Convicted nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu recently sent a letter to Interior Minister Eli Yishai calling upon the senior cabinet official to remove his Israeli citizenship. Vanunu explains that he was
Isolated and impoverished North Korea launched its second long- range rocket of 2012 on Wednesday in what it said was a bid to put a satellite into space. The North
Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that U.S. election officials should register eligible voters automatically and take steps to reduce the long lines Americans encountered in national elections on
President Barack Obama and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner spoke by phone late on Tuesday after the two sides exchanged new proposals in “fiscal cliff” negotiations, an administration
The reality of Netzach running independently in the upcoming election is cause for concern among officials in Yahadut HaTorah, for in truth, it is quite possible the Yahadut HaTorah will lose a seat of more as a result of the new Ashkenazi litvish chareidi party. Agudas Yisrael’s Meir Porush has issued a call to the […]
Intelligence community officials are quite concerned over what some are calling “the quiet before the storm” throughout areas of Yehuda and Shomron. The last weeks have been accompanied by a sharp increase in attacks against Jewish motorists and IDF personnel, including rock-throwing, firebombs and involving gunfire. There has already been talk of a third intifada, […]
A California man arrested in Afghanistan on charges he plotted to help al Qaeda militants was denied bail on Tuesday despite claims by his lawyers that injuries he suffered during
The coming weeks leading up the general elections on 11 Shevat 5773 will be emotionally and politically charged. This is especially true regarding the growing anti-chareidi sentiment surrounding the ‘sharing the burden’ and the need to draft chareidim. The drafting of bnei yeshiva into the IDF is once again climbing to a position of prominence […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A Bolivian appeals panel has refused to immediately release a New York businessman, despite evidence he was fleeced and extorted by prosecutors who have had him
Seventy-five percent of the new revenue pulled in by President Barack Obama’s “fiscal cliff” plan would go toward new spending, not toward deficit reduction, the Republican side of the Senate
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has called on Defense Minister Ehud Barak to explain himself regarding the appointment of Major-General Gadi Eisenkott as the next IDF deputy chief of staff. Weinstein reminds the defense minister that the Defense Ministry’s legal advisor, Erez Ben-Ari issued a directive not to appoint a new deputy chief of staff until […]
The military’s small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind. The Air
The Pentagon has notified the US Congress of a potential $647 million sale involving a broad array of bombs to Israel, ranging in size from 250 – 2,000 pounds. Following the US elections, it appears Jerusalem is moving ahead with the munitions request towards restocking following Operation Pillar of Defense and possibly in anticipation of […]
Shomrim, the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group, is well-known for its work in its Northwest Baltimore community. Last night, they say they helped someone in San Francisco. In an e-mail
IDF Chief of Personnel Major-General Orna Barvibai was set to visit Bnei Brak on Tuesday, 27 Kislev, to get her fist look at the torah city. The senior officer was
Over recent months the Belz Chassidic Court has been making genuine efforts to mend fences, to make shalom. The efforts of the Rebbe Shlita have been most successful. Baruch Hashem
House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and urged him to name specific cuts in government spending he would
Delta Air Lines will buy Singapore Airlines’ 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic for $360 million and has agreed to a transatlantic joint venture with the British carrier, expanding Delta’s
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin was the guest of honor on Tuesday night, the eve of 28 Kislev 5773, lighting the large Chabad menorah in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda marketplace, known more affectionately as “The Shuk”. Rivlin, who is shomer shabbos, is always willing to participate in ceremonies involving a mitzvah when his […]
The Justice Department says the British bank HSBC violated the Bank Secrecy Act in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics drug traffickers in Mexico. In court papers filed
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