Israel will open a formal diplomatic office in Abu Dhabi, the Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday, after an anonymous official leaked the news to Haaretz.  An Israeli mission to the UN’s International

The Kremlin said Friday that Western powers were not ready to form a coalition with Russia to fight Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in Syria, after talks between President Vladimir Putin and French leader Francois Hollande.

Israel’s winter weather will continue to take a break over the weekend, following an increase in temperatures and clearing skies.  Highs Friday will reach 25°C (77°F) in the Golan Heights, 28°C (82.4°F)

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) spoke on Friday morning at an industrial conference in Eilat, and said he can’t anticipate when the Arab terror wave plaguing Israel will end. “We

A Border Police officer was stabbed by a terrorist in the city of Nahariya, in northern Israel, on Friday evening. The officer, who was moderately wounded, was taken by paramedics

A car ramming attack took place early on Friday morning at Kfar Adumim Junction, located outside Ma’ale Adumim to the east of Jerusalem. Two soldiers aged around 20-years-old were lightly to

Former Palestinian Authority (PA) official Mohammed Dahlan called to halt the security coordination with Israel Thursday, as he stood in support of replacing current PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas with jailed

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a warning to the international community against what it called Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s “plan to change the basis of

Amid his diplomatic row with Russia this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan found time to express support for the latest Palestinian Arab terror wave against Israel. Speaking at a

In the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqa, sirens ring out whenever a warplane approaches as jihadists flee their posts and vehicles to hide, activists say. A US-led coalition and Russia

Saudi Arabia is threatening to sue a Twitter user who compared the death sentence handed down last Friday to a Palestinian Arab poet to the punishments meted out by Islamic

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday argued his case to MPs for Britain to join air strikes on Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria, amid signs that opposition was

The University of Denver’s branch of Students for Justice in Palestine decided to build a new website in order to disseminate its call for a boycott of Israel. However, the

Flaunting the concerns of the US, Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency announced on Thursday that Moscow has deployed its advanced S-400 anti-aircraft missile system to a base in Syria. The S-400

As US President Barack Obama celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, a person jumped the newly upgraded fence, sending the site into lockdown. The jumper managed to get over the fence but

The Prime Minister’s wife, Sarah Netanyahu, participated on Thursday evening in the wedding of Sarah-Tehiya Litman, whose father and brother were murdered in a drive-by shooting near Hevron, and Ariel

A 16-year-old female Arab terrorist, who along with a 14-year-old terror compatriot tried to murder civilians with scissors on Monday adjacent to Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, intends to file

US soldiers are in Kobane, the town in northern Syria nearly destroyed in fierce fighting with the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS), to train Kurdish forces to battle the jihadists,

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas is renewing his calls on the UN Security Council to pass a resolution that will set “a date for the ending of the Israeli

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the United States on Thursday of using “money and sexual attractions” to wreak havoc on the Islamic Republic’s way of life.  “The enemy

The state plans to ask the High Court to accept its stance on the legality of the new community (outpost) of West Tapuach, in central Samaria, Army Radio reported Thursday. In

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Wednesday took a shot at Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who earlier this week called for Israel to launch “Operation Defensive Shield 2” – an allusion

The Obama administration on Wednesday reminded state officials across the country that states do not have legal authority to refuse to accept Syrian refugees, reports The Associated Press (AP). The

The government of Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week voted against the six resolutions condemning Israel which were passed by the UN General Assembly, a move hailed by

CNN sparked outrage this week after posting a news article on its website in which Israel was literally wiped off the map.  The article, titled, “Beyond ISIS: 2016’s scariest geopolitical

The condition of the IDF soldier seriously wounded in the stabbing attack at the Al-Fawar junction on Wednesday has significant improved, Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced Thursday afternoon.  The soldier, who

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey does not buy any oil from Islamic State (ISIS), insisting that his country’s fight against the jihadist group is “undisputed.” “Shame on

Americans do not face a credible and immediate terror threat, President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday, in an attempt to reassure jittery Americans traveling home for Thanksgiving. Obama stressed that

Under the banner “At this time! Lifting the flag of heroism!,” public candle lightings during the upcoming Hanukkah holiday have been planned at the sites of various terrorist attacks.  “Let us

For Americans, Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate everything we are thankful for in life – and no one knows that better than the many American Jews serving in the Israel Defense Forces