Austrian officials have removed the name of a notoriously anti-Semitic former mayor from a street, formally renaming a section of Vienna’s posh ring road Universitaetsring, The Associated Press reported. City
Turkey’s military said Wednesday it has found the bodies of the two pilots of a jet shot down by Syria last month. Military officials in Ankara said personnel were working
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released on Tuesday a special message to President Barack Obama and to the citizens of the United States, in honor of the Fourth of July holiday.
President Shimon Peres congratulated the American people on Tuesday as the U.S. celebrates its 236th Independence Day. Peres spoke at a special reception in honor of the 4th of July
Arutz Sheva visited on Tuesday the Jewish National Fund’s booth at the Cleantech exhibition which opened at the Exhibition Grounds in Tel Aviv. The booth shows how the JNF’s activities
Documents seen exclusively by British website The Commentator and exposed on Tuesday have revealed disturbing attitudes towards Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu by the British Government. The documents, which the site
Israeli company LifeWatch Technologies unveiled on Tuesday the LifeWatch V, a first of its kind medical smartphone that renders it possible to independently measure seven medical indexes: ECG, heart rate,
Following its success in getting the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem recognized as a World Heritage Site, the Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday it will seek to have additional
After six months and $20,000, residents in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood retrieved four Torah scrolls stolen by Palestinian Authority Arab thieves. Rabbi Moshe Ben Abu told Arutz Sheva, “Thieves broke into
The Committee on Middle East and Peacemaking Issues of the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly agreed to vote on divesting its portfolio from three companies whose products, it alleges, are
Iran accused world powers on Tuesday of dragging their feet in negotiations over its nuclear activities, as both sides were about to hold a new, downgraded round of talks in
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed deep disappointment that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee succumbed to the politicized Palestinian bid to put Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on the list of
Massive floods over the past week have killed at least 79 people and displaced 2.2 million as torrential monsoon rains inundate India’s northeast. Officials in Assam state bordering Bhutan and
Dozens of journalists from Palestinian Authority enclaves protested outside the Interior Ministry in Ramallah on Tuesday. The journalists vented their fury over violence used by PA security forces against journalists
IDF soldiers arrested an Arab man in Hevron on Teusday after they caught him carrying a knife. Local residents told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an that Ameer Zahdeh, 21, was seized in
The PLO on Tuesday called on Hamas to reverse its decision to suspend voter registration in Gaza. The Hamas terror organization which rules Gaza shut down voter registration on Monday
Swiss laboratory research released Tuesday suggests Yassir Arafat was poisoned with polonium in 2004. Arafat died on November 11, 2004, following several weeks of treatment for deteriorating health. He had
Iran claims it tested “tens” of short, medium and large-range missiles at a hypothetical enemy base,” presumably Israeli and American. Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, reported Tuesday
The U.S. State Dept. charged UNESCO on Monday with “hotwiring” a Palestinian Authority demand that the Church of Nativity be declared a PA heritage site. The designation is usually reserved
Minister Eli Yishai, who heads the Shas party, predicted Tuesday that by the next decade there will be more hareidim than secular people serving in the IDF and alternative national
Berlin’s Jewish Hospital has suspended circumcisions in the wake of a court ruling that the procedure is a crime punishable by law. Approximately 100 religious circumcisions were performed at the
Syrian President Bashar Assad is sorry that his forces downed a Turkish plane but added, “I might have been happy if this had been an Israeli plane.” His comment was
Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum has modified its account of Pope Pius XII’s actions toward the Jews during World War II, following a long diplomatic dispute with the Vatican.
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will visit Israel this summer to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other leaders, a senior aide to Netanyahu told The New
The heads of the “suckers’” movement, who are calling for all Israelis to equally share in the burden, on Monday called on Minister Shaul Mofaz to quit the coalition and
Turkey’s state-run news agency reported on Monday that nearly 300 Syrians have defected to Turkey, including 85 soldiers. According to the Anadolu agency, the defections occurred on Monday and that
The UN’s rapporteur for PA human rights launched a blistering attack on the international community on Monday. According to an AFP report, Richard Falk accused the world of “conspiring in
The Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land on Monday hailed the granting by UNESCO of world heritage status to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, AFP reported. The
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has launched his broadest weapons crackdown in years, The Associated Press reported on Monday. The latest crackdown marks the first time that Abbas is confronting