Officials accuse Israel of pressuring PA into talks without purpose.

Israel – Forget about the Gaza flotilla, the issue of illegal settlements or the resumption of peace talks. What just may spark the next crisis between Israel and the world is none other than a progressive bill banning fur from being imported and traded in Israel. One might ask why would Israel – a country with [...]

It all started with a phone call from a person in need, but 10 years later, a Jewish family’s embrace of recovering drug and alcohol addicts has an Eastern Pennsylvania treatment center extolling the virtues of Friday night dinner.

Nice, France – The anonymous emails carried a tantalizing subject line: “Tax evasion: client list available.” The messages, sent two years ago to tax authorities across Europe, made an audacious claim: The sender could provide a large client list of a Swiss-based private bank, plus access to its computer systems. The emails were sent to Germany’s [...]

The Avner Institute would like to present a first-time released photo of the Rebbe at a children?s rally on Rosh Chodesh Av, 5742/1982. The children pictured are Chesky Holtzberg, who is standing in front of his brother Yudah. To receive these archival pictures to your Inbox Email: RebbeArchive@gmail.com

New York- The MetroCard tax may be coming to a subway station near you. Millions of straphangers would be hit with a $1 surcharge when they get a new MetroCard from a vending machine instead of refilling an old one under one of the MTA’s leading fare-hike and revenue-raising plans, The Post has learned. “It would provide [...]

Two HSBC Holdings Plc employees are at the heart of an investigation into the leak of Swiss confidential client data that landed up in the hands of the French tax authorities, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Herve Falciani and Georgina Mikhael both deny doing anything illegal; Falciani admitted having possession [...]

Florida – A former top Russian spy, Sergei Tretyakov, who defected to the United States in 2000, has died at his home in Florida, according to medical records and an author who wrote a book about the retired spy. Tretyakov died June 13 at age 53, according to a Social Security death record. His widow, Helen [...]

The National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued a general advisory Thursday calling on all Israelis traveling abroad to increase alertness, citing a “concrete, high risk” of terrorist attacks. While the warning was aimed at all Israelis traveling overseas, the bureau mentioned in particular businessmen and former public officials as possible targets. Citing solid intelligence, the bureau explained [...]

11:00AM EST: Rockaway Lawrence Hatzolah has just flown a patient to a trauma center after falling off a ladder at on Barett Street in Lawrence. The patient reportedly has serious back injuries. (YWN BBRY Group 3)