New U.S. sanctions dealt Iran a potentially lethal economic blow this week even before they took effect, sending the local currency into a nosedive before the government artificially posted a

Algerian police are systematically raiding merchants selling clothing bearing a “Made in Israel” label on the items. According to a report published Wednesday in Algeria’s El-Khabar daily newspaper, the sting

The Turkish army nearly downed an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Tuesday, Turkish daily Today’s Zaman reported. According to the report, which was based on a claim made by another

The meeting in Amman on Tuesday between Israeli delegate Yitzhak Molcho and the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, was positive, Channel 10 News reported. According to the report, the

A raid in northern Samaria on Tuesday morning that netted a cache of weapons also resulted in the capture of a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist. Israeli forces raided the home

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday he hoped a conference between Israeli and PA envoys would jump-start the moribund peace process. “God willing, results of this meeting will be

The US military said Tuesday that United States will continue to deploy warships in the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz after Iran warned a US aircraft carrier not

An unidentified South American country has agreed pay Israel’s Elbit Systems $50 million for its Hermes unmanned aerial system (UAS), the company announced Monday. The country apparently is a first-time

The Bank of Israel (BoI) stated Tuesday that the number of charge card accounts hacked by Saudi hackers is about 15,000, much less than the 400,000 originally claimed by the

Al Qaeda claims to be operating a “Sunni Youth” terrorist cell in Jerusalem as Muslim extremism grows throughout the Middle East. The “Sunni Youth Movement Cell in Greater Jerusalem” issued

A senior anti-Qaddafi rebel commander says he was among the IHH-terrorists on the Mavi Marmara who attacked IDF navy commandoe. “I was wounded on the Mavi Marmara and spent nine

Iran taunted the United States Tuesday with a statement by its army chief, warning an American aircraft carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf. Gen. Ataollah Salehi spoke as

A group of Saudi hackers published on Monday the credit card information of 400,000 Israelis and said they are making use of the information they stole. The same group hacked

Hamas’ co-founder said on Monday that his organization plans to continue the armed struggle against Israel. Mahmoud al-Zahar’s comments to the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency are in sharp contrast to

The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resumed in Cairo, with a verdict in the case possible before the end of the month, lawyers told reporters Monday. “I expect

The Palestinian Authority anti-corruption commission announced Monday it was seeking to restore plundered public funds hidden abroad by PA officials. Rafiq al-Natsheh told the PA affiliated Ma’an News Agency that

Hamas is calling on the Palestinian Authority to abandon talks with Israel, set to resume Tuesday in Amman for the first time in 15 months. Israeli government representative Attorney Yitzchak

Dr. Jeremy Levin was named new CEO for Teva Pharmaceuticals Monday, when Shlomo Yanai announced he is stepping down. Dr. Levin, an American Jew, was at a Monday morning press

Ilan Grapel, arrested by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt on spy charges and released months later, writes that he tried to teach his captors Zionism during his arrest and that

Abbas delivered a cryptic and contradictory message on the eve of Palestinian Authority-Israeli talks in Jordan. He said that “all options are on the table” but said that he opposes

Mahmoud Abbas rewards a senior terrorist under Arafat, recently freed win the Shalit deal, appoints him as an advisor. Mahmoud Damara, arrested in 2006 for involvement in the shooting and

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that there are “cracks” in the “dominance and hegemony” of the United States in the Middle East. He spoke before the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs

Syrian forces killed eight more protesters on Monday leading the Arab Parliament to accuse Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was making a mockery of the Arab League’s observer mission to Damascus.

The Population and Immigration Authority reported Sunday that 2,931 people entered Israel illegally through its border with Egypt in December. This is a record number, it said. Minister of Interior

Activists Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar related the latest chapter in their never-flagging struggle for the hill of Netzer in the Etzion Bloc in an e-mail sent Sunday. The events

The two mortar shells that Gaza terrorists fired at the western Negev Sunday morning contained phosphorus – a substance that causes burns upon contact with human skin. Police sappers discovered

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement exposed on Sunday a video which shows the former head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s military wing, Khalil al-Wazir (who was known as

Arabs attacked police Sunday morning in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Maaleh HaZeitim, also known as Ras al-Amoud, where soon more Jewish families are expected to be moving in. The neighborhood

The Muslim Brotherhood comes up with a neat trick to break the peace treaty with Israel without formally doing so. Egypt’s next likely ruling party says it simply will hold a