New York City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) announced Friday that it is looking into reports that some Sanitation Department supervisors told workers to slow their snow removal efforts as a protest against budget cuts. DOI spokeswoman Diane Struzzi told Businessweek: “What we are looking at is whether there was intentional misconduct relating to the snow […]
Seattle’s King County Metro Transit officials announced on Thursday that they have decided to halt all new non-commercial ads, The Seattle Times reported. This includes a controversial ad campaign which claimed that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza. The campaign, sponsored by the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign, would have seen twelve buses carrying an ad […]
There has been an increase in terrorism in the Jordan River Valley over the past six months, according to senior IDF officers who spoke to the military magazine B’Machaneh. Most of the new terror incidents appear to be relatively uncoordinated, they said. Many of the new attacks involved placing large stones along Highway 90. The […]
There is absolutely nothing wrong with full-body scanners. In fact, the more we innovate and introduce new security technologies, the more we can stay one step ahead of terrorists. But there are major problems with the way the Department of Homeland Security, through the Transportation Security Administration, is handling security at airports. Requiring more and […]
Some in Washington seem to believe that the way our nation currently funds infrastructure projects is the only way. For example, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) told Politico: Let’s look at transportation. How do you handle that without earmarks, since that’s a heavily earmarked bill? How do you handle a Corps of Engineers project? I think, […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the Globes Business Conference Monday and said that he wants Israel to be among the world’s top 15 countries in per capita income by the year 2025. “Israel’s economy over the past decade has been growing rapidly,” he said. “Our goal should be to be included in the leading 15 […]
The PA blurs the Oslo Accord lines, building roads illegally in Israeli territory and criticizing Christians for not supporting its attempts to do so. In response to Christian calls to ease access to an ancient Wadi Kelt monastery near Jericho, Israel has just completed the construction of a two-million shekel road from the Jerusalem-Jericho highway […]
When unemployment is reaching heights we have not seen in years, and cities are on the brink of bankruptcy, what is the Obama administration focused on? Street signs. Not the broken ones that need to be replaced, but all of them, even if they are brand new. The reason? Most of them are written in […]
by Daniel Pipes April 29, 2010 updated May 2, 2010 No contemporary state faces such an array of threats as does Israel – indeed, probably no state in history ever has. Consider their range: Weapons of mass destruction: Iran, Syria Conventional military attack: Egypt Terrorism: Hizbullah, Fath, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Economic blockade and boycott: […]
