While the students attending Israel’s public schools just began their vacation this week, there is already talk about delaying the opening of the 5774 school year due to the lack of funding for security in the nation’s schools. According to Union of Local Authority officials, Israel Police has not transferred funding as required, now in […]
Current and former federal officials who played key roles in the investigation of one of the nation’s worst aviation disasters said Tuesday they stand by their conclusion that the crash
It would appear that for elected officials in Israel, leading by example is not something to emulate for while the nation is instructed to tighten its belt, the Knesset operating
In a major concession to business groups, the Obama administration Tuesday unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until 2105, in a central requirement of the new health care law that medium
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz is in the United Kingdom. It is the first visit by an IDF chief of staff to that country since 1988. Britain’s Chief of Staff General Sir Peter Wall held a secretive meeting in Israel 18 months ago. According to a Walla News report, Gantz will be meeting […]
The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted to Austria on Tuesday after France and Portugal refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board, the country’s foreign minister said. Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca denied that Snowden was on the plane, which […]
The Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee Subcommittee on IDF Personnel on Monday, 23 Tammuz discussed the increase in attacks against chareidi IDF soldiers, known in the chareidi world as
With the clock ticking, Egypt’s besieged president said Tuesday that he will not step down as state media reported that the powerful military plans to overturn his Islamist-dominated government if
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Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron confronted Shas MK Yaakov Margi who said “I am accustomed not to speak ill of rabbis. I address them honorably and give them their due respect. It doesn’t matter who the rabbi is, where he is, or his affiliation or organization.” Rav Piron said “First of all, I am very […]
The city’s police watchdog group says 229 officers were disciplined following complaints of misconduct in 2012. The Civilian Complaint Review Board released its annual report for 2012 Tuesday. Last year, people filed 5,763 complaints — 3 percent fewer than the prior year. The number of officers disciplined dropped slightly from an all-time high in 2011. […]
[VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] 5:35PM (Tuesday): Emergency personnel are on the scene at Astroland in Coney Island, after the “Astro-Tower” started swaying in the wind. Numerous FDNY, NYPD, and NYC
Yoel Marshek, an official in Israel’s National Kibbutz Association attended a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, telling committee members that he met with a number of Nachal Chareidi officials. Marshek explained they told him that while enlistment and military service is difficult for some chareidim, the most difficult aspect is being […]
Egypt’s military has drawn up a plan to suspend the Islamist-backed constitution, dissolve the Islamist-dominated legislature and set up an interim administration headed by the country’s chief justice if President
YWN has just been informed by Fallsburg Police Chief Simmy Williams that the NYS DOT will be making some urgent repairs on Route 42 in the Town of Fallsburg, and
MK (Yesh Atid) Aliza Lavie sent a letter to Bayit Yehudi leader Minister Naftali Bennett regarding the candidacy of Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu in the race to become the next Rishon L’Tzion. Lavie questions if it is sufficient for a candidate to wear a kippa sruga to receive Bayit Yehudi support, or if the party also […]
For the two reasons Romney had a hard time wrapping up the GOP nomination and ultimately winning the race in November, Romney was ready scrapping his bid for president as
Canadian police said on Tuesday they foiled an al Qaeda-inspired plot to detonate three pressure-cooker bombs during Monday’s Canada Day holiday outside the parliament building in the Pacific coast city of Victoria, arresting a Canadian man and woman and seizing their home-made explosive devices. Police said there was no evidence to suggest a foreign link […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon 23 Tammuz 5773, met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer and told him that he was very pleased
A Turkish deputy prime minister linked the “Jewish diaspora” to recent anti-government unrest, drawing condemnation from world Jewish leaders on Tuesday and concern among Turkey’s Jews the comments could make
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