Gen. David Petraeus appeared to have passed out during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday, recovering enough to be escorted from the room. The head of Central Command was
Retired High Court Justice Yehoshua Matza convened a press conference on Tuesday to announce the findings of the government-appointed investigation into the states handling of the Gush Katif and N. Shomron expellees, close to 10,000 in number, who were uprooted from their homes in the carrying out of the 2005 so-called Disengagement plan, during the […]
As the appointees to the Mavi Marmara Commission prepare to probe the Shayetet 13 commando operation, the Israel Navy is busy preparing to stop the next flotilla, this time from Lebanon, the Naji el-Ali. The boat is expected to attempt to break the marine embargo on Gaza soon, but government officials are not giving an […]
President Barack Obama tried to strike an upbeat note on his latest tour of the oil stricken Gulf Coast on Monday. But it’s something he said before his trip that
A 52-year-old American citizen who said he was searching for Osama bin Laden was detained in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan this week, Pakistani police said Tuesday. The Californian named Gary Faulkner was carrying a pistol, a sword, night-vision equipment and Christian religious books, said Mumtaz Ahmed, a police chief in the area. Faulkner […]
12:22PM IL: The Tuesday morning court proceedings surrounding the Emanuel Beis Yaakov was surrounded by tensions of the recent months, in which the sides have failed to reach agreement. Yoav Lalum has been villainized by the Ashkenazi chareidi community, with pashkavilim bearing his photo appearing in chareidi areas, labeled as a traitor and worse. In […]
Mondays High Court ruling against monthly payments to avreichim targeted the minimal funds received by them to feed families, a sum that permits an extremely modest lifestyle at best, less than 40% of the average government assisted income, literally the bread and milk from their tables as a number of chareidi MKs put it. The […]
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida – A heavily armed man and woman were in custody Monday after trying to enter the Air Force base that houses the headquarters for U.S.
The FBI is investigating letters containing a white powder that were mailed to at least seven federal offices in the states of Washington and Idaho, FBI representatives said Monday. “We
Albany lawmakers have approved Governor David Paterson’s latest budget extender, essentially avoiding a shutdown of state government. The measure passed the State Senate by a vote of 34-to-27. The bill
Forget about sitting in detention. Imagine being forced to clean a dirty toilet as punishment in school. If you can believe it, there are reports it happened in a NYC
A top campaign operative involved in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2009 re-election bid was charged today with stealing approximately $1.2 million in missing campaign funds. Veteran Queens Republican leader John Haggerty
As the United Nations leads the humanitarian battle cry against Israel, demanding Jerusalem lift the Gaza naval blockade, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) during his White House meeting with
Barring any last minute changes, a separate swimming beach is set to open in Herzliya on June 27th, operated in cooperation between the Herzliya and Bnei Brak municipalities. The separate
NYC Councilman Charles Barron provided details today of his plans to begin a protest bid for governor, and blasted Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and the Democratic Party for putting
Woodbury, NY – A 30-year-old Hasidic man, who was walking along Seven Springs Road in the Town of Woodbury late Friday night, was held up by three men, one of
There has been a noticeable increase in vehicular traffic on Jerusalems Bar Ilan Street over recent weeks, which according to reports has prompted officials of the Vaad Lmaan Shabbos to begin behind the scenes efforts to renew pro-shabbos protests in the area. In this case, the frum residents who find the vehicular traffic objectionable are […]
Eida Chareidis Av Beis Din HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita was injured in his face by police teargas during today’s protests in Jaffa against ongoing chilul kevarim. Protests resumed after
Police report damage to a Jaffa archeological excavations site was heavy as a result of a vandalism attack during the night. Vandals stole some of the ancient stones while destroying others, from the site being developed by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Electric lines were also cut. The damage to the site is reported as unprecedented […]
Prosecutors today basked to delay the trial of four alleged homegrown terrorists after a federal judge said they failed to turn over key information about the lead defendant and ordered
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