PM meets union reps for National Students Week

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with chairmen of student unions from higher education institutions across the country on Tuesday morning, as part of National Students Week.The meeting, held in Netanyahu's office, included Uri Reshtik, chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students, Education Minister Shai Piron, Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis and executive director of the Prime ...

Hamas textbooks to teach about liberation plans

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would be introduced as part of National Education Studies for grades 8-10.Abu Hashem was speaking during a workshop in Gaza ...

Lithuanian FM Heed settlement goods label issue

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Linas Linkevicius tells the 'Post' that if Israel does not label products from West Bank settlements it could lead to a boycott of all Israeli ...

EU to Discuss Adding Hizbullah to Terror List

Arutz Sheva - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The European Union opened the door Tuesday to adding what is known as the Hizbullah terror group’s "military wing" to its list of international terrorist groups, EU diplomats told ...

Comedy for Koby Returns for Tenth Run

Arutz Sheva - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Comedy for Koby tour is back this month, for the tenth time, featuring top-tier North American comedians who perform in Israel. The tour kicks off on Wednesday, May 22, and features shows in Beit Shemesh, Modiin, Jerusalem, Raanana, Tel Aviv and Gush Etzion. Participating comics are Wayne Federman (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Step Brothers), Ralph Harris (Late ...

EU set to brand Hezbollah terrorists

The Australian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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Netanyahu is a clown like Anwar al-Sadat

Pravda - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Haaretz: "Netanyahu is a clown like Anwar al-Sadat" The groundless threats of the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have made him a clown like the Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat, the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz wrote on Monday. The Yom Kippur War which began on 6 October 1973 was fought primarily by Syria and Egypt, with some other military and financial assistance from ...

Former IDF chief rabbi to head new religious services post

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Former IDF chief rabbi Brig.- Gen. Avichai Rontzki has been appointed to head up the new Directorate for Jewish Identity, which has been created within the Religious Services Ministry.The purpose of the new body, whose establishment was stipulated in the coalition agreement between Likud Beytenu and Bayit Yehudi, is to imbue Jewish values in Israeli society.Although the exact activities and ...

Yacimovich rejects link between murder and economy

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Connecting the shooting in Beersheba to the economic situation is immoral, opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich (Labor) said Tuesday."Murder is murder is murder," Yacimovich stated. "Itamar Alon committed a cruel, violent, inhuman massacre of innocent people and left deep suffering and pain behind him."The Labor leader said she argued with her closest advisers who asked ...

Suit against IDF for killing Palestinian rejected

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Jerusalem District Court has rejected a civil damages claim in a wrongful death case against the state for the killing of Ekel Saror during clashes over the West Bank security barrier near Ni'lin between Palestinian protesters and the IDF in 2009, it was announced on Tuesday.The actual decision against the six plaintiffs' claim was rendered on Monday.The court fully adopted ...

Court to review rabbinical courts social exclusion order

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The High Court of Justice accepted for deliberation on Monday a petition demanding that an independent rabbinical court that issued a writ of social exclusion against a haredi woman in the city of Elad should publicly rescind the decree.The writ was issued against the woman, referred to as HK to protect her identity, because she filed a complaint with a civil court against a neighbor who ...

Videos Photos Thousands Attend Belz Wedding in Jerusalem

Arutz Sheva - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Belz Hassidic dynasty and its adherents were decimated by the Holocaust. Their return to a prominent position in the hassidic world, with tens of thousands of hassidim, close-knit communities, a school system, synagogues and study halls, including a landmark synagogue in Jerusalem, is a miracle that the hassidim feel merits that each dynastic wedding be a large and unforgettable ...

Gantz Warns Assad Dont Escalate the Situation

Arutz Sheva - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The IDF will not allow Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to escalate the situation along Israel’s northern border, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said on ...

Carney says U.S. condemns Hezbollah support of Assad regime

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Hezbollah 's efforts to help the Assad regime win the civil war in Syria is a concern to the United States and its allies, a White House spokesman said Tuesday. Press ...

War drill set to test responses to chemical attack

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Authorities will hold a war drill next week based on the scenario of missiles pouring in from multiple fronts, with some carrying chemical warheads. The "targets" in the drill include population centers and strategic facilities.Named "Steadfast Home Front 1," the exercise will simulate the firing of missiles from Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, and will include two air-raid ...

State vows to curb private gun ownership

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The government will work with all relevant public and private bodies in order to reduce the number of privately owned firearms in the country, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said Tuesday, the day after Itamar Alon, a former security guard, used his firearm ...

Livni Scale tilts for freedom of information

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday addressed a Knesset Freedom of Information conference, saying "the prominent public interest moves the scale overwhelmingly in favor of freedom of information," in the balance between the need for state secrecy and for public transparency regarding government dealings.On the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Law on Freedom of ...

Slomiansky Vote Buying Case to be Closed

Arutz Sheva - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Israel Police is expected to recommend that the prosecution close the case against MK Nissan Slomiansky (Bayit Yehudi) and suggest that he not be prosecuted on charges of "vote buying", Channel 2 News reported on ...

Keynote Address at YU Commencement to Focus on Aliyah

Arutz Sheva - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Rabbi Joshua Fass, a Yeshiva University alumnus and executive director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at YU’s 82nd Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 30, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. YU President Richard M. Joel will also confer honorary doctorates upon entrepreneur Tony B. Gelbart, businessman and ...

Baalbek residents back Hezbollah in Qusair fight

The Daily Star - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Hezbollah members carry the coffins of Ahmad Wael Raad, Ali Qataya, Mahdi Bashir Mortada and Mohammad Yasser al-Seblani during their funeral procession in Baalbek, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (The Daily ...

Protesters condemn Hezbollah’s Syria role

The Daily Star - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Beirut Tuesday to condemn Hezbollah’s role in the Syrian conflict, after the party’s widely publicized intervention in the battle of Qusair claimed the lives of dozens of fighters. Around 30 people, mostly students, held signs decrying Hezbollah’s actions while calling for the country’s leaders to make a stand against the party. "We condemn Hezbollah’s ...

Israel warns Syria of consequences if attacks on occupied Golan Heights continue

ABC Australia - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Lebanon The head of Israel's armed forces has warned Syrian president Bashar al-Assad of "consequences" if fire continues from Syrian territory against Israeli troops in the occupied Golan Heights."If he disturbs the Golan Heights, he will have to bear the consequences," Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said in an address at Haifa University and broadcast on Israeli ...