The White House on Monday distanced President Obama from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s comments that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney hasn’t paid taxes in a decade. White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Monday that Reid (D-Nev.) “speaks for himself” and had spoken on the issue without any guidance from Team Obama. “He […]
MK (Yahadut HaTorah) who chairs the Knesset Finance Committee feels the taxation system in Israel is bad and there is no reason to make it worse, referring to the planned
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking his fight against guns to the airwaves. In a new TV spot that aired during the Olympics and during Sunday
A naval commando who was a part of the assault force on the Mavi Marmara on May 31, 2010 has filed an 800,000 lawsuit against the Defense Ministry in the
The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was an Army veteran, according to multiple reports Monday. The deceased suspect, who was himself shot after his
Officials on Monday morning began probing the cross-border attack at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on Sunday night. According to the preliminary findings, the terrorists that crossed into Israel were eliminated
On Wednesday, 20 Menachem Av 5772 a hachnasas sefer torah will be held as the Kosel. Over 300,000 children are participants in this special sefer, from all around Eretz Yisrael
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi convened an urgent session of his military council following the terror attack in a Sinai police base that left at least 15 Egyptian policemen dead and other wounded. In Israel, Defense Minister Ehud Barak called the attack and the subsequent attack at the Kerem Shalom Crossing into Southern Israel a “Wakeup […]
A number of homes were burglarized this past shabbos, homes in the chareidi area of Rechovot the daily HaMevaser reports. Money and valuables were stolen from the homes. Police were
As Iran continues testing surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, Israel is upgrading its Arrow II ballistic missile system. Officials in Israel quoted anonymously are quoted as saying the new ‘Block 4’ generation of guided interceptor rockets, radars and technologies for synchronizing Arrow with US systems was being installed in deployed Israeli batteries, a process that would take […]
Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dr. Michael Oren blames Iran for the attack along Israel’s southern border on Sunday night, which claimed the lives of 15 Egyptian policemen. Oren explained that Iran’s continued support for global jihad terrorism is responsible for this as well as a night of rocket fire into southern Israeli civilian population centers. The […]
On the night between Thursday and Friday, the eve of 14 Menachem Av 5772, chevra kadisha workers exhumed the body of a well known ??? ??? ?”? from the Sanhedria Beis Chaim and reburied him in Har HaZeisim, Chadrei Chareidim reports. Family members received permission from gedolei yisrael, including Maran Rav Elyashiv ZT”L, the report […]
Yehuda Meir Wald z”l, 10, from Beis Shemesh died the result of a fatal drowning incident near Atlit on Sunday. A friend of the boy, 12, who was swimming with him was saved and is hospitalized in light condition. He managed to extricate himself from the potentially fatal situation. An IDF naval vessel found the […]
The IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Yoav Mordechai attributes the successful action to good intelligence information and the quick actions of soldiers. B’chasdei Hashem a major border incursion and terror attack was thwarted along Israel border to Sinai. The terrorists infiltrated an Egyptian military base on Sunday night, the eve of 18 Menachem Av 5772 at 20:00 […]
It’s the new question buzzing round Washington – why on earth was President Barack Obama holding a baseball bat when he was on the phone to Turkey’s leader? His spokesman won’t say, but an official picture released by the White House shows the president gripping the bat tightly with one hand, while he discusses the […]
Following a number of incidents where high-powered lasers were used to distract pilots, Senator Charles Schumer wants a crackdown on the misuse of laser pointers. In a letter to the
Terminal C had to be locked down this morning, when more than 100 flights were canceled and dozens delayed, after officials realized a passenger had made it through a security
Police say at least seven people, including a gunman, were killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee Sunday. Police were called to respond to the shooting at
Addressing an Israel Bar Association event former Justice Minister Professor Daniel Friedman explained “that even the law has its limits” in comments relating to ongoing efforts to draft bnei yeshivos. Speaking to the Tel Aviv audience last week, Friedman questioned “Are we inducting people into mandatory service to clean hospitals? Are we inducting people to […]
Slovak justice authorities said Thursday more charges have been filed against the alleged Nazi-era war criminal Laszlo Csatary, detained in neighbouring Hungary. The 97-year-old Csatary, who tops the Simon Wiesenthal
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