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According to Mako, Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev has sent a letter to Attorney General Avichai Mandelbilt, petitioning him to withhold governmental aid to large movie-house Tel Aviv Cinemateque, for allowing an upcoming event, celebrating the release of IDF refuser Tair Kaminer from military prison, to take place on its premises. The event,…

A video circulated on social media Tuesday depicts rebel fighters beheading a boy after capturing him north of Syria’s second city Aleppo, a monitor said. The video shows the boy laying in the back of a truck when a fighter begins to cut off his head with a small knife. One fighter shouts “we will…

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s purge of suspected dissidents from Turkish society continues apace, and has now been expanded to include teachers, university deans, civil servants and media. Erdogan’s government have blamed supporters of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen for organizing the failed coup last Friday night. Gulen is in self-imposed exile, and leads a movement…

Prosecutors have filed charges against 46-year-old Sason Tuina for threatening a judge. In March 2015, Tuina was found guilty of threats, possessing a knife and behavior that could threaten public safety. In July 2016, Judge Ido Druyan sentenced him to three months in prison plus probation. Tuina quickly filed an appeal against the sentence, in…

A fire burned a home Wednesday in a Palestinian Arab village where an arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists a year ago killed a toddler and his parents, residents and authorities said. Israeli police said they were investigating the cause, but that they had so far not found any evidence of a Jewish extremist attack.…

Police and detectives on Wednesday morning visited the family of Yishai Shlissel, who murdered one person and wounded several others in a stabbing attack at last year’s Jerusalem Pride Parade. His mother and five of his brothers were taken in for questioning. At the end of the questioning period, several family members were asked to…

(AFP) With jihadist attacks proliferating around the world, the United States has reassembled its coalition partners for meetings Wednesday and Thursday to review a two-year-old war that has so far failed to eliminate the Islamic State group (ISIS or IS). The terrorist group may have lost ground in Iraq and Syria, but in recent weeks…

Iran’s influential parliament speaker hit out at Washington Wednesday, accusing it of disrupting implementation of last year’s landmark nuclear deal and failing in the fight against ISIS. Ali Larijani, a conservative who helped the nuclear deal pass in parliament last year, warned that Washington risked forcing Tehran into a path of renewed confrontation by putting…

The Director-General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, has released a video slamming the Palestinian Authority for building a monument to honor the terrorist who planted a bomb which killed 15 Israeli civilians in the center of Jerusalem. The monument to Ahmad Jabarah Abu Sukkar, who masterminded the 1976 attack, was unveiled at an official…

As the number of haredim serving in the IDF steadily rises, many of them find themselves facing challenges and opposition, sometimes extreme, from home. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu mentioned the progress in haredi integration in the IDF as one of the accomplishments of the current government in his question and answer session in the Knesset…

The Police Spokesman’s Office announced today (Wednesday) that a man has been arrested after he threatened in a letter to commit suicide due to distress over the gay pride parade which is to take place in Jerusalem tomorrow. The man, an Israeli citizen born in 1984, had also told in his letter about “disagreements” that…

United States Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Paris this week for talks with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on peace prospects with Israel, the State Department said Tuesday. The meeting with Abbas will be the top U.S. diplomat’s second stop on a global tour that will kick off late Thursday. Kerry…

The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix has taken over ownership of the metropolitan area’s Jewish News. Under an agreement signed last Friday, the newspaper, which has been an independently owned for-profit for most of its existence since its founding in 1948, will become a nonprofit, according to an article published Sunday on the publication’s…

North Korea says its latest ballistic missile tests trialled detonation devices for possible nuclear strikes on American targets in South Korea and were personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un, AFP reported Tuesday night. Tuesday’s test firing of three missiles in violation of existing UN resolutions was seen as an angry reaction to the planned…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump narrowed his deficit to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to 7 percentage points from 15 points late last week, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday finds. The poll took place as delegates at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland officially nominated Trump as the party’s candidate for the November 8 presidential…

The rector of a Brazilian federal university apologized to the Jewish community over a public notice seeking to hire a “racial-ethnic relations” educator required to teach Zionism as a racist concept alongside Nazism and apartheid. ABC Federal University rector Klaus Capelle delivered the apology to Brazilian Israelite Confederation President Fernando Lottenberg and Executive President Ricardo…

Manuel (Manny) Batshaw, who was considered “the architect of Montreal’s Jewish community,” has died at 101. Batshaw, who died Monday, won praise for his work over the past nearly half century in structuring some of the community’s main institutions and his renown as a discreet community “fixer.” He was the first Jewish person to earn…

The mayor of a Polish town where locals killed and buried hundreds of Jews added his voice to a growing chorus of officials seeking to exhume the bodies from a mass grave to see if German soldiers were the killers. Michael Chajewski, the mayor of the town in northeastern Poland, told Gazeta Wyborcza late last…

State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Tuesday acknowledged that the public was kept in the dark about a side deal of the Iran nuclear agreement that would lift some of the nuclear restrictions on Iran in a decade. The revelation was made Monday through a confidential document obtained by The Associated Press (AP). The document…

Argentine Jewish leaders called on the country’s government to make the investigation of the AMIA Jewish center bombing a “national priority” at a ceremony commemorating the attack that killed 85 and injured hundreds. Speakers at the ceremony Monday at the site of the rebuilt building also thanked the government for voiding the agreement with Iran…

A military court in Gaza on Tuesday sentenced three local residents to death after they were convicted of providing information to Israel’s security services. The Palestinian Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the security forces and which is controlled by Hamas in Gaza, said that the Supreme Military Court sentenced to death by strangling…

As the Pokemon Go phenomenon grows, some institutions connected to European Jewry’s darkest hour have taken precautions against it. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and State Museum in Poland has banned the addictive smartphone game, in which players viewing their environments through their device’s camera run in search of animated figures that the game’s application superimposes on…

On Tuesday afternoon, the Knesset held a special discussion in commemoration the Second Lebanon War. Many dignitaries, led by President Reuven Rivlin, attended the event along with soldiers who fought in the war and bereaved families. It seems that the only ones missing were the Knesset members themselves. In an embarrassing gesture to the soldiers…

A young haredi woman received a most unwelcome surprise last Thursday, when a planned summer trip to Spain was derailed at the airport by a simple bureaucratic error – one which turned her vacation dream into a nightmare. The 20-year old resident of Elad arrived at Ben Gurion airport on Thursday with her friends for…

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) spoke at Tuesday’s Knesset special event in commemoration of the Second Lebanon War. He began by saying that “‘The Second Lebanon War’ quickly developed a negative connotation. It became a synonym for pain, for failure, for a system that lacked a guiding hand. A heavy cloud of unclarity hovered over…

Rabbi Eliezer Berland lost consciousness on Tuesday, following a hearing in Ayalon Prison. His followers reported that the rabbi was evacuated to Assaf Harofeh Hospital in Tel Aviv. Rabbi Berland is a well-known Breslov rabbi who headed the Shuvu Banim Yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Old City. He has long been suspected of serious sexual offenses, and…

Rabbi Eli Sadan, the head of the Bnei David pre-military academy in Eli, spoke with the academy students on Tuesday evening. His co-head, Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, was also present. Channel 2 reports that Rabbi Sadan denied reports of a rift between the two rabbis following the public uproar over Rabbi Levinstein’s recent comments. He emphasized…

Culture Minister Miri Regev attacked on Tuesday an announcement by Army Radio that the publicly funded station would be dedicating a program to the nationalist Arab poet, Mahmoud Darwish. “It cannot be that the public is funding a broadcasting station that harms the [public’s own] sensitivities and gives a podium to a Palestinian narrative which…

JTA – Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency rolled out its Israel Advisory Committee last week — no one noticed. Blame the unrelenting news cycle, if you will: July 14 was the day of the hideous mass killing in Nice, France. But also, his Israel Advisory Committee consists of exactly three Jews, including two who…

Forces from the IDF’s Arayot Hayarden (lit. the Lions of Jordan) Unit, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the Israel Police on Tuesday night seized weapons that were smuggled from Jordan into Israel. During the operation, the forces seized 20 guns, five M16-type rifles and parts of weapons along the border. As well, two…

The Knesset on Tuesday night approved the second and third readings of the so-called “Dismissal Law”, which states that Knesset members could be dismissed for misconduct if a majority of 90 MKs vote to suspend them. The bill passed by a majority of 62 MKs who voted in favor and 47 who voted against. Prime…

Ilan Moreno, the father of Lieutenant Colonel Emmanuel Moreno, is strongly criticizing the presence of Amir Peretz (Zionist Union), Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) and Dan Halutz at Tuesday’s national memorial ceremony. The ceremony on Mount Herzl was in memory of the 121 IDF soldiers killed in the Second Lebanon War. Lt. Col. Moreno, the commander…

Rabbi Haim Amsalem – the maverick Shas party MK who broke away to form his own party amid a high-profile struggle with his former party over Sephardic identity in Israel – met with the Director-General of the Jewish Home party, days after joining the religious-Zionist faction. In breaking away from Shas back in 2013, Amsalem…

Access to one of Israel’s most popular pilgrimage sites is set to receive a significant boost, with the addition of a train station at the base of Meron. As part of a decision Monday by Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz approving a new train line in northern Israel, the minister also approved the addition of a…

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, arrested this morning at Ben Gurion after years on the run, seen dancing with followers on flight from S Africa.

Jerusalem’s Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern has asked Mayor Nir Barkat to remove the LGBT rainbow flags from around the Great Synagogue and adjacent Hechal Shlomo. Rabbi Stern became involved in the issue after a local resident complained about the placement of LGBT flags near one of the capital’s most visible symbols of religion. The…

The ISIS terrorist group, which claimed responsibility for an ax attack on board a train in Wurzburg, Germany, has released a video of the attacker pledging allegiance to the jihadist group. In the footage released by ISIS’s al-Amaq propaganda outlet, 17-year-old Afghan national Mohammed Riyad can be seen delivering a speech in the Pashto language,…

MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) has commented on the IDF’s decision to reconsider its relationship with Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, the head of the Eli pre-military academy. “It’s interesting what the knights of democracy and free expression, who now justify the IDF’s silencing and persecution of Rabbi Levinstein (and the entire Eli academy), are saying to…

The Asheri family recently dedicated a new rest stop at Tapuah Junction in Samaria in honor of their son, Eliyahu, 10 years after he was abducted and murdered by Arab terrorists. Eliyahu, who was 18 years old, was kidnapped while waiting for a ride in the French Hill neighborhood of northern Jerusalem. Shortly thereafter he…

Three young girls were eating breakfast at an Alpine resort when a fellow guest reportedly attacked them, while yelling that they were dressed immodestly. The attacker then entered the family’s room and stabbed their mother as well. The man has since been arrested. French channel TF1 identified him as 37-year-old Mohamed B., originally from Morocco.…

A secret document added to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal was revealed on Tuesday, highlighting the rogue state’s intentions to renew and even expand full-scale uranium enrichment operations in the coming years. The document, an addendum to last year’s agreement, was filed by Iran with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), laying out the Islamic…

Police and Border Police forces prevented an attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, by a Palestinian terrorist who had only been released from prison two days earlier. Officers stopped the 28-year-old Arab suspect in the Old City after noticing him acting suspiciously. Upon questioning it became clear he was a Palestinian Authority resident inside Israeli sovereign…

Rabbi Ari Wolf, chosen in place of Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, delivers opening prayer at RNC.

Rabbi Ratzon Arusi, the Rabbi of Kiryat Ono (near Tel Aviv) and an expert in Jewish law, weighed in yesterday (Monday) about the growing media storm over LGBT issues, calling for a more civil and substantive debate. The “LGBT issue” has come to the fore in Israeli discourse once again in recent days, following controversial…

New research conducted on mice has led scientists from the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, to conclude that the brain processes that dominate during stressful situations are also those that gauge the development of friendships. The research, published yesterday in the Nature Neuroscience journal, indicates that a parallel can be drawn between the social functioning…

While the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria are widely maligned by much of the international media, some communities in particular are often singled out. Among them is Bat Ayin, a village of some 200 families nestled in the ancient hills of Judea, between two of the Jewish people’s holiest and most historically important cities,…

Anti-Semitism continues to ominously swirl around the Donald Trump campaign. The Republican convention shut down comments on its YouTube livestream after anti-Semitic abuse appeared during a speech by Linda Lingle, the Jewish former governor of Hawaii. Comments including “Make America Jewish Again” punctuated by yellow stars of David and “Ban Jews” appeared on the feed,…

The “Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC),” representing the political arm of the Reform Movement in Israel, has demanded that Jerusalem police open an investigation on Bentzi Gopstein, the head of the Lehava organization which combats Jewish assimilation, for calling to demonstrate against the upcoming Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem. The Reform Movement cited an article…

The State of New Jersey will allocate an additional 7.5 Million Dollars for the security needs of private schools, which include haredi day schools and high schools, as well as the ‘Beit Ya’akov’ girls’ schools. The new budget reflects a 200% increase from last year’s security budget, and provides 50 Dollars per child. The new…

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the recent attack in Germany, in which an Afghan asylum-seeker attacked train passengers with an ax and knife, injuring at least five people. On Tuesday, a hand-painted ISIS flag was found in the terrorist’s room. The terrorist allegedly came to Germany two years ago as an unaccompanied minor and applied…

In an experiment that acknowledges the modern era’s shortening attention spans, mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital on Monday launched a concerto for Instagram with movements of 15 seconds. The Israeli artist, who has led a revival of his instrument and regularly plays premier classical venues, posted the first of five movements of his “InstaConcerto.” Avital plans…

A burglar stole electronics, three sets of tefillin and other valuables from the Chabad house at the University of Southern California. The burglar, whose image was caught on a security camera, entered the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center near the central Los Angeles campus shortly after midnight on July 13, according to police. He took…

An increase in education, closer monitoring of the internet and media, new legislation, and interfaith dialogue are needed to combat anti-Semitism, a global meeting against anti-Semitism was told in Buenos Aires. Parliamentarians and 250 experts from 17 countries in the region came to the Argentine capital for the Global Forum for Combatting Antisemitism, a biennial…

One of Portugal’s Jewish communities said it was observing an increase in requests for naturalization by British Jews following the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union. About 300 British Jews who are descendants of Portuguese Sephardic Jews requested Portuguese nationality from the Porto Jewish Community, compared to five before the June 23 vote…

A terrorist from the Islamic Jihad group was killed and another two were injured on Monday night, when a tunnel collapsed in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The collapse marks the second such incident in a week. Another tunnel collapse last Sunday also killed a member of the terror group Islamic Jihad’s…

Nate Ebner of the New England Patriots has qualified for the U.S. Olympic men’s rugby sevens team competing next month at the Rio Olympics, becoming the only NFL player to make a U.S. Olympic team. Ebner, 27, who is Jewish, was included on the 12-man roster released Monday by USA Rugby. Joining Ebner on the…

Ethan Zohn, the Jewish winner of the third season of “Survivor,” was married in a traditional Jewish ceremony in Vermont. Zohn, 42, married Lisa Heywood of New York City on Saturday, People magazine reported. The couple married under a huppah and wrapped themselves in the tallit of Zohn’s late father, Aaron. Heywood, 47, wore a…

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Sunday visited the Hizme checkpoint in an attempt to examine ways of making life easier for Palestinian Arabs who go through that crossing. But the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Foreign Ministry was unhappy with the visit, blasting it on Monday and claiming it “is an enforcement of the apartheid system in…

A city councilwoman in Birmingham, Alabama, told police that a gun-wielding Jewish man threatened to harm her for opposing city funding of a Holocaust memorial. In a police complaint filed July 12, Sheila Tyson said a car pulled up to her as she was leaving the Birmingham Zoo on the afternoon of July 9 and…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he hopes to close ongoing talks and reach a deal with the United States concerning long-term military aid to Israel in the coming weeks, Haaretz reported. Addressing Knesset members during the local version of Question Time, the prime minister said that “I hope that within a few…

Many investors find the idea of socially responsible investing (SRI) appealing. What makes a company socially responsible? How can you solve ethical dilemmas that can arise in business? Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky, head of Darche Noam institutions, explains how Jewish thought can answer some of the most difficult moral questions in the investment world today. Should…

Former Head of the Turkish air force, Akin Ozturk, has told interrogators that he “acted with intention to stage a coup,” according to BBC. In pictures taken after the interrogation, Ozturk could be seen with distinct injuries to his head. Since the failed coup in Turkey last week, Turkish leader Recep Erdogan has responded without…

Loading… Hundreds of people gathered at the Netzer Hazani synagogue Monday afternoon for the funeral of 20-year-old IDF Sergeant Shlomo Rindenow, a lone soldier from the US who died in a hand grenade explosion Sunday. Rindenow was killed along with First Sergeant Hussam Tapesh, who was buried earlier Sunday in his hometown of Beit Jan…

Likud Minister Yuval Steinitz called at the Knesset plenum today (Monday) to normalize the status of Amona, a community in in the Benyamin region north of Jerusalem that stands to be evacuated by the end of the year by order of the Israeli Supreme Court. “There’s a difference between one house that’s erected illegally over…

In a letter to the Chief Rabbinate, the Mayor of the Beitar Illit municipality, Meir Rubinstein, protested against the Rabbinate’s appointment of Rabbi Mordechai Nagari, who is associated with the Religious-Zionist camp, for responsibility over the city’s Kosher supervision. “I would request not to appoint anybody without my permission and that of the Rabbis of…

Arutz Sheva spoke with participants at the funeral of Shlomo Rindenow about him, his family, and the unique courage of lone soldiers.

The Donald Trump campaign has found a new Rabbi. After Rabbi Haskel Lookstein – who’s been the subject of much recent controversy in Israel over the Rabbinical Court’s decision not to recognize his conversions – backed out of an engagement to deliver and “invocation”, or prayer, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland tonight (Monday),…

A new law passed by the Knesset today (Monday) aims to encourage men to take a more significant role in child-raising by changing the already-extant “Breastfeeding Hour” for women to the male-inclusive “Parenting Hour.” Up until now, a woman was entitled to leave work an hour early for the first four months after a birth,…

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Four people were injured on Monday night in an axe attack inside a passenger train near the city of Würzburg in the German state of Bavaria. The attacker was shot dead by police after the attack, according to Sky News. Three of the victims are in a serious condition, a police spokesman told Sky News.…

Some Republican National Convention delegates broke out into a floor protest on Monday afternoon after GOP officials dismissed a last-gasp effort by anti-Donald Trump groups to force an embarrassing protest vote against the presumptive presidential nominee, CNN reported. The anti-Trump forces started shouting “Roll Call” after the party leaders approved by acclamation rules at the…

A video emerged today showing Hamas security beating Gazan civilians as they destroyed their houses. Employees of Gaza City, protected by Hamas security, partially destroyed 5 homes in the Saja’iya neighborhood in order to widen the road. As the houses were bulldozed, residents of the home protested, calling for financial compensation for their losses. At…

Turkish authorities are beginning to release footage from dramatic night of failed coup against President Erdogan.

A spokesman for the German government announced on Monday that Turkey will not be allowd to join the European Union if it reinstates the death penalty, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the possibility in light of a failed military coup. Turkey has been raising eyebrows in the EU, after Erdogan forcefully arrested thousands…

Ofek Shaharabani, an IDF soldier who suffered moderate to serious wounds yesterday after a grenade exploded during a patrol in the Golan Heights, killing two of his comrades, was able to communicate with his parents today while still on a respirator – through writing. According to Yediot Achronot, Shaharabani, now in the intensive care unit…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett reacted on Monday to a controversial statement by Rabbi Levinstein, the head of the pre-military academy in Eli, against the “LGBT community.” According to Bennett, the Halacha is for determining what is permitted and what is forbidden, not for dividing and labeling people. “You can’t label an entire part of the…

On the day before yet another stabbing attack was perpetrated by a Palestinian against Israelis, the Palestinian Authority continued its incitement to terrorism. The Palestinian Authority went through with its plans yesterday (Sunday) to establish a monument honoring the terrorist Ahmad Jabarah Abu Sukkar, who planned the detonation of a bomb-laden refrigerator in the center…

A resident of Boulder, Colorado was sentenced to one year imprisonment, combined with work, for sending threatening letters containing a white substance to Jewish organizations in Colorado. Jeffrey Thomas Klingel, 34, will leave the jail in the morning for work, and will return to the jail in the evening. Klingel’s sentence also includes four years…

The campaign to annex Ma’ale Adumim and apply full Israeli law in the Jerusalem suburb, led by the Land of Israel lobby headed by MKs Yoav Kish (Likud) and Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home), moved into active mode today (Monday). Ma’ale Adumim is a large Jewish suburb located just east of Jerusalem, and is classified as…

The Defense Ministry this afternoon (Monday) released a strong condemnation of the remarks made by the head of the pre-military academy in Eli, Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, in which he labelled homosexuals “deviants”. Director-General of the Defense Ministry Udi Adam directed the Ministry department that oversees the pre-military academies to demand clarification of the remarks from…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu participated in a question and answer session in the Knesset this evening (Monday). MK Tamar Zandberg of Meretz asked the Prime Minister why he hadn’t addressed the controversy surrounding the comments against the gay community made by Rabbi Yigal Levinstein. “I’m not a professional internet commentator and neither do I work…

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will determine the status of the haredi population of Israel over the next few days, as the question arises as to whether they constitute a minority group. This question would change the face of society, as cities could be legally designated “Haredi,” just like there are now “Arab” and “Druze” cities,…

A recent advertisement, set to go up across Montreal was struck down, out of fear that it would offend the local Muslim population. The billboard ad, designed by the producers of The Rebel website, criticizes Mayor Denis Coderre for choosing “Charia [sic] oil” over Canadian oil, and features an image of King Salman of Saudi…

Turkey has arrested more than 6,000 during purges of the army and judiciary following the failed coup attempt over the weekend. More than 290 people were killed and some 1,400 wounded in the abortive uprising Friday night and Saturday. While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed an exiled Muslim cleric for inspiring the attempted overthrow…

In a sting operation, a policeman went undercover for a year, learning the intricate underworld of illegal arms trafficking along the way. This morning, more than 600 policemen worked to round-up the uncover weapons dealers, arresting 62, with more expected throughout the day. Before the morning’s operation began, the undercover agent was presented with a…

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has a new recommendation for Amona: permit the residents to rebuild the community on a stretch of land right next to the town’s current site. The town of Amona has been the center of a fiery debate, after the Supreme Court ordered its destruction by the end of 2016. Right-wing lawmakers…

Chief Rabbi of Tzfat and member of the Chief Rabbinate Council, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, defended on Monday controversial comments made by Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of the pre-army academy in Eli, after he claimed labelled homosexuals “deviants”. Speaking to Army Radio, Rabbi Eliyahu emphasized that while he disagreed with the use of the term “deviants”,…

The family of a lone soldier from New Jersey who was killed in northern Israel Sunday has called on members of the public to join his funeral later today (Monday). Sergeant Shlomo Rindenow, 20, was killed together with his comrade First Sergeant Hussam Tapesh, 24, when a hand grenade detonated during a patrol along the…

A 77-year woman who spent Bastille Day last Thursday in the city of Nice with her sister died on Monday, becoming the first Jewish fatality from the massive terror attack that ravaged the southern French town. Raymonde Mamane, who along with her sister Clara Ben-Shimon, 75, was severely wounded by Tunisian-born terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel,…

Ambassador Yoram Ettinger discusses whether or not U.S. aid is more of a liability than an asset.

More details are emerging about Gavin Long, the 29-year-old man who shot police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday, killing three and wounding three others. Long, who carried out the attack on his birthday – July 17 – was a retired Marine who reimagined himself as a life coach, according to the New York…

A Boulder man who sent threatening letters containing a suspicious white powder to two Jewish organizations in the Colorado city was sentenced to a year of prison work release. Jeffery Thomas Klinkel, 34, will work during the day and spend the night in jail. At the sentencing Friday in Boulder District Court, the judge also…

A bill to honor the life and work of Elie Wiesel was approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill was introduced earlier this month by three congressional members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council — Reps. Steve Israel, D-N.Y.; Patrick Meehan, D-Pa., and Ted Deutch, D-Fla. Wiesel, who was well known internationally for…

Saudi Arabia on Sunday night detained Turkey’s military attache to Kuwait at Ankara’s request, Reuters reports, citing Al Arabiya TV. According to the report, the attache was arrested while he was at the kingdom’s Dammam airport. Reasons for the arrest were not provided, but it is assumed that Turkey asked for the arrest due to…

On the anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal, more than a dozen Democratic senators called for an extension of the existing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Sens. Ben Cardin of Maryland and Charles Schumer of New York, along with 12 others, introduced legislation on Thursday to renew the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, which is…

Jewish actor Alden Ehrenreich will play a young Han Solo for a “Star Wars” prequel about the early life of one of the series’ most beloved characters. Ehrenreich, 26, was introduced Sunday at the Star Wars Celebration Europe event in London, E! News reported. Rumors floated two months ago that the Los Angeles actor would…

French authorities on Sunday arrested an Albanian couple in connection with the Nice terror attack that killed 84 people last week, the Paris prosecutor’s office spokeswoman told CNN. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, drove a 20-ton truck through hundreds gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks Thursday night on the Mediterranean city’s waterfront. Agnes Thibault Lecuivre, a…

The Iran-Russia contract on the supply of S-300 missile defense systems to Tehran will be implemented by March of 2017 (the end of the Iranian year), a senior Iranian commander announced on Sunday, according to the semiofficial Iranian Fars news agency. “The supply of the S-300 missile defense system is moving on its natural course…

The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group is attempting to recruit Syrian rebels from the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, having published a new video calling on members of the group to defect to ISIS and assuring them that nothing bad will happen to them if they do. The video presents the story of Abu Khatab al-Dir’awi…

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday urged the African Union member states and its officials to support the French initiative to organize an international peace conference aimed at reaching a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Ma’an news agency reports. In a speech at the African Union’s 27th summit held in Kigali, Rwanda,…

Crash investigators say that EgyptAir flight MS804’s crew discussed a fire shortly before their plane crashed into the Mediterranean this past May. The BBC reports that the Egyptian-headed committee is not ready to say where the fire occurred or what caused it, nor have they released precisely what the crew said Previous findings suggested there…

Donald Trump, negotiating his reality TV show, reportedly wondered whether a Jewish agent could get him a better deal. “Don’t you think I should get a Jewish agent, so he can negotiate better for me?” Trump asked, according to an unnamed Jewish executive present at talks between NBC and Trump about his hit show, “The…

Bernie Sanders will be a keynote speaker at the Democratic convention. Sanders, the Independent senator from Vermont and the first Jewish candidate to win major party nominating contests, will speak the first night, July 25, along with Michelle Obama, the first lady. Last week, Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton, who won the Democrats’ presidential nomination. A…

NEW YORK (JTA) — Voters who have their hearts set on supporting a left-wing secular Jew running an insurgent campaign still have a candidate. Jill Stein, the 2012 Green Party candidate, is making another run. And this year, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both earning historically low popularity ratings, she hopes she can attract…

The head of the pre-military academy in Eli, Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, has continued to arouse furor by publishing a new speech from last week’s Zion and Jerusalem Conference. During his talk, Rabbi Levinstein spoke about the Reform Movement and described a conversation he had with the IDF’s Chief Education Officer. “I said there are red…

US President Barack Obama has labeled the deadly shooting of three police officers and the wounding of three others in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as “the work of cowards.” Gunmen – at least some of whom were seen wearing military-style fatigues and at least one of whom was brandishing an assault rifle – opened fire on…

Winner’s auction house is offering a unique item for sale: a rare shekel decorated with a cup containing nine dots. The early Hebrew inscription “Israel shekel” surrounds the cup, above which is an abbreviation for “Year Four,” showing that the coin was minted in the fourth year of the Bar Kochba rebellion. The reverse side…

Torah MiTzion emissaries seen off by Israeli leaders, rabbis; ‘They’re bringing the best of Israel… role models of Israeli society.’

President Barack Obama speaks from Washington, DC, following Baton Rouge shooting.

The man who shot and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge has been identified as 29-year-old Gavin Long, two law enforcement sources told CNN. Long died in a shootout with police following the incident. He reportedly carried the attack on his birthday, having been born on July 17, 1987. Authorities believe two other shooters…

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and a third seriously injured in an accident early Sunday morning in the Golan Heights. A live grenade carried in one of the soldier’s vests reportedly detonated inside a patrol jeep around the Hermon near the Syrian border. The soldiers have been identified as 20-year-old Sergeant Shlomo Rindenow and 24-year-old…

Even as Knesset and government members work to oust anti-establishment MK Haneen Zoabi (Joint List), it seems clear that even her own party, Balad, doesn’t want her around. A Channel 2 report announced today that it seems Zoabi will not sit in the upcoming Knesset, after she was assigned a near-impossible position in the Balad…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had instructed the Ministerial Committee for Legislation not to discuss MK Shuli Mualem-Refaeli’s (Jewish Home) bill to recognize Amona. Committee head Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) had previously stated her intention to bring the bill for a vote on Sunday and to cast her own vote in favor. The decision…

The brother of one of two soldiers killed in an apparent tragic accident in northern Israel today has told Arutz Sheva of his shock at the loss of his sibling, who he described as a remarkably dedicated soldier. 20-year-old Sergeant Shlomo Rindenow was killed along with 24-year-old Sergeant First Class Hussam Tapesh, when a hand…

A Code Red siren was recently heard in several Golan Heights communities, after an unidentified aircraft was spotted in the area. IDF forces quickly responded with two Patriot missiles at a Syrian drone. “Moments ago two Patriot air defense missiles were fired towards a drone which infiltrated Israeli airspace from Syria,” said an IDF spokesperson.…

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top military aide, according to state media cited by Associated Press. Col. Ali Yazici is one of the most senior military officers to be targeted in a government purge of the military following Friday’s failed coup attempt, according to Anadolu Agency. It did…

Swedish state television channel Sveriges Television (SVT) has decided not to broadcast a documentary showing links between anti-Semitism and radical Islam because it would not be “politically correct.” The Danish news site Berlingske reports that the program, titled Watching the Moon at Night, documents the effect of terrorism on Jews. While the Swedish Film Institute…

The Nazareth District Court has extended the arrest of two minors whom torched Arab cars in response to a terror attack in Tel Aviv which left 4 dead and many injured. The minors are set to be released on Tuesday. Police requested that the minors’ arrest be extended 5 days, though the judge agreed only…

Three police officers have been killed after a gunman or gunmen opened fire on police headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to reports. The incident occurred at 9:30 Sunday morning, according to senior police official William Daniel. East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden has called for the public to pray for the victims and their…

MK Michal Rozin (Meretz), the head of the Knesset’s Pride Lobby, has asked Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) to take action against Lehava head Bentzi Gopstein. Gopstein recently wrote on his Facebook page: “At 5:00 p.m. this Thursday, in Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell Park, we will try to stop the Pride Parade, which will feature…

Loading… A bomb scare near the Jerusalem light rail shut down much of central Jerusalem Sunday morning. An Arab passenger boarding the light rail near the intersection of Yafo and King George aroused the suspicions of the train’s security guards, who questioned the man in an attempt to discern whether he posed a threat. During…

44 sheep were stolen from a farm in the town of Rinatya, near Petah Tikva, around a week and a half ago. The farmer’s two beloved dogs, who’d he’d raised from birth, were stolen as well. As with all cases of agricultural crime, the local Border Police unit opened an investigation. Upon arriving at the…

JTA – The 2016 Republican National Convention is asking Sheldon Adelson to cover a $6 million shortfall triggered by sponsors walking out over the party’s nominee, Donald Trump. Politico reported Thursday that the appeal to the casino magnate came July 12, just six days before the July 18 start of the convention in Cleveland. The…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the most influential Jewish organizations in the US, has released a statement condemning the Israeli Supreme Rabbinical Court’s decision not to recognize a conversion officiated by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein of New York. The Court ruled last week that a woman converted in the US by Rabbi Lookstein must undergo…

Following the capture Sunday morning of a Palestinian Authority resident carrying a pack of explosive devices, Jerusalem District Police Commander Yoram HaLevy confirmed to reporters that the would-be bomber had targeted the Jerusalem light rail. The terrorist was intercepted be train security guards after arousing their suspicion. During questioning by the guards, the terrorist admitted…

The attempted coup in Turkey caught Istanbul’s Jews by surprise as they were finishing their Friday night meals. Despite the sanctity of the day of rest, it was impossible not to feel the drama unfolding on the city streets. Though Air Force planes only flew low over populated areas in Ankara, residents of Istanbul quickly…

Gunmen have seized the police station of Armenia’s capitol, Yerevan, taking everyone inside hostage. Local residents reported to PanARMENIAN that the operation began around 5:30 a.m. A powerful explosion was first heard, followed by gunshot fire. The attackers are members of the “Sasna Tsrer” movement. They demand the resignation of President Serzh Sargsyan, as well…

Israeli officials are on the verge of recovering millions of dollars in lost Jewish assets from across the Arab world and Iran, Social Equality Director-General Avi Cohen revealed on Wednesday. Speaking at a hearing of the Knesset’s Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs Committee, Cohen gave some insights into the government’s efforts to redeem property lost…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke about the attempted coup in Turkey at the opening of the cabinet meeting this morning (Sunday), and expressed hope that it will not affect Israel’s relations with the Turks. Israel and Turkey recently signed a rapprochement deal after years of strained relations. “We assume the reconciliation process will continue along…

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman visited the Hizme crossing checkpoint just north of Jerusalem this morning (Sunday) to investigate the difficulties that Jewish and Palestinian commuters face in getting through the crossing, and to review options for relieving these difficulties. This visit is part of a comprehensive tour Liberman is conducting to acquaint himself with transportation…

The knee-jerk response by Israel to terror is building new settlements. Jay Shapiro thinks that this fosters the mistaken impression that Jewish settlement is a punishment for Arab terror rather than an expression of Jewish rights to the land. Loading… Click here to download the podcast

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday night rejected accusations by Turkey that the United States was responsible for the failed coup in the country. Those accusations were made earlier by Turkey’s Labor and Social Security Minister Suleyman Soylu, in an interview on Turkish television. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Kerry spoke with…

Coalition chairman MK David Bitan (Likud) on Saturday commented on the appointment of Rabbi Eyal Karim as the chief IDF rabbi and the firestorm that arose following his past statements. “I do not support the appointment and I expected that the Chief of Staff cancel the appointment. [Karim’s] views do not fit the army,” said…

Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was blamed for the failed coup in Turkey, hinted on Saturday the uprising by members of the country’s military could have been “staged” by the government. In a rare and brief interview on Saturday with a small group of journalists at his residence…

Monika Schaefer, a former candidate parliamentary candidate on behalf of Canada’s Green Party, is under fire for producing a video denying that the Holocaust took place. In the video, entitled “Sorry Mom, I was wrong about the Holocaust,” Schaefer refers to the Holocaust as “the six-million lie” and claims “these things did not happen.” The…

(AFP) After jihadists struck Paris in January 2015 politicians marched shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, and following the attack 10 months later they stood together to sing a moving rendition of the “Marseillaise”. But within hours of the carnage in Nice – France’s third major terror attack in 18 months – opposition politicians had accused…

A Turkish government minister has accused the United States of planning Friday night’s failed attempt to overthrow Turkey’s government. Speaking to Turkish television Saturday night, Suleyman Soylu, Turkey’s Labor and Social Security Minister, said the US was responsible for the coup attempt. The Turkish government shutdown access on Saturday to the Incirlik Air Base, where…

Following a failed coup attempt mounted by Turkey’s military, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reasserted his control over the country. After the botched attempt to overthrow the government which left more than 260 dead, Erdogan has set out to purge the judiciary and military. More than 2,700 judges have been removed and nearly 3,000…

Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the terrorist responsible for last Thursday’s massive terror attack in Nice, France, was “one of the soldiers of ISIS”, Islamic State sources claimed on Saturday. The attack, carried out during Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city, left 84 dead – excluding the terrorist, who was shot dead by police –…

While conflicting reports have surfaced regarding the fate of French Jews reportedly located at the site of Thursday’s deadly terror attack in Nice, officials said claims that 15 members of the French Jewish community had been killed in the attack were false, and that there were no reports of Jews killed in the attack. The…

The ISIS terrorists responsible for the deadly attacks in Paris last November not only murdered 130 and wounded close to 400 victims, they also engaged in “gruesome torture” and sexual mutilation of their victims. A government committee in France heard testimony indicating the terrorists involved had subjected some of their victims to torture, which may…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday called on Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas to fire one of his advisers whom he accused of inciting for Israelis to be murdered. In a video posted on YouTube and subtitled in Arabic, Netanyahu – speaking in English – urged Abbas to dismiss Sultan Abu al-Einein. Al-Einein, who…

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism, has withdrawn from speaking at the Republican National Convention next week, JTA reported Friday. In a letter to members of his community, Lookstein wrote that he had accepted Ivanka Trump’s invitation to deliver an invocation at the convention “out of respect for her…

French presidential contender Alain Juppe said Friday that the truck attack that killed 84 people in Nice could have been avoided if “all measures” had been taken, AFP reports. “I am not an investigator. (But) if all measures had been taken, the tragedy last night would not have happened,” Juppe, a former prime minister, told…

Now: The dust has settled on the agreement with Turkey, and an analysis of it in this program shows that Israel drew the short straw. And: Israel’s quiet diplomacy and trade arrangements brought results with our new found friends – India, China and Central Africa. Walter discusses: why America’s Second Amendment is outdated and counter-productive.…

Surprising condemnations of the terrorist attack in Nice, France, in which 84 people were murdered, were heard Friday from both Hamas and Hezbollah. Hamas issued a statement condemning the attack, calling it “a brutal act of terrorism.” The organization also sent condolences to the families of those killed, claiming it “rejects all forms of terrorism…

Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Friday afternoon reacted to Donald Trump’s announcement of his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, calling it the “most extreme VP pick in a generation.” “By picking Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump has doubled down on some of his most disturbing beliefs by choosing an incredibly divisive and…

Bulgarian prosecutors on Friday filed charges against two alleged accomplices of a bomber who blew up a bus carrying Israeli tourists at a Black Sea coast airport in 2012, a spokeswoman said. The charges were “filed today at the specialized criminal court in Sofia,” chief prosecutor spokeswoman Rumyana Arnaudova told AFP, providing no further details…

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday that the terrorist who carried out the attack in Nice that killed at least 84 people in all likelihood had ties to radical Islamist circles. “He is a terrorist probably linked to radical Islam one way or another,” Valls was quoted by Reuters as having told France…

The Turkish military announced on Friday night that it had taken over power from the government “in the name of democratic order”. “The power in the country has been seized in its entirety,” said the military statement read on local NTV. And quoted by Sky News. An announcer on Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT subsequently read…

Parshat Chukat brings to light the importance of water. On a deeper level it brings home the famous axiom of the Jewish People’s existence “Ein Mayim Ela Torah”. (Baba Kama 17a). “There is no water only Torah”. The Parsha starts off with the Purifying water of the Parah Aduma (Red Heifer). It then moves to…

A former senior aide to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was arrested in connection with a fraud inquiry, police said on Friday. A police statement said the aide — named by media reports as Ari Harrow, Netanyahu’s former chief of staff — was detained and questioned on Thursday evening “as part of an ongoing investigation”. Haaretz…

Two bills dealing with the community of Amona, slated for demolition as the Israeli court accepted the claim that the land is private Arab land, are being considered by the government, one by MK Yoav Kish (Likud), the other from MK Shuli Mualem-Refaeli (Jewish Home). The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will discuss both on Sunday.…

The Muslim terrorist who carried out Thursday’s terror attack in the French city of Nice reportedly raised a local police officer’s suspicions several hours before he began his killing spree. When the officer approached him, the terrorist asked for permission to park his truck near the boulevard because he claimed that he was going to…

Two elderly Jewish sisters who were in Nice at the time of Thursday’s attack have finally been located after going missing for hours after the deadly terror attack. 80-year-old Carla Ben Shimon and 77-year-old Raymond Maman both live in southern France. They were located in hospital with serious injuries, but their condition is not believed…

Middle East states and leading Muslim clerics united Friday in condemning a truck attack that killed at least 84 revelers in the French resort of Nice, calling for a joint struggle against extremism. In Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the Nice attack was “a reminder that terrorism can strike anywhere” and offered his country’s…

Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump has announced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his Vice President candidate. Trump made the announcement on his Twitter account Friday, and said a press conference would take place Saturday, at which the VP pick would be formally announced: I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike…

Former MK Rabbi Haim Amsalem has joined the Jewish Home and intends to run in the party’s upcoming primaries. Rabbi Amsalem began his political career with Shas following a request from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Before entering the Knesset halls, he served as a community rabbi and as the head of the Abuhatzira family’s institutes in…

Doctors at Shiba Hospital say that four-year-old Hadas Levi, who was caught under a fallen tractor on Tuesday, passed away from her wounds on Friday morning. Hana Geula Dwek was also killed in the accident, which occurred near the entrance to Hashmonaim. Hadas was walking with her mother at time time, when a truck sped…

Watch: Dr. Mordechai Kedar discusses Iran’s terror proxies and how to protect Israel’s northern border from hostile forces in Lebanon.

President Reuven Rivlin this morning (Friday) sent a letter of condolence to President Francois Hollande of France following the mass casualty terrorist attack in Nice. President Rivlin wrote, “It is with pain and sorrow that I must once again write and express my deepest condolences, and those of all the Israeli people, following the horrific…

France faced a painful morning on Friday, after 84 people were murdered in the worst vehicular terror attack in history. A 31-year-old Muslim terrorist used his truck to run over hundreds of people out celebrating the French independence day. Eighty-four of the victims were killed, including dozens of children, and over a hundred wounded. The…

Lebanon’s military prosecutor has charged three people, including two Syrians, with links to ISIS and involvement in suicide bombings in a village on the Syrian border. A judicial source told AFP on Thursday that one of the three, a Syrian, had been arrested last week during the dismantling of an ISIS-linked cell suspected of planning…

In accordance with the coalition agreement between Likud and UTJ, a new bill is calling to cancel the core curriculum requirements in haredi schools. In effect, it calls for revoking former Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron’s (Yesh Atid) order to make funding for haredi schools conditional on teaching the core subjects. Behind the move stands…

Old point, new presentation, plus a new point at the end. Parshat Balak has none of the 613 mitzvot in it. It is pure story. And that is how we must see the sedra… and learn from it. The sedra is 104 p’sukim long, dividing unevenly into a very long, 95-pasuk parsha and a 9-pasuk…

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the mufti of “Palestine” and a preacher at the al-Aqsa Mosque, has condemned what he called the “extremist settler” visit to the Temple Mount earlier this week. The event was organized by Hallel Yaffa Ariel’s in her memory, and was accompanied by close police protection. Sheikh Hussein described the visit as a…

Parshat Chukat brings to light the importance of water. On a deeper level it brings home the famous axiom of the Jewish People’s existence “Ein Mayim Ela Torah”. (Baba Kama 17a). “There is no water only Torah”. The Parsha starts off with the Purifying water of the Parah Aduma (Red Heifer). It then moves to…

(JTA) — The state of Florida has asked a federal Court of Appeals to reverse the mandated kosher meals program, saying it drains the state’s budget. The state is appealing a 2015 decision by a Miami judge requiring kosher food for anyone who requests it, including Jews, Muslims, Seventh-day Adventists and people of other faiths,…

MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List), known for her anti-Israel statements, is at it again, and is clarifying that she views sovereign Israeli territory as “occupied” Palestinian territory. In an interview on Thursday with Hamas’s Palestine newspaper, Zoabi said that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s threat to expel her from the Knesset is “an attempt to deter…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Speakers at the Republican National Convention are scheduled to include the rabbi who converted Donald Trump’s daughter to Judaism and the pastor who said Bernie Sanders needed to embrace Jesus. On Thursday, the Republican National Convention released a list of speakers as notable for who is absent as it is for the…

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday issued a message to soldiers that the new Pokemon game app, Pokemon Go, is not to be used on military bases, Haaretz reported. The new smartphone game requires access to the players’ location and camera in order for them them to play. It has already been the subject of…

(JTA) — Google has acquired an Israeli-American startup that develops products for sharing content among friends and groups. The startup, Kifi, said in a statement this week that it will be joining the Spaces team at Google “to build solutions focused on improving group sharing, conversation, and content finding.” Spaces is an untraditional messaging app…

French President Francois Hollande early Friday morning responded to the lethal attack on the city of Nice, saying it was clearly a terrorist assault. “There’s no denying the terrorist nature of this attack of yet again the most extreme form of violence,” said Hollande in comments quoted by Reuters, following the attack in which at…

The chief rabbi of Britain, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, said on Thursday that he was concerned by the anti-Semitism within the UK’s Labour Party, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Speaking before a parliamentary inquiry into anti-Semitism, Rabbi Mirvis said that Labour members have become more open and confident in expressing anti-Semitic feelings since Jeremy Corbyn became leader.…

At least 80 people were killed and 100 injured, among them 40 seriously, on Thursday night after a truck plowed into a crowd in the French city of Nice, Sky News reports. Eyewitnesses said the driver picked up speed to slam the lorry into people who were celebrating Bastille Day along the city’s famous Promenade…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday acknowledged her recent comments criticizing Republican presidential Donald Trump were “ill-advised,” Politico reported. “On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” she said in a statement quoted by the website. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for…

Nickolay Mladenov says the current impasse is unlikely to be broken, and warns not to lose the opportunity for peace.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has withdrawn the government’s plan to transfer 40 million shekels ($10.4 million US) to Har Hevron communities. The topic has also been completely removed fromthe next Cabinet meeting’s agenda out of concern over criticism from the White House. Following the recent terror attacks around Har Hevron, Netanyahu ordered the creation of…

Military prosecutors have submitted an indictment for incitement against the brother and sister of the terrorist Mahmoud Tarayeh, who stabbed 14 year-old Hallel-Yaffa Ariel in her bed in Kiryat Arba around two weeks ago. According to the indictment against the terrorist’s sister, she praised the attack on Palestinian television, saying that the attack brought pride…

Trump and Clinton are running neck-and-neck in the presidential race, according to the latest polls from CBS News and The New York Times. The polls shows both presumptive nominees running with 40% voter support. Trump has been gaining fast, as the earlier Times polls had placed Hillary at 6 points ahead. The polls come a…

(JTA) — What was RBG thinking? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg launched a broadside against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over the the last week, calling him unfit for office. She subsequently apologized, but not before voices on the right and left criticized her for seeming to compromise the high court’s dignity and…

The notorious, yet popular, anti-Israel website Mondoweiss has posted a new article showing how obsessed its authors are with the traditional anti-Semitic conspiracy of Jews controlling the world’s media. Mondoweiss is frequently accused of anti-Semitism, though its staff denies the accusation on the basis that it is run by Jews. While criticizing a New York…

The Palestinian ambassador to Greece, Marwan Toubassi, protested against Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein’s (Likud) official visit on Thursday. “As the State of Palestine’s ambassador,” Toubassi wrote, “I am disappointed to hear that Mr. Yuli Edelstein, the head of the Israeli parliament, was invited to Greece and was given a platform to speak to the Foreign…

Ex-IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz declared Thursday evening that he is not sorry for his decision to break out the Second Lebanon War. “The Second Lebanon War found us less ready than we wanted – but not less than was necessary against the opponent. The readiness was adequate, overall, in the face of the…

Ari Harow, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s former Chief of Staff, was remanded to five days house arrest on Thursday after he was interrogated by police for 14 hours on matters related to a police inquiry regarding Netanyahu. Harow was detained for questioning Thursday morning after landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Harow, who in the past…

The Binyamina Rebbe, Harav Yosef Yehoshua Taub, passed away Tuesday morning in Netanya’s Laniado Hospital at the age of 92 after being in and out of hospital for several months. He was recently hospitalized in critical condition. Harav Yosef Yehoshua Taub was born in what was then Czechoslovakia to a noted rabbinic family. His grandfather…

At least 30 people were killed and at least 100 injured after a truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice on Thursday night, in what appears to be a terrorist attack. An image from the scene appeared to show the front of a white lorry riddled with bullets.…

Facebook closed tens of pages linked to the terrorist organization Hamas, including the personal account of senior Hamas member Ezzat al-Rishq. Rishq condemned the action, tweeting, “I condemn Facebook’s administration for closing my personal account for the seventh time in a row, and I consider the [decision as displaying] bias in favor the occupation and…

(AFP) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside, as US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Moscow seeking to revive stalled peace efforts. Speaking to NBC News in Damascus, Assad insisted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had never raised the…

The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee visited Kiryat Arba and Har Hevron on Thursday morning, following the recent terror attacks. Thirteen-year-old Hallel Ariel and Rabbi Michael Mark were killed in two attacks within two days. Rabbi Mark’s wife was seriously wounded in the attack that killed her husband. The Committee, under the leadership of…

Rabbi Avi Shayish, a divisional chaplain in the IDF reserves and the rabbi of Rehovot’s Orot Hanan group, has called on military decision makers to restore the authority for growing beards to the military rabbinate. “Sadly, a significant number of religious soldiers have been denied permission to grow a beard by their adjutant officer,” he…

“Black Lives do not matter to most black people…Only the lives that are taken at the hands of cops or white people, matter.” So wrote Officer Jay Stalien, a policeman in Palm Beach County, Florida, who formerly worked in Baltimore. His Facebook post has been shared hundreds of thousands of times, and liked tens of…

Fatah recently organized a victory parade in honor of Ashraf Hani Rith, who was released from prison after serving 15 months for throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails. The celebration took place in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Maor Tzemach, the head of the group Lach Yerushalim, told Arutz Sheva: “Again we are exposed to…

In an op-ed in Newsweek, Israel Intelligence Minister Israel Katz detailed his plan for ruining Hezbollah, without devastating Lebanon, Hezbollah’s main base-of-operations. Katz points out how Hasan Nasrallah, the organization’s leader, openly admitted on to broad financial support from Iran last month. However, Katz feels that Nasrallah’s bluff of power in his speech was just…

Felipe Rodriguez and Navon Kaplan are two olim hadashim (recent immigrants) who have been struggling in their efforts to join the IDF. For the past week, they have been protesting outside of the main military headquarters in Tel Aviv. Felipe Rodriguez, originally from Sydney, Australia, arrived in Israel a year ago, after his entire family…

For the past several days, members of the Regev Battalion woke up at the crack of dawn to practice conquering buildings and dealing with riots – dodging Molotov cocktails and burning tires. The Regev reservists almost all have families and full lives, but still leave their homes once a year, to fulfill their duty to…

The health of a Palestinian terrorist on hunger strike for a month in protest at his detention without trial by Israel is deteriorating, a Palestinian official and family members warned Thursday. Bilal Kayed began his hunger strike last month in protest at his internment under Israel’s administrative detention law, which allows the country to hold…

Transcripts from the interrogation of the two terrorists who perpetrated the Sarona market attack in Tel Aviv have been released, revealing the motivations of the two murderers and their radical Islamic ideology. The new information comes a month after the attack, in which four people were murdered when the terrorists opened fire with improvised rifles.…

Recent months have seen an ongoing legal battle between the pilots of Israeli airline El Al and the management of the company, Mako reported. These proceedings have resulted in numerous cancellations and delays of El Al flights. The pilots have demanded an improvement in their work conditions, citing a lack of pilots and a resulting…

A gang of three Jewish teens were arrested earlier this week in connection with an alleged “price tag” arson attack on an Arab village in northern Israel. The arson, which police say occurred last month in the village of Yafia (also known as Yafa an-Naseriya) near the town of Nazareth, targeted a vehicle on the…

CIA chief John Brennan has indicated that he will quit his job before he carries out the order of the next president to employ “waterboarding,” an interrogation technique simulating the sensation of drowning, a practice opponents have claimed constitutes torture. Brennan’s statement is apparently a snub of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has expressed…

Border police foiled an attempted terror attack in Jerusalem Thursday morning. During an arrest operation in the Shuafat neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem, Arab residents attempted to intervene on behalf of a suspect wanted by Israeli authorities. One resident brandishing a knife reportedly lunged at the officers but was shot and wounded before he could reach…

The Supreme Rabbinical Court recently sentenced a haredi man to five years in prison for refusing to give his wife a Gett (divorce document required for divorce by Jewish law). Rabbinical judges Rabbi Elyahu Heishrik, Rabbi Aaron Katz and Rabbi Michael Amos upheld the wife’s request to force her husband’s hand by imprisonment. The Court…

Be’er Sheva Deputy Mayor, Ofer Kardi, Chariman of the Shas movement in the southern city, told Arutz Sheva that the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the gay pride parade to go through side streets rather than through the city center was balanced and responsible. Kardi claims that the fact that organizers subsequently cancelled the parade…

A Palestinian doctor who helped save a Jewish family moments after they were targeted in a deadly terrorist attack has been honored by local Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. Dr. Ali Abu Sharach and his wife – who is a nurse – provided life-saving emergency treatment to the family of Rabbi Michael Mark, who…

Sabri Saidam, the Minister of Education of the Palestinian Authority, called for European countries and their academic institutions to boycott universities and colleges that function within Judea and Samaria. At a convention in Brussels this week which saw the convening of Institutes of Higher Learning in southern Mediterranean countries, Saidam asserted that European academic institutions…

A Tel Aviv district court convicted on Thursday the terrorist responsible for a deadly attack in the Panomama building in Tel Aviv last November that left two dead and one wounded. Raed Khalil, a resident of the town of Dura near Hevron, entered the Panorama building in Tel Aviv on November 19th, 2015, and began…

Israel on Wednesday opened the Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza to allow the transfer of vehicles carrying goods for the first time in nine years, officials said, according to AFP. An AFP photographer saw deliveries arriving through the crossing, which has been restricted to individuals since 2007, with goods going through Kerem Shalom in…

MONTREAL (JTA) — A former professional football player fined a year ago by the Canadian Football League for anti-Semitic tweets is still posting such material. Khalif Mitchell, apparently referring to the controversy surrounding a Donald Trump posting, recently tweeted that “the real tribes of Israel would never use a demonic Star of David, only devils…

The Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram came under fire this week for a simple mistake it posted on Twitter. Following the visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Israel, the newspaper posted a tweet stating that “the Egyptian foreign minister watched the Euro finals with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.” But the newspaper came…

(JTA) — A Jewish overnight camp in Southern California will cut short its first session by several days due to a salmonella outbreak. Moshava California, a Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles overnight camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, said it will end the session on Thursday rather than Sunday on instruction from the Department of…

The world’s chemical weapons watchdog is pressing Syria to explain why it has four undeclared warfare agents, its head said Wednesday, after an American official accused Damascus of continuing to hoard a toxic stockpile, AFP reported. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) chief Ahmet Uzumcu said that despite previous declarations by Syria, OPCW…

BERLIN (JTA) — Police in 14 German states reportedly conducted raids on 60 individuals in an attempt to root out the sources of anti-Semitic and other hate postings on the internet. The raids on Wednesday marked the first time that Germany has conducted a nationwide hunt for internet hate purveyors, according to German Interior Minister…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday took to Twitter to hail the new pro-Israel Republican party platform. “The Republican platform is most pro-Israel of all time!” he tweeted, in a post that received more than 6,000 likes. The new platform, the language of which was approved by the Republican Party’s Platform Committee on Tuesday,…

(JTA) — Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel sent incoming British Prime Minister Theresa May a warm welcome. The Israeli prime minister wrote May, who officially succeeded David Cameron as prime minister on Wednesday, a letter of congratulations and felicitations following her installation, his office shared in a statement. May, 59, is considered a longtime friend of…

The team looks forward to supporting a new series based on getting down to the most fundamental factors that make us who we are. This show introduces this new series, called Down to Roots, which will be produced through film maker Trevor Bannister. Loading… Click here to download the podcast

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday threatened that the Islamic Republic could restore elements of its nuclear program that were halted under the deal with the West, if world powers that backed the agreement don’t live up to their end of the bargain. Rouhani made the remarks televised on state TV and was quoted by…

Israel is on the brink of a new modus operandi in foreign policy, one which will include more assertive Israeli behavior, as well as closer ties with regional powers like Egypt and Turkey. That is the conclusion drawn by Dr. Efraim Arera, a leading Israeli scholar of Islam and the Middle East, who suggests Prime…

Attorney Marc Zell, who chairs the Republican Party’s Israel branch, praised the GOP’s new party platform, hailing it as the most “pro-Israel platform” ever. Zell, who was present during the GOP Platform Committee hearing which prepared the document, noted that the latest version removes all reference to Palestinian statehood and the two-state solution. “After 25…

Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court ruled on Wednesday that the conversions performed on his own by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, a prominent modern Orthodox rabbi from Manhattan, will not be recognized. The ruling by the country’s highest officially recognized religious court upheld a decision made last week by the Petah Tikva District Rabbinical Court, which held that…

A top Islamic State (ISIS) group commander, Omar al-Shishani, has been killed in Iraq, the jihadist-linked Amaq agency confirmed on Wednesday. Citing a “military source,” Amaq said Shishani was killed “in the town of Sharqat as he took part in repelling the military campaign on the city of Mosul,” referring to the last ISIS-held city…

The body of a 21-year-old haredi man from Brooklyn was found on Wednesday, one day after he told his wife he would be late coming to meet her. The man, Yanki Kraus, disappeared shortly after speaking to his wife on Tuesday. Since then, dozens of haredi volunteers participated in searching for him. Kraus was supposed…

Activists from the nationalist Otzma Yehudit party were attacked on Wednesday evening during a protest march in Tel Aviv in support of IDF soldier Elor Azariya, who is on trial for shooting and killing a wounded terrorist in Hevron. During the march the youth and activists were attacked by five masked individuals who beat the…

In an interview with Arutz 7, Rabbi Haim Druckman, the Director of the Center for Bnei Akiva Yeshivot and head of the Bnei Akiva Youth Movement, started off by celebrating the recent appointment of judges to the Religious High Court. “The judges chosen have stature in the true sense of the word. I am happy…

In response to the government’s expected move to abolish the requirement for basic state standards of secular studies in haredi schools, MK Yair Lapid sent a letter to Chief Rabbis Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau asking them to publicly oppose the move. “The government is currently promoting a law to abolish basic secular education standards…

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon spoke with Arutz Sheva about the IDF intelligence he presented to the UN Security Council yesterday (Tuesday). “Ten years after the Second Lebanon War we showed the UN that Hezbollah have continued their military build-up, transforming villages into military outposts,” the Ambassador said, “we asked the UN to…

Loading… Italian Chief of Staff General Claudio Graziano landed last night in Camp Rabin, in the Hakirya area of Tel Aviv. He was greeted by an honor guard of IDF soldiers, led by Israeli Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkott. During his state visit, the two Chiefs of Staff will discuss joint security issues,…

The Chairman of the Jerusalem District of the Israeli Bar Association and a member of the Committee for the Appointment of Judges, Asher Axelrod, showers accolades on Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) for her work in appointing judges accepted by a broad consensus within Israeli society. “It’s no secret that Shaked does a…

Cleared for publication: the young Bedouin who crossed the border into Gaza yesterday has been identified. IDF lookouts were shocked to spy a young man climbing the fence yesterday into Gaza, near Habesor River. IDF forces raced to the spot, but he disappeared into Khan Younis before they could get to him in time. The…

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot gave his backing to the embattled appointee to the IDF Chief Rabbinate, Rabbi Eyal Karim, insisting that the nomination stands. The two met Wednesday afternoon to discuss Rabbi Karim’s nomination and the subsequent campaign mounted by prominent left-wing figures and politicians to block the confirmation of the appointment. During…

Theresa May is set today to become Britain’s second Prime Minister. On her first day, though, after being shown her new office and shaking hands with all the officials, she has the sober task of writing “the letter of last resort.” This note instructs commanders of the Trident missile submarine patrol in case of a…

After a month of polling behind his likely Democratic opponent, Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump has surged past former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a series of recent battleground state polls. Boosted by terror fears and renewed concerns over the controversial Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of five police officers by a…

One year after former Likud MK Danny Danon made the transition from the Knesset to the United Nations, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN spoke with Arutz Sheva regarding the trends now shaping the international body, and the possibility of Israel receiving its first voting seat on the UN Security Council. ‘We can win in the…

Brigadier General (res.) Rabbi Israel Weiss, the former Chief IDF Rabbi, has defended the new appointee, Rabbi Eyal Karim. “I think that these expressions were part of a study program, with learned scholars who sit and deal with Torah issues,” Rabbi Weiss told Channel 10. As for the “attractive woman” commandment and Rabbi Karim’s comments…

Moshe Dwek, son of Hannah Dwek who was killed in a horrific accident near Hashmonaim yesterday (Tuesday) when a tractor fell off a truck, crushing her and others, wrote an emotional goodbye to his mother on his Facebook page. Dwek wrote about his mother’s greatness, expressing disbelief that she was really gone. “Dearest mother! Look…

MK Amir Peretz (Zionist Union) had harsh words for Gidi Orsher, the Army Radio film critic, after a post of Orsher’s on Facebook several days ago in which he came out against the “professional whiners from the East,” ostensibly referring to Jews of Middle Eastern descent. “All my life I fought against the specter of…

A horrific collision between a truck and a car this morning (Wednesday) on Highway 31 left a man in his 30s dead. Although MDA emergency personnel rushed to the scene, they were unable to revive him, and pronounced him dead at the scene. When the police arrived to fill out a report, though, they were…

The State Attorney’s office has filed an indictment with the Central District Court against Yosef Cohen, who ran over Hila Michali-Nachman four months ago, killing her. Cohen is charged with a hit-and-run, obstruction of justice and destruction of evidence. According to the indictment, at around 8:30 pm on March 1st, Nachman was driving on route…

MK Shuli Mualem-Rephaeli (Jewish Home) responded to attacks from the Left against the new Chief Rabbi of the IDF, Ayal Karim. “The aggressive campaign against the Rabbi stems from terrifying ignorance and a deep fear of a “religiozation” that is, in their view, infecting the commanders and soldiers of the IDF,” she said. According to…

The US State Department says that it did not intentionally fund an organization dedicated to ousting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the last election campaign. “I’m not going to go into details, but to our understanding the report showed there is no proof that the OneVoice organization used money to influence the Israeli election,” said…

The trial of Elor Azariya, who shot and killed a wounded terrorist in Hevron, continues today (Wednesday) in the Jaffa Military Court. The prosecution put Sergeant D, an army paramedic, on the witness stand today with the expectation that her testimony will strengthen the case that Azariya wasn’t in any danger when he shot the…

A PMW “scoop” on how PA Television honors murderers of Israelis was reported in international media – and PA TV responded by honoring four more murderers, sons of the same proud mother. Last week, Palestinian Media Watch exposed that a Palestinian Authority TV program named Giants of Endurance had honored the terrorist who brutally murdered…

Two years after the IDF’s Operation Brother’s Keeper to find the three youths captured and murdered by Hamas, research has come out relating to the Whatsapp rumors of that period. The research attempted to locate the origins of the rumors, track their paths, and determine who originated them. Tracking 13 rumors that had been disseminated…

(JTA) — A South Florida rabbi spoke up for a mosque that was delisted as a polling station. Palm Beach County removed the Islamic Center of Boca Raton as a polling site after receiving complaints from voters, WPTV reported Monday. That didn’t sit well with Rabbi Barry Silver of Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor in neighboring Boynton…

The most important part of your investment strategy is objectivity. Relying on your emotions when making financial decisions can damage any investment strategy. Dr. C. Thomas Howard, co-founder of AthenaInvest, talks about why objectivity should be an important component of your investment strategy. He describes the five emotional triggers that cause the most damage, and…

The United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, is trying to keep the new and popular Pokémon Go app out of the museum, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The app, which was released just last week and has become instantly popular, is a location-based augmented reality mobile game which allows players to capture, battle, and…

(JTA) — Bianca Jagger, a human rights activist and ex-wife of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, apologized for tweeting a link to a neo-Nazi website and later said she was “mortified.” Jagger tweeted the link, which includes a list of British lawmakers who voted for the Iraq War, early Tuesday to her 54,000 followers.…

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — An Israeli company will have a pivotal role in a multinational plan to upgrade Colombia’s roads. Shikun Binui will build the nearly 100-mile-long Cundinamarca 010 toll road near Bogota, the South American country’s capital, the Israeli news portal Israel21c reported. The project – including financing, construction costs, rehabilitation, operation and…

Arab nations are calling on the UN Security Council not to endorse the recently released Quartet report aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process, because the Palestinians view it as biased in favor of Israel, the Palestinian envoy said Tuesday, according to AFP. The report by the Middle East quartet – comprised of the…

The Republican Party’s Platform Committee on Tuesday unanimously agreed to language on Israel that omits references to a “two-state solution” to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, JTA reports. The committee meeting in Cleveland voted on the language approved Monday by its national security subcommittee. A voice vote carried only “ayes” and no votes against, earning the…

NEW YORK (JTA) — A pro-Palestinian student group at New York University that blamed Israel for recent police shootings of black men is now scaling back, somewhat, on the accusations it made on Facebook. In the original Facebook post from July 7, Students for Justice in Palestine at NYU held Israel accountable for the black…

WASHINGTON (JTA) – They’re elusive, but show up in the right place at the right time — and you might find one! No, we’re not talking about the latest iteration of Pokemon Go. This is about tracking prominent Jewish GOPers and Jewish organizational representatives attending the Republican National Convention next week in Cleveland. They’ll be…

U.S. lawmakers this week will consider three Republican-backed measures targeting the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran, Reuters reported. One bill would impose new sanctions on Iran over any sponsorship of terrorism or human rights violations. Another would bar the purchase from Iran of “heavy water,” a non-radioactive byproduct from making nuclear weapons and nuclear…

A newly released report by the US Senate chided the State Department for grants given to a left-wing NGO which developed political infrastructure used in the 2015 Knesset election in an effort to topple Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The bipartisan report by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations was headed by Republican Rob Portman…

Former Police Inspector General Roni Alsheikh is used to dealing with issues from the bird’s eye view of higher-level command; however, it appears that he is also a capable paramedic when needed. Alsheikh was driving by the La Guardia interchange when he noticed a collision of three cars. He got out of his car and…

JTA – As German army troops invaded eastern Poland, Ichak Lewin’s family fled their town of Wizna. On July 10, 1941, the Lewins approached the nearby town of Jedwabne, where hundred of Jews lived and had the means to shelter other Jews. But the Lewins soon realized they had come to the wrong place. “We…

Prime Minister Netanyahu participated today in an event honoring female members of the IDF and security forces that took place at the Knesset on the initiative of MK Anat Barko. Also in attendance were Chairman of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein, President of the Supreme Court Miriam Na’or, members of the Knesset, as well as female…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and their sons Yair and Avner took part tonight (Tuesday) in a memorial service for Colonel Yoni Netanyahu, the Prime Minister’s brother, on the occasion of the 40-year anniversary of his being killed while commanding the Entebbe hostage rescue operation. The service, which took place in the Mount…

MK Ze’ev Elkin reacted indignantly to the special report just released by the U.S. Senate, which indicated that the $349,000 worth of tax-funded government aid was used to help a left-wing Israeli movement whose stated purpose was to topple Netanyahu in the 2015 Knesset election. “This represents a gross infringement on Israeli democracy, and only…

After a short lockdown, the U.S. Capitol was given the “all clear” sign shortly before 5:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. NBC News reported that the complex was placed on lockdown earlier as authorities investigated a report of someone with a weapon outside. Police told NBC News that two people are in custody. One had a weapon…

Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump has narrowed the possible choices for running mate down to three candidates, a senior campaign adviser told US News World Report on Monday, adding that Trump was likely to announce his Vice Presidential pick within days. According to the adviser, Trump is considering Indiana Governor Mike Pence, former House Speaker…

The Foreign Ministry in Israel is fuming following a visit by French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to Lebanon, during which he reportedly met with Hezbollah parliamentarians. The Lebanese news website on Tuesday Al-Joumhouria quoted “well-informed” sources who said the French minister would meet a Hezbollah delegation including lawmaker Ali Fayyad as well as Ammar al-Musawi,…

Yad Vashem on Tuesday held a ceremony posthumously honoring Jan Willem Kamphuis and his daughter Klazenia Kamphuis-Vink from Holland as Righteous Among the Nations. During World War II, the two hid a Jewish couple, Henny and Manfred Kurt Lowenstein, in their home and saved them from the Nazis. The medal and certificate of honor were…

MK Avraham Nagosa (Likud) inaugurated, along with MK Kasania Svetlova of the Zionist Camp, a society that stresses mutual friendship between the Israeli Knesset and the parliament of Ghana on Tuesday. Nagosa will act as head of the society. Present at the inauguration were members of Ghana’s parliament, the ambassador of Ghana in Israel, and…

At least 20 people are dead and dozens more wounded in a train crash in southern Italy. The accident occurred when two trains running on the same track collided head-on between Corato and Andria. The damage caused by the collision was so severe, the mayor of Corato said the accident looked like the scene of…

Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi joins the list of Israeli celebrities publicly displaying their ties to Judaism and Jewish practice. Casspi posted a picture to his Instagram account in which he is seen wearing Tefilin and a Tallit (prayer shawl), and praying in the morning sunlight. In the caption to the photo Casspi told of…

The watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch made note of a program on official Palestinian TV last Thursday, in which the host can be heard proudly “send[ing] all our greetings and respect, in defiance of the occupation” to jailed terrorist Kifah Ghneimat, who stabbed British national Kristine Luken to death and seriously wounded British Israeli Kay…

A recent online fundraising campaign on behalf of Elor Azariya, the soldier accused of manslaughter after shooting a neutralized Arab terrorist in Hevron, surpassed its goal of 400,000 shekels Monday morning within 12 hours of opening. The fundraiser, which will help the Azariya family cover their son’s mounting legal expenses, also netted the support of…

The six-month old baby found dead in a car in Arad’s industrial zone on Tuesday has been identified as Be’er Horowitz. The child was the daughter of Natan and Avital Horowitz, and granddaughter of Danny and Adina Weiss, residents of the town of Sussiya in the south Hevron area. The funeral has been scheduled for…

The UN Security Council held a special meeting today (Tuesday) on the situation in the Middle East. At the meeting, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon revealed new intelligence information which included aerial photographs of a village that was converted into a terrorist stronghold, as well as details concerning Hezbollah’s armaments. “The village of…

Hundreds of people went to pray at Joseph’s tomb in Shechem in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday), including famous Jewish singer Yaakov Shwekey who had performed in the region, his agent Sharon Daniel, and Samaria Brigade Commander Colonel Gilad Amit. This is the first time that Shwekey prayed at Joseph’s tomb, located inside…

Following months of speculation, Vermont Senator and former contender for the Democratic presidential nomination Bernie Sanders formally endorsed his one-time rival Hillary Clinton at a New Hampshire rally on Tuesday. Sanders pledged to give the former Secretary of State his full backing, following concerns by Democrats the tumultuous primary season would leave the party divided,…

MK Robert Ilatov of Yisrael Beytenu expressed satisfaction at the passage late Monday of the NGO “transparency law”, which he authored together with Jewish Home MK Betzalel Smotrich and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, also of Jewish Home. “Organizations that present themselves as objective but are funded by foreign countries are unacceptable in a democratic country,”…

A German TV documentary has come under fire for equating Israeli anti-Arab prejudice with Palestinian incitement to kill Israelis. The documentary, which aired July 5 on the public-service broadcaster ZDF‘s “Heute,” or “Today” show, was originally called “Educated to hate? How Israeli and Palestinian children are taught to mutually despise each other – and to…

A young Jewish staffer for the Democratic National Committee was shot dead in an apparent robbery near his home in Washington, D.C. Seth Conrad Rich, 27, was shot early Sunday morning in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, near the Capitol, about a block from his home. Police in announcing the killing did not ascribe a motive, but…

A traffic accident near the entrance to Hashmonaim left a woman and four-year-old child trapped under a tractor, after the vehicle fell off of a truck. Rescue workers extracted the child, who was severely wounded and unconscious. She was quickly evacuated to Tel Hashomer Hospital. The 40-year-old woman is in severe condition, though conscious. She…

Amichai and Rina Ariel, the parents of 13-year-old Hallel Yaffa Ariel, went up to the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning, along with numerous friends and supporters. Jerusalem police commander Yorem Halevy accompanied the group. Hallel Ariel was murdered by a terrorist earlier this month. Over the past week, her parents called on the Israeli public…

Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid has demanded that IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Karim publicly declare his support for drafting women into the army. “The new Chief Rabbi, Colonel Eyal Karim, must say loudly and clearly: I support drafting women into the IDF,” Lapid wrote on his Facebook page. The issue arose after reports came out…

Lieutenant Colonel David Shapira, the former commander of Elor Azariya’s battalion, took the stand on Tuesday morning. Azariya is on trial for manslaughter after he killed a neutralized terrorist. Shapira claimed that he noticed signs of distress and pressure in Azariya well before the recent incident. “Elor’s father called me and told me that ‘Elor’s…

The Christian Recruitment Forum and the Zionist Foundation for Israel have revealed that a leading BDS organization is acting freely in Israel, despite violating Israeli laws. Israel Hayom reports that the World Council of Churches (WCC), one of the world’s leading proponents of BDS, founded the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) in…

Walter Felman, a Jewish man from London, was recently honored by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Jewish News reports that he was recognized for the British branch of the Save a Child’s Heart organization, which he founded in 1999. The organization is dedicating to saving children’s lives, particularly in poor countries. The children, under sponsorship…

(JTA) — Half of those who could benefit from a life-saving cancer gene test are not eligible for the screening under the current rules, 30 leading cancer researchers announced at a joint news conference in Jerusalem. The researchers called for more inclusive testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations following a July 10-11 gathering…

The Republican Party is amending its platform to include a slightly altered position on Israel, JTA reported Monday. The latest draft of the platform reinstates a reference to Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided” capital and removes a reference to “Palestine.” The language shared with members of the Platform Committee by the Republican National Committee at an…

(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she “can’t imagine what the country would be” with Donald Trump as president. Ginsburg in an interview with The New York Times published Saturday also rebuked the U.S. Senate for refusing to act on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, who like her is…

The special UN court set up to prosecute the killers of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri on Monday overturned an earlier decision to try in absentia a Hezbollah military chief who is thought to have died in May, AFP reported. The Hague-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) appeals chamber found by a majority “that…

The wife of NFL player Brent Grimes has come under fire after she used an anti-Semitic slur in ridiculing the Miami Dolphins’ Jewish owner for hiring another Jew to be his team’s executive vice president, JTA reported Monday. Miko Grimes said in a tweet Sunday that Stephen Ross “was keeping his jew buddies employed” with…

(JTA) — Jewish-American Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman has been named again to the U.S. women’s Olympics gymnastics team. Raisman finished third in the Olympic Trials that finished Sunday night in San Jose, California, to capture a spot on the squad that will compete this summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2012, she earned…

Senator Bernie Sanders will join Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail on Tuesday, perhaps paving the way for an official endorsement, The Atlantic reported Monday. The two will make a joint appearance at a New Hampshire rally “to discuss their commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for…

North Korea is continuing its threats against the United States, saying Monday it will end a diplomatic communication channel with the United States. According to The Associated Press, Pyongyang hinted at harsher punishment for Americans detained in the country in retaliation for U.S. sanctions that target leader Kim Jong Un. The U.S. government last week…

(JTA) — The strict parole restrictions placed on Jonathan Pollard are “vindictive and retaliatory,” his attorneys said in a brief filed with a U.S. federal court. According to the brief filed Thursday with the District Court for the Southern District of New York, the U.S. Parole Commission failed to prove that Pollard continues to carry…

Bilal Al-Kayed, a senior terrorist from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who is imprisoned in Israel and has been on a hunger strike for 26 days, has set preconditions for his agreement to end the hunger strike. Kayed has in the past served a prison sentence of 14 years over involvement in…

MDA emergency personnel transferred a 77 year-old woman from a Neve Yaakov health clinic to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after she was apparently shot in the head. The woman was walking in the streets of Neve Yaakov, in Jerusalem, when she was shot in the head, and was rushed to emergency care. Hadassah Hospital confirms…

The Israeli army on Monday named an officer from Israel’s Druze Arab minority as its most senior medical official. Colonel Dr. Badar Tarif, formerly the Deputy Surgeon General of the IDF, will be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General when he takes up the post of IDF Chief Medical Officer. It marks the first…

(AFP) – Rebel fighters launched a major assault on regime-held districts of Syria’s long-divided Aleppo on Monday, after the regime severed their only remaining supply route into the battleground city. Once Syria’s economic powerhouse, Aleppo has been ravaged by the war that began with anti-government protests in 2011 and which has since killed more than…

Defense Minister and Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman met today with Michael Gross, a British Jewish philanthropist, who canceled a significant donation to Ben Gurion University because of it hosted a conference supporting BDS organizations. Mr. Gross told the minister that “battling BDS should begin in Israel. It cannot be that Israeli universities which receive…

In a thinly veiled threat, MK Bezalel Smotrich took to the stand in the Knesset today to declare that the cost of dismantling Amona would be the coalition. The town of Amona, in Samaria, was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, and is slated to be destroyed this autumn. The state has offered the Amona…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials briefed Jewish leaders on the inclusion of American Jews on an Islamic State “kill list.” Some 200 Jewish leaders joined the conference call on Friday organized by the Secure Community Network, the security arm of the national Jewish community, in the wake of the July 3…

JEDWABNE, Poland (JTA) — Some 150 people attended a commemoration on the 75th anniversary of a massacre of hundreds of Polish Jews by their neighbors in the country’s northeast. Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, also attended Sunday’s ceremony in the town of Jedwabne, whose history is controversial in Poland because it involves…

Two court bailiffs were killed on Monday afternoon in a shooting attack at in St. Joseph in southwestern Michigan courthouse, NBC News reports. The gunman was later killed as well, authorities said. Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said the confrontation took place about 2:25 p.m. ET at at the county courthouse in St. Joseph. A…

The Knesset approved on Monday night the second and third readings of the so-called “Transparency Law”, authored by MKs Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu), MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home). The law is intended to bring greater transparency to NGOs by requiring them to disclose significant sources of funding from…