IDF Homefront Commander Major-General Eyal Eisenberg stated that recent events in the region including the coups in Arab countries and the deterioration of relations between Israel and Turkey could be

The IDF Homefront Command on Tuesday (Sept. 6th) will hold a training exercise simulating a leak in the Dimona nuclear facility. The event will take place between 07:00 � 21:00. As a result, emergency vehicles will be seen operating in the E. Negev area, including the IDF, police, MDA, local first-response units and other volunteer […]

[UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A fatal shooting in Brooklyn Monday night has left a New York City police officer in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm. Two people are confirmed dead after gunfire exploded on Park Place in Crown Heights.� CBS 2?s Derricke Dennis reported that one suspected shooter is in the […]

Dear All, I can now confirm that Yoel Zev is b”h airborne. We were nervous in the half hour prior to flight departure. Yoel Zev had not arrived yet at

When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case. They identified the blogger in court papers only as �Recipient A.� After Mr. Leibowitz pleaded guilty, even the judge said he did not know exactly what […]

Dear Yidden around the world; ???? ?’ ?? ?? ????: Monday 29th August: After our report (29.08), that the Chiba District Court ruled in favour of the defense, and handed down a full acquittal ?”? for Yoel Zev ?”?, we were still pensive and unsure whether the Prosecution Office would appeal the �non guilty� verdict […]

Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn — not far from Mayor Bloomberg was marching — as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of

[PHOTO LINK IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] For the residents of the Shomron community of Migron, in the Benjamin Regional Council District, it was a night of pain and destruction. An extremely

Following the arrest of Council Member Jumaane Williams along with a member of Public Advocate Bill De Blasio�s staff , YWN recieved the following emailed statement from Bill De Blasio: �This afternoon, my Director of Community Affairs, Kirsten John Foy was arrested alongside Council Member Jumaane Williams while attempting to exit the parade to attend […]

A city councilman was arrested Sunday following a scuffle with cops on the sidelines of the West Indian Day Parade, a staff member said. Jumaane Williams was arrested around 1:30

Israel�s High Court of Justice on Monday (Sept. 5th) rejected an appeal on behalf of Hamas master terrorist Abbas el-Sid, who is serving 35 life sentences for masterminding the 2002 Park Hotel terror attack in which 30 people were murdered and over 160 injured. He was also convicted of planning the Sharon Mall attack in […]

As plans of an expected unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood continue, in Israel, both the security and diplomatic communities are working to prepare, with the latter hoping to thwart the

An elementary school in Colorado has come under criticism after they lowered the American flag and elevated a Saudi Arabian flag. The principal at Bauder Elementary School in Fort Collins

The government’s autumn budget, set to be released on September 20th, includes 4 million kronor ($622,000) in new spending to �increase security and reduce vulnerability for the Jewish minority�, according to a statement from integration minister Erik Ullenhag. �Anti-Semitic remarks and other negative treatment based on racist assumptions is never acceptable in a democratic society,� […]

All bagels and breads served on El Al flights departing from New York City are �pas yisrael � mehadrin�, since Rosh Chodesh Elul, the daily HaMevaser reports. Eliezer Shkedi, the director-general of El Al explains the move is yet another step by the airline towards better serving the large mehadrin client base using the airline. […]

Police on Monday morning (Sept. 5th) report they are still looking for parents who are suspected of abandoning four children in their Bnei Brak home. The parents disappeared on Sunday

Twenty-four New Yorkers were hit by gunfire, one fatally, over 24 hours of violence this weekend, prompting Mayor Bloomberg to call the bloody stretch “unconscionable” and demand action from Washington.

Republicans have seemingly grown tired of Sarah Palin’s teasing about running for President, and have decided she should just stay out of it. A shocking 71% say the former reality