Self Defense The investigation into the shooting death of one of the Palestinians, who attacked a group of young boys on a bar mitzvah hike in Samaria last week, by the father of one of the boys is continuing. The father, who was one of two adult escorts on the hike, is being accused of […]
Terror Stabbing A soldier waiting for a bus outside a mall in the southern city of Arad was stabbed to death last night, in what police are calling a nationalistically motivated terror attack. An eye witness recounted the incident, saying “Someone came up to the soldier from behind and stabbed him. I saw him lying […]
Children Attacked on Hike A group of 25 children and 2 adult escorts (at least one of whom was a parent) were attacked by Palestinians while they were on a hike in Samaria near the settlement of Migdalim and the Arab village of Kida. The group was attacked by dozens of Palestinians throwing rocks and […]
Partition Anniversary On Nov. 29, 1947 (70 years ago) the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews. The vote was 33 in favor (including the USSR), 13 against, 10 abstentions and 1 absent. That momentous vote led to the established of the modern State of Israel. […]
Protecting the PM The Recommendation Bill has passed its first reading in the Knesset. The bill stipulates that when police conclude their investigations into a case they can no longer attach a recommendation whether to indict the suspect. Instead they must let the State Attorney’s Office decide on the matter independently. The bill is viewed […]
Health Minister Resigns Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the Haredi United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party resigned from his cabinet post yesterday in protest of government supported work being done on the national railway. Litzman’s decision was based on the instructions of his rabbi, the Gerrer (Gur) Hasidic Rebbe. Although he resigned from his cabinet position, […]
Call to Prayer Haredi rabbinic leaders have called on all yeshiva students to interrupt their regular studies to recite psalms to pray for the recovery of Rabbi Aharon Steinman, the 103 year old sage who is the leader of the Haredi (Lithuanian) community in Israel. The rabbi was rushed to the hospital in Bnei Brak […]
Pardon Rejected President Reuven Rivlin has rejected a request to pardon Elor Azaria, the IDF soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting a neutralized terrorist in the head and killing him. Azaria is serving a year and a half sentence. Azaria filed his request a month ago, telling the president: “I unfortunately did not receive a […]
Terror Attack A 17 year old Arab terrorist drove his vehicle into a 70 year old man at the Efrat south junction in Gush Etzion this morning. The man was lightly injured. Then the terrorist continued driving to the Gush Etzion junction where he ran over a 35 year old man, seriously wounding him. The […]
Arrests and Maintenance Police swooped down on the East Jerusalem Arab area of a-Tur overnight and arrested dozens of suspected terrorist. As part of the same operation, police and municipality workers removed piles of garbage and abandoned vehicles from the streets of the neighborhood, erected street signs that were missing, fixed traffic and streetlights and […]
