B’chasdei Hashem, Wednesday 5 Shevat 5773 ended with only one soldier injured, hit in his face with rocks, as Arabs have decided to increase violence around Kever Rochel, located in PA (Palestinian Authority)-occupied Beit Lechem. At one point, the firebomb and rock-throwing attacks became so intense that security forces prevented mispallalim from reaching the site […]

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta joined the U.S. gun control debate on Thursday when he told troops at a military base in Italy that only soldiers needed armor-piercing bullets or

Following a meeting on Wednesday, 5 Shevat 5773 between the Gerrer Rebbe Shlita and HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Auerbach Shlita, Rav Auerbach has come out in support of voting Gimmel, Yahadut

A post mortem on a 3-year-old boy who died in Petach Tikvah earlier in the week indicates he died of Swine Flu, the first fatality from the illness recorded in Israel since 2009. Health Ministry officials fear the child who was brought to Schneider Children’s Hospital was a victim of the illness based on preliminary […]

Rabbi Shai Peron, who holds the number two slot on the Yesh Atid list headed by Yair Lapid, was a guest speaker at a hi-tech conference for the chareidi sector. Peron spoke of today’s realities, that the rabbonim have created a generation of frum Jews incapable of supporting themselves. The “First Ever Conference” was hosted […]

One Tahawwur Rana is a loving, kindhearted father hoodwinked into committing crimes out of loyalty to an old friend. The other Tahawwur Rana is hate-filled and cold, speaking approvingly of

A standoff between striking school bus drivers and aides looking for job protections and a city administration that says those protections can’t legally be had has the potential to go

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized a U.S. judge ruling fining Russia $50,000 a day over the failure to return historical books and documents to a Jewish group. Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court ruled Wednesday that Russia should pay the fine until it complies with his 2010 order and returns the collection […]

From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama’s proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions — and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. “A lot of sheriffs are now standing up […]

Despite a relentless workload ahead, President Barack Obama is lighter on his feet in one sense as he opens his second term. Gone are the hundreds of promises of the

Lenders took possession of fewer U.S. homes in 2012 than a year earlier, as the pace of new homes entering the path to foreclosure slowed and banks increasingly opted to

A petition to the Central Election Committee has resulted in the disqualification of an Aryeh Deri phone call in which Deri is heard saying “if you vote Shas you will merit the bracha of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita.” Committee Chairman Justice Elyakim Rubinstein disqualified the ‘phone call’ based on the prohibition of using […]

Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett released statements on Wednesday 5 Shevat 5773 regarding reports the White House is less than pleased with the Netanyahu administration. Bennett was referring to the Bloomberg column by Jeffrey Goldberg in which US President Barak Obama is quoted as saying privately “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.” […]

Hundreds of Hebron/Kiryat Arba residents and supporters took part in the march on Tuesday 4 Shevat 5773 demanding the government permit the residents of Beit HaMachpelah and Beit HaShalom to

The firemen assigned to the Givat HaMatos fire station in the southern capital are now in a recreation center in Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, sleeping on mattresses on the floor of

The discovery of a pier connected to a tunnel heading from Kibbutz Nir Ohz in southern Israel to Gaza saved many lives, IDF officials report. They explain that B’chasdei Hashem the bountiful rainfall last week led to the erosion of the earth covering the pier, exposing it, thereby thwarting the planned attack, presumably against the […]

The Hiddush organization has requested the Central Election Committee disqualify a kol korei from Gedolei Yisrael Shlita to chareidim to vote in the election campaign. Hiddush turned to Justice Elyakim

The federal government grounded Boeing’s newest and most technologically advanced jetliner Wednesday, declaring that the 787 cannot fly again until the risk of battery fires is addressed. The Federal Aviation

With general elections less than a week away, many Israelis believe the timing of new housing tenders in areas in Yehuda and Shomron is no coincidence, as the Likud/Beitenu list

While immediately following Operation Pillar of Defense Hamas leaders in Gaza announced their victory over Israel, December 2012 passed without a single rocket being fired into Israel, a first since the government expulsion of Jews from Gaza in the summer of 2005. According to statistics released by the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) […]