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LIVE BLOG DAY 18: Operation Protective Edge [UPDATED 12:38 AM IL] (1 opinions)
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US Airlines to Resume Flights to Israel
The U.S. airlines serving Israel will resume flights there Thursday, following a two-day hiatus caused by combat in the Gaza Strip.
The decision came hours after the Federal Aviation Administration lifted a prohibition on U.S. flights in and out of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. The FAA's ban, imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets, became a hot ... Full Story » Very Bad Week: Airline Disasters Come in a Cluster
Nearly 300 passengers perish when their plane is shot out of the sky. Airlines suspend flights to Israel's largest airport after rocket attacks. An airliner crashes during a storm, and yet another disappears. Aviation has suffered one of its worst weeks in memory, a cluster of disasters spanning three continents.
Industry analysts and safety experts shake their heads at the seeming ... Full Story » 
House Panel Clears Way for Vote on Obama Lawsuit
Over Democratic objections, Republicans cleared the way Thursday for a House vote on legislation authorizing an election-year lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama of failing to implement the 4-year-old health care law as it was written.
The vote in the Rules Committee was 7-4, with all Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed.
Republicans say the lawsuit is necessary ... Full Story » LIVE BLOG DAY 17: Operation Protective Edge [UPDATED 11:50 PM IL] (18 opinions)
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23:50: 1 Palestinian has been killed, at least 21 wounded in major clashes ongoing right now at the Kalandiya checkpoint in Israel. This is the largest Palestinian protest in many years.
23:40: Channel 2 News poll one week into ground operation:
Should the operation continue or stop?
46% Continue until Hamas is brought down
41% Stop now
Will there be quiet in southern ... Full Story » VIDEO: PM Netanyahu Meets with British Foreign Secretary Hammond
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday morning 26 Tammuz, met with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and said at the start of their meeting: "It's good to see you in Israel in these trying times. I think you, as a representative of the UK, ... Full Story »
Homefront Command's Personal Message System Going Live
The IDF Homefront Command reports that beginning tomorrow, Friday 27 Tammuz, the “Personal Message” SMS text system will be operational. It will inform residents of a rocket attack via the mobile phone in the Negev, Beersheva, Yehuda, Ashdod, Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Shvelah, Dan, Sharon, Emek Chefer, and Shomron districts despite one’s place of work or residence.
The system ... Full Story » Ex-Sen. Lieberman to Teach at Yeshiva University
Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman has been appointed a professor at Yeshiva University for the coming school year.
The private New York university named him the Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service.
He'll teach an undergraduate course and give three public lectures on topics ranging from Judaism and public service to the Middle East.
Lieberman represented ... Full Story » Cruz Demands Answers On FAA Flight Ban To Israel (1 opinions)
Sen. Ted Cruz vowed Thursday to continue blocking confirmation of a series of ambassadorial and other diplomatic nominees despite the Federal Aviation Administration lifting a ban on U.S. airline flights to Israel. The State Department criticized the Republican lawmaker.
Cruz said he wouldn’t release the holds until the Obama administration answers his questions about the FAA’s ... Full Story » 
Kerry To IDF Soldier's Family at Funeral: 'How's Your Day?' (13 opinions)
Following the emotional funeral of Max Steinberg, the 24-year-old from Woodland Hills who joined the Israeli Defense Forces and gave his life defending Israel, the ever-tactful Secretary of State John Kerry asked the young hero's mother how her day was going.
The Jewish Journal reports that after the funeral the family moved to the Crowne Plaza Hotel to begin their Shiva, when ... Full Story » Video of Interest: The Zman Switch by Zman Technologies (1 opinions)
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT]Former IDF Chief Rabbi Weiss on the Warfare and Gaza
Former IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General (reserves) Yisrael Weiss, who was chief rabbi during the 2005 “Disengagement” expresses his pain over the fighting in Gaza and the loss of life among IDF soldiers. The rav made his remarks in an exclusive interview with Arutz-7. Following is excerpts from the Hebrew interview.
The rav praised the atmosphere of achdus and the achievements ... Full Story » Golden Boy of Jewish Marketing
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What does it take to create a successful marketing campaign to attract Young Jewish students and Professionals in today’s multichannel, mobile, social-media-driven world? A question without a doubt, Jewish organizational directors across the country are asking themselves every day. Perhaps we found have the answer. ... Full Story » ‘Dogs are Allowed in this Establishment, Jews are Not Under any Circumstances’ (6 opinions)
All over the world, displays of anti-Semitism and hatred against Jews continue to segregate them from the community, from pro-Palestinians in France attempting to attack suburban synagogues, to a swastika being spray painted on a Thornhill, Ontario bus stop.
In Belgium, where just a few months ago in Brussels a gunman went on a shooting spree at a Jewish museum killing four, another ... Full Story » PM Speaks to the Media Ahead of Cabinet Meeting (1 opinions)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday 26 Tammuz released statements to the media ahead of an afternoon cabinet meeting.
"At this time IDF soldiers are continuing take strong action across the Gaza Strip. As of now, the IDF has struck a deep and significant blow at the infrastructures of terrorism – at the terrorists themselves, at rockets, at command centers, at production ... Full Story » Turkey Slams Attempts To Boycott Jewish Writer
Calls for a boycott of a prominent Turkish author of Jewish descent over Israel’s assault in Gaza are being denounced by politicians in Turkey as a “hate crime.”
Turkey has taken a lead in denouncing the Israeli campaign in Gaza - launched in a bid to stem rocket strikes launched from Gaza at Israel’s citizens - which Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a ... Full Story » UN Chief Condemns Attack On UN School In Gaza - IDF Says Hamas Rocket May Have Hit The UNRWA School (12 opinions)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is condemning a deadly attack on a UN school for Palestinian refugees in northern Gaza that killed many Palestinians who sought refuge there from Israeli shelling as well as UN staff.
The UN chief again demanded that Israel and Hamas abide by international humanitarian law during their conflict and respect "the sanctity of civilian life, the ... Full Story » Video: Misameach - Nothing Feels Better than a Smile (1 opinions)
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Misameach is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to ... Full Story » President Shimon Peres Says Farewell (14 opinions)
Following is a translation of the address given in Knesset on Thursday evening 26 Tammuz, President Shimon Peres’ farewell address as Reuven Rivlin is sworn in as Israel’s 10th president.
I came to thank you for the privilege you granted me to serve our country and its people for the past seven years. There is no greater privilege. Thank you.
Israel, this small country, became a ... Full Story » VIDEO & PHOTOS: New Mincha-Maariv/Rest Area to Serve JFK’s Jewish Travelers (1 opinions)
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Flying in and out of John F. Kennedy International Airport is about to become much easier for Jewish travelers with the opening of the Rabbi Morton Friedman Mincha-Maariv/Rest Area just minutes away from JFK.
The full service rest area will be located just off the Belt Parkway at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center, approximately five minutes away ... Full Story » "Thoughts" by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer: – WAR (2 opinions)
When I first began writing this column for YWN, I never dreamed that it would turn out to be a column about war – but our three boys were kidnapped and brutally murdered shortly after my first column appeared and events snowballed as they tend to do in the Middle East. These days my thoughts run in so many directions that I can barely keep up with them ... Full Story » Jewish Group Wants Turkish PM to Return Award (2 opinions)
In an open letter to Erdogan Thursday, Mark Rosen, the chairman of the Jewish American Congress, said Erdogan had become "arguably the most virulent anti-Israel leader in the world."
Erdogan, who is campaigning to be elected president next month, has spoken out strongly against Israel's operations in Gaza, accusing it of committing genocide and "barbarism surpassing Hitler."
Rosen ... Full Story » WJC Urges Italy To Refuse Accreditation Of 'Anti-Semitic' Hungarian Envoy
The head of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Thursday said that appointment of Hungarian far-right publicist Péter Szentmihályi Szabó as Hungary’s ambassador to Italy was “clearly an affront to Jews”. WJC President Ronald Lauder urged Italy to refuse the accreditation of Szentmihályi Szabó, who has penned anti-Semitic texts in the past. “A man who suggests that ... Full Story » German Prosecutors Criticized In Nazi Probe (1 opinions)
A lawyer for families of alleged victims of a suspected Nazi death camp guard who died this week before he could be extradited for trial says German investigators should have acted more quickly to bring charges.
Thomas Walther, who represents seven members of victims’ families, said Thursday that Johann Breyer’s death in Philadelphia “clearly demonstrates the devastating ... Full Story » 150 Gazans Surrender to IDF Soldiers (3 opinions)
Dressed only in undergarments, 150 Gazans surrendered to IDF soldiers in the Rafiach area on Wednesday. They were taken for interrogation. It is unclear how many of them are affiliated with Hamas and if any are simple Gaza civilians. Many have been released during the night but tens remain in custody.
It is reported that the 150 furnished intelligence officials with valuable ... Full Story » 
Ukrainian Prime Minister Announces Resignation (3 opinions)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in government.
Yatsenyuk made the announcement from the dais of the parliament after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. "I am announcing my resignation in connect with the collapse of the coalition," Yatsenyuk said.
He said the parliament could no longer do its ... Full Story » Average US 30-Year Mortgage Rate at 4.13 Percent
Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates were stable to slightly higher this week, remaining near their lows for the year.
Mortgage company Freddie Mac says the nationwide average for a 30-year loan was 4.13 percent, unchanged from last week. The average for the 15-year mortgage, a popular choice for people who are refinancing, edged up to 3.26 percent from 3.23 percent last ... Full Story » Hamas Working to Import Rockets that Can Bypass the Iron Dome (5 opinions)
Speaking on Channel 1 TV on Thursday 26 Tammuz, Dr. Mordechai Kedar explains that there are too many “experts” who are not embarrassed to speak, lecture and write about Hamas and the ongoing warfare without understanding Hamas on the most elementary level. “If one wishes to understand the British or the American one must know English and one cannot be an expert on Hamas without ... Full Story » Photo Essay: 1000s Attended the Atzeres Tefilla at the Kosel (Photos By JDN) (3 opinions)
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Thousands of mispallel came to the Kosel for a later night atzeres tefilla on Wednesday, the eve of 26 Tammuz.
Among the rabbonim participating were Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita, Beersheva Chief Rabbi Yehuda Deri Shlita, Migdal HaEmek Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman, Rabbi Shalom Cohen Shlita, Kiryat Arba Chief Rabbi Dov Lior ... Full Story » Greenfield Fights for More Parking at Avenue L Mega Development (9 opinions)
Councilman David G. Greenfield spoke out against a request for a reduction in required parking spaces at a new office and retail building soon coming to Coney Island Avenue and Avenue L. The proposed mega development at 1504 Coney Island Avenue will bring over 160,000 square feet of new development to the intersection. The plans include a 49,332 square foot department store, 23,737 ... Full Story » 
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