[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The neighbors in Jerusalem�s predominately Arab Bet Haninah neighborhood are making sure that the Jews living there will not have an easy life. Over recent weeks, the incidents targeting the Jewish residents have been continuous, and Aryeh King of the Israel Land Fund questions �how would people react if this violence […]

An anonymous source told Dan Rather that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was suffering from metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that has entered its �end stage.� Rather said on Wednesday that the information and quote came �from a highly respected source close to Chavez and who is in a position to know his medical condition and […]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) has endorsed Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) � giving the longtime congressman a high-profile boost in his difficult reelection bid. “I’m proud to join with [former Democratic New York Mayor] Ed Koch and so many others in endorsing Charlie Rangel,” Bloomberg said in a statement released by Rangel’s campaign. “For […]

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman met on Tuesday with German President� Joachim Gauck, who was visiting Jerusalem. At the meeting, President Gauck and FM Liberman discussed the Israel-German bilateral relationship, and agreed that the relationship is based on true friendship between the countries. FM Liberman said that the good relationship has borne real fruit, and noted […]

The city is looking to increase the number of enforcement agents and jack up the current $100 fine on annoying commercial cyclists who illegally ride on sidewalks, officials said Tuesday. Legislation being hammered out in the City Council would allow a new cadre of Department of Transportation enforcement officers to ticket transgressors � an army […]

In Israel it is called a boycott, but according to officials of Switzerland�s Migros supermarket chain, they are not participating in the anti-Israel boycott as is the case in South Africa, but they are just being more transparent to permit shoppers to purchase only the items they wish. The attempt to sweet talk the decision […]

The government has decided to transfer the bodies of 91 terrorists to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in the hope the move will boost the PA leader�s popularity since Israel views him as a viable peace partner, as opposed to Hamas and the other terrorists. The move is being dubbed another �good-will gesture to […]

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand and U.S. Representatives Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velazquez today urged the Bolivian government to provide Jacob Ostreicher, an American citizen and

12:00PM Wednesday:�Once again, Firefighters and utility workers are in Borough Park where multiple manhole fires are being reported, and possibly some transformers are on fire. Emergency�personnel�are currently on the scene at 14 Avenue and 50th Street. Firefighters are checking nearby buildings for carbon monoxide. Con Ed says there are �minimal outages.� MyFoxNY reports that at […]

Acting on a Health Ministry complaint of a pirate pharmacy, police launched an investigation into a rav who operates a pharmaceutical gemach in his community in Eretz Yisrael. When police raided the suspect�s home they found thousands of prescription meds along with HMO identification cards belonging to a number of people. Needless to say the […]

Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of the end of the cleanup at the World Trade Center site. A special ceremony will be held tonight at 6:30 at the 9/11 Memorial.

A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyber-espionage operation.

New Yorkers love their governor more than ever — but they love the idea of increasing the minimum wage even more. While Gov. Cuomo got his highest approval rating ever

The man who has confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 remained in a psychiatric hospital as court-appointed doctors assessed his mental state. Defense lawyers said Pedro Hernandez, 51,

Poles and Polish-Americans expressed outrage today at President Obama�s reference earlier to �a Polish death camp� � as opposed to a Nazi death camp in German-occupied Poland. �The White House will apologize for this outrageous error,� Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski tweeted. Sikorski said that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk �will make a statement in the […]

Little official response has been heard from the chareidi community following the announced decision to accept Reform and Conservative rabbis, albeit in a limited capacity. One person already making the news is MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Rav Moshe Gafne, who as head of the Knesset Finance Committee is concerned that the funds for these �community leaders� […]

Kadima MK Yulia Shamalov Berkovich in her address before the Knesset House Committee told fellow parliamentarians that the liberals fighting for the rights of the illegals in southern Tel Aviv are trying to prevent their deportation. She deplores the harsh living conditions of the illegals, but added the liberals �would be the first to throw […]