Among the many Israelis upset by Orange CEO Stephane Richarde’s insulting comments Wednesday was Itzik Benevisti – the Director General of Partner, which franchises the name Orange from Richarde’s firm.

The representative body of all 133 universities in the United Kingdom has soundly rejected the boycott of Israel declared Tuesday by the UK’s official student body, the National Union of Students (NUS).  Universities UK

Aliyah and Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) on Wednesday slammed Arab MK Jamal Zahalka (Joint List), who earlier proclaimed Israel an “economic apartheid state.” Elkin told Zahalka that he should

Employees of the Egged Ta’avura bus company are striking Sunday and Monday, they announced Wednesday, inconveniencing commuters nationwide in Ashdod, Netanya, Ashkelon, the northern Negev, and the Jerusalem area.  The

Jewish men were once against mobbed and attacked on the Temple Mount on Wednesday – this time, by Arab women loitering at Judaism’s holy site who pounced on them for

A man officials said had planned to behead a police officer was shot and killed in Boston on Tuesday, while an apparent accomplice of his was arrested. David Wright was

Congregants at the Achvat Re’im Synagogue in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ra’anana were shocked to discover what they said could only be classified as a hate crime – the

Israel has made a grave mistake in not openly criticizing the Palestinian Authority (PA) for its sports programs, Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) stated Wednesday, which names the events after terrorists and

The Israel-US Relations Lobby of the Knesset met Wednesday morning, to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing relationship between both countries. Among the participants in the event were former

The Tel Aviv police announced Wednesday that it is preparing en masse for another demonstration by the Ethiopian community allegedly planned for Wednesday night, stating to the press that they expect

Thousands of Iranian and Iraqi fighters have been deployed in Syria in past weeks to bolster the defenses of Damascus and its surroundings, a Syrian security source told AFP on

Israel has lodged a formal protest with Bern over Swiss funding for an exhibit by extreme leftist NGO “Breaking the Silence,” officials said Wednesday to AFP, following a declaration by Deputy Foreign Minister

Jewish soldiers in the Australian (sic) Battalion standing next to the Western Wall, 1916. (Harvard Library/Central Zionist Archives)  The soldiers were actually from Austria.  The photographer, Ya’akov Ben-Dov, moved to Palestine  in 1907 from Kiev. He

Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday night responded to the latest rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel, saying that it is the Israeli government’s “policy of restraint”

Ministers and MKs in Israel were up in arms Wednesday night over comments made by world Orange CEO Stephane Richard that he would end the company’s franchise contract with Israel’s

Russia backs moves to determine who is responsible for a wave of chlorine gas attacks in Syria that the West blames on the Damascus regime, Moscow’s ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday. But

Israel marked the first anniversary of the murder by Palestinian Arab terrorists of three Israeli teenagers Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar, and Naftali Frankel on Wednesday, also named as Israel’s first Unity Day. 

Lebanese Shiite terror group Hezbollah, fighting in Syria to support the ruling regime, said on Wednesday it was tightening the noose around the last remaining jihadist pockets along the Lebanese-Syrian border. Hezbollah has been fighting rebels

The “Red Alert” siren was heard on Wednesday night at around 11:00 p.m. (local time) in some communities in southern Israel. Sirens were heard, among other places, in the Ashkelon

The Middle East is getting more dangerous, a top IDF official said Wednesday. With that, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Israel’s situation was “good,” at least

The United States confirmed on Tuesday that an American ambassador has held talks with Yemen’s Houthi militia in Oman, AFP reported. Washington’s top diplomat for the Near East, Anne Patterson,

The Palestinian Rights Center (PRC) on Tuesday threatened Israel’s UN mission with legal action over Israel’s comments regarding its ties to Hamas, Reuters reported. Israel’s comments came after a United Nations

An Egyptian court on Tuesday postponed its final ruling on ousted president Mohammed Morsi, who was sentenced to death along with dozens of others over a mass jailbreak during the

Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid on Tuesday called on the British government to condemn the decision by the UK’s official student body, the National Union of Students (NUS), to

Palestinian Football Association (PFA) chief Jibril Rajoub said Tuesday he took full responsibility for the 11th-hour decision to withdraw a bid to have FIFA suspend Israel, AFP reported. Rajoub announced

A proposed House of Representatives appropriations bill would prohibit funds for an American embassy or other diplomatic facility in Cuba beyond what existed before President Barack Obama’s announcement that he

Doctors on Tuesday completed surgery on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s broken leg at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, The Associated Press (AP) reported. State Department spokesman John Kirby

More than 1,500 students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of Yeshiva University (YU) marched up Fifth Avenue, singing, cheering and waving flags, saluting Israel’s 67th year of independence at the

The Palestinian Authority is launching a television channel targeting Israel’s 1.6 million Arab citizens, reported Haaretz and i24. Named F48 – short for Falastin 1948 (Palestine 1948) – the channel

MK Aida Touma-Sliman of the Arab Joint List was appointed chair of the Knesset’s Committee for Advancement of Women Wednesday, as predicted by Arutz Sheva last month. Touma-Sliman founded an NGO named Women Aganist