2nd Palestinian guilty in Fogels’ murders
A second Palestinian man was convicted in the murder of five members of the Fogel family in a West Bank Jewish settlement. read more »
Palestinian economy said frozen by Israel
Israel’s suspension of transferring tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority has had a “devastating impact” on the Palestinian economy, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said. read more »
Muslim Brotherhood rally: ‘Kill all Jews’
The Muslim Brotherhood held an anti-Israel rally in a Cairo mosque that reportedly called to “one day kill all Jews.” read more »
Israeli-Chinese car
The Qoros Automotive Company—a joint venture of the Israel Corp. and China’s Chery Automobile Company—said it will introduce its first model in 2013. read more »
Blast shakes Isfahan
The cause of an explosion that rocked an Iranian city that houses a key nuclear facility remains unclear. read more »
Egypt-Israel pipeline attacked for ninth time
Egypt’s gas pipeline to Israel was blown up for the ninth time in less than a year. read more »
Rockets from Lebanon hit targets in Israel
Four Katyusha rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon—the first rockets to be fired on the area since 2009. read more »
Palestinian state gets official nod in Iceland
Iceland’s parliament voted to recognize an independent state of Palestine. read more »
Emissaries gather
Thousands of emissaries from the Chabad-Lubavitch movement gathered for their annual banquet in Brooklyn. read more »
Jewish groups respond to Supercommittee
Several U.S. Jewish groups lamented the congressional supercommittee’s failure to achieve a deficit-reduction agreement, but expressed relief over outcomes they had feared being at least temporarily averted. read more »
Swastika mars building
A swastika was etched inside an elevator in a Brooklyn building for the second time in recent days. read more »
Gender segregation growing among Israeli haredim
On the No. 3 bus line in Jerusalem, women passengers pay their fare and walk directly to the back to find a seat.
Men, most of them haredi Orthodox with long sidecurls that brush the shoulders of their black wool suits, sit in the front section. Behind them, following a space of about two feet separated by the rear doors of the bus, sit the women and girls. read more »
JFNA overseas plan may deal hard blow to Jewish Agency
After a decades-long partnership that saw the Jewish Agency for Israel serve as the official, exclusive Zionist arm of North America’s Jewish community federations, the federation system is getting ready to date other partners. read more »
State College Jews reeling after Penn State scandal
Rabbi David Ostrich, who leads the lone congregation in State College, Pa., couldn’t bring himself to sermonize last Shabbat on the scandal that’s on everyone’s mind. read more »
Sarkozy makes nice with Netanyahu
French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged his friendship to Benjamin Netanyahu in a condolence letter written to the Israeli prime minister. read more »
