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January 17, 2017 at 10:07 am
Likud MKs Sharren Haskel and Yehuda Glick may be first Israeli lawmakers ever to attend US Presidential inauguration.
Likud MKs Sharren Haskel and Yehuda Glick may become the first Israeli lawmakers to attend the inauguration of an American President.
MKs Haskel and Glick confirmed Tuesday that they had received invitations to attend the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump this Friday and had accepted.
Haskel said that she was "honored to be invited to the inauguration ceremony, which is a historic occasion, and at the same time continue to strengthen the relations between Israel and the US. As part of my diplomatic experience I have had the opportunity to meet with officials from the American government in order to foster cooperation [between the US and Israel....
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January 17, 2017 at 10:06 am
Borough Park, NY - Two brothers with a long history of prior arrests were apprehended by police for the December 27th beating of a woman in Borough Park.
The incident took place on 16th Avenue in front of Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher at approximately 7:30 PM. Surveillance video obtained by Boro Park Shomrim show the two men, Jorge Basantes, 29, and Fernando Basantes, 27, surrounding the victim and throwing her to the ground before making off with her bag, which included credit cards and $300 in cash.
Police released the video footage to the public nearly two weeks ago and a tip to the Crime Stoppers hotline led them to the Basantes.
Fernando Basantes, who has eight prior arrests, was arrested on January 15th on numerous charges including robbery, grand larceny, assault, cri...
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January 17, 2017 at 10:01 am
The Australian, Malaysian and Chinese governments have announced the hunt for missing flight MH370 will end immediately, after a two-year search of a 120,000sq km stretch of the Indian Ocean failed to find the plane. "Despite every effort using the best science available, cutting edge technology, as well as modelling and advice from highly skilled professionals who are the best in their field, unfortunately, the search has not been able to locate the aircraft," the three governments, who have coordinated the search, said in a joint statement. "Accordingly, the underwater search for MH370 has been suspended. The decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly nor without sadness."
MH370 disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board en route ...
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January 17, 2017 at 9:48 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the outgoing administration of President Barack Obama is seeking to undermine the incoming one of President-elect Donald Trump.
Speaking at a press conference, Putin accused the Obama administration of attempting to “undermine the legitimacy of the president-elect,” according to the Associated Press. The Russian president called Trump’s victory in last year’s presidential election “convincing.”
Putin also said those responsible for leaking a dossier of unverified intelligence connecting Trump to the Russian government are “worse than prostitutes." Borrowing a descriptor used with increasing frequency by Trump, Putin decried reports that the Kremlin possesses salacious and compromising i...
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January 17, 2017 at 9:31 am
In the weeks leading up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2017, some Israeli Members of Parliament have joined the World Jewish Congress for what they hope will be the largest commemoration ever.
In 2017, we must remember the Holocaust Because anti-Semitism is on the rise again… Because the survivors among us are dwindling… Because Holocaust deniers are relentless.… Because genocides still occur… And because it’s critical that we educate the next generations. Together, we want to remind the world about the Holocaust and help ensure tomorrow is better than yesterday.
You can join the movement by photographing yourself holding “We Remember” signs. They can then be uploaded directly to Facebook, Twitter, and/or Ins...
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January 17, 2017 at 9:20 am
The local mayor and member of the exclusive Maryland country club whose members are preemptively trying to keep President Obama out over his stance on Israel announced that he was dropping out over the controversy.
Jeffrey Slavin, the mayor of the Montgomery County town of Somerset, said he could no longer belong to a community at Woodmont Country Club with such “intolerance,” The New York Post reported.
The Washington Post reported that some members of the historically Jewish club were bothered by Obama’s recent decision not to vote on a U.N. resolution criticizing Israeli settlements.
“[President Obama] has created a situation in the world where Israel’s very existence is weakened and possibly threatened,” longtime member Faith Goldst...
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January 17, 2017 at 9:19 am
An official of the Beit Shemesh Religious Council told Kol Berama Radio host Noam Zeigman on Monday morning 18 Teves that a very small number of individuals are involved with downing eruv poles in the Bar Ilan neighborhood of the city. He explained the neighborhood is mixed, containing about 150 chareidi families living in peace alongside non-chareidim.
It is explained that last week, a pole was set in place by mistake, in an incorrect area. The pole has since been removed. He added that an apology was issued after the realization the pole was installed in an incorrect location. On Sunday afternoon 17 Teves, non-residents of the neighborhood, number 6 to 7 persons backed by a city councilman from Likud, arrived and downed the eruv, announcing the eruv will not likely be repaired by this c...
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January 17, 2017 at 4:00 am
Baltimore, MD - January 11, 2017 - The timing was uncanny; the subject, ironic. I had initially proposed to meet Israeli-born physical security software entrepreneur Eran Jedwab at the Weinberg Park Heights JCC on Monday, January 9, shortly before noon, when a bomb threat was called in to the facility. It was one of among fifteen to nineteen Jewish community centers in at least six states that were targeted by bomb threats that day. Fortunately, four days before our meeting, I had postponed it to later that day.
After Eran, founder of Jedvice, demonstrated his JedEye security solution on his tablet, I couldn’t help but think that had those threats been real—as real as the shooting rampage that murdered five people and wounded six others in the crowded Florida Ft. Lauderdale-Ho...
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January 16, 2017 at 10:02 pm
Reps. Jerry Nadler and Steve Cohen join other Democratic congressmen in announcing they won't attend President-elect's inauguration.
Two Jewish members of Congress announced on Monday that they will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony this coming Friday, Haaretz reports.
The first announcement came from Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who said that Trump's conduct is "a threat to the institutions and values of our democracy."
He also cited Trump’s "continued failure to address his conflicts of interest, to adequately divest or even to fully disclose his financial dealings."
The second congressman was Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), who announced that he would not attend the inauguration due to "un-presidential remarks" by Trump. He d...
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January 16, 2017 at 7:05 pm
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is reportedly making a name for himself in prison with a new business venture.
According to Market Watch, the 78-year-old is capitalizing off of hot chocolate.
The new report claims Madoff bought up every packet of ‘Swiss Miss’ from the commissary and sold it for a profit in the prison yard.
If inmates wanted the hot beverage, they had to go through Madoff.
He pleaded guilty in 2009 to fraud and is serving out a 150-year sentence at a federal prison in North Carolina.
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January 16, 2017 at 7:03 pm
Paris - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday he was positive about the incoming U.S. administration, and especially about the way it wanted to restore American influence in the world, contain Iran and fight Islamic State.
“We are optimistic about the incoming administration and look forward to working with it in all areas that are a concern for both of us,” Jubeir told reporters in Paris.
“We will look at the Trump administration’s view as articulated. Wanting to restore America’s role in the world, we welcome this. Wanting to defeat ISIS (Islamic State), absolutely. Wanting to contain Iran ... absolutely.”
Jubeir said the interests of the world’s largest oil exporter were aligned with those of the United States—be it geopo...
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January 16, 2017 at 7:02 pm
Washington - The wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter was arrested Monday by the FBI, a U.S. law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
The official said Noor Salman was taken into custody Monday morning in the San Francisco area and is due in court Tuesday in California. She’s facing charges in Florida including obstruction of justice.
The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Noor Salman moved to the San Francisco area after her husband, Omar Mateen, was killed in a shootout with SWAT team members during the June 12 massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
He was the only shooter, and by the time a three-hour standoff between Mateen and law enforcement had ended, 49 patrons were killed and another 53 people ...
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January 16, 2017 at 6:58 pm
Washington - Monica Crowley, the foreign policy adviser tapped for a White House job under President-elect Donald Trump, will relinquish the post, a transition official told Reuters on Monday.
Crowley had been chosen to serve as senior director of strategic communications at the National Security Council. Her appointment had been shadowed by reports of plagiarism in news outlets including CNN and Politico.
“After much reflection I have decided to remain in New York to pursue other opportunities and will not be taking a position in the incoming administration,” she said in a statement quoted by the Washington Times.
“I greatly appreciate being asked to be part of President-elect Trump’s team and I will continue to enthusiastically support him and his agenda for Am...
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January 16, 2017 at 6:56 pm
ATLANTA—U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday called on all Americans to honour Martin Luther King Jr. for “all of the many wonderful things that he stood for.”
Trump, who also met with King’s son later in the day, may be trying to put behind him the controversy over his criticism of Rep. John Lewis, a black congressman and civil rights icon, who had angered Trump by calling him an “illegitimate president” and saying he would not attend the inauguration.
In a message sent on Twitter on Monday, Trump said: “Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all of the many wonderful thinsgs that he stood for. Honor him for being the great man that he was!”
The son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said he had a “very constructive&rdquo...
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January 16, 2017 at 6:51 pm
Seattle - Amateur scientists chosen by the Seattle FBI to search for clues in the mystery of the skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper may have found new evidence.
KING-TV reports a team has been analyzing particles taken from a clip-on tie left by Cooper after he hijacked a passenger jet in 1971 and then vanished out the back wearing a parachute and pack with $200,000.
An electron microscope located over 100,000 particles including Cerium, Strontium Sulfide and pure titanium. Lead researcher Tom Kaye says the elements could have been found in the manufacturing of Boeing’s high-tech Super Sonic Transport plane.
Kaye wonders if Cooper could have been a Boeing employee or a contractor who wore a tie to work and said the public’s help is needed to discern whether that’s possible...
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January 16, 2017 at 6:46 pm
Washington - Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” has died. He was 82.
NASA announced that Cernan died Monday surrounded by his family. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs confirmed the death but had no immediately details.
Cernan, commander of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission, set foot on the lunar surface in December 1972 during his third space flight. He became the last person to walk on the moon on Dec. 14, 1972, tracing his only child’s initials in the dust before climbing the ladder of the lunar module the last time. It was a moment that forever defined him in both the public eye and his own.
“Those steps up that ladder, they were tough to make,” Ce...
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January 16, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Istanbul - A gunman suspected of killing 39 people during a New Year’s attack on an Istanbul nightclub has been caught in a police operation, Turkish media reports said early Tuesday.
The suspect was captured in a special operations police raid on a house in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district, private NTV television reported. The broadcaster said he had been staying in the house belonging to a friend from Kyrgyzstan.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the nightclub massacre, saying the attack in the first hours of Jan. 1 was in reprisal for Turkish military operations in northern Syria. The man identified as the suspect had been on the run since the attack.
Hurriyet newspaper and other media have identified the gunman as Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbekistan nat...
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January 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm
Police operating in Meah Shearim on Monday morning 18 Teves were attacked with rocks, leaving one policemen injured in his head. He was transported to Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital with a light injury.
Local residents report police entered a number of homes and offices including the office of a senior official in the Eida Chareidis. They came under attack with rocks.
Police released a statement that they will exhibit zero tolerance for any form of violence against officers against law enforcement while trying to serve the people, adding the identity of those who threw stones are known and the department will use all means at its disposal to apprehended them and hold them accountable under the law.
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January 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri signed an order prohibiting Sheikh Raid Salah from leaving Israel. Salah, who has been imprisoned in Israel numerous times for his Hamas ties, and is currently serving a term, heads the northern branch of the Israel Islamic Association. Salah is scheduled for release from jail on Tuesday, 19 Teves.
Deri used his authority based on emergency law, and the order signed goes into effect on Tuesday, timed to coincide with Salah’s release and it expires in six months. Deri explains that permitting Salah to leave the country would pose a threat to state security based on his past and his terrorist ties.
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January 16, 2017 at 6:34 pm
The international diplomatic conference held in Paris on Sunday was “like having marriage counseling with neither the husband nor the wife present,” a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told BBC News.
After calling the confab attended by representatives of more than 70 countries a “relic of the past,” David Keyes noted, “The barrier for this two-state solution for two peoples isn’t the prime minister of Israel.”
Instead, Keyes went on to say, the true obstacle to peace is Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
“He’s said no to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state; he’s said no to direct negotiations with Israel; and, frankly, he’s said no to stopping the glorification or mu...
