Israel may have made historic concessions during Ramadan, issuing vast quantities of permits to Palestinian Arabs entering Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and the rest of Israel in an effort to create “goodwill,” but apparently
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been executing prisoners at a rate of up to three per-day in 2015, embarking on a killing-spree denounced by rights group Amnesty International as “staggering.”
Palestine, the official paper of the Hamas terrorist organization, on Thursday published an article accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA) of abusing humanitarian aid set aside by Venezuela for needy Palestinian Arabs,
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday conferred with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on “conditions for implementing” the Iran nuclear accord, Hollande’s office said, according to AFP. The two also
The UN’s special envoy to the Middle East told the Security Council on Thursday that Israeli and Palestinian statements about a commitment to peace need to be translated into “concrete
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, Commander of Iran’s Basij (volunteer) Force, on Thursday aired a whopper of a conspiracy theory, claiming that Israel and the US – which Iran just signed
Turkey has agreed to expand its cooperation with the United states in the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in neighboring Syria and Iraq, defense officials said Thursday. The Wall Street Journal and Turkish
Arutz Sheva got the chance to interview New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) on Thursday, just before he and eight other Jewish protesters were arrested for their act of civil disobedience in lying on the sidewalk in front
On Tisha B’Av this Sunday, a fast day mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temple, Jewish activists plan to protest against the discrimination against Jews on the Temple Mount
NASA announced Thursday that it has discovered a planet very similar to Earth inside the Milky Way galaxy. It’s about 1,400 light years from Earth and orbits its star every
Likud Central Committee members are exerting heavy pressure on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to allow the ruling Likud party to apply the Israeli version of the Norwegian Law. The law,
The Obama administration will begin its effort to “sell” the Iran nuclear deal to Congress on Thursday, as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear testimony from key administration officials
One of Egypt’s most wanted men, a former special forces officer turned Islamist terrorist commander, condemned President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday and called for a holy war against his
United States President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a telephone call on Wednesday night to work together to “stem the flow of foreign fighters and
This Sunday, Israel will be observing the Fast of Tisha B’Av, marking 1945 years since the destruction of the Second Temple. On this day of tragedy and national mourning, are
Spanish intelligence agents were working urgently on Wednesday to track down three journalists from Spain, the latest foreigners to go missing while reporting in war-torn Syria, AFP reported. Prime Minister
Palestinian housing minister Mufid al-Hasayneh on Wednesday laid a brick for the first Gaza home to be rebuilt since the Israel-Hamas war a year ago, AFP reported. Until now the
After a six year struggle, Lotte Brachfeld, 79, has finally been recognized by the State of Israel as a Holocaust survivor, Channel 2 reported Thursday. Brachfeld, who was three-years-old when World War
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović arrived to the Knesset on Thursday as the special guest of Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein. Edelstein welcomed Grabar-Kitarović in a meeting held in his Knesset office with
A leading Turkish daily fired its most senior commentators after he sent a tweet bitterly critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policy on Islamic State (IS) jihadists, AFP reported Thursday. The Milliyet daily said
A militant group allied to Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish party has shot dead in Istanbul an alleged member of ISIS who had fought in Syria, media said Thursday. The reports
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini announced Thursday that she would visit Iran as part of her next Middle East tour. According to German news agency DPA, Mogherini will visit both
Iranian school textbooks, like those of other nations, imbue youngsters with their countries’ most important values. In Iran, studies show, this means apocalyptic war and victory over the USA and
Arutz Sheva spoke this week with two activists as Israel marks ten years since the implementation of the Disengagement. “It’s hard to believe ten years have passed since the expulsion from
A senior Iranian government official has claimed Tehran has already successfully negotiated more than $2 billion-worth of trade deals with European companies, following last week’s deal over its nuclear program.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) spoke in favor Wednesday of a bill promoted by MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu) which mandates that politicians who make statements against Israel be
Twitter users in Turkey could again access their accounts on Wednesday following an hours-long blockage after a court decision banning the publication of images of a deadly suicide bombing in all print, visual and online
The Israeli hip-hop duo Kafe Shahor Hazak (Strong Black Coffee) has been personally selected to open American RB singer Chris Brown’s concert in Israel next week. The duo consists of Ethiopian-born musicians Ilak
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi voiced fervent support for Israel in a speech before the Knesset on Wednesday afternoon, calling it “the nation-state of the Jewish people.” During his speech, which followed
The Gesher organization released on Tuesday the first comprehensive index of social attitudes toward the issue of unity in Israel. The Israel Unity Index, commissioned as part of the Jerusalem