Attorney Yitzchak Molcho, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s special envoy, met on Saturday evening in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Prime Minister’s Office announced. During the meeting, Molcho

Reports Saturday night said that Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli citizen who has been jailed in Egypt for the past twelve years, could be released “within hours.” The report in the

Terrorists and security prisoners being held in Israeli jails will riot unless their demands are met immediately, MK Jamal Zahalka threatened Saturday night. Speaking at a demonstration in Jaffa in

The summer “social protest season” opened Saturday night with a demonstration in Tel Aviv, attended by some 3,500 people. The demonstration in Rabin Square was the largest since last summer,

An earthquake rocked Israel on Friday evening, shortly before 10:00 p.m. local time, and was felt in areas from northern Israel to central Israel. According to a Channel 10 News

A Syrian opposition leader said on Friday that President Bashar Assad’s regime is trying to destroy a U.N.-brokered peace plan for the country. The accusations came as security forces fanned

An Iranian opposition group released a report on Friday which says that the Islamic Republic is continuing to try and develop nuclear weapons while holding talks with Western powers. The

Hizbullah leader Hasan Nasrallah threatened on Friday to strike multiple targets in Israel, including Tel Aviv. Speaking on the occasion of the completion of the Waad project, aimed at rebuilding

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed hope on Friday that the next round of talks between Iran and world powers would produce “concrete” results. Tehran and the 5+1

Islamists suffered a surprising defeat in Algeria’s parliamentary elections, The Associated Press reported on Friday. The Islamists’ defeat is surprising, in the wake of a trend that saw them gain

Thousands of children from around Israel took part in rallies Thursday led by the Chabad Chassidic movement in honor of Lag Ba’Omer. In Tel Aviv several hundred children marched on

President Shimon Peres underwent surgery on Friday afternoon to treat a hernia in his abdomen. According to a message posted on Peres’ Facebook page, “During Peres’ official visit to Canada

A Qassam rocket launched by terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza exploded on Friday afternoon in an open area of the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. The “Red Alert” siren was sounded in

Egypt’s top presidential contenders promised on Thursday they would review the peace treaty Egypt signed with Israel in 1979 if elected. The two candidates, former foreign minister and Arab League

May 9, the date of the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War, was marked this week. In Israel, May 9 has been recognized

In light of a wave of attacks and carjackings on Judea and Samaria highways, civilians in the area have begun taking over from the IDF. A newly established group of

Newly dubbed Vice Premier and Minister Without Portfolio Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) is wasting no time in trying out Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s chair. Mofaz will serve as acting Prime Minister

US secretary of defense Leon Panetta told reporters late on Thursday that intelligence indicates there is an “al-Qaeda presence in Syria.” “Frankly we need to continue to do everything we

A ceremony marking 30 years since the 1982 destruction of Yamit will be held Monday in the Knesset. The ceremony was initiated by the Center for Memorializing Gush Katif and

The United States is worried that Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’s joining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could result in an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities

Hamas’ Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh reiterated on Thursday that his organization will not be dragged into war against Israel if the Jewish State decides to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The Jewish National Fund’s UK branch initiated this week a visit to Israel by a special delegation of fourteen key people from Britain, including business executives, philanthropists and representatives from

University students in Egypt have chosen former Muslim Brotherhood leader Abdel Moneim Abul-Fotouh as their preferred presidential candidate, according to the Egypt-based Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. The newspaper’s website reported that

With an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities looming, the IAF has a new commander: Major General Amir Eshel. Eshel was officially appointed Thursday to replace Maj. Gen. Ido Nechushtan,

The official IDF Blog has published a list of five bombing attempts foiled by the IDF in just the past four weeks. Under the heading “The 2012 Bombing Attacks You

The Palestinian Airlines, which had been suspended for seven years, has resumed operations with flights between Egypt’s El-Arish and Amman, its director general told AFP on Thursday. The renewal of

National Union Chairman MK Yaakov Katz announced Thursday that he intends to bring the Outposts Law that he co-authored to a vote in the Knesset plenum Monday. The move will

Ten years have passed since the end of the 39-day IDF siege of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, where 39 terrorists had holed up. The siege was ended through