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June 28, 2016 at 1:03 pm
A Washington Post analysis found that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may have repeatedly lied about his charitable giving. Reporters found evidence of only one donation from Trump between 2008 and this May: a gift from 2009 of somewhere between $5,000 and $9,999 to the Police Athletic League of New York City.
Trump gave $1 million to a nonprofit group for veterans’ families in May after the media began to ask why he had not yet sent the money he had promised. The business mogul makes promises of donations all the time, including about $8.5 million from his business enterprises over a 15-year period. In that same time frame, public records show that he donated only about $2.8 million through his foundation.
The last record of any gift from Trump’s person...
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June 28, 2016 at 12:55 pm
Chareidi journalist Shlomo Menachem Kook recently represented Sefardi Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchak Yosef at the 14th International Conference of Religions against Terrorism held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Speaking before representatives of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in Rav Yosef’s name, Kook cited Rashi‘s comments on the posuk, “I will put peace on the land” (Vayikra 26:6), that without peace all other blessings are worthless. He also noted that religious terrorism is the most dangerous of all terrorism, for while a regular terrorist may eventually regret his actions, the religious terrorist feels he is fulfilling a religious command and never regrets his crimes. Kook also pointed out that in contrast to extreme Islam, Judaism never forces anyone...
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June 28, 2016 at 12:49 pm
Families of captive Avera Mengistu and MIAs Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul disappointed after meeting with PM Netanyahu.
Prime Minister Netanyahu met today (Tuesday) with the families of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, whose bodies are being held by the Hamas terrorist organization, and with the family of Israeli civilian Avera Mengistu who is being held by Hamas in Gaza.
The meeting came after increased protests by the families and the wider public in the wake of the deal with Turkey. The families are frustrated that the agreement does not include the return of the captives by Hamas.
"The Prime Minister gave an explanation and reasons which I am not at liberty to disclose," said Ilan Mengistu, brother of Avera, "but we are still of the opinion that they have completely i...
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June 28, 2016 at 12:45 pm
Texas - A head-on collision involving two freight trains caused several box cars to derail and erupt in flames in the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday, injuring an unknown amount of people and leading authorities to evacuate people who live nearby.
The accident happened near the town of Panhandle, about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt. He had no cause or other details because emergency responders were still assessing the damage, Witt said.
The collision at about 8:40 a.m. involved two BNSF freight trains, BNSF Railway spokesman Joe Faust said.
Federal Railroad Administration investigators are on site of the head-on collision and are reporting injuries, agency spokesman Matthew Lehner said. There was no information regarding...
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June 28, 2016 at 12:41 pm
New York - Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the units toppled over and fell on them.
The chests and dressers are unstable if they are not secured to a wall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.
All of the children killed were 3 years old or younger, the CPSC said. One child was killed about 27 years ago. The other deaths were more recent, between 2002 and 2016. The CPSC said it also received 36 reports of children who were injured.
The recall, which only applies to customers in the U.S. and Canada, is for several types of Ikea chests and dressers. Ikea said the units under the recall are children’s chests and drawers taller than 23.5 inches and adult chests and dressers taller than 29.5 inches.
The r...
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June 28, 2016 at 12:39 pm
Washington - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday laid out a technology and innovation agenda ranging from connecting every U.S. household to high-speed internet by 2020 to beefing up cyber security and reducing regulatory barriers.
A statement issued by her campaign said Clinton strongly supports the Obama administration’s net neutrality rules requiring broadband providers to treat all data equally, rather than giving or selling access to a so-called Web fast lane.
She will increase research and development budgets of the National Science Foundation and similar entities and will launch an initiative to train up to 50,000 computer science teachers, the statement said.
“Hillary believes the government has an important role to play in ...
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June 28, 2016 at 12:35 pm
Rockland County, NY - Residents of a multi-family dwelling in New Square were all evacuated safely yesterday after a fire of unknown origin erupted in the closet of a renovated attic apartment.
Ershte Hilf, the Hillcrest Fire Department and the Spring Valley Fire Department all responded to the Monday afternoon fire, with firefighters climbing several flights of stairs and opening doors to various rooms before locating the fire, which was burning inside a large closet with a light, according to Journal News reports.
Once identified, the blaze was under control within 20 minutes, said firefighter Chris Kear, public information officer for the Hillcrest Fire Department, one of several who responded to the fire. The attic apartment was left uninhabitable in the aftermath of t...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:55 am
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Tuesday 28 June, 2016), issued the following statement at the start of his meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
"The UN has a noble mandate to protect peace around the world and bring nations and bring nations closer together.
During his years of service the Secretary General has travelled the globe many times in service of these ideals, ideals which Israel shares. I remember well when you came in Israel in 2013 you said that Israel and the Israeli people face some bias.
That's an understatement. But you also said that Israel must be treated equally at the UN. I appreciate your candor and this clear moral stance. It was exemplified in your efforts to secure the final Palmer report which was very important for Israel, and Mr. Secre...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:42 am
Jerusalem - The Supreme Court confirmed the two life term sentence of Jewish terrorist Jack Tytell for murdering Palestinians, on Tuesday.
Tytell was sentenced by the Jerusalem District Court in November 2015 to two life sentences and an additional 30 years in prison for the murdering of two Palestinians and an assortment of other crimes.
Tytell’s lawyer appealed later appealed the November 2015 sentence, which the Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday, confirming the sentence.
Right before the sentence was handed down Tytell said that he had no regrets and was proud of what he had done.
Although he was only sentenced in November 2015, he had been convicted back in January 2015.
In the lower court’s explanation of its verdict, despite Tytell saying that an “angel&rd...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:39 am
New York - It’s going to be a busy holiday weekend on the nation’s highways.
A record 43 million Americans are expected to travel this Independence Day weekend, with the overwhelming majority driving, according to AAA, a car lobbying group and one of the nation’s largest travel agencies. This tops the joint record set last year and in 2007.
Lower gas prices, strong consumer confidence and a generally healthy domestic economy have led more families to take trips this summer.
AAA estimates that U.S. drivers have saved $20 billion on gasoline so far this year compared to the same period last year. Gas prices as of June 20 were 46 cents per gallon below prices from a year ago.
“We are well on our way for 2016 to be a record-breaking year for summertime travel,...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:35 am
Hillary Clinton said Monday that she knows many voters have doubts and suspicions about her, something she said bothers her but which is understandable after “25 years of wild accusations” against her.
“Trust is the glue that holds our democracy together,” Clinton said, adding that she is concerned that Americans’ trust in government and institutions has declined.
“I take this seriously, as someone who is asking for your votes, and I personally know I have work to do on this point,” said Clinton, the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee. “A lot of people tell pollsters they don’t trust me. I don’t like hearing that, and I’ve thought a lot about what’s behind it.”
The remarks came as Clinton used...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:27 am
‘Brexit’ supporter Amb. John Bolton goes ‘On the Record’ on ‘Brexit’s’ impact US security and foreign relations and he believes it will strengthen NATO.
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June 28, 2016 at 11:21 am
Jerusalem -An Israeli military official says the army will no longer employ the tactic of using overwhelming fire to prevent the capture of a soldier, even at the risk of killing the soldier.
During Israel’s 2014 war with the militant Islamic group Hamas, troops used the Hannibal Procedure after soldiers feared militants had captured an officer. Israel unleashed heavy shelling and airstrikes on the southern Gazan town of Rafah, killing some 100 Palestinians.
The Association of Civil Rights in Israel called on the military to cancel the practice, saying it endangered the lives of soldiers and civilians.
The military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the matter, said Tuesday the military is working on a new protocol fo...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:18 am
New York - Several online travel sites have seen a jump in queries from Americans about travel to the United Kingdom since it voted to leave the European Union, a sign so-called “Brexit” and the resulting drop in the value of the pound currency may spur U.S. visits to Britain.
One site found that more Britons were also asking about flights to the United States.
Travel agents, hotel chains and airlines say it is too early to tell if the vote has impacted bookings. Financial analysts at the Buckingham Research Group had predicted a “Brexit” would slow the British economy and airline sales. But some U.S. travel agents are advising travelers to book U.K. trips now and expect to see a bump in bookings with time.
On June 24, the day after Britain voted to leave ...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:14 am
Istanbul - Turkey and Israel signed a deal on Tuesday to restore ties after a six-year rift, formalizing an agreement which U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said sent a “hopeful signal” for regional stability.
The accord, announced on Monday by the two countries’ prime ministers, was a rare rapprochement in the divided Middle East, driven by the prospect of lucrative Mediterranean gas deals as well as mutual fears over growing security risks.
It was formally signed on Tuesday by Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu in Ankara and Israel’s Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold in Jerusalem, officials said.
Relations between Israel and what was once its principal Muslim ally crumbled after Israeli marines stormed an act...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:11 am
Gaza - Shortly after Turkey and Israel forged a reconciliation deal, six years after the Mavi Marmara incident, senior Hamas officials revealed on Monday their opposition to the deal, claiming that the Palestinian terror organization was not a party to its consolidation.
Hamas’s foreign relations Chief Osama Hamdan brushed off a remark written by a prominent Turkish reporter on Twitter, according to which Hamas gave its blessing for the Israeli-Turkish deal. The accord ends a diplomatic rift between Ankara and Jerusalem that began six years ago after a number of activists were killed in an Israeli raid of the Turkish Mavi Marmara flotilla attempting to breach Gaza’s naval blockade.
The Turkish journalist, Hamze Tekin, wrote that Hamas authorized the deal after Turke...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:08 am
Ramallah - UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon called on Israel on Tuesday to lift the “suffocating” blockade on the Gaza Strip, a day after Israel said the naval blockade of Gaza would continue under a deal with Turkey to normalize ties.
Moon called Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip “collective punishment for which there must be accountability.”
During a visit to the coastal strip, Ban told reporters: “The closure of Gaza suffocates its people, stifles its economy and impede reconstruction effort, it is a collective punishment for which there must accountability,”
During a 48 hour visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Ban met with Israeli President Rivlin and is scheduled to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:05 am
Jerusalem - Israeli police on Tuesday banned non-Muslims from a contentious Jerusalem holy site until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following repeated clashes with Palestinians rioters.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said rocks and other objects were hurled toward police forces Jewish worshippers in a nearby plaza. He said a 73-year-old woman was lightly wounded and police arrested 16 suspects in the disturbances. As a result, police decided to close access to Jewish worshippers and other visitors for the remainder of the week to prevent tensions with Muslim worshippers until Ramadan is over. Throughout the week Palestinians had holed themselves up in the Al-Aqsa Mosque atop the mount and attacked officers with fireworks and other objects they had stockpile...
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June 28, 2016 at 11:02 am
West Bank - As Palestinians in the West Bank fast from dawn to dusk in scorching heat during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, tens of thousands of people have been affected by a drought that has greatly reduced the flow to their taps.
Israel admits it’s been forced to cut water supplies to the parched area, saying that nearby Jewish settlements have also been affected. But Palestinian areas appear to have been hit much harder, and both sides are blaming each other for the painful situation.
The water shortage has harmed farmers, forced people to bathe less and created a booming business for tanker trucks that travel from house to house delivering water.
Israel blames it on the unusually early summer heat and the Palestinians’ refusal to cooperate with Israel on ren...
