The United States blocked Israel’s participation in the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) first meeting in Istanbul on Friday, despite Israel’s having one of the most extensive counterterrorism experiences in the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that the principle guiding him in the Givat HaUlpana affair is the one set down by Menachem Begin 64 years ago when fighting nearly broke

Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara said on Saturday that Israel would be willing to help treat casualties from the ongoing fighting in Syria. Speaking during a meeting with Druze youths in

Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development Silvan Shalom visited Toronto, New York and Washington this past week. While in Toronto, Shalom participated in an event at the local

Minister Shaul Mofaz told Reshet Bet’s “Meet the Press” program that the Knesset rejected Netanyahu’s announcement to build 851 housing units in Judea and Samaria (Yehudah and Shomron) According to

Rabbi Fishel Litzman, 38, was fired by the New York Police due to his refusal to shave his beard. Rabbi Litzman was soon to graduate the police academy. According to

Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor was involved in a traffic accident in Jerusalem on Saturday. He was lightly injured and according to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, was rushed with his wife for medical

UN monitors on Friday got their first direct look at a farming village where nearly 80 men, women and children were reportedly killed in the latest massacre in Syria. AFP

An IDF soldier was killed and three were injured, two of them seriously, when a military jeep overturned on Friday during an operation in the southern Golan Heights. The soldier

More than 100 people demonstrated on Friday afternoon outside the Binyamin Regional Brigade’s base, near the community of Beit El, amid concerns over the planned demolition of the Ulpana neighborhood.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned on Friday that he may seek non-member status for a Palestinian state at the United Nations if peace talks with Israel do not resume,

British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned on Friday Israel’s plans to build hundreds of new homes in Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), The Press Association reported. In a statement

The UN’s nuclear watchdog and Iran failed on Friday to agree a deal allowing greater access to Tehran’s contested nuclear program. “There has been no progress,” IAEA chief inspector Herman

Thousands of people demonstrated in Egypt on Friday, to demand that former President Hosni Mubarak’s last Prime Minister, Ahmed Shafiq, be banned from a run-off presidential election. AFP reported that

Israelis from across the religious spectrum will take part in a “Love March” on Friday to show unity in the face of differences. The goal, organizers say, is to break

A Jewish cemetery has been vandalized in the city of Rivne in western Ukraine, local news sources report. Vandals broke street lights and desecrated a plaque in the memory of

Israel Radio reported late Thursday that the lead suspect in last weekend’s anti-Semitic attacks in Lyon, France has turned himself in to police. The suspect and 10 others attacked three

The International Atomic Energy Agency began a new round of talks with Iran in an effort to gain access to sites where suspected nuclear weapons research has been conducted. Tehran’s

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran has no intention of building nuclear weapons – but fear is not the reason. Ahmadinejad’s comments ahead of June 18-19 talks with world powers

The United States is offering millions of dollars in rewards for information leading to the capture of leaders of the Somali militant group al-Shabab. It is the first time the

Hundreds of frightened Israelis called the police on Thursday evening, saying they had seen a strange light shining in the sky with a trail of smoke. The strange light was

The Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it will begin construction of facilities that will be able to hold 20,000 to 25,000 infiltrators. The facilities will be built in southern

Belgian prosecutors on Thursday charged a high-profile Islamist radical with stoking hatred and violence during racial disturbances in Brussels last week. According to AFP Fouad Belkacem, a 30-year-old Belgian man

Some 400 Jews have gathered in the former Soviet republic of Moldova for a festival to celebrate the Jewish heritage of the former Soviet countries, The Associated Press reported. The

Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad “must transfer power and depart Syria,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a news conference in Istanbul Thursday after meeting diplomats from Arab and Western

Lebanon has charged the Syrian Army with the murder of an Al-Jadeed television journalist. Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr on Thursday charged members of the Syrian armed forces in connection

Between 700 and 1,000 citizens of South Sudan who are illegally staying in Israel have seven days to leave the country of their own free will or face arrest, the

Google has begun warning users if their accounts may be compromised by state-sponsored cyber attacks, in order to help customers protect personal data, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. “We are constantly