Should Aliyah be an obsession if lives are saved and/or preserved?

The Turks will do anything to divert their public"s attention from the economic hardship in the country.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

The Ministry of Health reports that avian flu has been discovered in two chicken farms in Israel. The Ministry of Agriculture is handling the cases. There is relatively low danger of the disease transmitting to humans.

MK Yossi Shain (Yisrael Beiteinu) appealed to the chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Ram Ben-Barak, to convene an emergency meeting of the committee due to "serious security failures" at the home of Defense Minister Gantz.

MK Mossi Raz (Meretz) commented In the law "to prevent infiltration" that is expected to come up this coming Sunday in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. "I oppose the proposal to extend the law to prevent infiltration. It is a cruel law whose purpose is to make the lives of asylum seekers bitter. Not Inly is it cruel, it is also unnecessary because there are no more new 'infiltrators'. The correct thing to do here is to immediately address the hundreds of asylum requests that have piled up."

New government committee In gender equality, formed by Labor chief and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, to hold first meeting Sunday.

The Shahak river has overflowed and is flooding Route 90. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.

In what way did Leah help Yaakov learn to become Israel?