Egypt’s two leading Islamist parties said on Sunday their parties have secured about three-quarters of votes cast in the second round of a parliamentary election, Reuters reported. A source from
An IDF soldier was lightly wounded Sunday from rocks thrown by an Arab mob north of Jerusalem. The riot took place near the Bitunia checkpoint, not far from Beit El.
The Israel Electric Company has just signed an $8 billion deal to buy natural gas from the Noble Energy-led group developing the Tamar gas field off the coast of Haifa.
Egyptians on Sunday entered a third day of deadly clashes between protesters and government forces on a street close to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and home to a campus of the
Israel’s standard of living now is two-thirds as high as the United States, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said Sunday, a far cry from the material standard of only
At least 650 people are dead, and some 800 others are still missing on the southern island of Mindanao after Tropical Storm Washi struck the Philippines on Friday. Entire villages
A video uploaded to YouTube on Saturday reveals an Arab attempt to lynch a Jew near the village of Asira al-Qibliya in Shomron. The video, which was filmed by the
It is worth reviewing the lecture by David Richards to the Royal United Services Institute for an inkling about the changing balance of power. On the one hand, the top
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said Saturday that its agents have arrested a person of Iranian origin on suspicion of spying for the United States, the Associated Press said. Iran’s Foreign Ministry
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday that he would battle the recently proposed legislation that would change the way judges are elected to Israel’s Supreme Court and restrict the
A man who witnesses said appeared to be an Arab stabbed and lightly wounded a security guard at the entrance to Maaleh Adumim Saturday. The stabber escaped. The guard, aged
Video shot Saturday shows Egyptian soldiers administering savage beatings to protesters in Tahrir Square. Al Jazeera reported nine people had died in two days of violence. Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri
Recent violent incidents ascribed to right-wingers may have rattled the government enough to cause it to reappraise its attitude toward leftist and Arab violence, too. Government Secretary Tzvi Hauser told
A senior Hamas official has warned that a new Arab intifada could start due to the recent torching of mosques in Judea and Samaria. The terror group on Thursday condemned
Syrian security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters after prayers at several locations around the country on Friday, The Associated Press report. At the same time, the report said, the
Two protesters have been killed by gunfire in clashes that broke out on Friday between Egyptian soldiers and anti-military protesters. A youth activist told The Associated Press that she saw
A proposal released Thursday would see the U.S. Congress allowing American economic aid to the Palestinian Authority to continue next year, so long as the entity is not admitted as
Russia surprised Western diplomats on Thursday when it put forth a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council taking a harder line on violence in Syria. Moscow, which has
A city in western China is trying reduce religious fervor by prohibiting people from wearing veils, traditional Arab dress, or growing long beards, Associated Press reports. “Dilute religious consciousness, advocate
A senior leader of Canada’s Muslim community compared a recent policy requiring no face-coverings be worn when new immigrants take the citizenship oath to the dire oppression of Jews in
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised his supporters in Likud Thursday that “whoever dares raise his hand against soldiers or police will pay a heavy price for it.” Regarding the recent
A verbal confrontation broke out on Thursday between MK Ahmed Tibi (Raam-Taal) and the head of the Manhigut Yehudit faction in the Likud, Moshe Feiglin. The argument took place when
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said this week that Turkey’s recent polices in the Middle East “have made Israel kneel down” in front of Turkey and isolated the Jewish State
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky has called for the immediate release of Jonathan Pollard. Sharansky made the comments in a speech he gave on Wednesday at the Union for Reform
Several Lebanese financial institutions with alleged ties to the Hizbullah terror organization were part of a massive scheme that funneled hundreds of millions of dollars in criminal proceeds through the
Just 20 days before the Iowa caucus begins Mitt Romney came out swinging at front-runner Newt Gingrich, saying “Zany is not what we need in a president.” “Zany is great
Another day, another barrage of mortar fire from Gaza disrupting life for residents of communities in southern Israel. People living in the western Negev were forced to make a run
The United States declares a formal end to the Iraq War Thursday in Baghdad, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arriving in the Iraqi capital to attend the ceremony that will wrap
Palestinian Authority Arabs targeted motorists Thursday afternoon in what is starting to again become a common phenomenon on the roads of Judea and Samaria, as it was in the days of the
The Vatican’s former foreign minister asked to place some Israeli holy places under Vatican authority, alluding to the Cenacle on Mount Zion and the garden of Gethsemane at the foot