February 26, 2023

Actions speak louder than chants

One need not be a film director nor a dance choreographer to notice that the wave of protests against proposed judicial reform has a very orchestrated, staged and anything but spontaneous appearance to it. We know that there has been massive financing, largely by American Leftist interests, who have sought to transplant a model of

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Order restored in Huwara following clashes between Jews and Arabs

Security forces on Sunday evening were able to calm the situation in Huwara, where clashes broke out between Jewish residents and Palestinian Arabs. The clashes broke out following the terrorist attack in Huwara, in which brothers Hillel and Yagel Yaniv from Har Bracha were murdered. Security forces who were called to the scene used gas

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Meet the Sulamot organization

For the past 15 years, the Sulamot organization has worked to make the Torah more accessible to the younger generations through several innovative programs. Israel National News sat down with the organization’s founder and president, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon, and director of development, Inbar Gabai-Zada, to discuss the organization’s vision and work. “Thank G-d, we

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Netanyahu calls for restraint as Jews, Arabs clash at site of attack

Clashes broke out between Israeli protesters and Palestinian Arabs at a number of sites across Judea and Samaria Sunday evening, following a deadly terrorist shooting attack in Samaria. Confrontations were reported in multiple towns and cities across Judea and Samaria including Hebron, Asira al-Qibliya, Beita, Teqoa, Burin, and Huwara, the site of Sunday afternoon”s deadly

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Pro-judicial reform billboard vandalized by demonstrators

This morning, Im Tirtzu activists were shocked to discover that a billboard hung on the Ayalon Highway over the weekend, in front of the LaGuardia interchange heading south, had been vandalized by anti-reform rioters. This is was a organized vandalism operation, which included the use of ladders, painting and required several people to perform. The

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US reveals Israeli concessions to PA, plans for second summit

Israel has agreed to freeze the approval process for new housing projects in Judea and Samaria for four months, and will not normalize the status of any additional outpost communities for at least six months, the US State Department said Sunday evening. In a statement released following an emergency summit held in Aqaba in southern

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Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir agree to advance death penalty for terrorists bill

Israel”s powerful Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted Sunday to back legislation which would make it easier to impose the death penalty on terrorists who murder Israeli citizens. The bill, drafted by Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech, would allow a court to impose the death penalty with a majority ruling, rather than a unanimous decision,

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Sulamot Foundation awarded Jerusalem Prize for Education and Judaism

Yesterday, during the Basheva Group’s 20th Jerusalem Conference, the Sulamot foundation was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for Education and Judaism, in what seems to be a direct continuation of Sulamot’s recent achievements: today, over 200 thousand children have already watched the Ratzim Lemishna (Running to the Mishna series), and the “Torahlenoar” (Torah for Youth) groups

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Mother of shooting victims: ‘We have a huge hole in our hearts’

Esti Yaniv, the mother of the two young men murdered in a terrorist shooting attack in Samaria Sunday afternoon, released an audio recording to residents of her hometown of Har Bracha near Shechem (Nablus). “Hello, young people of Har Bracha. We took a hard slap in the face from God. We are trying to focus

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Aqaba Summit: Israel agrees to 4-6 month settlement freeze

A senior political official stated that the international conference in Aqaba, Jordan, which mainly dealt with the effort to prevent a security escalation ahead of Ramadan, has ended. During it, the heads of the five delegations met with King Abdullah of Jordan, who welcomed the attempt to promote agreements between the parties ahead of Ramadan

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Brothers from Har Bracha murdered in Samaria shooting

The two Israelis murdered in a terrorist shooting attack in Samaria Sunday afternoon have been identified as brothers from the town of Har Bracha, near Shechem (Nablus). Twenty-two-year-old Hillel Menachem Yaniv and his brother, 20-year-old Yagel Yaakov Yaniv, were shot and killed while driving through the Arab village of Huwara on Route 60, the primary

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Deputy Regional Council Chief: ‘Huwara must be erased, no room for mercy’

Samaria Regional Council Deputy Chief Davidi Ben-Zion spoke out harshly against the government following the deadly terror attack in Huwara, which killed two brothers: Hillel and Yagel Yaniv. “The miracle which occurred two days ago did not occur today. At the same spot where a girl was injured by a thrown rock, two innocent Samaria

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Elite NYC school under fire for entrance exam on Passover

Hunter College High School, a prestigious middle and high school in Manhattan, has added a second date for its entrance exam after a Jewish parent complained that the test was scheduled for the eve of Passover. Hunter spokesperson Vince Dimiceli told the New York Jewish Week that he believes this is the first time the

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The blood libel pedigree is common to Professors of International Law

One lie has enough power to agitate the climate. No, not the earth”s climate but what is more lethal, the political climate. Whole nations and religions turn on the very smallest, all because of the one climate changing lie. You guessed it: Israel “occupies” Palestinian Arab territory. When I say that “whole religions” turn on

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Israel’s Supreme Court debate: Let’s start with the facts

Writing in the Tablet on Feb. 22, an Israeli scholar of the American political system claims that the proposed judicial reforms in Israel should disturb American conservatives. Why? Because, says Professor Yoav Fromer, they”re really just a replay of FDR”s court-packing plan. Clearly learned in American political thought and history, Fromer, who chairs Tel Aviv

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2 murdered in Samaria shooting attack

Two Israelis were murdered in a shooting attack near the village of Huwara in Samaria Sunday afternoon, brining the number of Israelis murdered by terrorists in the last month to 13. Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah medical staff and provided CPR to the victims, who are reported to be young men in their 20s.

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Angola’s Minister of Higher Education Maria do Rosario Braganca visits Israel

A high-level delegation from Angola visited Israel last week, led by the country’s Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, H.E. Dr. Maria do Rosario Braganca, and senior staff from her ministry. Israel has traditionally had strong relations with the influential African nation, and the Minister”s ambition is to boost and promote the higher

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Illegal Arab takeover of destroyed Jewish communities revealed

In a hearing of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on the repeal of the Disengagement Law, Avraham Binyamin, Director of Regavim’s Policy Division, presented documentation of massive illegal Palestinian Arab construction in Northern Samaria in general, and particularly on the ruins of the Ganim, Kadim and Sa-Noor communities that were de-populated as part of

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Only one procedure can save this 12-year-old from dialysis

She was born with a double diaphragm, and will soon be celebrating her bat mitzvah, weighing barely 55 pounds. But despite a medical history that can compete with long-time hospital patients of retirement age, she finally has a chance to be like everyone else. The 12-year-old faces reality head-on: “All that separates me from staying

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Satmar Beit Midrash burns down over Shabbat

The Beirach Moshe Beit Midrash of the Satmar Hassidic movement in Jerusalem burned down on Friday night. A Beit Midrash is a study hall dedicated to the study of Torah, which often doubles as a synagogue. The investigation into the blaze has revealed that the fire was started by Shabbat candles which were left in

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IDF reduces counterterror activity following Jordan summit

The IDF is reducing its counterterrorism activity in Judea and Samaria following the emergency summit which was held in Aqaba, Jordan today between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Yediot Aharonot military correspondent Yossi Yehoshua reported. A senior security official said: ”We are giving it a chance. We will only act in the face of ticking

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