MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Moshe Gafne, acting chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee announced the economic situation in Israel is worrisome and everyone must be aware that budgetary cuts are mandatory. He explains that there will be heated discussion as to where these cuts are to be made. “In the best scenario we will have to […]
Advancing a U.S. crackdown on tax evasion by Americans, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday Switzerland and the United States have signed a pact to make Swiss banks disclose
The New York City Housing Authority can evict tenants for lying about their income, New York’s highest court ruled Thursday, overturning a lower court that said the drastic penalty was
General Hassan Shateri, a senior command in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard was killed by Israel, Iranian news agencies report. The general was killed by “Zionists agents” in Syria the reports read, with the Balagh news site detailing he was a senior commander in the al-Quds force, and the most senior officer killed in Syrian fighting. […]
President Barack Obama stands behind his nominee for defense secretary, former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, and Senate delays in Hagel’s confirmation are “unconscionable,” a White House spokesman said on Thursday.
The Obama administration on Thursday warned that deep government spending cuts set to go into effect next month would have harsh consequences for housing programs and could threaten Superstorm Sandy
Lev Malka is sponsoring a blood drive in Yerushalayim on Thursday 4 Adar 5773 in cooperation with Magen David Adom and Bank Mizrachi-Tefachot. The event will take place in the
Thousands are expected to visit the tziyun of the Nadvorna Rebbe ZT”L on Har HaZeisim today, Thursday 4 Adar 5773. The preparations for the yahrzeit include a large tent for mispallalim, light refreshments, a special ezras noshim, and increased security. Egged has stepped up service and arrangement were made to bring chassidim for the major […]
The White House is aware of Iran’s efforts to obtain sensitive materials related to its nuclear program, a White House spokesman said on Thursday, but he declined to comment on
Three people have pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to participating in a scheme that defrauded a Holocaust reparations organization of more than $57 million. Prosecutors said Moysey and Dora
Gedolei Yisrael Shlita have called for an atzeres tefilla today, Thursday, 4 Adar 5773, in Beis Knesset Talmidei Yeshivas Ponevezh L’Tzeirim in Bnei Brak in light on ongoing and mounting pressure to draft bnei Torah into the military and close down yeshivos. Yated Neeman refers to the ongoing share the burden effort as a ????? […]
Following the petira of HaGaon HaRav Asher Tannenbaum ZT”L in Shevat, Gedolei Yisrael Shlita are expected to convene in the coming days to appoint a new chairman for the Vaad HaYeshivos, which was headed by the niftar. Ladaat reports the likely successor appears to be the niftar’s son-in-law, Rav Chaim Aaron Kaufman, who today is […]
According to a Yisrael Hayom report, Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett has turned down ‘generous offers’ in coalition talks towards establishing a new government. The report explains that Likud sources feel Bennett is being influenced by ‘outside considerations’, some of them looking in the direction of Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party as the two work […]
The Justice Ministry has released a statement regarding the case of ‘Prisoner X’, or ‘John Doe’ as he is referred to by state ministries. This refers to the case of the Australian national who reportedly worked for the Mossad, who was found hanged in his solitary confinement cell in December 2010. Respondent: “John Doe” By […]
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell by 27,000 last week, an indication that hiring could improve. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications dropped to a seasonally
Senate Republicans have questioned Chuck Hagel’s truthfulness and they’ve challenged his patriotism. Now they’re threatening to stonewall his nomination to be President Barack Obama’s defense secretary unless the White House
U.N. nuclear inspectors have seen a small number of advanced centrifuges at an uranium enrichment plant where Iran has said it will install and operate them, a diplomatic source said
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc and 3G Capital will buy ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co for $72.50 a share, or $23.2 billion in cash, Heinz said on Thursday. Including debt assumption, Heinz valued the deal at $28 billion, which it called the largest in food industry history. For Buffett, the deal represents an unusual teaming […]
Outgoing Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue has some parting shots for Congress, the White House and advocates for seniors. They have all “really walked away from Social Security,” he
American Airlines and US Airways say they have agreed to merge in an $11 billion deal that would create the world’s biggest airline. The combined carrier will be called American
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