Poll: A Majority of Americans Believe Obama Is An Unreliable Friend of Israel
Ahead of the annual State of the Union, President Obama is getting low marks on his handling of the relationship with one of America's most trusted allies. Only 31 percent of Americans believe Obama is a close and reliable friend of Israel and a majority of 51% believe Obama has not done all he can to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons, according to a poll conducted by the Mclaughlin Group for the Zionist Organization of America released Tuesday.
According to the poll, only 28% of ...
Monday News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
· Two more wounded Syrian nationals have been admitted to hospitals in northern Israel during the night.
· IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron during the night arrested 15 suspects.
· A large training exercise is taking place in Ben-Gurion International Airport today from 10:30-13:00.
· 56 MKs and cabinet ministers are part of the official Israeli delegation to Poland on this International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
· Lebanon ...
Collection Authority Raids Chinuch Atzmai Office
State collection agents on Sunday 25 Shevat 5774 raided an office of Chinuch Atzmai, confiscating computers and office machines. Agents of the court collection authority, Ho’tzaot L’Poel, arrived at the office on Adonaihu HaKohen in Yerushalayim. The raid and subsequent confiscation of equipment brought the office’s operations to an abrupt halt.
Chinuch Atzmai official Rabbi Tzvi Baumel tried everything he could to prevent court agents from confiscating equipment but it appears there ...
Mayor Barkat Wants Zionist Rabbis Heading Yerushalayim
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has appointed Avi Lerner to handle affairs towards electing chief rabbis to the capital, Yediot Achronot reports. Lerner is affiliated with the dati leumi community. He ran the mayor’s campaign for the dati leumi community, a job he performed with overwhelming success.
Barkat expects Lerner to act as his go-between regarding the city’s rabbonim and admorim as he wishes to move ahead to elect a Zionist Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim.
In addition to his election ...
Shuls Among Illegal Elad Buildings Being Destroyed
The Elad Engineering Department is moving ahead with orders to raze illegal structures, including a number of shuls and yeshivos. YWN-ISRAEL recently reported that the Levyat Chen Shul was among the mosdos slated for destruction. Another shul on the list is “Raban Gamliel”. Mispallalim accuse City Hall of targeting Sephardi mosdos.
Talmidim of the Halichos Shlomo Yeshiva on Sunday morning 25 Shevat saw the destruction first hand as they headed with a Gemaras and shtenders in hand to City ...
Planned Expansion of Menachem Begin Highway
Officials in Jerusalem City Hall and the Ministry of Transportation announce a planned lane expansion for the Menachem Begin Highway in the southbound direction, the direction from the capital towards the southern capital and Gush Etzion. The Begin Highway (Route 50) will be widened from three lanes from Kiryat Moshe Interchange to Golumb Junction. Work is to begin immediately and last three weeks. Other areas of the road in the southbound direction will be expanded from two to three lanes as ...
Monday News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
· DM Ya’alon is permitting building materials into Gaza following storm damage.
· Levaya of former Meretz leader and cabinet leader Shulamit Aloni took place at 16:00 in Kfar Shmaryahu.
· Anat Kam is released from prison after serving 2 years of 3 year sentence.
· A 20-week-old fetus inside a placenta was found in a parking lot on HaGalil Street in Beit Shemesh. Police are investigating.
· Police call on the public to assist in locating escaped mental patient Surgi Labit, who ...
Erev Shabbos News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
· Former Meretz Leader and cabinet minister Shulamit Aloni has died at the age of 85.
· The wife of Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Tanya Edelstein z”l, was niftar early erev Shabbos after a difficult illness. She was 63.
· The exterminator who worked in the Gross family home in Givat Mordechai was released to house arrested on erev Shabbos.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
Israel - Two Polls Show Dramatic Shift Of Support Towards Ruling Likud Party
One year after the elections that almost ousted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power, resulting in a disappointing showing by his Likud-Beytenu list, the two-party alliance is now seeing dramatic gains among likely voters, according to a new detailed poll conducted for The Times of Israel.
If elections were held today, Likud-Beytenu would gain additional 15 Knesset seats from its current 31 to 46, the Times of Israel poll, conducted by Steve miller - a reliable and pretty accurate ...
PM Netanyahu Attends Conference of Global information Technology Leaders
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday afternoon 23 Shevat 5774, at the 2014 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos addressed conference of global information technology leaders.
Attending the conference were Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, CISCO Chairman and CEO John Chambers, Huawei Chairwoman Sun Yafang, Tata Consultancy Services CEO and Managing Director Natarajan Chandrasekaran, EMC Chairman and CEO Joseph Tucci, Accenture Chairman and CEO Pierre Nanterme and Chief ...
Report: Obama, Kerry 'Disturbed' By Netanyahu's Fueling Of 'Jewish activism in Congress'
An unnamed Obama administration official claims that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry blame the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for encouraging American Jewry - what they called "Jewish activism in Congress" - to criticize the White House for its foreign policy, particularly regarding Israel, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
According to the report, the official said that the Obama administration "has informed Israeli government figures that the ...
As Abortion Rate in Israel Declines, EFRAT Says Calls to Hotline on the Rise
EFRAT, the Committee to Rescue Israel’s Babies, released its annual report showing that calls to its hotline for assistance from pregnant women in Israel have risen nearly 25 percent over the past three years. The callers are part of what EFRAT estimates are the 60-percent of Israeli woman who contemplate aborting their babies because of financial reasons, not because they do not want a child. The Israel Ministry of Health recently reported that abortions in the country had been declining ...
Will Israel Have its First Woman President?
Rebitzen Adina Bar-Shalom is a well-known personality in Israel due to her accomplishments in the field of higher education for chareidi women as well as being a daughter of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L . Her accomplishments and vision have earned her the respect of many in all walks of Israeli life.
When questioned about amid rumors she may join the growing list of contenders seeking to become the next president, Bar-Shalom admits she is not ruling out the possibility, admitting ...
Additional Legal Woes for Rabbi Yonah Metzger
Facing charges of fraud, breach of trust, tax evasion and money laundering charges, former Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger stands accused of not paying for a promotional video to share his activities with the world.
Photographer and producer Yonatan Zonstein has filed a lawsuit against Rabbi Metzger in the Jerusalem Magistrate Court, alleging he produced a promotional video portraying the rav’s professional career. According to attorney Yaakov Abramowitz, Rav Metzger met with his client, in his ...
Gas Explosion Victim Continues Fighting for Her Life
Three members of the Tufan family were killed R”L in the Gilo Yerushalayim gas explosion earlier this week. Ms. Linda Schwartz, 40, remains in an intensive care unit in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital fighting for her life after sustaining serious injuries in that blast. Her elderly parents remain in a Maale Adumim senior citizens complex, having suffered burns in the blast. They were hospitalized and since released. Linda is their only child.
Prof. Avi Rivkind of Hadassah Hospital is quoted ...
IAF Targets Gaza Terrorists During the Night
Baruch Hashem two terrorists were killed in an Israel Air Force sortie targeting terrorists responsible for rocket fire into southern Israel. The IAF operated early Wednesday morning, and reports from Gaza signal two terrorists have been eliminated.
According to official IDF sources, the air force operated over Beit Hanoun, where Islamic Jihad terrorist Ahmed Za’anin was targeted for his part in firing rockets.
The statement adds that Za’anin was responsible for the rocket attack ...
Ichud Hatzalah & ZAKA Agree to Cooperate & Unite
The decision to join forces is a welcome one as Ichud Hatzalah and ZAKA have decided to unite to form an army of rescuers numbering 5,400 volunteers nationwide.
Some might refer to this as the “Big Bang” in emergency services in Israel as the two organizations are combining forces to establish the largest emergency volunteer organization in the State of Israel. A new homefront authority will serve as the umbrella organization that will include ZAKA and Ichud Hatzalah, providing civilian ...
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