Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went head to head in a televised debate on Thursday night, ahead of the New Hampshire primaries next week. Polls published ahead of the debate

Australia’s opposition Labor Party is mulling a proposal by pro-Palestinian lawmakers to ban its members from participating in sponsored trips to Israel, Haaretz reported Thursday. The motion by Labor Friends

We’ve got 54 sedras in the Torah and 14 of them pair off to form the seven double-sedras that are read either together or separately, when necessary for our yearly

Canada will not rush to lift sanctions against Iran, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, according to Reuters. He added that the country would be cautious on making such a

The devastating economic impact of the war in Syria and its spillover into nearby countries stands at $35 billion and climbing, the World Bank said Thursday. The estimate, included in a quarterly World Bank

Transcriptions of the interrogation proceedings in the lethal Duma arson case were released on Thursday night, revealing that one minor suspect was forced into making a false confession due to the

Amnon Sofer, a resident of the Gaza Belt region and head of the news department on Radio Drom, is working to collect testimony from residents who hear the sounds of underground

Recent days have brought with them a welcome relief of warm weather from the wintry storms, but this weekend is expected to throw Israel back into winter mode as temperatures drop

Documents were revealed for the first time on Thursday from the investigation into the lethal arson at Duma last July, and they fall in sharp contrast to the denials of torture

An Italian-British student who was reported missing in Egypt 10 days ago has been found dead with apparent torture marks on his body, after being dumped on the side of

MK Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union) and MK Amir Ohana (Likud) joined together to file an official complaint to the Knesset Ethics Committee Thursday, after three MKs of the Arab Joint List

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation will vote Sunday on a bill submitted by MKs Yoav Kisch (Likud) and Yifat Shasha-Biton (Kulanu), which would revolutionize the way child support payments are

In light of the decision by the government to create a new egalitarian prayer space for Reform and Conservative Jews at the Western Wall (Kotel), a letter from the 1970s on

In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Thursday evening announced they would file a personal complaint with the Knesset Ethics Committee against the

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush had an awkward moment during a campaign event this week in New Hampshire, where the next round of the primaries will be held. Bush, who

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are leading the way in New Hampshire, days before the primaries in that state, polls released Thursday have found. According to an NBC News poll,

Micha Avni, son of 76-year-old Richard Lakin who was murdered in a knife and gun attack in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in October, expressed outrage on Thursday over the meeting

Russia’s defense ministry on Thursday accused Turkey of actively preparing to invade Syria as recriminations flew following a bitter breakdown in Syrian peace talks. “We have serious grounds to suspect Turkey is in intensive preparations

The Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has praised the three terrorists who murdered 19-year-old Border Policewomen Hadar Cohen, in a shooting and stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus

Erlau Rebbe Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, 93, was hospitalized Thursday at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem over concerns of developing pneumonia. Close acquaintances say that the Rebbe, the head of

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart of Peshischa (1765–1827 CE), who was one of the key leaders of hasidic Judaism in Poland, made a mark on the Democratic Party debate between presidential

The news this week is that there has been a breakthrough on the contentious issue of prayer at the Kotel for non-Orthodox minyanim, so to speak. Upon closer examination, however,

World leaders pledged over $10 billion (9 billion euros) Thursday to help conflict-hit Syrians at a London conference overshadowed by the breakdown of peace talks in Geneva. The European Union, Germany, Britain and the United

An Iranian general has been killed by jihadists in Syria, reports say, the latest high-profile casualty of Tehran’s efforts to prop up President Bashar al-Assad.   Brigadier General Mohsen Ghajarian

Three MKs of the Arab Joint List party met this week with the family members of Arab terrorists, including terrorists who have murdered Israelis during the recent wave of attacks,

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has established a new embassy in Brasilia, a first of its kind in first in the Americas. PA ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben led the opening event on Monday, and

Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau held a special visit to Hevron and Kiryat Arba in Judea on Thursday, where he took part in a discussion with leaders of the community.

US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded Thursday that Russia stop bombing the Syrian opposition, implicitly blaming Moscow for the collapse in peace talks. Speaking in London ahead of a conference on the