Yaakov Litzman will officially take on the position of Israel’s Health Minister – a job he has been doing for the past several years in the current and previous governments

Residents and politicians of Herzliya are up in arms over a new plan by the municipality to operate “Shabbat shuttles” – minibuses that will transport riders from outlying neighborhoods to the

Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim is hoping to take one of Germany’s top orchestras to Iran to perform a concert, the Berlin State Opera said Thursday, drawing outrage from Israel.  Barenboim, 72, who is

The Movement for Quality Government filed an appeal on Thursday requesting an additional High Court hearing on the appointment of Shas chairman Aryeh Deri to a ministerial position.  The petition argues that

Fifteen years after the infamous “Ramallah lynching,” in which Arabs brutally murdered two IDF soldiers, a military court has decided that that one of its participants isn’t a murderer, after all.

A new clip published by Hamas on Wednesday night depicts terrorist fighters training for attacks against Israel inside terror tunnels.  These underground tunnels, which connect Hamas-controlled Gaza to Israel’s southern

An Arab terrorist attempted to attack a group of Border Policeman on Wednesday evening near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.  The Arab approached the policemen, shouting “Allahu Akbar” and lunging when

Has former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar once again hinted at a return to politics and even a future prime ministerial bid? Sa’ar spoke Wednesday at a conference in Netanya, Channel 10 reported, offering

For the first time, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has published data on how much Israelis recycle – with Jerusalem bottoming out all lists for 2014.  Most Israelis are

President Reuven Rivlin praised on Wednesday the decision to appoint Gal Hirsch as the Israel Police’s new commissioner amid a wave of outrage over the appointment.  Hirsch commanded the Galilee Division in

Iran urged the United States Wednesday to release 19 Iranians detained on sanctions-related offences, a day after ruling out a prisoner swap with a Washington Post reporter accused of espionage, according to AFP. “We call

This week’s thought-provoking edition of Temple Talk provides much food for thought for this month of Elul, as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman speculate on the ups and down of

Members of the Ethiopian community in Israel have alleged on Wednesday that they were forced to bribe government officials to speed up the process of bringing their loved ones still in Ethiopia to

Two journalists have been shot and killed while on the job near Roanoke, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. The reporters have been named as WDBJ7 reporter Allison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. 

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stood beside American Jewish leaders at a news conference on Tuesday, blasting US President Barack Obama and urging Congress to vote against the nuclear deal with Iran. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia is planning to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt, the Turkish Anadolu agency reports. Speaking at a joint press conference

Syrian insurgents, the Syrian army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah on Wednesday agreed on a 48-hour ceasefire in the rebel-held town of Zabadani near Lebanon’s border and two Shiite villages

Gaza terrorists on Wednesday night fired a rocket towards southern Israel. The rocket exploded in an open area in the Gaza Belt region, near the border fence. There were no

The Obama administration is focused on building enough support for the Iran deal to keep Congress from “spoiling” the agreement, the White House said on Wednesday. “There are several indications

A brawl broke out at Barzilai Hospital on Wednesday night between the family of Islamic Jihad terrorist Mohammed Allan and the family of another patient in the hospital ward.  Allan, who recently ended

Two journalists have been shot and killed while on the job near Roanoke, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. The reporters have been named as WDBJ7 reporter Allison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. 

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) will leave for New York Wednesday night, as a representative of Israel for the Fourth Global Conference for the Chairmen of Parliaments, part of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) of

Several Holocaust survivors joined New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, New York State Senator Simcha Felder, and New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton to oppose the Iran nuclear deal on

Five former police commissioners as well as some 30 former police major generals gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night to brainstorm how to thwart Gal Hirsch’s recent appointment as police commissioner. 

After the Palestinian Authority (PA) mission to the UN presented a resolution asking for its flag and that of the Holy See to be flown at the UN headquarters in

The internal Palestinian Arab violence in Lebanese “refugee camps” continues to heat up, and according to UNRWA, the UN agency established for “Palestinian refugees,” up to 3,000 Palestinian Arabs have

The fate of two brothers from Kabul, one grievously wounded, the other killed fighting in Syria, spotlights Iran’s covert but active recruitment of Afghan refugees to buttress President Bashar al-Assad’s steadily depleting forces. Shi’ite

A key Republican committee chairman acknowledged on Tuesday that the White House lobbying campaign for the Iran nuclear deal has generated results, and said he doesn’t know if opponents of

An Iranian diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran has no plans to swap detained Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian for prisoners held in the United States, The Associated Press (AP) reported.

The UN atomic watchdog chief sought Tuesday to ease concerns in the United States about its investigation into Iran’s alleged past nuclear activities following July’s landmark deal with major powers,