Surveys from two TV stations show Netanyahu’s coalition would fail to form government were elections held today, while opposition parties could see a return to power
Deal cut after national security minister reportedly threatened to quit coalition over decision to halt judicial legislation; critics slam move as handing Ben Gvir private militia
Behavior that confounds veterans of the rare Jewish book market has become routine at auctions organized by Genazym as it taps into emerging luxury market among Orthodox Jews
https://www.investigativeproject.org/9317/nomani-combating-islamist-agenda-an-existential Note: To read our review of Asra Nomani’s Woke Army, click here. Nomani: Combating Islamist agenda “an existential fight” for America’s future Spurred by the brutal murder of her friend and Wall Street Journal colleague Daniel Pearl by Islamic jihadists, Asra Nomani launched her campaign against Islamic extremism in 2002. Nomani also heard imams
A heavily-armed 28-year-old woman killed three children and three staff at a private elementary school in Nashville on Monday before being shot dead by police, AFP reports. Armed with at least two assault rifles and a handgun, the shooter entered the Christian Covenant School from a side door before opening fire, Nashville police spokesman Don
As PM announces delay, protesters demand judicial reform move forward, rail against ‘elites,’ claim election ‘stolen’ from them
Dozens of pro-judicial reform demonstrators blocked Begin Boulevard in Jerusalem Monday night as anti-reform demonstrators blocked the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv. In Tel Aviv, left-wing protestors attempted to break through police barriers to reach the highway, while in Jerusalem, police clashed with right-wing demonstrators who attempted to march towards the Prime Minister’s Residence after
Television host Nick Cannon has opened up about antisemitic comments made in 2020, calling the resultant backlash a “growth moment.” The host of “The Masked Singer” was fired from his television job for a brief period by ViacomCBS after making antisemitic comments during an episode of his “Cannon”s Class” podcast featuring an interview with former
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, and the Jewish Federations of North America on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”s announcement that the legislation of the judicial reform will be suspended for the time being. “We welcome the Israeli government”s suspension of legislative consideration of
President Isaac Herzog spoke on Monday evening with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opposition leader Yair Lapid and the chairman of the National Unity Party, MK Benny Gantz, after the announcement that the legislation of the judicial reform would be paused. The President welcomed the initiative to start an immediate negotiation process that will be launched
Alina Tirnovienko made aliyah in 2019, and works at historic Matzot Aviv factory
PM says he’s pausing judicial revamp to avoid ‘civil war,’ asserts ‘extreme minority tearing Israel to shreds’; opposition heads offer wary approval for talks, warn against bluff
A man who stabbed two women at a British Marks & Spencer store in 2020 in an anti-Israel terrorist attack was found guilty of attempted murder and wounding with intent by a Manchester court, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Entering the department store in Burnley, England, Munawar Hussain, 58, went on what was described as an
When the results came back, I was ecstatic. Following an extended waiting period that included several miscarriages, I was finally, finally, expecting! I spent seven out of nine months on full bed rest, But that couldn”t mitigate my joy for even a moment. I would do anything to give birth to a healthy child, To
Bills set aside NIS 485 billion in 2023, NIS 514 billion in 2024; Smotrich says bills promote ‘financial stability’; Liberman warns Israel on way to unprecedented crisis
Hasidic rapper Nissim Black recently joined Fox Carolina”s meteorologist to help with the weather report. Black, who made aliyah with his family in 2016 and lives in Jerusalem, gave the forecast for North Carolina before sitting down with the station for an interview. He joked that it was raining the day before which he didn’t
National Unity party chairman MK Benny Gantz welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement Monday night that the judicial reform bills would be frozen until the Knesset’s summer session. Gantz said: ” I stood here a few weeks ago and said we could have a civil war and that Netanyahu would be responsible. I welcome his
President Isaac Herzog welcomed Prime Minister Netanyahu’s announcement that the judicial reform legislation would be frozen until the Knesset’s summer session in order to give time to reach a negotiated solution to the crisis. “Stopping the legislation is the right thing. This is the time to begin a sincere, serious, and responsible dialogue that will
Clal gets control permits from regulators to buy control of Max from US private equity firm Warbus Pincus; deal hoped to boost competition in consumer credit market
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to the nation this evening (Monday) on the government’s planned judicial reforms. “There is an extreme minority that is ready to tear our country into parts. It tends towards violence. It ignites fire. It threatens to harm elected officials. It talks about civil war. And it calls for
EMT Naftali Schischa was awarded the New York State Liberty Medal on Friday for saving a passenger”s life on a flight from New York City to Ford Lauderdale, Florida, Hamodia reported. Schischa, a volunteer with Hatzoloh of Rockland, was honoured with the medal by state Senator Bill Weber. It is the highest honor that can
In a sign of optimism and hope on an otherwise challenging day for Israeli society amidst the ongoing protests and turmoil surrounding the proposed judicial reforms, more than 120 orphans took part in a joyous Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall. The annual event was sponsored and arranged by Colel Chabad, Israel”s longest continuously
A local landowner invited a British delegation to add to his grove, in what some view as a sign of growing religious openness
Justices scold Israel Democracy Watch for failing to turn to PM or AG, rather than court, following Netanyahu’s announcement that he would now get involved in judicial overhaul
IDF chief calls for responsible conduct amid warnings from reservists that they won’t serve a non-democratic Israel, says protests within the army inflict a ‘critical wound’
Former US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro warned that the current Israeli government’s handling of the judicial reform issue is harming the US-Israel relationship. “If the Israeli government were to go down a path where a large number of its own citizens and many fellow democracies in other countries really question whether Israel was still
Jewish New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced on Monday the launch of the “Stand up to Jewish Hate” campaign which aims to combat antisemitic attacks occurring across the United States through the use of a blue emoji in solidarity with the Jewish community. The campaign by Kraft”s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, was created by
The Shin Bet announced today (Monday) that a member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization who was behind the shooting at an Israeli driver last week has been arrested. Bahaa Yousef, 27, is accused of carrying out the shooting at Adam Square in the Binyamin region on Thursday morning. An Israeli vehicle was damaged, but
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have reached an agreement that the judicial reform legislation will be frozen for the time being and brought up again during the Knesset’s summer session to allow for negotiations on the reforms, the Otzma Yehudit party announced Monday evening. At the same time, the two
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) called on the Israeli government to restore calm by suspending judicial reform and opening dialogue with the opposition. The EJC expressed “deep concern at the latest developments in Israel” and urged “all sections of Israeli society to restore calm and dialogue,” in a statement released on Monday. As the Jewish
Netanyahu, expected to announce halt to overhaul, urges demonstrators on both sides to avoid violence; Lapid tells protesters: ‘No government will take our rights’
Ministry instead awards top honor to Mizrahi singer Daklon, as Artzi says he will pass on the prize while hoping for a return to ‘loving, embracing, democratic Israel’
Prime minister says Knesset shouldn’t be able to ‘nullify’ court decisions, but claims overhaul will make Israel a ‘stronger democracy’; complains debate in Israel one-sided
Canadian Jewish advocacy organization Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) urged Twitter to take action after a report found that antisemitic content on the platform has doubled since Elon Musk assumed ownership. The study, published this month by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and CASM Technology, found that antisemitism is now at an all-time high
WARSAW – As the world marks the anniversary of the Russian incursion into Ukraine and the reverberations the war has caused throughout civilization, Chabad of Poland is launching an emergency campaign to feed nearly 9,000 Ukrainian Jews during Passover. The group”s Passover fundraising initiative seeks to raise nearly US$500,000 to support holiday expenses for Ukraine”s
A swastika found in a restroom at Columbia Law School is being investigated by the NYPD as a probable hate crime. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force has opened an investigation into the antisemitic graffiti, the Columbia Spectator reported. The graffiti appeared on Thursday inside the restroom at Jerome L. Greene Hall. It was later
17 senior Religious Zionist rabbis called on the government not to freeze or drop its judicial reform legislation following reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to freeze the legislation for several weeks. “By the grace of G-d, the people of Israel have elected a Jewish and national government that will work for the
A survey conducted by the “Direct Polls” institute and published today found that two thirds of the religious population of Israel wants the government to continue to push for the passage of its planned judicial reforms and not to freeze the legislation as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 66% of the 1,300 participants in the survey
Stores, banks, and offices around the country begin to close, joining the nationwide strike against the government’s plans; Discount Bank warns of economic impact of unrest
Scenes of disruption periodically descending into chaos can be found across the country on Monday, in the aftermath of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant from his position, due to what Netanyahu described as his “weak and ineffectual” response to the growing phenomenon of refusal to report for military service
(JNS) Israel”s Supreme Court has long been criticized because it imposes rules on the country that most of the country thinks are wrong. It”s an odd predicament for a democratic country, in which one would expect the law to reflect the will of the people. It”s particularly odd that this predicament is defended in the
Tell me, you Leftists – Have you gone crazy Fallen on your head? You lost the election The right won You haven’t read a single line of ongoing judicial reform We hear you harping in the media: “I am unique I am the elite I am the establishment I am rational thought I am the
Pawel Jablonski says Poland, which has seen democratic backsliding since government curbed courts’ independence, ‘shared our experiences in this regard’
‘We are currently on the brink of destruction of the Third House,’ says writer Ilan Sheinfeld
Opponents say bill could make teaching courses in Jewish studies impossible — and would also outlaw many other academic fields
Editor David Horovitz, political correspondent Tal Schneider, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel weigh in on the watershed moment
MK Avi Maoz, head of the Noam party, has expressed his staunch opposition to any plan to halt the judicial reform program. In a Knesset speech on Monday morning, he described how backing down would hand victory to the elites and turn voting into an utterly futile exercise. “What we are about to see here
Following a press conference given by Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David earlier on Monday, announcing a general strike in protest against the government’s judicial reform program, all flights due to take off from Ben Gurion International Airport have been grounded until further notice. Israel Airport Authority Committee chairman Pinchas Idan announced the strike on behalf of
This past Sunday marked a year since the disappearance of Avraham Moshe Kleinerman, a teenager from Modi’in Ilit. His mother, Giti Kleinerman, visited the area where he was last seen and met with representatives from the Israel Dog Unit (IDU), a nonprofit that has been coordinating the search effort. “Moishi” was approximately sixteen years old
The firing of Defense Minister Gallant brings to a climax an astonishingly fast and wholly self-inflicted collapse of the Israeli right
