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German authorities announced on Tuesday that when the copyright to Adolf Hilter’s notorious Mein Kampf expires in three years’ time, an ‘annotated’ version will be made available to students across the country. The state of Bavaria, which became the beneficiary of Hitler’s works, property and money following the dictator’s suicide in 1945, said it was…

The Palestinian Authority may seize Israel’s intention to legalize three Jewish towns in Samaria and ask the United Nations Security Council for a condemnation.  The PA’s official WAFA website reported Wednesday that Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)  Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat mentioned the possibility of going to the Council. The Palestinian Authority’s ploy last year…

A book containing the records of people buried in the Jewish cemetery in Deutschkreutz Austria may finally inform families where their ancestors were put to rest, the Austrian Times reported on Tuesday. All records were lost after the cemetery was destroyed by the Nazis in the 1940s. However, a copy of the book of funeral records, listing every row of graves and…

“Terrorist kills, and we build,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told relatives of terror victims at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery Wednesday. “The atrocities of terror against our people know no moral bounds or political borders,” said on Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims. “The cruelty and hate of terrorists is insatiable,” he added.”…

Former Councilman Simcha Felder has announced a bid for the state Senate in a newly created district, which includes Borough Park and Flatbush, and is expected to receive a majority Jewish vote. Assemblyman Dov Kikind and Councilman David Greenfield, fellow Orthodox Democrats, endorsed Felder for the new “Super Jewish” state seat at a press conference…

IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, offered words of consolation to bereaved families on Tuesday, and also underscored the security threat which Israel is constantly facing. Gantz, who spoke at the opening ceremony in honor of Memorial Day at the Western Wall plaza, told the bereaved families, “The pain which beats in the…

Egypt’s election commission on Tuesday disqualified an ex-premier from running for president, The Associated Press reported. Ahmed Shafiq, who was former President Hosni Mubarak’s prime minister during the 18-day uprising last year, was disqualified because of a law, passed on Monday, that bans senior officials from the Mubarak regime from running for office. The disqualification…

The United States on Tuesday joined those condemning Israel for its decision to legalize three Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. AFP quoted State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland as having reiterated Washington’s opposition to settlement activity in Judea and Samaria. According to the report, Nuland said the United States asked Israel, through its embassy in…

When Memorial Day sirens sound, “We will all become one family,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said as Israel remembers fallen soldiers and terror victims. A one-minute siren sounded at 8 p.m. Tuesday and a two-minute siren will sound at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Prime Minister recalled his brother Yoni, who was the commander and the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, and Israel’s Chief Rabbis on Tuesday attended a flag-lowering ceremony in Jerusalem as Memorial Day is set to begin. “For bereaved families, time stops when you get the terrible news… it cuts your life in two: what was before, and what will never be again,” Prime Minister…

Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin spoke at the opening Yom Hazikaron ceremonies at Yad Lebanim in Jerusalem saying “Even today we wake up to find our enemies seeking our destruction.” “We have assembled here to remember our children who have fallen for Israel,” Rivlin said. “And, to embrace the world for them by carrying on with…

A special tribute to Michael Levin, a Jewish-American who moved to Israel to join the Israel Defense Forces was held Tuesday evening in Jerusalem. Levin was killed while fighting Hizbullah terrorists during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. The Jerusalem Soul Center, which Levin used to frequent often, held a special tribute including reflections by friends and the screening of the…

France and Jordan rushed on Tuesday to condemn Israel’s decision to normalize the status of three communities in Judea and Samaria. The communities of Rechilim, Bruchin, and Sansana were built in the 1990’s with government approval. The Foreign Ministry in Paris issued a statement that the move “sends a negative message, which is an obstacle…

Israeli drama “Policeman” topped the international competition at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), which began April 11 and closed Sunday. “Policeman,” which made its debut last year, is a tragicomic take on counter-terrorism military forces and a group of young upper-class revolutionaries. The film’s director, Nadav Lapid, also took home the award for best…

For the third time in the past month a pair of terrorists was nabbed Tuesday night trying to smuggle explosives through a checkpoint in northern Samaria. The two Palestinian Authority residents were arrested after soldiers manning the checkpoint discovered four pipe bombs. The bombs were destroyed by sappers in a controlled explosion, and the men…

State owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company’s (EGAS) cancellation of the gas supply and purchasing agreement with East Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG) will have little effect on Israel, says Citi Capital Markets. The company added that the agreement is likely to impair Egypt more than Israel, Globes reported. Citi says that the disruptions in Egyptian gas…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu quoted a passage from the Prophet Isaiah – “be comforted, be comforted, my people” (Isaiah 40:1) – in a message for Remembrance Day for the IDF’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror. “My brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of the bereaved families, our loved one’s consciences are what led them…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) under Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas has instructed Internet providers to block access to news websites that criticize Abbas, Bethlehem based Ma’an News reported. As many as eight news outlets have been rendered unavailable after technicians at the Palestinian Telecommunications Company, or PalTel, used software called Squid to cause the sites to return…

The U.S. State Dept. refused on Monday to stand up for Israel against a Turkish statement that it vetoed Israel’s participation in a NATO summit. State Dept. spokeswoman Victoria Nuland fended off a round of questions on the Obama administration’s support of Israel by a persistent Associated Press reporter  who went so far as to…

Tablet Magazine’s Lea Zeltserman examines the fine line between propaganda and history as it relates to the dissemination of knowledge through technology and “the smartphone world.” Now, there are applications available through the Apple Store titled “iMussolini,” “iStalin” and “Hitler,” espousing hate-ridden and fascist ideals. Appealing to potential buyer of the 99 cent “Hitler” app,…

As Israel prepares to begin its Yom Hazikaron [Memorial Day] observance on Tuesday evening many bereaved families are reminded their lives contain a vacuum. One such famlily is that of former Lt. Colonel Yehuda Ben Shabbat, who served in the IDF Northern Command until he unexpectedly died of a heart attack eight years ago. Father,…

A ministerial team that had been appointed by the government on Sunday announced on Monday that three communities in Judea and Samaria will be legalized. The three communities are Sansana, Rechelim and Bruchin. All three communities were built in the 1990s based on decisions of previous governments. The announcement means the communities will receive a…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu conducted a special meeting with his senior ministers on Monday evening. The purpose of the meeting was to find a legal solution that would prevent the destruction of the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El. Five homes in the neighborhood are scheduled to be demolished on May 1, following an order by…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu today met on Monday with the contestants of the International Bible Quiz, which will be held on Thursday.  53 young people from countries around the world, including four contestants from Israel, will compete in this year’s Quiz which is held every year on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Netanyahu wished the…

As part of its ongoing campaign to delegitimize and demonize Israel, a Palestinian Authority TV children’s program recently featured a child reciting a poem promoting Pan-Arabism. The poem, by an Egyptian writer, included words “Our enemy, Zion, is Satan with a tail.” The children’s program, entitled “The Best Home”, aired on April 7 on a…

Organizers of Wednesday night’s Yom Ha’atzmaut ceremonies searched high and low for an Arab to accept the honor of holding one of the lit torches that open the official Independence Day celebrations in Israel, Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin said Monday. Not one was interested, he said, either because they did not want to take part in…

In recognition of the impending Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron) ceremonies set to take place Wednesday, the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi, NII) released the statistics on the number of Israelis who have been killed in terror attacks. Since January 1, 1950, a total of 2,357 Israelis have been killed in terrorist attacks. An additional 120…

An IDF court Monday rejected appeals by two Arab security prisoners from Palestinian Authority enclaves who have been refusing food for 55 days. “We just confirmed with Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh’s families that both their appeals were rejected today,” a spokeswoman for the Addameer NGO told AFP. Diab, 27, and Halahla, 34, began refusing…

An Egyptian minister on Monday said the Egypt was willing to begin selling gas to Israel again – at more favorable prices to Cairo. Her remarks came after it was reported late on Sunday night that Egypt planned to unilaterally terminate its 2005 natural gas export contract with Israel. “From Egypt’s point of view there…

Anti-Zionists sprayed hate slogans on Ammunition Hill and tried to burn an Israeli flag, two days before Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers. The site was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles in the Six-Day War in 1967. The pre-dawn vandals sprayed, “Guenther Grass was right,” referring to the German poet. Another slogan stated…

Sudanese Muslims torched a Catholic church Sunday in the capital of Khartoum, part of clashes between Sudan and South Sudan over control of an oil town. Sudanese warplanes bombed a key South Sudanese town Monday. Khartoum media said that church was part of a school complex used by South Sudanese Christians and Ethiopian refugees, and…

The technologically advanced army program “Tzayad,” meaning “hunter,” enables units in the Israel Defense Forces to share information on the location of friendly and hostile units, much like a GPS program is able to easily locate home addresses, restaurants, and other entertainment sites, the IDF blog reported. Older versions of the operating system were employed…

The South African Israel Public Affairs Committee (SAIPAC) is calling for Stephen Goodson, director of the South African Reserve Bank, to be fired following reports of his pro-Nazi views and statements calling the Holocaust a “huge lie”. Goodson, who was elected as a non-executive director in 2003, expressed his beliefs last year in a radio…

A four-year-old boy shot and killed his father after he did not buy him a PlayStation, Arabic language media reported Monday. “The boy pulled the trigger and a bullet hit his father in the head, killing him instantly,” the Sabq newspaper said in a report quoted by the Emirates247.com website. Another paper, Sharq, said the boy is…

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s visit to Israel this month left him with a stronger view of Israel’s need for land for security. He may be Mitt Romney’s running mate. Notably, Gov. Christie did not visit the Palestinian Authority during his trade mission visit, a fact that was not overlooked by Arabs. Aref Assaf, president…

Sixth-grade students of Gesher Hebrew School in suburban Buffalo have begun the task of collecting six million pennies to try and grasp the reality of the six million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, WIVB news reported.   The students were motivated by the Paper Clips Project that took place in Whitwell Tennessee…

Iran has confirmed that a cyber attack hit its Oil Ministry data systems. It claims there was no damage, but the National Iranian Oil Company website was inaccessible as of Monday. Oil ministry spokesman  Alireza Nikzad told the government-run Fars News Agency, “This cyber attack has not damaged the main data of the oil ministry…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday said Egypt’s decision to cancel the Egypt-Israel gas deal was “a business dispute” rather than being political in nature. “We don’t see this cutoff of the gas as something that is born out of political developments. It’s actually a business dispute between the Israeli company and the Egyptian company,”…

Google officially announced on Sunday the launch of “Street View” in Israel, allowing users from around the world to view and explore streets and sites across the country via 360-degree street-level imagery. While the official launch was Sunday, internet users were able to access Israel Street View already on Thursday. In the first stage, Google…

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face socialist Francois Hollande in a runoff election for France’s presidency, according to partial official results in Sunday’s vote. The Associated Press reported that with 75 percent of the vote counted, Hollande had 27.9 percent of ballots cast and Sarkozy 26.7 percent, according to figures released by the Interior Ministry…

Minister of Information and Diaspora Yuli Edelstein stated on Sunday that the option of demolition of the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El is not on the agenda. “This option is not on the agenda,” Edelstein told Arutz Sheva. “The Israeli government has expressed its position. The Likud ministers expressed their opinion on this last week,…

A senior official in the Egyptian army said on Sunday the agreement of supply of gas between Egypt and Israel was not cancelled but only suspended. According to a report on Army Radio, the official said that the suspension came about following a dispute regarding the transfer of funds. Earlier, Channel 2 News reported that…

Movie star Sylvester Stallone is suing an Arab-American contractor born in Nazareth for alleged shoddy work. Contractor Mohamed Hadid, a wildly successful businessman, fled Israel with his family during the War of Independence and is now among those who would be termed “Palestinian refugees” – except he settled in another country rather than staying in a refugee…

Egypt informed Israel Sunday afternoon that it is unilaterally cancelling the agreement of supply of gas to Israel. The announcement was made to EMG, the firm that receives the gas from Egypt, and reported on Channel 2 news. The peace treaty with Egypt includes a financial appendix, in which Egypt agrees to supply Israel with…

Soldiers from the Shayetet 13 Naval Commando boarded a ship in the Mediterranean Sunday, after a routine naval patrol suspected that it is carrying weapons. The ship, the HS Beethoven, is reportedly flying the Liberian flag and was headed to Gaza. Its cargo is being examined, but as of 9:00 p.m. no weapons were found.…

Palestinian Authority conmen in Hevron have managed to use the Jewish community’s desperation for housing to make a quick profit, while giving nothing in return. Criminals have forged papers showing ownership of abandoned buildings in order to sell the buildings to Jews. After money has traded hands and Jewish families have moved in and done…

Two Jewish civilians were targeted by a sophisticated Arab roadside bomb Wednesday night near Hevron but escaped unhurt miraculously. The serious incident was hardly reported at all in the press, which was busy counting the number of blows dealt to anarchists who tried to block a major thoroughfare.  Chaim Siton, a resident of Avigail in southern…

A synagogue in Colorado was the target of an apparent hate crime after swastikas were reportedly found painted on the Jewish building early Friday marking Adolf Hitler’s birthday, FOX news reported. Caretaker Stan Peters, who lives next door to the synagogue, told the Colorado Springs Gazette that the words “Happy 4:20” were found painted on…

A top Saudi hacker who targeted Israel and Jews has died at age 28, Saudi media reported Sunday. The man, who was not named, died of an asthma attack brought on by summer sandstorms. The hacker, who called himself “Cyber Terrorist,” was known for hacking well-protected sites including Microsoft. He targeted Jewish and Israeli sites…

Indian experts say Iranian terrorists used TNT in the February 13 attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car, seriously wounding Tal Yehoshua. She was flown to Israel, where she was treated for her wounds. India’s Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL) experts said the TNT explosives, first used by Germans in 1902, can be transported with little risk…

Minister Gilad Erdan visited an IDF reservists’ protest tent Sunday and expressed sympathy with the reservists’ cause. The Likud-led government is making efforts to ensure an equal distribution of the burden of service, he declared. The protesting reservists are calling to end the Tal Law, which allows hareidi-religious young men to avoid IDF service if…

Is the state finally taking action to stop illegal Bedouin construction in the Negev? A 250-man new police unit is in the process of being established in the police’s Southern District, with the specific purpose of enforcing the law against illegal construction in the Negev. The vast majority of illegal construction is carried out by…

The United Nations Security Council on Saturday approved the expansion of the UN ceasefire observer force in Syria from 30 to 300. The council also demanded an “immediate halt to the violence,” which has escalated rather than abated since Syria’s government and opposition agreed to halt hostilities more than a week ago. The resolution is…

Following the brutal and tragic murders in Itamar last year of Rabbi Udi Fogel, his wife Ruth and three of their children, Mizrachi UK, a branch of the national religious World Mizrachi Movement, decided to raise funds to help in the costs of caring for the remaining Fogel children; Tamar, 13, Roi, 9 and Yishai, 3. A…

Five unarmed UN monitors toured Homs, the battered city at the heart of the Syrian uprising, on foot on Saturday, The Associated Press reported. The report noted the monitors encountered unusually calm streets after weeks of shelling. The observers, members of an eight-member advance team that has been on the ground in Syria for a…

One million people are expected to visit 44 military cemeteries after the 8 p.m. siren Tuesday, Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers. Another siren will sound at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Immediately following the end of the day on Wednesday evening, the People of Israel will beginning celebrate the 64th years since the re-establishment of the State of…

US lawmakers are considering an aid allotment of $680 million to strengthen Israel’s Iron Dome short-range rocket shield. The move by Republican lawmakers comes in the face of previous attempts by the Obama administration to prune defense aid to Israel. Senior Republicans Howard McKeon (R-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) criticized Obama for his lack of…

Border Police on Saturday arrested two terrorists from Shechem at the Tapuach Junction in northern Samaria. The two young Arab men, aged 17, were carrying four pipe bombs, a makeshift firearm, ammunition, and knives. Suspicions of Border Police officers at the junction were aroused when the two young men exited their vehicle before it could…

The Counter-Terrorism Bureau on Saturday issued a call to Israelis in the Sinai Peninsula to immediately leave the area and return to Israel. Families of Israelis staying in Sinai were asked to contact them, update them about the warning, and urge them to exercise exceptional caution. Israelis planning trips to the Sinai were also urged…

Minister of Information and Diaspora Yuli Edelstein, Knesset Speaker MK Reuven Rivlin, Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov who heads the Knesset’s symbols and rituals committee, and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decided on Friday that the central Independence Day ceremony will be held on Mount Herzl as usual. There had been debates about whether to hold…

A powerful blast killed ten members of the security forces in the southern Syrian region of Quneitra on Friday, state television reported. The report blamed the explosion on “terrorists.” “An armed terrorist group detonated a 100-kilogram (220-pound) bomb in Sahm al-Jolan in the region of Quneitra, killing 10 members of the security forces,” the channel…

One of the leaders of the Syrian opposition is saying that the Syrian people will seek regional peace, including with Israel. In an interview with Kol Yisrael radio, portions of which were released on Friday, Nofal al-Dawalibi, said that if Presdient Bashar Assad’s regime falls, the Syrian people will realize their deprived rights and will…

Egypt’s Islamist and secular forces packed Cairo’s Tahrir Square with tens of thousands of protesters on Friday, The Associated Press reported. It was the biggest rally in months in which protesters accused the country’s ruling generals of manipulating upcoming presidential elections to preserve their power. The report noted that the attempts by protest organizers to…

The rockets that were fired from Egypt toward Israel earlier this month were smuggled from Libya, an Israeli defense official told The Associated Press on Friday. The official was referring to the firing of two Grad-style rockets at the Israeli resort town of Eilat, right before the Passover holiday. Israel has said the attacks originated…

European nations and Russia proposed rival UN resolutions on Friday, both calling for expanding the number of UN cease-fire monitors in Syria from 30 to 300, but disagreeing on possible sanctions and on how quickly the larger observer force should get on the ground. The Associated Press reported that after several hours of negotiations by…

Five years after Hamas seized Gaza from Fatah in a violent putsch the Fatah central committee is laying the groundwork to replace Hamas in the Palestinian Authority’s 2012 elections. According the to Hebrew-language daily Maariv, PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah’s central committee will gather in Ramallah on Saturday to discuss ways to wrest Gaza…

A senior Hamas leader on Thursday said that if the terror group came to power in a future ‘Palestinian state,’ it would not abide by any previous peace agreements with Israel. Moussa Abu Marzouk, the Hamas politburo’s number-two, says any potential deal, even if ratified in a popular referendum, would be considered to be merely…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak – in Washington to meet with American officials ahead of the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 – said Iranian supreme leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei could not be trusted to halt Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. “I don’t buy it so easily,” Barak told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday…

The UN human rights office on Friday charged that three men sentenced to death in Hamas-run Gaza were executed unlawfully. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay’s spokesman, Rupert Colville, told reporters in Geneva that the death sentences carried out by hanging on April 7 weren’t approved by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as required…

The IDF infantry has begun distributing a new device for use by its platoon commanders: a laser rangefinder. The IDF Website reports that the device is about the size of a cigarette box and weighs about 200 grams (0.44 lb.). It is manufactured by U.S. firm Opti-Logics. A glance at the target through the rangefinder…

The South African Reserve Bank has come under fire after an article last week revealed that one of its directors supports Nazi policies. According to the article, which was published last Friday in the South African Mail Guardian, Stephen Goodson, who was elected a non-executive director in 2003, holds contentious views that include admiring the…

The Pentagon held a ceremony on Thursday in honor of Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. The ceremony was attended by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. “Today we pause to remember and honor 6 million souls who were murdered not because of anything they had done, but because of who they were,” Panetta said during…

Google’s “Street View” service in Israel has been officially launched, according to a Channel 2 News report on Thursday. The report noted that the launch came several days earlier than scheduled. The official launch was to have taken place in Tel Aviv on Sunday. In the first stage, the service only offers street views of…

A synagogue has been dedicated in Basel, Switzerland for the first time in more than 80 years. The Feldinger Chabad Jewish Centre is the first new synagogue in the city since 1929. Rabbis and government officials were present at the opening ceremony. The inauguration of the centre was supported by Sami Rohr, one of the most…

A group of some 20 Arabs attacked a Jewish family as they drove to their home in Tekoa on Thursday afternoon. Akiva Ami-El, his wife Keterya, and their two-year old son Benaiya were coming home from a shopping trip in the Gush Etzion city of Efrata when a gang of Arab students began pelting their…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called upon Jewish youths visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau Thursday to be “proud that the Jewish people rose from the dead.” He termed the voices calling Israel a threat to world peace – “chutzpah.” As the video was played before the participants, 17 Allied Forces veterans sat on the stage overlooking the train tracks…

An apparent nationalistic terror crime was perpetrated in Jerusalem Thursday evening. Assailants believed to be Arabs stabbed a haredi-religious Jew, aged around 20, at the “hotels junction” near the Tomb Shimon HaTzaddik. The victim was reportedly in moderate condition and conscious before he was evacuated to a hospital.  The victim and a friend were walking back…

Norway’s confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik told the court trying him on Thursday he only had a slim chance of surviving his bomb and shooting rampage. A total of 77 people were killed in the twin attacks on 22 July 2011. Breivik, who styles himself an anti-Muslim militant, said he had expected to be…

The war of words between Tehran and the six-members of the Gulf Cooperation Council over three disputed islands continues to escalate. Iran’s ground forces commander warned the military is ready for action should diplomacy fail, state TV reported on Thursday. General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said Iranian forces are “capable of confronting any offender: against Iran’s…

Al-Azhar students and political activists in Egypt are calling for a protest Friday in front of Al-Azhar’s administrative office after Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa made a rare visit to Jerusalem Wednesday. Al-Azhar students protested Wednesday in front of the Al-Azhar student residence building for the same reason. Gomaa’s visit was in honor of the inauguration…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine, it was announced Wednesday. Eric Cantor, the majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, wrote in a short article on TIME’s website that Netanyahu “is one of these iconic Israelis, a strong, determined leader…

A 500-year-old painting auctioned by the French government during the Nazi occupation in World War II was returned on Wednesday to a Jewish family who proved it was sold illegally. According to a report in The Associated Press, U.S. authorities in Tallahassee signed paperwork to return the 16th century Baroque painting to representatives of the…

The British government has suffered a series of embarrassments recently and is lagging way behind the opposition Labour Party in the polls (despite the lackluster Labour leadership). It believed that it had recorded a success. Diplomatic intercession with the Jordanian government and with King Abdullah elicited a Jordanian commitment to guarantee one Abu Qatada, a Muslim firebrand…

In honor of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem has produced an innovatinve and poignant poster. Dorielle Rimmer Halperin, the Bezalel graduate who created the poster, said the poster was dedicated to her grandparents – David and Esther Rimmer – who survived the Holocaust, as…

Syria is moving to liquidate its gold reserves to raise revenue as Western and Arab sanctions targeting its central bank and oil exports cut into its cash reserves. Syria’s foreign exchange reserves have been halved from about $17 billion, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Tuesday. “Syria is selling its gold at rock bottom…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a hard hitting speech centering on the Iranian threat, in the central Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at Yad Vashem Wednesday. Such a direct reference to current events and politics in the Holocaust Memorial is unusual. “On this day, we must realize a supreme obligation, and this obligation is not just…

President Shimon Peres told his personal story at the central Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at Yad Vashem on Wednesday. “I was born in Wieszniev. Half of the townspeople came to Israel. The other half perished,” said Peres. “After the war, I learned that on Sunday August 30th, a dark dawn had come upon my hometown.…

A female IDF officer, 20, was killed Wednesday when lighting pole collapsed on stage during rehearsals for next week’s Independence Day celebrations on Mount Herzl. MDA paramedics responded to the scene and attempted to resuscitate the officer to no avail. At least 7 others soldiers – and as many as 10 civilians – were injured…

The Kantor Center’s Program for Study of Anti-Semitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University released their 2011 Anti-Semitism Report on Wednesday. The report noted both a “continuation and even escalation of harassment and incitement” and a “considerable decline in major violent incidents world wide” targeting Jews during 2011. “The year 2011 marked a worldwide continuation…

Dr. Roni Stauber of the Kantor Center spoke to Arutz Sheva after an anti-Semitism conference at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. Stauber, who directs the Program for Study of Anti-Semitism and Racism, recently authored an annual report on anti-Semitism for the Kantor Center. Arutz Sheva asked Stauber how he classified the murder of four Jews…

A Hamas terrorist, released from prison as a part of the prisoner exchange deal that freed captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, was revealed to be plotting and instructing the kidnapping of additional Israeli soldiers, the blog of the Israel Defense Forces reported on Tuesday. Omar Abu Sanina, who was sentenced to life in prison for…

Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner said Tuesday he has “no regrets” about striking a Danish activist, saying that doing the job is more important than looking good. “What’s more important, doing the job or looking good for the camera?” Eisner asked rhetorically during an interview with Channel 10. “We know the history of these anarchists,” Eisner…

Who said there are no free lunches? The nationalist press enjoyed a free lunch at the King David Hotel with Ambassador Andrew Standley, head of the EU delegation to Israel, who was ably assisted in translation duties by David Kriss. This is part of an effort begun a few years ago by the EU to…

In yet another attack against Israeli civilians, Arabs threw rocks at two Jewish girls who were walking towards their home in Hevron on Tuesday evening. One of the girls was slightly injured. After the attack, clashes broke out between local Jews and Arabs. IDF forces stationed in the area broke up the parties. Benzi Gofstein,…

Palestinian Authority residents joined terrorists and security prisoners Tuesday in an open-ended hunger strike in another PR ploy for media attention for its unilateral demands for a state within Israel’s borders. The Palestinian Authority is increasing the use of mass protests to attract media sympathy in the wake of its failure to force Israel to…

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik insisted Tuesday he would massacre his 77 victims all over again if he had the opportunity. Reading a prepared statement in court, the anti-Muslim terrorist lashed out at Norwegian and European governments for embracing immigration and multiculturalism. He claimed to be speaking as a commander of an anti-Islam militant…

The European Union continues to regard Israel’s presence in the Jewish people’s ancestral homeland as “occupation.” Arutz Sheva asked EU ambassador to Israel Andrew Standley about Europe’s position on the recent expulsion of 15 Jewish families from Beit Hamachpela in Hevron. “They [Judea and Samaria] are indeed occupied territory under international law, where Israel is…

The first Gallup poll of the election season shows Mitt Romney with a razor-thin lead over Barack Obama, but a CNN poll puts Obama in the lead. The Gallup poll of registered voters gives Romney, the unofficial but certain Republican presidential candidate, support of 47 percent of the respondents, 2 percent more than President Obama,…

Israel has not given the U.S. a commitment to hold off from striking Iran while the U.S. and other countries are holding talks with the Persian theocracy, said Defense Minister Ehud Barak Tuesday. In an interview on IDF Radio‘s morning news show, Barak said that he does not believe the attempts to stop Iran’s nuclear…

A Japanese linguist, who has spent decades compiling the world’s first Yiddish-Japanese dictionary, has proved that one does not have to be Jewish in order to love Yiddish. “It was in the hills of Kyushu Island in southern Japan where Kazuo Ueda carried out his impressive and quixotic quest, devoting his life to a language…

Two anarchists whose sponsors condemned Israel as racist scrawled a swastika on the wall of a detention room at Ben Gurion Airport. French organizers of the anti-Israeli fly-in protest Sunday called Israel and airlines that canceled activists’ tickets “racists” and said one passenger was denied boarding privileges in France because she was not Jewish or…

If Google’s roof-topped “candid camera” caught you on film the past six months, you might be seen at Sunday’s public launch of “Street View” in Tel Aviv. The Internet giant deployed its vehicles last September on the streets of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Mitzpeh Ramon in the central Negev and even the Kinneret and the…

The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) website posted an article Monday that severely criticizes an article by Justin Martin, that appeared on CJR two weeks earlier, which portrays Israel as a country that stifles the press. Martin’s reply to the criticism exposes at least one outright lie in his claims. The original article by Martin, a journalism…

The United States on Monday ruled out Iran’s call for a lifting of sanctions, saying that the Islamic republic must first address concerns over its nuclear program in “concrete” ways, AFP reported. Over the weekend, Iran held talks with major powers, for the first time in 15 months. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine…

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has inaugurated a new PA construction project, despite the fact that it is located in an area under full Israeli control, the PA-based WAFA news agency reported on Monday. According to a statement issued by Fayyad’s office, he inaugurated on Monday stage one of a water dam to be…

The United States on Monday defended Israel’s actions to stop the anti-Israel ‘flytilla’. Israel managed to stop the pre-publicized event in its tracks, without fanfare. “Israel is a sovereign nation. Like any sovereign nation, it has a right to control the flow of people and goods through its ports,” AFP quoted State Department spokesman Mark Toner…

Three of Egypt’s main presidential candidates have filed appeals, after the election commission barred them from running, The Associated Press reported on Monday. The three candidates who appealed are former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, ultraconservative Islamist candidate Hazem Abu Ismail and Khairat al-Shater of the Muslim Brotherhood. The three were among ten candidates who were…

Tehran on Monday rattled its saber at its Arab neighbors across the Persian Gulf warning things could become “very complicated” in an islands dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warned that the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE –…

Ten presidential hopefuls, including former president Hosni Mubarak’s deputy and two leading Islamists, have been disqualified from Egypt’s presidential polls due next month for not meeting the required criteria, an independent election commission said. The list of the disqualified hopefuls include Omar Sulaiman, who became vice-president in Mubarak’s last days; Khairat Al Shater, the deputy…

Sheikh Raed Salah, who heads the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, returned to Israel on Monday evening, about six months after he was arrested in London following an unauthorized entry into the UK. Salah was arrested in the London hotel at which he was staying last June. Local immigration authorities claimed that Salah had…

The small Israeli drug firm known as Kamada reports its drug for juvenile diabetes has passed an interim Phase I and II trial. Kamada is dwarfed in size by the Israeli-based giant Teva Pharmaceuticals, but the north Negev company is hoping to make a large impact in the treatment of what is known as Type…

The American Nazi Party has its first lobbyist in Washington, according to reports. John Bowles registered with House and Senate offices as a representative of “ANP,” which stands for the American Nazi Party, The Hill reported. Bowles plans to lobby for “political rights and ballot access laws,” and other issues relating to civil rights, healthcare…

Terrorists have beheaded Alabama native-turned terrorist Omar Hammami, Somali media report. He recently said he feared for his life. He also was known as Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki or simply “the American,” and rose to the position of a senior commander in the Al Shabaab terrorist group, linked with Al Qaeda. Al Shabaab has not confirmed…

A terrorist hurled seven firebombs at Jewish homes Sunday night in Maaleh HaZeitim, on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.   The terrorist’s face was covered. He came carrying ten firebombs and managed to throw seven of them at ground floor apartments in the compound, causing a fire to break out in one of them. The compound’s…

In light of the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz held a special conference at the Yad Vashem memorial museum in Jerusalem, affirming that Israel must not only defend its own borders but must also serve to protect Jews around the world. “The Holocaust was the darkest period in Jewish…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed on Sunday the latest round of talks between Iran and six world powers, which were held in Turkey over the weekend. Netanyahu, who met with U.S. Senator (ID-CT) Joe Lieberman, warned against Iran using the opportunity to advance its nuclear weapons program. On Saturday, the European Union’s foreign policy chief,…

A controversial British parliamentarian has announced a bounty for the capture of U.S. President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush, the Al-Arabiya network reported Sunday, citing a report in Pakistan’s Express Tribune. The parliamentarian is Lord Nazir Ahmed, who became the first Muslim life peer in 1998. Ahmed, who is of Kashmiri origin,…

A day after he was barred from the Egyptian presidential race, the country’s former intelligence chief warned Sunday against a win by the extreme Muslim Brotherhood. Former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who was appointed by ex-President Hosni Mubarak as vice president in the dying days of his administration, was one of ten candidates who were…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch on Sunday evening, and thanked the officers and commanders of the Israel Police for their determined and successful operation in foiling the ‘flytilla’ that was intended to be carried out at the Ben Gurion International Airport. Netanyahu told Aharonovitch, “The deployment of the operational…

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that nothing had been “given away” to Iran during weekend nuclear talks in Istanbul, AFP reported. According to the report, Obama warned Tehran that the clock was still ticking to reach an agreement over its nuclear program. Obama’s comments came in response to comments made by Israeli Prime…

The Jewish United Hatzalah organization is hoping to replicate its emergency services in Indian cities in order to provide immediate medical treatment to thousands of people in need. Road accidents are so common on the highways in India that over one hundred thousand people were killed in 2010 alone, and 30-40 times that number were…

The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, Mohsen Rezaei, advised the officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “against singing the same tune as the Zionist regime and to avoid hasty measures,” Iranian Press TV reported. Rezaei made the remarks on Saturday in reaction to the UAE protesting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to Iranian island of…

A former IDF soldier is in a legal battle to be recognized as having been handicapped in battle. The ex-soldier says he is mentally ill due to trauma suffered in war, specifically due to terrorist groups’ use of child soldiers. The man says that during his service in the First Lebanon War, he and fellow…

Jonathan Pollard was released from a medical center on Sunday and returned to prison. Pollard had been hospitalized after suffering severe pain. He was granted a two-minute phone call with his wife Esther to update her about his situation. Jonathan sounded very weak, Esther said.   He asked her to thank President Peres. “I am convinced…

  MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) praised the officer who struck an anarchist in the face on Saturday for his action. “The IDF Deputy Brigade Commander deserves respect for doing what Bibi and Aharonovich lack the brains and guts to do,” he said – in a reference to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Minister…

Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, has apologized for his remarks during a televised debate aired on April 10 with the atheist advocate and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, in which he said that the Germans suffered more than any other people during World War II. Following a question asked by a member of the audience as…

Egypt’s election commission has barred 10 candidates from the upcoming presidential race, among them the three top runners. “The commission has disqualified candidates because they do not fill one or more of the required conditions,” said a statement issued Saturday to the media. Former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, appointed by ex-President Hosni Mubarak as vice…

Texas Republican Ron Paul, known for wanting to cut aid to Israel and other countries, has backed recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “The real issue here is not what America wants, but what does Israel want,” Paul said, according to a transcript of a meeting with evangelical leaders obtained by Business Insider. “If…

Terrorism is on the rise in the Sinai Peninsula, with Egyptian soldiers paying the ultimate price on Sunday. Two Egyptian soldiers were killed and two others were wounded Sunday by radical Salafi Islamist terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula. The ambush took place against the backdrop of increasing anarchy in the region, populated largely by Bedouin tribes.…

Kuwait’s parliament provisionally passed amendments to the Gulf state’s penal code stipulating the death penalty for those who curse the Islamic  god, Islam’s Prophet or his wives, the AFP reported. Forty-six members of parliament voted for the key amendments that will come into effect after another round of voting and government approval. The second and final…

Syrian President Bashar Assad sent helicopters to back up tanks Sunday in another escalation of violence against protesters — despite a ceasefire that survived no better than the more than 10,000 victims of the regime’s suppression of a 13-month-old protest for reforms. Most of the fire was aimed at the opposition stronghold of Homs, and…

The Palestinian Authority has shut down a branch of a human rights organization, officials said Friday. PA interior minister Said Abu Ali said that the Palestinian Human Rights Monitor ordered the closure after claiming the group’s activities were not consistent with the interests of the “Palestinian” people, Ma’an News Agency reported. The minister is basing…

The European foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said that the latest talks between Iran and six world powers have been constructive and that the two sides will meet again in Baghdad on May 23. Ashton said future talks will be guided by the “principle of a step-by-step approach and reciprocity.” Ashton’s statement indicates that the…

Upon their arrival to Israel the pro-Palestinian “flytilla” activists will receive an official letter from the Israeli government that reads: “We appreciate your choosing to make Israel the object of your humanitarian concerns. We know there were many other worthy choices. You could have chosen to protest the Syrian regime’s daily savagery against its own…

The German government says it’s looking into a report that weapons bound for the Syrian regime were loaded onto a German-owned ship. Der Spiegel weekly reported Saturday the Atlantic Cruiser was halted in the Mediterranean after its owners were warned it was suspected to be carrying Iranian military equipment to Tartus, Syria. (AP)

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved the deployment of the first wave of UN military observers to monitor a fragile cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters. The resolution adopted Saturday morning calls on both sides to immediately “cease all armed violence in all its forms.” (AP)

Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Saturday that Moscow was satisfied with the latest Western-Arab draft resolution authorizing the deployment of the first batch of unarmed UN observers to Syria to monitor its fragile truce. “Having reported to our capital we are now satisfied we can vote on the resolution,” Churkin told reporters. (Reuters)

British airline Jet2.com has cancelled the tickets of three women from Manchester planning to travel to Israel on Sunday to take part in the pro-Palestinian “flytilla” protest, The Guardian reported. According to the report, the low-cost airline relented to Israel’s request to refuse the women service. “It never crossed my mind that Israel could stop…

Al-Qaeda’s main Internet forums have been dark for 11 days in what experts believe is the work of cyber-attacks sponsored by the US intelligence community. The Al-Qaeda Shumukh al-Islam forum went offline on March 22. Since then four other Al-Qaeda affiliated forums have also gone down. “The media arena is witnessing a vicious attack by…

Despite his rocky relationship with Israel and with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, a survey released Tuesday finds that American Jews still favor President Barack Obama for re-election. The survey, conducted among 1,004 American Jews by the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute, found that Obama has the same level of support, 62 percent, among American Jewish…

The New York Police Department said Tuesday it would be beefing up security at the city’s synagogues and other Jewish sites for the Passover holiday, in the wake of the recent attack on a religious school in Toulouse, France. According to The Associated Press, authorities have stressed that there have been no specific threats reported…

Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators will reportedly meet for the first time since talks held in Jordan two months ago ended in failure. “There are preparations with the Israeli side to have a meeting between Saeb Erekat and Yitzhak Molcho in the next few hours or days,” a senior PA official told AFP on Tuesday…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that sanctions aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear enrichment program have failed to yield results. “The sanctions are painful, hard… but will this bring about a halt or a retreat in the Iranian nuclear program? Until now, it has not happened,” Netanyahu told reporters in Jerusalem. He said the Iranian…

Muslim extremists arrested in France had planned to kidnap a Jewish judge in Lyon, sources told AFP. Other kidnappings were planned as well. The detainees had undergone “warlike training linked to violent religious indoctrination,” said Bernard Squarcini, head of France’s Central Directorate for Domestic Intelligence. President Nicolas Sarkozy would not confirm the kidnapping plot claims,…

The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague announced Tuesday that he rejected a complaint filed by the PA against Israel for alleged war crimes during “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza in 2009. The prosecutor explained that only states can file a complaint with the International Criminal Court. “The Palestinian Authority is only…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said the proposed evacuation of Beit Hamachpela (House of the Patriarchs) is on hold until the facts can be verified. “I am coordinating with the defense minister. I asked him to hold off on the evacuation so we can establish the legal facts in this case, and that is…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday marked his fourth year in office saying “I will not initiate early elections.” “I’m not afraid of it, but I won’t initiate it,” Netanyahu said during an hour long press conference in Jerusalem.  His ruling Likud party – which currently holds 27 seats in the Knesset – is polling…

The Passover holiday is a time to not only remember and recount the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt, but to also take full advantage of the fun and educational opportunities in Israel during Chol Hamoed, now that we have left the bondage of slavery. Mini Israel, located in Latrun, is going to be hosting a…

After it was revealed that a book advising Muslim men how to abuse and control their wives is being sold in a Toronto bookstore, The Toronto Sun newspaper has exposed that there are other controversial Muslim books being sold in Canadian stores. According to a report in the newspaper this past weekend, one Islamic bookstore…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas threatened on Monday to submit complaints against Israel in international institutions if it does not return to the negotiating table, according to a report in the Ma’ariv newspaper. Abbas, who spoke in Egypt during a ceremony in which the cornerstone for a new PA embassy in Cairo was laid, once…

The heads of Israel’s defense system estimate that if Israel is targeted by missiles from neighboring countries during a theoretical war in 2012, 300 people will be killed in a three week period, according to a Channel 10 News report on Monday. The report said that the ministers in the Israeli Security Cabinet were given…

Soldiers who serve in the Border Police, along with dozens of other volunteers, took part over the weekend in a Kimcha dePascha (“Pesach flour” in Aramaic) initiative by Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto. Kimcha dePascha involves packing and delivering packages with Passover food for those who are less fortunate and cannot afford to buy kosher for Passover…

U.S. authorities are investigating the source of an online poster warning that the Al Qaeda terrorist organization wants to stage a repeat “performance” in New York City, where its terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people in aerial attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The graphic poster, apparently designed by an amateur, includes…

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that the prominent Husseini family could not claim ownership of a landmark and now derelict building in eastern Jerusalem. The Shepherd Hotel was built in the 1930s and served as the home of notoriously anti-Semitic and Nazi supporter, the Jerusalem grand mufti Haj Amin Husseini. It was declared “absentee property” by Israel…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Defense Minister Ehud Barak to delay the eviction of the residents of “Beit Machpelah” (House of the Patriarchs) in Hebron. Netanyahu’s request specifically asked Barak to give the 15 Jewish families in Beit Machpela the opportunity to make their legal case heard. Last Thursday, some 15 Jewish families from…

Israel Police will host their colleagues in Tel Aviv at the 41st international Interpol conference next month. It is the first time the gathering is being held in the Jewish State, a “big honor,” according to Israel Police Commissioner Inspector-General Yochanan Danino. “We are proud to host the leaders of the fight against crime and terrorism,”…

Government forces arrived Monday evening at the outpost of Oz Tzion, intent on demolishing buildings in the budding community. The Samaria (Shomron) Jewish outpost is located in the Binyamin region, near the town of Beit El, and has been raided before.Three young women staying at the outpost were arrested by Border Police last week on…

At least seven people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California on Monday, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. Police say they have a suspect in custody. According to AP, the shooting erupted mid-morning (local time) at Oikos University in Oakland. Officer Johnna Watson did not give any…

False alarms sounded sirens in southern and northern Israel around noon Monday, causing children to run for shelters and soldiers to pack gear. The IDF spokesman immediately announced that malfunctions, and not incoming rockets and missiles, were the source for the sirens to wail. Until the explanation was heard nationwide, adults and children panicked as sirens…

The Attorney General of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Ahmad al-Maghni, said, in response to the recent detention of journalists Yousef al-Shayeb and Ismat Abdel Khaleq, that the PA has “no problem” arresting journalists. Al-Shayeb is being investigated for “libel” and “defamation” and Abdul Khaliq for a number of comments he posted on Facebook accusing President…

A major Norwegian pharmaceutical retail chain announced that it will be halting the sale of all “products originating from settlements in occupied territories,” including Ahava Dead Sea cosmetics. Pharmaceutical chain VITA has been the main retailer of Ahava products in Norway, according to a statement issued by the Norwegian People’s Aid and the Norwegian Union…

The Shin Bet and IDF have arrested 13 members of a terror cell that fired at IDF soldiers in the Amari refugee neighborhood of Ramallah on January 20. No one was hurt in that incident, but one of the IDF vehicles was damaged. Some of the arrested terrorists were employees of the Red Crescent emergency…

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas is visiting Cairo where he is meeting with the military regime and laying the cornerstone for a new PA embassy as the Muslim Brotherhood tries to increase its dominance. It is not known if he will meet with Muslim Brotherhood leaders, who won control of the parliament in recent elections…

Senior Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti has been placed in solitary confinement, after a cellphone was discovered in his possession. Another reason reportedly cited for the punishment is a statement he released to Arab press last week. In the statement, Barghouti issued a call to Palestinian Authority Arabs to engage in “resistance” against Israel. Barghouti said,…

The head of Tunisia’s governing Islamist party, Ennahada, said on Sunday the country cannot normalize ties with Israel. According to a report in the official TAP news agency, Rached Ghannouchi said that “Tunisians’ problem is with Zionism, not with Judaism,” stressing that “the president of Ennahda stressed … there can be no normalization with Israel.”…

Jordanian military prosecutors on Sunday charged 13 political activists with incitement against the regime, rioting and insulting King Abdullah II, AFP reported. The charges come a day after police broke up their demonstration, the report noted. “State Security Court prosecutors accused the 13 of inciting the public against the country’s political regime, rioting and insulting…

Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in a bloody massacre in Norway last year, considered an attempt at the life of U.S. President Barack Obama, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday, citing Norwegian media. According to the reports, Breivik planned to kill Obama as he visited Oslo to accept his Nobel Peace Prize…

The Yad Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities of the East has launched a new online database containing documents which shed light on a chapter in Jewish history of which little has been known to date: the fate of North African Jewry during World War II. Dr. Haim Saadoun, administrator of the new…

A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged on Sunday to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups, The Associated Press reported. The decision came during the conference of the “Friends of Syria” in Istanbul, during which it was debated whether, and if so, how to arm…

The IDF Spokesman’s Unit said Sunday that an IDF unit identified a terrorist Saturday evening near the central section of the security fence separating Gaza from Israel. He was spotted as he was digging in the ground. The IDF unit fired at him and identified a hit on target. In the morning, the IDF combed…

Members of Yisrael Beitenu toured Migron Sunday and vowed to assist the community, which faces a deadline for its destruction. The delegation included Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau, Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver, and MKs Robert Ilatov, David Rotem and Moshe Matalon. They were accompanied by Binyamin local authority head Avi Roeh and…

Nazem Abu Salim, imam of the Shihab a-Din mosque in Nazareth, was convicted Sunday of incitement to terrorism and violence, and of support for a terror organization. Salim, 47, is a popular preacher who often addressed thousands with his Friday sermons. Prosecutors said his ideology is identical to that of Al-Qaeda. He was arrested in…

Europe’s healthiest economy is planning to invest a huge sum in clean, renewable energy – and is walking away from nuclear power. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a $263 billion plan recently to build offshore wind farms. The fields will span an area six times the size of New York City. It will cost the…

A Hamas legislator gave a fiery speech, urging women to blow themselves up for the sake of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa mosque. Speaking before the Global March on Jerusalem, Mushri al-Masri addressed a score of Palestinian women in Gaza in a speech broadcast on Hamas Al Aqsa television and translated by the IDF on its…

As Assad regime forces continue their slaughter of Syrians, international foreign ministers from 70 different nations gathered as the “Friends of Syria” in Istanbul to meet and debate whether, and if so, how to arm rebel fighters against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.  Among those meeting in Istanbul were U.S. Secretary of…

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) landed in Israel Sunday for a four-day trip intended to “strengthen New Jersey’s economic and diplomatic relationships with foreign nations,” his office announced. The trip, which is being labeled as the “Jersey to Jerusalem Trade Mission,” includes members of the state’s Jewish and business communities, as well as the…

The victory by George Galloway in the West Bradford by-election was a political shock for Britain’s major parties and particularly the British Labor Party. Parties in opposition are not expected to lose seats in special (or by) elections to fill a parliamentary seat. Galloway, who was elected in the East End in 2005, had been expelled from the Labour…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a polite but pointed reality check at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, couched in his discussion of his last-minute decision Saturday night with Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz to reduce a tax hike on gasoline. The dreaded tax increase was scaled down after protests from consumers – but Netanyahu…

About thirty-five actors, directors and writers signed a letter, published in The Guardian on Thursday, protesting the inclusion of Habima, Israel’s National Theatre, at a Shakespearean festival in London, in May. Two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson, recent Tony winner Mark Rylance and seven-time Oscar nominee Mike Leigh are among the signatories who expressed “dismay and…

PLO official Saeb Erekat denied on Saturday a report in an Israeli newspaper that Israel has refused to receive a letter being prepared by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. According to the report, Abbas’ letter contains an overview of the PA’s position on the peace process and the future…

U.S. President Barack Obama is moving ahead with tough new sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran’s oil exports, The Associated Press reported on Friday. The decision was made after Obama determined there is enough crude on world markets to take the step without harming U.S. allies, the report said. Obama’s move allows the U.S. to go…

Fresh clashes erupted between Syrian soldiers and rebels across many parts of Syria on Friday, despite President Bashar Assad having accepted a peace plan brokered by UN envoy Kofi Annan earlier this week. According to The Associated Press, there were clashes in the suburbs of Damascus, in the northern Idlib province, the restive central province…

Labor party leader MK Shelly Yechimovich has declared that she sees herself as a candidate for prime minister in the next elections.  “The choice of Mofaz in Kadima has strengthened Labor under my leadership as the most meaningful alternative for replacing Netanyahu,” she announced in a statement released Friday. She continued: “I am not aware…

Ten years ago, the IDF carried out a large-scale operation in Judea and Samaria, dubbed ‘Defensive Shield,’ in response to ‘Black March’ – the month of March, 2002, in which Palestinian Authority terrorists murdered 105 Israeli civilians and 26 IDF soldiers, mostly in suicide bomber attacks against civilian targets such as restaurants and buses. A…

The Land Day protests, some of which turned violent, ended late Friday afternoon with one Palestinian Authority Arab dead in Gaza. According to a report in the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, the Arab was killed by Israeli fire. The report cited a medical official in Gaza who added that over 30 other people were wounded…

A French court sentenced on Friday a 20-year-old man from the same Toulouse neighborhood as gunman Mohamed Merah to three months in prison for praising his crimes. AFP reported that the man, Mohamed Redha Ghezali, was convicted of “provoking racial hatred” and “apology for terrorism”. Toulouse prosecutor Michel Valet told the French news agency that…

Despite its earlier expression for support of Iran’s nuclear program, Turkey announced on Friday it was reducing oil imports from the Islamic Republic by 20 percent, The Associated Press reported. By implementing the move Turkey may be bowing to pressure from the United States, which is leading an international effort to push Tehran to halt…

The affair between the Hamas terror group and Iran may be over, but the Islamic Republic is still supplying weapons to Gaza, according to Amir Rapaport of the Israel Defense website. In a report Friday, Rapaport noted that the root of the conflict between the terror group and Iran lies with Syria. “Iran and Hamas…

Hizbullah leader Hasan Nasrallah accused Israel on Friday of wanting “the issue of Palestine to be forgotten” and said the resistance against Israel was still alive. Speaking on the occasion of Friday’s Land Day, Nasrallah said Arab countries had the capabilities to liberate Palestine if they joined forces but said the will was absent. “The…

Israel’s security chiefs are taking a hands on approach in managing Friday’s planned Arab protests and a “Global March to Jerusalem” from neighboring countries. Thousands of additional police and troops were deployed across Israel and along the Jewish state’s borders in anticipation of violence. Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza today…

Land Day turned violent Friday when Arabs began hurling Molotov cocktails and stones at soldiers near the Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The riots began after Friday afternoon Muslim prayers – often a starting point for violence – when dozens of masked Arab youths began rioting at the checkpoint. Soldiers responded with teargas and deployed…

French police on Friday detained 19 people in a crackdown on Islamist extremists with more raids to come, according to the president. Nicolas Sarkozy gave no details about the arrests, which were a part of an operation by France’s principal intelligence agency, the DCRI. “It’s in connection with a form of Islamist radicalism,” Sarkozy told…

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Friday demanded the Syrian Government implement a ceasefire it previously agreed to immediately. “The deadline is now,” an Annan spokesman said, adding the former UN chief believed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad needed “to make a good faith gesture.” Assad previously agreed to a six point plan by Annan aimed…

Land Day turned violent Friday when Arabs began hurling Molotov cocktails and stones at soldiers near the Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem, and Bethlehem to the south. A video taken by IDF soldiers in a watchtower in Bethlehem showed rioters massing at the security fence and hurling stones and firebombs at their position. The soldiers…

Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in south-western France including four Jews in the Otzar Hatorah school, has been buried outside the city of Toulouse, the BBC reported. Merah, 23, was shot dead after a 32-hour siege at his home last week. He was buried at the Cornebarrieu cemetery in the city, several hours after…

As part of the preparations and high alert for the Arab “Land Day”, which will be marked on Friday, the IDF Spokesman announced on Thursday night that, following a decision by Defense Minister Ehud Barak, a general closure was imposed on the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. The closure was imposed as of…

Dozens of anti-Israel activists protested on Thursday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Amman and demanded that it be closed. According to a report on the AmmonNews website, the demonstrators called on the Jordanian government to expel the Israeli diplomatic mission from Jordan and cancel the peace treaty the two countries signed in 1994.…

Iran will defend the Syrian regime due to its anti-Israeli stance, the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader said on Thursday. According to a report in The Daily Star, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comments during a meeting with visiting Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Iran will defend Syria because of its support for the anti-Zionist…

  President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday he wanted Islamic spree killer Mohamed Merah to be buried in France “without argument”. His remarks came after Algeria refused Merah’s body and Toulouse mayor Pierre Cohen raised objections to his being buried in the French city where he committed his crimes. Merah killed seven people – three French…

Newly-elected opposition leader Shaul Mofaz pledged Thursday to work for social reform, saying “Kadima will restore dignity to the working class.” Mofaz – a former IDF Chief of Staff and Defense Minister – soundly defeated Tzipi Livni in a Tuesday vote to replace her as chairman of Kadima Party, the largest in the Knesset. “I…

Israeli officials are actively seeking foreign partners to help tap massive natural gas resources recently discovered off of its coast. “All parties with expertise and know-how in prospecting, extraction and infrastructure are welcome,” Shaul Tzemah, head of Israel’s energy ministry, told French delegates at a seminar on Wednesday. “It’s now or never – if you…

Sixty-nine percent of Israelis support a joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear installations, according to a poll conducted for the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. Forty-two percent of Israelis support a strike if Israel has to act alone. The poll found that 73%…

Israeli security forces are on a heightened state of alert as ‘Land Day’ is set to begin Friday. The IDF, police and Shin Bet, as well as MDA emergency services, are all poised for dealing with possible Arab disturbances. Security forces expect violence by Arab citizens of Israel and Arab residents of Jerusalem. Hundreds of…

An IDF force discovered several explosive charges near the security fence separating Gaza from Israel Thursday, near Kibbutz Sufa. The large scale explosives are arranged in an array pattern designed to maximize damage to its targets. An IDF engineering force was believed to be working into the night under heavy security to neutralize the charges.…

Algiers has refused to allow the burial of the Toulouse Terrorist to take place on Algerian soil. The family of Mohammed Merah will instead be forced to hold the funeral of the 23-year-old terrorist in France. Abdallah Zekri, representing the head of the Great Mosque of Paris, told French media Thursday he was “instructed by…

Anti-Semitic graffiti was found spray-painted on a North Side synagogue and Jewish day school, in Chicago, on Wednesday, police said.  A Surveillance video shows a female spray-painting the words “Kill Rape Jews” on two buildings and on the sidewalks, NBC news reported.  “This is evil,” said Rabbi Michael Siegel of Anshe Emet Synagogue.  “Words lead to…

Foreign Policy magazine reported in an exclusive piece this week that Israel has purchased an Azeri airfield on Iran’s northern border, prompting the United States to watch very closely. Journalist Mark Perry wrote the Obama administration is monitoring Israel’s relations with Azerbaijan, particularly its military ties. Israel has tightened up its relations with Baku over…

US human rights chief Navi Pillay says there is enough evidence to bring human rights charges against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over his year-long crackdown on protesters. “Factually there’s enough evidence pointing to the fact that many of these acts are committed by the security forces, (and) must have received the approval or the complicity…

The IDF on Tuesday broke with Israeli tradition and ordered all units to cancel the long-customary Passover leaves and remain on full alert over the holiday. Over the years, an army-wide break during Passover became a tradition followed by all major military units, including the Air Force, Navy and intelligence corps. But this year soldiers…

The man who was hurt in a rock attack in the Mount of Olives cemetery on Wednesday, was a groom about to get married and who was visiting his grandmother’s grave at the cemetery. The groom said that a mob made up of young local Arabs threw stones at him and his friend who accompanied…

A new report prepared for the U.S. Congress indicates that neither the U.S. nor Israel knows exactly where all of Iran’s nuclear facilities are. According to the report, parts of which were presented Wednesday by Bloomberg, this places in question the effect a military strike in Iran could have on its nuclear facilities. The report…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cozied up to Iran during a visit to Tehran on Wednesday and rejected outside pressure on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. “No one has the right to impose anything on anyone with regards to nuclear energy, provided that it is for peaceful purposes,” Erdoğan said at a news conference…

Gunmen in Sana’a kidnapped Saudi Arabia’s deputy consul from outside his residence in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Wednesday. Gulf News reported this is the second time Abdullah Al Khalidi has been kidnapped — the first a few months ago in which he was robbed and released. The incident underscores the deteriorating…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Tehran at the head of a high-ranking delegation for an official state visit. Erdogan, who arrived early Wednesday morning with his wife and daughter, was greeted at the airport by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi, the IRNA news agency reported. The Turkish leader is scheduled to…

A pro-Israel British lawmaker has received death threats for daring to defend the Jewish State in an exchange with a pro-PA constituent. Conservative parliamentarian John Howell was offered police protection due to threats generated by published correspondence with a pro-Palestinian Authority activist from Watlington in Oxfordshire. The activist, Harry Fear, had sent Howell an email…

There are a number of e-mail notifications being circulated at Columbia University Law School, as well as various departments and clinics within the school, announcing official upcoming anti-Israel events, according to IsraelMatzav.  American-Israeli “human rights” lawyer Emily Schaeffer and member of the Yesh Din NGO spoke at the prestigious law school on March 27, claiming…

Judy Gross, wife of the American international development worker who is imprisoned in Cuba, expressed hope that the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the country would help bring about her husband’s release. Alan Gross was arrested on December 3, 2009, for distributing what officials described as sensitive communications equipment to the island’s Jewish community.…

Former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek has received European Jewry’s highest honor: the Lord Jakobovits Prize of European Judaism, named after CER’s second president, former British Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits (1921-99). Buzek received the award at a ceremony in Brussels where European Union leaders paid tribute to the victims of Toulouse terrorist Mohammed Merah. The…

Eight days after four Jews were murdered in the Otzar Hatorah school in Toulouse, hatred-based violence has hit France again, this time in Paris. Channel 2 News reported on Tuesday that a student from the Otzar Hatorah campus in the French capital was lightly injured in an attack by anti-Semites. The report, which cited local…

MK Shaul Mofaz was elected on Tuesday to be the new chairman of the Kadima party. Mofaz beat his rival MK Tzipi Livni, who has headed the party since 2008, and will assume the position of opposition leader. According to final results, as announced by the Chairwoman of Kadima’s Election Committee, Judge Edna Beckenstein, Mofaz…

The Pentagon will press Congress for additional money for the Iron Dome missile defense system, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The announcement from the Pentagon comes as President Barack Obama has faced election-year criticism from Republican presidential candidates and GOP lawmakers that administration support for longtime friend Israel has been inadequate, the report noted.…

Jordanian authorities confirmed on Tuesday that they will permit a planned Global March to Jerusalem in the Jordan Valley on Friday. The Iranian news agency Fars quoted the Jordanian Public Security Department (PSD) as having confirmed authorities will allow Islamist activists to lead a march as part of global demonstrations “in support of Jerusalem.” PSD…

Leading New York City politicians affirmed their opposition to a boycott of Israeli products by the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn, a day before the company is expected to vote on the proposal, the New York Times reported. City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, called the idea “ill conceived” while public advocate and likely…

  Egyptian troops on Tuesday killed two smugglers attempting to enter Israel. The IDF spokesperson’s office said a patrol identified the group along the border with Egypt and fired warning shots toward them. The smugglers reportedly fled into Egypt along with Arab contacts from the Israeli side. It is unknown what, if any, contraband they were…

  US president Barack Obama on Tuesday told America he has no hidden agenda with Russia for his second term, after a revealing gaffe. Obama was caught on tape Monday telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he would have more room to negotiate on missile defense after getting through a November election. Obama’s Republican rivals immediately went on…

Dubai’s police chief charged this week that Islamist forces that gained power in the Arab Spring are “plotting to take over” Gulf states. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan singled out the Muslim Brotherhood, saying the group has a specific plan to take over Gulf regimes by 2016. “My sources say the next step is to make…

The recipients of the 2012/5772 “Oz Tzion” Mozkowitz Prize for Zionism for 2012 are Dr. Yitzchak Glick, Chairman of the Emergency Medical Center in Efrat; Attorney Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, who fights against terrorist “lawfare”; and Tzvika Slonim, a founder of Gush Emunim and of the Ariel University Center. Among the reasons given by the panel of…

StandWithUs, the non-profit organization dedicated to informing the public about Israel and combating anti-Semitism, is urging all members of the international Jewish community to celebrate the Jewish state by designating March 30 as the day to buy Israeli goods at local stores. While the Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement continuously attempts to ostracize Israeli goods, they…

Rehovot is in tears as its residents unsuccessfully struggle to comprehend the loss of a respected father and all five of his children in a fire of unknown origin. The entire family now is lifeless, except for the mourning wife and mother. Funerals will be held Tuesday afternoon for Guy Shaer, 38, and his five…

More than 35,000 runners are expected at the Tel Aviv Gillette Marathon, the same day Arabs are organizing a Global March on Jerusalem. The marathon has no political implications and unlike the Iranian and Palestinian Authority-sponsored march to gain international recognition, the Tel Aviv event will feature entertainment and celebrations throughout the city. Runners from…

Since the Toulouse school massacre, Muslim religious extremism has become an issue in the French presidential elections. The incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy is better placed to dominate this issue. As an analyst for one of the French polling organizations, BVA  has written, the choice between Sarkozy and his rival Francois Hollande is a choice between a firefighter…

For the first time since entering operational use, the Iron Dome battery was positioned in the greater Tel Aviv area on Monday. According to a report on the Israel Defense website, the position of the battery is for training purposes, to familiarize IDF soldiers stationed in the area with the system, and to adapt the…

The father of the terrorist who murdered four Jews in Toulouse last week said on Monday he planned to sue France over his son’s death. Mohammad Merah’s father also told AFP his son will be buried in his ancestral homeland Algeria. “I have decided to bury my son in Algeria,” the father, Mohamed Benalel Merah,…

The Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the ambassadors from Austria and Belgium and reprimanded them for their countries having voted in favor of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution to establish a fact-finding mission to probe the “effects of settlements on Palestinian human rights.” Europe was divided in last Thursday’s vote on the…

On Thursday evening, March 22nd, tension filled the air at the Student Activities Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, as two Israeli reservists waited to address an audience consisting of both pro and anti-Israel listeners. The evening, called “StandWithUs’ Israeli Soldiers Stories: Real Israelis – Real Stories,” was co-sponsored by StandWithUs, (a…

A man who murdered a female relative in a Gaza hospital last Friday is claiming the murder was to preserve “family honor” to “escape judicial punishment.” The Palestinian Authroty amended its laws to end leniency for so-called honor killings in Judea and Samaria in May 2011, but the law has not been changed in Hamas-run…

An elderly Jewish man was murdered by an unknown attacker with a hammer Monday in the city of Fez. The 74-year-old victim, whose name has not yet been released, worked in property management for rentals owned by other Jews. According to reports in Moroccan media, the elderly victim was seen being hit repeatedly by a…

U.S. President Barack Obama got caught on a “hot mic” Monday telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he needs room  to maneuver and will have “more flexibility” after he is re-elected in November. The gaffe came following a meeting between the two in Seoul, South Korea, where they were discussing a missile defense system…

Police and back-up IDF troops are preparing for the largest expulsion of Jews since Gush Katif, destroyed almost exactly seven years ago, immediately after the Ninth of Av, the day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The training will be totally superfluous if the government reaches a new agreement with residents of…

Road 12 near the border with Egypt is to be opened for traffic today, Monday. This follows a “situation assessment” session headed by the Southern Command Head, Major General Tal Russo. Maj. Gen. Russo declared, however, that travelling on the road in the section between the Sayarim Junction and the Netafim border crossing will only…

Eva Sandler is mourning for her murdered husband and her two sons but still thanks G-d, Who along with Jewish unity, she said, “give me my strength.” The young French-Israeli, still in the seven-day “shiva” period, spoke to Channel 2 television and said: “G-d gives me my strength.” Otherwise, she said, she could not deal…

Iran is forcing 10 Jews to join a group headed to Lebanon for the planned Global March on Jerusalem, despite dangers of terrorist kidnappings, according to DEBKAfile. The Islamic Republic is heavily funding the march and flying people from Asian countries to Iran and then to Lebanon. Iranian sources told the website, managed in part…

INTERPOL, acting on a request from India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, has issued Red Notices for four suspects wanted in connection with the February 13 bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car in New Delhi. India issued warrants for three of the suspects ten days earlier.  Details of suspects Mohammadreza Abolghashemi, Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed…

Iran, whose population is one-third of that of the United States, claims it will send a monkey into space this year. It also has recently said it has found a nano-medicine cure for cancer and a generic drug to treat multiple sclerosis. As recently as two months ago, Tehran said it was putting a hold…

The Arab who stabbed an Israeli female soldier in Jerusalem two weeks ago threw his knife out a bus window as he was on his way to a hiding place after the attack. This led to his arrest, it now turns out. The suspected terrorist is an 18-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem. He was to be…

Former Mossad officer Rafi Eitan said Monday “there is a good probability” President Barack Obama will pardon Jonathan Pollard before the presidential elections in November and free him from prison by the end of the year. Eitan was Pollard’s “handler” before the American Pentagon worker was arrested for passing on classified information on Israel’s behalf.…

Toulouse-born Avraham Azoulai, editor-in-chief of Le P’tit Hebdo, a publication that caters to French speaking Jews worldwide, held a news conference Sunday, calling upon the French government to crack down on Muslim violence and on French media to stop demonizing Israel. Anti-Israeli incitement in the French press has brought about anti-Semitism, he charged. “We do…

An IDF soldier was attacked by two Arab youths on Polansky street in Jerusalem’s Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood. The soldier was lightly hurt. He was taken to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital where he received treatment. Police began combing the area, in a search for the perpetrators. The attack took place hours after a judge released the suspects…

French authorities have formally launched an investigation into the brother of Toulouse terrorist Mohammed Merah, believing he may have been an accessory to the murders. Abdelkader Merah, the murderer’s older brother, is suspected of assisting Mohammed in preparing his attacks. The 29-year-old Abdelkader Merah, has allegedly told police that he is “very proud” of his…

Egypt’s newly empowered Islamists have tightened their grip on power in the country, giving themselves a majority on a 100-member panel tasked with drafting a constitution, The Associated Press reported on Sunday. The new constitution will define the shape of the government in the post-Hosni Mubarak era, and will essentially decide whether Islam will gain…

President Barack Obama said Sunday that a “window is closing” on Iran but there still is time for diplomacy. He did not set a deadline, but it would likely be after the presidential elections in November. The president made his remarks to reporters in Seoul on the eve of a nuclear security summit. “I believe…

Ben Gurion International Airport will be on “fast forward” in order to cope with the crowds passing through for the upcoming holidays. The Israel Airports Authority is planning to implement a new expedited system that combines Internet check-in with a special hand luggage-only line at the airport. Those who have met the requirements who will be…

A Turkish cosmetics company has launched an advertising campaign for a men’s shampoo featuring Adolf Hitler. Hitler, addressing a crowd, using his raging rhetoric announces, “If you’re not wearing women’s clothes, then you also shouldn’t be using women’s shampoo. Here it is, a real men’s shampoo, Biomen.” The controversial commercial, which uses fake subtitles, concludes…

Warren Buffet misses turned down a sure-fire investment – buying bread from Jews desperate to sell it any price before Passover. He offered to buy the “leavened bread” and other products with grains six weeks ahead of time. A Nebraska rabbi said in so many words, “Thanks, but no thanks.” The idea of selling the…

A book, entitled “A Gift for Muslim Couple,” advising Muslim men how to abuse and control their wives is being sold in a local Canadian bookstore, the Toronto Sun reported. The ‘marriage guide,’ published by Idara Impex in New Delhi, India, was written by Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, who is described in the book’s…

In a disappointing decision for nationalists, the High Court Sunday threw out a compromise deal between the government and the residents of Migron, and set a new deadline for the eviction of the residents. The three judge panel is headed by Supreme Court President Asher Grunis, and includes judges Miriam Naor and Salim Jubran. They…

Two Republicans in the House of Representatives have released restrictions on the disbursement of U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority that have been blocked in Congress, CNN reported. U.S. aid to the PA was frozen after the entity unilaterally turned to the United Nations and asked for recognition of a Palestinian state. According to the…

Dozens of people from the ‘Global March to Jerusalem’ movement demonstrated on the weekend outside against the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. According to a Channel 2 News report, the demonstrators called for mass participation in the march towards the borders of Israel, which is scheduled for this Friday, March 30. The Global March to…

Rick Santorum will win Saturday’s Republican presidential primary in Louisiana with a close to majority of the vote, CNN is reporting according to early results and exit polling. With around 60 percent of the vote in, Santorum held a nearly 2-1 lead over front-runner Mitt Romney, the report said. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had…

Iranian terrorists planned to attack Israeli ships in the Suez Canal, the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram reports. Egyptian security forces reportedly thwarted the attack. Two Egyptian suspects are accused of attempting to pay a third man to carry out the planned strike. The two allegedly had a budget of more than $8 million. The two are…

French police are increasingly inclined to believe that the terrorist who murdered a rabbi and three children at a Toulouse school was assisted by his brother. On Saturday, police spokesman Christophe Crepin told reporters that Abdelkader is believed to have “furnished [means] and acted as an accomplice” in Mohammed Merah’s attacks. The brother, 29-year-old Abdelkader…

The head of security for Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) has revealed a security plan based in up-to-date counter-terror tactics. Now Doron Horowitz, a decorated ex-IDF soldier, is looking for volunteers to help him put the plan into action. Horowitz hopes to keep Jewish centers safe with the help of community patrols.…

More than 30 Jewish graves were desecrated in the city of Nice in southern France on the Sabbath, less than a week after a deadly attack on children at a Jewish school in Toulouse. Memorial candles were ripped off the graves, as were Stars of David. Only Jewish tombs were targeted. Guards at the cemetery…

As speculation continues about whether Israel, with our without the United States, will launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, an Iranian website described how the Islamic Republic would repulse a ground attack against it. The report on the website was translated into English by t he Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). On…

As activists are planning to lead a Global March to Jerusalem next Friday, Israel has warned neighboring countries that it would forcefully respond to attempted breaches of its borders. The Global March to Jerusalem initiative aims at getting over one million Arabs and their supporters to attempt to infiltrate Israel’s borders on March 30th. A…

A Jewish group said on Friday that a Holocaust memorial has been vandalized in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, The Associated Press reported. Oleksandr Nazar of the city’s Sholem Aleichem Jewish Culture Center told the news agency that unknown assailants on Wednesday smeared red and blue paint over the memorial in central Lviv. Nazar…

Israeli authorities denied on Friday the reports that Mohammed Merah, the terrorist who murdered seven people including a rabbi and three young children in Toulouse, visited Israel several years ago and was arrested by police after a knife was found on him. The claim that Merah was arrested in Israel was made by the head…

Arab media reports former Egyptian vice president Omar Suleiman has decided to run for president. Suleiman served as director of General Intelligence Services during the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. He agreed last week to announced his candidacy, sources told Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm. Elections are slated for 23 and 24 May. The decision was reached…

The UK has banned advertising promoting a book on northern Israel that includes a map showing the Golan Heights as part of Israel. The ad, which also includes parts of “Judea” and “Samaria” on the map, was published in November and produced by Israel’s Government Tourist Office. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority claims it has received 350 complaints…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday he may recall the Israeli ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council and cut ties with the body. His remarks came after the 47-member council voted to establish a fact-finding mission to probe the “effects of settlements on Palestinian human rights.” Lieberman also said Israel may choose not to…

President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali remained incommunicado Friday, as rebel soldiers who staged a coup searched for him and Taureg rebels pressed their offensive in the north. Coup leader, Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo on Thursday announced on state television that Toure was in good health, but refused to say where he is – or…

French authorities on Friday sought to defend their actions amid mounting questions after a gunman known to the intelligence services was able to murder seven people. Mohammed Merah, 24, was shot dead by French police in a shootout in Toulouse on Thursday, following a 32-hour standoff. As the standoff progressed, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant admitted…