Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal has fled Damascus together with his family, according to a report published Sunday by the London-based al-Hayat newspaper. The report, quoted by state-run Voice

An advisory board within the 22-nation Arab League is warning the organization to pull its monitors from Syria. The speaker of the Arab parliament, Salem al-Diqbassi, urged Arab League secretary-general

Jordan may be playing a role in mediating talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), sources reported Sunday. No final word has yet been given as to whether or

Leftists and anarchists conducted their usual protests outside the homes of Jews in the Shimon Hatzaddik (Sheikh Jarrah) neighborhood of Jerusalem Friday evening, and as usual threw stones and other

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on Thursday at the conclusion of the 163rd Israel Air Forces pilots’ training course. The concluding ceremony took place at the Hatzerim Airbase on the

As hundreds of hareidi-religious Jews were demonstrating in Jerusalem Saturday night against what they said was the unfair treatment of them in the media over the past several weeks, dozens

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday signed into law tough new sanctions targeting Iran’s central bank and financial sector, AFP reported. The measures, meant to punish Iran for its nuclear

Hamas’ Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, reiterated on Saturday that his organization will never recognize Israel and will never give up on Jerusalem, Channel 10 News reported. Haniyeh made

Syria’s opposition groups are getting ready for “the day after” the fall of the Assad regime, and are anticipating a new, democratic regime. But some things are unlikely to change;

Residents of Yitzhar in central Samaria say they prevented a terrorist attack when they used force to halt a truck that ignored numerous orders to halt, and careened around several checkpoints

The Iranian proposal to rejoin EU-led talks over its nuclear program is a classic divide and rule tactic. Iran wants talks with the 5+1 contact group comprising the five permanent

MK Zvulun Orlev (Bayit Yehudi) intends to introduce Knesset legislation that would limit the authority of the government to abrogate prison sentence of terrorists and use them as “bargaining chips”

At least 32 people were killed during protests across Syria on Friday, the Al Jazeera network reported. Activists told the network that the deaths came as protesters, emboldened by the

President Shimon Peres admitted on Friday that he had held secret talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. In an interview with the pan-Arabic daily Alsharq Alawsat, Peres said the

Iran will fire long-range missiles during a naval drill in the Gulf on Saturday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday. “The Iranian navy will test several kinds of

Hamas’ Gaza Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, visited Sudan on Thursday, where he held talks with President Omar al-Bashir, AFP reported. The visit to Sudan was part of Haniyeh’s first official

The IAF launched an air strike on a terror cell in northern Gaza early Friday morning as it prepared to launch rockets at Israeli targets. The IDF spokesperson’s officer reported

“The next abduction of an Israeli soldier will lead to war,” Israel’s forum of eight senior ministers said on Friday. According to Yisrael Hayom the senior ministers accepted a recommendation

Amatuer video from Syria on Friday showed Arab League observers running from gunfire as security forces opened fire on civilians. The film comes as tens of thousands took to the

The European Centre for Jewish Students (ECJS) said on Thursday it was alarmed over the results of new research showing a rise in the rate of intermarriage among European students.

Switzerland finished the process of ‘rehabilitating’ more than a hundred people punished during WWII for helping Jews escape Nazi persecution on Wednesday. But only one of the 137 people vindicated

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials said Friday their decision to return to ‘popular resistance’ is aimed at ‘disengaging’ from Israel. PLO Executive Committee member Tayseer Khalid said the new unified

Zakaria Zubeidi, the former Fatah leader in Jenin, turned himself to the Palestinian Authority on Thursday evening. Earlier, Zubeidi told the Ma’an news agency that Israel had canceled his pardon

The Cairo offices of at least five non-governmental organizations ‎‎(NGOs) were raided on Thursday by ‎Egyptian prosecutors accompanied by police and military personnel. The five ‎NGOs were the Arab Center

President Shimon Peres called on Thursday to distinguish between the extreme hareidi-religious Jews who exclude women and those who hareidim who do not do so. Peres made the comments during

About 40,000 people visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem during Hanukkah, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation said on Thursday. According to the foundation, thousands attended the daily lighting of Hanukkah

The remains discovered in a bunker on the Golan Heights are those of a Syrian soldier, police said Thursday – not of missing IDF soldiers Guy Hever or Maji Halabi,

Babies and toddlers asleep for their afternoon naps were rudely awakened and snatched from their beds as the Color Red rocket alert siren blared its warning Thursday for a second

The Israel Law Center (Shurat Hadin) has a “social media” message for Twitter: Stop providing communication facilities for terror groups like Hizbullah, or face a lawsuit on behalf of American