The Biden administration’s Justice Department recently announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the accidental death of an Arab-American journalist in Israel. So why isn’t it investigating this week’s intentional attempted murder of a Jewish American citizen in Israel? Shireen Abu Akleh, a reporter for the Qatari media agency Al Jazeera, was accidentally…
DetailsOne of the two US citizens who were injured after a pair of deadly explosions rocked Jerusalem Wednesday has been identified as the teen daughter of a prominent New Jersey rabbi. One of the blasts that police said were carried out by Palestinian militants killed 16-year-old Israeli-Canadian yeshiva student Aryeh Shechopek, who was on his…
DetailsPreviously unseen footage that was published on Thursday on the Telegram social media service by an Iranian hacker group showing a bombing attack in Jerusalem a day earlier came from surveillance cameras used by a major Israeli security organization. The group, Moses Staff, claimed it had hacked security cameras thought initially to have been operated…
DetailsTwo explosions at two bus stops near entrances to Jerusalem on Wednesday morning killed one person and left another 22 people injured, police and medics said. Police described the explosions as a terror bombing attack. The first explosion occurred close to the main entrance of Jerusalem in Givat Shaul, shortly after 7 a.m., peak commuter…
DetailsIsraeli modeling agent Shai Avital, who is suspected of committing multiple sexual offenses, will be extradited to Israel following a decision by a Dutch court on Tuesday. Israel’s International Department of the State Attorney’s Office filed an extradition request with the Netherlands authorities back in September of this year for modeling agent Shai Avital, who…
DetailsThe Public Defender’s Office issued its annual report on Sunday slamming the state for abuse of power in hacking suspect’s cell phones and a variety of other areas. At the same time, Public Defender Anat Meyassed Cnaan complimented the state for some level of improvement in reducing the volume of detainees per year in comparison…
DetailsA criminal described by South African media as Israel’s “most wanted gang leader” was arrested near Johannesburg on Thursday. The suspect, a 46-year-old man, was not initially identified by name but numerous reports later identified him as notorious fugitive Yaniv Ben Simon, a close associate of jailed crime boss Yitzhak Abergil. Simon, who is known as the world’s…
DetailsThree different fires were set on Monday by members of the Tanski gang, who are locked in Eshel prison in the south of Israel.
A member of the Saudi royal family visited Israel during a secret trip last week, despite his country’s refusal to recognize the Jewish state.
Attorney Jacob Weinroth, who is representing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara, has been battling a serious illness for the past year.
