A member of the Palestinian Authority’s national soccer team who was imprisoned by Israel in 2009 on suspicion of terror activities, agreed on Monday to end a hunger strike of more than three months in exchange for his release on July 10. The Associated Press reported that the deal to free Mahmoud Sarsak would end […]
Egyptian Terror Strikes Israel June 18, 2012 14:28 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories: 1. Terrorists infiltrating from Egypt killed an Israeli this morning. News services were quick on the attack. Yesterday, Haaretz reported […]
Speaking at a press conference Monday, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel narrowly avoided a repeat of the Gilad Shalit kidnapping on Sunday, when a driver managed to fend off terrorists in the southern Hevron Hills. It may have started out as a carjacking, “but we have seen numerous times how these carjackings turn […]
France is enforcing a ban on the “niqab” and not allowing Muslim women into the country if they refuse to take off a face veil upon request. Three women who arrived in Paris at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport were detained this week by immigration officials for the violation. The women disembarked Monday from […]
Progress on the ability of U.S. firms to take advantage of new business opportunities when Russia joins the World Trade Organization (WTO) took a step forward yesterday when Senate leaders acknowledged that legislation to promote human rights will be a condition needed for permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to move forward, too. Senators Max Baucus […]
In recent weeks a very dangerous pattern of personal attacks against conservative bloggers has occurred with increasing frequency. Combined with a related decision last week by a judge to place a gag order on a conservative blogger, we now face a real threat to conservative speech at the grassroots level just as the election season […]
The father of the Islamic al-Qaeda-inspired gunman Mohamed Merah who went on a killing spree in France killing Jewish school children and adults, whom was later shot dead by police during a standoff. His insane father rather than apologizing to the French people has decided to file a murder suit in Paris, his lawyers said […]
(CBS) The House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. It’s only the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member. This time, the dispute stems from Holder failing to turn over documents subpoenaed on […]
If Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi were to become president, Egypt’s capital would no longer be Cairo, but would be Jerusalem, a prominent Egyptian cleric said at a presidential campaign rally, which was aired by an Egyptian private television channel. “Our capital shall not be Cairo, Mecca or Medina. It shall be Jerusalem with God’s […]
Without a government for over two decades, Somalia is the model of a failed state. It is torn apart by civil war and plagued by terrorism, among numerous maladies, and there are few countries willing send government personnel to Somalia. Yet, last November, Turkey reopened its embassy there and is eager to expand its influence […]
