Amid growing concerns of an IAF aerial assault against Iran, the cabinet on Sunday voted to expand the authority of the prime minister. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu now has unprecedented

The following is a WCBSTV report: A powerful New York lawmaker could be placing his bets on a Coney Island casino. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is reportedly considering the

On the first anniversary of his kidnapping, the wife of a 71-year-old Maryland man abducted in Pakistan and held by al Qaeda is pleading for his release, saying he is

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Some experts are responsible for running the various scenarios, just what will be the case in the event of an Iranian attack against Israel chas v’sholom, which according to intelligence officials will lead to warfare on the Hizbullah and Gaza fronts as well. This means missile attacks from Israel’s southern and northern borders. According to […]

According to a state comptroller’s report released in December 2011, hundreds of thousands of Israelis are without private bomb shelters and municipalities lack sufficient public bomb shelters. The report, which concurs with Homefront Command and other authorities, cites the nation lacks public shelters for the disabled and infirmed. In Ofakim for example 38 public shelters […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday, to greet the olim arriving on the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah flight. The flight is a “jumbo aliyah flight” with more olim than on regular aliyah flights. Due to the attendance of the prime minister, security will be heavier and the security process will […]

The Hebrew Haaretz and financial The Marker will be firing dozens of employees, Globes financial reports. The newspaper is going to release 32 employees the report states, but it does

GOP vice presidential pick Paul Ryan will make his solo campaign debut in Iowa on Monday, competing with President Obama, who’s beginning a three-day trip to the key battleground state. Obama is bringing his wife, popular first lady Michelle Obama, along with him — a sign the campaign is concerned about holding on to Iowa’s […]

You can actually attend a live video stream Daf Yomi shiur and have your questions answered immediately by the maggid shiur via LiveChat. This new video online shiur recently kicked

A man whose jet ski failed him in New York’s Jamaica Bay swam to John F. Kennedy airport, where he was easily able to penetrate the airport $100 million, state-of-the

A woman who has been an agunah for eight for eight years received a get from the Beersheva Rabbinical Court last week. According to the Yisrael HaYom report, the woman,

A female passenger on an El Al flight, not a resident of Israel, has filed a 50,000 NIS lawsuit against El Al after a cabin crew official gave an avreich

Police and the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) feel the recent fires in northern Israel were not the result of the hot and dry Mideast summer, but due to Arab arson attacks – an alternative form of terrorism. Israel Police has created a task force to investigate the fires, head by Deputy Commissioner […]

Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fisher warns of the dire consequences to the nation’s economy in the event the IAF attacks Iran. Actually, the experts explain that the “war economy” mode will begin even before the first Israel Air Force fighter jet takes off. One Wednesday, 27 Menachem Av 5772, senior government officials including […]

Tensions are growing between the state prosecutor and the government regarding Ramat Migron. The prosecutor wants the residents to evacuate portions of the community not reported to be on lands

The Woodridge Village Police Department has dismissed the traffic tickets against two Hatzolah EMTs who responded to an emergency call at Village Hall on Wednesday evening with red lights flashing

In an interview with Israel’s Globes Financial, former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi explains that from his perspective, the drafting of chareidim is not a security matter but one that has social ramifications in line with the call to ‘share the burden’. Ashkenazi admits the drafting of avreichim is not about needing them to […]

Following are Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s remarks to the media at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, 24 Menachem Av 5772. “At the start of my remarks, I would like – on behalf of the entire Government – to take leave of Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, who will conclude his […]

Pollsters report that if former Shas leader Rav Aryeh Deri runs with his own independent part in the next general elections, he will earn at least six seats. It appears

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