Speaking with Israel Radio on Wednesday, former Mossad Intelligence Agency Director Ephraim Halevy explained that the radical change in the White House’s attitude to Israel is in part due to President Barak Obama’s agenda, one that seeks to rehabilitate Islam’s image, seeking to remove the tainted image of being responsible for world terrorism. Halevy explained […]
10:15AM EST: A magnitude 7.2 quake hit Chile during President Pinera’s inauguration ceremonies. The quake occurred approximately 30 minutes prior to this first YWN report. There is no word on injuries or damage as of this posting. The epicenter was about 71 miles from Valparaiso, Chile, where Pinera was to be inaugurated. CNN television footage showed […]
London, England – A British Airways employee appeared in court Thursday on charges of preparing to commit terrorism and funding it. Rajib Karim, 30, is charged with two counts of
The following is a translation from an article in the BaKehilla newspaper: As students in talmidei torah around Eretz Yisrael begin testing for entry to yeshiva ketana, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita this week have a unique p’sak halacha to a rebbe who was sitting shiva for his brother. According to a BaKehilla report, R’ […]
Chareidi mosdos appear to have become the preferred target of local vandals in Haifa. On Wednesday night, a Vishnitz shul at 1 Michal Street was broken into as well as
With the White House and State Department constantly calling on Israel to exhibit good-will to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), the Knesset has turned to the White House in
Earlier in the week, Jerusalem Kosher News reported the Eida Chareidis removed its supervision from two Jerusalem pizza shops, Pizza Lahit (44 Yirmiyahu Street) and Pizza Shai (1 Amos Street), both in the Geula area. Now for the explanation – About a year ago, the Eida learned the stores used the ‘call forwarding’ feature during […]
South Lanarkshire, UK – A group of stunned primary schoolchildren began crying when their teacher told them during a bizarre Holocaust game that they were to be taken away from
At least five firefighters were injured in a fire at a private residence in downtown Brooklyn. Fire officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening. Two of the firefighters were
Asra Kadisha and the Eida Chareidis will be holding a levaya in Yerushalayim on Thursday (25 Nissan) for the bones exhumed by archeologists in Tzipori. According to a HaMevaser report, after the archeologists destroyed the burial tomb on Sunday, the bones were exposed leading to a p’sak from Atra Kadisha leaders to oppose the ongoing […]
The national foreclosure rate fell 2% in February from a month earlier, according to an industry report released Thursday, the latest sign that the pace of foreclosures is slowing. In
Following a late-night Arab League meeting addressing Israel’s announced plans to continue building in Yerushalayim, league Secretary-General Amr Moussa announced that the PA (Palestinian Authority) will not agree to the mediated indirect talks with Israel as was the case prior to the announced construction. The PA has opted to maximize the situation, seeking to place […]
After much suffering, the bachur Yosef Banda, one of the three youths imprisoned in Japan for drug smuggling, landing in Eretz Yisrael close to midnight, meeting with his parents and
When US Vice President Joe Biden is guilty of an occasional faux pas the media is right there to achieve maximum benefit. As we know, when a politician blunders the
An Iranian destroyer successfully test fired a “powerful and intelligent missile” named ‘Nour’ (light), commander of the Iranian Navy announced on Wednesday, the FARS agency reports. “Jamaran has test-fired its different kinds of weapons during recent days and after that prepared itself for firing missiles and today in a marine exercise fired an intelligent missile,” […]
Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield is working with NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to solve the Shabbos parking meter problem that has resulted in the issuance of a flurry of tickets to Boro Park residents. In response to Greenfield’s inquiry to the DOT on […]
[VIDEO & PHOTO LINKS OF PERES AT PONOVEZH BELOW] As reported earlier, most Bnei Brak residents were less than pleased with the pashkavilim appearing on Wednesday morning protesting the day’s visit of President Shimon Peres. In addition to the protest, the harsh language used to express displeasure with the presidential event left many locals embarrassed […]
Despite intense lobbying efforts from Jewish groups and attempts by the Christian-Democrats to prevent a vote, the European Parliament adopted Wednesday in Strasbourg a joint resolution urging “both sides” to follow up the Goldstone Report’s conclusions by conducting “investigations within five months”. The resolution, tabled by the four political groups – the Socialists, Liberals, Greens […]
There can be no argument, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is more than committed to enforcing the 10-month construction freeze throughout Yehuda and Shomron, but the Labor Party leader seems to
In what is a most embarrassing and worrisome case, it is permitted to report that a northern Israel Police weapons storage facility was robbed. Akko Magistrate’s Court Justice Rachamim Tzemach complied with a police request to place a gag order on the details of the theft and ongoing investigation. Deputy Chief of Police Ilan Franco […]
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