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Theresienstadt – Czech Home Owners Find Jewish Belongings From WWII

Theresienstadt – Czech Home Owners Find Jewish Belongings From WWII

Theresienstadt – House owners rebuilding their attic in the Czech town of Terezin have found photos, shoes and other possessions of Jews forced into a… Read More ›

Poland – Polish Leader Hails Missiles Purchased From US

Poland – Polish Leader Hails Missiles Purchased From US

Poland – Poland’s defense minister praised long-range missiles the country is buying from the U.S. as especially needed at this time of tension in the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Defense Minister Expresses ‘Regret’ Over Palestinian Official’s Death

Jerusalem – Israel Defense Minister Expresses ‘Regret’ Over Palestinian Official’s Death

Jerusalem – Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon expressed regret for the death Wednesday of a senior Palestinian official after a confrontation with Israeli troops, saying… Read More ›

Long Island, NY – Family Of Calvin Peters Discuss Hours Leading Up To Stabbing Of Chabad Israeli Rabbinical Student

Long Island, NY – Family Of Calvin Peters Discuss Hours Leading Up To Stabbing Of Chabad Israeli Rabbinical Student

Long Island, NY –  The wife of Calvin Peters , Gayle– who stabbed a rabbinical student in the head and was shot by police on… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – As Talks Go On, Israel Not Pushing For Tougher Iran Sanctions

Tel Aviv – As Talks Go On, Israel Not Pushing For Tougher Iran Sanctions

Tel Aviv – While nuclear negotiations continue for the next six months, Israel will not press Washington to tighten sanctions on Iran while nuclear negotiations continue,… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinian Minister’s Funeral Draws Large Crowd

West Bank – Palestinian Minister’s Funeral Draws Large Crowd

West Bank – A Palestinian state funeral for a minister who died after being grabbed by the neck by an Israeli policeman at a West… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Smashes Irish Decision Recognizing Palestine

Jerusalem – Israel Smashes Irish Decision Recognizing Palestine

Jerusalem –  Decision of the Irish parliament to adopt a non-binding resolution supporting an independent Palestinian state, has been smashed by Israel. Foreign ministry spokesman… Read More ›

Israel – Using A Toy Rifle, Two Boys Try To Rob Bank In Rishon Lezion

Israel – Using A Toy Rifle, Two Boys Try To Rob Bank In Rishon Lezion

Israel – A 12-year-old boy and his 13-year-old accomplice tried to rob a bank in Israel, using toy guns,  but fled without any cash after… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. State Department:  Israeli’s West Bank Settlements Will Still Be Opposed After Obama

Washington – U.S. State Department: Israeli’s West Bank Settlements Will Still Be Opposed After Obama

Washington – State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington on Wednesday.  The United States will continue to oppose Israeli settlement activity even after… Read More ›

Gaza City – Top Hamas Leader Meets With Un Envoy In Gaza

Gaza City – Top Hamas Leader Meets With Un Envoy In Gaza

Gaza City – After the summer war between Israel and Hamas, a senior U.N. envoy held a rare meeting with the No. 2 in the… Read More ›

Zach ‘Kid Yamaka’ Wohlman

Zach ‘Kid Yamaka’ Wohlman

The year is 2008. Zachary Wohlman is 18 years old and he is already in an adult residential drug and alcohol rehab program, Beit T’Shuvuh.… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israel Considers Cooperating With Lebanese Military

Tel Aviv – Israel Considers Cooperating With Lebanese Military

Tel Aviv – Even though the two countries remain technically at war, Israel’s military said on Wednesday it was exploring the possibility of cooperating with… Read More ›

Dublin – Ireland: Possible ‘Early Recognition’ Of Palestine

Dublin – Ireland: Possible ‘Early Recognition’ Of Palestine

Dublin – Ireland’s  government is considering recognition of Palestinian statehood as a possible tactic for kick-starting Middle East peace talks, It’s foreign minister says, an… Read More ›

West Bank -Transparent Probe Called For By UN Mideast Envoy Into Death Of Palestinian Minister

West Bank -Transparent Probe Called For By UN Mideast Envoy Into Death Of Palestinian Minister

West Bank -Robert Serry, UN Mideast envoy,  called on Israel to promptly investigate the death of the Palestinian Authority minister who died shortly after being involved… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Yeshiva The Student Who Was Stabbed At Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters Is Improving

Brooklyn, NY – Yeshiva The Student Who Was Stabbed At Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters Is Improving

Brooklyn, NY – Tuesday the yeshiva student who was stabbed in the head at the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights is improving. Levi Rosenblat, 22,… Read More ›

Tel Aviv –  No Reaction Seen By Israeli Military To Syria Strike

Tel Aviv – No Reaction Seen By Israeli Military To Syria Strike

Tel Aviv – A senior Israeli military officer said Wednesday that Israel doesn’t expect a Syrian or Lebanese response to an airstrike in Syria attributed to… Read More ›

Jerusalem – American Arrested But Denies Charges Of Trying To Blow Up Muslim Holy Sites

Jerusalem – American Arrested But Denies Charges Of Trying To Blow Up Muslim Holy Sites

Jerusalem – On Wednesday, an American Christian who faces charges in Israel of trying to blow up Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem denies the charges,… Read More ›

Israel – Experts: It Could Take Years To Clean-Up Israeli Desert Oil Spill

Israel – Experts: It Could Take Years To Clean-Up Israeli Desert Oil Spill

Israel –  On Wednesday, Ecologists said,  it could take years to clean up a massive oil spill that flooded an Israeli nature reserve with up… Read More ›

Warsaw, Poland – During Auschwitz Trip UK Premier Filled With Grief

Warsaw, Poland – During Auschwitz Trip UK Premier Filled With Grief

Warsaw, Poland – In  a trip meant to help him gain a deeper understanding of the Holocaust, British Prime Minister David Cameron has visited Auschwitz,… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinian FM Warns: Israel will pay for death of minister

West Bank – Palestinian FM Warns: Israel will pay for death of minister

West Bank – Sparking outrage in the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday, is the death of a Palestinian minister who died shortly after clashes with Israeli… Read More ›