Is Obama George W. — or even Nixon? The secrecy factor

Published on May 14, 2013

The Obama administration has in recent weeks suffered a 1-2-3 scandal outbreak.

Three men charged with undermining Boston bombing probe

Published on May 1, 2013

U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged three men with interfering with the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing, saying they hid fireworks and a backpack belonging to one of the suspected bombers as a manhunt was under way.

Medical examiner keeps private how Boston bombing suspect died

Published on April 29, 2013

An autopsy on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev determined precisely how he died after a bloody shootout with police but the results can't be made public until the body is claimed, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Medical Examiner said on Monday.

My cousin Bruce: a Boston hero

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 26, 2013

When the first bomb went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Bruce Mendelsohn was partying in an office overlooking Boylston Street. The blast knocked him off of his seat.

Boston bombers had planned to attack N.Y. next, Mayor Bloomberg says

Published on April 25, 2013

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday the suspects in last week's Boston Marathon bombing had intended to attack New York City next.

Endless marathon

By Steve Greenberg
Published on April 24, 2013

Editorial cartoon

Boston bomb suspect’s wife assisting probe, lawyer says

Published on April 23, 2013

The wife of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect is assisting authorities and in absolute shock that her husband and brother-in-law were accused of the deadly blasts, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

Suspect charged with Boston Marathon bombing

Published on April 22, 2013

Prosecutors charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombings in an impromptu hearing on Monday in his hospital room, accusing him of crimes that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted.

Iranian national accused of planning attack on Israeli embassy in Nepal

Published on April 22, 2013

Security at the Israeli Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, detained an Iranian man believed to be planning a terror attack on the embassy and on Israeli visitors.

Boston suspect won’t be treated as enemy combatant, White House says

Published on April 22, 2013

The ethnic Chechen college student suspected in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings will not be treated as an enemy combatant in the legal process, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday.

What Boston hospitals learned from Israel

Published on April 22, 2013

Minutes after a terrorist attack killed three at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, doctors and nurses at the city’s hospitals faced a harrowing scene — severed limbs, burned bodies, shrapnel buried in skin.

Marathon bomb suspect eludes police, hunt shuts Boston down

Published on April 19, 2013

Black Hawk helicopters and heavily armed police descended on a Boston suburb Friday in a massive search for an ethnic Chechen suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, hours after his brother was killed by police in a late-night shootout.

A heart to heart letter from an Israeli to Americans

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 19, 2013

April 19, 2013

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 19, 2013

FBI identifies two suspects in Boston Marathon bombing [PHOTOS]

Published on April 18, 2013

Investigators released pictures of two suspects in the Boston bombing on Thursday, seeking the public's help in finding two men photographed on the crowded sidewalk before Monday's bombs exploded near the finish line.

Obama in Boston vows U.S. will find perpetrators of bombings

Published on April 18, 2013

President Barack Obama told a memorial service for the Boston bombing victims that "we will find" whoever carried out the attack that killed three people as investigators search for two men seen on a video of the scene shortly before the blasts.

Boston bomb suspect spotted on video, no arrest made

Published on April 17, 2013

Investigators believe they have spotted a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing from security video, a U.S. law enforcement source said on Wednesday, but no arrest had yet been made.

Boston bomb suspect identified, no arrest

Published on April 17, 2013

Authorities have arrested a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings based on security video that showed a man depositing a bag at the scene before the blasts, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. and Boston law enforcement sources.

Who bombed Boston? Word for now is caution

Published on April 16, 2013

The day after the Boston Marathon bombing, President Obama called it an “act of terrorism.” What kind of terrorism, no one was ready to say — a caution that derives from years of wrongful speculation that on occasion has ruined innocent lives.

A prayer of hope after the Boston Marathon bombing

Published on April 16, 2013

“Behold days are coming, says the Lord…and they shall rebuild.” From our Haftarah this Shabbat Amos 9:13

‘Running Rabbi’ recounts chaos at Boston Marathon, vows to run in next year’s race

Published on April 16, 2013

“It was a beautiful day. I was so excited to run and having such a good run. The crowd was unbelievable. The whole experience was amazing. It was almost magical."

In the wake of Boston Marathon bombings, Israeli Independence Day fetes are toned down

Published on April 16, 2013

Israeli Independence Day celebrations in Boston were muted and security was increased in the wake of bombings that left three dead and dozens injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

U.N. observers failing mandate to track Hezbollah arms, Israeli official says

Published on April 4, 2013

U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have failed to report on Hezbollah guerrilla armaments as required, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday, arguing that Israel could not rely on foreign intervention for its security.

Cyprus verdict could inhibit Hezbollah operations in Europe

Published on March 28, 2013

The conviction in Cyprus of a Hezbollah operative plotting to attack Israelis could undercut efforts by the terrorist group to carry out additional attacks outside the Middle East.

Spy agencies say cyber attacks leading threat against U.S.

Published on March 12, 2013

U.S. intelligence leaders said for the first time on Tuesday that cyber attacks and cyber espionage have supplanted terrorism as the top security threat facing the United States.

Terrorists running free in Pakistan

By Mahim Maher
Published on February 23, 2013

Iran says Israel will regret Syria air strike

Published on February 4, 2013

Iran told Israel on Monday it would regret its air strike against Syria last week, without spelling out whether Iran or its ally planned any military response.

Syria warns of ‘surprise’ response to Israel attack

Published on January 31, 2013

Syria warned on Thursday of a possible "surprise" response to Israel's attack on its territory and Russia condemned the air strike as an unprovoked violation of international law.

EU official: Hezbollah may not make terror list, even with Bulgaria bombing

Published on January 28, 2013

Hezbollah may not be included on the European Union's list of terrorist groups even if it did bomb Jewish tourists in Bulgaria, the EU's top counter-terrorism official reportedly said.

Jewish terrorist Jack Teitel convicted of murdering two Palestinians

Published on January 16, 2013

Yaakov (Jack) Teitel, a U.S.-born Jewish terrorist, was convicted of murdering two Palestinians and the attempted murder of two other people.

Terror tunnel from Gaza to Israel discovered

Published on January 15, 2013

Israeli soldiers found the opening of a large tunnel in Israeli territory dug from the Gaza Strip that officials believe is intended for use in terror activity.

Palestinian mob attacks Israeli troops in Jenin

Published on January 3, 2013

Residents of the Jenin refugee camp attacked a unit of Israeli soldiers who entered the area to arrest a Palestinian wanted for involvement in terrorism.

Human Rights Watch: Palestinian terror groups in Gaza violated rules of war

Published on December 24, 2012

Palestinian terror groups in Gaza violated the rules of war by targeting civilians during last month's conflict with Israel, Human Rights Watch said. In a report issued Monday, the New York-based human rights organization said the Palestinian groups in Gaza violated international humanitarian law by firing some 1,500 rockets at Israel between Nov. 14 and Nov. 21.

Assad kept chemical weapons out of hands of extremists, Moshe Yaalon says

Published on December 5, 2012

Syrian President Bashar Assad responded to past warnings about the security of chemical weapons by taking steps to keep them out of the hands of militants, Israel's vice prime minister Moshe Yaalon said on Wednesday.

Southern Israel remains under steady rocket barrage

Published on November 19, 2012

Communities in southern Israel came under a steady barrage of rockets and the Israeli military said it inflicted "severe damage on the rocket launching capabilities of terror organizations" as its Operation Pillar of Defense neared the end of its first week.

Jewish federations send $5 million to help Israelis in conflict zone

Published on November 16, 2012

The Jewish Federations of North America committed $5 million for an Israeli terrorism relief fund to help Israeli victims of the conflict with Hamas in Israel's south.

Israeli and Palestinian civilians killed in border fighting

Published on November 15, 2012

Two rockets hit the outskirts of the central Israeli town of Rishon Letzion, more than 22 miles from Gaza, raising concerns that Hamas will fire long-range missiles that can hit Israel’s business capital of Tel Aviv [UPDATE: Rocket strikes southern outskirts of Tel Aviv]. Earlier, a rocket fired from Gaza slammed into a four-story apartment building in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, killing two men and a woman in the first Israeli casualties since Israel killed Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari.

Israeli soldiers injured in Gaza border blast

Published on November 6, 2012

Three Israeli soldiers were wounded in an explosion while patrolling the Gaza border.

Palestinians fire mortar to defy truce with Israel

Published on October 25, 2012

Palestinian terrorists fired a mortar shell into Israel on Thursday morning to defy an informal truce between Israel and Hamas, Haaretz reported.

Jordan foils al Qaeda plot, arrests 11 militants, state TV says

Published on October 22, 2012

Jordan has foiled a plot by an al Qaeda-linked cell to bomb its shopping centers and assassinate Western diplomats, state television said on Sunday, thwarting an attempt to destabilize the key U.S. ally.

Israeli group agrees to delay court action against alleged Palestinian terror front

Published on October 15, 2012

Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center has agreed to postpone litigation against an Australian charity it accuses of being a front for a Palestinian terror organization. On Sunday, Executive Council of Australian Jewry chief executive Peter Wertheim brokered talks between representatives of Shurat HaDin and World Vision Australia.

Prosecutor: Suspects in Paris store attack linked to Syria

Published on October 12, 2012

Suspects in the recent bombing of a kosher supermarket near Paris belonged to an “extremely dangerous” cell with links to Islamist rebels in Syria, a Paris public prosecutor has said.

Hungarian radio station praises attack on Jewish leader

Published on October 8, 2012

A Hungarian nationalist online radio station called the recent assault on a Jewish community leader in Budapest a “response to general Jewish terrorism.”

Iranian diplomat in Brazil: Soon there will be no place for Zionists

Published on September 14, 2012

A Brazilian newspaper has published an opinion article by an Iranian diplomat asserting that “there will soon be no place for Zionists in the Middle East.”

European Jewish Journal

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on September 13, 2012

Families of Burgas victims attend memorial ceremony, visit attack site

Published on August 28, 2012

The families of the Israelis killed in a terror attack at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, attended a ceremony for the victims.

Egypt to move tanks into Sinai for first time since 1973

Published on August 21, 2012

Egypt reportedly is planning to introduce tanks in the Sinai for the first time since the 1973 war with Israel.

Israeli soccer team under ‘severe threat’ in Hungary, coach says

Published on August 16, 2012

The Israeli national soccer team was warned of a "severe threat" to their safety in Budapest where they played a friendly match against Hungary on Wednesday, Israel's coach said.

No immediate threats for High Holy Day security, but warnings to stay vigilant

By Ryan Torok
Published on August 14, 2012

The Los Angeles Jewish community is not facing any security threats related to the High Holidays, but local institutions should still be vigilant, the Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Southwest division said at a community briefing Tuesday.

Report: Calls between Lebanon and Burgas increased before attack

Published on August 9, 2012

Israel has evidence of many telephone calls between Lebanon and Burgas in the two months before the bombing that killed six people, The New York Times reported.

Egypt fires intelligence chief, militants hit

Published on August 8, 2012

President Mohamed Morsi fired the intelligence chief on Wednesday and Egyptian aircraft hit targets on the border with Israel in the biggest assault in the area in nearly 40 years after a deadly attack by militants on Egyptian border police.

Egypt’s first Sinai air strike since ‘73 war kills 20 terrorists

Published on August 8, 2012

Egyptian troops have launched the largest operation in the Sinai desert peninsula since the 1972 war with Israel, killing at least 20 terrorists believed to be responsible for Sunday’s attack on an Egyptian border post that left 16 soldiers dead. Six of the attackers died when they drove across the Israeli border in a commandeered armored car and were hit by Israeli air missiles.

Dozens of rockets, mortars fired into Israel after Israeli strike on terror squad

Published on August 6, 2012

Dozens of rockets and mortar shells were fired into southern Israel after Israel's Air Force struck a terrorist squad in Gaza, killing one.

State terrorism report praises Israel, counts settler attacks as terror

Published on August 1, 2012

The U.S. State Department's annual report on terrorism said Hamas and Hezbollah continued to destabilize the Middle East, described Israel as a "resolute" partner in counterterrorism and listed as "terrorist incidents" extremist settler attacks on Palestinians.

EU refuses to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization

Published on July 25, 2012

European Union President Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis said Tuesday said that the EU would not grant Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s request to declare Iran-funded Hezbollah as a terrorist organization because “Hezobollah is a political party in Lebanon which also runs chairty organizations.”

Suicide bomber behind Bulgaria bus attack had help, Bulgarian prime minister says

Published on July 24, 2012

A suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists when he blew up a bus in Bulgaria last week was backed up by an organized group who helped him plan and carry out the attack, Boiko Borisov, the Bulgarian prime minister, said on Tuesday.

Man held in Cyprus for planning attack on Israelis

Published on July 24, 2012

A Swedish citizen of Lebanese origin suspected of planning to attack Israeli targets in Cyprus was ordered held over by a court there.

Israel names five victims of Bulgaria terror attack

Published on July 19, 2012

The names of the five Israelis killed in a suicide bombing in Bulgaria were released Thursday, after Israeli authorities had confirmed their identification and informed the families.

Deadly Bulgaria attack survivors recall chaos, tragedy

Published on July 19, 2012

Vered Kuza was standing with her daughter, Amit, on an airport shuttle bus at Sarafovo International Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, when she suddenly heard a blast.

Planes with wounded return to Israel; Peres: ‘Israel will act against terror’

Published on July 19, 2012

President Shimon Peres said in response to the deadly attack in Bulgaria that Israel will "locate and act against terror all over the world," as the wounded and dead arrived in Israel.