Jewish Youths Rock a Bus in Pardes Chana Believing it is Arab
Hadera police arrested three Jewish youths on Sunday, 19 Teves 5774, the oldest being 15. The two others are 12-years-old. The three threw rocks at a bus from the Kavim Company traveling in Pardes Chana.
They explained to police they thought the bus company is Arab-owned so they rocked the vehicle. B”H no one was injured. The youths in custody expressed remorse over their actions.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
B'chasdei Hashem: IDF Prevents a Gaza Border Bomb Attack
It was another weekend of Arab violence along the Gaza border. On Friday 17 Teves 5774, residents of the northern Gaza community of Beit Hanoun threw rocks at IDF soldiers along the border.
On Shabbos morning soldiers detected terrorists placing a bomb along the border fence in the southern Gaza area. Soldiers fired at the terrorists, killing one and wounding four others. B’chasdei Hashem the bomb attack was prevented and there were no injuries to IDF soldiers.
(YWN – Israel Desk, ...
Sunday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
07:45:
IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on motzei Shabbos arrested five suspects.
09:30:
Police and employees ran after a robber who made off with 7,000 from the postal bank located on Tel Aviv’s Even Givrol Street this morning. He was apprehended in proximity of the postal branch.
10:55:
Ichud Hatzalah: Two workers fell about 12 meters near the Sharonim Mall in Hod HaSharon. They are listed in moderate and serious ...
Thursday Early News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
08:00:
The Jerusalem municipality is gradually beginning to resume regular operations.
08:15:
PA sources reports that paratroopers operating in Kalkilye during the night killed one man during a shootout. IDF officials report soldiers uncovered a Jericho pistol and ammunition during the operation.
08:30:
IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron during the night arrested 8 suspects.
11:00:
Damage was sustained by the home of the ...
Admorim Preparing to Travel Abroad to Enlist Support Against Chareidi Draft Law
Admorim affiliated with the Agudas Yisrael Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael are planning to travel to the United States and London on a private jet in a hope to enlist the support of the chareidi tzibur in the Diaspora against the planned draft of bnei yeshivos into the IDF.
The admorim may be leaving in the very near future, in the next week or two, hoping to create a media buzz that will result in pressure against the government. According to a Ladaat report, the preliminary plan calls for making a ...
Wednesday News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
07:45:
Ichud Hatzalah: A 78-year-old male was seriously injured when his vehicle flipped over on Jerusalem’s Uzi Narkiss Bridge.
08:30:
About 90% of Yerushalayim schools are operating today however they will only begin at 10:00 due to fears of early morning road icing.
09:30:
The elderly driver from the Uzi Narkiss Bridge accident was niftar in an emergency room. An Ichud Hatzalah EMT reports it appears the vehicle flipped on its roof as a result of black ice.
09:45:
A ...
Gedolim Announce: We Will Bring 100,000's Out into the Streets if Need Be
Among the rabbonim who addressed the emergency kenos hosted in Bnei Brak, headed by HaGaon HaRav Aryeh Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita was HaGaon HaRav Yigal Rosen.
“We know how to get hundreds of thousands out into the streets of the city” stated the rav, who explained he was explaining the gadol hador’s position on ongoing efforts to draft bnei Torah into the IDF or national service. Rav Rosen followed the address from Rav Shteinman. He was also briefed by the gadol hador prior to the ...
Tuesday Afternoon/Evening News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
13:56:
The PA Maan new agency reports a close aide to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) signals Hamas is willing to enter a Fatah led coalition government.
15:00:
The Haifa District Court sentenced three youths to 15 month imprisonment for attacking and beating an IDF soldier near Rambam Medical Center last February in an unprovoked attack. The defendants were minors at the time of the attack.
15:42:
A soldier was lightly injured as a result of an accidental discharge of his ...
Tuesday AM News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
08:00:
A 28-year-old Syrian wounded by gunfire was transported to Poriah Hospital in Tiveria.
09:00:
Israel Electric Company repair crews have not yet restored power to the 420 families in Yishuv Har Bracha, Yitzhar and Itamar.
09:20:
Jerusalem City Halls calls on students who do not have classes today to assist the little ones getting to and from kindergarten safely.
10:00:
A number of buses carrying illegal aliens are heading from Latrun to Jerusalem at this time to ...
Israel Electric: Prepare for a Shabbos Without Electricity
Officials in the Israel Electric Company are instructing residents of areas that are snow covered and without electricity to plan for a Shabbos without electricity. Officials report that while crew are out working, it is most unlikely that all areas will be back up and running by candle lighting time. Repair crews will continue working since it is pikuach nefesh due to the bitter cold.
The utility company advises families with small children and the elderly to turn to the city’s emergency ...
Bayit Yehudi Fares Well in Popularity Poll
Bayit Yehudi party cabinet ministers enjoy a great deal of support from party voters, a Panels Politics poll reveals. According to the poll released in the weekend Sof HaShavua newspaper, the most popular among the party ministers is party leader Naftali Bennett. Bennett enjoys a rating of 77%. Other ministers did not do as well, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who earned a 73% rating in the poll. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon scored 71%.
Other Bayit Yehudi ministers, Uri ...
What Snow Means to Jerusalem's Arab Youths
While Jewish children who have a snow day from school are busy on computers, reading, playing or building snowmen, Arab youths have another agenda. The new game involves taking rocks and covering them with snow, a new potentially fatal snowball, which Arab youths hurled at Jewish vehicles in the Beit Haninah and French Hill neighborhoods of the capital on Thursday afternoon 9 Teves 5774.
While there are reports of damage to vehicles, B’chasdei Hashem there are no injuries being reported. ...
Livni Blames her Failures on Bayit Yehudi
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is a veteran to the Israeli political scene and she has had her ups and downs during her career. One thing she has learned is that when you fail; blame someone else for those failures.
Livni is heading the Israeli delegation in talks with the PA (Palestinian Authority) and while she talks the talk and speaks the rap, frequently appearing in photo ops, it appears she is incapable of delivering the goods, a mission she announced she will fulfill where others ...
Lapid Named One Of The Top Leading Global Thinkers For Challenging 'Ultra-Orthodox Bloc'
Israel's Finance minister Yair Lapid was named #31 of the most influential global thinkers of 2013, in The Foreign Policy Magazine's list of 100 global thinkers, for challenging "Israel's powerful Orthodox bloc."
In explaining the choice of Mr. Lapid's status, Foreign Policy magazine writes, "Yesh Atid contested its first election in January 2013 and pushed the campaign conversation to include not only matters of peace and security, but also socioeconomic and group privilege. For instance, ...
Poll: Voters Give Obama Thumbs Down On Iran Deal; Majority Say Israel Is Less Safe
President Barack Obama's job approval among American voters dropped to a new low with 38 percent of voters approving the President's job and a whopping 57 percent disapproval rating, a new Quinnipiac University poll published Tuesday shows.
Obama scores extremely high negative scores of 6 - 92 percent among Republicans (6-92),among independent voters (30-62) and among men (31-64). Unsurprisingly, the President's approval rating remains a high 76 - 18 percent among Democrats and 85 - 9 ...
Sunday News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
09:00:
Two more Syrian wounded admitted to Nahariya Hospital on Shabbos bringing the total number of wounded Syrian treated in this hospital alone to 161, of which 20 are still admitted.
09:33:
Anti-Islamic graffiti was painted on the walls of a mosque in Baka el-Garbiya including “Mohammad is a pig”. In addition, possibility connected, the windows of a number of cars in the village were smashed.
09:50:
A 19-year-old male was gravely injured when struck by a vehicle on Route ...
Stormy Protest at Kikar Shabbos Against Imprisonment of Yeshiva Bochur
The rainfall did not deter hundreds of chareidim from taking part in a stormy protest at Yerushalayim’s Kikar Shabbos on Thursday afternoon, 2 Teves 5774. Chareidim took to the streets and blocked traffic in protest over the arrest and incarceration of a talmid yeshiva in IDF Prison 6. That young man was taken out of his home in handcuffs by military police earlier in the week and sentenced to two weeks in prison for being AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) from the military.
Yassam ...
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