Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Mila Aviv / Flash 90 The sun sets at the Ginosar beach at Lake Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel. The stormy weather in Israel this past weekend created some tragedies but there was also a silver lining to the story: the water level at Lake Kinneret — also known as […]

Photo Credit: Tasnim News Agency Iraqi Parliament The Iraqi Parliament voted Sunday to expel US troops from the country, in the wake of the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, and the deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi, a Shiite militia […]

Photo Credit: US Navy Chief Mass Comm Spec Sam Shavers / Public Domain / Wikimedia Lt. Matt King gives US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus a tour of the facilities on Camp Simba at Manda Bay Naval Base in Kenya, August 24, 2012 US military and civilian defense contractors and Kenyan forces came under […]

Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Desmond / US Embassy Iraq / Wikimedia Iraqi Army officers increase the number of soldiers during the second day of protests at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2020. Several members of one family were wounded Sunday when a Katyusha rocket struck their home, across the street from the […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush / Flash 90 Sign at entrance to Kiryat Arba in the Mount Hebron area Israeli security forces prevented what could have become a major tragedy Sunday night in the Judean community of Kiryat Arba when they caught a Palestinian Authority terrorist before he was able to carry out his intended attack. […]

Photo Credit: Mohammad Hossein Taghi / Tasnim News Agency Hundreds of thousands of Iranians pack the streets to say goodbye to Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Mashad Iranian state television reported Sunday evening (Jan. 5) local time that Tehran will no longer be held accountable to the restrictions of the JCPOA nuclear deal signed […]

Photo Credit: Elchanan Poupko for JewishPress.com Thousands of marchers head across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan in a Solidarity March against anti-Semitism and hate in New York on Jan. 5 2020 Thousands of Jews and their supporters rallied together Sunday (Jan. 5) in a massive show of solidarity with New York-area victims of anti-Semitism. People […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Mr. Fleishman had a degree in business management and was job hunting. One day, he met a non-Jewish acquaintance, Thomas, who worked in an international meat corporation. “There is an opening in our company for an import/export manager,” Thomas said. “If you’re interested, I’d be happy to pass on your resume.” […]

Photo Credit: Screenshot of Euronews YouTube videoScreenshot of Euronews YouTube video Hezbollah members watching Nasrallah speech on large TV screen in Beirut, Jan. 5, 2020 Speaking to thousands of Hezbollah supporters at a Sunday rally in southern Beirut – who were viewing him on a television broadcast from his bunker – because Mother Nasrallah didn’t […]

Photo Credit: Panassonic website The Shomrim organization is offering a “shul phone” that cuts short the process of reporting an emergency, the NY Post reported Saturday. The phone, which appears to be a desk phone that comes with a downsized speed-dial list, connects callers to 911, the local Shomrim hotline, or the local Hatzolah hotline. […]