The US explained in a briefing Tuesday why funding for the Palestinian Authority version of Sesame Street is being cut. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland was peppered with questions by

An Iranian scientist involved in the petroleum industry was killed in a car bombing Wednesday in a blast that rocked Tabi Square in northern Tehran, near a university. Two other

Brisbane Attorney-General Paul Lucas says he won’t block a neo-Nazi music festival, set to be held in April. He has also dismissed calls by parliamentarians for legislative action to ensure

The Obama administration ordered the Venezuelan consul general in Miami expelled on Sunday. The State Department declared the diplomat, Livia Acosta Noguera, persona non grata and gave her until Tuesday

A British Minister on Tuesday kept up his nation’s mantra that Israeli construction is a material bar to final status talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority saying it is

Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, according to CNN projections, with 35% of the votes. The network is reporting that voters turned out in expected record numbers Tuesday

Lebanese security officials on Tuesday reported the Army had begun searching for an ‘object’ dropped by an IAF fighter between the towns of Telos and Holeh in Southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s

IDF spokesman Brigadier General Yoav “Poly” Mordechai said Tuesday that journalists who reported on preparations to absorb Alawite refugees from Syria had taken Chief of Staff Benny Ganz “out of

Two Kuwaiti military officers attached to an Arab League observer team in Syria were slightly injured when a mob attacked their delegation on Monday. “The team of the Arab League

Senior diplomatic sources in Jerusalem and Ramallah say the recent round of diplomatic contacts in Amman, Jordan that ended on Monday aren’t producing results. In a conversation with Arutz Sheva

In yet another sign of tensions in the Persian Gulf the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera is being jammed by Tehran “Al Jazeera is affected… from two different locations in

Israel told visiting Indian officials Monday it backs India’s becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Israel told visiting Indian officials Monday it backs its becoming a

Syrian President Bashar Assad dug himself deeper in a hole Tuesday, stating in a “major” speech that the “people” are behind him and blaming a “foreign conspiracy” for the slaughter

The Google Internet search engine actually is a camouflaged spying tool, charges Iran’s police chief, but the Islamic Republic’s regime has a solution: a national Internet, under its control. Police

Peace Now revealed a sharp increase in building in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday, and the chairman of the Samaria Regional Council responded by thanking the left-wing group for proving

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said Tuesday that he expects Syrian President Bashar Assad to lose power and that the IDF is planning to absorb a large influx of

Shomron Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said he was pleased by a report released by the extreme-leftist Peace Now organization saying construction in Judea and Samaria has increased by 20%.

A Knesset ministerial committee has passed a bill imposing a fine of NIS 100,000 on perpetrators who use as a slur any Holocaust symbol or calls anyone a “Nazi.” The

The second round of talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority has ended in the Jordanian capital. Israeli government negotiator Yitzchak Molcho and chief PA negotiator Saeb Erekat met as

Next March,  the Bible College in Bethlehem will host dozens of US theologians, activists and ministries for the “Christ at the Checkpoint 2012 Conference”. It is to be a major

The FBI has arrested a 25-year-old Muslim extremist who was planning a terrorist attack in Tampa, Florida. Sami Osmakac was caught with an AK-47, a pistol and explosives, as well

The Knesset approved late Monday night the law that would prevent infiltrations into Israel, Channel 2 News reported. The law allows for the arrest and detention of infiltrators for a

Tunisia’s Islamic leadership nixed anti-Semitic chants by a handful of radical Muslims Monday upon the arrival of visiting Hamas de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Gaza. “Ennahda condemns these

The assets of ousted Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan were seized by Jordanian authorities on Monday as officials in Ramallah pursue corruption charges against him. According to Jordan’s Al-Rai newspaper, the

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists were out on the road in Judea and Samaria attacking vehicles with Israeli license plates late Monday afternoon, hurling rocks in an attempt to force drivers

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday reiterated his opposition to the so-called Outpost Law aimed at normalizing the status of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. The bill, proposed by

The Palestinian Authority has again praised the perpetrator of the worst terrorist attack in Israeli history, this time during television broadcasts to mark the 47th anniversary of the Fatah faction.

The father of former kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit announced Monday that he intends to run as a candidate for the Knesset in the next election, and informed Labor Party chairwoman