictments were brought against the terrorists in the military court in Judea for severe security violations.

Daniel Greenfield

Gun Control and Gun Control Culture

By Daniel Greenfield

Both the Left and the shooters agree that the people you are shooting at should not have guns.

Daniel Greenfield

Guns, Guns, Guns

By Daniel Greenfield

The issue isn't really guns. Guns are how we misspell evil.

J.E. Dyer

Terrible Tragedy in Newtown

By J. E. Dyer

Connecticut has some of the tightest restrictions in the country and Mrs. Lanza was in full compliance with them.

Israel / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Arabs in Jerusalem Celebrate Israel's Capitulation with Fireworks

By Malkah Fleisher

Reports in Rotter News indicated that Arabs in Beit Tzafafa are celebrating Israel's announcement of a ceasefire by shooting off fireworks.

News Briefs

Woman Driver Attacked Near Beitar Ilit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Update and Correction: The woman was hit by a rock. Due to the severity of her injuries, it was initially believed she was shot. A Jewish woman from Tzur Hadassah was shot near Husan bypass between Beitar Ilit and Tunnel Road (60) in a drive-by shooting. Her condition is listed as serious. She's being being treated […]

Israel

Peres to CNN: 'No Country in the World Would Agree' to Rockets

By Daniel Tauber

In an interview with CNN last night, President Shimon Peres said that if "Gazan mothers want to sleep at night, they must understand that all mothers want to sleep at night" including Israeli mothers.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Syrians Shoot IDF Jeep

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ynet reports that an IDF patrol jeep was hit by Syrian gunfire. The incident happened at 8:30 pm on Monday, when the Golani jeep, on routine patrol along the border came under fire. It is believed the shooting were caused by stray bullets from the fighting between the Syrian factions. No IDF soldiers were hurt […]

This Ongoing War

Egypt's Sinai Problem and Ours

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

A striking photo essay from EgyptSource focuses on the stark realities of Sinai and the multiple challenges it poses to the Egyptians. EgyptSource, a project of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East "follows Egypt’s transition and provides a platform for Egyptian perspectives on the major issues – economic, political, legal, religious and human rights – that are at stake in the post-Mubarak era..."

Terrorism / The Courts / News Briefs / Islamists

Bank of China Behind Murder of Yeshiva Students

By Jewish Press Staff

A $1 billion lawsuit filed in New York State court against the Bank of China alleges that it "intentionally and recklessly" provided services to terrorist groups.

News Briefs

Maaleh Shomron Terrorists Caught

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF arrested three terrorists who were shooting at cars from Maaleh Shomron (near Ginot Shomron), as first reported by JewishPress.com. The three terrorists were from the nearby Arab village of Azun, and were shooting at the Maaleh Shomron cars with an AK-47 that the IDF also captured at the same time. It's not known at this […]

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Minneapolis Israeli Businessman Interviewed about his Success Hours before his Murder

By Tibbi Singer

For two hours, last Thursday morning, Israeli entrepreneur Reuven Rahamim spoke in overflowing excitement about the success of his company, Accent Signage Systems, to journalist, Todd Nelson, a freelance writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

One Female Warrior Excels during Fire Exchange, as Another Is Shamed

By Tibbi Singer

The shooting incident at Egyptian border that claimed the life of Cpl. Natanel Yahalomi last Friday, was the first combat encounter of Cpl. S. and her comrades of the Caracal Battalion.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Haredi IDF Battalion Marks 33% Increase in Recruits

By Jewish Press Staff

Last Thursday the recruitment began at the "Netzach Yehuda" Haredi battalion of the Kfir Brigade, as more than 200 anxious ultra-Orthodox recruits arrived at the processing center. Last year, some 380 soldiers joined the regiment, and according to official data from the Department of Manpower, the current cycle will see an increase of 33% in the number of recruits.

News Briefs

Shootout and Chase in Eilat

By Jewish Press News Desk

During an armed robbery overnight at the La Casa restaurant in Eilat, two policemen who arrived at the scene had their guns taken away by the thieves. The thieves then fled the scene, hijacked a taxi. Three addditional police cars began chasing them through the streets of Eilat. During the chase, policemen managed to shoot […]

News Briefs

Colorado Gunman Indentified

By Jewish Press News Desk

Colorado gunman - now identified as James Holmes, 24 - killed at least 12 people and injured 50 in a shooting spree in a Colorado movie theater near Denver overnight.

Sports / Israel / Olympics 2012

Israeli Olympic Team Announced

By Malkah Fleisher

The Olympic Committee of Israel approved its list of 36 athletes to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Sunday.

IDF & Security

Palestinian Sniper From Gaza Tries to Kill Israeli Farmer

By Malkah Fleisher

A Palestinian sniper attempted to kill an Israeli farmer working in a field near Kibbutz Nir Oz on Thursday, shooting from a vantage point inside Gaza. The farmer hid behind a tractor until IDF soldiers arrived and evacuated him to safety.

IDF & Security

IDF Female Shooting Instructor Prepares Men for Combat

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Cpl. May Karen serves as a shooting instructor in the IDF Ground Forces. "I knew I wanted to become an infantry instructor even before enlisting," she says. IDF female shooting instructors go through an extensive course where they learn how to use different weapons and specialize in shooting techniques. They then teach combat infantry soldiers who will use it in battle.

News Briefs

Syrian Soldiers Shot Dead Lebanese TV Cameraman

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lebanon's Al-Jadeed television channel reported that Syrian soldiers opened fire on a car carrying its crew on the Lebanese side of the frontier, in the northern Lebanese region of Wadi Khaled. They shot dead a cameraman Ali Shaaban. Reuters reported that Shaaban's colleague Hussein Khreiss said the shooting occurred after the crew had explained to […]

Israel / Jewish

Toulouse Widow and Bereaved Mother Issues Plea to Jewish People

By Malkah Fleisher

Eva Sandler, wife of Rabbi Jonathan and mother of young boys Aryeh and Gavriel - 3 of the 4 Jews murdered in a shooting attack by Mohammed Merah in Toulouse on March 19 - has issued a public letter responding to the thousands of people seeking ways to support her in her time of suffering.

News Briefs

Police: Merah Is Dead

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mohammed Merah, suspected of killing seven in Toulouse, died after resisting Police who were advancing on his apartment Thursday. French Interior Minister Claude Guéant told reporters that Merah was hiding in the bathroom when Police entered his place. The moment the policemen came in, Merah stormed them, shooting wildly and injuring three, and then jumped out a window. He was found dead on ground.

Middle East / Levant / Global

Toulouse Slayings Leave French Jews Shaken

By Dana Kennedy

PARIS – When Arie Bensemhoun, a Jewish community leader in Toulouse, woke up Tuesday morning, he thought for a moment the horrific shooting of three children and a rabbi at a local Jewish school might have been a bad dream.

News & Views

French Police Deny Reports They Have Arrested Mohammad Merah, Ozar HaTorah Killer

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

French Police and the French Interior Minister have denied that the the 15-hour standoff is over. Instead, they say, hundreds of police have surrounded the building as they prepare to storm the complex in which he lives.

News Briefs

French Police to Storm Toulouse Killer's Premises

By Jewish Press Staff

According to France 24 News, the French Police have announced that they will storm the apartment of Mohammad Mera - the perpetrator of the Toulouse school shooting that left 4 Jews dead - by 2:30 PM, French time (3:30 PM Israel time) if he does not surrender.

Israel / Jewish

Photos: Toulouse Shooting Victims Funeral in Jerusalem

By Malkah Fleisher

Images from the Burial of Rabbi Yonatan Sandler, his sons Aryeh and Gavriel, and Miriam Monsonego

News Briefs

Toulouse Suspect Still Hiding, Heavily Armed

By Malkah Fleisher

Mohammed Mera, the 24-year-old Frenchman who claimed ties to Al-Qaida and suspected of shooting the 5 victims of the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, remains surrounded by police in his Toulouse apartment.  According to a report by Euronews, Mera is heavily armed with an Uzi machine gun, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, and other weapons. Earlier in […]

Jewish / Global / News Briefs

Toulouse Victims Arrive in Israel for Burial

By Jewish Press Staff Reporter

The bodies of the four victims of Monday’s shooting attack at the Otzar Hatorah school in Toulouse arrived at Ben Gurion Airport accompanied by ZAKA volunteers. The bodies were flown out on the midnight El Al flight from Paris to Tel Aviv.

News Briefs

Thousands March in Memory of Toulouse Victims

By JTA

Thousands silently demonstrated Monday evening in Paris to pay tribute to the four victims of a shooting attack at a Jewish school in southwestern France. A man riding a motorbike opened fire Monday morning outside the Ozar Hatorah School in Toulouse, where students were waiting to enter the building at the start of the school […]

Global / News Briefs

Gunman in French Jewish School Shooting Entered School Grounds, Used Multiple Firearms

By Solomon Burke

A local prosecutor told AFP that the gunman shot a man outside the school, initially using a 9-mm weapon. After it jammed, he switched to a .45-caliber weapon and entered the school grounds, where "he shot at everything he could see, children and adults, and some children were chased into the school."

Jewish / Global

Names of the Victims of Jewish School Attack in Toulouse

By Malkah Fleisher

The victims of the shooting attack on the Ozar HaTorah Jewish school in Toulouse, France have been identified and include 3 children, one rabbi.

News Briefs

City of Toulouse on "Lockdown" as Police Search for Gunmen

By Malkah Fleisher

France 24 news service reports that the city of Toulouse is on "lockdown" as a group of 50-60 police officers hunt down a suspected drive-by motorcyclist who gunned down at least 4 people outside the Otzar HaTorah Jewish school.    Several people - including young children - are fighting for their lives.  The daughter of […]

News Briefs

Update: Daughter of Principal of Toulouse School Dead in Shooting

By Malkah Fleisher

The daughter of the principal of the Otzar HaTorah Jewish school has died as a result of wounds sustained in the shooting attack in Toulouse, France.  Official reports currently number the dead at 4.

Global

Victims of Shooting at Jewish School in Toulouse, France Identified, Several Still Fighting for Their Lives

By Jewish Press Staff

At least 4 are dead and others critically wounded after an unidentified attacker mowed down Jewish schoolchildren and teachers - at close range - outside the Otzar HaTorah school in Toulouse, France. Included in the dead: a teacher and his two children. Principal's daughter succumbs to her wounds.

News Briefs

Drive-By Shooting Attack on Jewish School in France Kills Three; Two of the Victims Children

By Jewish Press Staff

AFP has reported that a shooting attack occurred Monday outside Ozar HaTorah Jewish school in Toulouse in the southwest France. Eyewitnesses said three people have been killed. French media reported that a man riding on a black scooter opened fire on the school, killing at least two children and one adult, and wounding several others.

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

Rocket Fire from Gaza Resumed, Grad Explodes in Netivot, Civilian Wounded

By Jacob Edelist

Following reports of a ceasefire, communities in the South were hoping that life would go back to normal, but at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday a Grad rocket exploded in a parking lot in Netivot, causing damage to vehicles. One person was lightly wounded by shrapnel; 11 suffered from shock.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Matisyahu Goes Blonde in Jerusalem

By Tibbi Singer

The 32-year-old ultra-Orthodox rapper Matisyahu has surfaced in Jerusalem with a new bottle-blonde hair, AFP reports. He is sporting a completely new image, with bleached blonde hair and a casual look that includes combat pants, a brown leather jacket and open-toed army boots. The singer arrived on Tuesday for a three-day visit to shoot a […]

Sports

Israeli Sports League: Big Apple Wins Again; Hawke&Co., Yak Pak Share First Place

By Yonatan Efrat

Yak Pak moved into a tie for first place with two wins and a Lobos loss.

Sports

Israeli Sports League: Potomac18, Big Fish, Jerry's Kids Win Thrillers

By Yonatan Efrat

Week 4 of the “Red and Dr. Murray's” Israel Basketball league saw three games go down to the wire in thrilling fashion.

Serials

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