Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) dismissed on Sunday rampant leftist criticism to Danny Danon’s recent appointment as Israel’s United Nations Ambassador.  “This is an appointment that was always on the agenda,” Elkin asserted during

Iran has handed over information on its prior nuclear work to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as required by the recent nuclear deal. Observers say that the documents are

Palestinians stabbed a border guard and an IDF soldier in separate incidents today (Saturday). These were the second and third stabbings this week. The border guard was stabbed in the

The Islamic Jihad terrorist group on Friday threatened Israel with force if Palestinian hunger striking terrorist Mohammed Allaan dies, Haaretz reports. The spokesman for the group’s “military wing”, the Al-Quds

 A man was shot dead as members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) clashed with Turkish security forces in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, security sources said Friday. The 40-year-old man was

Arab worshipers have begun protesting on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday, over the comatose state of a hunger-striking terrorist being held in Israeli prison.  Several police units are

Earlier reports that Israel refuses to hold a planned military exercise with the Americans have been nixed – and in fact, Israel is anxious to hold a larger-scale drill than originally

After talks with Moscow’s top diplomat, Syria’s main opposition group insisted Friday that Russia is “not clinging” to President Bashar al-Assad. The head of Syria’s National Coalition, Khaled Khoja, met Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, on Friday vowed to undo the nuclear deal with Iran if he is elected president. Speaking to the Foreign

The UN’s top aid official will pay his first visit to Syria next week to step up relief efforts in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, AFP reported on Friday. Stephen

A senior Russian diplomat on Friday denied claims that an Iranian general visited Moscow in violation of United Nations sanctions banning travel, reports The Associated Press (AP). The reported visit

Israel has no strategy against Hezbollah, the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday, according to the Hebrew-language Walla! news website. In a televised speech on the anniversary of the

Arab Bank has reached a settlement with hundreds of American victims of attacks in Israel and the Palestinian Authority who filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of supporting terrorism, AFP

Police are suspecting arson may have been involved, after a fire broke out Friday evening at a self service gas station on Highway 60, near the community of Eli in

Secretary of State John Kerry was in Havana, Cuba, on Friday, as he presided over a ceremony raising the American flag over the newly reopened embassy, Reuters reports. In a

The UN Security Council will hold a meeting this month to hear about Islamic State (ISIS) attacks on sexual minorities, the first-ever council meeting focused on gay rights, the US ambassador said Thursday.

MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) took a swipe at his own party chairman, Naftali Bennett, Thursday, over the issue of homosexuality. In an interview on Galei Yisrael radio, Smotrich was

Former Vice President Al Gore’s supporters have started chatting with him about a potential 2016 presidential bid, The Hill reported Thursday, citing BuzzFeed News. “They’re figuring out if there’s a

The nuclear deal with Iran will give the United States, Israel and other countries the “freedom” to confront Tehran’s support for terrorism and violations of human rights, Energy Secretary Ernest

Former President Jimmy Carter, who on Wednesday revealed he is suffering from cancer, on Thursday painted a bleak picture of the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority

United States Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to express concern about a visit to Moscow by the commander of Iran’s covert forces,

A group of 98 prominent members of the Los Angeles Jewish community, most with ties to Hollywood, have signed an open letter supporting the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and

Kuwait authorities have seized a huge arms cache smuggled from Iraq and hidden beneath houses near the border, arresting three suspected members of a terrorist cell that was plotting to

The Turkish military has started building a concrete wall along the border with Syria following a series of attacks, state media said Friday. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is building the three meter (10

Jordan and Israel are quietly holding talks about the airport being built in Timna, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) revealed Thursday – months after Amman complained to the UN International Civil

Lt. William Francis Lynch, U.S. Navy (Wikipedia Commons)  William Francis Lynch (1801-1865) was a naval officer who served in both the U.S. Navy and the Confederate Navy.  In the 1840s he proposed to the United

An advisor to Presidents and high level political figures told me to never get down or depressed. Remember, he told me “you are a descendant of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”.

Science and Space Minister Danny Danon will replace Ron Prosor as Israel’s UN Ambassador, according to Channel 2 reporter Amit Segal. If the report is true, Danon will resign from

Hunger striking terrorist Mohammed Allaan has lost consciousness and he is being artificially respirated at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. Allaan’s strike is on its 59th day. The hospital said that

Only one in three Americans approve of President Barack Obama’s handling of the situation in Iran, according to a new Gallup poll. This is his lowest rating among eight issues