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Widespread rock-throwing attacks are being reported throughout Yehuda and Shomron, as well as in eastern areas of the capital and of course, Har Habayis. At least 15 Arabs have been arrested so far on Tuesday morning and police are using teargas and other riot-control adjuncts to restore order. It appears tens of Arabs have been [...]

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is no stranger to criticism, having been the target of rebuke from many opponents of the current administration and his hard-ball style politics, perhaps his too ‘in your face’ policies at times, evident in his dealings with foreign officials.
Following the Dubai indictment against Israel pertaining to the elimination of a senior [...]

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Some Call it Uncouth Politics – Others Self Respect

One can never really know how the prime minister will react in September, when his self-imposed 10-month construction freeze comes to an end, but in a Likud faction meeting on Monday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded to MK Tzipi Hotovely, who asked what will occur.
The prime minister stated that just as Israel has built in [...]

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Bibi Plans to Build On

According to IDF reserves Colonel Dr. Reuven Erlich, who heads the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the publishers of the infamous Goldstone Report, the United Nations fact-finding mission on Operation Cast Lead intentionally ignored facts in the case, apparently determined to deliver a serious indictment against Israel, as Justice Goldstone. The relation between Goldstone and [...]

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Goldstone’s Anti-Israel Becomes Increasingly Clear

Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield described the state’s plan to erase its budget deficit by borrowing more money, a scam. Instead, he called for the state to curb spending, which has continued to skyrocket even as revenues have decreased. He slammed the influence of special interest groups [...]

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Greenfield Bashes State Budget Plan; Calls Deficit Borrowing A Scam

In the presence of family members and a small number of close friends and associates, Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv on Monday night is marking his 100th birthday in a modest event held in his Meah Shearim home.
Rav Elyashiv was Zoche seeing the birth of a sixth generation a number of months ago, a [...]

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Yomim Al Yimei Melech Tosif: Marking Maran Rav Elyashiv’s Shlita 100th Birthday

Jerusalem is about to embark on a one-of-a-kind project in Israel, a pilot program that involves treating mikve water as City Hall continues efforts to increase conservation and recycling efforts.
An external tank will be installed alongside a mikve, and the water drained will be directed into the tank from where the water will be cleansed, [...]

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Mikva Water To Be Recycled In Yerushalayim; Pilot Program

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday issued a call for sanctions against Iran, explaining the move is required to halt that nation’s nuclear weapons program.
Following a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri, the chancellor pointed out that all offers placed on the table were rejected by Tehran, and the nuclear enrichment program continues at a [...]

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Germany Calls for Sanctions Against Iran

It appears that Kfar Saba is joining other cities as a venue for anti-chilul shabbos protests, with one scheduled for today, Monday night. The organizers have targeted the chilul shabbos surrounding soccer matches held in the city as the reason for the event.
According to Mayor Yehuda Ben-Chamu, the city is 80% chilonim, secularists who do [...]

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Shabbos Protest in Kfar Saba on Monday Night

According to a report by the AP, the proposed “soda tax” does not look like it has enough fizz to pass the NYS Senate.
Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson and the health commissioner had campaigned heavily to have the bill passed, for two reasons: the first as a way to combat obesity, and secondly, to raise much [...]

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NYS Soda Tax Losing Fizz