With today marking the one-year countdown to Election Day 2012 and his approval rating stuck in the low 40s, President Obama will have to defy American electoral history if he is to win re-election. At 43 percent approval in a Gallup poll conducted Oct. 28-30, Mr. Obama recently referred to himself as an �underdog� � […]

Following the August 18, 2011 terror attacks near Eilat, the multipronged attacks against private vehicles and Egged buses, security and intelligence community officials fear the next stage may be an attempt to highjack a bus and use the hostages as negotiating pawns. Eight people were murdered in that attack, including civilians and security personnel HY�D. […]

The U.S. Navy SEALs on the hunt for Usama bin Laden killed the Al Qaeda leader within 2 minutes of entering his fortress-like home in Pakistan, a new book reveals. Chuck Pfarrer, a former SEAL Team Six assault-element commander, says it only took the SEALs 90 to 120 seconds � from landing to firing the […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A third woman who was injured during last month’s helicopter crash in the East River has died. The medical examiner’s office says Harriet Nicholson died early

The mora d�asra of Modi�in Illit, HaGaon HaRav Meir Kessler Shlita has been admitted to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, in Tel Aviv, after suffering a heart attack. The rav is 55 and it is reported that �of late, he did not feel well�. On motzei Shabbos the rav hurried to the local Terem, […]

Lod residents have announced a strike of a taxi company in the city after Arabs from the city were viewed on television celebrating the release of terrorists during the recent

Short of a miracle during the night, there will be a nationwide strike launched by the Histadrut National Labor Federation beginning at 6:00am Monday morning, 10 Cheshvan. The strike protests

Former Mossad Director Ephraim Halevy spoke with Kol Chai Radio on Sunday afternoon, 9 Cheshvan, stating he is sorry if his remarks were interpreted incorrectly, and he never intended to

HaRav HaGaon Dov Lior Shlita, the chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba and a member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Supreme Court, told his talmidim serving in the IDF that

Monsey, NY – An 8-year-old child was struck by a vehicle, Sunday morning, and is R”L listed in critical condition. The accident happened just after 9:00AM at Maple Avenue and Decatur Road. Paramedics from Monsey Hatzolah transported the child to the Westchester Trauma Center in Valhalla,�with serious head trauma. Please be Mispallel for Moshe Yisroel […]

Among the many alliances of convenience in the Middle East, one is so unusual that the partners can barely hint about it publicly: Israel and the Gulf Arab states linked

Two more Jewish motorists became victims of carjackings on Sunday morning, 9 Cheshvan, with the attacks occurring in different areas of Shomron. In the first case, a female motorist was

On Wednesday, November 2, 2011, YWN-Israel published the story of baby Chaya Efrat bas Hadas, who was transported to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in a comatose state. At the time,

With a nationwide strike possible, set to begin on Monday morning, November 7, 2011 at 6:00am, El Al Israel announces a number of flight changes. All flights scheduled to leave Tel Aviv�s Ben-Gurion International Airport until 7:30am will leave on schedule. A number of flights are being moved up to avoid having additional stranded passengers […]

Iran is already calling the report to be released by the International Atomic Energy Agency a lie, denying the ongoing nuclear program is military in nature. Tehran continues to insist

Baruch Hashem, as Yidden in Eretz Yisroel began reciting V�Sein Tal Umatar on 7 Cheshvan, Thursday night, the rains began in Yerushalayim and elsewhere, and the rainfall since then has been quite significant. In northern regions, the weather on Shabbos was quite wintry, as a dusting of snow was visible in Nahariya, Akko and the […]

�I try to forget you for this is the memory that chokes my throat� wrote IAF navigator Lt.-Colonel Ron Arad a month after falling into captivity in 1986. The letter was addressed to his wife Tami and his daughter Yuval. That letter was delivered to the family 22 years later. The letter was written on […]