The 2017-2018 biennial state budget includes a 2.5% salary increase for Members of Knesset. The increase will not be for cabinet ministers, but only MKs. Others marked for raises include

President-elect Donald Trump is vowing to corral the “out of control” cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But congressional Republicans and Democrats, aware of the tens of thousands of

Parliamentary aide Shaked Hasson, who assists MK (Machane Tzioni) Merav Michaeli was stopped from entering Knesset by a guard who explained her dress was too short and did not comply

Presidential election recount efforts came to an end Monday in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with both states certifying Republican Donald Trump as the winner in contests that helped put him over

Donald Trump is underscoring his doubts about the conclusion by U.S. intelligence that Russia sought through hacking to disrupt this year’s election, renewing his skepticism Monday as he pits his

Former President Moshe Katsav submitted a third request for early release from prison, where he serves as seven-year term after being convicted of assaulting women. While the former President has

The following is via Politico: Moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem will be a major focus for Donald Trump, senior aide Kellyanne Conway said on Monday. “That is

Hundreds have commented on social media including the new Facebook page set up to declare “I too will not evacuate Amona”, clearing wishing to send a clear message to military officials. The court-ordered evacuation deadline is December 25, 2016, the first day of Chanukah. One post says “Good morning. We start the day with the […]

Attorney General Loretta Lynch says hate crimes tear at the fabric of American communities and are a stain on our “nation’s very soul.” Lynch spoke Monday at a mosque in

Reports from Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem state there is a slight improvement in the condition of HaGaon HaRav Aden Steinsaltz, who was admitted after suffering a stroke.  He remains admitted to an intensive care unit. The tzibur is asked to continue being mispallel for Aden ben Rivka Leah bsoch kol cholei am yisrael. […]

A handful of members of the Electoral College, including a rogue Republican who says he won’t vote for President-elect Donald Trump, are demanding an intelligence briefing on whether the government

By Yaakov Chaim Eidels Again for the sixth year, over 150 people gathered at the Acheinu Annual Flatbush Community Event, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simcha Applegrad. This year’s event on Sunday, December 11, had the particular zechus and special experience of hearing the warm words of HaGaon HaRav Reuven Feinstein, shlita, who graced the event […]

The deadline set by the High Court of Justice for the destruction of Amona, 25 December, the first day of Chanukah, is approaching yet Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is not endorsing a plan to utilize ‘abandoned property’ to permit relocating the community temporarily on the same hilltop but to a different location. Those backing the […]

Turkey’s police rounded up more than 200 people, mostly Kurds, as the country on Monday mourned the dozens killed in a bombing attack near an Istanbul soccer stadium. The interior