The Palestinian Authority is making a bid to list the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as located in the “country of Palestine.” The issue arose with the question of

Thirty young Yeshiva University students are on their way from New York to join their Israeli counterparts on a summer-long science project. The undergrads are set to participate in a

President Barack Obama’s support from Jews in New York State has plummeted in the past month and he now can count only on a slim majority to vote for him.

The government has begun construction to fortify all schools located in the area located seven to 15 kilometers from Gaza. Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai officially launched the project

The Prime Minister’s Office responded to the Comptroller and Ombudsman’s report on the handling of the Mavi Marmara incident by saying that “In the test of results, Israeli citizens are

The State Comptroller and Ombudsman’s report regarding the Mavi Marmara incident states that Israel’s mechanism for hasbara – the Hebrew word that refers to Israel’s global public relations effort –

A special meeting was held at the Pope’s palace on Tuesday, attended by delegations from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vatican. During the meeting, the sides discussed

The Knesset held a special discussion on Tuesday regarding the 1915 Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide, also called the Armenian Massacres or the Great Crime, was the planned and systematic destruction of

UN observers in Syria were attacked on Tuesday with stones, metal rods and gunfire that blocked them from a besieged rebel-held town, where civilians were feared trapped by government shelling.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s condition stabilized on Tuesday, but his lawyer said the 84-year old former president does not trust his doctors in the prison hospital and fears they

A Jewish man living in Flatbush in New York City was killed by a train on Monday. The victim was identified as Shmuel Aharon Erez. Passersby called emergency services. However,

Three men have been arrested in France for attacking an 18-year-old Jewish man last week in a suburb outside Paris. According to local media, the three shouted anti-Semitic slurs at

The Jewish community of New York City is increasing in size after shrinking for decades, according to new research published in the New York Times. The Jewish community now numbers

Hundreds of families have moved to Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood, local council head Moshe Rosenbaum told Arutz Sheva. “They are sleeping there, in order to prevent with their bodies,

The Ministerial Committee on Burial toured the Yarkon Cemetery in Tel Aviv recently to get a close look at the progress in the construction of a new community mausoleum site.

A new poll shows a solid majority of Israelis – 64% – supports the continuation of the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria. The remaining 36% support a temporary freeze

Hundreds of directors of Chabad institutions from around Israel gathered recently for the annual Conference of Directors. Arutz Sheva was there. The conference was sponsored by Union of Chabad Chassidim,

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch and other prominent Jews labeled Congressional candidate Charles Barron an “enemy of the State of Israel.” “We have learned to live together in this

The IDF’s Information Security Department is warning soldiers traveling on railways not to discuss military matters, out of concern that the enemy could be listening. A new advertising campaign focusing

Anxiety disorder exists in one out of every eight children, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Treatment through a computer program, instead of psychiatric drugs that can

Tel Aviv is the Middle East’s most expensive city and the 31st most expensive city in the world for expatriates, according to a new Mercer Cost of Living survey. A

Iranian state-run media has published a commentary that stated, “The Islamic world should rise up and shout that a nuclear bomb is our right.” The regime under Iranian President Mahmoud

The entire population of Tel Aviv would be evacuated if unconventional missiles were to strike the city, a Home Front officer told the AFP news agency in an interview. Colonel

President Shimon Peres will ask President Barack Obama to grant a pardon for Jonathan Pollard on humanitarian grounds. Pollard, incarcerated for some 27 years on a single charge of passing

Security researchers said on Monday that they have found a direct link between the Stuxnet worm and the more-recently-discovered Flame espionage malware, indicating that the two teams cooperated and collaborated.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned on Monday evening the anti-Zionist hate slogans and graffiti praising Hitler that were sprayed on the Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum. “I saw the outrageous graffiti

The United States said Monday it would exempt seven emerging economies, including India, from tough new sanctions after they cut back on oil from Iran, AFP reported. U.S. Secretary of

The city of Tel Aviv, well-known for its restaurants, nightclubs, and other such attractions which make it “the city that never sleeps,” has ranked fifth on the MasterCard Global Destination