The Associated Press has reportedly obtained photos of a letter written by Gavin Long, who ambushed and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Signed by “Cosmo,” Long’s alias,

The number of signatures on a petition supporting Rabbi Yigal Levinstein and freedom of halachic expression has been steadily increasing. Rabbi Levinstein became the target of media ire after he

Only two years have passed since a father closed his eyes for the last time, and returned his soul to his Creator. Since then, his young widow, with four young

A day after declaring a three-month state of emergency in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant failures in intelligence ahead of last Friday’s

CLEVELAND (JTA) — We’ve caught glimpses of him this week. He gave a three-line speech Monday night. The next day, he addressed the crowd via video feed. But Thursday night

French President Francois Hollande told Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Thursday that his country is committed to leading international efforts to help secure peace between Israel

(JTA) On Wednesday, the Republican National Convention should have felt, well, conventional. Gone were B-list celebrities like Scott Baio and Willie Robertson. The crowd finally stopped chanting for the presumptive

In a series of letters to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council, Lebanon accused Israel of violating their end-of-war agreement for the Second Lebanon War. A decade

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday his country was serious about pushing forward peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. “Egypt’s recent serious effort aims to break the

Border Police officers went toe-to-toe with Bentzi Gopstein today, as the nationalist Lehava leader led a protest against the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade. Gopstein has been outspoken against the parade,

After being booed off the Republican National Convention stage, Texas Senator Ted Cruz refused to bow to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s victory, claiming he’s not a “servile puppy.” Cruz had

An issue of historical concern to American Jews drew waves of applause when Donald Trump Jr. preached about it Tuesday night from the stage of the Republican National Convention. It

Al-Qaida-influenced terrorists sent out a call to attack the Israeli Olympic team at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics, The Foreign Desk reported Thursday. “Your chance to take part in

The Chairman of the Defense Department, Udi Adam, called on Rabbi Yigal Levinstein to “clarify his remarks” in a meeting Thursdsay with the Heads of the Pre-military Academy of Eli,

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, suspected of sexual abuse against the women of his following Shuvu Banim, will be held under arrest for one more day, and then spend 10 days under

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a fierce critic, of exploiting a failed coup to “implement his own extremist agenda,” in an interview publishedThursday. Speaking

Efforts to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which calls for boycotting Israeli products and other sanctions in protest of Israel’s alleged “occupation” of Palestinian territory, have been

Former Princeton professor and Sanders campaign adviser Cornel West spoke to reporters during a protest against the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Tuesday, praising the “struggle against Israeli occupation”

“Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!” chanted the crowd on the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. They were referring to presumptive Democratic Party

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar spoke out on Thursday against the gay pride parade in the capital, and condemned statements in support of the parade made by Prime Minister Binyamin

IDF forces in the early hours of this morning (Thursday) found and confiscated a vehicle that was used to ram IDF soldiers in a terror attack near the town of

Syrian activists on Thursday called for widespread protests after dozens of civilians were reportedly killed in US-led coalition air strikes near a northern town held by the Islamic State jihadist

(AFP) – The Islamic State jihadist group (ISIS or IS) has claimed several high-profile terrorist attacks in the West that it appears to have inspired rather than planned, sowing fear

For most, the notion of serving as a living donor – that is offering one’s internal organs to those in need – is a daunting prospect; a sacrifice few would

An indictment was filed this morning (Thursday) in the Be’er Sheva Magistrate Court against a warehouse owner in the Bedouin town of Segev Shalom, on charges of harboring individuals who

Will Russia be barred from this year’s Olympic Games in Rio? With two separate International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) investigations into accusations of doping by Russian athletes, the former

An Arizona teenager accused of plotting attacks on government buildings in the state wanted to target the Tucson Jewish Community Center, a federal agent said. Mahin Khan, 18, is charged

The Hamas terror organization continues its psychological war against Israel in an attempt to cause the families of fallen soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul to pressure the government so

The umbrella Jewish organization in Sao Paulo, Brazil, won a nearly decade-long indemnity lawsuit started by a journalist who claimed he was gagged for calling Israel a “Nazi state.” The

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is calling for more Palestinian construction in Judea and Samaria, and particularly in Area C which is under full Israeli control. PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah,