A Los Angeles rabbi who lives in Israel and travels often to his US congregation said El Al prefers to bump passengers from minority sectors such as haredim from overbooked flights instead of other passengers.
Israel’s national carrier, El Al, can no longer accede to the requests of ultra-Orthodox passengers to not to sit next to women, a Jerusalem court said Wednesday in a landmark ruling.
El AL flight 2521 to Prague made an emergency landing on Tuesday morning at Ben Gurion Airport, shortly after taking off with 181 passengers and crew aboard.
The FBI has increased the reward to $5 million for the “safe return” of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran while on a CIA mission eight years ago today. Tuesday will be his 67th birthday.
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — At least eight people were taken to a hospital with injuries after a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall that ended with the suspected attacker, who reportedly made references to Allah, shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said.
A Dallas Cowboys watch party in Texas turned deadly Sunday night with Eight people being gunned down in cold blood by man who barged in with an “automatic” weapon, reports say.
Eight Chinese tourists managed to spend more than $4,000 at a hummus restaurant in Jerusalem and the Israeli Foreign Ministry is now searching for them to find out if they were ripped off.
France’s iconic tourist attraction, the Eiffel Tower was shut to tourists and visitors after a suspicious male carrying a large rucksack was seen going up the building.
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert, former president Moshe Katsav and celebrity rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto were among 260 prisoners released from prison on Sunday for a three-day furlough to spend the Jewish New Year with their families, the Israel Prison Service announced.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday morning was handed an additional month of active jail time for disrupting legal proceedings, in a sentencing handed down by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court.
