Month May 2021

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will leave for the Middle East on Monday to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials, among other regional leaders, as the ceasefire between Israel and… Read more » The post Biden Sends Blinken to Middle… Continue Reading →

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 8 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.10 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the increase is attributed to supply disruption from the 10-day… Continue Reading →

Sunday saw a flurry of high-level reassurances to the Jewish communities in NYC following a recent string of hate crimes. The day began with a visit by NYC Mayor DeBlasio to Boro Park, followed by an extremely warming visit to… Continue Reading →

A stabbing attack was reported near the Ammunition Hill Memorial Site in Yerushalayim on Monday afternoon. A 20-year-old young man was reportedly stabbed in his back on Shlomo Zalman Shraga… Read more » The post Two Injured in Yerushalayim Stabbing… Continue Reading →

An attempted stabbing attack took place near the Ammunition Hill light rail station in Jerusalem on Monday in the early afternoon. Two young men were moderately injured with stab wounds to their upper torso and were evacuated to Hadassah Har… Continue Reading →

Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, a month before China reported the first cases of COVID-19, the Wall Street Journal reported… Read more » The post Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital… Continue Reading →

A bill that would form a commission of inquiry to probe the Meron disaster advanced in the Knesset Arrangements Committee on Monday by a 19-13 vote. The vote passed, even… Read more » The post MKs Advance Probe on Meron… Continue Reading →

Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed five administrative orders for the seizure of equipment that was being smuggled into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the days before… Read more » The post Israel Seizes Equipment and Materials… Continue Reading →

With the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terror group holding, politicians in Israel have refocused their efforts on untangling the political logjam. With just nine days left for Yesh… Read more » The post Likud Officials: Rotation Offer to… Continue Reading →

India crossed another grim milestone Monday of more than 300,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of infections appeared to be easing in big cities but was… Read more » The post Indian Virus Death Toll Passes… Continue Reading →

A 73-year-old woman who was seriously injured while seeking shelter from incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip succumbed to her injuries, bringing Israel’s death toll in the Operation Guardian… Read more » The post 73-Year-Old Woman Who Fell in… Continue Reading →

Three young men involved in the Bat Yam lynching less than two weeks ago were indicted on Monday by the Israel Police. The suspects face charges that include attempted murder,… Read more » The post Three Suspects in Bat Yam… Continue Reading →

Coronavirus commissioner Professor Nachman Ash said on Sunday that inoculation of children ages 12 to 15 will begin soon after the Health Ministry completes its final review of the matter.… Read more » The post Coronavirus Commissioner: Vaccination for Children… Continue Reading →

Fury over the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Belarus has upended the agenda of a European Union summit dinner on Monday, where leaders were due to discuss relations… Read more » The post Fury Over Belarus Airliner Action… Continue Reading →

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that Washington is not in any rush to relaunch peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians as tensions continue to abate in… Read more » The post Blinken: U.S. in No Rush… Continue Reading →

An Israeli child on Monday was still battling for his life in Italy after his baby brother, parents and maternal great-grandparents all perished when a cable car slammed into the… Read more » The post Israelis Killed in Italy Cable… Continue Reading →

A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing 14 people. The lone survivor, a young child, was hospitalized in… Continue Reading →

In the aftermath of several distressing acts of anti-Semitic hate crimes in Brooklyn over the past few days, Chief of Department Rodney Harrison met on Sunday morning with Flatbush Shomrim,… Read more » The post NYPD Leadership Meets With Community… Continue Reading →