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Israel amenable to UN probe of Gaza flotilla incident

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leaning toward accepting the United Nations’ proposal that it investigate the Gaza-flotilla affair. This would make Netanyahu the first Israeli prime minister to agree to a UN investigation into an Israel Defense Forces operation. The U.S. administration is pressuring Israel to accept the proposal by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, and Netanyahu is expected to ...

Israel allows first import of cars to Gaza since 2007

Israel will allow the import of some 20 private vehicles into the Gaza Strip Monday, for the first time since 2007. The cars, some new and some about three years old, are meant for the private sector, mostly for the purpose of being turned into taxicabs.According to the office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the move ...

Islamist victory casts shadow over Tunisian Jews

Over 90% of Tunisia’s voting public did their civic duty on Sunday and voted in the north-African country’s first free elections in decades.The unprecedented voting rate raised hopes that Tunisia is in fact becoming the first democracy to come out of the Arab Spring but these hopes are somewhat overshadowed by the expected victory of the Islamist Ennahda (‘Resurrection’) party.With ...

Is ‘Snitching’ to the Tax Authorities a Sin?

A major Jewish legal debate is shaping up over the permissibility of “snitching” to the tax authorities, submitting names of suspected tax evaders. A recent government campaign urges Israelis to turn in suspected cheats, providing a phone number and web site where individuals can submit anonymous information about tax cheats.The government established the program several weeks ago, in a near-desperate ...

Is ‘Jewish’ Michele Bachmann stealing Mitt Romney’s funders?

Fresh from her victory in the Iowa straw poll earlier this month, Michele Bachmann seems to have a new edge in her efforts to secure the Republican nomination for the White House.Jewish Republicans have reportedly been giving their money to Bachmann thanks to her Jewish-sounding surname, much to the chagrin of Mitt Romney, one of her main rivals for the ...

Is Israel Conceding Rachel’s Tomb as PA Heritage Site?

The Palestinian Authority wants UNESCO to declare the Patriarchs’ Cave and Rachel’s Tomb as its heritage sites while Israel is excluding them from its own list.A government committee headed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is meeting Tuesday morning to decide on adding 16 more sites to Israel’s official list of heritage sites, but the Bible-based Patriarchs’ Cave and Rachel’s Tomb ...

Is Fear A Sin? Faith Vs. Anxiety

Two men in the same town came into sudden wealth. They both hit upon the idea of burying their treasures in the ground. Each picked a landmark on their respective properties, paced 50 steps and dug a hole.Chaim, the more anxious of the two, kept looking over his shoulder to make sure he wasn’t being watched before placing the treasure ...

Is Dov Hikind Looking To Run In Weiner’s Seat?

Is Dov Hikind Thinking Of Running For Congress?According to the Hamodia Daily who quotes Mr Hikind as Saying, “A lot of people are encouraging me to run. It is a very conservative Democratic district. But at this point, I have made no decision one way or another,” .Read More: @ yiddishnayes.comYou might also like:Dov Hikind Praises Proposed ‘Super Jewish’ Senate DistrictClose ...

IRS says Rabbi owes NIS 10M

The Israel Tax Authority has recently discovered that Rabbi Yekutiel Abuchatzeira, Baba Sali’s grandson, failed to report millions in earnings, Yedioth Ahronoth reported, Monday.According to the IRS, the rabbi owes NIS 10 million in back taxes. Authorities uncovered the debt as part of an ongoing investigation into several prominent rabbis and spiritual leader, for alleged tax evasion.As part of the ...

Iron Dome successfully intercepts Gaza rocket for first time

The Iron Dome missile defense system on Thursday successfully intercepted for the first time a Grad rocket that was fired at the Israeli city of Ashkelon from the Gaza Strip.Iron Dome’s success Thursday marks the first time in history a short-range rocket was ever intercepted.According to reports from the area, the interception could be seen in Israeli towns near northern ...

Iron Dome defense system gets new backer: Barack Obama

The budgetary difficulty that has been delaying Israel’s armament with the anti-missile defense system Iron Dome has apparently been resolved. The Pentagon has issued a message to Israel’s Defense Ministry that U.S. President Barack Obama has approved the transfer of special assistance totaling $205 million (just under NIS 800 million) for the purchase of more than ten Iron Dome batteries.Read ...

Irene takes a toll on East Coast’s Jewish community

For some in the Jewish community, Hurricane Irene was a soggy inconvenience.But for others, it became a moment to extend a helping hand – in at least one case, tragically.David Reichenberg, a 50-year-old Orthodox Jewish father of four from Spring Valley, New York died saving a father and his 6-year-old son from a downed power line when Reichenberg came into ...