Israel and Cyprus signed an accord Sunday to lay an underwater electricity cable between the Mediterranean nations, the first stage in a bid to transfer power between the Jewish state

Protesters demonstrated outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference (AIPAC) Convention Center on Sunday, and were heard yelling, “end the occupation” and “end the apartheid.” The Algemeiner’s live AIPAC

IDF head of Manpower General Orna Barbivai took time Sunday to meet with and thank dozens of mayors and local authority heads who oversee the areas with the highest levels

Barack Obama’s speech before AIPAC was an important political speech for him, both in terms of defending his record before a Jewish audience as well as an attempt to clarify

The Sunday morning edition of Germany’s Die Welt, quoted by leading journalist David Goldman in Pajamas Media, reports that Western intelligence agencies detected two nuclear weapons tests in North Korea

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded Sunday to U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech at the AIPAC convention, and may have hinted at Israel’s determination to go it alone against Iran, should

Pat Buchanan, an MSNBC conservative commentator who has been accused of anti-Semitic rhetoric, announced on Thursday that he will be departing from his position at the channel. He cites “an

The cartoonist, who came in at second place in the Iranian-backed International Holocaust Cartoon competition, is now using his artistic abilities to benefit ‘Occupy AIPAC,’ the organization that seeks to

A Cabinet-level committee Sunday approved by a 5-1 vote a proposed law limiting marriages to those who are at least 18 years old, except for special circumstances. The current law

President Shimon Peres is to address American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at 5:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EST) Sunday, one of two dozen U.S. and Israeli politicians and analysts to

With about 90 percent of the votes counted, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to be the big loser against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini. Hardliners from the Islamist camp appear to

Hundreds of police and volunteers fanned out Sunday to search for 19-year-old Eshel Silberstein, missing since leaving home Saturday to return to his base, where he is learning to become

In his speech before the AIPAC pro-Israel lobby in Washington, DC, President Shimon Peres delivered a message of determination vis-à-vis Iran, and one of deep friendship and trust toward the

A 21-year-old man from the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Kalkilya has admitted to carrying out a terrorist attack in which several people were wounded. The man, Mohammed Sufan, ran over

The Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) placed a full-page ad in Thursday’s New York Times in an effort to discourage Jewish organizations and philanthropies from funding the Center for American

In his speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference on Sunday, President Shimon Peres is expected to express support and confidence in Israel’s friendship with the United States and thank President

Syrian President Bashar Assad has ordered the heads of his military to hit Israel with a barrage of missiles should there be any foreign intervention in Syria, a Jordanian news

Both President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington this week, on the sidelines of the AIPAC Policy Conference. While the Iranian

Saturday, shortly before dusk, terrorists in the Gaza strip fired two rockets into Israel The rockets landed in an open field in the Eshkol Regional Council. No physical injuries or

As part of the initiative to improve Israel’s image on college campuses, the pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUs (SWU) brought two Israelis to the University of California-Davis on Thursday night, in

The Occupy AIPAC movement, which has hijacked the ‘Occupy’ brand name and continues to exploit the success of the movement as a way of linking the popular social protests with

Syrian forces reportedly executed 47 Syrian soldiers who tried to defect in the city of Idlib on Saturday. The bodies of the soldiers were then dumped in al-Seeha lake near

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh is set to deliver a letter in which the government of Israel and Palestinian Authority detail their conditions for peace talks to resume. According to

PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rabbo claimed Saturday that Israel is seeking to create a “settler state” in Judea and Samaria instead of a “Palestinian state.” The charge came as Israel

With an initial turnout of 65 percent in Iran’s parliamentary election on Friday the political future of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks bleak. Iran’s ultra-conservative Islamic clerical leadership is eager to

Ismail Haniyeh blamed Egypt on Friday for causing a power crisis that has triggered lengthy blackouts in Hamas-run Gaza. The outages started in mid-February, leaving households with just six hours

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel has the right to defend itself against a country that wants to destroy it, referring to Iran. Netanyahu made the comments

The Red Cross said on Friday that Syria had blocked an aid convoy from entering the rebel stronghold of Baba Amr, amid reports of brutal reprisals there by government forces,

Ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama is saying that he will order the U.S. military to destroy Iran’s