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National Council of Young Israel President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky, Esq. today criticized comments made by Vice President Joseph Biden regarding the Jerusalem District Planning Committee’s decision to authorize 1,600 new units of housing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
In a statement issued by the White House, the Vice President said, “I condemn the decision [...]

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Young Israel Movement Responds to Vice President Biden’s Comments About Jerusalem

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Israel relieved after Biden speech

The Ramat Shlomo dispute has forced the de facto housing freeze in east J’lem the PM had hitherto resisted.

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Tragically, the matter of Gilad Shalit’s ongoing captivity seems to have vanished from the media, but the anguish of the soldier and his family continues, one day at a time.
Gilad’s father Noam is not resting however and on Wednesday, he met in France with the President of the EU Parliament, Prof. Jerzy Buzek. They discussed [...]

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Noam Shalit Meets with EU Parliament Leader in France

After the media announced Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s apology to US Vice President Joe Biden, the two spoke on the phone and according to the prime minister, “the crisis is behind us”.
The ‘crisis’ surrounded the announcement by the Jerusalem District Planning Board to build 1,600 housing units in Ramat Shlomo. The announcement led to condemnations [...]

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Netanyahu: The Crisis With VP Biden Is Behind Us

Interior Minister Eli Yishai explained on Wednesday that the current administration never accepted a White House demand to halt construction throughout the capital and it appears there are a number of formidable projects on the horizon.
Current buildings projects in the capital include 1,600 units in Ramat Shlomo, 4,000 units in Givat HaMatos (southern capital), 750 [...]

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Bibi Plans to Build in Yerushalayim

New York, NY – Cruiser made four house calls on a recent rain-soaked Tuesday. There were two happy endings and two unhappy ones, a fairly typical outcome for a typical day in the life of a bedbug-sniffing puggle.
“Except that there’s nothing typical about this business,” said his handler, Jeremy Ecker, 35, whose six-month-old company, the [...]

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Washington – During a rant that lit up the blogosphere yesterday, an enraged U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy from Rhode Island had to be gaveled quiet yesterday after ripping into what he called “despicable” media coverage of the war in Afghanistan.
House floor on a failed measure calling for the end of the war in Afghanistan.
“If anybody [...]

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Washington – Enraged Congressman Patrick Kennedy Rants on Press In House Floor [video]

An Iranian destroyer successfully test fired a “powerful and intelligent missile” named ‘Nour’ (light), commander of the Iranian Navy announced on Wednesday, the FARS agency reports.
“Jamaran has test-fired its different kinds of weapons during recent days and after that prepared itself for firing missiles and today in a marine exercise fired an intelligent missile,” Commander [...]

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Iran’s Jamaran Destroyer Successfully Test-Fires Intelligent Missile

[VIDEO & PHOTO LINKS OF PERES AT PONOVEZH BELOW] As reported earlier, most Bnei Brak residents were less than pleased with the pashkavilim appearing on Wednesday morning protesting the day’s visit of President Shimon Peres.
In addition to the protest, the harsh language used to express displeasure with the presidential event left many locals embarrassed and [...]

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VIDEO & PHOTOS: Neturei Karta Traveled to Bnei Brak to Protest Presidential Visit