Commenting on ongoing coalition talks between Likud/Beitenu and Bayit HaYehudi, Shas leader Eli Yishai on Thursday morning 18 Adar 5773 explained that he feels Bayit HaYehudi and Yesh Atid are

Islamophobia must be recognized as a crime against humanity in the same fashion that Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism should be, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said yesterday. Speaking at the “Fifth Alliance of Civilizations Forum” in Vienna’s Hofburg Palace, the prime minister underlined the rising trend of fascism across the Europe. “We are facing a […]

Two major Chinese military websites, including that of the Defense Ministry, were subject to about 144,000 hacking attacks a month last year, almost two-thirds of which came from the United

After more than a decade since the IDF launched its major counter terror operation to restore law and order in Yehuda and Shomron, a Sefer Torah was dedicated in memory

According to Israel Police, following DNA testing, it has been determined without a doubt that a 29-year-old Ashdod woman in not Alexandra (Sasha) Brandt, who disappeared on her way home

Journalist Bob Woodward on Wednesday criticized Barack Obama’s handling of the automatic U.S. budget cuts set to take effect this week, calling the president’s decision to hold back on military

To say Elad is a city plagued with harsh politics would be a mild understatement, but nevertheless one still expects that in a chareidi tzibur, there is a line that

A car that tells your insurance company how you’re driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner

One wonders just how much more expensive it can get to fill one’s vehicle with gas, but in Israel, it appears that the sky’s the limit. In the planned hike to take place at the week’s end, a liter of 95 octane gasoline at a self service pump will jump from 7.83 NIS to 8.01 […]

Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee - Republicans and Democrats alike – expressed concern on Wednesday about U.S. drone strikes against American citizens and President Barack Obama’s secrecy in laying out the legal justifications. The public congressional hearing on “drone-kill policy” was noteworthy: government officials refrained for years from even uttering the word “drone” when talking about the […]

Any effort to monitor the race for Chief Rabbi of Israel will lead to a measure of confusion as the candidates work behind the scenes to enlist support. The election

Represented by the Reform Movement’s Religious Action Center, four observant women from Beit Shemesh are suing the city for failing to act to prevent illegal gender discrimination in chareidi areas. They explain that the signs compelling women to dress a certain way and walk on a designated area of sidewalk are illegal and the city […]

The Senate confirmed Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary, affirming President Barack Obama’s choice of a budget expert at a time when Congress and the White House are at odds over sharp government spending cuts. The Senate voted 71-26 to support the nomination. Lew, 57, had most recently served as Obama’s chief of staff. He […]

U.S. regulators want states to compete for federal incentives that would encourage the adoption of a new generation of 911 response systems allowing Americans to send text messages, photos and

Amid rumors of a presidential visit to Har Habayis during his March 2013 visit to Yerushalayim, Hamas has warned US President Barak Obama that making a visit to Har Habayis would be a “diplomatic catastrophe”. Highlighting the terror organization’s opposition to such a visit, Hamas added that Obama visiting the site “under Zionist occupation” would […]

Trade groups representing greeting card makers, paper manufacturers and newspapers are fighting to prevent the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service from dropping first-class mail delivery on Saturdays. The groups are lobbying

MK (Bayit HaYehudi) Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan feels that one of the reasons that so many residents feel that Chief Rabbinate and its affiliate local rabbinates don’t provide adequate religious services is because too many rabbonim in cities live elsewhere. Ben-Dahan asked outgoing Minister of Religious Services (Shas) Yaakov Margi how many rabbonim live in cities […]