Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett told Israel Radio on Monday, 4 Teves 5773 that he views his party as “a bridge between the chareidim and chilonim” and he feels the party can play a major role in the next government. Speaking to Kol Chai Radio as well, he stated “I think that anyone who knows […]

“We had our own Chanukah miracle. By right we all should be dead, including my grandchildren. I don’t wish what we went through on anyone” explained Nechemia Michaeli, 53, an Akko councilman. As Michaeli and his family were lighting Chanukah candles, a masked armed gunman entered their home, armed with an AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle. […]

Syria is “genuinely worried” that some countries might equip extremist groups with chemical weapons and then claim they were used by the Syrian government, the country’s U.N. envoy said in

In a move that will certainty spark condemnations from the international community, a special committee on Monday afternoon, 4 Teves 5773, announced its approval for the construction of 1,500 housing

PA (Palestinian Authority) Prime Minister Salim Fayed has an agenda, and he is openly expressing his opposition to the policies of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Regarding growing calls for a “third intifada” against Israel, Fayed feels the time has come to learn and to realize the significance of public opinion. The PA prime […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Children were used to carry signs against the internet and computer movies, walking with the large banners in frum areas of the capital. The signs say “Here one does not feel the Shechina” because of the presence of the internet or computer movies. Dozens of children took part in the effort. […]

Two yeshiva bochrim are in custody after customs officials found them smuggling 293 packs of cigarettes while entering the country at Ben-Gurion International Airport in the green line. The two

Gunfire was directed at a female employee of the Bitchonit Company on HaYarkon Street in Bnei Brak during the early morning hours Monday, 4 Teves 5773. The injured guard was

A funeral for one of the Connecticut school shooting victims, 6-year-old Noah Pozner, is being planned for Monday. Pozner’s uncle, Alexis Haller, says the funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m.

President Barack Obama, speaking at a memorial service for the victims of a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, said on Sunday the United States was not doing enough

The world’s major Internet companies, backed by U.S. policymakers, got much of what they wanted last week when many nations refused to sign a global telecommunications treaty that opponents feared

After his historic visit to Hamas-controlled Gaza in October 2012, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is scheduled to arrive in “Palestine”, visiting in Ramallah with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in the very near future. According to an official statement from Ramallah on Sunday, 3 Teves 5773, the Emir […]

Two senators called Sunday for a national commission to examine mass shootings in the United States, while a third vowed to ban the sale of military-style assault weapons. The proposals were among the first to come from Congress in the wake of Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Gun rights activists remained largely quiet on […]

While it cannot compare in size with the tzibur arriving in Uman at Rav Nachman’s tziyun for Rosh Hashanah, there is a growing number of mispallalim with each passing year for Shabbos Chanukah and that was the case this year. Thousands of mispallalim spent a cold snowy Shabbos Chanukah at the tziyun, Ladaat.info reports. Ukraine […]

Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. As

In what some perceive as a precedent setting ruling, Beit Shemesh Magistrate’s Court Justice David Gidoni ordered Israel Police to pay Yitzchak Davira (Zvigg) 5,000 NIS plus legal fees, amounting to a total of 7,000 NIS for preventing him from visiting Har HaBayis. The case occurred in 5770, when Davira was prevented from visiting the […]

Diet Pepsi is quietly changing its sweetener, with the goal of helping the soda maintain its taste longer. Cans of Diet Pepsi around the country now list a mix of

Tiveria area police are investigating a vandalism attack that occurred in the cemetery of Kibbutz Keshet in the Lower Galil. Vandals tore and vandalized a national flag in the military

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz on Sunday morning 3 Teves 5773 observed a paratroop brigade live fire training evet in the Jordan Valley area. Shortly after the IDF