Washington – Families of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they are “greatly distressed” that the Obama administration is working to derail legislation giving them the right to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for any role that elements of the Saudi government may have played in the attack.
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi said women should not serve in the Israel Defense Forces and should not perform national service.
Two Pakistani-born brothers are facing lengthy prison sentences after pleading guilty in Florida to charges that they organized a terror plot against New York City landmarks.
Even before FBI investigators descended last week on the Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, there was a growing sense in this insular community that it and its unique way of life were under attack.
A senior US administration official told Israeli officials that the Western Wall was not in Israeli territory and was part of the ‘West Bank,’ Channel 2 reported.
MOSCOW- A senior Russian rabbi warned of grave danger to Jews if Russian President Vladimir Putin is swept from power.
Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich has told his anticorruption chief he can keep his job because no basis was found to further investigate claims of sexual harassment against him.
Maj. Gen. Roni Ritman, the head of the Israel Police’s Lahav 433 anti-fraud unit, was identified Sunday as the senior police officer suspected of sexual misconduct.
The head of the Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria, Brig. Gen. Munir Amar, was killed on Friday afternoon when his light plane crashed near Misgav, in the Galilee region, while on a private flight. His family has been notified.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is dealing with two complaints by female students of sexual harassment by a senior member of the faculty, according to a report on Channel 10 news on Monday.
