The United States on Thursday placed additional sanctions on what it called Iran’s nuclear proliferation network. The Treasury Department said 11 companies and four individuals were being from barred doing
A Delta flight headed to Madrid returned to JFK after takeoff Thursday night after suspicious wires were noticed on board by Federal Air Marshals. No device was found on the
Former national security advisor and IDF major-general (reserves) Giora Eiland was interviewed by Israel Radio’s Reshet Bet on Thursday, 22 Tammuz 5772 on the sixth anniversary of the 2nd Lebanon War. Eiland is now a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies and holds a MBA and BA in economics from Bar Ilan […]
MK Danny Danon, who chairs the Knesset Absorption Committee, told Arutz-7 that sadly, there are more illegal aliens crossing into Israel today than new immigrants, olim chadashim. Danon explained that
Fifty IDF ground forces bases will be fortified with advanced protection against high trajectory rockets, against terrorist infiltration and thefts of military equipment. In the area of rocket-fire, new shelters are being installed, called Rachav-Am, in memory of the assassinated cabinet minister Rechavam Ze’evi HY”D. The work will be carried out by the Ekerstein Company […]
In a nice bit of subject-changing from Romney-world, Drudge has a report up this evening saying Condoleezza Rice is ‘near the top’ of the VP list: Late Thursday evening, Mitt
The battle between President Obama and Mitt Romney reached new levels of rancor Thursday, with each campaign accusing the other of lying over Romney’s tenure at private-equity firm Bain Capital.
Secretary of State Charlie Summers on Wednesday ordered the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles to remove the license plate “Gestapo” from circulation, according to a local rabbi. Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld of Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh in Portland said he called the Secretary of State’s office to inform them that he saw the plate on a Maine […]
Yahoo confirmed Thursday that a file containing approximately 400,000 usernames and passwords to Yahoo and other companies was stolen Wednesday. A group of hackers, known as the D33D Company, posted
Authorities in New York report issuing more than 20,000 tickets to motorists in the first year under a tougher law against using handheld electronics while driving. According to the governor’s
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has been forced to scrap a $50,000 per plate fundraiser scheduled to take place during his visit to Jerusalem because the date coincided with a solemn Jewish day of mourning. Andrea Saul, a spokeswoman for the Romney campaign, pointed to a tweet by Natasha Mosgovaya, a political correspondent for the Israeli […]
The amount of coverage given to the issue of drafting avreichim is perhaps second to none, at least any story in recent years. One could safely add that the negative, hateful and inciteful statements made by politicians against the chareidi community in recent weeks may also be termed “unprecedented”, and this with the knowledge that […]
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was acquitted in a number of criminal cases against him by the Jerusalem District Court this week, told the media that at present, he
What politicians say is one thing and what the IDF does at times is quite another and in this case, actions speak louder than words. The deployment of an Iron
Mosab Hassan Yusef is the eldest son of the founder and leader of the terrorist organization Hamas, Sheikh Hassan Yusef. But for a period of ten years, he also worked
Mortgage rates on 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to historic lows once again this week, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. The rate for a 30-year mortgage fell to
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has voted to raise taxi fares. The new plan will increase the cost of the average ride by 17 percent. The base
This coming Tuesday, 27 Tammuz, marks the first yahrzeit of the Baba Elazar ZT”L. Officials on Wednesday, met with Jerusalem police commanders to begin making arrangements for the event. The aliyah to the tziyun on Har HaZeisim will begin on Monday at 19:00 and heavy security is promised for the tens of thousands of mispallalim […]
“The days and nights that you have been learning others have been watching over you. Now it’s your turn” stated Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday night, the eve of 22 Tammuz 5772 in an event he attended with chareidim in Yerushalayim. Mofaz remains firm in his position that 80% of the draft eligible chareidi […]
A new urgency has swept into President Obama’s campaign as disappointing fundraising numbers have emerged alongside the shaky economy as a major threat to his prospects for reelection. While the president’s aides originally maintained they wouldn’t be moving from “zero to 60” when they launched their campaign in May, now, with less than four months […]
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