The euro fell sharply on Tuesday and major indexes in Europe and the United States tumbled as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the risk of contagion continued to
Good afternoon. As many of you know, Faisal Shahzad was arrested late last night in connection with his alleged role in the attempted car bombing in Times Square last Saturday. Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, is in federal custody today. He has been and continues to be questioned by federal agents. As […]
US President Barak Obama telephoned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ahead of this week’s scheduled proximity talks, mediated negotiations between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority) handled by US envoy George Mitchell. The president called to congratulate the prime minister, phoning him after he returned from Sharm el-Sheikh where he met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, […]
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Buses carrying Mishkolitz Chassidim came under attack with a hail of rocks as it traveled near the northern Israeli Druse community of Peikin. The vehicle carrying the Rebbe Shlita was
“Welcome. We are joined here by Speaker Christine Quinn, Lance who I’m going to introduce in a minute, Sal Cassano the Commissioner of the Fire Department, and Chief Kilduff who is the highest ranking uniformed officer in the Fire Department. When the engines show up he’s the one that sends them, so be nice to […]
Excitement mounts at Oorah as the clock ticks ever closer to their annual Oorah-thon. They are offering everyone a very Last Chance to enter the Auction to win $250,000 in
According to Fox News, Pakistani authorities say they’ve arrested a man in Karachi in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing. Further details were unavailable. Meanwhile, CNN reports that
While the media coverage of the alleged Mossad hit against a senior Hamas terrorist in a Dubai hotel has died down, the UK’s anger against the Mossad has not diminished and officials have signaled Israel that a new Mossad Intelligence Agency emissary is unwelcome in Britain. Israel is accused of perpetrating the assassination of senior […]
It appears that if former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be facing a criminal indictment in the Holyland investigation, it will have to wait. The former prime minister is first going to face a fourth indictment, this one addressing political abduction for alleged political appointments. These charges stem from the 2006 State Comptroller’s report, citing […]
The budding romance between Damascus and Washington seems to have come to an abrupt halt, at least for now, with US President Barak Obama announcing renewed sanctions against Syria for
Following a number of recent attacks against the chareidi community, targeting their “ignorance”, “lack of [secular] education” and lack of skills, labeling them “worms and leeches”, the Ministry of Trade & Industry released figures that paint a slightly different picture, one indicating the chareidi community does comprise a higher percentage of the nation’s workforce than […]
“At approximately 11:45 P.M. EDT, Faisal Shahzad was taken into custody. Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and detectives of the New York City Police Department arrested Shahzad for allegedly driving a car bomb into Times Square on the evening of May 1, 2010. Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was taken […]
Police suspect that the string of fires in shuls in the capital may be the work of a single arsonist operating in the capital. Investigators are unwilling to accept that
[VIDEO OF HIRSCH KISSING ARAFAT POSTED BELOW] MK (Ta’al – Ra’am) Dr. Ahmed Tibi eulogized the late Rabbi Moshe Hirsh, who was niftar earlier this week in Jerusalem’s Bikur Cholim Hospital. Hirsh, a dedicated leader of Neturei Karta was also a former Minister of Jewish Affairs in the government of Yasser Arafat. Tibi stated that […]
A voucher system that lets any child in New Jersey go to any school, public or private, is the “final solution” to an overly expensive system that continues to fail
Just a week before her 115th birthday, the oldest person in the world has died on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Kama Chinen was born on May 10, 1895,
Meron, Israel – The sleepy little village of Meron has gotten used to the influx of half a million visitors during the Lag BaOmer celebrations. Behind the scenes, all branches of Israel’s emergency services prepare for the largest mass gathering of the year. From the United Hatzalah “Kupat Cholim Meuchedet clinic” with a commanding view of […]
Emirates Airlines said that three passengers were removed from a New York-Dubai flight last evening. Emirates can confirm that its flight EK 202 (from New York to Dubai on May
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg told CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric yesterday that the suspect behind the bombing attempt could be a domestic terrorist angry at the government who acted alone. “If I had to guess 25 cents, this would be exactly that. Homegrown, or maybe a mentally deranged person, or somebody with a political agenda […]
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