MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Unioni) has called for an Arab Israeli affirmative action initiative to be put on hold over Arabs’ refusal to perform military or national service. Ben-Ari sent a

The ‘Palestinian’ delegation to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) meeting on Friday in St. Petersburg is attempting to gain recognition for the Church of Nativity in

Hamas said on Thursday that it is concerned over the possibility that Israel would unilaterally withdraw from Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), as it did in Gaza in 2005.

During his election campaign, Egyptian president-elect Mohammed Morsi reiterated his commitment to jihad and to the Islamic sharia law. Morsi made the remarks in a speech broadcast on May 13

The Hamas movement which rules in Gaza presented on Thursday a video documentary, in which alleged collaborators with Israel confess to having aided the killings of senior Hamas and Fatah

A hareidi-religious young man from London will be among those carrying the Olympic Torch in Britain this summer. Efraim Goldstein, 22, was chosen due to his long history of volunteerism.

The Syrian army has gathered roughly 170 tanks near the Turkish border, Syrian rebels said Friday. Rebels told international media that forces are gathering north of Aleppo. “The tanks are

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton condemned the racist and anti-Semitic statements made by Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi at a conference on drug trafficking in Tehran. “The

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Latvia to resolve the restitution of pre-World War II Jewish property “quickly and fairly.” Calling the issue a “piece of unfinished historical

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that Israel played a major role in influencing Russia to cancel its planned sale of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria. The

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke Thursday evening with Arab MKs Ahmed Tibi and Mohammed Barakeh about the Plesner Committee, in an apparent effort to make it possible to recruit young

The European Jewish Parliament (EJP) expressed its outrage on Thursday over a ruling of the German District Court of Cologne, which states that the circumcision of a child for religious

South Sudan filed a formal protest with Israel on Thursday, over the Jewish State’s treatment of the issue of the illegal South Sudanese infiltrators. In a diplomatic message South Sudan

Turkey confirmed reports Wednesday that it is deploying troops, including fighter jets and anti-aircraft guns, along its border with Syria. “I can confirm there are troops being deployed along the

A large explosion rocked the Syrian capital on Thursday afternoon as bloody fighting in and around Damascus continues. Syrian TV said the explosion was in the parking lot of the

Palestinian Authority water chief Shadad al-Ateli said Wednesday that discussions with the Israel to increase quantities of drinking water without raising prices are underway. Israel has sought to increase the

A Texas court has convicted a Saudi Arabian national of plotting to build and use a bomb in an attack against America’s south. The 22-year-old terrorist, Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari entered

A leader of Hungary’s extreme-right Jobbik party, known for its anti-Roma and anti-Semitic rhetoric, has admitted having Jewish origins, prompting mockery in several online forums Wednesday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

Each of the buildings being moved from the Ulpana Neighborhood in Beit El will be “sawed” into 108 parts, which will be stored in a special storage site. They will

MK Miri Regev (Likud) accused the social protesters on Wednesday of anarchism and of working against the State of Israel, Channel 10 News reported. Regev spoke during a Knesset discussion

Russia’s main weapons producer has allegedly suspended its contract with Syria to supply S-300 long-range missile systems, the Russian daily Vedomosti reported Wednesday. The report cited unnamed sources within the

A U.S. group promoting peace in the Middle East said on Tuesday it had rescinded an invitation to Syria’s top Muslim cleric, after learning that he threatened suicide bombings in

Jewish and Muslim leaders in Germany were united on Wednesday in their condemnation of a German court’s decision to, in effect, outlaw the circumcision of boys. The British Guardian reported

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman blasted the Iranian regime, saying it is composed of “anti-Semitic fanatics”, following the hateful remarks of Vice President Mohammad Reza, who claimed that the teachings of

Islamist rebel separatists have seized northern Mali, killing 20 as they clashed with a second rebel force. Fighters from the MUJAO faction – the “Movement for Oneness and Jihad in

A Syrian minister on Wednesday was quoted as saying his country’s forces may have mistaken the Turkish plane they shot down for an Israeli one. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi

Egypt’s president-elect Mohammed Mursi plans to take legal action against the Iranian Fars news agency for fabricating an interview with him. Fars quoted Mursi saying the two countries should improve

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it had told Israel that it would not be “appropriate” for Israeli pilgrims to make an annual visit to the tomb of a 19th-century Jewish