JERUSALEM — When Arnold Schwarzenegger came under fire during the California recall campaign for past remarks praising Adolf Hitler’s speaking skills and former Austrian president Kurt Waldheim, his staunchest defender was the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Schwarzenegger appeared to return the favor last week when he announced the formation of his 68-member transition team. The governor-elect […]

Of the 3,787,860 Israelis eligible to vote in local municipal elections today, a record few of them cast their ballots. Israel’s Arabs though, have shown up in overwhelming numbers to exercise their right to vote – something most Arabs of the Middle East don’t have the opportunity to do. A record 93 percent of Abu […]

Dr. Nir Barzilai – “We don’t have all the answers for why some people live healthily into their tenth and eleventh decades, but our findings bring us a step closer to understanding the role that genes play in longevity.” Researchers discover genetic marker for lung cancer Discovery of Beduin gene may be key to anemia […]

The 13-Story Buildings Were Not Occupied The IDF took extensive action against terrorist targets in Gaza last night, following the Palestinian terror attack that killed three soldiers on Friday morning. Within hours after the fatal Friday attack, the army began warning Arab residents living near Netzarim – the Jewish community in which the three soldiers […]

The campaign in Iraq has claimed a soldier believed to be the second American Jewish military casualty. David Bernstein, 24, of Phoenixville, Pa., a first lieutenant with the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade based in Camp Ederle, Italy, was killed in Taza, Iraq, when enemy forces ambushed his patrol with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms […]

At the crack of dawn on a typically gray Cleveland morning, Michael Jones woke up with a bad headache and feeling of confusion. After consulting his doctor, Jones – not his real name – drove himself to the nearest clinic. The technician on duty did an MRI of Jones’ brain which he sent to the […]

Some 164,400 people have left Jerusalem over the last decade, while only 97,300 new residents have moved into the capital, according to the data published in the latest edition of the Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem. Dr. Maya Choshen, the editor of the yearbook, told Haaretz that a relatively high proportion of those who have left […]

Yesterday was one of Israel’s more successful days in its long-running war against Palestinian terrorism, featuring five Israel Air Force attacks on terrorist targets in Gaza – yet the army found itself on the defensive this morning, in light of the incidental death of five civilians in the attacks. At least eight terrorists were killed, […]

In light of today’s court ruling convicting ten Arutz-7 directors and staff members of broadcasting without a license, Arutz-7 stopped its radio broadcasts at 5 PM this afternoon. It issued the following message to its “precious and loyal listening public:” “To the precious and loyal listening public of Arutz-7, may G-d bless you from Zion. […]

The Beit El pre-military yeshiva academy The town of Beit El also was the scene of joyful Sukkot festivities today. Residents of the Binyamin-area community, 10 miles north of Jerusalem, dedicated a campus for a pre-military yeshiva academy with great fanfare. Busloads of tourists and Beit El supporters from Israel and abroad arrived from Jerusalem […]