Amid a rise in anti-Semitic violence and terrorist activity in the country, the US State Department recently spirited nearly 60 Yemini Jews from Yemen and resettled them in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
Archive for October, 2009
Wall Street Journal: US State Dept. rescues 60 Jews from Yemen
Saturday, October 31st, 2009‘Waqf quietly pleased at Salah’s arrest’
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Sheikh Raed Salah.
Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski
Heads of the Waqf Department have quietly expressed their satisfaction with the Israeli authorities’ recent measures against Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, and top Fatah operative Hatem Abdel Qader, a senior official with the Ministry for Internal Security said on Thursday.
Motive unclear, suspect still at large in North Hollywood synagogue shooting
Friday, October 30th, 2009Police back away from initial claims that the attack was a hate crime. One of the victims may have been targeted, police say, but the investigation is ongoing. Both men are recovering at hospitals.
Edmunds.com Fights Back After White House Attack
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Last night we were shocked to see that The White House was using its blog to tear into car website Edmunds.com over some analysis it did of Cash-For-Clunkers. To recap: Edmunds.com says the program was a gigantic waste with little effect. The White House disagrees.
Anyway, Edmunds is sticking by its analysis, and it put out the following press release:
Court hearing held for six tied to group seeking Islamic state in U.S.
Friday, October 30th, 2009Detroit, Michigan (CNN) — Six men appeared in federal court Thursday, a day after they were arrested in raids targeting an African-American Muslim group that the FBI said sought to establish an Islamic state in the United States.
Why Pro-Arab France Is Warming Up to Israel
Friday, October 30th, 2009Watching France run interference for Israel in the run-up to the recent U.N. vote on the Goldstone inquiry into last winter’s Gaza war, Arab governments may have felt a pang of nostalgia for the era before President Nicolas Sarkozy took power.
Al-Qaida-affiliated takes responsibility for Katyusha attack
Thursday, October 29th, 2009An al-Qaida-affiliated group on Thursday took responsibility for the firing of a Katyusha-type rocket into northern Israel two days earlier, according to an Israel Radio report citing US intelligence sources.
Clunkers: Taxpayers paid $24,000 per car
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Auto sales analysts at Edmunds.com say the pricey program resulted in relatively few additional car sales.
No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Forever fertile? Infertile men and women could have their own biological children using the breakthrough sperm and eggs
But it raises a number of moral and ethical concerns. These include the possibility of children being born through entirely artificial means, and men and women being sidelined from the process of making babies.
Jordanians call for annulling peace treaty with Israel, expelling Israeli ambassador
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009AMMAN — Dozens of Jordanians took part in a sit-in Monday, calling for abolishing the peace treaty with Israel and shutting down the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital of Amman.