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November 20, 2017 at 11:54 am
Israel Police has launched an investigation into recent incitement, including a photo on social media showing President Reuven Rivlin in a kafia after Mr. Rivlin announced he would not pardon former IDF soldier Elor Azariya.
This photo of the president in a kafia is not a lone photo, but others appears as well, including one with a PLO flag with the statement “You are no my president”. Some comments used expletives as well, while others simply wrote “Your photo makes me want to throw up”.
By and large, there is major disappointment among right-wingers vis-à-vis President Rivlin, who was perceived as being right-wing before being elected to office, after having served his political career in Likud and being from the old-guard. However, since being elec...
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November 20, 2017 at 11:54 am
[Ed. Note]: Jewish Community Services (JCS) is joining forces with Sol Levinson Bros., Inc., The Baltimore Board of Rabbis, and Myerberg Center to address this public health crisis. Confronting the Opioid Epidemic: A Free Community Forum, will take place on Tuesday, November 21 at 630pm at the Myerberg Center, 3101 Fallstaff Road in Baltimore.
The White House says the true cost of the opioid drug epidemic in 2015 was $504 billion, or roughly half a trillion dollars.
In an analysis to be released Monday, the Council of Economic Advisers says the figure is more than six times larger than the most recent estimate. The council said a 2016 private study estimated that prescription opioid overdoes, abuse and dependence in the U.S. in 2013 cost $78.5 billion. Most of that was attributed t...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:34 am
For the second day in a row, the IDF fired a tank shell close to the Syrian military outpost near the Israeli border on the Golan Heights. The reason given for the warning shot was that the Syrian military was conducting construction in an effort to build an outpost that was not outlined in the cease-fire agreements. According to the IDF, yesterday’s tank fire took place for the same reason.
Two weeks ago, a Jihadi terror cell belonging to the Al Nusra Front conducted a terror attack aimed at the village of Hader, which neighbors Israel’s Majdal Shams on the Syrian side of the border. Nine people were killed and another 23 were injured in the attack. The IDF issued an uncharacteristic statement following the attack. “We are prepared to aid the Druze living in the a...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:33 am
MK Moshe Gafne continues to threaten the coalition, that he will not participate in votes to back the coalition until such time his Shabbos Bill is advanced in the Ministerial Law Committee. Realizing that not all the chareidi elected officials back the bill, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has shelved it, preventing it from moving forward.
Gafne’s bill intends to circumvent the recent High Court of Justice ruling which permits grocery stores to operate in Tel Aviv on Shabbos.
As Gafne continues to threaten the coalition, Shas party chairman Minister Aryeh Deri expresses opposition to the bill. Deri is simply being pragmatic, well-aware that with Yisrael Beitenu and Kulanu in the coalition, the bill doesn’t have a chance of passing into law. It was agreed upon on Sund...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:33 am
The State Department is hitting back at the growing bipartisan criticism of Rex Tillerson’s leadership and accusations he is presiding over a debilitating brain drain of the nation’s diplomatic corps. At the same time, it allowed that a lack of communication with employees about Tillerson’s intent to reorganize the department had contributed to low morale.
In a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Republican chairman, the department said Tillerson’s reorganization plans aren’t crippling the agency as reports have claimed. Top ranks aren’t being intentionally gutted through attrition, mass retirements and buyouts, it said, and a planned 8 percent reduction of its nearly 75,000 employees had been mandated by the Office of Management an...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:32 am
“The Ichud Leumi party will not sit in a government that recognizes a Palestinian state under any and all conditions,” Ichud Leumi leader Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel said.
As part of President Donald Trump’s principles for achieving a peace agreement in the Middle East, the establishment of a Palestinian state and the exchange of territory are part of the agenda. Alongside this, it was reported that the evacuation of Jews and the division of Jerusalem are not currently on the agenda.
The Ichud Leumi party is a member of the Bayit Leumi faction in the coalition government.
MK (Bayit Yehudi) Moti Yogev also commented, adding, “More important that what the non-Jews say, it what the Jews think and what they will do. Eretz Yisrael belongs to the Jewish Peo...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:31 am
Honenu report that in early November, 2017 a 120,000 NIS suit was filed against the Israeli Police at the Ramle Magistrate Court for false detention, interrogations, brutality and violation of the right to protest, by four youths, two of them minors, who were detained separately on their way to demonstrate opposite the residence of Major-General Roni Numa, the IDF Central District Commander, in the Ramat-Chen neighborhood of Ramat Gan, on June 19, 2017.
The youths arrived to protest the administrative restrictive orders which Maj.-Gen. Numa had issued to them. Administrative orders, such as administrative house arrest, which are issued without a trial, severely restrict personal freedom and border on violating the freedom of movement and the right to communicate. The recipient of an order...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:09 am
Am Shalem faction leader, former MK Rabbi Haim Amsalem, has decided to leave the Habayit Hayehudi party and will not be participating in the upcoming Primary elections for the party list.
Amsalem explained his decision in a statement he made on Sunday to the Israeli media. “Two years ago, after many misgivings, we were convinced by many of our friends in the Modern Zionist camp to join with the HaBayit Hayehudi party. People said that our place as Zionist Sefardi Charedim was with the national religious Zionist party. We came with the idea of bringing back the glory of the ‘old days’ and putting the Sefardim back on the proper track that we strayed from in the past few years. To return to the path of Zionism, Torah and Avodah, to valuing service in the IDF as something h...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:08 am
President Donald Trump says he thinks Sen. Jeff Flake won’t support the Republican tax overhaul, issuing an insulting tweet against the Arizona Republican two days after Flake criticized the president.
Flake was caught on an open microphone Friday saying the GOP is “toast” if the party follows Trump and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. It was not a surprising sentiment given Flake’s previous criticism of Trump.
In a Sunday night tweet, Trump fired back: “Sen. Jeff Flake(y), who is unelectable in the Great State of Arizona (quit race, anemic polls) was caught (purposely) on “mike” saying bad things about your favorite President. He’ll be a NO on tax cuts because his political career anyway is ‘toast.'”
Flake’s spok...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:07 am
President Donald Trump’s approval ratings, often mocked by Democrats and the media, top those of Europe’s biggest three leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain’s Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron.
A new Zogby Analytics survey of people in those countries also finds that the disapproval ratings are sky-high.
“Citizens of France, Germany and U.K. not happy with Macron, Merkel and May,” is the poll headline. “A majority of adults in France and U.K. dislike Macron and May; nearly half of adults in Germany dislike Merkel.”
Trump’s approval ratings range from 38 percent to the mid 40s, and Rasmussen set it at 42 percent this week.
Zogby found the three European leaders below that:
• Merkel approval 40 pe...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:07 am
As former Prime Minister Ehud Barak seeks media interviews, seeking to test the waters for a possible comeback, a poll shows most of the tzibur is uninterested in his return to politics.
Last week, during one interview, Barak stated clearly that while Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is suited for the post, he is the most suited of all candidates because Netanyahu does not know how to make decisions. Barak served as Israel’s 10th Prime Minister, from 1999 to 2001.
A poll was conducted by iPanel headed by Dr. Mina Tzemach for Channel 12 News. Respondents were asked if they believe Ehud Barak should return to politics. 44% of respondents do not think so as compared to 26% who favor the move. 30% are undecided if it is the correct thing to do or not.
Despite the poli...
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November 20, 2017 at 9:06 am
A Jerusalem police spokesman on Sunday Rosh Chodesh Kislev announced three indictments were handed down in the city’s Magistrate Court against participants in the expulsion from Amona, in the beginning of the year.
The persons facing indictment were told the area was a ‘closed military zone’ by police, but they opted to ignore this and enter the area anyway to interrupt the activities of police assigned to remove residents from the community.
Charges against the three include interfering with police, violating a legal order, and one of them with using force or threats to prevent arrest as well as insulting a public servant.
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November 20, 2017 at 9:06 am
US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Tsou visited US Air Force personnel and F-16 jet fighters from the 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, who took part in exercise Blue Flag 2017 at Uvda Air Base in southern Israel November 14, 2017.
“US Air Force participation in the exercise supports our nation’s commitment to Israel’s defense and supports Israel’s qualitative military edge. The US are significant in maintaining security and building a strong partnership”.
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November 20, 2017 at 5:45 am
Police received a report last week of a burglary in a yeshiva in Mitzpei Ramon. Eleven pairs of tefilin and Taleisim were stolen from the premises.
Police launched an investigation into the burglary and a suspect was taken into custody, a 51-year-old local man.
On erev Shabbos, police moved in and arrested the suspect. The stolen tefilin were recovered from his property. Police on Sunday returned the valuable items to the yeshiva on Sunday.
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November 20, 2017 at 5:44 am
HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita arrived at Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital this morning, Monday, 2 Kislev, for preplanned tests and follow-up.
The rav has been admitted to a regular unit and is conscious and alert.
The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for Rav Aharon Yehuda Leib ben Gitel Feiga for a refuah shleima bsoch cholei am yisrael.
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November 20, 2017 at 5:44 am
A special session was held in Knesset on Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Kislev, marking 40 years since the historic visit to Jerusalem by the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The event was opened with comments by Speaker Yuli Edelstein, followed by remarks from Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat. Other officials and former officials addressed the special session as well.
At the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had the following to say regarding that event: “Today we mark 40 years to the historic visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Jerusalem and Israel. President Sadat took a bold step, he came to the Knesset; he came to Israel. He was welcomed by the entire nation. Since then, the peace treaty with Egypt has survived despite its ups ...
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November 20, 2017 at 5:44 am
In the video below we see police confiscated deli, poultry & meats, which were to be delivered to stores in Israel. The raid, which involved health inspectors and police, took place in Yahud.
It is explained the products that were confiscated were not store in compliance with Ministry of Health/Agriculture requirements and as a such, deemed unfit for human consumption.
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November 20, 2017 at 5:43 am
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for about four hours on Sunday over a pair of corruption scandals surrounding the long-ruling Israeli leader.
It was the sixth time police have questioned Netanyahu over the two scandals which have yet to threaten his rule but have chipped away at his public approval ratings. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri confirmed that investigators arrived at Netanyahu’s official residence early Sunday.
The first investigation reportedly concerns allegations that Netanyahu improperly accepted lavish gifts from wealthy supporters, including Australian billionaire James Packer and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan. A second investigation reportedly concerns Netanyahu’s alleged attempts to strike a deal with publisher Arnon Mozes...
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November 20, 2017 at 5:43 am
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he’s been having “very good discussions” with Republican senators who oppose or have concerns about tax-cut legislation expected to be voted on after Thanksgiving.
Mnuchin tells “Fox News Sunday” that he wants to make sure the lawmakers’ views are incorporated before the Senate vote.
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin opposes the measure, saying it doesn’t cut business taxes enough for partnerships and corporations. Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Susan Collins of Maine also have reservations about the bill, and Mnuchin says he’s met with them as well.
House Republicans passed their tax-cut bill last week.
President Donald Trump has said he wants to sign legislation cutting taxes for corporations ...
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November 20, 2017 at 5:42 am
President Donald Trump says he should have left three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting in China in jail.
Trump’s tweet Sunday comes after the father of player LiAngelo Ball minimized Trump’s involvement in winning the players’ release in comments to ESPN.
“Who?” LaVar Ball told ESPN on Friday, when asked about Trump’s involvement in the matter. “What was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.”
Trump has said he raised the players’ detention with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the leaders’ recent meeting in Beijing.
The players returned to the U.S. last week. They have been indefinitely suspended from the team.
