An ex-CIA employee working as a contractor at the U.S. National Security Agency said he was the source who leaked details of a top secret U.S. surveillance program, acting out
Another attack by chareidim against a chareidi IDF soldiers occurred on Sunday night, the eve of 2 Tammuz 5773 in Jerusalem’s Bucharim neighborhood. The victim was in a vehicle, which a number of chareidi youths blocked and then they began hitting him and they grabbed his yarmulke. The soldier phoned police who arrived and extricated […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who was scheduled to arrived in Israel on Tuesday, 3 Tammuz 5773, has pushed of the date for few days. It appears at present
Google Inc. has agreed to acquire map-software provider Waze Inc. for about $1.1 billion, a person with knowledge of the deal said, seeking to keep competitors such as Facebook Inc.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese allies on Sunday of carrying out “non-stop” cyber attacks on major computer systems in his country. He gave
A 17th century Dutch masterpiece that graced the collections of Catherine the Great’s art adviser and Russia’s Hermitage Museum before being seized by the Nazis sold for nearly $3.4 million at auction, a record for the artist Gerrit van Honthorst. “The Duet,” which was confiscated by the Nazis from Jewish art collector Bruno Spiro and […]
A law enforcement officer was wounded when shots rang out at Harlem Hospital early Monday morning. The incident happened just after 5:30 a.m. at the facility on 135th Street and
The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a national debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risked decades in jail for the disclosures — if the U.S. can extradite him from Hong Kong where he says he has taken refuge. […]
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] 7:15PM EST: The NYPD tells YWN that approximately 20,000 people have gathered at Federal Plaza in Manhattan, where the anti-Israel protest in underway. Hundreds of Satmar
The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday 2 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5773, convicted Effie Chaiken, Akiva Cohen and Meir Ettinger of gathering military information to prevent the destruction of outposts. The
Senator Rand Paul, who’s viewed as a potential presidential candidate in 2016, will visit the Jewish community in Lakewood on Monday, YWN has learned. Mr. Paul will attend a private
As the Ministerial Legislative Committee on Sunday 2 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5773 was planning to discuss a bill to facilitate giyur, MK (The Movement) Elazar Stern pulled the bill. Maariv
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu heads the Social-Economic Cabinet which includes ten cabinet ministers. Among the ten, in addition to the prime minister there are Ministers Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett, Yuval
In his letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Likud MK Moshe Feiglin points out that on Sunday Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5773 police are on hand at the Kosel to make certain the Women of the Wall (WoW) are permitted to pray. Feiglin states police were protecting WoW members for a second time “since I was […]
While Israel continues to monitor events in Syria, state officials in that country have already blamed the “Zionists” with involvement, accusing Israel of arming rebel forces in an effort to topple Bashar al-Assad’s government. Working to assist his ally, President Bashar al-Assad, Hizbullah television is spreading the word of the Israeli involvement in efforts to […]
The mainstream news in Israel on Sunday leads with the death of a prominent national author, 83-year-old Yoram Kaniuk. The niftar, who died following a difficult illness in Ichilov Hospital, refused Jewish burial and decided to leave his body to scientific research. He wrote about that decision in the daily Haaretz, explaining “I donated my […]
The IDF Civil Administration is retroactively approving “thousands” of illegal Palestinian buildings located throughout Yehuda and Shomron without the knowledge or approval of the cabinet. These structures are primarily in areas designed as “C” under the Oslo Agreement, which refers to areas under total Israeli control. In a recent plan pertaining to the Jordan Valley […]
In act of brazen Chutzpah, and total lack of Kavod Hatorah, people involved in today’s anti-Israel protest in Manhattan tried to convince Bnei Torah to attend the event, with the release of a “new letter” appearing just after 3:00PM on Sunday afternoon, written and signed in the handwriting of Maran Hagon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita. YWN […]
New York City’s elected officials and mayoral hopefuls attended the annual breakfast by COJO of Upper West Side in Manhattan Sunday Morning. The speakers expressed their great gratitude to the
The big question in Israel remains is when Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon told reporters the government lacks a majority support for the so-called two state solution, was he correct.
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