Ed Koch is being remembered as the quintessential New Yorker — an admired but tough, colorful former mayor who will be honored at his funeral by former President Bill Clinton. At the service Monday morning at Manhattan’s Temple Emanu-El, mourners will also hear about Koch’s other fierce loyalty: Israel. The Israeli consul general is set […]
The New York Police Department’s focus on Muslims has renewed the political surveillance of the 1960s and ’70s that was banned under a landmark legal ruling, according to a new
An Arab male tried to stab a chareidi male on HaNevi’im Street in Yerushalayim at about 1:00pm on Monday, 24 Shevat 5773. The intended victim was not injured as the attacker fled in the direction of the eastern capital. Police apprehended the suspect after a pursuit which led to Salah a-Din Street in a predominately […]
Elbit Systems is constructing the new sophisticated border between Israel and Syria, described as among the most advanced in existence today. Officials in Israel explain the decision to move ahead
The Homefront Command has set up a national SMS text message alert system to warn and instruct residents in time of emergency. A dispute between the Homefront Command and the
Lebanese media sources on Sunday night 23 Shevat 5773 that the Israel Air Force attacked targets in Lebanon near el-Fuar. Some type of electronic monitoring station appears to have been
It is now obvious that a number of veteran Likud MKs and ministers will not be sitting around the cabinet table in the next government. This is due primarily to their falling in standing in the party’s lineup. Not wishing to cast them out the backroom efforts are already underway to find them respectable employment. […]
Non-frum resident of Jerusalem’s Ramat Sharett neighborhood are threatening to turn to the Supreme Court in an effort to prevent a chareidi yeshiva from opening in the area. Ramat Sharett is situated in southwest Yerushalayim, between Bayit Vegan and Ramat Denya. The residents have learned that plots of land are being allocated for yeshivos to […]
Power went out at the Superdome early in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, leading to a 35-minute delay with the Baltimore Ravens leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6
A four-hour orientation will be held in Knesset on Sunday, 23 Shevat 5773 to welcome the new legislators. The new Knesset is scheduled to be sworn in on Tuesday, 25
There are a number of major issues that will determine which parties will and will not be a part of the new coalition government as will be decided in the coming weeks. Key issues include; 1. Sharing the burden 2. Diplomatic process between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority) 3. The state budget Let’s see […]
Syrian TV on Saturday released footage which Syrian officials purport depicts the site targeted last week by Israel in aerial strike. The report states the video shows the Jamarya research
Shas leader Aryeh Deri on erev Shabbos 21 Shevat 5773 spoke on the phone with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. After Shabbos, unlike his colleague Eli Yishai, Deri expressed optimism about entering the coalition, explaining “It appears Netanyahu wants the chareidim for he understands without his natural partners he will lack stability.” Deri reportedly told the […]
Officials on Sunday 23 Shevat 5773 permitted publicizing the arrests of members of an Islamic Jihad terror cell taken into custody in December 2012. The cell members first planned to
Talks are underway between Naftali Bennett of Bayit HaYehudi and Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid towards reaching agreement on the ‘share the burden’ issue. If the dati leumi and secular parties reach agreement, in all likelihood, Bennett’s next battle will be with some of the rabbonim who represent the dati leumi tzibur. Following the release […]
Using the security zone maintained by Israel in Southern Lebanon during 1985-2000 as an example, the IDF has recommended to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to establish a 16km (10 mile) wide security zone between Syria and Israel to keep the civil war away from Israel’s northern border. During those years, IDF troops along with the […]
Israeli health officials confirm that four people have died of swine flu to date this winter season, adding the fears are not over as there are still patients with the
The United States has delivered four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, Egypt’s military and a U.S. military delegation said on Sunday, highlighting military links between the two countries despite Egypt’s
The daily Yisrael Hayom newspaper reports on Sunday, 23 Shevat 5773 that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu prefers a coalition that includes the chareidi parties over Yesh Atid. The report explains
Shas Party secretary Rabbi Rafael Pinchasi becomes the latest party member convicted of a crime in an Israeli courtroom. Pinchasi, a former party MK today serves as the secretary of
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