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Jerusalem – Ownership Dispute Over Syrian Jewish Bibles

Jerusalem – Ownership Dispute Over Syrian Jewish Bibles

Jerusalem – Israel’s national library has asked an Israeli court to grant it official custodianship over the manuscripts two decades after Israeli spies helped whisk… Read More ›

Moscow – Top Putin Aide:  ISIS Terrorists Being Trained In Iraq, Syria By Israeli Massad

Moscow – Top Putin Aide: ISIS Terrorists Being Trained In Iraq, Syria By Israeli Massad

Moscow – One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top aids on Sunday accused Israel and the United States of training the Islamic State in order… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – The High Court Is Expected To Allow Pinto Plea Bargain To Go Through

Tel Aviv – The High Court Is Expected To Allow Pinto Plea Bargain To Go Through

Tel Aviv – The High Court of Justice on Monday indicated that it would likely let the plea bargain of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto go… Read More ›

Israel – Including Charedi Parties In New Government Is Opposed By Majority Of Public

Israel – Including Charedi Parties In New Government Is Opposed By Majority Of Public

Israel – A poll revealed that 62 percent of the public is in favor of a government without the haredi political parties. Poll was conducted… Read More ›

West Bank – Abbas Unconscious In Hospital?  Palestinian Internal Strife Sparks Rumors

West Bank – Abbas Unconscious In Hospital? Palestinian Internal Strife Sparks Rumors

West Bank- Rumors reached their peak over the weekend with reports that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suffered a stroke, sparked by internal bickering among the… Read More ›

Israel – Hamas: Netanyahu By Allowing Jews On Temple Mount Is Playing With Fire

Israel – Hamas: Netanyahu By Allowing Jews On Temple Mount Is Playing With Fire

Israel – In an interview with Sky news on Friday,  Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas, railed against Jews being allowed to visit the Temple… Read More ›

Jerusalem- ‘Shadow Of The Ultra-Orthodox’ Stymied Third Netanyahu Government

Jerusalem- ‘Shadow Of The Ultra-Orthodox’ Stymied Third Netanyahu Government

Jerusalem- One of the 33rd Government of Israel’s most striking aspects was the absence of the two haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, from… Read More ›

Israel – Man Threatening To Assassinate Netanyahu, Arrested

Israel – Man Threatening To Assassinate Netanyahu, Arrested

Israel – On Friday,  a 52-year-old Netanya resident was arrested after allegedly threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Radio reported. He also threatened… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Bans Him From Gaza Visit, Gerry Adams Says

Jerusalem – Israel Bans Him From Gaza Visit, Gerry Adams Says

Jerusalem – During a three-day tour of the region, Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams says Israel has barred him from making a planned visit to… Read More ›

Paris – Holocaust Deportees To Be Compensated By France

Paris – Holocaust Deportees To Be Compensated By France

Paris – Many Americans and others deported by France’s state rail company SNCF during the Nazi occupation will be entitled to compensation under a new… Read More ›

Brussels- After France Recognize ‘Palestine’, Belgian Parliament In Line To Follow

Brussels- After France Recognize ‘Palestine’, Belgian Parliament In Line To Follow

Brussels – Though it is not clear what form the recognition will take, Belgium is the next country likely to make some type of move… Read More ›

Jerusalem – 60% Of Israelis In ‘JPost Poll’ Don’t Want Netanyahu Anymore

Jerusalem – 60% Of Israelis In ‘JPost Poll’ Don’t Want Netanyahu Anymore

Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of coasting to an easy victory in the election which is to take place March 17 took a… Read More ›

Ramat Gan – Israel And Hungary  Forging Scientific Cooperation

Ramat Gan – Israel And Hungary Forging Scientific Cooperation

Ramat Gan – In order to advance scientific cooperation between Hungary and Israel, the Hungarian-Israeli scientific society was formally established at Bar-Ilan University this week.… Read More ›

Zagreb –  As WWII Restitution Croatia Returns Property To Jewish Community

Zagreb – As WWII Restitution Croatia Returns Property To Jewish Community

Zagreb – Croatia is transferring a piece of land in Zagreb to the Jewish community for property taken from the community during WWII as restitution. The… Read More ›

New York – Jewish Woman Loses Bid On Atomic Spy Case Conviction, She Is 98

New York – Jewish Woman Loses Bid On Atomic Spy Case Conviction, She Is 98

New York – A Jewish woman lost her bid Thursday to persuade a judge to erase her conviction for conspiracy to obstruct justice in the… Read More ›

New York – Brooklyn Man Accused Of Stealing From Aish HaTorah Organization Has Been Indicted

New York – Brooklyn Man Accused Of Stealing From Aish HaTorah Organization Has Been Indicted

New York – The District Attorney of Brooklyn Ken Thompson today announced that the former chief financial officer of Aish HaTorah New York has been… Read More ›

Ottawa – Israeli Canadian Woman’s Varied Past Revealed

Ottawa – Israeli Canadian Woman’s Varied Past Revealed

Ottawa –  – The shadowed and mixed past of the Canadian woman reported to have been captured earlier this week by Islamic militants while fighting… Read More ›

Rome – The  Jewish Museum In Rome Shows How Ghetto Was In 1880s

Rome – The Jewish Museum In Rome Shows How Ghetto Was In 1880s

Rome – Visitors to Rome’s Jewish Museum can now “walk” streets as they were before the Ghetto neighborhood’s  were demolished in the 1880s. Tucked behind… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Election Will Be A Referendum On Netanyahu

Jerusalem – Israel’s Election Will Be A Referendum On Netanyahu

Jerusalem – The coming Israeli election amounts to a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu — The man who buried dreams of peace to some, a hard-headed… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Released Video Footage Of Jerusalem Supermarket Stabbing

Jerusalem – Released Video Footage Of Jerusalem Supermarket Stabbing

Jerusalem – New video footage has emerged of the stabbing attack that occurred in a Jerusalem supermarket on Wednesday. The video shows the terrorist stabbing… Read More ›