By: Editorial Board Date: Wednesday, October 20 2010 New York State Assembly Assembly District 16: Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel Assemblywoman Schimel has made protecting her community from violence a top priority. She sponsored legislation that allows police to better track guns used in violent crime and has fought for tougher penalties for drunk drivers. She recently […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) Technion University researchers have come up with a new and simple blood test that may be able to detect cancer. Professor Ari Admon, who led the research team, said its technique may “provide a large enough source of information to enable personalized treatment for the disease.” The researchers’ study was […]

Gracia Mendes lived during the turbulent times after the expulsion from Spain. Her family remained in Portugal after the 1497 forced conversions, and lived as secret Jews. Her name to the outside world is Beatrice de Luna. She is married to Francisco Mendes, one of two brothers who controls a growing trading company. The House […]

by Chana Ya’ar (Israelnationalnews.com) World-renowned diabetes expert Professor Derek LeRoith has been tapped to lead a new clinical research center at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. The new Diabetes and Metabolism Clinical Research Center is part of Rambam’s new Legacy Heritage Clinical Research Institute. LeRoith, formerly of the National Institutes of Health in Washington D.C. […]

Obama Admin. Ignoring Complaints from ZOA, Steve Emerson, and Congressional Members The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) criticized the U.S. government for allowing citizens to take a tax deduction for their donations to Viva Palestina, a group that has been providing money and other material support to the terrorist group Hamas in violation of federal […]

by Prof. Phyllis Chesler (Israelnationalnews.com) Holland prides itself on its religious tolerance. Indeed, it welcomed Portugese Jews and, although they forbade them to join guilds When Muslims riot in Holland or disagree with anyone, they demonize them as “Zionists.” or own shops, the Jews nevertheless flourished in Holland as publishers, physicians, and diamond dealers. Holland […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) Surveillance cameras in the Old City of Jerusalem helped police catch and arrest two Arabs who ambushed and attacked a Jewish man on the Sabbath. The cameras have increased the security of the area and raised the confidence of tourists that that they can visit without fear. Border Police guards […]

Israel’s opposition leaders spent the past week trying to prove their relevance. On Tuesday, both former prime minister Ehud Olmert and Kadima leader Tzipi Livni accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of wrecking Israel’s relations with the US. Both Livni and Olmert claimed that Netanyahu is taking a knife to Israel’s most valuable alliance by refusing […]

The USS Cole ten years later. October 18, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 05 Before there was 9/11, there was 10/12. A decade ago this week, al Qaeda operatives staged a spectacular suicide attack on the USS Cole while it was refueling in Aden, Yemen. The terrorists puttered up to the destroyer’s port side, waving at […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) American professor Kaukab Siddique recently called for Israel to be destroyed by any means necessary, and issued a warning to Jews as well. Siddique spoke over Labor Day weekend at an anti-Israel rally in Washington D.C., but received little notice at the time. “We must stand united to defeat, to destroy, […]