False alarms sounded sirens in southern and northern Israel around noon Monday, causing children to run for shelters and soldiers to pack gear. The IDF spokesman immediately announced that malfunctions, and

The Attorney General of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Ahmad al-Maghni, said, in response to the recent detention of journalists Yousef al-Shayeb and Ismat Abdel Khaleq, that the PA has “no

A major Norwegian pharmaceutical retail chain announced that it will be halting the sale of all “products originating from settlements in occupied territories,” including Ahava Dead Sea cosmetics. Pharmaceutical chain

The Shin Bet and IDF have arrested 13 members of a terror cell that fired at IDF soldiers in the Amari refugee neighborhood of Ramallah on January 20. No one

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas is visiting Cairo where he is meeting with the military regime and laying the cornerstone for a new PA embassy as the Muslim Brotherhood tries

Senior Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti has been placed in solitary confinement, after a cellphone was discovered in his possession. Another reason reportedly cited for the punishment is a statement he

The head of Tunisia’s governing Islamist party, Ennahada, said on Sunday the country cannot normalize ties with Israel. According to a report in the official TAP news agency, Rached Ghannouchi

Jordanian military prosecutors on Sunday charged 13 political activists with incitement against the regime, rioting and insulting King Abdullah II, AFP reported. The charges come a day after police broke

Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in a bloody massacre in Norway last year, considered an attempt at the life of U.S. President Barack Obama, RIA Novosti

The Yad Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities of the East has launched a new online database containing documents which shed light on a chapter in Jewish history

A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged on Sunday to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups, The Associated Press reported.

The IDF Spokesman’s Unit said Sunday that an IDF unit identified a terrorist Saturday evening near the central section of the security fence separating Gaza from Israel. He was spotted

Members of Yisrael Beitenu toured Migron Sunday and vowed to assist the community, which faces a deadline for its destruction. The delegation included Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau, Minister

Nazem Abu Salim, imam of the Shihab a-Din mosque in Nazareth, was convicted Sunday of incitement to terrorism and violence, and of support for a terror organization. Salim, 47, is

Europe’s healthiest economy is planning to invest a huge sum in clean, renewable energy – and is walking away from nuclear power. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a $263 billion

A Hamas legislator gave a fiery speech, urging women to blow themselves up for the sake of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa mosque. Speaking before the Global March on Jerusalem, Mushri

As Assad regime forces continue their slaughter of Syrians, international foreign ministers from 70 different nations gathered as the “Friends of Syria” in Istanbul to meet and debate whether, and

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) landed in Israel Sunday for a four-day trip intended to “strengthen New Jersey’s economic and diplomatic relationships with foreign nations,” his office announced. The

The victory by George Galloway in the West Bradford by-election was a political shock for Britain’s major parties and particularly the British Labor Party. Parties in opposition are not expected

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a polite but pointed reality check at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, couched in his discussion of his last-minute decision Saturday night

About thirty-five actors, directors and writers signed a letter, published in The Guardian on Thursday, protesting the inclusion of Habima, Israel’s National Theatre, at a Shakespearean festival in London, in

PLO official Saeb Erekat denied on Saturday a report in an Israeli newspaper that Israel has refused to receive a letter being prepared by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the

U.S. President Barack Obama is moving ahead with tough new sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran’s oil exports, The Associated Press reported on Friday. The decision was made after Obama determined

Fresh clashes erupted between Syrian soldiers and rebels across many parts of Syria on Friday, despite President Bashar Assad having accepted a peace plan brokered by UN envoy Kofi Annan

Labor party leader MK Shelly Yechimovich has declared that she sees herself as a candidate for prime minister in the next elections.  “The choice of Mofaz in Kadima has strengthened

Ten years ago, the IDF carried out a large-scale operation in Judea and Samaria, dubbed ‘Defensive Shield,’ in response to ‘Black March’ – the month of March, 2002, in which

The Land Day protests, some of which turned violent, ended late Friday afternoon with one Palestinian Authority Arab dead in Gaza. According to a report in the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news

A French court sentenced on Friday a 20-year-old man from the same Toulouse neighborhood as gunman Mohamed Merah to three months in prison for praising his crimes. AFP reported that

Despite its earlier expression for support of Iran’s nuclear program, Turkey announced on Friday it was reducing oil imports from the Islamic Republic by 20 percent, The Associated Press reported.