“You opted for a bris with the chareidim instead of a bris with the Zionist majority” stated Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz in his letter of resignation submitted on Tuesday evening. The letter takes effect in 48 hours, at which time MK Mofaz will resume serving as opposition leader, replacing the current leader MK Shelly Yacimovich, […]

Depending on your outlook regarding events in Israel, an IDF training event in Shomron may be viewed as addressing reality, or alternatively, a biased event aimed at influencing soldiers against

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning met in his Jerusalem office with Hungarian President Janos Ader. The two men discussed advancing bilateral relations, Iran’s race to develop nuclear weapons,

Israel Air Force Commander Major-General Amir Eshel who was responding to the recent attack in the Ramat David base against a deputy squadron commander of the rank of major by three soldiers said “these soldiers have no place in the IAF”. In a letter released by the commander to his troops Eshel indicated that after […]

In his appearance on Tuesday to a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, Chief of Military Intelligence Major-General Aviv Kochavi explained that it appears that Syrian President

The historic drought baking the nation’s breadbasket is about to hit American consumers where it hurts most — the supermarket checkout. “Prices are going to go up,” Justin Gardner, assistant

Sephardi Chief Rabbi HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shlomo Amar Shlita addressed the sad events of motzei shabbos, that a man, Moshe Silman, became so despondent regarding his situation that he set

8:30PM Tuesday: Please be Mispallel for Ezra Raphael ben Carmella, a 12-year-old child who is listed in critical condition at a New Jersey hospital, Tuesday afternoon. Sources tell YWN that the child was playing in the sand on Long Branch Beach (Deal NJ), and was buried a few feet underground. According to police, the boy is in […]

In archaeological excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting at the foot of Akko’s southern seawall, installations were exposed that belong to a harbor that was operating in the city already in the Hellenistic period (third-second centuries BCE) and was the most important port in Israel at that time. The finds were discovered during the […]

With the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz from the coalition and the deadline for the expiration of the Tal Law rapidly approaching, month’s end, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is preparing to induct chareidim. Barak correctly announced that in light of the fact that a new draft law has not been passed, if the […]

Chief of Military Intelligence Major-General Aviv Kochavi on Tuesday told a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee that of late, the IDF detected and neutralized over ten terror cells operating in Sinai, cells that were planning attacks against Israeli targets. The growing terror presence has been on the intelligence community’s priority list […]

The IDF’s Civil Administration earlier in the month hosted a three-day camp for PA (Palestinian Authority) children who are suffering from cancer. The camp included playing in a park, visits to appropriate areas and the necessary medical care and conditions to accommodate the children with their realties pertaining to their illness. Ironically, the event was […]

Nearly 50 people have been charged with participating in a major prescription drug diversion fraud ring that cost the Medicaid program tens of millions of dollars, NBC 4 New York

Recently, Misaskim hosted Rabbi Yechezkel Roth, Shlita, Misaskim’s rav and the head of the Vaad Mishmeres H’kahuna, together with a large group of rabbonim. The gathering took place at Misaskim’s headquarters and was dedicated to the process of determining the halachic status of Kohanim at Ground Zero and its memorial museum. Dr. Bradley Adams, who […]

Israel’s Securlet Company announced that a trojan horse has infected computers of “senior Israeli officials”, collecting date and photos of hard discs. According to reports, experts analyzing some of the infected computers, the attack originated in Iran. According to a Ynet report, this was confirmed by Russia’s Kaspersky computer security lab, and there are fears the […]

The controversy surrounding the new draft law for chareidim is at the epicenter of the political storm, highlighting the different lifestyles between bnei torah and other communities in Eretz Yisrael.

MK Otniel Schneller was one of three faction members opposed to resigning from the coalition government. Party leader Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz has already submitted his letter of resignation