Hours following initial reports of a deal to secure the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet is expected Tuesday to easily pass the prisoner swap with Hamas.Read More
Abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2006, will return to Israel within days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, minutes after a deal that would secure Shalit’s release was announced.Read More
The dramatic cabinet meeting planned to discuss the details of a deal to release abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was convened Tuesday evening after a breakthrough in talks geared at Gilad Shalit’s release over the past few days, in negotiations held in Cairo and mediated by Egyptian and German officials.Read More
Social justice protesters in Israel say they will hold a nation’s strike at the end of the month.Read More
A Michigan woman has filed a lawsuit over the film “Drive,” charging that the trailer was misleading and that the movie is anti-Semitic.Read More
A letter written by Albert Einstein to a Jewish New York businessman is up for sale.Read More
An archaeologist who worked with the Elad association in Jerusalem’s City of David claims that the association and the Antiquities Authority are carrying out excavations “without any commitment to scientific archaeological work.”Read More
A Libyan Jewish exile attempting to restore Tripoli’s main synagogue will leave the country following angry protests.Read More
The Golda Och Academy in West Orange, N.J., has received a $17.2 million donation from the estate of philanthropist Eric F. Ross.Read More
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney reportedly spent the night before his wedding at Yom Kippur services.Read More
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