More than 60,000 people have signed a letter calling on President Shimon Peres to do whatever he can to free Jonathan Pollard. The campaign for Pollard’s freedom has taken on

Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the realm of food aid held an emergency conference Wednesday over what they termed, “The Welfare Ministry’s – and the Israeli government’s –

The elections in France ousted from power one of the leading opponents of Turkish accession to the European Union- Nicolas Sarkozy. Although the new French President, Francois Hollande, ruled out

Emir Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Thursday blocked a proposal to amend the constitution to make all legislation in the country comply with Sharia law. “His highness the emir is

France has a new government dominated by the Socialist party that will run at least through next month’s legislative elections. The new ministers were barely ensconced when they were informed

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said Thursday that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei personally told him in 2000 that Israel must be physically annihilated. “In a private

The United States will immediately give Israel $70 million for additional Iron Dome batteries, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in a meeting between

The Turkey-based IHH terror group plans to mark the second anniversary of the 2010 flotilla to Gaza by holding a mass anti-Israel march in downtown Istanbul, Turkish media reported on

In honor of Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Unification Day) which will be marked on Sunday, the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies released on Thursday some statistics from the past two years

Iran plans to sue Google over the Internet giant’s decision to drop the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps. Tehran’s now-litigious mullahs issued their threat of legal action

The Palestinian Authority’s Anti-Corruption Commission has issued an international arrest warrant for Muhammad Rashid, also known as Khaled Salam, a close adviser and confidante of deceased ‘Palestinian’ leader and infamous terrorist Yasser Arafat.

Jewish organizations are urging European governments to quickly adopt measures to tackle anti-Semitism and far-right extremism, including possibly banning the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that did unusually well in recent

Gershon Mesika, the head of the Shomron Regional Council, was a guest of honor this week at an official meeting of the EU Parliament in Brussels. Mesika is the first

The death toll from Syrian-related clashes continues to climb in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, as Israel closely monitors the events. On Wednesday night, a civilian was caught in

ATZUM, an organization that seeks to combat and resole the social injustices in Israeli society, achieved another victory in the ongoing battle against prostitution and sex trafficking in Israel.  The

Palestinian Authority Arabs launched several attacks against Israeli targets in Samaria on Wednesday evening, according to a report in the Tazpit agency. In one incident, terrorists hurled at least 10

A new project currently being developed will have robots replacing IDF soldiers on patrols along Israel’s borders. The project was initiated by the families of Benny Avraham, Adi Avitan and

A confidential UN report obtained by the Reuters news agency and exposed on Wednesday indicates that Iran has continued to enrich uranium and develop its nuclear program, but the sanctions

An Iranian official called this week for an ‘Islamic Awakening’ movement to help Palestinian Authority Arabs “demolish the Zionist regime”, the IRNA news agency reported. The comments were made at

Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen has released a new guide for would-be Western recruits, urging Western militants who were thinking of traveling to join the group in Yemen to, in effect,

Six UN observers had to be evacuated from a northern Syrian town controlled by the opposition Wednesday, a day after a roadside bomb hit their convoy and left them stranded

As part of the European Union’s assessment of its partnership with 12 neighboring countries known as the “European Neighborhood Policy” (ENP), the European Commission and EU foreign policy chief Catherine

The Plymouth Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the English-speaking world celebrated its 250th anniversary this week, a local newspaper reported. The synagogue, which opened in 1762 and hold the European

Members of a team of UN observers were rescued by rebel fighters from the Syrian Free Army (SFA) on Tuesday after they came under fire in Khan Sheikhoun. The observers reportedly

Haifa University announced Wednesday that it would not allow an event marking “Nakba Day” to take place on its campus. The early afternoon announcement came just a few hours before the event

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday. “The government will be sworn in at (president Mahmud) Abbas’s office at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT),”PA labour minister Ahmad Majdalani