Women of the Wall leader arrested at Western Wall Lesley Sachs, the Executive Director of Women of the Wall prayer rights organization was arrested this morning (Tuesday) at the Western Wall for bringing a Torah scroll into the site, which is against regulations, and reading from it. This is the first time in three years […]
60 Year Old Yeshiva Student Stabbed in Jerusalem Arab Knife Attack – Jerusalem Old City, Lions Gate A 60 year old Yeshiva student has been wounded in an Arab knife attack near the Lions Gate in the old city of Jerusalem. The assailant ran from the scene and is being pursued by police. A massive search […]
Terror struck the central Taksim section of Istanbul on Saturday, on a street lined with foreign consulates. At least three Israelis were killed and 10 others were wounded in a terrorist attack shortly after 11 am on Saturday morning in Istanbul. The terrorist and one other person was also killed and 26 other people were […]
Cambridge University may face legal action over mock Israeli checkpoint By Richard Mather Jewish Human Rights Watch is considering taking “legal remedies” against the University of Cambridge, England, after it emerged that the university had approved the construction of a mock Israeli checkpoint. The structure comprises a metal fence and barbed wire, and is adorned […]
Soldiers fired on youth who was lobbing stones at cars near Hebron, IDF says; witnesses say troops used live fire A large group of Arab rioters hurled rocks and molotov cocktails at IDF forces amid a protest near the town of al-Arub, which is located just outside of Hevron in Judea. Teenagers and young men held a […]
UNESCO Recognizes Israel’s Aleppo Codex as World Treasure JNS.org – Israel’s Aleppo Codex, believed to be the world’s oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible, has been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a unique world treasure. The Aleppo Codex, which was written in Tiberias around 930 CE and is currently […]
Medical Breakthrough: Israeli Scientist Heading Int’l Research Team Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice An Israeli research professor, heading an international team of scientists, has discovered a way to inhibit the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, the Hebrew news site Walla reported on Monday. Dr. Shira Knafo, head of the Molecular Cognition Laboratory at BioCruces Health Research Institute in Basque […]
Hamas Urges Muslim Arabs to Murder Israelis in a Music Video Hamas continues to encourage Arabs to commit terror attacks and murder Israelis. The video produced by the terror organization shows Hamas militants planning a terror attack while a song praising martyrs plays in the background. The terror organization in Gaza continues to enjoy and support […]
Israel’s newest ‘Tiger’ APC in action The IDF has begun field tests for the new ‘Tiger Class’ armored personnel carrier, boasting advanced ‘windjacket’ defensive system. The new APC is being code named “tiger’ (namer) and boasts the “windjacket” defensive system, as well as other classified systems. The field tests are being carried out at the Infantry […]
Israel announces ‘severe cyberattack’ on electric company Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz says Israeli Electric Authority is being targeted by a “severe cyberattack.” Addressing the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv, Steinitz says the attack was discovered on Monday and that his ministry is “already handling it,” along with the Israel National Cyber Bureau. “The virus […]
