Six policemen and two residents in the Bedouin community of Chura in the Negev were injured on Wednesday afternoon when police arrived to search for weapons suspected of being held in homes in the community.
MDA EMS personnel treated the injured on the scene. A number of arrests were made.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday met with Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy of the European Union (EU). The two met in Jerusalem for 75 minutes, following her meeting with PA (Palestinian Authority) officials in Ramallah.
At a joint press conference following the meeting she called for “serious negotiations” which she [...]
Police neutralized an explosive device found attached to the vehicle of a Maale Adumim resident. Family members explain the car's owner is currently out of the country, further telling police he is not involved in any disputes with any party to the best of their knowledge.
Police are investigating.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
Chicago – Five months after he was arrested on his way to Pakistan, allegedly to meet with leaders of a terrorist group, David Coleman Headley is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday in federal court in Chicago in connection with the 2008 deadly terror assault in Mumbai, India, court records show.
Headley has been cooperating with the [...]
Police in Calgary have issued a Canada-wide warrant for an 18-year-old man over anti-Semitic messages spray-painted on mailboxes, signs at Jewish synagogues and a war memorial for Holocaust survivors.
The racist graffiti discovered in mid-November included swastikas and the words kill Jews” and six million more.”
Police launched an extensive investigation and a warrant was issued after [...]
Beginning this coming Sunday, Israel Police will begin testing a new system, one that will detect if a private vehicle travels in a public transport lane. The cameras will be testing in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, monitoring bus/taxi lanes, seeking to apprehend motorists who use the lanes to ‘make time'.
During the past months, a [...]
Brooklyn – Mayor Michael Bloomberg will campaign with New York City Council candidate and education advocate David G. Greenfield tomorrow, Thursday, March 18. The Mayor and Greenfield are set to visit Congregation Anshe Sfard at 7PM. The Mayor, was recently elected with 75% of the vote in this Council district, will be meeting voters and [...]
Confrontations between Arabs and terrorists took place near Beit el-Fuka (S. of Shechem) on Wednesday morning. Over 100 people threw rocks at security forces. Security forces responded with riot-control adjuncts.
**Rock-throwing attacks on the Azzoun Bypass Road near Karnei Shomron.
**Rock and firebomb attacks against security forces near Beit Romano in Chevron.
**About 20 Arabs pelted soldiers with [...]
Sets up telephone hotline to report potholes – will deliver list to City Hall himself!
Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate David G. Greenfield set up a pothole hotline where residents in his Brooklyn district can report dangerous potholes. While he is usually known as a leading education advocate, Greenfield isn't afraid to roll up [...]
The Knesset on Wednesday voted a bill into law that permits levying additional taxes on treif meat. The bill was authored by MK (Yahadut HaTorah) MK R' Moshe Gafne, who is obviously aware the law banned importing treif but the added fines he hopes will bring about changes, since in reality, non-kosher meats are imported.
The [...]
8:48PM IL: A Kassam rocket fired from Hamas controlled Gaza landed in Kibbutz Nir Am a short time ago. The sounding of the Red Alert siren appears to have lead to hysteria among some southern residents. Preliminary reports indicate four people are being treated for hysteria in Sderot.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
The entire Moscow Kehilla is buzzing with excitement over the upcoming visit of the Rosh Hayeshiva Harav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlit”a and the Rebbetzin Shetichye who will be spending Shabbos Vayikra as guests of Yeshiva Ohaley Yaakov and the Moscow Community Kollel.
The Rosh Hayeshiva is leading a delegation to be mechazek the mosdos in Moscow which [...]
Dr. Chaggai Ben-Artzi, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's brother-in-law is known for his candid statements, not one who hides behind political etiquette. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, in a number of radio interviews, Ben-Artzi labeled US President Barak Obama “an anti-Semite”, of course leading to the prime minister quickly issuing a statement distancing himself from [...]
There can be no doubt that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is a real friend of the PA (Palestinian Authority) administration, sharing the aspirations of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) for statehood.
Visiting Ramallah on Wednesday, Silva called upon Israel to dismantle the partition barrier, explaining the “world cannot accept fences of any [...]
United Nations Secretary-General Bank ki-Moon accuses Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of revealing portions of a private phone conversation, content that demands discretion.
Moon stated that accepted diplomatic protocol demands mutual agreement before revealing content of private talks to the media.
Lieberman told the UN chief that it appears all the steps taken by Israel in the past [...]
According to NBCNewYork, another top-level aide in Gov. David Paterson's office is expected to step down today later this afternoon.
Shoerenstein's decision to leave the Paterson's camp comes on the heels of two other high level resignations in his cabinet. His Director of Communications, Peter Kauffmann, turned in his walking papers, saying in a statement: “I [...]
11:55AM EST: A Jewish woman was R”L killed after she was pinned under a bus in the East Tremont section of The Bronx, YWN has learned.
The accident occurred at approximately 8:00AM Wednesday morning, at the intersection of East Tremont Avenue and Crotona Avenue.
She was pronounced dead on the scene, and NYPD investigators soon found out [...]
One of the greatest tools at the disposal of officials wishing to address problems, including Islamic violence and attacks is denial, a refusal to ‘call it what it is', something that Israeli officials excel in. This has been the case since the so-called “First Intifada” back in 1987 [a prior to that as well].
Rather than [...]
Elizabeth Benjamin of the NY Daily News Blog reports: Gov. David Paterson this morning blasted his hand-picked US senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, for throwing him “under the bus” during his recent scandals.
During an appearance on Don Imus’ radio program, Paterson took a swipe at Gillibrand, who earlier this month said the governor should resign if it [...]
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) spoke on the floor of the United States Senate regarding the state of U.S. –Israeli relations.
Senator Specter's comments follow, in full:
Madam President, I have sought recognition to comment on the current controversy between the United States and Israel on the settlement issue.
Before the current controversy between [...]
Turnersville, NJ – Two black South Jersey women are boycotting Wal-Mart as authorities investigate a public announcement targeting black shoppers at the Turnersville store over the weekend.
Wal-Mart officials said they’re reviewing security tapes to find out who asked “all black people” to leave the store in a message over the public-address system shortly before 7 [...]
Brooklyn, NY – Close to 100 city funeral homes received violations Tuesday after a two-month investigation found that many of them were scamming customers.
The Department of Consumer Affairs says it inspected 579 funeral homes and found that 87 of them failed to provide customers with complete pricing information, as required by law.
In total, 275 violations [...]
Infections are more common when orthopedic surgeons use metal staples instead of old-fashioned nylon sutures to close wounds, British researchers report.
Infections after surgery can lead to longer hospital stays or readmission after procedures such as knee and hip replacement. Infected wounds can also cause serious complications.
Staples are thought to be faster and easier to use, [...]
Israel Police are calling on the public to assist in locating Bat Yam resident Limor Luzon, who has been missing since Tuesday afternoon at 4:00pm.
Police are not releasing any information as to theories behind the disappearance of the 38-year-old female, asking anyone with information to contact a local police station.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
New York – Families will now be allowed to make medical decisions for their incapacitated loved ones.
Gov. David Paterson will sign a bill today giving families, guardians and partners that right even if the patient hasn’t signed paperwork detailing their wishes, which could include being taken off life support.
Now decisions will be based on the [...]
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has issued an alert ahead of Pesach, warning consumers that while people are diligent in removing chametz and seeing to other yomtov needs, many are unaware that the so-called insect-free greens may by a far cry from claims made by the growing number of companies.
Testing was conducted before yomtov, under [...]
The parade begins at 11 a.m. and is expected to run until 4:30 or 5 p.m.
Street closings will occur along the length of the parade, on Fifth Avenue between 44th and 86th streets, as well as between 44th and 46th streets from Vanderbilt to Sixth avenues, and between 47th and 48th streets from Park to [...]
Joining the growing number of American notables criticizing America's reaction to Israel's construction announcement is Sarah Palin, who commented that America's “unilateral” demands of Israel undermine the essence of the relationship with Washington's strongest Mideast ally.
Speaking out on her Facebook page, Palin accuses President Barak Obama and his administration of “escalating” tensions with Israel, making [...]
Taking a break from the diplomatic tensions between Jerusalem and Washington, Israeli leaders are traveling to China to address more pressing issues, the progressing Iranian nuclear program. China remains at the core of the delays, unwilling to approve crippling sanctions against Iran, and as a permanent member of the Security Council, Beijing is preventing the [...]
The bill authored by Yisrael Beitenu MK Alex Miller dubbed the Nakba Bill passed its first reading in Knesset on Tuesday in a 15-8 vote.
Anyone equating Yom HaAtzma'ut as a day of mourning, inciting anti-state violence or support anti-state terror, incites racism or compromise the honor of the national flag faces a stiff fine. Agencies [...]
A “senior IDF officer” quoted anonymously in the daily Yisrael HaYom states the unrests seen in Jerusalem and elsewhere over recent days will end in the coming days, explaining there simply “is not enough fuel to spark a third intifada”.
The unnamed officer is quoted as adding that PA (Palestinian Authority) residents simply wish to lead [...]
A proposal by Gov. Paterson to expand tuition grants to religious institutions such as yeshivas won’t survive the budget process, Albany insiders say.
The proposal, included in the governor’s executive budget, had been pushed by Jewish leaders in the village of Kiryas Joel in Monroe, N.Y. They hosted fundraisers for Paterson and for Senate Democratic leader [...]
The Federal Reserve will continue to coddle the slowly recovering economy at least through the summer, it said yesterday.
The Fed will leave a key short-term interest rate unchanged at between zero and 0.25 percent, where it has been since December 2008, to make sure cheap cash continues to flow freely.
It also plans to close out [...]
In what is being hailed as an exclusive report, the Herald Scotland reports that it has learned the United States has signed a contract to transport containers filled with ammunition from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, perhaps ahead of an attack against Iran. The shipping manifest includes 387 [...]
IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested five suspects on Tuesday night.
**Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dr. Michael Oren released statements playing down quotes attributed to him, calling the diplomatic row between Israel and the USA an “unprecedented crisis”.
**Har Habayis was opened to visitors by police on Wednesday morning.
**The EU's foreign [...]
New York has stopped paying income tax refunds until after March 31, meaning hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will have to wait an extra two weeks for their money.
Gov. David A. Paterson’s budget director, Robert Megna, said Tuesday that tax refunds were suspended last Friday after they hit a $1.25-billion cap. The cap, first instituted [...]
[By Chaskel Bennett] When the next U.S. presidential race kicks off in earnest in a year or so, we will remember today. When the Jewish electorate will be inundated with speech after speech iterating and reiterating what a great friend Barack Obama and the Democrats have been to Israel, we will remember today. The Jewish community will [...]
The Haifa Magistrate's Court has ruled in favor of petitioners, awarding NIS 750,000 payment to the family of an Arab boy who was electrocuted. The boy's family filed suit against Israel Electric Company.
The incident occurred about 30 months ago, in the Yatir Forest. The victim, Mamdouh Qiyan climbed an electric pole and was electrocuted to [...]
Israel Airport Authority officials expect a 19% increase in travelers and a 13% increase in flights during the Pesach yomtov, as compared to the same period last year, which includes the days before and after.
About 555,000 passengers are expected to pass through the nation's international airport, involving 3,500 flights landing and taking off.
(Yechiel Spira – [...]
Dr. Dore Gold, president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and a former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations spoke with Israel Radio's Reshet Bet on Monday, giving his insight into the diplomatic crisis between Jerusalem and Washington.
Dr. Gold began by explaining a bit about Ramat Shlomo, the cause of the crisis, precipitated by [...]
One must indeed question the judgment of Israel Police Chief Dudi Cohen, who on Tuesday afternoon, following days of heightened alert status in the capital and Islamic rioting stated he simply does not see “signs of a third intifada” as many are warning. One understands the senior position demands political savvy, but one also expects [...]
Assemblyman Jose Peralta has won Tuesday’s special election for the 13th State Senate District.
With 97 of 158 precincts reporting, Peralta maintained a solid lead with 65 percent of the vote.
“Tonight we put an end to dysfunction, to divisiveness, to disappointment. Our nightmare is over. A new day has begun,” said Peralta during his victory speech.
Peralta [...]
Lebanese authorities announced on Tuesday that Maher Abu Jarij was taken into custody for allegedly assisting Israel. He joins the ever-growing list of suspects arrested for assisting or spying on behalf of Israel. According to reports, he was taken into custody in Marjayoun.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
A third airline is requesting to be exempt from a new federal rule that limits the time passengers can be held sitting in a plane on the runway due to construction at a local airport.
American Airlines say the delays caused by the closure of the main runway at John F. Kennedy Airport could cost them [...]
The High Court of Justice on Monday approved the proposed route of the barrier partition fence in the area of Jabel Mukaber in the capital. The nation's highest court ruled in favor of the state in the appeal, handing down its opinion against Arab residents and overturning the Tel Aviv District Court.
Justice Dorit Beinish, Eliezer [...]
Treasury officials have announced that beginning April 1, 2010; the first prize in the state's Mifal HaPayis lottery may not exceed NIS 28 million. If the first prize increases as a result of no one winning, the money will also be added to other prizes to keep the first prize under the new ceiling.
Lottery officials [...]
Facebook topped Google to become the most visited U.S. Web site last week, indicating a shift in how Americans are searching for content.
Web analysis firm Experian Hitwise said Monday that the social networking site surpassed Google to take the No. 1 spot for the week ended March 13.
Facebook accounted for 7.07% of U.S. Web traffic [...]
Egyptian TV showed the first photos of President Hosni Mubarak since he underwent gallbladder surgery in Germany. Earlier in the week there were rumors that he died on the table.
**A scuffle erupted during protests on Mt. Scopus in Yerushalayim between right and left-wing activists. Three leftists were arrested.
**Beersheva City Hall employees announced they are beginning [...]
6:58PM EST: Lakewood Hatzolah is on the scene of an overturned vehicle on Madison Avenue & 10th Street.
Arriving units requesting the Extrication Unit, and Paramedics forthwith to the scene.
(YWN Lakewood / YWN-770)
NYS Gov. Paterson lashed back Tuesday at a report claiming he lied about shaking down the Yankees for free tickets to a World Series game – producing e-mails showing he was invited.
The Oct. 7-8 e-mails between members of Paterson’s staff, are called “Yankees Game Tomorrow – GDAP INVITE,” highlighting the governor’s initials. The exchange took [...]
By now it is evident to all that the events which occurred in Jerusalem during last week's visit of US Vice President Joseph Biden was a blunder, but in reality, not as major an event as the White House and Department of State are making of it.
Following the Washington Post's criticism of the Obama administration, [...]
Honda said Tuesday it is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles in the United States after consumers complained of brake pedals feeling “soft.”
The Japanese automaker will recall 344,000 Odyssey minivans and 68,000 Element crossover vehicles in the 2007-2008 model years to fix the vehicle stability assist modulators. Some of those modulators were assembled in a way [...]
The New York City Department of Health voted today to require all restaurants to post sanitation grades.
The letter grades will need to be posted by restaurant entrances by July 1st.
The board approved the new measure by a vote of 6-2, with 1 member abstaining.
The grades do not deal with the quality of the meal. Rather, [...]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak left on Monday for an official visit to Spain, who holds the rotating European Union presidency. Mr. Barak responded to an invitation extended by Spain's Defense Minister, Carme Chacon.
During his visit, he is also expected to meet with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He will most likely also be [...]
Interestingly, the frum MKs absented themselves from the late Monday night vote while the radical left-wing opposed the bill, which they feel is inadequate, having been watered down to earn sufficient support. Whatever the case, the Civil Marriage Law has is now a reality, addressing the needs of non-Jews living in Israel, those seeking to [...]
While escorting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva in Yad Vashem on Tuesday, Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi asked the visiting dignitary to pass along a message during his upcoming visit with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He asked that he pass along a message from a “child from Buchenwald”, that he is willing to meet [...]
7:07PM IL: A border policeman has been injured from terrorist gunfire at a police post in the Ras el-Amud area of the capital. His condition is reported as light-to-moderate. It appears the injury is to his hand area.
A large contingent of police is operating at the scene at present. Preliminary information indicates the shots were [...]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement today on the recent developments in the Middle East:
“The close bond between the United States and Israel remains unbreakable, and America must continue to show unyielding support for Israel's security.
“While the timing of the East Jerusalem housing announcement was regrettable, it must not be [...]
12:33PM: Red Crescent officials report 49 Arabs injured in Tuesday morning violence.
**1:19PM: Officials report a total of 39 Arabs arrested in Islamic violence on Tuesday.
**A soldier was lightly injured in a rock-throwing attack on the Gush Etzion-Chevron Highway near Beit Omar.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
Washington, DC- Following a series of stark statements by White House officials on Israel’s announcement about Jerusalem settlements during Vice President Biden's recent trip to the country, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D- Brooklyn and Queens), a member of the House Jewish Caucus, released the following statement moments ago:
“The appropriate response was a shake of the head [...]
If everybody paid to ride the subway, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority may not have to raise fares.
New York City Transit says 19-million people hop turnstiles or enter through emergency exits each year, far more than the previous estimate of about five million a year.
If all of those 19 million cheats paid a regular cash fare, [...]
While America is indeed the superpower in the equation, one must marvel at the total ease the current administration exhibits regarding its continuous blatant interference in domestic matters, calling upon the sovereign State of Israel to halt construction in its capital, the capital of the Jewish People, crossing acceptable rules of parliamentary play, even for [...]
Things are getting down and dirty between candidates David Greenfield and Joe Lazar in the imminent 44th District City Council race.
The latest allegation comes from City Councilmember Lew Fidler, a Greenfield supporter, concerning the upcoming Passover holiday just days after the March 23 election.
“I've heard threats to withhold Passover food to the needy from those [...]
The germs you leave behind might serve as the equivalent of fingerprints, giving forensic scientists a new way to identify who’s been where.
Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder say that touching such things as keyboards and computer mice leaves unique bacteria on the objects. They found in a new study that the left-behind [...]
Queens, NY – Voters in the 13th State Senate District are going to the polls today to decide whether to send Hiram Monserrate back to Albany.
Monserrate is the reason there’s an open seat, as he was expelled from his Senate seat last month, but decided to seek reelection.
He no longer has the support of the [...]
Five suspects in the burglary of the home of Maran HaRosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita are being released on Tuesday, to house arrest. It appears that while police believe these are the suspects responsible for the theft that netted them over NIS 2 million in tzedaka funds, they lack the hard evidence [...]
Thousands of Gazans are taking part in Tuesday's ‘Rage Day' events, a day on which Arabs are expected to adhere to Hamas' calls and riot, especially on Har Habayis and in and around the Old City of Yerushalayim, to express outrage and protest over the ongoing Israeli occupation and growing threat to al-Aqsa Mosque.
There can [...]
Police on Tuesday morning stopped a bus heading south, towards the capital, traveling from Majdal Krum in the Western Galil. The bus carrying Muslims was heading to Yerushalayim, responding to the PA (Palestinian Authority) and Hamas call to come to the Temple Mount today, a day proclaimed a Day of Rage by Hamas.
One of the [...]
Yisrael Koenig of ‘Yedidim' explains the Monday evening incident in which volunteers were involved looking for the parents of two small children. Alternatively, the parents of the children, residents of Bnei Brak, were looking for their missing children, ages 4 and 5 according to Koenig.
A woman got off of a number 402 bus on Malchei [...]
The controversial Women of the Wall were present at the Kosel Tuesday morning, as is their custom every rosh chodesh, seeking to create new facts on the ground, wearing talleisim, tefillin and seeking to read from a Sefer Torah.
This rosh chodesh however, at least one man, a member of the chareidi community, simply had enough, [...]
12:00PM: 3 border policemen injured, 11 Islamic rioters injured and at least 25 rioters are in custody.
12:23: 4 firebombs hurled at border police near Issawiya. No injuries.
**A Tel Aviv man was reported in moderate condition following a stabbing incident on Monday evening.
**Three Arabs disguised as religious Jews, removed from a bus on Monday night, were [...]
Amid continuous White House condemnations, seeking to compel Israel to back down from the planned construction of an additional 1,600 housing units in Ramat Shlomo in Yerushalayim, residents of the community today, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, plan to protest. They will call on the government to remain firm against US President Barak Obama and others who [...]
There were conflicting reports on Monday night, with the US State Department indicating Mideast envoy is expected to visit the region, but officials in Yerushalayim on Tuesday morning are indicating such a visit is not imminent.
Later in the morning, it appears the President's Residence received official word, with the State Department announcing the envoy will [...]
Continental Airlines will discontinue offering free food to economy-class passengers on the majority of its domestic flights in the United States and Canada and on flights to some leisure destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the airline announced Monday.
The airline plans to offer “a variety of high quality, healthy food choices” for sale in [...]
Trenton, NJ – Gov. Chris Christie Tuesday will propose slashing aid to public schools by $820 million as part of a state budget that will also make major cuts in aid to towns and colleges, officials familiar with the plan said today.
The word of a pending big loss in aid spurred school district officials today [...]
Florida – Just when disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein’s sordid saga couldn’t get any stranger comes this plot twist: He worked undercover for the feds and helped them bag a suspected Italian mafia man living in Miami Beach.
Rothstein’s cooperation dating back to last fall means the con artist who orchestrated South Florida’s biggest Ponzi scheme — [...]
12:34PM IL: There are reports of a “shooting incident” at the Kalandia Checkpoint located at Jerusalem's northern border, south of el-Bireh and Ramallah. According to reliable but yet unconfirmed reports, a number of Arabs were wounded by IDF gunfire. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. (Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
Widespread rock-throwing attacks are being reported throughout Yehuda and Shomron, as well as in eastern areas of the capital and of course, Har Habayis. At least 15 Arabs have been arrested so far on Tuesday morning and police are using teargas and other riot-control adjuncts to restore order. It appears tens of Arabs have been [...]
No less than 13 human rights organizations are petitioning the High Court of Justice on behalf of Gazan residents, who are naming the IDF and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in their petition, demanding the nation's highest court removes restrictions prohibiting residents of Hamas-controlled Gaza from relocating to areas in Yehuda and Shomron.
According to the petitioners, [...]
One of the major industries that have developed as a result of the signing of the Oslo Agreement in 1993 is the car theft industry, one that has netted handsome profits for PA (Palestinian Authority) residents, and one that has plagued Green Line Israel.
As a result of the astronomical number of cars stolen from Israel [...]
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is no stranger to criticism, having been the target of rebuke from many opponents of the current administration and his hard-ball style politics, perhaps his too ‘in your face' policies at times, evident in his dealings with foreign officials.
Following the Dubai indictment against Israel pertaining to the elimination of a senior [...]
10:17AM IL: Police report sporadic Islamic violence in eastern areas of the capital on Tuesday morning, compelling the use of teargas to disperse participants. Rock-throwing attacks are reported in a number of areas, including around the Old City and near Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital.
One Jew was detained by police after he insisted he wished to [...]
As Pesach approaches, Interior Minister (Shas) Eli Yishai has instructed all local governments to ensure the law prohibiting the sale of chametz on the yomtov is enforced in all cities and municipalities.
The minister sent a letter to local governments, reminding municipal officials the law prohibits the public display of chametz. The minister requested that all [...]
Some 3,000 police have been on alert status in and around Har HaBayis since the weekend in expectation of widespread Islamic violence. Today, Tuesday, police explain will be the true test, a day on which violence may reach its peak as Hamas declared Tuesday a Day of Rage.
Restrictions on the Temple Mount remain today, barring [...]
Rav Yehuda Yavrov, who is close to Maran Rav Elyashiv Shlita, has been appointed to head the Vaad L'maan Shabbos. The rav is also known as the ruchani auditor of Yated, ensuring the proper party line is maintained.
Rav Yavrov replaces Rav Yitzchak Goldknopf, but as Kikar Shabbos reports, the move may have been at the [...]
According to Israel Archeological Association southern district chief archeologist, Dr. Dov Nachlieli, the disputed bones at the proposed site of the new fortified wing of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon are not those of Jews, dating back many many years.
When questioned during a Kol Chai Radio if he is absolutely certain regarding his statement, the senior archeologist [...]
One can never really know how the prime minister will react in September, when his self-imposed 10-month construction freeze comes to an end, but in a Likud faction meeting on Monday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded to MK Tzipi Hotovely, who asked what will occur.
The prime minister stated that just as Israel has built in [...]
A sharp drop in temperatures is expected on Tuesday, followed by another drop on Wednesday, and showers on Thursday.
**Rock-throwing attacks against vehicles on Highway 443 on Monday afternoon.
**IDF soldiers fired at rioting Arabs in the Birzeit area after a soldier was injured in his head by a stone. They used riot-control adjuncts, injuring four rioters [...]
This is most likely not the final word in the controversial Civil Marriage Bill. Earlier reports indicating Rishon L'Tzion HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Amar Shlita supports the current version of the bill appear incorrect, as was indicated today, Monday (March 15).
The Rav points out in his letter that efforts have been ongoing during recent years to [...]
Leaders of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – Stephen Savitsky (President) and Rabbi Steve Weil (Exec. Vice President) issued the following statement today:
The Obama Administration's recent statements regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel are a matter of serious concern.
Israel is America's closest ally in the Middle East as has been shown through [...]
A borough has suspended an assistant director responsible for housing after a Sunday paper claimed he leads a ‘secret life' as a Nazi.
Hammersmith and Fulham has suspended its assistant director of housing options, Gareth Mead, from his £90,000-a-year job, pending a disciplinary hearing.
The move comes after the Sunday Mirror published an article claiming Mr Mead [...]
According to IDF reserves Colonel Dr. Reuven Erlich, who heads the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the publishers of the infamous Goldstone Report, the United Nations fact-finding mission on Operation Cast Lead intentionally ignored facts in the case, apparently determined to deliver a serious indictment against Israel, as Justice Goldstone. The relation between Goldstone and [...]
Torrential rains, raving fires, downed electricity and emergency landing – it's mind-boggling to think how many times Misaskim answered calls for help within twenty-four-hours.
It started minutes after Shabbos when Misaskim received a call from Teaneck, NJ, that a tree fell and R”L killed two people coming home from shul. When all of humanity huddled indoors [...]
Soldiers stationed in Chevron were bombarded with rocks near the Jewish Quarter at about noon on Monday.
**A 3-y/o Bedouin girl from the Negev was stung by a scorpion and is listed in serious/stable condition in Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva.
**S'dei Dov Airport in Herzliya was closed for a number of hours on Monday morning due [...]
Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield described the state’s plan to erase its budget deficit by borrowing more money, a scam. Instead, he called for the state to curb spending, which has continued to skyrocket even as revenues have decreased. He slammed the influence of special interest groups [...]
9:35PM IL: Three Arabs disguised as frum Jews tried entering the capital, riding on a number 143 bus. The driver was suspicious of the three “religious Jews”, prompting him to alert soldiers at the Maale Michmas Checkpoint in Shomron.
The three were taken into custody and handed over to the Shin Bet for interrogation.
No further information [...]
9:00PM IL: The body of a woman was found on Monday evening on Geula Street in Pardes Chana. A MDA physician pronounced the female dead on the scene. Suspecting foul play, crime scene investigators were summoned.
Police are indicating it appears her death was a murder. Zaka volunteers from the organization's northern area are on the [...]
In the presence of family members and a small number of close friends and associates, Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv on Monday night is marking his 100th birthday in a modest event held in his Meah Shearim home.
Rav Elyashiv was Zoche seeing the birth of a sixth generation a number of months ago, a [...]
Jerusalem is about to embark on a one-of-a-kind project in Israel, a pilot program that involves treating mikve water as City Hall continues efforts to increase conservation and recycling efforts.
An external tank will be installed alongside a mikve, and the water drained will be directed into the tank from where the water will be cleansed, [...]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday issued a call for sanctions against Iran, explaining the move is required to halt that nation's nuclear weapons program.
Following a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri, the chancellor pointed out that all offers placed on the table were rejected by Tehran, and the nuclear enrichment program continues at a [...]
It appears that Kfar Saba is joining other cities as a venue for anti-chilul shabbos protests, with one scheduled for today, Monday night. The organizers have targeted the chilul shabbos surrounding soccer matches held in the city as the reason for the event.
According to Mayor Yehuda Ben-Chamu, the city is 80% chilonim, secularists who do [...]
According to a report by the AP, the proposed “soda tax” does not look like it has enough fizz to pass the NYS Senate.
Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson and the health commissioner had campaigned heavily to have the bill passed, for two reasons: the first as a way to combat obesity, and secondly, to raise much [...]
In his usual diplomatic fashion, President Shimon Peres on Monday released a statement confirming the legitimate claims to Har Habayis by the three religions, Jews, Christians and Muslims.
The president, the major architect behind the failure known as the Oslo process told reporters as he hosted Brazilian President Lula da Siva that “there is simply no [...]
The former chief executive of The Park Avenue Bank in New York, which was closed by regulators on Friday, was arrested Monday, according to media reports. Charles Antonucci Sr., who resigned last year, was taken into custody and charged with fraud on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., making false statements on a TARP application, and [...]
The NYPD brought in additional 911 operators Saturday to handle the surge in emergency calls, YWN has learned.
City officials reported 65,000 911 calls over the weekend, which was the second largest volume ever, more than September 11th, and only second to the blackout in 2003.
When callers placed a call to 911 on Saturday evening, instead [...]
[by Bentzion Elisha] Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Random items appeared to be missing from our apartment. Could it be our sweet hardworking cleaning lady who came highly recommended by neighbors who had her for the last 7 years? After discussing the matter with our parents , my wife and I concluded it just couldn’t be [...]
If you engage in aerobic exercise, then you know about it. If you have seen people exercising in the gym or on the road, then you have undoubtedly seen people taking it. We are talking about your exercise pulse rate. The question is: at what rate should you be working out?
Our heart beats more than [...]
Excerpts from an article in the Sacramento Bee: It was every businessperson’s nightmare.
Arriving at Harv’s Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. “They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending,” says Harv’s owner, Aaron Zeff.
The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered [...]
Minister of Housing (Shas) Ariel Atias spoke with Israel Radio's Reshet Bet on Monday afternoon, confirming that following shachris in Maran R' Ovadia Yosef's home, the Rav reminded [party leader Minister of the Interior] R' Eli Yishai that the ban on visiting Har HaBayis remains in effect, apparently commenting due to the increased media coverage [...]
Haaretz journalist on assignment for Channel 10, Yotam Feldman, was taken into custody with a Ghana national on Monday morning. It appears Feldman was on assignment, to investigate just exactly what takes place regarding the growing number of Africans infiltrating into Israel via Sinai daily, looking for employment and a better life.
Feldman reportedly crossed into [...]
While the White House and the State Department are busying themselves will assaulting Israel, seeking to pin Israel diplomatically for last week's incident involving Vice President Joe Biden during his visit to Israel, the Congress and Senate may not see eye-to-eye with the senior officials.
Congresswoman Shelly Berkley (DEM-NV) already questioned the situation, expressing concern, stating [...]
A tefilla event for small children, talmidei torah from around the country, got underway on Monday afternoon at 2:00pm. Buses are brining children from talmidei torah from around the country, endorsed by leading rabbonim from the ashkenazi and sephardi community alike.
Rabbi Baruch Birnbaum, an organizer, explains that he only had 2-3 days to prepare and [...]
Local lawmakers say the city’s $575 million settlement offer for ill September 11th first responders is not enough – and they’re pushing for a bill that would give the workers health care coverage for life.
The $11 billion James Zadroga Health and Compensation Act is set for a crucial vote by the House of Representatives Health [...]
In recent weeks, the Obama Administration has endorsed “healthy relations” between Iran and Syria, mildly rebuked Syrian President Bashar Assad for accusing the U.S. of “colonialism,” and publicly apologized to Moammar Gadhafi for treating him with less than appropriate deference after the Libyan called for “a jihad” against Switzerland.
When it comes to Israel, however, the [...]
There are simply no words to describe the realities surrounding the Monday evening re-dedication of the Churva Shul in the Rova, Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. After about four years of work, the shul will be dedicated for a third time, signaling the ongoing Jewish sovereignty over the Old City.
An event was already held [...]
Israel plans to implement a new program aimed at increasing organ donors. The program calls on residents to sign organ donor cards which will place loved ones ahead of those without donor cards on the line of recipients awaiting a suitable organ, AP reports.
The report states the program is the first of its kind in [...]
Rock-throwing attacks reported on Sunday afternoon in the Halhoul area north of Chevron.
**Civil Administration inspectors during the predawn hours destroyed building foundations in the Gush Etzion communities of Tekoa and N'vei Daniel.
**Monday promises to be another unseasonably hot and hazy day around the country.
**A special Knesset session will be held on Tuesday in memory of [...]
The NY post reports: A New York CEO with Israeli military ties fears he has a target on his back after his company was thrust into the probe of a brazen international assassination plot against a Hamas mastermind, sources told The Post.
Colleagues of Yuval Tal — who heads Payoneer, a Manhattan- and Tel-Aviv-based firm that [...]
Technicians who tested a Toyota Prius after its owner claimed its gas pedal stuck were unable to recreate the same condition, according to a draft congressional memo obtained Sunday by CNN.
In addition, owner Jim Sikes’ claim that the car kept going even though he slammed on the brake while his gas pedal was stuck to [...]
Kfir Brigade Sgt. Binyamin Carmel was cleared of charges of assaulting Arabs. Four other soldiers in the case who admitted to their actions were convicted and demoted in rank.
Defense attorney Shlomi Tzipori expressed harsh criticism regarding the fashion in which military police conducted themselves during the investigation, leveling harsh allegations pertaining to their lack of [...]
Speaking with Kol Chai Radio following recent events surrounding Jerusalem construction, MK Yaakov Katz of the Ichud HaLeumi opposition party gave Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a very low rating, lamenting construction realities since he assumed office.
Katz explained that Netanyahu holds the record for not building anywhere in the capital, a prime minister who policy is [...]
The cabinet on Sunday approved the community of Charish, and has established a committee of senior officials to push the project along, instructing the committee to respond to the cabinet with its findings within 90 days.
The move was welcomed by many with the realization the housing shortage in the chareidi community has reached a critical [...]
Albany, NY – Col. John Melville of Orange County, a 29-year veteran of the State Police, has officially taken over as acting State Police superintendent.
Prior to being promoted to colonel, Melville commanded Troop F in Middletown, which handles the west side of the Hudson River from Rockland County to Greene County.
He began his career as [...]
The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday ordered American citizen Yaakov Teital, dubbed “The Jewish terrorist” to undergo psychiatric evaluation. Teital stands accused of two murders as well as counts of attempted murder.
The court set a date of May 17th to hear the results of the evaluation to determine if he is fit to stand trial.
Teital [...]
Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin blames Asra Kadisha for sabotaging the agreement permitting construction of Ashkelon Hospital's fortified wing at the original planned site despite the discovery of bones at that location, ancient kevarim.
Vaknin points out the chief rabbis of Israel and the Chief Rabbinate Council has endorsed the construction which involves moving the ancient graves [...]
Speaking with Kol Chai Radio, Deputy Minister of Health R' Yaakov Litzman made his position quite clear, and the matter of building the new fortified wing of Ashkelon Hospital on the originally planned site, the location of ancient graves, is a non-starter. He drove the point home by explaining that if left with no other [...]
7:00PM EST: The NYPD is currently on the scene investigating a bank burglary of the Sovereign Bank located on McDonald Avenue & Avenue U, in Flatbush.
A YWN reporter live on the scene confirms to us that the burglars cut through the roof of the bank.
The NYPD’s 61st Precinct is on the scene, as well as [...]
Knesset Speaker (Likud) Reuven Rivlin spent much of Sunday morning speaking with various radio stations, supporting Israel's policy to continue construction in the capital. He also addressed the need to set certain parameters regarding the future of Yerushalayim, as well as the speaking about the Monday evening re-dedication of the Churva Shul in the Old [...]
Dozens of Arabs rioted in Beit Jala, a PA area adjacent to PA (Palestinian Authority) –occupied Beit Lechem. Security forces used riot-control adjuncts to restore order.
Rabbis for Human Rights was on hand to condemn soldiers for their provocation and unacceptable actions, insisting the Arabs planned a “simple peaceful protest” in addition to planting trees, nothing [...]
France's foreign minister feels America and Europe must act against Iran, unilaterally if need be.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner spoke during a meeting of foreign ministers in Finland, explaining UN approval for sanctions is not expected until at least June, and if the international body does not give its approval. America and the European community [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports: Google Inc. appears increasingly likely to shutter its Chinese-language search engine, a step that would remove one of the last major foreign players from the world’s most populous and fastest-growing Internet market.
A person familiar with situation said on Saturday that Google is likely to take action within weeks.
Google and Chinese [...]
NYC taxi passengers taken for a ride by an illegal fare scheme could get some of their money back.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission says their goal is to reimburse as many people as possible who were allegedly scammed out of more than $8 million.
The commission said it’s a work in progress because they are contacting [...]
Egypt's Supreme Antiquities Council on Sunday announced the cancelation of the planned state event marking the restoration of the Rambam shul, which was re-dedicated last week in Cairo.
State officials explain that “the Israeli oppression of Muslims” has prompted decision.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
Following the failure of LibertyPointe Bank on Thursday, the FDIC has announced another New York bank failure, The Park Avenue Bank, bringing the 2010 bank failure total to 28.
The bank, which has 4 branches and an estimated $520.1 million in assets as of last year, was closed by the New York State Banking Department late [...]
**The cabinet approves NIS 1.3 billion to attract academics back home to Israel.
**Delays were caused on Highway 1 as a result of a truck fire near Kfar Chabad in the direction of Yerushalayim.
**A man was stabbed in his back in a Hadera paper factory. He was transported to Hillel Yafeh Hospital in serious condition.
**Sunday morning [...]
The Ministry of Education on Sunday ordered the closure of a Beis Yaakov School operating in the Shomron chareidi community of Emanuel. Municipal officials were ordered to see to the immediate closure of the school, which is plagued with racial tensions surrounding ashkenazi and sephardi schools, or perhaps more accurately, the parents, as was reported [...]
Until such time that terrorists are released from Israeli prisons in prisoner exchange deals, many opt to avail themselves of the may services offered them, including completing high school diplomas and obtaining a higher education. In actuality, Arab youths have in the past committed an act resulting in their imprisonment to permit obtaining a high [...]
Yes, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham's opinion is important, as is America's support, but this support does not eliminate Israel's raison d'être, to serve as the homeland of the Jewish People. This right is indeed G-d-given, and one who denies this truly hasn't claim to the land, for the UN Resolution accepting the declaration [...]
A sharp letter was sent to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from the Jewish Federations of N. America regarding a compromise being hammered out regarding the conversion bill.
The letter points out that rarely will the organization opt to involve itself or respond to such matters, but the Federation [which represents 157 Federations and 400 network communities [...]
In this region of the world, the difference between Israel's moderate neighbors and the radical elements is not their goal, but the means deployed towards achieving this goal, namely, the removal of the Jewish state from the Mideast map. Some use Kassam rockets, rocks and firebombs, and the suit-and-tie leaders use diplomacy and other more [...]
Several tens of protestors were on hand in the Nachal I'ron (Wadi Ara) area of northern Israel, the site of the planned chareidi community of Harish. The new community is planned to be the home to 100,000 residents, but protestors explain the move contradicts planning board recommendations and it will compromise the nature areas of [...]
Vandals targeted a Holocaust memorial in Poland, situated near Krakow, spray painting anti-Semitic epithets. They messages were painted in German and English local media reports, including messages including “Jews out!” and praising Adolph Hitler YS”V.
Today, Sunday, a memorial is planned to mark 67 years since the dismantling of the ghetto from which many were deported [...]
The city is on pace to rake in $687 million from nearly 10 million parking tickets this year, according to figures revealed at a City Council hearing.
“That’s a 12 percent jump over the $611 million the city made from parking fines in 2009, the NYPD’s top budget expert said.”
As of this January, the NYPD issued [...]
By flooding the city's 311 line with phony building complaints, someone has put thousands of homeowners in Queens under a state of bureaucratic siege.
And while no one has been identified with certainty as the source of the calls, citizen investigators have pieced together enough scraps of information to draw the outline of a money-making racket [...]
Saturday’s storm left behind a mess of downed power lines and trees in New York City.
Falling trees did such a number on power lines that the sparks were flying everywhere during the storm.
On 104th Street it looked like a war zone, with more than half a dozen utility poles down from the high wind that [...]
Arabs on Friday night fired at and struck a jeep near Givon HaChadasha. Baruch Hashem there were no injuries.
**Two Arabs were seriously injured in a vehicular collision near Adam in Shomron on motzei shabbos. They were transported to a Ramallah hospital.
Baruch Dayan Emmes – 81-y/o Naomi Hershkowitz z”l, the mother of Minister of Science (Bayit [...]
Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dr. Michael B. Oren was summoned by US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, who had harsh words for Israel's recent announcement to construct 1,600 new housing units in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. Steinberg echoed the condemnations heard from his boss, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the White House, and [...]
Meretz MK Nissan Hurwitz was on hand on motzei shabbos, taking part in a Paris Square protest in Yerushalayim against mehadrin bus lines. They accused Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz of caving in to chareidi pressure instead of remaining firm and adopting the Supreme Court ruling outlawing compelled segregated public bus service.
While Kadima leader Tzipi [...]
IDF forces operating in the Ramallah district nabbed Mahar Udda, 47, a very senior Hamas commander who has been on the wanted list for over a decade, a man who is linked to the deaths of some 70 Israelis.
Some of the heinous attacks attributed to Udda include the September 9, 2003 attacks in Jerusalem's Café [...]
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rav of the Kosel and holy sites, has turned to senior Muslim leaders asking them to ensure the Monday evening re-dedication of the Churva Shul in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City passes without Islamic violence.
In his request, the rav pointed out the Old City is a symbol of dual [...]
Responding to weekend violence and attacks coupled with intelligence information pointing to planned Islamic violence, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has extended the weekend closure on PA residents until Tuesday, extending it for three additional days.
Islamic violence continues to spread in the frequency and intensity of attacks, this time, blaming it on Israel's announcement that the [...]
It would appear that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jumped the gun last week after issuing an apology to visiting US Vice President Joe Biden and the subsequent announcement that “the political crisis between America and Israel is behind us”.
It begins with the growing number of nations issuing condemnatory statements against the planned construction of an [...]
New York Rescue Response Team (NYRRT) is proud to announce a new Fire Safety program starting Sunday March 14 2010. Our members will distribute and install smoke alarms which have a 10 year battery life FREE of charge to any senior citizen that does not have one installed, living in the Bensonhurst, Boro Park, Kensington [...]
Last Sunday, YWN-Israel reported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak underwent surgery to remove his gallbladder in a German hospital. He has not been seen since and this resulted in serious rumors throughout Egypt that their leader was dead. State officials however insist the rumors are just that, lacking any factual reality.
Officials add the president's condition is [...]
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly warned Thursday that the city’s budget woes will plunge the number of cops on the street to the lowest levels since 1990.
Kelly told a City Council budget hearing that financial constraints will trim the NYPD to a 20-year low of 32,817 officers in the 2011 budget.
The NYPD would lose 892 officers through [...]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday afternoon hosted US Vice President Joe Biden in the Defense Ministry, where the two met for about an hour, bringing the vice president's three-day state visit to an end.
Undoubtedly Iran and the PA (Palestinian Authority) were on the agenda, and Mr. Barak proudly announced that he is working to [...]
9:00PM EST: YWN has learned that two people were R”L killed just after Shabbos in Teaneck, NJ after a tree fell on them.
According to highly credible sources, the two victims were leaving the “Bnei Yeshurun Shul” after Shabbos, when the tree fell on them.
Teaneck Police Chaplain Rabbi Abe Friedman(who has been requested & responding to [...]
New York – The head of the Port Authority wants you to dig deeper in your pockets for the billions the agency needs to fix up its airports, bus terminals, bridges and tunnels.
“We need to find new creative pricing schemes that pull wealth out of that economy and reinvest in the infrastructure that we know [...]
A Jerusalem Municipal Court canceled legal action against two avreichim, tenant and landlord, for permitting shabbos davening in the private home in the Kiryat Yovel area of the capital. The two were being cited for illegal use of the home, violating city zoning law.
According to a report in the erev shabbos HaMevaser, city legal advisor's [...]
Jim Sikes is finding out the downside of instant celebrity in the Internet age after his highly publicized trip in a runaway Toyota Prius: You have no secrets.
As National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Toyota inspectors continue to take apart his vehicle — which he says took him on a 23-minute, out-of-control race down a [...]
Sullivan County lawmakers and officials are making it clear they are not locked into building a new $80 million jail, or even a smaller facility, at lower cost, until all possible options are explored.
County Manager David Fanslau updated legislators during committee meetings, Thursday, detailing meetings in the past week with officials in neighboring Orange and [...]
A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases.
The cases, brought by the children’s parents, all alleged that vaccines containing thimerosol, a mercury preservative, caused or contributed to autism spectrum disorders in the children.
Thousands of parents of children with autism have filed petitions seeking compensation [...]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has declined an invitation to participate in a dedication of the Churva Shul in the Old City of Jerusalem, many feeling due to his concerns over possibly inflaming relations with the White House. Organizers explain that the prime minister's message will be aired by video feed.
The ceremony its set for Monday [...]
Wireless Internet may soon be coming to commuters on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking developers to submit plans on how the service would be installed and operated.
The MTA is also looking to make Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station wireless, but it is unclear whether the service would be [...]
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday with a stomach virus.
“He is getting hydration and holding his food down,” Dr. John Linton of Yonsei Severance Hospital told CNN. “All his signs are normal. We hope to send him on his way tomorrow, but he [...]
Two Givati Brigade combatants are facing charges for their actions in Operation Cast Lead, Israel's counter-terrorism offensive against Hamas in Gaza launched in December 2008.
The soldiers are alleged to have compelled a 9-year-old Arab boy to open a bag they suspected may contain a bomb. The soldiers are facing charges of endangering the young civilian's [...]
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Thursday stated we cannot speak of “peace” if such a peace involves the division of Yerushalayim.
Responding to remarks made earlier in the day by US Vice President Joe Biden in a Tel Aviv University Address, the speaker stated that while Mr. Biden is a friend and supporter of Israel, his [...]
Israel Police on Thursday have approved a visit to Shiloach by Itamar Ben-Givir, the Knesset aide to MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Dr. Michael Ben-Ari to visit the Shiloach area of Yerushalayim. The permit will permit Ben-Givir and the dozens expected to accompany him to get a first-hand look at the widespread illegal Arab construction in the [...]
Ford introduced its all-new Police Interceptor to a crowd of law enforcement officials today at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas and said it is developing a new sport utility-based police vehicle that it will unveil later this year.
The new Police Interceptor that Ford introduced today will replace the company's iconic Crown Victoria [...]
Federal authorities are investigating a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member and going on a deadly rampage at a hospital in Yemen.
The FBI is investigating Sharif Mobley, a 26-year-old from Buena, New Jersey, said Rich Wolf, a spokesman at the agency’s Baltimore, Maryland, office. He wouldn’t comment further.
Mobley had worked at [...]
“Traditional and new forms of anti-Semitism continued to arise, and a spike in such activity followed the Gaza conflict in the winter of 2008-2009,” the US State Department said in an annual report.
“Often despite official efforts to combat the problem, societal anti-Semitism persisted across Europe, South America, and beyond and manifested itself in classic forms,” [...]
Stepping aside from the scandals at the statehouse, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo decided on Thursday not to lead the investigation into Gov. David Paterson’s woes.
When Cuomo decided to step aside and let former Chief Judge Judith Kaye take over two investigations of Paterson he said it was the best way to handle cases [...]
We all have an increasingly difficult time balancing our budgets when yomtov arrives, especially Pesach with the added expense to merit the fulfillment of the special mitzvos of the yomtov.
That said, some, unfortunately as well-intentioned as they may be, seem to have difficulty learning from the bitter experiences of others, yet alone the total disregard [...]
The Jewish community of Jaffa in Tel Aviv does not have an easy life and local Arab residents frequently exhibit their hostility by targeting area shuls.
The latest incident occurred two weeks ago, on shabbos, when a local Arab resident fed a fire hose through a shul window and turned on the water, during davening, leaving [...]
Is your smart phone smart enough to save your life?
Future cellphones may be tricked out with James Bond-like technology capable of alerting users to fires, carbon monoxide or toxic chemicals, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The genius phones will likely hit stores in a year or two, with as many as 40 prototypes ready [...]
Israeli leaders are tripping over themselves with apologies and explanations for daring to announce planned construction in Ramat Shlomo in the presence of US Vice President Joe Biden.
Perhaps it is time to learn from the terrorists, for in Gaza, they are concerned with one thing only, their primary objective, the destruction of the State of [...]
After receiving in less than a week almost sixty contributions averaging above $70.00 apiece; after receiving loads of emails encouraging me to undertake a run for NY's 17 Congressional Seat, and after weighing all sides of such a battle, I have made a decision.
The question to me is not if I do or don't have [...]
Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon's armored vehicle caught fire on Thursday while he was visiting Beit Aryeh. The minister was not in the vehicle. No injuries were reported and damage was reportedly light. An electrical short is blamed for the fire.
**Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon on Thursday wrapped up his visit to Washington where [...]
Seems hard to imagine, but early Sunday morning marks the 2010 return of Daylight Savings Time.
Making the change at the beginning of March instead of the beginning of April has been in place since 2007, when Congress didn't have much else to do.
But since 2007, Congress outlined a plan to spring forward on the second [...]
The city has agreed to a settlement worth up to $657 million in more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by September 11th rescue and response workers.
Workers who claim they suffered an array of illnesses from the dust and debris at the ruins of the World Trade Center would receive compensation if the settlement is approved by [...]
National Council of Young Israel President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky, Esq. today criticized comments made by Vice President Joseph Biden regarding the Jerusalem District Planning Committee’s decision to authorize 1,600 new units of housing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
In a statement issued by the White House, the Vice President said, “I condemn the decision [...]
Police on Friday will be out in large numbers to prevent a second week of Islamic violence following Friday mosque prayers. Last week, Islamic hoodlums threw rocks and cinderblocks down at the Kosel.
Acting on intelligence information, Defense Minister Ehud Barak clamped a closure on PA residents throughout Yehuda and Shomron, barring them from crossing into [...]
CDC, in collaboration with public health officials in numerous states in the Northeast, continues to investigate a multi-state mumps outbreak.
Who is affected: The Hasidic (Jewish) populations from New York and New Jersey are primarily affected. This outbreak is also occurring among members of the same population in Israel.
Why mumps transmission is a concern at this [...]
IDF Lt. Adam Malul, who was found guilty of beating an Arab, will not be sent to prison or demoted, calling the most difficult ordeal a “small victory”. The junior officer succeeded in persuading the court that his actions were not motivated by anything other than viewing them as a means towards achieving the goals [...]
The 12 pre-state heroes hanged at the gallows, referred to as the Olei HaGardom, were remembered in a ceremony held on Wednesday night in Akko, where the death sentences were carried out. The event was sponsored by the Begin Heritage Center and the Akko Municipality.
Among the notables taking part in the event was Vice Premier [...]
While enforcement of the 10-month construction ban throughout Yehuda and Shomron appears to remain a high priority for Defense Minister Ehud Barak, it appears a Knesset committee does not share his enthusiasm.
The minister's request for an additional NIS 12 million in funding to hire an additional 29 Civil Administration inspectors was rejected. Coalition chairman (Likud) [...]
Valley National Bancorp today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Valley National Bank, assumed all deposits and received certain assets of Manhattan-based LibertyPointe Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), which was appointed the receiver for LibertyPointe Bank.
Gerald H. Lipkin, Chairman, President and CEO commented that, “We welcome LibertyPointe Bank customers to Valley National Bank [...]
Jerusalem police this week released statistics pertaining to 2009, revealing a sharp increase in car thefts in the capital in the past year, an increase of 10.7%.
Rock-throwing attacks were also on the increase, from 1,023 incidents in 2008 to 1,215 incidents in 2009, representing an 18% increase.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
There was nothing remarkable in the address in Tel Aviv University delivered on Thursday by US Vice President Joe Biden, who used the standard terms to express America's commitment to Israel's security, the need to advance the diplomatic process with the PA (Palestinian Authority), his criticism of the planned construction in Yerushalayim and America's firm [...]
The PA (Palestinian Authority) has backed down from plans to hold a ceremony today, Thursday, to dedicate a square in memory of arch terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, who was responsible for the deaths of 37 people, as was reported earlier in the week by YWN-Israel (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=50646).
Israel turned to the White House to apply pressure on the [...]
A Jewish family arriving from Iran was placed under arrest in Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday after it was determined that they were carrying 14.5 kilograms (40 lbs) of pure opium.
According to police, they were searched upon their arrival, adding the parents and their 17-year-old son have been under surveillance for about three months. Police [...]
An Arab motorist was killed in a collision with a bus at Rimonim Ckpt. in Shomron. Two bus passengers sustained light injuries.
**Numerous Chevron area stone throwing attacks reported.
**Two people were lightly injured in a blaze that erupted in a four-story Netanya building.
**Holon: A fire truck responding to a blaze in Bat Yam was involved in [...]
Tragically, the matter of Gilad Shalit's ongoing captivity seems to have vanished from the media, but the anguish of the soldier and his family continues, one day at a time.
Gilad's father Noam is not resting however and on Wednesday, he met in France with the President of the EU Parliament, Prof. Jerzy Buzek. They discussed [...]