NEW YORK – A federal judge, repeatedly referring to what she felt was the court’s limited authority to overrule a finding by the U.S. Parole Commission, rejected on Thursday a habeas corpus petition filed by Jonathan Pollard, seeking the removal of broad and severe parole restrictions. In a lengthy written ruling, Judge Katherine B. Forrest […]
By Ido Ben Porat / Arutz 7 Israeli NGO rips foreign criticism of recent demolitions of illegal Arab buildings, calls on Defense Minister to ignore ‘idle threats’. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) is expected to submit the ministry’s formal response in the Supreme Court to an appeal by the left-wing NGO ‘Rabbis for Human Rights’, […]
IAF pilots will take part in Red Flag exercise later this month in the Nevada desert to hone skills and make connections By Judah Ari Gross Israeli aircraft will fly alongside Pakistani and United Arab Emirates planes in the United States Air Force’s Red Flag exercise in the Nevada desert later this month. Red Flag […]
In a related development, US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Paris on Saturday with his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Palestinian issue was among the topics discussed. By Herb Keinon Israel hit back over the weekend at criticism from the US, EU and UN over plans to build housing units in the southern Jerusalem […]
Connecticut man with a large stash of weapons in his home indicted on charges of threatening online to kill Jews. JTA – A Connecticut man with a large stash of weapons in his home has been indicted on charges of threatening online to kill Jews. Kendall Sullivan, 50, of Stamford, who allegedly threatened to “slaughter” Jews […]
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The Democratic Party has spent the first couple days of its convention projecting unity on issues from fighting racism to fair trade. But fissures are showing here on one issue that Democrats have long been united on: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their party, which has long commanded the vast majority of Jewish […]
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel is ready to sign a new 10-year Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance with the United States “as soon as possible.” The acting head of Israel’s National Security Council, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Jacob Nagel, will travel to Washington, D.C., on July 31 for meetings with his U.S. counterparts with the purpose of “signing a […]
Anti-Israel activists exploit U.S. racial tensions and Black Lives Matter movement. By William A. Jacobson At group calling itself Atlanta is Ready (#ATLisREADY), aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement, recently issued a set of demands to the Mayor of Atlanta, including: We demand a termination to APD’s involvement in the Georgia International Law Enforcement […]
Turkish officials are preventing access to and from the air base until they complete “anti-coup” operations effectively leaving America’s nuclear arsenal in the hands of the same Erdogan regime that just accused Washington of masterminding the coup. Movement in and out of the Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey was blocked on Saturday by local military authorities, a distressing sign for the […]
LONDON (JTA) — Intermarriage among British Jews in 2011 stood at 26 percent, or roughly half the rate documented among American Jews, according to a new demographic study. The report published Tuesday by the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research is based on data from the National Jewish Community Survey and the 2001 and 2011 national […]
