[These were Rav Aviner’s comments when contacted by the media] 1. This morning at approximately 9 a.m., Ha-Rav Yechezkel Greenwald, who teaches at our yeshiva, was stabbed in the neck from behind by an Arab while entering Sha’ar Shechem – the Damascus Gate. The attack occurred ten meters from the police. Rav Greenwald was moderately […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) 18 former Prisoners of Zion are trying to get Tzivya Sariel freed from prison. The teenager has been imprisoned for three and a half months, because she refuses to recognize the right of a non-Torah legal system to prevent Jews from exercising their national rights in the Land of Israel. Among […]

In his first public comments, the father of Naftali Sheetrit, the 14 year old who was very seriously wounded in the terror attack at the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva on March 7th, said that as of Friday, March 14th his son is awake, alert and breathing on his own. According to his attending physician, Dr. Sharon […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Several nationalist organizations are calling upon the public to join them as they march on the home of the terrorist who massacred eight Merkaz HaRav students and destroy it. The police, already on high alert because of terrorist warnings, are planning to deploy large forces to stop the march. The march […]

by Sarah Morrison and Avi Tuchmayer (IsraelNN.com) Sderot residents are suing the State of Israel for failing to implement adequate security measures to defend the town against daily rocket fire from Palestinian Authority terrorists in Gaza, less than five kilometers away. The group has named Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as […]

Awarding $100,000 to people who further cause of Jewish state Posted: March 11, 2008 1:00 am Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2008 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – At a time when the legitimacy of Israel seems to be increasingly under siege, a U.S. Jewish philanthropist has initiated a yearly prize for people who offer major contributions to […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav, enveloped in an atmosphere of sorrow and mourning since last night, issued this announcement: “With deep shock and sorrow, we announce the abominable murder of our holy and precious students, blossoming cedars at the height of their strength, as they held texts of Torah in their hands. This […]

An Arab terrorist infiltrated Jerusalem’s Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva at around 8:30 Thursday night and murdered eight Jews. At least 10 students were wounded, including five in serious to critical condition. Five of the dead were high school students in Merkaz Harav’s Yeshiva LeTze’irim, and three studied in the upper-school Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva. The attacker entered […]

Two premature Palestinian babies receiving treatment at Barzilai Hospital’s NICU (Communicated by the Barzilai Medical Center Ashkelon’s spokesperson) 3 Mar 2008 Last week, a Palestinian woman from Beit Lahia gave birth to twins at the Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashkelon. The twins, born prematurely, weighed less than 1.5 kgs each. They were admitted to the […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Several thousand Arabs led by Arab nationalist Knesset members participated in a procession through the Israeli city of Umm el-Fahm near Megiddo Tuesday evening. The demonstration was held in protest of Israeli military operations in Gaza and involved incidents of rock throwing at Israeli cars. The crowd chanted “Israel, the mother […]