News
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New Threat on Israel
R. Waxman 02/11/2009 07:15A Somalian terror group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel. CNN reported Sunday afternoon that the militant Islamic group – which is known by the name "Al-Shabab" – controls a part of Somalia that has been without government rule for 20 years. Leaders of the group threatened Israel in a sermon on Friday.
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Netanyahu: Yes to Illegals
David Shmueli 01/11/2009 22:07Netanyahu decided to leave the 1,200 children of illegal foreign workers in the country until the end of the current school year.
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GSS Caught Jewish Murderer
Avi Moshe 01/11/2009 21:23The gag order has just been lifted: Yaakov Teitel, 37, from Shvut Rachel, was arrested for allegedly murdering two Palestinians, attempting to assassinate Professor Zeev Sternhell, and attempting to murder additional Palestinians. Teitel admitted to several offenses. His associates claim: he acted alone
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Mass Chilul Shabbos in NY
Yosef Feffer, NY 01/11/2009 20:37'Etrog's reporter in the States was stuck in traffic at the entrance to Williamsburg on Erev Shabbos. A Rav ruled that he should continue driving with the gentile driver
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Hadash Chairman Indicted
Avi Moshe 01/11/2009 19:11Arab MK Muhammad Braha is accused of assaulting policemen, soldiers and citizens
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Deaths in Mud Avalanche
Moshe Schwartz 01/11/2009 17:33After the stormy weather of the weekend, again a disaster: Two employees involved in building a sewage line at Kibbutz Einat Sharon drowned to death. Rescue forces arriving at the scene were only able to pull one person out, who was pronounced dead. After lengthy searches they found the other man in the quicksand-like mud.
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Mega Attack Exercise
Moshe Schwartz 01/11/2009 16:00Magen David Adom will reveal a sophisticated satellite camera in the Haifa exercise, which will transmit images in real time.
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Let's Start Talking!
Avi Moshe 01/11/2009 15:35The Prime Minister summarized during a government meeting today the nature of the talks he had with US Secretary of State and the special envoy to the Middle East,and urged the Palestinians to move forward in the political arena without setting any pre-conditions. "We did things that have not been done by any prior government. The result of this is unprecedented prosperity in the Palestinian Authority."
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Siyum in Ponevezh
Avi Greenwald 01/11/2009 14:59HaGaon Rabbi Gershon Edelstein shlit’a speaking at the event: “I heard from the Ponevitcher Rav that he established the Yeshivah so that the bachurim would learn the entire Shas.”
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HaRav Yehudah Tzadkah ztz’l
Avi Greenwald 01/11/2009 14:58Hundreds of students and admirers gathered for a memorial for the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivat Porat Yosef HaGaon Rabbi Yehudah Yehoshua Tzadkah ztz’l. A short biographical sketch.
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