President Barack Obama’s decision Tuesday to commute Chelsea Manning’s sentence brought fresh attention to another figure involved in the Army leaker’s case: Julian Assange. On Twitter last week, Assange’s anti-secrecy
President Reuven Rivlin issued the following statement on Wednesday, 20 Teves, following the fatal vehicular terror attack in the Bedouin community of Um Chiran. Staff-Sgt. Erez Levi HY�D was murdered in the attack. �We are in the midst of a terrible event, in which Sgt. Erez Levi was murdered by a terrorist in a abhorrent […]
The above statements to the media were given by the Israel Police Deputy Southern District Commander on Wednesday, 20 Teves 5777. The senior commander spoke to the press about ten hours after the attack, explaining the events as they transpired. (YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
Vice President-elect Mike Pence pledged to a group of mayors that the Trump administration will make a serious investment in infrastructure, and he told diplomats that Trump and his incoming
TODAY! Thousands are gathering in unity for the community to show solidarity and beseech rachmei�shomayim for choilei yisroel. In an unprecedented day of tefilla and tzedaka, thousands have opened�their homes, their workplaces, their schools, their kollelim to say tehillim and take part in these�auspicious hours. They will all pause for a cause. And you can […]
The Women of the Wall (WoW) organization will on Thursday, 21 Teves, host a “Tefilla gathering” at the Kosel beginning at 7:00AM. The timing is no coincidence, marking almost a
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[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued the following statement on Wednesday, 20 Teves, following the fatal vehicular terror attack in the Bedouin community of Um Chiran. Staff-Sgt. Erez Levi HY�D was murdered in the attack. Prior to issuing the statement the Prime Minister was briefed by Police Chief Roni Alsheich. “I send […]
The following aerial surveillance police video shows the terrorist vehicle as it was heading towards border police on Wednesday morning 20 Teves in Um Chiran, a Bedouin community in southern Israel. Policeman Erez Levi HY�D was murdered in the attack in which the terrorist, a local area resident, was shot dead by police. The video […]
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Israel�s Ministry of Health has issued a warning about drinking coffee in coffee shops and cafes. The report states the water emanating from the various brewing machines contains an unacceptably high level of lead, which is harmful to one�s health. The ministry inspected hundreds of machines in Israel, reporting they fail to meet ministry standards. […]
The New York State Senate today overwhelmingly passed a bill (S362) to prevent Mayor de Blasio from taxing New Yorkers for using plastic or paper shopping bags. The Senate�s bill has been sent to the Assembly, where it is being sponsored by Assemblyman Michael Cusick (A1250) and must now be voted on. Mayor de Blasio’s […]
Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is putting on his judge’s robes again. The chief judge of the D.C. Circuit stopped hearing cases last March after he was nominated by President
President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday afternoon 19 Teves, met in his residence with US Ambassador Dan Shapiro who was in the last days of his term in the post of US Ambassador to Israel. President Rivlin thanked Ambassador Shapiro for his work and said, �Mr. Ambassador it is a farewell party nevertheless we know we […]
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