In preparation for extreme weather conditions over night near the capital, police have announced that they are preparing to close routes 1 and 443, the major highways that lead to

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres “feels well” after the 92-year-old was rushed to hospital with chest pains and an irregular heartbeat, his office said Monday. Peres is expected to remain at

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved Monday second and third rounds reading for two proposed amendments to the Military Justice Law. The law today states that a soldier who abandons

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Transport Minister Yisrael Katz had a testy exchange Sunday during the government’s weekly session, on the subject of allowing UBER – a service that offers

The radical Israeli Left is still reeling from an investigative journalistic report that aired January 8 on Channel 2’s Uvda investigative program, which was based on hidden camera footage taken

IDF and Shin Bet security services arrested twin sisters planning a terror attack last month, it has been cleared for publication. The sisters – 18-year-old Diana and Nadia Huwila –

A recent study published by Shemansky Ben-Shahar illustrates just how different the social strata of Israeli cities are. The poll rated Israeli cities based on the fiscal investment that they

2015 was the highest annual amount of financing rounds ever by Israel’s high tech industry. Israeli tech companies raised $4.43 billion last year, according to figures released Monday by the

After former Labor head MK Shelly Yechimovich (Zionist Union) slammed her party’s head MK Yitzhak Herzog on Sunday, Herzog responded shortly afterwards on Facebook explaining why he doesn’t support the

The IDF Blog reported Sunday on a recent combined exercise by the Armored Corps and the Givati Brigade in an urban warfare setting. The IDF “continues to modify and fine-tune

The ZAKA emergency response organization on Sunday night received reports of shots fired at an Israeli vehicle at Mishor Adumim Junction heading towards Hizma, in an area to the east

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Baghdad Sunday over accusations of meddling in Iraq’s domestic affairs, a statement by the ministry said. The Saudi ambassador, who was only installed

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) responded on Sunday to the details of the investigation in Dafna Meir’s murder released earlier in the day, showing the terrorist who stabbed her

With snow storms battering the East Coast and Israel this week, we’re betting our readers have plenty of pictures to share. Send us your photos using our online form, and

A spokesman for Iran’s judiciary said on Sunday that around 100 suspects were arrested, following the recent attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was unfazed on Sunday by the possibility that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg might run for president. In fact, Trump said he would “love”

An official Palestinian Authority (PA) daily op-ed has accused the United States of being behind all the chaos and civil wars in the Muslim and Arab world, including the longest

Singer and actress Dafna Armoni, a member of the Israeli Union of Performing Artists (IUPA) lifetime achievement award committee, criticized leftist singer Achinoam Nini on Sunday after she quit the IUPA in a call

The Conservative candidate for London mayor has criticized the police’s handling of the incident at King’s College University on Tuesday, when a violent mob crashed a talk by former head

The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group on Sunday released a video apparently showing the terrorists who carried out the November attacks in Paris. The terrorists are shown in Iraq and

Israel was ranked #25 in the world’s “best countries” list of 2016, as compiled by US News World Report. The single category in which Israel made the top ten was

Apple has raised prices in seven of its international App Stores, including for Israel, raising the base price from 3.50 shekels to 3.90 shekels. Israel is not alone though; Canada, Mexico,

Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official Saeb Erekat divulged new details about one of his assistants who has been accused of spying for Israel and was captured by Palestinian intelligence. According to Erekat, the alleged spy was

The New York Times (NYT) Editorial Board praised on Friday US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro’s harsh criticism of the Jewish state, attacking the Israeli government for its “unfair rebukes”

As the number of violent terror attacks in Israel have begun to decline in recent weeks, protests inciting Palestinians to further violence returned to the Temple Mount on Friday. According

Following reports of attempts to have Israel ousted from the World Medical Association (WMA), leading anesthesiologist Dr. Leonid Eidelman has demanded the Foreign Ministry take immediate action to protect Israeli doctors

Nuclear agreement or not, Iran still considers the United States to be “the Great Satan”, a senior cleric declared on Friday. Speaking in Tehran and quoted by the Tasnim news

If travelling to Saudi Arabia, leave your chess board at home. The country’s grand mufti has recently ruled that the popular game is forbidden in Islam, claiming it “encourages gambling

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday met with Arab correspondents and stressed that the PA would not back down from its goal of establishing a state. Abbas also

Far-left activist Ezra Nawi, who is accused of having helped execute Palestinians who sold land to Jews, is to be released from police custody today (Sunday). Jerusalem District Court Judge