At least 144 people were killed across Syria on Monday, a Syrian activist group told The Associated Press. The group added that most of the dead were in the embattled

United States Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont met with imprisoned American Jew Alan Gross as well as Cuban President Raul Castro to discuss the detainee’s release, but said

Israel’s powerful general labor federation, the Histadrut, on Monday threatened El Al Airlines and other Israeli carriers with a general strike over an “open skies” agreement officials recently signed with

Just hours after the Histadrut threatened labor disruptions and downtime for Israel’s civil air carriers, Transportation Minister Israel Katz announced he has yet to sign the controversial “open skies” agreement

The Syrian government announced Monday voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution giving President Bashar al-Assad 14 more years in power as loyalist forces continued to kill protesters. Some 40 people

A Taliban suicide bomber terrorist killed nine people, none of them Americans, at an Afghani NATO base Monday morning in revenge for the U.S. soldiers burning copies of the Koran

Iran’s state television announced on Monday that the country’s foreign film success at the Oscars was a victory over Israel. The broadcast said that the Iranian film “The Separation” succeeded

Jerusalem is preparing for the third snow scare of the winter, and this time it is more probable that the white stuff will pile up. In an exact carbon copy

The Hamas terrorist organization is homeless following its split with Syria and new obstacles to a unity agreement with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas began turning against Syrian

Dozens of hair salons across Israel are offering free haircuts, to men and women who are about to begin their military service, on the condition that the cut hair will

Surging gasoline prices are stuffing Iran’s pockets as sanctions – so far – are not slowing down Iran’s nuclear race. ”Tehran is immune to sanctions,” The London Mail and Guardian

Released for publication: A routine IDF patrol at the Sinai border last Thursday found explosives and prevented another mass casualty terror attack. The military described the discovered bag is being

Iran stands at the threshold of a nuclear weapons capability as the world watches in indecision. Sanctions, covert action, and diplomacy have failed to alter Iran’s nuclear policy. Nor have

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had fiery words for Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Sunday evening after a day in which the Fatah and PLO leader delivered a speech that attempted

The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a weekly column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the book “A New Shoah”, that researched the personal stories

Former Mossad official Eliezer Tsafrir, who was the last person to serve in the agency’s office in Iran, said on Sunday he believes there will ultimately be no choice other

As anti-Israel organizations are planning activities designed to vilify Israel as part of “Israel Apartheid Week” in campuses across the world, JerusalemOnlineU.com’s ‘Step Up for Israel’ initiative is planning a

Syria may have voted on a new constitution, but the West isn’t buying it, The Associated Press reported. According to the report, the U.S. and its allies dismissed the Syrian

As speculation continues that Israel will launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is warning against such a strike, Channel 2 News reported. In

Republican presidential nominee contendor Rick Santorum is gaining broad support from the Orthodox Jewish community in the United States. “He’s always been tough on the issues of importance,” said a

Palestinian Authority thieves have continued a wave of near-daily carjack thefts that began two weeks ago – and are continuing to target lone female Israeli motorists. On Sunday, thieves went

At least two Israeli Arab MKs are in Qatar attending the International Conference for Defense of Jerusalem – but listed as representatives of “Palestine.” MK Ahmed Tibi, and MK Taleb

‘Palestinian’ academic Azzam Tamimi, who publicly condones suicide bombings against Israelis, provoked outrage amongst the student population at a London university, on Friday, the Huffington Post reported. Tamimi, who is

Minister of Education Gideon Saar announced Sunday that the Israel Prize in communications will go to Yaakov Achimeir, a veteran journalist at television’s Channel 1. Saar accepted the recommendation of

Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev strongly condemned statements made by Arab Mks Ahmed Tibi and Taleb El-Sana in Doha on Sunday. The two lawmakers, both of whom draw salaries supported

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Iran’s nuclear program will be at the focus of his talks with United States President Barack Obama next week. “At the end of

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recently honored a Syrian writer who praised the 9/11 attacks and once wrote about “hated Jew Shylock.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) quickly condemned Medvedev for presenting

Abe Foxman, the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), wrote a letter to the President of Harvard University, Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust last week, condemning the “One State Conference”

The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad will break the Iranian-Syrian axis and will be good for Israel, Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor told Army Radio Sunday morning. “There is an