With little notice, Israel has launched a blistering air offensive against the Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas militant group. Here’s a look at why the violence erupted, the goals of the
The Obama administration worked hard behind the scenes Monday to end almost a week of warfare between Israel and Hamas, pressing Americas Arab and European allies to convince Palestinian militant groups to cease firing rockets from the Gaza Strip into the Jewish state. On a diplomatic tour of Asia, President Barack Obama called Egyptian President […]
Russia accused the United States on Monday of blocking a bid by the U.N. Security Council to condemn the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and
An Iranian freighter left the southern Iranian port of Bandar-Abbas yesterday, laden with hundreds of missiles, according to a report by Israeli military intelligence news source DEBKAfile. The cargo, which
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the forum of nine leading ministers Monday night to discuss the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire that would end Operation Pillar of Defense against
Councilman David G. Greenfield and State Senator Martin Golden have increased to $40,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man suspected of killing three
Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that Israel had failed to achieve its objectives in its campaign of air strikes and shelling in Gaza. “The shelling is
President Barack Obama stressed the need for an end to Hamas rocket attacks on Israel in a telephone call to Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Monday to discuss ways to
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the hunt for a possible serial killer who is thought to be preying on store owners in Brooklyn.Police want to speak with a man who was captured on video just after 6 p.m. Friday near the scene of the most recent killing. Investigators say he’s not a suspect […]
Bellevue Hospital is now offering walk-in, non-emergency services. It’s a step forward in efforts to recover from Sandy. Bellevue also will offer limited adult and pediatric outpatient primary care clinics,
In what the Shin Bet is calling one of the most successful intelligence-based operations since Operation Pillar of Defense began last week, four senior Islamic Jihad terrorists were hit during
UPDATE 11:59PM IL: The IDF says more than 120 rockets have been fired from Gaza today and 19 have been intercepted. The vast majority of these landed in empty fields
President Shimon Peres on Monday held a working meeting with Quartet Special Envoy Tony Blair. The two delivered joint statements and held a private meeting. At the start of the
More than four times as many Americans, 59%, sympathize with the Israelis compared with those who sympathize with the Palestinians, 13%, in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according
HaKol HaYehudi reports that during a shiur in Hebron, HaRav Yaakov Yosef told participants that we should take a lesson from the Syrians as how to wipe out and crush ones enemy, explaining that we must not address Hamas with a light hand, but learn from Damascus how one puts down ones enemy. Rav Yaakov […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Approximately15,000 people gathered in Lakewood, Sunday afternoon, at the massive event honoring the 50th Yartzheit of Hagon Rav Aaron Kotler ZATZAL, the founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Bais Medrash Gavoah (BMG). The event on Sunday was the end of a packed weekend of events honoring the legacy of Rav […]
Ashdod: The sixth-largest city in Israel, located 32km (20 miles) south of Tel Aviv, 20km (12 miles) north of Ashkelon and 53km (33 miles) west of Jerusalem. Ashdod is an
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[LETTER IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As Operation Pillar of Defense is in its sixth day, we see the miracles of HKBH as only 3.5% of the over 650 rockets launched against
Israel denied on Monday Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal’s assertion that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanuyahu has requested a truce in the Gaza conflict. “Hamas’s comments about a ceasefire, alleging that
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