(Source: JNS.org) People and groups who slander the Israel Defense Forces may find themselves facing lawsuits, according to an amendment to Israel’s libel law that passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset on Wednesday. MK Yoni Chetboun (Habayit Hayehudi) initiated the bill in response to the film “Jenin Jenin,” which falsely accused the IDF of … Continue reading
Boycott THIS: A ‘watch’ that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
GE is banking on Oxitone wrist monitor to provide a heads-up for someone to get medical assistance before it’s too late. By Karin Kloosterman. Israel21c. A prototype of the Oxitone device, heading to market in about 18 months. About half of all people at risk of death from heart attacks could gain the chance to live, … Continue reading
In Memoriam: Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel
Spiegel was one of about 750 Jewish fighters who on April 19, 1943, launched an uprising that took the Germans off guard. By Reuters | May.21, 2013 | Source: Haaretz. Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that … Continue reading
REPORT: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION APOLOGIZES FOR ANOTHER NATIONAL SECURITY LEAK
May. 19, 2013 2:14pm Sharona Schwartz. The Blaze. The Justice Department’s seizure of Associated Press reporters’ phone recordswas reportedly one element of a“sweeping” federal investigation to find out who leaked classified information about a failed Al-Qaeda plot to bomb an American airliner. Now, the Obama administration has reportedly apologized to Israel for another leak of classified information to … Continue reading
Congress Widens Investigation of IRS, Includes Pro-Israel Groups Targeted
Congress is no longer just seeking information from the IRS about targeting of conservative groups, the net appears to have been cast much wider by the IRS, and congress is also now investigating what looks like a coverup of the misdeeds. By: Lori Lowenthal Marcus, The Jewish Press. The IRS Acting Commissioner will appear before a House Ways and Means Committee … Continue reading
Columbia U: Tenure Track Bigotry
Columbia prof unleashes ‘anti-Jewish screed’. Joseph Massad / Columbia University BY: Adam Kredo, Washiington Free Beacon. A tenured Columbia University professor is facing criticism forclaiming in a column published Tuesday by Al Jazeera that Zionism is anti-Semitic and that the Jewish people who opposed Zionism and Israel died in the Holocaust, a notion that critics deemed anti-Semitic. … Continue reading
