PayPal To Buy Israeli Cyber Security Firm CyActive
Online payments company PayPal, a unit of eBay, will buy Israeli cyber security company CyActive for $60 million, Israeli media reported.
Israel Ends Ban On Hotels Having Christmas Trees
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has issued new kashrut regulations to hotels, significantly reducing rabbinic involvement in matters unrelated to the kosher status of food regarding the behavior of hotels on the Jewish Sabbath.
Israel’s Top Intelligence Officer To Visit U.S.
Israel’s top intelligence officer will visit the United States this week, sources with knowledge of the itinerary said; a sign that security cooperation continues despite disputes between the countries’ leaders over strategy over Iran.
How Mossad Caught ‘The Butcher of Riga’
50 years ago today, on March 7 1965, headlines announced that the body of Herberts Cukurs – the “Butcher of Riga” who was involved in the murder of 30,000 Latvian Jews in the Holocaust and escaped trial by fleeing to Brazil – had been found inside a crate in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
Akunis: Dagan Has Personal Vendetta Against Netanyahu
Deputy Environmental Protection Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) sharply criticized former Mossad chief Meir Dagan on Sunday, after the latter smeared Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at a leftist rally with some 30,000 in attendance Saturday night.
Police Question Man Who Posed As Doctor For 4 Months At Haifa Hospital
A man who posed as a doctor and patrolled the wards of a Haifa hospital undetected for some four months was finally caught on Thursday morning.
Car Terror Attack Near Border Police Base In Jerusalem
ZAKA reported Friday morning that a rampage terror attack occurred a short time ago near the Border Patrol’s base in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Mazuz to PM: You Should ‘Rise’ In The Elections
Rabbi Meir Mazuz, head of the Kiseh Rahamim Yeshiva and a leader of Sephardic Jews of North African origin, has issued a note strengthening Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s hand in dealing with serious security issues, such as Iran’s attempts to achieve nuclear weapons.
‘Obama Is Afraid Bibi Will Expose Iran Coverup’
Attorney Marc Zell, Co-Chair of Republicans Abroad Israel, said Tuesday that the harsh statements by US President Barack Obama ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech before the two houses of Congress indicate that Obama is under pressure.
Anti-Israel Protesters Stage Sit-In Amid Netanyahu Visit
Anti-Israel protesters donned Benjamin Netanyahu masks and smeared their hands with fake blood for a Sunday sit-in against the Israeli prime minister in Washington. Activists led by the radical CODEPINK group demonstrated outside the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby’s annual conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.