Five European MPs from three separate parliaments have condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestinian Media Watch reports Monday, following the organization’s special report proving that the PA is still paying salaries to

As a result of the months it has taken Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to establish a government, the Knesset’s permanent committees remain unformed, and members of the Opposition are fed up.  Yisrael

MK Oren Hazan (Likud) demanded more respect on Monday, despite his being #30 on the Likud list and the youngest MK in the current Knesset, after reportedly being rebuffed by

Amid controversy, Israel’s Cabinet Secretary announced Monday evening that the cabinet had approved a motion to appoint MK Gilad Erdan (Likud) Internal Security Minister as well as Minister of Strategic Affairs and Hasbarah (Public Information). 

The second wave of changes to Israel’s kafkaesque driving program will be instituted next Monday, June 1, 2015, the Ministry of Transport announced Monday afternoon. According to the changes, which follow

Every local authority or regional council in Israel is scheduled to hold an emergency war drill next week, during which two “Code Red” sirens will go off.  According to MK

Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have a new romance brewing after media mogul Ethem Sancak declared his love for the Turkish President during a television interview ten days ago.  The owner of Star

Israel’s antitrust commissioner has resigned after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government refused to end an effective monopoly on gas extracted from the Mediterranean, according to a letter made public Monday, AFP reported. David Gilo expressed his

As an act of protest, Strategic Affairs and Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) announced Monday afternoon that he would refrain from attending the vote on appointing fellow Likud MK Gilad

Former foreign minister Avidgor Liberman wasted no time Monday in criticizing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for the impromptu dismissal of Foreign Ministry Director Nissim Ben Sheetrit.  ​ In Ben Sheetrit’s place,

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has shared his disappointment in the Iraqi military, following ISIS’s conquest of Ramadi last week. Carter pointed out  to CNN that, even though the

A full-blown war between Israeli Arabs and the Netanyahu government is “just a matter of time,” says Kamal Al-Khatib, deputy head of the radical Islamic Movement in Israel. In an

Max Blumenthal and Jewdas, a London-based Jewish anarchist group, have launched a “BirthWrong” program, in opposition to Birthright. The first BirthWrong trip took place this month, taking participants to Spain

Ariel Runis, a senior official in the Population, Immigration and Border Authority (PIBA), fatally shot himself Saturday evening. A message he left on Facebook and another message to a friend

The Islamic State (aka ISIS) group has reportedly murdered hundreds of people after seizing the ancient town of Palmyra (Tadmor) last week. The organization seized full control of the town

Government officials in Canada say that the reason a “Draw Mohammed” event in Ottawa was canceled last Wednesday was because it did not receive a permit – although organizers claimed

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his “appreciation” to the United States for opposing an Arab plan for a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, an Israeli official said.

A Syrian brigadier-general was killed in a blast that targeted his car in downtown Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. The Britain-based group said “a

As ISIS consolidates its control of Palmyra, its latest prize, and extends its control to capture as much as half of Syria, Hezbollah is growing increasingly concerned – to the

Jerusalem district court judges on Monday will sentence former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was found guilty in late March of fraud and breach of trust in the Morris Talansky case. In

With two weeks to go before a general election in Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been losing steam in polls. According to

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called on regional states to join the fight against the Islamic State group on Sunday, saying “they are not stronger than Israel and the United States,

The families of the three Israeli yeshiva students who were kidnapped and murdered by Hamas terrorists will honor their memory on June 3 by promoting the message of unity and

The UN is once again singling out Israel for criticism. The UN Watch NGO on Friday reported that the global body adopted a draft resolution portraying Israel as violating the

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) told Israeli envoys on Thursday to reference the Torah in presenting the historical rights of the Jewish people to the entire land of Israel

A senior official in Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party on Friday rejected fresh criticism of the premier bu US President Barack Obama as unjustified and hypocritical. Tzahi Hanegbi, chairman of the influential

When we think of Shavuot, our mind conjures up dishes that contain cheese, milk and everything dairy.  But what about if either your guests don’t like dairy or you just

What exactly is the Israeli government’s official position regarding the “two state solution,” which posits creating a state for the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the Biblical heartland of Judea and

Former President Shimon Peres visited Jordan on Friday, where he claimed that that there is a “clear majority” in Israel for the so-called “two-state solution”. Addressing reporters on the sidelines

Iran has threatened Israel once again on Friday – this time, due an Iranian news agency’s mistranslation of a comment by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud). Semi-official Iranian news agency Fars claimed