This is the second installment of Arutz Sheva’s eight part Hanukkah special, In The Footsteps of The Maccabees. For Part One, click here. In the Binyamin Region of Samaria, along Route 60

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkott announced Monday that the IDF Or Etzion yeshiva military dormitory will shutter its doors. The move is being made due to budget cuts, Eisenkott’s

Education Minister Naftali Bennett is set to announce a new project, in which top artists, poets, and musicians will be awarded cash prizes for their contributions to Jewish and Israeli

During the holiday of Hanukkah as we praise the miracle of the oil, yet new research published shed light on the damage caused by Israel’s olive oil industry. The studies

If the Islamic State is on the rise and threatening the West, said former President Shimon Peres, then the West had only itself to blame – for not helping to

MK Dov Khenin (Joint List) is seeking to force a change in one of the most beloved events of the Hanukkah holiday – the annual “torch run” from Modi’in to

President Reuven Rivlin on Monday night stressed the importance of Israel’s friendship with the United States, as he prepared to depart on a visit to Washington DC, and New York,

Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is making headlines again, after he called on Monday to block all Muslims from entering the United States. Trump, who has previously called for

The husband and wife who killed 14 people in last week’s shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California were both radicalized “for quite some time,” the FBI official in charge of

More Israeli academics are seeking positions abroad, a poll by an Israeli relocation service shows. The poll shows that this year that 9% more Israeli professors, academics, and high-tech professionals

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday named his national security adviser Yossi Cohen as the next head of the Mossad, replacing Tamir Pardo who will be leaving office at the

The Jewish Human Rights Watch (JHRW), an anti-BDS organization in England, has for the past year since its inception been successfully fighting and countering anti-Semitism in the UK. The organization’s

The state is prepared to take harsh moves against Jews who are involved in terror incidents, State Attorney Shai Nitzan said Monday. Speaking at the Globe Business Summit, Nitzan said

Professor Elie Wiesel became an honorary citizen of Jerusalem on Sunday, in accordance with a Jerusalem City Council resolution passed in his honor.  Wiesel received the honor for his many

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio left members of a Syrian Jewish synagogue scratching their heads on Saturday, when he asserted to them that Syrian Muslim migrants thronging to enter New York are

The Haifa District Court cleared Nazareth Illit (Upper Nazareth) Mayor Shimon Gapso of all charges in a case involving allegations of bribery and breach of trust. Gapso, who took leave from

The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group harms Islam through its intolerance, but “dialogue” with the jihadists is vital, the Dalai Lama said in an interview reported on Monday by the

A member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) parliament has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by an IDF military court, the military confirmed on Monday, for her role in planning a

Former US President Jimmy Carter announced on Sunday that recent checks appear to show that his cancer has disappeared. “My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) group denied Monday its planes carried out air strikes that killed at least three Syrian regime troops a day earlier, even as Bashar al-Assad’s regime condemned the

Residents of the city of Afula in the Galilee were shocked in recent days to learn that an “instant Arab village” has been established in their midst. Some are also alleging that

Tensions with Russia could cost Turkey’s economy $9 billion in the worst case scenario of “zero relations,” Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Monday. Moscow has imposed a series of economic sanctions against

An Australian who joined Kurds battling the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria arrived back home Monday, with his parents pleading with authorities not to charge him under foreign fighter laws, calling him “a hero.”

Magen David Adom (MDA) received reports early on Monday of a man stabbed in the northern city of Afula Ilit. The man was apparently a security guard at the local Nofim school, and

Britain’s bombing campaign against Islamic State (ISIS) extremists in Syria is “illegal” and is destined to fail, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad predicted on Sunday, AFP reports. “It will be harmful

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s remarks on Israel were “misunderstood”, she said in a joint statement with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Loefven Sunday night. Wallstrom caused a firestorm in Israel

If the Palestinian Authority collapses, the black flags of the Islamic State (ISIS) could replace PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Sunday. Speaking at

New details emerged on Sunday about Syed Farook, the man who along with his wife carried out last week’s shooting attack in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people. According to

The Israel Air Force (IAF) overnight Sunday launched an airstrike against a terrorist infrastructure belonging to Hamas in northern Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. The attack

A few dozen Chinese Jews in Kaifeng, China, gathered on Sunday evening with an emissary of the Shavei Israel organization to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah and light the