Clearly, from the government’s point of view the Zygier affair involving the Australian Jew who is believed to have worked for the Mossad and ultimately took his own life after being placed in an Israeli isolation cell has boomeranged out of control from Israel’s point of view. Speaking on the Meet the Press show, Vice […]

Iran has released statement vowing to strike out against Israel to avenge the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guard officer, General Hassan Shateri. He was killed as he was making his

After over 12 years of investigations and police questioning, former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s fraud trial began on Sunday, 7 Adar 5773. All efforts are being made by Lieberman’s legal team to expedite the process, confident the former senior government cabinet minister will be acquitted. The trial will determine the future of Lieberman in politics, […]

It appears that for Yahadut Hatorah entry into the new coalition will be an uphill battle, addressing the share the burden issue along with demands now being made for the Health Ministry portfolio. The Movement chief negotiator MK Yoel Hasson announced last week “it is time to place responsibility for the Health Ministry in the […]

According to a Money Magazine report, despite being in the center of the country, Modi’in Illit ranks low, 61, regarding the cost of arnona property tax in the community. The survey set out to determine where residents of Israel pay the highest arnona tax, listing 64 municipalities, placing the chareidi city at the end among […]

Israel’s Eldan Car Rental Company is going to be the nation’s first to offer clients an electric car option, the Renault Fluence ZE. The rate for a week rental will be 250 NIS daily, as opposed to 300 NIS per day. Yediot Achronot points out this will make Eldan the first car rental company in […]

Too many commuters are frustrated with the new Jerusalem smart card system for payment on the city’s buses and light rail. The process of placing the cards in the digital reader is time consuming, resulting in lines that exceed anything seen in the old days when one had a ticket punched or simply showed the […]

A fugitive former policeman whose charred remains were found in a burned-out cabin in the mountains above Los Angeles following a shootout with sheriff’s deputies died from a possibly self-inflicted

Israeli firefighters from the north, coast, Yerushalayim and central districts, fifteen in all, headed to France to take part in advanced training towards learning new techniques in fighting forest fires.

The Obama administration on Friday said it would stop enrolling new beneficiaries in a special $5 billion insurance program for people with pre-existing medical conditions, because of rising costs and

Joining his many colleagues this past week, MK (Likud) Moshe Feiglin had his chance to deliver his first-ever Knesset address. For many frum listeners Feiglin’s address was not accompanied by any surprises, but what did elicit comment were his actions, as he was seen shaking hands with female MKs following his address, a customary act […]

President Barack Obama’s pick for CIA director, John Brennan, promised senators who will vote on his nomination more openness about U.S. counter-terrorism programs, saying the closely guarded number of civilian

Iran does not want nuclear weapons but if it did, no world power could prevent it from obtaining one, Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Saturday, according to Iranian media. The

Facebook Inc said on Friday hackers had infiltrated some of its employees’ laptops in recent weeks, making the world’s No.1 social network the latest victim of a wave of cyber

Israeli soldiers treated five Syrians who had been wounded in fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels near Israel’s security fence on the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said on

Since a deadly airline crash in 2009, the government hasn’t kept its promise to ensure that major airlines are holding their smaller partners to the same safety standards, a federal