Archive for March, 2016

‘Soldiers with emotional problems number in the thousands’

‘Soldiers with emotional problems number in the thousands’

Soldiers’ mental health files are not accessible to doctors and medics except when they get medications and when there is a doctor in a medical… Read More ›

Comedian Garry Shandling dead at 66 in Los Angeles

Comedian Garry Shandling dead at 66 in Los Angeles

The circumstances of his death were not immediately confirmed, but the celebrity news outlet TMZ.com reported Shandling suffered a heart attack.   Jewish Comedian and… Read More ›

UN envoy decries soldier’s killing of disarmed stabber

UN envoy decries soldier’s killing of disarmed stabber

Mladenov blasts ‘gruesome, immoral’ act, commends defense minister for his condemnation and urges ‘swift’ justice   The United Nations’ special coordinator for the peace process… Read More ›

Israelis’ penchant for holiday-related names

Israelis’ penchant for holiday-related names

The Population and Immigration Authority has released its annual report on (sometimes irregular) first names, with a focus on Purim-related names, including Haman. To mark… Read More ›

Yahoo wants $10 billion, and Microsoft could back the bidder

Yahoo wants $10 billion, and Microsoft could back the bidder

  Yahoo’s board wants to sell its core business for $10 billion, and Microsoft is willing to provide financial help to whoever is interested in… Read More ›

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos signed the $250 million Washington Post deal with no due diligence

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos signed the $250 million Washington Post deal with no due diligence

  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos apparently didn’t waste too much time before signing the $250 million Washington Post deal in 2013. Although it was one… Read More ›

Nest leader Tony Fadell on $555 million Dropcam buy: ‘A lot of the employees were not as good as we hoped’

Nest leader Tony Fadell on $555 million Dropcam buy: ‘A lot of the employees were not as good as we hoped’

  The leader of Nest, the smart-home company Google bought for $3.2 billion in January 2014, expressed regrets about buying smart-home camera company Dropcam for… Read More ›

Geneva – US, Israel Denounce UN ‘Blacklist’ Of Companies Working In Settlements Share Tweet Share Mail

Geneva – US, Israel Denounce UN ‘Blacklist’ Of Companies Working In Settlements Share Tweet Share Mail

  Geneva –  The U.S. government is decrying a resolution passed by the Human Rights Council that calls on the U.N. human rights chief to… Read More ›

San Francisco – University Of California OKs Statement Against Anti-Semitism

San Francisco – University Of California OKs Statement Against Anti-Semitism

  San Francisco – The University of California’s governing board adopted a statement condemning anti-Semitic behavior on Thursday, becoming the first public university system to… Read More ›

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia Detains 15 More Suspected Islamic State Members

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia Detains 15 More Suspected Islamic State Members

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian police have detained 15 more suspected Islamic State members, who police say planned to launch attacks and tried to… Read More ›

Radovan Karadzic found guilty of genocide, sentenced to 40 years

Radovan Karadzic found guilty of genocide, sentenced to 40 years

Radovan Karadzic, nicknamed the “Butcher of Bosnia,” was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday after being found guilty of genocide and other crimes against… Read More ›

Intel officials: North Korea ‘probably’ has miniaturized nuke

Intel officials: North Korea ‘probably’ has miniaturized nuke

Washington – Some U.S. intelligence analysts now believe that North Korea “probably” possesses a miniaturized nuclear warhead, several U.S. officials told CNN. The assessment has… Read More ›

Belgian Taekwondo champ condemns suicide bomber brother

Belgian Taekwondo champ condemns suicide bomber brother

‘I didn’t want to believe it was him, but you can’t choose your family,’ Najim Laachraoui tells press conference   BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A… Read More ›

France arrests man in ‘advanced stages’ of attack plot

France arrests man in ‘advanced stages’ of attack plot

Area of arrest op under lockdown; interior minister says no links ‘at this stage’ to deadly attacks in Paris or Brussels   PARIS — A… Read More ›

Purim party canceled, Haredi rockers give Belgian Jews a private show

Purim party canceled, Haredi rockers give Belgian Jews a private show

After terror attacks, instead of performing to 1,000 spectators, Gat brothers set up an intimate concert at a local Jewish family’s living room   JTA… Read More ›

Rivlins bring Purim gifts to neighbors

Rivlins bring Purim gifts to neighbors

The Israeli President and his wife surprised three young men living across the street from the Presidential Residence by turning up with a Purim gift… Read More ›

BDS leaders call on EU to boycott Yedioth Ahronoth conference

BDS leaders call on EU to boycott Yedioth Ahronoth conference

Boycott movement leaders urge EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini to forbid the union’s ambassador to Israel from attending Yedioth Ahronoth’s anti-BDS conference, set to… Read More ›

UN body to compile blacklist of settlement businesses

UN body to compile blacklist of settlement businesses

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva approved a resolution to compile an updated list of all companies, Israeli and foreign, operating in any… Read More ›

Volunteer IDF soldiers with special needs exhibit special spirit at Rivlin meeting

Volunteer IDF soldiers with special needs exhibit special spirit at Rivlin meeting

Rabbi Mendy Blinitzky, CEO of Lend a Hand to a Special Child, said the IDF is the only army in the world that accepts volunteer… Read More ›

Soldier who shot subdued terrorist: ‘I did the right thing, at the right time’

Soldier who shot subdued terrorist: ‘I did the right thing, at the right time’

After human rights NGO B’Tselem uploaded a video showing a medic from the Kfir Brigade shooting a terrorist who was already neutralized, the soldier has… Read More ›