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In keeping with custom in Israel, the president is among the notables who address the opening session of the Knesset. As such, President Shimon Peres today, 3 Cheshvan, addressed the
A man came close to being arrested for abducting his wife due to an embarrassing error by police in Beersheva. They detected what they believed to be a suspicious vehicle
The United States will not pay $60 million to a U.N. cultural and educational agency after it voted Monday to accept the Palestinian mission as a full member, triggering a
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A Jerusalem cabbie on Sunday, 2 Cheshvan, picked up two youths in the Sorotzkin neighborhood of Yerushalayim, and to his surprise, shortly after they got into his vehicle, they brandished
As I put pen to paper and contemplate a topic that’s on everyone’s mind, I’m left writing about the Gilad Shalit exchange deal. As a huge fan of Israel, I
Gov. Chris Christie took to the airwaves this morning to talk about recovery from the storm, saying work crews are out in force to get the power back on. “From
There will be An Atzeres Tefiloh held tonight in Flatbush, bizchus Refua Shleima for HaRav Moshe Yitzchok Fisher shlita, the Mara DAsra of Khal Bais Yeshaya and Rosh Hayeshivas Derech
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MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection for the United States parent company on Monday, the first American financial casualty of the European debt crisis. In the Chapter 11 filing in
Acting on a growing fear that Israel will be launching a military assault against Iran without prior coordination with the White House, the US is seeking harsher sanctions against Iran,
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The new Iron Dome rocket intercept system intended to provide protection for the Ashdod area simply failed over the weekend. Officials state that the technical malfunction was detected, calling it
MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi on Sunday, 2 Cheshvan, visited Fatah Tanzim faction leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in Hadarim Prison. Following the visit, the member of
A 17-year-old seminary student crossing Golda Meir Boulevard in Yerushalayim on Sunday, 2 Cheshvan, was hit by a bus, sustaining a serious head injury. Ichud Hatzalah and Magen David Adom
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