Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday night expressed the United States’ concern over reports of Russia’s enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call with his Russian counterpart,

Pressure is building on UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency), the UN agency responsible for Palestinian Arab “refugees,” as evidence mounts of a rampant culture of anti-Semitism among its employees.

After facing a backlash from Likud ministers – and the Prime Minister, himself – over his call on the Israeli government to absorb Syrian refugees, opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog responded

Luxembourg’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Jean Asselborn arrived in Israel today for an official two-day working visit to Israel. Just last week, Cactus, the largest supermarket chain in Luxembourg,

While Israel is not “indifferent’ to the tragedy of refugees from Syria and Africa, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asserted on Sunday, it does not have the resources to absorb them

The Hamas terrorist group announced this morning the death of a senior “naval commando” in a “work accident” Sunday morning. Muaman al-Bakhri drowned off the coast of Gaza during a

Dozens of right-wing activists gathered Sunday morning outside the ORT-Avin high-school in Ramat Gan to protest the continued employment of history teacher Herzl Schubert.  Schubert was spotted in a video documenting a

Could there be anything more offensive than hanging the ISIS flag or a Nazi swastika at a major American university campus? The answer, according to one student leader at the

Iranian leaders view the nuclear deal signed by western powers as a “surrender” to Iran, and as cementing the Islamic Republic’s status as a “superpower.”  An analysis by the Middle

Iranian lawmakers will have the chance to give their opinions on the nuclear deal with major world powers at around the end of September, parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Saturday.

300 Gazan Arabs arrived in Jerusalem Friday to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, after Israel granted special permission for the group to pass through the

Opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog has called on Israel to accept refugees from Syria, in addition to the humanitarian efforts it is already making. Speaking at the weekly “Shabbatarbut” event in

The European Union will soon render its decision on whether to label goods produced by Jews in Judea and Samaria. Speaking at the conclusion of a summit of European foreign ministers

Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday officially announced he will oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, Politico reports. Cardin’s decision, which

The implications of the Iranian nuclear deal have no bearing on Japanese business, after Tokyo stated Friday that it will begin bilateral negotiations on an investment pact with Tehran next

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the Arab encampment in Susya is illegal and must be evacuated.  Yet the 1900 year old Jewish area of Susya in the south Hevron hills

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) lauded the pilot of an Auxiliary Coast Guard Plane that crashed in New Jersey on Thursday night. The pilot, Jack Rosenberg, averted a disaster by purposely landing the

Agriculture Minister MK Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) sharply criticized the reduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT; Israel’s sales tax – ed.) on Friday, one day after Prime Minister Binyamin

Border Policemen arrested two Palestinian Arab residents of Jalazun at Tapuah on Friday afternoon, after finding an M-16 hidden in the back seat during a routine stop.  The M-16 was

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has continued to twist history for its own ends, Palestinian Media Watch reports Friday – this time, claiming a “Jewish terrorist” set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque on

Two treasure hunters claiming to have discovered a Nazi “gold train” went public Friday for the first time but failed to reveal evidence for the alleged find they insist is “irrefutable”. The men, who

King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Friday met President Barack Obama in Washington, on his first trip to the United States since assuming the throne in January, the BBC reported.

United States Defense Secretary Ashton Carter offered assurances Friday that the Iran nuclear deal will leave Washington with a “more effective” military option if that becomes necessary. Carter defended the

Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of “PBS NewsHour”, was reprimanded by the network over a tweet that seemed to mock Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Ifill tweeted “Take that, Bibi” after reports emerged

Nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, still barred from leaving Israel more than a decade after completing an 18-year-jail term, said Friday he wants to join his new bride in Norway. “I

MK Amir Peretz (Zionist Union) is returning to the Labor party and will run with that party in the next elections, Channel 2 News reported Friday. According to the report,

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to a meeting this month of the Middle East Quartet seeking a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The foreign ministers of

The Cardiff city council is under fire on Friday, after it removed an Israeli exhibition about diversity due to anti-Israel pressure.  The exhibit, entitled “Low football – Jewish-Arab football: diversity

At the same time that Church attendance in Germany has been declining, new congregation members are popping up from an unexpected source: Middle Eastern refugees. However, many of these new

Thursday saw the 16th annual conference of archaeological experts convene in Jerusalem’s City of David. Entitled “From Jerusalem to Babylon and Back,” the conference had an extra significance this year with