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Jerusalem - Knesset members Uri Maklev and Moshe Gafni (both United Torah Judaism) were attacked Thursday in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim. A Gafni aide said to Ynet that the attackers were members of the Sikarikim group, considered to be among the most extreme of the ... Full story

Israel - Slonim Grand Rabbi Shmuel Berezovsky said that his followers would not compromise and would continue their struggle against the High Court, in regards to the ongoing school segregation saga in the Immanuel settlement. "Even if they put us in front of a firing squad, we would not give up and would not compromise," Berezovsky ... Full story

New York, NY - Faisal Shahzad called himself a Muslim soldier and threatened more attacks to come after the botched May 1 Times Square terror bomb attempt. Shahzad did not appear the least bit remorseful when he pleaded guilty to 10 federal crimes in a packed federal courtroom. The Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was cool and collected ... Full story

Madrid - Francisco Franco, the former fascist dictator of Spain, gave the Nazis a list of every Jew in his country in order to facilitate efforts to locate, deport and destroy them, according to a document found recently in a Spanish archive and reported on Sunday by the Spanish daily El Pais. The paper said that ... Full story

New York’s Times Square was evacuated tonight after a suspicious device was found in an SUV. Police confirmed that the device was a bomb, but there was no explosion and Times Square was safely evacuated. The story is still developing. Live webcams are pointed at Times Square 24/7, and that means the events were streamed live on ... Full story

Turnersville, NJ - A 16-year-old boy was busted for broadcasting a racist comment over the public address system of a Walmart in southern New Jersey, police said Saturday. The youth - whose name was not released because of his age - was charged with harassment and bias intimidation for the incident ... Full story

Washington - The diplomatic rift between the United States and Israel appeared to widen Thursday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to call Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with an explanation of Israel's east Jerusalem building plan, U.S. sources say. Last Friday, Clinton phoned Netanyahu to strongly criticize Israel's announcement of new ... Full story

New York, NY - THE Fourth Commandment doesn't specifically mention TweetDeck or Facebook. Observing the Sabbath 3,000 years ago was more about rest and going easy on one's family - servants and oxen included. But if Moses were redelivering his theophany today - the assembled crowd furiously tweeting his every sound bite - ... Full story

Turnersville, NJ - Two black South Jersey women are boycotting Wal-Mart as authorities investigate a public announcement targeting black shoppers at the Turnersville store over the weekend. Wal-Mart officials said they're reviewing security tapes to find out who asked "all black people" to leave the store in a message over the public-address ... Full story

Washington - New York Rep. Anthony Weiner is adding his voice to the criticism of the White House's response to an ill-timed Israeli construction decision, and in sharper terms than his colleagues. “The appropriate response was a shake of the head – not a temper tantrum," Weiner said in a statement to be ... Full story