Adar 22, 5770, 08 March 10 05:59 by Yoni Kempinski (Israelnationalnews.com) The restoration and construction of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem nears completion, with the dedication of the synagogue scheduled for next Monday, March 15. The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter has completed one of the artistic aspects […]

March 10, 2010 by Yishai Goldflam

Ha’aretz

The charge that Arabs suffer inequitable treatment in Israeli society — usually simmering on a back burner — flares up anew from time to time. There is certainly a place for newspaper articles and opinion columns that address concerns within Israeli society, not only between Arabs and Jews but also amongst Jews themselves — […]

by Gil Ronen and Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin (Likud) said Thursday he was “very worried” by the applause that a Tel Aviv University audience gave Vice President Joe Biden when he expressed his condemnation of construction in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem. “I am concerned about the erosion of the red lines […]

by Malkah Fleisher (Israelnationalnews.com) A powerful rebound from the global economic crisis is making its mark in the Israeli job market. Israel’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 0.7% in 2009, higher than the prediction of 0.5%. The resilient economy showed additional signs of strengthening just a few days ago, when it was reported that consumer […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) The Knesset Aliyah Committee on Monday saluted female veterans of World War II in honor of International Women’s Day and as its opening commemoration of the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. Committee chair Knesset Member Leah Shemtov and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver, both of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, hosted veterans, […]

By Anshel Pfeffer Haaretz www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1154832.html An internal study conducted by the Israel Air Force reveals that IAF facilities in northern and central Israel could for the first time come under fire from very accurate long-range missiles. The air force has already begun to prepare personnel serving on its bases, who are used to relatively secure conditions at their installations near […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) An Arab farm tractor driver lightly wounded two Jewish motorists in Samaria Monday night in what apparently was an intentional attack. The driver plowed his tractor into one car and then knocked a second vehicle 50 feet into a ravine. Two motorists were lightly wounded and treated at a nearby hospital. The […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The holiday commemorating G-d’s redemption of His firstborn nation from Egyptian bondage is approaching, and a new Haggadah dedicated to Jonathan Pollard was issued today (Monday) for the occasion. Pollard, 55, is now in his 25th year of incarceration in the United States, sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on one […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) A record number of new IDF recruits expressed interest in joining a combat unit, Major-General Avi Zamir has revealed. Seventy-six percent of March recruits say they would prefer to be deployed in combat. In March of last year, 73 percent of recruits preferred to serve as combat soldiers. Previous statistics have shown that […]

New WABC radio show live from Israel! It’s official. Author, columnist and investigative reporter Aaron Klein will host his own show from Jerusalem every Sunday on New York’s WABC Radio, the largest talk station in the U.S. “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” will be featured Sundays from 2-4 PM Eastern on the top-rated station whose calls numbers […]