Senior Hamas official Salah Bardawil on Wednesday morning issued a warning to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) explaining that the planned unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood in the United Nations will serve the interests President Barak Obama and his reelection campaign. The PA’s Maan News Agency quotes the Hamas official as opposing the planned […]
The following Op-Ed by Dan Senor appears in the WSJ: New York’s special congressional election on Tuesday was the first electoral outcome directly affected by President Obama’s Israel policy. Democrats
President Obama’s aides downplay the Democratic Party’s loss of a U.S. House seat Republicans have not held since the 1920s. Republicans play it up, saying Bob Turner’s win in a
The annual memorial event for assassinated Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin has been canceled this year, Rabin Center officials confirm. It appears the waning attendance over recent years have compelled the
[By Tevi Troy] Back in June, I pointed out the importance of Ed Koch in Democratic presidential politics, making the case that when Koch deserts the Democratic presidential candidate, it
A class action suit has been filed in the Tel Aviv District Court against the legitimacy of Egged mehadrin [separate seating] bus lines. The suit filed against Egged maintains the
10:40AM EST: The following statement was just sent to YWN from the Weprin campaign: I just called Bob Turner to congratulate him on a well-fought campaign. He will now have the honor of representing Brooklyn and Queens in Congress, and I hope that he will work every day to represent all of the diverse communities that […]
An Ohio woman said Tuesday that she endured nearly four hours in police custody that included being forced off an airplane in handcuffs, strip-searched and interrogated at Detroit’s airport on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks – all, she believes, because of her Middle Eastern appearance. Shoshana Hebshi, 35, told The Associated Press […]
Google was working to remove an unfortunate glitch in its newly-launched Flight Search service Wednesday, after it was found that the World Trade Center was listed as an “unavailable” destination
HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita is calling upon Am Yisrael to daven, for residents of Eretz Yisrael to increase tefilos in light of the perilous threats facing Eretz Yisrael on many fronts. The Gadol HaDor’s statement comes in response to a question from HaGaon Rabbi Meir Kessler Shlita, Rav of Modi’in Illit, who called […]
In his address to an Arab League forum in Cairo on Tuesday (Sept. 13), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated recognition of the State of Palestine is an obligatory
Speaking to Kol Chai Radio on Tuesday (Sept. 13th), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger Shlita addressed the controversy surrounding the ousting of officer cadets from the IDF officers training program
The following is a Politico article: The Democratic Party’s rare loss of a congressional seat in its urban heartland Tuesday, accompanied by a blowout defeat in a Nevada special election, marked the latest in a string of demoralizing setbacks that threatened to deepen the party’s crisis of confidence and raise concerns about President Barack Obama’s […]
Candidates supported by the Orthodox/Hasidic communities in Rockland County handily won their respective primary. Following are the results: For County Sheriff: Lou Falco won 10,069 votes versus 7,285 votes for Tim O’Neill. For County Family Court Judge: Sherri Eisenpress won 8,163 votes versus 5,830 for Karen Riley, and 2,016 for Ed Kallen. For County Legislator […]
An IDF military court on Tuesday (Sept. 13) sentenced Hakim Awad, 18, of the community of Awarta, to five consecutive life sentences plus five years for the massacre of the
[VIDEO & PHOTOS OF ‘HIGH-HOLIDAY MEETING’ POSTED BELOW] Security in the city remains tight following the anniversary of September 11th as police look forward to the High Holy days. Police
Speaking with Israel Radio’s Yaron Dekel on Tuesday morning, Pinchas Wallerstein, a veteran settlement official and founder of Migron, explained the despite recent extremely painful events, one must not defy direct orders in the IDF, under any circumstances. Wallerstein added that even making the assumption the destruction of homes in Migron was morally acceptable, Jews […]
Moments after the Associated Press declared Republican Bob Turner the winner in an upset victory, Matt Drudge of the DrudgeReport, arguably the single most powerful journalist, wrote the following headline on his website in bold, red letters: Revenge Of The Jews; Dem Seat Turns In NYC. On top of that was a photo of President Barack […]
HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita is scheduled to undergo cataract surgery in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Wednesday, 15 Elul. The Posek HaDor was in Shaare Zedek earlier in the week, complaining of general malaise, and he was released after it was determined that he was in good health. The surgery will be […]
According to the AP, Bob Turner has won Anthony Wieners congressional seat. David Weprin has still refused to concede, saying there are still lots of votes to be counted. The outcome in New York, where Republican Bob Turner prevailed over Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin in former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s old district, was particularly crushing. And […]
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