Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has approved the use of sniper rifles against violent rioters in Jerusalem, Channel 10 reports on Thursday morning.  As part of his declared “war” on rock-throwing terrorists in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

The Hamas terror movement’s incitement against Israel continues to escalate, in what appears to be a crusade for another wave of terrorism and a new intifada.   Simultaneously, the group,

Presidential candidates from the US Republican Party participated on Wednesday night in their second televised debate ahead of November 2016 elections.  Candidates were splintered on how to deal with the Iranian nuclear

President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited to the White House a Texas teenager who was suspended from school for bringing a homemade clock to class which was mistaken for a

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) annual general conference will be held on Thursday, and once again Arab states will attempt to pass a resolution at this meeting that would

A strong 7.9-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday night struck the center of Chile, American seismologists said, triggering a tsunami alert that stretched to Peru and the evacuation of coastal areas, according

Saudi police carried out raids on two alleged terror cells, officials said Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The raids raised security concerns as thousands of visitors continue arriving

Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Wednesday that Russia has proposed military talks with the United States on Syria, and the United States is considering next steps. The

Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail, the founder and director of Amishav, the organization on behalf of the Dispersed of Israel, passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 83.  Rabbi Avichail

Far-left Israeli NGO B’Tselem is licking its wounds after falling short in an online vote to win a 100,000 euro-grant from the Dutch government – and is blaming “right-wingers” for

MK Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu) has backtracked on statements he made when appointed to the Judicial Selection Committee, in which he called for those who refuse to sing Israel’s national anthem not to be

Tel Aviv is the most expensive city in the Middle East in terms of price levels, the 2015 edition of the Prices and Earnings report from Swiss bank UBS confirmed on Thursday.  Israel’s

Prosecutors filed an indictment on Thursday morning with the Jerusalem District Court against a 19-year-old resident of the capital’s Issawiya neighborhood. The detainee is charged with rioting, aggravated sabotage, reckless endangerment on

Myanmar’s military chief of staff visited Israel last week – marking the first time a military leader from that country has visited the Jewish state in 55 years, Haaretz reported Thursday.  During

Iran urged its Gulf Arab neighbors Thursday to reconcile themselves to the international rapprochement that led to its July nuclear agreement with world powers and to halt their opposition and

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has said that it is considering suing the city council of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, after it passed a resolution Tuesday banning all Israeli-made goods. “This

The Israeli man who went missing in the Ukrainian city of Uman three days ago has been named as Amir Ohana. Ohana, 28, was one of 45,000 estimated to have

Saudi King Salman has appealed to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and members of the Security Council for “urgent measures” after clashes at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, state media reported late Wednesday.

The White House on Wednesday announced that President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on November 9, their first meeting since a fierce row over the Iranian nuclear deal. Spokesman Josh Earnest said

French President Francois Hollande joined calls to maintain a ban on Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, warning Wednesday that any change in the rules governing Judaism’s holiest site could lead

A New York judge has upheld the right to religious freedom on Monday, after animal rights activists attempted to have the annual Kapparot ritual banned.  Kapparot is a Jewish tradition believed to have originated

The Icelandic capital of Reykjavik has announced that it will boycott all products made in Israel “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories continues.” The boycott not does limit

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of murdered Israeli Alexander Levlovitz, 64, who died in a rock attack on his car outside Jerusalem over the Rosh Hashanah holiday.  Levlovitz’s children

Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics have already begun preparations for the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) fast next Wednesday, ahead of an expected need for thousands to receive emergency medical

The official Palestinian Authority (PA) daily has encouraged Palestinian Arabs to continue throwing rocks at Israelis, to “save” the Al-Aqsa Mosque built on the Temple Mount, Palestinian Media Watch reports Wednesday.  Another PA

A Beit Orot yeshiva student was arrested in Jerusalem on Tuesday night, after its students retaliated against a steady stream of Arab attacks by blasting the “Shema Yisrael”

An Iranian champion soccer player has been banned from attending a major match this week, after her husband took her passport under the protection of Iran’s Sharia Law.  Niloufar Ardalan,

The White House was placed on a security lockdown for close to an hour on Wednesday afternoon (local time), Reuters reported. The reason for the lockdown was an unattended package

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday launched a scathing verbal attack on Israel, following the continued clashes between Arab rioters and Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in

Searches for an Israeli man missing in the Ukrainian city of Uman have increased Wednesday, with local patrols and rescue services focusing on finding a body. The yet-unnamed Israeli was one