An Israeli military court ruled on Wednesday that Ibrahim Hamad, the former commander of Hamas’ military wing in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, is guilty of the

A senior member of Hamas was murdered in Damascus on Wednesday, Hamas politburo member Izzat al-Rishq announced. In a message posted to his Facebook page, al-Rishq said that the murdered

Egypt’s ailing former President Hosni Mubarak is slipping in and out of a coma and his morale has plunged after news of Mohammed Morsi’s victory in the presidential polls, officials

Hamas was quick to blame the Israeli Mossad spy agency for the death of its member in Syria, AFP reported. A senior member of Hamas told AFP that Kamal Hussein

The director of the Welfare Department in Beit El, Hedva Ariel, said on Wednesday that the children who were evicted from their homes in the Ulpana neighborhood are suffering from

Opposition forces in Syria stormed a pro-government satellite news television station Wednesday, killing three. State-run Syrian media issued a response to the attack, saying “terrorists planted explosive devices in the

Knesset Member Danny Danon confronted the French ambassador to Israel Wednesday, telling him that France is responsible for the growing anti-Semitism in the country. MK Danon, speaking at a meeting

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, 71, died Tuesday of pneumonia after a long battle with leukemia. “It is with great sadness that we report that Nora Ephron has died,” reported

The shekel-dollar rate hit a three-year high this week and is just about touching the level where a shekel is worth only a quarter, of four for a dollar. The

An Austrian fund for reparations to victims of the Nazi Holocaust is shutting down after 11 years “due to limited finances.” The Reparation Fund for the Victims of National Socialism

Bodyguards stepped between Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Arab MK Talab Al-Sana, who Lieberman called a terrorist during a tour of an illegal Bedouin village in the Negev on Wednesday. During

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Ankara has no intention of attacking Syria over its recent downing of a fighter jet. “As Turkey, the Turkish nation, we

The sea level of the Atlantic Ocean is rising along America’s eastern seaboard faster than in other parts of the world, according to a US Geological Survey team. The scientists

An Egyptian court has suspended the decree allowing the military to arrest civilians. The order, issued Tuesday by an administrative court, stops military police and intelligence officers from arresting activists,

A terrorist was wounded at the entrance to Maaleh Adumim Wednesday afternoon, after he tried to snatch a gun from a security guard. According to reports from the scene of

Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Tuesday with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. In a joint press conference the two held after their meeting, Putin declared that Russia

Turkey has deployed a large number of military vehicles to the Syrian border, the Turkish daily Milliyet reported on Tuesday. According to the report, 15 armored tanks, long-distance guns and

Social protest activists set up about 20 tents on Tuesday in a park near the central train station in Tel Aviv. The tents were set up with the approval of the

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz next week, Channel 2 News reported on Tuesday. It will be Abbas’ first meeting in months with an

The victory of Mohammed Morsi in the Egyptian presidential elections could enable Hamas to secure international recognition, an official in the party told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency on Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had to swallow hard Tuesday when Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas surprised him by naming a road in Bethlehem in honor of his guest. In Europe,

NATO on Tuesday firmly backed Turkey saying Syria’s shooting down of a Turkish jet was “unacceptable,: NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen condemned the incident saying, “We consider this act

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Steinitz on Sunday decided to seek a deficit target of 3% to compensate for reduced state revenues due to the slowdown in European economies.

A German court has ruled that circumcision is a criminal offense, and a Norwegian political party has proposed a law to outlaw the religious practice. Non-medical circumcision, practiced by most

The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s powerful military on Tuesday reached some agreements over the powers of the most populous Arab nation’s first Islamist president, and the fate of a now-dissolved

Firefighters on Tuesday succeeded in bringing several fires in Motza area of Jerusalem under control. Fire and Rescue Services Commissioner Shahar Ayalon postulated that the massive blaze could have broken

The International Raelian Movement defended its display of a swastika over New Jersey beaches on Saturday, arguing it was trying to bring it back as a peaceful symbol rather than

Iran’s Fars News Agency (FNA) reportedly fabricated an interview with Egyptian President-elect Mohammed Morsi, quoting him on a range of contentious topics, from the Camp David treaty with Israel to

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday a new international prize to be awarded to Jews who win global recognition due to their achievements in the fields of science and