Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh said that cracking down on “crime and terror” in east Jerusalem “will be hard, but we will do it” since the current more lawless situation is a “challenge to the rule of law.” Alsheich elicited audible gasps among a gathering of lawyers Tuesday when he said it was “natural” for law […]
By Times of Israel Staff Security personnel give chase as driver ignores calls to halt; suspects caught; no suggestion of terror motive Four people were arrested Tuesday night after they rammed a security barrier at Ben Gurion Airport and two of them then attempted to flee on foot, prompting a chase by security personnel. The […]
The president of Brown Students for Israel warns new freshman that anti-Semitism is alive and well on college campuses. From openly anti-Semitic professors to swastika graffiti, the campus can be a hard place for Jews,especially freshman, and is certainly a hard place for Zionist Jews. The hype is true: anti-Zionism is alive and well. But […]
Almost a year after its last appearance in Athens, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra returns to the city and the Athens Concert Hall for two concerts on September 17 and 18, opening the venue’s new artistic season for 2016-17. On the first night, conductor Zubin Mehta will interpret works by Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Schubert, with soloist […]
By Shmuley Boteach – JPost You’d imagine that seven million Israelis are aware that they’re up against an onslaught of billions who are unsympathetic or hostile. Amazingly, they’re not. Last Shabbat morning I spoke in the Nitzanim Synagogue in Jerusalem, delivering the morning sermon. Five days after my daughter’s wedding, I was in high spirits […]
By Yehuda Shohat – Ynetnews Itay Erenlib lost both of his legs and was seriously injured in his arm in an IED explosion in Nablus during his IDF service. After a miraculous recovery that amazed all of his doctors, Erenlib returned to the army to finish his service, got a degree in life sciences and is […]
By Times of Israel Staff Agriculture Ministry setting up facilities for research, development of growing cannabis for medical treatment Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel on Sunday announced that Israel would begin exporting medical marijuana abroad, weeks after the government approved measures to make medical cannabis more easily accessible to patients in Israel. “In two years […]
By Tanveer Mann for Metro.co.uk An Iranian wrestler was reduced to tears after he was forced to fake an injury so he wouldn’t have to fight his Israeli opponent. The wrestler, called Peyman, had been waiting to start his match at the World Youth Championships in Hungary when he was approached by his coach. Footage recorded by Al […]
By Edwin Black – CIJnews Richard Allen is one of a growing swarm of gadflies who are part of an ad hoc, semi-cohesive army of independent pro-Israel and pro-Jewish defenders that have changed and continued to change the Jewish communal landscape. Richard Allen is not a careful, polished Jewish communal leader with a seasoned staff operating from […]
By Tamar Pileggi – Times of Israel Israel Hayom says Ruth Elbaz’s Facebook post poking fun at the PM’s recent press briefings is ‘the height of incitement’ On its front page, a right-wing newspaper widely considered to be a mouthpiece for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu castigated a TV comedy show writer for a recent Facebook […]
