Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair headed a delegation that is holding separate meetings with  Palestinian Authority and Israeli officials in what seems an impossible mission to bring the two

Benny Katzover, Chairman of the Shomron (Samaria) Residents Committee, welcomed on Tuesday the appointment of Hagai Mordechai to the position of Commander of the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division. Mordechai

The Chinese government will help Israel build an extension of its railway from Nahal Tzin to the southern city of Eilat. A memorandum of understanding is soon to be signed

A chartered Boeing 747 packed with supplies is being sent by Israel’s Defense Ministry to eastern Turkey’s disaster zone following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Van province, killing

European Jews have begun voting for the first-ever European Jewish Parliament, which will comprise 120 members, as in the Knesset. More than 1,000 candidates have registered for the parliament, which

Egypt is set to release US-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel Thursday morning at the Taba crossing. He is expected to be returned to Israel at 9:00 a.m., in exchange for 22

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s new memoir sheds some light on the groundbreaking offer made by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas

Foreign and Israeli anarchists are helping terrorists to gather intelligence, Yehudah Hendler of Esh Kodesh said in an interview with Arutz Sheva. The anarchists, he said, help Arabs from Palestinian

The Dun Bradstreet financial company lavishes praise on Israel’s top leaders. It names Rami Levy as well as some more unfamiliar people. “History will reveal that, especially in these times,

The IDF’s Ashdod-based Navy unit deals with terrorist activity on a daily basis, security reconnaissance commander “D” said in the military’s Mahane magazine. .The routine security reconnaissance company of the

The US State Department paid Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati a unannounced late-night visit after Hizbullah arch-terrorist Hassan Nasrallah on Monday publicly declared his March 8 coalition allies would ensure

A group of hackers Swedish hackers calling themselves the “telecommutist cluster” say they raided the Syrian government telecommunications agency and learned it is using US technology to control Internet access,

Israel has agreed to release 28 prisoners out of the 81 Egyptians in its jails for alleged Israeli spy, Ilan Grapel. Israel has stated that none of the prisoners are

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s remarks Monday criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas were “deeply troubling,” according to UN spokesman Richard Miron. Miron, spokesman for UN Special Envoy for the

New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie, after meeting with Israel’s U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren Monday, said he will make his first official visit to Israel in the spring. He likely

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that “a Jewish state has no meaning because a state is neither Jewish nor Catholic.” He made the same remark several times this week in

Act II of the European Summit is going to take place on Wednesday (Act I concluded on Sunday), when the world will see whether the hints about “progress” in stanching the

Sen. John McCain says NATO might have to move from Libya to Israel’s back yard in Syria now that Qaddafi is gone. “Now that military operations in Libya are ending,

Egypt has agreed to free Israeli-U.S. citizen Ilan Grapel, held prisoner in Cairo since June. The dual national is to be released in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners being held

Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole confirmed on Wednesday the Obama administration was recalling all training materials used by the law enforcement and national security communities, in order to eliminate

Jason Alexander, better known as George Costanza for his role on the hit television series, “Seinfeld” visited the Israeli Knesset on Monday and joined a discussion in an event hosted

Jordanian King Abdullah II told participants at the World Economic Forum this week that Israel must be assured of its security. More than 1,000 people from 50 nations participated in the

Mohammed Hassan Khalid, a high school honors student from Pakistan, has been formally charged with helping Colleen LaRose, aka “Jihad Jane,” to kill the Swedish cartoonist who drew a caricature of the Muslim

President Shimon Peres visited the Shalit residence at Mitzpe Hila in the Galilee Monday and met freed hostage Gilad Shalit and his parents, Aviva and Noam. The Shalits waited for

Israel’s Jerusalem District Police commander announced the city had returned to normal security levels after being on high alert on Monday. The General Security Services, however, are continuing their to pursue

Kassam rockets will strike metropolitan Tel Aviv if the Palestinian Authority receives an independent state, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned Monday. Speaking to media prior to a discussion on Wednesday