Police say incident near Havat Gilad was accident, not terror attack.

Switzerland – The world’s largest oil traders have quietly stopped supplying petrol to Iran in a sign that the threat of sanctions and Washington’s behind-the-scenes efforts are paying off. However, the decision by Vitol, Glencore and Trafigura is unlikely to cut Tehran off completely from the global petrol market as traders said that Iran’s long-standing suppliers [...]

Defense minister tells FADC indirect talks with PA are better than none.

Ministry of Defense allows construction in Beitar Illit for safety issues.

Lieberman stresses bill endorsed by leading rabbis, isn't against religion.

New York – Parking attendants at a Queens mall have been caught red-handed posting phony no-parking signs on street meters that lure drivers into their garage. The neon-hued signs were marked with an NYPD emblem and taped to meters outside the garage entrance of the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst. The signs may have looked official, but [...]

[By Pesach Lerner] Even a cursory glance at the facts which Yair Hoffman totally ignores in his article, “Re-examining the Pollard Issue” (5 Towns Jewish Times on March 4, 2010) reveals a case which Appellate Court Justice Steven Williams described as “a fundamental miscarriage of justice.” Jonathan Pollard is currently serving his 25th year of [...]

[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Detectives from the NYPD are on the scene investigating a police involved shooting Monday afternoon just outside Public School 194 in Sheepshead Bay. Sources tell YWN that an officer from the NYPD’s 61st Precinct shot a 25-year-old male on Avenue W near Knapp street. Detectives from CSU have recovered a toy gun at the scene [...]

Washington - Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) to put an end to “cramming” phone charges — charges made to consumers’ and small business’ phone bills that they did not order. Recent reports suggest that New Yorkers are seeing a rise in suspicious charges on their phone bills that they never agreed [...]

New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield released the following statement to YWN on Monday afternoon: “I was appalled to hear that someone was posting derogatory negative posters attacking my colleague, Joe Lazar. This is exactly the kind of divisive politics that turns hardworking New Yorkers off of voting and hurts the [...]