Workers gather in factory after demonstrating throughout J'lem, over pharmaceutical giant's plan to fire 1,700 Israeli workers. After blocking major roads in Jerusalem and other centers around the country, hundreds of Teva pharmaceutical workers barricaded themselves from Sunday afternoon in the company's plants in Jerusalem. Police reported that all roads in Jerusalem that were blocked during the morning and afternoon hours due to the protest are now open, except Har Hotsvim junction in Jreusalem, which was opened and then reclosed again. Meanwhile, at 12:00 noon, all workers in the country who were striking in solidarity with Teva workers returned to work. Among services that have resumed operation are Ben-Gurion Airport, the sea ports, the Israel Elect...
Three children, aged 9 to 14, were injured from shrapnel on Sunday when a weapon shell with which they were playing exploded in the Kula Forest near the city of Elad in central israel.One of them, aged 14, is in serious condition and is suffering from injuries to his upper body. The two other children, aged 9 and 11, were lightly injured.The three were evacuated by MDA teams to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. MDA Paramedic Mickey Nemesh and MDA Emergency Medic Elad Yisrael Shemesh said: "When we got there, there was a lot of commotion. In the open area behind the bus terminal, we saw the three children who were fully conscious and suffered bloody injuries all over their bodies after being injured by an explosive device. A 14-year-old was lying on the ground, and near him were two child...
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked addressed the Supreme Court ruling on Israel holding terrorist's bodies. "I read the entire verdict on the bodies of terrorists; there's no doubt that the minority opinion is more logical and more solidly based," Shaked noted at the start of Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting. The Justice Minister added, "The government doesn't have to accept this ruling and will ask for another hearing. It must be clear, the bodies of terrorists will not be returned. There can be two tracks of going about it, as I said, either another discussion, which is the preferred route, or legislation," she said. Shaked's remarks were made following a Supreme Court ruling last Thursday that the State of Israel cannot hold terrorist bodies as bargainin...
When the brothers return home after their first confrontation with Yoseif, Yaakov refuses to let them bring Binyamin back down with them. Reuvein boldly declares (42:37) that both his sons shall be put to death if he does not bring Binyamin back. Despite this impressive expression of dedication, Yaakov refuses to let the brothers return with Binyamin. Later, as the famine grows stronger, the return to Egypt seems imminent. Yehudah proclaims (43:9) that he will take responsibility for Binyamin and that if he does not return him and stand him up in front of Yaakov, then he will have sinned to his father for all of days. Rashi comments that "all of days" refers to the world to come. Yehudah was declaring that if he fails to return Binyomin, his sin shall be everlasting. Yaakov subsequently se...
The following provides a bit of an insight of the impact the four-hour Histadrut strike on Sunday morning had on the airports and seaports. The strike shut down the entire nation, a solidarity strike with over 3,000 Teva Pharmaceuticals employees facing dismissal. Ben-Gurion Airport:8,800 passengers passed through during the night as some flights were moved up to avoid the strike. As a result of the strike, seven flights were canceled (14 take offs and seven landings) including Arkia to Larnaca, Aeroflot to Moscow, 4 flights from SwissAir and one flight from Turkish Airlines. In an effort to avoid as many delays as possible, 13 takeoffs took place between 5:00am-6:00am. From 6:00am-7:00mam, an additional 27 takeoffs and from 7:00am-8:00am, an additional 26 takeoffs for a total of 6...
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 14, 2017 - Students at Cheder Chabad of Baltimore have been eagerly awaiting Chanukah for months. Starting as early as October the students have been busy creating posters, menorahs and various other Chanukah-themed projects. On Tuesday, December 12 the Chanukah fervor culminated in a Chanukah Science and Math Fair organized by Mrs. Chani Tenenbaum. Cheder Chabad believes strongly in integrating their general studies with Torah and Yiddishkeit.  They therefore focus on connecting the materials they learnt with upcoming Yomim Tovim, Halachos they learn, and other Torah concepts.  One way in which this is exemplified is with the Chanukah math and science fair.  Mrs. Tenenbaum relates, "each class brainstormed and designed both a math project and a science...
Kazimierz Piechowski, who was part of a daring escape from Auschwitz, passes away in the port city of Gdansk. Kazimierz Piechowski, who was known for his spectacular escape from the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, passed away on Friday at the age of 98, the German news agency dpa reported. Piechowski died in the port city of Gdansk, according the Institute of National Remembrance. In June 1940, Piechowski and other Polish political prisoners were taken by convoy to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Two years later, he and two fellow prisoners managed their escape by stealing weapons, uniforms and a vehicle belonging to their SS guards, according to the report. After securing his freedom, he fought with the Home Army, the dominant Polish resistance movement, against the Nazis. ...
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued an order yesterday that approved a $10 million agreement between Paul Manafort's lawyers and special counsel Robert Mueller, which would end his current house arrest, Politico reports. Manafort has been hoping to relocate to his property in South Florida. He is currently facing several charges, including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign lobbyist; he has no set court date, but Jackson suggested it could be announced at the next hearing in mid January. The specifics on his bail agreement: Before he leaves Virginia, his wife Kathleen must prove that she has securities in a bank account she alone controls that are worth $5 million, and his daughter Andrea Manafort Shand has to do the same in proving $...
A gunman fleeing police in a car shot wildly at officers and pedestrians across a swath of Baltimore on Friday as he led cruisers on a desperate chase that looped through city streets for at least 20 minutes before he was captured. Live helicopter shots from WJZ-TV showed a beat-up gray sedan recklessly swerving between cars on narrow streets and residential blocks of West Baltimore with police cruisers traveling behind. The suspect’s car sped Friday through traffic lights, narrowly missing pedestrians and clipping at least one vehicle. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis later said the gunman fired a total of five shots during his chaotic ride. “He jeopardized an entire city today due to his intentional recklessness with two guns,” Davis told reporters, adding that the in...
The White House’s website has gotten a face-lift 11 months into President Donald Trump’s tenure. The White House says the updated site features a more user-friendly design and more intuitive search capabilities, as well as a cleaner and more elegant display. The Trump administration says the new website will save taxpayers $3 million annually. Officials say the earlier version of WhiteHouse.gov was built using the same infrastructure as the website for President Barack Obama’s White House, which cost $6 million a year to maintain. The new website, which was developed by an in-house White House team with help from an outside vendor, will cost 60 percent less, officials said. The website went live at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would affirm that any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be rescinded, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital. Egypt circulated the draft text on Saturday and diplomats said the council could vote on the proposed measure as early as Monday. Breaking with the international consensus, US President Donald Trump this month announced that he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, sparking protests and strong condemnation. The draft resolution obtained by AFP stresses that Jerusalem is an issue "to be resolved through negotiations" and expresses "deep regret a...
A lawyer nominated by President Donald Trump to be a federal judge has become an internet sensation after having difficulty answering basic legal questions. As of Friday morning, a video of Matthew Spencer Petersen struggling with questions from Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, had been viewed more than 3 million times. Petersen, who serves on the Federal Election Commission, had difficulty answering questions about the "Daubert standard," which has to do with expert witness testimony, and the definition of a "motion in limine," which has to do with the introduction of evidence. He acknowledged he has never tried a case or argued a motion in court. He said he last read the federal rules of evidence in law school. Petersen graduated from Brigham Young University. He earned a la...
Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction on Saturday called for a massive demonstration next week to protest against a visit to Jerusalem by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. The call came in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city and move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. "We call for angry protests at the entrances to Jerusalem and in its Old City to coincide with the visit on Wednesday of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and to protest against Trump's decision," Fatah said in a statement quoted by AFP. "We will not accept any changes to the 1967 border of east Jerusalem," Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Abbas, said Saturday. "This American position proves once again ...
United Hatzalah is raising their alert level across the country due to the proclaimed strike of the staff of Magen David Adom that is taking place, as part of the general strike in Israel ion Sunday. The management of United Hatzalah issued an instruction tonight, to its close to 4,000 volunteers, to increase their readiness and alert level as a result of the general strike planned for Sunday morning. As the staff of Magen David Adom ambulance service is joining the strike, United Hatzalah has instructed its volunteers in the field to pick up the slack. United Hatzalah Founder and President Eli Beer said: “Our volunteers have been asked to increase their level of readiness to response to emergencies in order to provide an immediate response to any medical emergency anywhere i...
Hungary’s nationalist Jobbik party will not return to its far-right origins, including frequent anti-Semitic and racist remarks by its politicians, party chairman Gabor Vona said Friday. Jobbik is the strongest opposition group but far behind Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party in the polls ahead of April’s election. Vona told The Associated Press in an interview that he has pushed Jobbik in a more centrist direction to become a “people’s party” and attract more voters. “I decided in 2013 that this is how I will lead the party or I won’t lead it at all,” Vona said. “The kind of anti-Semitic expressions which took place in Jobbik earlier are impossible to imagine. Or if they did, they would naturally draw the most s...
Closing in on the first major legislative achievement of his term, President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the Republican tax cut as a good deal for the middle class while boldly suggesting it could lead to explosive economic growth. The legislation, which the GOP aims to muscle through Congress next week, would lower taxes on the richest Americans. Benefits for most other taxpayers would be smaller, but Trump attempted to sell the bill as a “Christmas present” for middle-class Americans in part because it would trigger job growth. “It’ll be fantastic for the middle-income people and for jobs, most of all,” Trump told reporters on the White House lawn before traveling to Camp David for the weekend. “And I will say that because of what we&rsqu...
After weeks of quarrels, qualms and then eleventh-hour horse-trading, Republicans revealed the details of their huge national tax rewrite late Friday — along with announcements of support that all but guarantee approval to give President Donald Trump the Christmas legislative triumph he’s been aching for. The legislation would slash tax rates for big business and lower levies on the richest Americans in a massive $1.5 trillion bill that the GOP plans to muscle through Congress next week before its year-end break. Benefits for most other taxpayers would be smaller. “This is happening. Tax reform under Republican control of Washington is happening,” House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin told rank-and-file members in a conference call. “Most critics out th...
Dozens of rabbis sign petition asking PM Netanyahu to protect sanctity of Shabbat. Dozens of rabbis signed a petition requesting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu "protect the honor of Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath)." The petition, organized by the Derech Emuna (The Path of Faith) organization, comes after the Knesset's Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a government proposal to allow Labor and Social Services Minister Haim Katz (Likud) to define and limit the conditions under which government employees or employees of state-owned entities may be employed on Shabbat. Derech Emuna Chairman Rabbi Baruch Efrati on Saturday night said, "Shabbat is a basic tenet of our identity. It is what makes us the Jewish nation and what gives our country its Jewish cha...
Aerion and Lockheed Martin join forces to develop world's first supersonic business jet. Two leaders in supersonic technology, Aerion and Lockheed Martin announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Saturday to define a formal and gated process for exploring the feasibility of jointly developing the world's first supersonic business jet, the Aerion AS2. Over the next 12 months, the companies expect to work together to develop a framework on all phases of the program, including engineering, certification and production. Aerion Chairman Robert M. Bass stated, "This relationship is absolutely key to creating a supersonic renaissance. When it comes to supersonic know-how, Lockheed Martin's capabilities are well known, and, in fact, legendary. We share with Lockheed Mart...
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