A journalism school at an Israeli college has been named in Daniel Pearl’s honor. The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya opened the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute on Wednesday, a testament to the life of a journalist killed in the line of duty. Pearl was kidnapped by Pakistani radicals in 2002 while working for the Wall Street Journal. Before his beheading, his last words were, “My father is Jewish. My mother is Jewish. I am Jewish.” Pearl’s story has become …More

A senior Islamic militant culpable in the murder of Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl has finally been captured. Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan in 2002 while working for the Wall Street Journal. His execution was videotaped, revealing some of the reporter’s last words, which went on to gain infamy: “My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish.” The manhunt to capture those responsible lasted more than a decade. Today, news broke that Qari Abdul Hayee, a leader of the Islamist militant …More

Warren Weinstein, an American Jew kidnapped and held hostage in Pakistan, is appealing to Benjamin Netanyahu for help. Weinstein addressed the Israeli leader in a video released by al Qaeda yesterday. In the clip the 71 year old says President Barack Obama has shown no interest in his case, and now needs Netanyahu’s help to secure freedom. “As a Jew, I am appealing to you, Prime Minister Netanyahu, the head of the Jewish State of Israel, as one Jew to another, to please intervene on my behalf, to …More

A hotelier in California was found guilty of discriminating against Jews. Tehmina Adaya, a Pakistan-born Muslim, disrupted a Friends of the IDF event held at the Hotel Shangri-La in July 2010. The event had been previously approved by managing staff at the site, but was abruptly stopped by Adaya, who inherited the hotel from her father in 2006. The businesswoman ordered the FIDF banner be taken down and pamphlets be put away, yelling, “Get these [expletive] Jews out of my pool.” The Santa Monica …More

Al Qaeda has released a video of Jewish-American Warren Weinstein, in which the 70-year-old kidnapped prisoner begged President Barack Obama to bow down to terrorist demands. Weinstein, who was abducted last year from his home in Pakistan, said in the video: “My life is in your hands, Mr. President. If you accept the demands, I live. If you don’t accept the demands, then I die.” “It is important that you accept these demands,” he added, “and act quickly and don’t …More

Thousands of US troops have begun arriving in Israel this week as part of a joint US-IDF readiness deployment. This exercise may serve to prepare for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear installations. [Debka] The Muslim Brotherhood indicated that the US State Department was wrong when it said that the Islamist movement has pledged to honor the various treaties signed by previous Cairo governments, including the peace deal with Israel.  [Ynet] Jeremy Levin, the new CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical …More

Al Qaida has released terms for the release of a 70-year-old American aid worker abducted in Pakistan three months ago. The Internet video demands the release of prisoners and an end to air strikes in Muslim countries for the freedom of the Warren Weinstein. Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri claimed responsibility for Weinstein’s kidnapping by armed men in Lahore. He demanded the release of all prisoners held in the Guantanamo detention center and all others imprisoned for ties to al Qaeda or the Taliban. …More

Gunmen abducted an American Jew after breaking into his house in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Saturday in an unusually brazen raid that illustrated the threat to foreigners in this militancy-wracked, US-allied country. The US Embassy identified the victim as Warren Weinstein. A man by that name serves as the Pakistan country director for J.E. Austin Associates, a development contractor that works with the aid arm of the American government, according to a profile on the LinkedIn networking website. …More