Israel has frozen new building in settlements: minister
Israel has frozen nearly all housing starts in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Housing Minister Uri Ariel [...]
Schumer says Bloomberg’s gun control ads are a no-go
Senator Chuck Schumer told Time magazine that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control ads are ineffective in red states.
Google close to buying crowd-sourced map app Waze
Google close to buying crowd-sourced map app Waze
Israel accuses TV station of blood libel over ‘staged’ death of Palestinian child
Images of a 12-year-old boy, Muhammed al-Dura cowering behind his father as a gun battle raged around them in Gaza, [...]
Lawyer exposes scam in Orthodox Jewish community
A wealthy family in the Orthodox Jewish community was being scammed out of thousands by fraudulent charity solicitors.
Israel’s Netanyahu takes flack over $127,000 plane bed
Benjamin Netanyahu is changing his mid-air sleeping arrangements after a public flap over a $127,000 custom-built bedroom for the Israeli [...]
History of ‘Hava Nagila’ struggles to fill an entire documentary
Roberta Grossman’s documentary about the origins, life and evolution of the song “Hava Nagila” should have taken its subject a bit more seriously.
Steven Hawking embroiled in Israel boycott row
Steven Hawking, the leading physicist, has become embroiled in a dispute over what he sees as the occupation of Palestinian [...]
Israel says ‘no winds of war’ despite Syria air strikes
Israel played down weekend air strikes reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers close to Damascus, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbor’s civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants.
Israel bombs missiles bound for Hezbollah
Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a shipment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.