The Knesset has approved a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18 in a first vote. The bill still faces a second and third vote. MK

Iran, Russia, China and Syria are planning to hold the largest war games exercise in the Middle East in less than a month, Iran’s Fars media reported Tuesday. Citing “informed

Israelis expelled from Gush Katif who are still living in caravan towns fear that the expulsion of dozens of families in Beit El will mean homelessness for them as well.

Gaza terrorists fired four rockets at the Eshkol region on Tuesday afternoon. The IDF has ordered everyone in the area to take shelter. No injuries have been reported. Terrorists began

A third rocket attack launched at southern Israel from Gaza Monday evening exploded in the town of Sderot. The short-range Qassam rocket landed in an open area of the town, about

IAF aircraft struck a group of terrorists who were placing explosives near the security fence in central Gaza on Monday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. According to the statement,

Hamas Gaza head Ismail Haniyeh on Monday congratulated Mohammed Mursi for his victory in Egypt’s elections. According to reports in the Egyptian media, Haniyeh said that he “prayed for the

With the recent introduction of several new cellphone service companies, and the ensuing competition that has lowered the cost of cellphone service significantly, tens of thousands of Israelis have migrated

A member of the Palestinian Authority’s national soccer team who was imprisoned by Israel in 2009 on suspicion of terror activities, agreed on Monday to end a hunger strike of

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel said on Monday he is repudiating a Hungarian government award he received in 2004, because top officials in Budapest attended a ceremony for a Nazi sympathizer.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ivory Coast President Ouattara noted the close state of bilateral cooperation. They discussed the terrorist threats facing both countries, as well as cooperation in the fields

In an attempt to ape right-wing MKs committed to building up the land of Israel and ensuring the rights of Jews to live in all parts of it, several Arab

Monday morning’s attack by terrorists against Israeli workers building the security fence on the southern border is further evidence of the increasing failure of Egyptian security efforts in Sinai, said

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists launched a rocket attack on the Ashkelon coastal area at around noon on Monday. The missile, which was fired from Gaza, exploded in an open area

Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has declared sweeping new powers for itself despite the recent two-day presidential run-off elections. The polls that brought Muslim Brotherhood-backed candidate Mohamed Mursi

The Israel Air Force struck Gaza a second time Monday evening, killing at least two terrorists in the northern town of Beit Hanoun. The targeted terrorists were engaged in launching

In an interview on CNN in advance talks between Iran and Western countries on Tehran’s nuclear program, President Shimon Peres said that “time is running out” for Iran. You cannot

Police are getting ready for a confrontation with residents and protesters in the Ulpana neighborhood. On Sunday, Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew service uncovered a training plan for Border Guards and other

Israel faced another setback Monday in its efforts to deport illegal aliens who have moved into Israel en masse over the past several years – this time from the UN

A senior Fatah official said on Sunday that his party and Hamas have yet to agree on the names of cabinet ministers in a joint administration of independent figures. According

Syria’s opposition issued a cry for help on Sunday, as regime forces pounded rebel bastions in the Homs province and activists warned that hundreds of civilians were trapped with little

The European Union dodged a bullet in the Greek elections, with the narrow victory of the conservative New Democracy over Syriza, Greece’s radical left party, that wanted to do away

One Israeli was killed on Monday morning in a gunfight between terrorists and IDF troops near Israel’s border with Egypt. Reports indicate that a group of terrorists opened fire and

The Socialist Party has the right to be jubilant. In the second round of the parliamentary elections, it scored an absolute majority, an objective that appeared remote after the first

A group of women who served as officers in the IDF, police and prisons services warn that female soldiers’ rights could be adversely affected by letting more hareidim into the

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that there has been a “serious escalation” in the security situation along the Sinai border and that the lack of Egyptian security control in

Iran is ready to suspend its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent if Europe guarantees delivery of nuclear fuel for its reactors, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on his official website

The IDF no longer believes there is a terrorist on the loose on the southern border. Two or three terrorists were killed by IDF Golani forces Monday morning, after they