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Is Hamas going to be removed from terror list

Is Hamas going to be removed from terror list

The European Union foreign policy chief says the bloc is launching an appeal against last month’s EU court ruling that ordered the Palestinian group Hamas… Read More ›

Charedi votes being pulled left and right

Charedi votes being pulled left and right

Last Thursday evening, young Charedim met with Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu as part of a “Young Likud” program. Aharon Ben-Yaakov, one of the ultra-Orthodox young… Read More ›

Madagascar was battered by a tropical storm

Madagascar was battered by a tropical storm

Madagascar officials say at least 14 people were killed over the weekend when the island was battered by a tropical storm. The National Office of… Read More ›

Orthodox woman appointed as Efrat’s spiritual leader

Orthodox woman appointed as Efrat’s spiritual leader

Rabbi Riskin has recently appointed Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld as a communal spiritual leader for the people of Efrat. Her function will be tol answer questions… Read More ›

Israel voices hope that Argentine authorities will continue prosecutor’s work in Iran case

Israel voices hope that Argentine authorities will continue prosecutor’s work in Iran case

A prosecutor who was found dead after having alleged a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.… Read More ›

Israeli minister says the Palestinian president must be removed

Israeli minister says the Palestinian president must be removed

Avigdor Lieberman said President Mahmoud Abbas must “pay the price” for initiating the ICC probe. Lieberman told Israel Radio Sunday that “We must get rid… Read More ›

Five people arrested for Pakistan school massacre

Five people arrested for Pakistan school massacre

Afghan security services have arrested five men in connection with the massacre at a Pakistan military school last month that killed 150 people, most of… Read More ›

Brritain’s Home Secretary Theresa May urges action to combat anti-Semitism

Brritain’s Home Secretary Theresa May urges action to combat anti-Semitism

Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May has urged fresh action to combat anti-Semitism amid fears in the Jewish community following the terror attacks in Paris. Speaking… Read More ›

Abe Foxman blames Obama for not recognizing radical Islam as problem

Abe Foxman blames Obama for not recognizing radical Islam as problem

Abe Foxman as the guardian of the Jewish people, he recently pointed his finger at world leaders for refusing to name radical Islam as the… Read More ›

Moshe Kahlon launches wild-card election bid

Moshe Kahlon launches wild-card election bid

An ex-Israeli cabinet minister launched a new party to run in the March 17 election, a wild-card bid seen as potentially helping Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

33 Charedi recruits have just completed their training as Israeli policemen

33 Charedi recruits have just completed their training as Israeli policemen

The Israeli Police has recruited a large group of Charedi policemen. 33 Charedi recruits have just completed their training as Israeli policemen. They were trained… Read More ›

Belgian authorities say more than ten people arrested in anti terror raids

Belgian authorities say more than ten people arrested in anti terror raids

Dozen suspects have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany in continuing searches for suspected terrorists, authorities said Friday. Thirteen people were detained in Belgium… Read More ›

Two men arrested in Berlin on suspicion of supporting terrorism

Two men arrested in Berlin on suspicion of supporting terrorism

Hundreds of Berlin police raided 11 residences at dawn Friday, taking two Turkish men into custody on suspicion they were recruiting fighters and procuring equipment… Read More ›

Endless nightmare in Paris

Endless nightmare in Paris

Three people have been taken hostage by an unknown gunman at a post office in Colombes, a northwest suburb of Paris, French media reported Friday.… Read More ›

Obama wants to veto new Iran sanctions

Obama wants to veto new Iran sanctions

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a joint effort on Friday to fight domestic terrorism following deadly attacks in France. They… Read More ›

Miriam Naor appointed Israel’s 11th Supreme Court President

Miriam Naor appointed Israel’s 11th Supreme Court President

Supreme Court President Asher D. Grunis retired on Thursday morning in an elaborate ceremony at the Supreme Court attended by three past justice ministers, three… Read More ›

Anti-Islam group buys ads on San Francisco buses and displays the image of Adolf Hitler

Anti-Islam group buys ads on San Francisco buses and displays the image of Adolf Hitler

An anti-Islam group has sparked controversy with the purchase of advertisements on San Francisco’s public buses that display the image of Adolf Hitler and accuse… Read More ›

French Jews want to move to South Florida

French Jews want to move to South Florida

After the violence last week that targeted Jews, Prime Minister Netanyahu extended a warm welcome to the Jews of France to come home. Though it… Read More ›

Michael Douglas will receive Genesis Prize award

Michael Douglas will receive Genesis Prize award

Israel has named actor Michael Douglas as the 2015 recipient of the $1 million Genesis Prize award, popularly dubbed the “Jewish Nobel Prize.” The Genesis… Read More ›

A man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials was arrested on Wednesday

A man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials was arrested on Wednesday

A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio charges Christopher Lee Cornell with attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States.… Read More ›