A Polish court is expected to decide Friday whether to extradite to the United States Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski who pleaded guilty in 1977 to raping a 13-year-old girl but left the country before

Talks on a political solution to the civil war in Syria got underway Friday, with 17 countries plus the United Nations and European Union taking part. Syria itself was not represented, but senior

Russian President Vladimir Putin is “winging” it in Syria, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says, in damning remarks of the Kremlin strongman’s actions in the war-torn country. “I

Iran has launched a new Shi’ite terrorist group in Gaza, in an apparent attempt to extend its regional hegemony in a similar fashion to its activities in Lebanon via its

Supreme Court judges on Thursday held a hearing on the demolition of the homes of seven Arab terrorist murderers, and at the end of their discussion ordered the state to

Arab terrorists on Thursday launched a drive-by shooting at a hitchhiking station adjacent to the town of Ofra, located in the Binyamin region of Samaria. IDF forces on the scene responded

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Iranian counterpart in Vienna on Thursday afternoon, ahead of multilateral talks over the Syrian conflict later in the day, a senior

The Military Advocate General (MAG) on Thursday submitted indictments against five combat soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion of the Kfir Brigade, over suspicions that they struck two Arab terrorists

Rambam Hospital in Haifa held a drill Thursday which simulated the aftermath of a large explosion involving dozens of casualties. In the drill, after the casualties arrive at the hospital,

Despite pressure from Arab countries, Israel on was accepted on Thursday as a member in the United Nations space committee. The decision to accept Israel to the United Nations Committee

New Zealand is moving forward with a draft UN resolution aimed at reviving Israeli-Palestinian Authority peace talks despite objection from Israel, AFP reported on Thursday night. The resolution, which calls

President Reuven Rivlin this morning (Thursday) met at his residence with the President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado, who is currently visiting Israel, accompanied by his government’s Minister of

The Spanish airline Iberia initially apologized after one of its pilots welcomed Israelis in Spanish to “Palestine” on Wednesday, right before they touched down in Tel Aviv – but now the

At the military court in Yafo on Thursday, a several-hour long discussion about four IDF combat soldiers accused of hitting a terrorist was held, and concluded with the four being left temporarily in

A pregnant 26-year-old woman was wounded on Thursday evening when Arabs threw rocks at her car near Karmei Tzur on Highway 60, in Gush Etzion. Magen David Adom paramedics who

A court decided Thursday that the Israel Police will pay Hevron-based nationalist activist Elisheva Federman 85,000 shekels (nearly $22,000) as compensation for damages it caused her and her family during the

Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced Thursday morning a slight improvement in the condition of the woman injured in a stabbing attack outside the Rami Levy supermarket in Gush Etzion.  After being stabbed and moderately

Qatar’s Foreign Minister on Wednesday ruled out the possibility that his country would cooperate with Israel, accusing the Jewish state of “offending 1.5 billion Muslims”. Speaking to Al Jazeera and

Israel has been awash in wintry weather for the past week and the heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected to continue Thursday until the early afternoon.  The heavy rains, typical of the

The latest “victim” of the wave of terror in Israel is the Knesset silverware cart. Visitors to the Knesset dining room this week said that they had a “difficult time”

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad renewed his accusation that Western states including France are supporting “terrorist” groups in his country’s conflict, at a meeting on Wednesday with a French parliamentary delegation.

Russia has helped Iran deliver weapons into Syria twice a day over the past 10 days, western intelligence sources told Fox News on Wednesday. According to the sources, Russian cargo

Hamas’s former interior minister recently declared that Allah had created man “to wage jihad” and declared that “this intifada will never stop”. The address by Fathi Hammad aired on Hamas’s

China announced Thursday that it was ending a governmental policy in which families could legally have only one child, adding it was now upping that number to two.  The policy, in

Mayehm broke out at a Knesset Education Committee meeting Wednesday after MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) accused Israeli soldiers of “murdering Palestinian children.” “There is an army here pursuing the Palestinian youth, an

Russia has put a 19-year-old female student behind bars on suspicion of attempting to join a terrorist group after Turkey detained her close to the Syrian border in June, AFP

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) rejected Thursday the idea of a special court to deal with security issues.  The idea of a terrorism tribunal was first floated by Prime

A prominent haredi publication has raised eyebrows with an open letter in Hebrew and Arabic begging Arab terrorists not to attack haredi Jews, by highlighting the fact that most haredim do

Israel has resoundly rejected New Zealand’s efforts to impose negotiations for a two-state solution via its position as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.  According to Channel 2, New Zealand’s