Some 1,400 people visited the Tomb of Joseph (Kever Yosef) on Wednesday night. The visit was part of a regular cycle of visits that take place at the beginning of

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has confirmed that Israel will host the 2013 European Under-21 Championship, despite mounting pressure following the detainment of three ‘Palestinian’ football players, The

Council Member Michael C. Nelson along with Council Member Lew Fidler and Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein expressed outrage and shock over the recent escalation of anti-Semitic vandalism and assaults in Brooklyn,

The fate of philanthropist Guma Aguiar is not known after his boat was found upside down in the water off of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Brazilian-born energy industrialist and millionaire

The body of Aharon Zindani, who was murdered three weeks ago in Yemen, was brought to Israel Wednesday and will be buried Thursday evening in the Rehovot Cemetery. In a

Israel needs to come to terms with Turkey’s superpower status in the Middle East, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz said during a recent speech at the Washington Institute.  Mofaz

The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) is considering passing a resolution that would criticize Israel for its “illegal occupation of Palestine,” The Daily Caller reported. While the resolution did not

The British Embassy in Israel, together with the British Council, held a special event on Tuesday in honor of the Israeli Paralympics team. The event, which was held at the

IAF aircraft struck a terror target in northern Gaza early Wednesday morning, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced in a statement. The statement said direct hits were identified and all aircraft

A rocket barrage struck the largest city in Israel’s Negev desert region Wednesday morning just as children reached their schools. A medium-range Grad Katyusha missile landed in an open area

Deposed President Hosni Mubarak remains on life support at Maadi military hospital as Egypt’s electoral commission prepares to announce his successor Thursday. Both Mohamed Mursi, the candidate representing the Muslim

The Ma’agalim elementary school in the Sdot Negev Council district is closing its classes until the incessant rocket attacks are silenced, a parents’ committee said Wednesday. High school and middle

A terrorist claiming to be linked to Al-Qaeda has taken four hostages and demanded to speak to the police who killed Islamist Mohamed Merah. Among the hostages being held is

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists continued to fire at southern Israel Wednesday with fresh rocket barrages launched at the Eshkol region. Three short-range Qassam rockets exploded in areas within the Eshkol

A Samaria (Shomron) vineyard has won the “Oscar Award of Wine” in Israel’s annual Golden Grapes competition. The Tura vineyard in the settlement of Rachelim won both the gold and

Residents of the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El, whose homes were ordered to be demolished by the Supreme Court, agreed on Tuesday evening to leave their homes willingly and non-violently.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s health took a turn for the worst on Tuesday, and state-run media reported that he has been declared clinically dead following his transfer to the

The EU’s top foreign policy official said on Tuesday that high-level nuclear talks in Russia between Iran and six world powers have been suspended, The Associated Press reported. The report

“When I was a kid, I wondered why they told us that Adolph Hitler was a good guy and that he did good by the Holocaust,” reminisced Ahmed Meligy, a self

IAF aircraft struck a terror target in northern Gaza early Wednesday morning, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced in a statement. The statement said direct hits were identified and all aircraft

The United States and Israel jointly developed the sophisticated Flame computer virus that collected critical intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage attacks aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear

The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Information has published a book instructing PA Arabs which words to use and calling to replace “the Israeli and American dissemination of poisoned terms.” The

The Knesset’s Education Committee had a stormy meeting Tuesday as MKs debated the “status quo” agreement under which the state gives partial funding to “non-recognized” schools. Dr. Tzvi Tzameret, the

Four people were hurt, one of them seriously, in a terror rocket strike on the Hof Ashkelon Local Authority Tuesday night. The Maariv website says the injured Israelis are Border

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Tuesday with Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Global Google, and drew a Google doodle for him. “At our meeting I bestowed upon Schmidt a

Speaking in the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday that the Russian ship carrying a consignment of refurbished attack helicopters to Syria had turned back to Russia.

The following is a timeline and a presentation of the relevant facts as the demolition of homes in Beit El’s Ulpana neigborhood draws near. Jews Return to Bet El The