Russian forces, combined with the Iranians and Hezbollah, have changed their tactics in Syria. With a complete disregard to the international community, they are intensively bombing rebel bases, even at the risk of killing thousands of civilians, and starting a new wave of refugees.
The government in the Netherlands attempted to ban the export of dogs to Israel, claiming that the IDF uses them as “weapons,” but was unable to find a legal means to do so.
In another victory for the non-Orthodox movements in Israel, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that converts through the Reform and Masorti (Conservative) movements should be allowed to use public mikvaot for their ritual immersion.
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says “justice was done” when a jury convicted a New York City police officer of fatally shooting a man in the stairwell of a public housing building.
British musician Roger Waters has entered the fray regarding an anti-Israeli mural at York University in Toronto, Canada.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday night decided to appoint Nadav Argaman as the new head of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, Shin Bet or Shabak), as the current ISA chief Yoram Cohen is poised to step down.
RAMAPO – Ramapo Police are confirming that two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in a home located in the heart of the Wesley Hills Jewish Community, Thursday morning.
The chairman of the Knesset’s Education committee, MK Yakov Margi of the Shas party, has caused was appears to be an embarrassing diplomatic incident with the government of Ukraine.
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, the father of the jailed militia leader whose followers have occupied a federal wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon for the past 40 days, was arrested by FBI agents in Portland, Ore. late Wednesday as he stepped off a flight from Las Vegas.