Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential evidence, such as notes, video outtakes or other records.
While the cabinet speaks of the need for belt tightening and increasing income tax, there does not appear to be a similar hashkafa at the President’s Residence. The operating budget for the President’s Residence in 2012 exceeded 62 million NIS, representing an increase of 20 million NIS from 2011. While the media attacks Prime Minister […]
The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency’s tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said
The U.S. National Weather Service is getting a quantum jump in computing power that will significantly improve its forecasting and storm tracking abilities to better protect the country from severe
Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game’s history and the world’s second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials
Israel’s northern maritime border is protected 24/7 against all manner of threats by a sophisticated and advanced naval force. The Israel Navy is charged with the defense of the country’s 190 km-long coastline as well as protecting the state’s vital maritime assets. The IDF’s impressive fleet of patrol boats, missile boats and submarines are eternally […]
A New Jersey man who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz should stand trial for murder and kidnapping in the 6-year-old boy’s disappearance, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
With the Iranian threat looming in the background all eyes are focused on events as the civil war continues in Syria. Accompanying that country’s internal conflict is stepped-up effort to transfer advanced and non-conventional weapons to Hizbullah. This for Israel is a ‘red line’ and it has already resulted in a number of bombing raids […]
Democratic New York City Assemblyman Vito Lopez says he will resign amid a harassment scandal and run for New York City council. Lopez says he’ll step down June 20. Lopez
President Barack Obama lists assets worth between $1.85 million and $6.88 million, of which $1 million to $5 million were in intermediate-term Treasury notes, according to federal financial disclosure forms
The National Information Directorate in the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday 4 Sivan 5773, held the annual seminar for spokespersons from – inter alia – Government ministries and emergency agencies, which focused on “information and spokespersons’ work in time of emergency.” The seminar was held as part of ongoing preparations to improve preparedness in the […]
More people will likely fly this summer compared with a year ago as U.S. airlines gain a record level of international passengers, an industry association said on Thursday. Airlines for
Bayit Yehudi party leader Minister Naftali Bennett is working to redefine the “local custom” regarding tefilos at the Kosel. Bennett is reacting to the recent Jerusalem District Court decision by Justice Moshe Sobel in which the court stated that the women of the Women of the Wall (WoW) organization was not in violation of the […]
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for U.S. wars in
Following the announced deal between the Shas and Bayit Yehudi parties pertaining to the race for new chief rabbis, Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Moshe Shlomo Amar Shlita and Rabbi Yaakov Ariel Shlita have announced they are together and speak in one voice in their desire to work to promote and protect Yiddishkheit in Eretz Yisrael. The […]
Following Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein’s declaration making ‘exclusion of women’ a criminal offense, the anti-chareidi floodgates have been opened wide, now enjoying the backing of the attorney general. The Ministerial Legislative Committee on Sunday 10 Sivan 5773 will discuss the merit of a bill introduced by MK (Labor) Yitzchak Herzog, which seeks a five year […]
A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday opens the first in a series of investigative hearings in Congress on the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups for extra
It is now clear to all that the austerity state budget which will deliver a fatal blow to many chareidi yeshivos chas v’sholom will strike equally as hard in the dati leumi community, hitting hesder yeshivot and dati leumi yeshivot gavoha too. Eitan Ozeri, who serves as the secretary of the national Hesder Yeshivot network […]
Speaking with Israel Radio’s Reshet Bet on Thursday morning 7 Sivan 5773, Finance Minister (Yesh Atid) Yair Lapid spoke about the state budget, the need for austerity, budget cuts and much more, including Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri’s announced deal with the treasury. The Times of Israel on 5 Sivan and other media agencies reported […]
FBI agents cleared employees from a suburban town hall Wednesday, then began a search related to a federal investigation, a bureau spokesman said. Spokesman Jim Margolin would not say what the agents were looking for at Ramapo Town Hall in Suffern. “We’re executing a search warrant,” he said. “It’s under seal and not a matter […]
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