JPost.com - Michael Wilner Reporter

Alleged Hezbollah, Hamas men in NY smuggling ring

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:33:22 GMT

New York law enforcement authorities bust cigarette-smuggling ring funneling funds to terrorist groups.

UN warns PM over 'int'l law violations' in e. J'lem

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:44:42 GMT

In phone call with Netanyahu, Ban urges Israel to abide by its obligations under international humanitarian law."

Turkey's Erdogan confirms plans to visit Gaza Strip

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:14:12 GMT

"I hope that my visit can contribute to the process [of establishing a Palestinian state]," Erdogan tells Obama.

No evidence 'pro-Israel' groups targeted by IRS

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:03:30 GMT

Following report that IRS asked Z Street intrusive questions, Treasury inspector general finds no evidence of such targeting.

Iran to chair UN nuke disarmament conference

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:54:55 GMT

Western powers skeptical of Iran's own nuclear ambition raise eyebrows at Iran's role in Geneva conference.

DC Newseum reverses decision to honor Hamas cameramen

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:50:46 GMT

Ceremony was to have honored Al Aksa TV employees killed by IDF.

CRS questions effectiveness of Iran sanctions

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:03:07 GMT

Separate report claims sequestration will cut US aid to Israel by $155m.

Mulling arming Syrian rebels, Obama wary of proxies

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:55:29 GMT

'Washington Post' reports US president preparing to send lethal arms to Syrian opposition amid reports of chemical weapons use.

Syria: Another chemical attack near Turkey border

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:46:09 GMT

Syrian envoy to the UN says rebels used chemical weapons on civilians; Obama: US has evidence of WMD use in Syria.

UN: Chemical probe ready to deploy within 48 hours

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:03:40 GMT

Ban says investigative team is waiting at the ready to deploy from Cyprus to probe alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Oren thanks US for Ospreys and ‘QME’

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:22:10 GMT

Israel ambassador to Washington commends recent visits by US leaders; says aircraft sale will “guarantee Israel’s qualitative military edge”.

Steinitz: Israel didn't ask for US help in Syria

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:58:29 GMT

Contrary to US media reports, Strategic Affairs minister says Israel did not pressure US to take military action against Syria.

Olmert: PM exaggerates Iran's potential threat

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:19:40 GMT

Former PM says he fears Israel would be isolated from the world if it does not reach an agreement with the Palestinians.

Syria hangs over ‘Jerusalem Post’ conference

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:53:59 GMT

New York conference to feature panel talks on 2-state solution, security threats facing Israel, energy.

Evidence of Syria sarin use puts US at crossroads

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:46:58 GMT

US requests UN investigation based on ‘credible’ proof; Oren: Israel ‘not pressuring’ Washington to intervene militarily.

Boston Marathon bombers were headed for NYC

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:10:11 GMT

Sources to ‘Post’: rumors of Tsarnaev brothers’ complicity in 2011 Massachusetts triple murder "getting way overblown."

US Treasury takes action against Hezbollah funders

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:14:54 GMT

Lebanese exchange houses accused of scheme involving money from used car dealerships, drug trade going to terror group.

Oklahoma lawmaker apologizes for Jewish slur

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:22:26 GMT

Republican co-majority leader of Oklahoma House of Reps used term “Jew me down” while speaking about business owners.

US security committee: Hezbollah could be in US

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:22:15 GMT

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas): Boston bomber "very likely" trained by extremists in Chechnya; Hezbollah a "national security concern."

Israeli doctor uses lessons from intifada in Boston

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:36:30 GMT

Doctor trained in elite IAF unit finds himself experiencing American terror.

Obama requests $580m. for Mideast ‘contingencies’

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:14:35 GMT

Fund to address turmoil in region; criticized by some members of Congress for being too high given lack of political plan.

US report lists human rights issues for Israel

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:01:20 GMT

US State Department 2012 report on human rights, lists terror attacks against civilians, other Israeli human rights challenges.

Senate c'tee: US will aid Israel if it strikes Iran

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:47:50 GMT

Resolution sends "strong signal that Washington will not tolerate Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons," says senator.

Teacher who played Nazi put on leave

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:20:27 GMT

Teacher gives assignment to class: "If you lived in Third Reich, why would you hate Jews?"

Suspected mezuza thief apprehended in New York

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:10:51 GMT

Facial recognition software allegedly identifies suspect as a man caught on tape at the scene of the crime.

Shoah survivors aboard ‘St. Louis’ fight revisionism

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:07:23 GMT

Karliner, and other remaining passengers found themselves on the defensive after new book has challenged their account.

NY Holocaust survivors to reclaim state funds

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:21:15 GMT

Survivors may have access to money held by local government after comptroller, NGO release report of unclaimed funds.

Israel ‘apartheid’ targeted in NYC subway ads

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:38:50 GMT

ADL "deeply disturbed" by campaign calling to end US aid to Israel placed on subways paid for by American Muslims for Palestine.

Sources: No conclusion yet on Syrian chemical use

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:37:21 GMT

Ban warns Assad on unconventional weapons; Damascus calls for UN probe into attack; US: No evidence to back report of attack.

UN warns Assad on chemical weapons

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:51:40 GMT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says the use of chemical weapons "under any circumstances" is an "outrageous crime."

Tough times in the Big Apple

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:24:20 GMT

Young Israeli artists find the success they experienced at home has failed to meaningfully translate in the United States

US media set the bar low for Obama visit

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:01:24 GMT

The president will view the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum, tour the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem among other stops.

Israeli charged after Newark Airport threat

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:32:16 GMT

The suspect made a comment that there was a bomb in his bag, says a spokesman for the Port Authority of NY and NJ.

Waldorf gala raises $27 million for IDF

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:39:21 GMT

Friends of the IDF host annual gala bringing together prominent dignitaries, soldiers in event.

Envoys work to end UN's Palestinian refugee status

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 02:35:07 GMT

Prosor: Real obstacle to peace is right of return for Palestinian refugees, not settlements; adds transfer of status "misguided."

Hosting Rita at UN, Israel sends message to Iran

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:05:28 GMT

Israeli-Iranian singer performs at the UN General Assembly Hall, calls for closer cultural ties between Israel and Iran.

Reporter's Notebook: Personal politics

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:09:39 GMT

Biden’s AIPAC address assuages some, but others still in doubt when it comes to Obama.

Biden: Obama 'not bluffing' on stopping Iran nukes

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:44:58 GMT

US VP tells AIPAC that US committed to preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapon; says of peace process: It takes two to tango.

Biden: Obama 'not bluffing' on stopping Iran nukes

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:19:28 GMT

US VP tells AIPAC that US committed to preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapon; says of peace process: It takes two to tango.

Barak: Israel resolute on retaining Iran options

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:19:57 GMT

At AIPAC conference, former defense minister says Iran remains most dire of threats; says Palestinians "not easy" peace partners.

Protestors descend on DC against AIPAC

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:48:03 GMT

Over a hundred members of the Occupy AIPAC movement demonstrate outside AIPAC's annual conference in Washington.

Prosor to UN: address ‘ecosystem of extremism'

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:58:53 GMT

Ambassador cited “terrorist dress-up” in Gaza kindergarten classes, and death threats made against gays and Christians.

Israeli parking app Pango launches in US

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:18:59 GMT

Pango enables drivers to reserve a parking spot in the facility where they will be spending their evening and have their car paid for and prepared by valet at the end of the night.

Syria claims Turkey enabling al-Qaida

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:10:03 GMT

Damascus complains to UN that Ankara enables terrorist organizations "to receive funding and arms, enter Syrian territory.”

College accused of evicting Jews from event

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:15:12 GMT

Audio tape from Brooklyn College event in support of the BDS movement allegedly reveals discrimination against Jewish student attendees.

Prosor to EU: Declare Hezbollah 'terrorists'

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:21:53 GMT

Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor demands EU "find courage" to labeled Hezbollah a terror group, as US has already done.

Israel, UNSC condemn North Korea nuclear test

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:58:55 GMT

Foreign Ministry says Pyongyang's defiance of UN resolutions raises "grave concerns" about proliferation of nuclear technologies.

12 IAF planes fly over Lebanon, army claims

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:35:05 GMT

Lebanon's ambassador Nawaf Salam appeals to United Nations over 54 alleged Israel violations of Resolution 1701.

Brooklyn College hosts BDS event, counter protest

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:05:58 GMT

Event goes ahead as planned despite uproar after college's political science department sponsors anti-Israel conference.

Dignitaries honor Koch at funeral ceremony

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:42:26 GMT

Former New York mayor remembered by Israeli ambassador as "most important, influential American Zionist of our time."

US scholar campaigning to be Iranian president

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:54:48 GMT

Rutgers professor aims to challenge the regime in Tehran; says regime's anti-Zionist rhetoric is "toxic" to Iranian interests.

As UN marks Holocaust, Israel warns of Iran threat

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:59:16 GMT

UN commemorates victims of Nazism; Prosor: Ahmadinejad denies Shoah, while threatening to carry out another one.

Brooklyn’s haredi schools ‘underperforming’ in NY

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:23:10 GMT

An NY-based website finds haredi students in the state can't speak English because they are taught only Yiddish.

Prosor: Assad tested red line on chemical weapons

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:36:25 GMT

"World’s most dangerous weapons are moving within reach of our region’s most dangerous actors," ambassador to UN warns.

Demographic shift alters US-Jewish education

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:49:14 GMT

Decline in Conservative day schools continues as multi-denominational, inclusive model takes shape.

Israel joins UN protocol on air pollution

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:18:20 GMT

Israel commits to granting public access to transparent emissions data in acceding to protocol on air pollution release, monitoring.

Israel to UN: Stop Syrian WMD transfer to Hezbollah

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:45:46 GMT

UN Ambassador Prosor calls on UNSC to act immediately to prevent Assad's chemical weapons falling into Hezbollah's hands.

Beards and the NYPD

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:50:11 GMT

Observant Jews in the New York City police force find ways to cope with the constraints of their religion and the call of duty.

US-Israel relations: Top 10 moments of 2012

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:15:15 GMT

This year, regional instability caused by Iran’s nuclear program and the Arab Spring dominated US-Israel ties.

A somber Christmas in Newtown

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:56:14 GMT

Residents seek answers to painful questions, as Americans turn increasingly to religious vigils.

US gun backers cite Israeli school security

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:40:11 GMT

NRA official says Israel had many school shootings until they put armed guards at buildings; Israeli figures reject comparison.

Platform for dialogue

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:32:58 GMT

An uplifting Holocaust escape story has become a tool to unite a mixed community of Jews and Dominicans.

US Affairs: Lieberman’s legacy

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:23:54 GMT

As he prepares to step down after 24 years in Congress, Senator Joseph Lieberman talks to the ‘Post’ about Iran, Israel’s strike on Gaza, and partisanship.

IsraAID helps those devastated by Sandy

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:21:25 GMT

Non-profit organization mounts multifaceted campaign to deliver aid to Sandy victims in Breezy point, Queens.

After the storm

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:57:15 GMT

Shomrim brigade helps New York City’s Sea Gate neighborhood.

For Brooklyn’s Orthodox, election passes quietly

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:42:27 GMT

Few of Orthodox residents stayed awake to hear the twilight speech of reelected President Barack Obama.

Atonement in the Ivy League

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:00:37 GMT

Jews are thriving at America’s top universities, but they are increasingly reluctant to come to Israel’s defense.