The US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, received several threatening letters in the course of the past week, because of his country’s deal with Iran, allowing it to gradually develop nuclear

Syrian forces have dropped more than 2,000 barrel bombs across the country since July, killing hundreds of people, the US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday.  US envoy Samantha Power called for action

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot on Thursday published a document to the Israeli public entitled “IDF Strategy,” which maps out the changing threats to the Jewish state and the IDF’s

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who is visiting Israel, expressed his confidence in a news conference Thursday that the nuclear deal with Iran will not be approved by Congress.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday that coalition talks with the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) had ended in failure and early elections looked now to be the “only option.” The ruling Justice

The wife of Ezra Sheinberg, the disgraced former head of Orot Ha’ari Yeshiva in Tzfat, said he told her about two cases in which he performed indecent acts with women

Syria’s main opposition group on Thursday insisted President Bashar Al-Assad must go and rejected calls to join forces against Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists as it met with Russia’s foreign minister.

“Israeli defense minister storms al-Ibrahimi Mosque,” blares the headline of an EgyptIndependent.com headline this week, referring to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s visit to the Machpelah Cave in Hevron. The article

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) on Thursday announced that he would support the nuclear agreement between six world powers and Iran. Franken, who wrote an editorial on the matter for CNN’s

A delegation of ten Israeli gaming companies arrived in San Francisco earlier this week to take part in Casual Connect, a leading gaming expo, according to an Economy Ministry statement on

After doubling the budget of a gay youth organization, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) has come out with a new initiative, this time launching a program to have Arab students

Amid rumors that Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas is preparing to step down, Kadura Fars, head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club, suggested Wednesday night that arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti “become the next chairman of the

The Israeli Embassy in London has filed a complaint with Amnesty International this week over Twitter messages issued by Amnesty International UK Campaigns Manager Kristyan Benedict. Among the offending tweets

A tent used by Bedouin shepherds for storage was found destroyed Thursday morning, and graffiti found scrawled nearby said that the attack was a “price tag” action. There were no witnesses

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent appointment of Fiamma Nirenstein as Israel’s ambassador to Italy has raised a quiet backlash among the Italian Jewish community, Haaretz reports Thursday.   The award-winning journalist and former Italian

Hamas continues to incite young people to violence and jihad against Israel. On Tuesday, the group concluded a course entitled “Al-Quds Army for Girls”, which trains young female Hamas activists

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif boasted this week that an “Israeli plot” against Iran’s nuclear agreement with the six world powers has been defeated. According to the Iranian PressTV,

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal held closed-door talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara late on Wednesday, officials said, according to AFP. Mashaal, who often shows up at events hosted by the

The rift between Hamas and Fatah is reaching new heights, after a senior Hamas member on Wednesday referred to members of Fatah as traitors who must be punished. Speaking to the

A UN Security Council approval of a draft statement on Syria has been delayed because of objections from Venezuela, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday. The resolution strongly backs

The controversial front-runner in the race to head the UK Labor Party recently hosted a meeting of anti-Israel extremists which included a speech by a well-known holocaust denier, it has emerged. Jeremy

Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu will meet the country’s main opposition leader on Thursday for decisive talks that will likely determineif the country forges a coalition government or heads to snap polls, AFP reported.  Turkey has

Forty three years after the event, a film on the successful IDF raid and rescue of a hijacked airplane is spurring strong emotions among former soldiers – including three former

State prosecutors have formally issued charges against a 20-year-old resident of the central Israeli city of Ramle, for attempting to leave Israel illegally and join the ISIS terrorist group. Arab-Israeli Khamis Salameh,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday a major agreement between his government and a consortium on natural gas production in the Mediterranean Sea. A framework plan will be submitted for the government’s

Israel’s High Court rejected on Thursday the Movement for Quality Government’s final appeal against Shas chairman Aryeh Deri’s appointment as Economy Minister in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s fourth government.  Chances

Jerusalem District Court indicted Thursday a 19-year-old Arab resident of Jerusalem for attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS. According to the indictment, Faris Sharitah planned to join ISIS

CAMERA (The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America), Tablet and other media orgs have weighed in on whether pro Iran-deal  spokespersons are taking an anti-Semitic tone. Some

US President Obama has made many headlines with the strident style he has taken in his efforts to promote the Iran deal. Some critics say he is flirting with anti-Semitic innuendos,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is making plans to take legal action against an online agitator posting images and videos of Israeli leaders and judicial officials dressed in SS Nazi uniforms.