American Chutzpah: It’s Time to Release Jonathan Pollard
I was fourteen years old when I wrote my first article outside of school, twenty years ago. As a teenager, I was fired up enough to write a letter to the editor which was printed in the Columbus Dispatch. What was the 1994 issue that stirred me from my normal teenage political apathy? Jonathan Pollard […]
Rocky Start to Israel-PA Peace Talks
This is a week that saw 26 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails as a precondition for ongoing peace talks, yet the fragile negotiations are continuing under constant threat.  While speculation regarding settlement expansion in Judea and Samaria drew criticism from PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, both Israel’s right and left wing put forth conflicting […]
BIN Readers Believe the U.S. Should Stop Spying on Israel
It was revealed several weeks ago through documents leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the United States has been actively spying on Israel for many years. As early as 2009, U.S. spies were monitoring email traffic from then Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and future Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The U.S. is also shown to have […]
BIN’s Top 10 Stories of 2013 (Video)
As the year comes to a close, Breaking Israel News would like to present some news highlights of the past year and look forward to a new year. 10. Snowmageddon What is called the worst snow storm in 150 years, some parts of Israel received up to 80 cm of snow. The city of Jerusalem […]
TSA Warns Travelers Sukkot ‘Four Species’ Subject To Inspection
And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. (Leviticus 23:40) The United States Travel Authority released new guidelines over the weekend with regard to Jewish […]
Israel Places 11th In Annual World Happiness Report
Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places (Deuteronomy 33:29) Israel jumped up three spots in the Annual […]
Obama to Promote Peace Talks in Annual Call to US Rabbis
The LORD will give strength unto His people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. (Psalms 29:11) With the Jewish New Year just around the corner, US President Barack Obama is expected to use his now-annual Rosh Hashana conference call with over 1,000 American rabbis from across the religious and political spectrum to promote […]
‘Egyptian Christians May Face Genocide’ Warns Activist
 There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil; A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (Proverbs 6:16-19) Egyptian […]
Israel Fearful of Syrian Use of Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. (Isaiah 17:3) Two Israeli Ministers, Minister of Defense Moshe Ya’alon and Minister for Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz, confirmed on Thursday, the […]
Israel On Edge as 25 Policemen Killed in Sinai Escalation of Violence
In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai (Exodus 19:1) Two mini-buses carrying off-duty police officers were ambushed by suspected terrorists on Sunday in northern Sinai, according to The Times of Israel. The Times reports […]