Archive for March, 2016

Shin Bet: Palestinian oversaw anti-Israeli terror group in Cairo

Shin Bet: Palestinian oversaw anti-Israeli terror group in Cairo

Shin Bet reveals January arrest of a Palestinian who years ago left the West Bank to Egypt, supposedly to study, and confessed to working with… Read More ›

Going around the Rabbinate

Going around the Rabbinate

In order to get married in Israel, one has to go through the arduous and, according to many, demeaning process of getting confirmed as Jewish.… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Biden visit reflects strength of ties between US and Israel

Netanyahu: Biden visit reflects strength of ties between US and Israel

Romanian president arrives for six-day stay.   US Vice President Joe Biden’s anticipated visit on Tuesday “expresses the strong relations between Israel and our ally… Read More ›

Police disperse violent mob after Arab woman arrested in Jerusalem

Police disperse violent mob after Arab woman arrested in Jerusalem

Using non-lethal crowd dispersal methods, police were able to disband the group without incurring any injuries.   A near-riot broke out by the Old City’s… Read More ›

Analysis: Trump declares war not just on international law, but on ‘law of nations’

Analysis: Trump declares war not just on international law, but on ‘law of nations’

What happened that was so drastic that got Trump to back down, even if the retraction was a released written statement and did not come… Read More ›

Tehran’s ‘destabilizing activities’ on the agenda for Biden’s visit to Israel

Tehran’s ‘destabilizing activities’ on the agenda for Biden’s visit to Israel

A 2010 visit by Biden to Israel turned sour after the Jerusalem Municipality chose that moment to announce the construction of 1,600 apartments over the… Read More ›

Israeli women — and tech — connect African villages to water, electricity

Israeli women — and tech — connect African villages to water, electricity

Innovation Africa, founded by Sivan Ya’ari, has brought solar energy, improved irrigation and cleaner water to as many as 1 million people   A charity… Read More ›

TRUMP: Ted Cruz ‘should do well in Maine because it’s very close to Canada’

TRUMP: Ted Cruz ‘should do well in Maine because it’s very close to Canada’

  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump joked Saturday night that Ted Cruz won the Maine caucuses because of the state’s proximity to Canada. “He should do… Read More ›

It was not a good night for Marco Rubio …

It was not a good night for Marco Rubio …

  Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio slogged through a tough day of contests Saturday, placing no better than third in each of the day’s four races… Read More ›

‘I want Ted one-on-one’: Donald Trump calls on Marco Rubio to drop out of race

‘I want Ted one-on-one’: Donald Trump calls on Marco Rubio to drop out of race

  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said Saturday that rival Marco Rubio should drop out of the race. “I think it’s time for Marco to… Read More ›

New York – NY Conservatives Pick Long As Challenger To Sen. Schumer

New York – NY Conservatives Pick Long As Challenger To Sen. Schumer

  New York – New York’s Conservative Party has chosen Wendy Long as its challenger to Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer. The Conservatives chose Long at… Read More ›

Orlando, FL – Trump Wants To Loosen Laws Against Torture

Orlando, FL – Trump Wants To Loosen Laws Against Torture

  Orlando, FL – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he wants to loosen the laws that limit the use of torture if he’s elected… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Wins Kentucky GOP Presidential Caucuses

Washington – Trump Wins Kentucky GOP Presidential Caucuses

  Washington – After postings wins in Louisiana and Kentucky’s presidential nominating contests, Republican front-runner Donald Trump says it is “probably time” for rival Marco… Read More ›

China sets growth target range of 6.5% to 7% for 2016

China sets growth target range of 6.5% to 7% for 2016

China has set an economic growth target range of 6.5% to 7% for this year as the central government struggles to manage a slowdown in… Read More ›

Hulk Hogan fans – even the youth minister – on his side in sex tape trial

Hulk Hogan fans – even the youth minister – on his side in sex tape trial

Hulk Hogan has taken his lumps over the years, but the past decade has been particularly turbulent. There’s been a costly divorce, a racist rant… Read More ›

Man wins $291 million in lottery, brother wins $7

Man wins $291 million in lottery, brother wins $7

  Remember when your parents used to tell you to be nice to your siblings? Maybe it was because one day you both would grow… Read More ›

Underdogs Sanders, Cruz win Kansas, score elsewhere

Underdogs Sanders, Cruz win Kansas, score elsewhere

Weekend primary races in five states bolster runner-ups’ campaigns ahead of winner-takes-all battles for Florida, Ohio   WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas went to the underdogs… Read More ›

Rubio looks to home state of Florida for badly needed win

Rubio looks to home state of Florida for badly needed win

Trailing in third place after 18 state primaries, Republican senator promises to defy polls showing him behind Trump in March 15 ballot   Republican Marco… Read More ›

Why Camp Ramah is still only for the Conservative elite

Why Camp Ramah is still only for the Conservative elite

Although a bright spot in Conservative Judaism, some 90% of the movement’s kids are not going to its pricey flagship camp, which is perceived as… Read More ›

Palestinian indicted for plotting terror attacks in Ukraine against Israelis

Palestinian indicted for plotting terror attacks in Ukraine against Israelis

Man was allegedly planning to blow up a bus full of Israeli tourists in Odessa, kidnap high-ranking IDF officer to Gaza, and arm ISIS operatives… Read More ›