Massive Oil Spill in Israel Nearly Twice the Size...
As rains threaten to flood the delicate coral in the Gulf of Eilat with recently spilled pollutants, new figures released on Sunday night showed that the scale of the ecological disaster...
Dec 8, 2014
By OU Staff
Early Elections for Israel?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Finance Minister Yair Lapid Monday night in what was initially described as a last-ditch effort to salvage his coalition. However, a list of stiff demands...
Dec 1, 2014
By OU Staff
Netanyahu’s Youngest Son Begins IDF Service
You’re in the army now! Avner Netanyahu, the youngest son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, began his three-year mandatory army service on Monday, enlisting in the IDF’s Combat Intelligence Collection Corps....
Dec 1, 2014
By OU Staff
Israel Ambassador to the UN Addresses General Assembly on...
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, addressed the UN General Assembly on November 24. Read the full transcript below: To the nations that continue to allow prejudice to prevail over...
Nov 28, 2014
By OU Staff
Families of the Four Har Nof Terror Victims Make...
The widows of the four Har Nof synagogue terror attack victims issued a letter calling for the coming shabbat as a day of ahavat chinam ( loving others freely without judgement)....
Nov 20, 2014
By OU Staff
Parole Attempt for Jonathan Pollard Fails
Despite a questionable choice in headlines, The Jerusalem Post has a comprehensive run-down of Jonathan Pollard’s failed bid for parole this year and his case in general. In July, for the...
Nov 20, 2014
By OU Staff
The Silence of Prayer, Shattered in a Synagogue Bloodbath
Yaakov Amos had just finished calling silently on God to “grant peace everywhere, goodness and blessing; grace, loving kindness and mercy to us and unto all Israel, Your people,” when two terrorists...
Nov 18, 2014
By OU Staff
Four Killed in Jerusalem Attack
At approximately 7:30am Israel time, two terrorists, armed with guns, axes and knives, entered a Har Nof synagogue and began attacking worshipers in the midst of prayers. The attack killed four...
Nov 18, 2014
By OU Staff
Arafat’s Widow Says Armed Struggle will Lead Nowhere
Suha Arafat, wife of the late Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, appeared to accuse Hamas on Wednesday of perpetrating “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, and denounced the terror group for...
Nov 13, 2014
By OU Staff
Two Killed in Stabbing Attacks in Israel
A woman was killed and two others were injured in a stabbing attack near Alon Shvut Monday afternoon, in the second terrorist attack of its kind in a day. A stabbing...
Nov 10, 2014
By OU Staff
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