The head of a proposed mosque that was to be built near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City was sued on Tuesday and accused
Uncomfortable with the Obama administration’s use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America’s authority to kill suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens. The Democratic-led outcry
They are called “homegrown terrorists,” citizens of Western countries highly prized by Islamic militant groups because they can move across borders and carry out attacks easier than people from Middle East and South Asian countries closely identified with terrorism. Two such people — one Canadian and one Australian — are believed to have been involved […]
Tzfas Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu wants an apology from Shas in light of the words by Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, labeling the Bayit HaYehudi Party “goyim” as well as other harsh statements released by Shas officials attacking the character of religious commitment of Bayit Yehudi candidates. Speaking in an interview on the […]
Clifton, NJ – Three people were injured Tuesday, including a child with serious head trauma, after a car sideswiped a minivan on a residential street, then turned into a driveway
If you feel like you’re wasting more of your days stuck in traffic – you’re right – and it’s costing you time and money. According to the national Urban Mobility Report, Americans collectively spent 5.5 billion more hours sitting in traffic congestion in 2011. That’s an average of 38 hours a year for each of us […]
A large majority in the British House of Commons on Tuesday voted to support a bill that would legalize same-gender marriage. In a 400-175 vote, members of Parliament backed the
Fifty chareidi men will IY”H in October begin their training to become the nation’s first male chareidi nurses. Health Ministry officials have established a course in Bnei Brak in conjunction with the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College and upon completion of the course; they will be employed in hospitals nationwide. Ministry officials explain there are chareidi […]
President Barack Obama will visit Israel in the spring, the White House said Tuesday, marking Obama’s first visit to the staunch U.S. ally since becoming president. Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the visit by phone in late January, when Obama congratulated Netanyahu on his success in Israel’s recent election. The White House […]
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday Chuck Hagel “seems clueless” on U.S. policy toward Iran and he urged the Obama administration to reconsider its defense secretary nominee. In a statement,
While Tzipi Livni preferred to remain opposition leader in the outgoing Knesset, heading the Kadima Party with its 28 seats, it now appears as the head of The Movement Party
The NYPD has released a report that breaks down its controversial stop and frisk policy by precinct and race. The 2011 figures show that nearly 90 percent of those who
Despite a reported deal signed between Bayit HaYehudi and Yesh Atid, Yahadut Hatorah continues to call upon the dati leumi party to join together to form a religious bloc in
Two individuals with links to Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah were involved in a bomb attack on a bus in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last
In response to New York City Districting Commission’s latest proposal for redrawn City Council district boundaries, Councilman David G. Greenfield issued the following statement: “I am very upset that the Districting Commission ignored the pleas of the Orthodox Jewish community and proposes marginalizing southern Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community. The proposal would squeeze a large portion […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Bayit HaYehudi MK-elect Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan spoke with the Knesset Channel, addressing disparaging comments against his party by Shas Party officials. Rabbi Dahan, a former director-general of the Chief Rabbinate and a long-time aide to HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu ZT”L questioned Shas’ attitude and tactics, particularly the statements against his party […]
North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric on Tuesday threatening to go beyond carrying out a promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are “hostile” sanctions imposed
A family member of a “security prisoner” (terrorist) was arrested on Monday, 24 Shevat 5773 during a visit as he tried smuggling cell phones and SIM cards to prisoners in Megiddo Prison. A 10-year-old visiting his grandfather was found smuggling the items. It is not a rarity that children are used, with terrorists’ family members […]
Retired IDF chief of intelligence, Major-General Amos Yadlin today warns that an Iranian atom bomb would be far greater a threat to Israel than a military operation to prevent it.
Bayit HaYehudi Party leader Naftali Bennett, hours ahead of being sworn into Knesset as a MK, lashed out against the chareidi parties. Bennett released a message on his Facebook page that “The existing situation in which tens of thousands of chareidim do not study, work or serve cannot continue. It is immoral and unsustainable. The […]
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