Jerusalem’s Zion Square, which has served as the backdrop for boisterous protest rallies for decades, will no longer host demonstrations because of the contract between the Jerusalem municipality and CityPass, which operates the city’s light rail system. The contract prohibits the train being stopped by a roadblock. This means no more demonstrations will be held…
Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon hinted on Monday at possible Israeli involvement in the Flame bug, which was revealed to have targeted computers in Iran and the West Bank on Monday. “Anyone who sees the Iranian threat as a significant threat – it’s reasonable [to assume] that he will take various…
One of the world’s best-known Reform temples reportedly is in turmoil over the unexpected departure of its rabbi. Some members of Toronto’s renowned Holy Blossom Temple are “incensed” at a recently negotiated deal that will see Rabbi John Moscowitz step down next month, the Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper reported in its May 26 edition….
Internet security company Kaspersky Lab announced on Monday that it had uncovered a ‘cyber-espionage worm’ designed to collect and delete sensitive information, primarily in Middle Eastern countries. Kaspersky called the malware, named “Flame,” the “most sophisticated cyber-weapon yet unleashed.” It said the bug had infected computers in Iran, the West Bank, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi…
Operatives linked to Iran tried to kill foreign diplomats, including Israelis and Americans, in at least seven countries over 13 months, the Washington Post reported. New evidence uncovered by investigators in four countries linked the assassination attempts to either Iran-backed Hezbollah militants or operatives based inside Iran, the Post reported Monday, citing U.S. and Middle…
Israel’s attorney general has closed its case against the authors of “The King’s Torah,” which reportedly discusses situations in which it is permissible for Jews to kill non-Jews. Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira and Rabbi Yosef Elitzur had been detained and questioned over the contents of the book. Other rabbis investigated in connection with the book included…
A Palestinian man was shot and wounded by a Jewish man from a nearby West Bank settlement. The incident on May 26 occurred near the Palestinian village of Orif in the northern West Bank near Nablus. The settler came from the nearby settlement of Yitzhar. Orif residents said the incident occurred after settlers set fire…
A major study of anti-Semitism in Europe has been launched by the European Union, with the aim of assessing the problem and recommending solutions. It is likely the first survey ever to ask Jews in nine EU member states about their perceptions and experiences of anti-Semitism, hate speech, hate-motivated violence and discrimination. The United Kingdom-based…
Former U.S President Jimmy Carter said after what he called long discussions with Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt that the group will try to modify the country’s peace treaty with Israel. Carter said May 26 after the conclusion of the first round of voting in Egypt’s free presidential elections that the Muslim Brotherhood would seek…
Deputy Supreme Court President Eliezer Rivlin, one of the court’s foremost champions of freedom of expression, will retire Monday, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Rivlin’s most recent defense of freedom of expression was his decision to overturn the conviction of journalist Ilana Dayan in a libel suit filed by an IDF officer…
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Monday convicted two police officers of negligent homicide for dumping an injured Palestinian man on the side of the road, leaving him to die. Judge Haim Liran rejected the testimony by Chief Inspector Baruch Peretz, who was the officer on duty at the Rehovot police station on June 12, 2008,…
