Police on Wednesday announced that they have solved the January 16, 2011 murder of Benny Hasa z�l, who headed Haifa�s Ashkenazi chevra kadisha. The niftar was gunned down, hit by five bullets in front of his home in Sinai Street. Police report the suspect in custody is Beit Shemesh resident Yitzchak Hazan, 40, who murdered […]

A 35-year-old avreich was seriously injured on Wednesday, while traveling to Beit Shemesh during the morning hours. The accident, which only involved his vehicle, occurred on the road from Maarat

A new Republican plan to set up a missile defense site on the East Coast has attracted election-year fireworks, with Democrats accusing the GOP of pushing the idea to undercut President Obama�s national-security credentials. Democrats say Republicans are playing politics, but GOP members hit back saying the site is necessary to get ahead of the […]

At more than 180 U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration increasingly relies on full-body scanners. Their electromagnetic waves screen passengers for dense objects — both metallic and non-metallic threats —

MK (Ta�al) Talab el-Sana on Monday, addressed a session of Knesset but this time, he opted to speak in Arabic, his mother tongue. He simply took advantage of the final moments of the outgoing 18th Knesset. In response to the Arab MK�s address criticizing the government, MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Prof. Aryeh Eldad spoke and stated […]

Honenu reports that a suspect was arrested on suspicion of setting a police car on fire after the destruction of the Alei Ayin outpost approximately ten months ago. This morning, Tuesday,�Yassam policemen arrived at the Yishuv HaDa’at farm near the community of Shilo in the Binyamin region and arrested N., who was taken to the […]

On Wednesday,�Yad Vashem will hold the official ceremony marking the anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. The ceremony will take place with the participation of Minister of Absorption Sofa Landver and Minister Yossi Peled. Hundreds of Jewish World War II veterans of the Allied armies, the majority from the former Soviet Union, will […]

With the media focusing on the expanded government coalition agreement signed between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz, another agreement that was signed was lost in the

U.S. traffic deaths have hit their lowest level in over 60 years, according to federal estimates. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday announced that 32,310 died in traffic accidents last year � marking the seventh consecutive years the death rate had declined and a 25% drop since 2005 alone. It’s also the lowest […]

The following are statements from both campaigns: Statement from Councilman Lew Fidler: �We respect, but respectfully disagree with, the Court�s decision. Over 100 otherwise healthy people spontaneously declared themselves to be disabled in the presence of no one other than David Storobin�s staffer. This is a proven fact. The Storobin campaign knows exactly what it […]

U.S. and Yemeni officials say the supposed would-be bomber at the heart of an al-Qaida airliner plot was actually an informant working for the CIA. The revelation, first reported by

Rav Chanoch Werdiger, founder of the Tov Party, responded to accusations from Rav Mordechai Blau that he abused public funding and the fact that Werdiger, who represents the �working chareidim� simply is acting contrary to the way of gedolei yisrael shlita and posing a great threat to Am Yisrael than Yair Lapid, known for his […]

There is much speculation and concern in the chareidi community with the announced surprise coalition deal which has pushed off early elections. The new coalition, which is 94 strong will

Heavy hearts, frustration and anger are some of the feelings that best describe the residents of Beit El�s Ulpana neighborhood as the nation�s High Court of Justice on Monday,�stated emphatically that the illegal homes must be destroyed by the state no later than July 1, 2012. One of the residents who may soon be homeless […]

Veteran Shas MK Yitzchak Vaknin recently told party officials that he wishes to step down after serving in Knesset for 16 years. This occurred during chol hamoed Pesach, Kikar Shabbat

The Daily Politics Blog reports: Former Gov. George Pataki this morning called on President Obama to take a stand on gay marriage. �Either you�re for something or your against it,� Pataki, a gay marriage opponent, said. While Vice President Joe Biden over the weekend revealed his support for gay marriage, Pataki accused Obama of �looking […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday morning, hosted 37 mayors from 28 countries who have arrived in Israel to take part in the 28th Israel International Mayors Conference. The meeting took place in the Prime Minister�s Office in Yerushalayim. The Conference is taking place under the auspices of The American Council for World Jewry, led […]

A 35-year-old chareidi resident of Bnei Brak is suspected of smuggling computers into the country and running a computer repair business while ignoring tax officials. Ramle Magistrate�s Court Justice Liara Frenkel Shifman released the suspect on bail, with restrictions. Customs officials explained to the court that the defendant smuggled laptop computers into the country. It […]

�While Yated Ne�eman is run by gedolei yisrael, it remains a private newspaper and it is not the newspaper of Degel HaTorah� stated Rav Mordechai Blau on Monday. Rav Blau, who heads Mishmeres HaKodesh V�HaChinuch, made his comment during an interview with Kol Berama Radio in reference to the paper�s attack against �HaChareidim HaChadashim� (The […]