Following a meeting with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, major English-language media outlets – including Associated Press and AFP – reported that Pope Francis called the PA leader  an “Angel of Peace”. The

Pop icons The Backstreet Boys have finally arrived in Israel.  Slated to perform three shows in central Israel this week, the five-member American boy band landed early Sunday morning at Ben Gurion

Confusion again reigns today in many Jewish circles, particularly in Israel: Some of us joyfully celebrate a festive holiday, while others watch from the side, not sure what to make

Coalition Chairman and Head of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Tzahi Hanegbi (Likud), was more than disappointed not to be named a minister in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s

Murder rates were four times as high in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Gaza than in Israel in 2012, according to a new study on homicide released last week.  The

The Jerusalem District Attorney has filed an indictment against the terrorist responsible for mowing down four policemen in Jerusalem on Sunday, three weeks after he plowed a car into the

Saudi Arabia is trying to purchase nuclear weapons from Pakistan, according to senior US officials. Saudi Arabia has expressed concerns over the way nuclear negotiations with Iran are being run.

Two policemen were lightly hurt by rocks and bottles hurled by dozens of Arabs Sunday, during a riot at Jerusalem’s Shechem Gate, aka the Damascus Gate. Police dispersed the riot

Gilad Erdan, a popular Likud MK who was Interior Minister and number two in Likud’s Knesset list after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, officially left the Interior Ministry Sunday, and turned

Loading… Thousands of people, mostly Jewish youths, are taking part in the annual Flag Dance (“Rikudegalim”) parade marking Jerusalem Day – the Hebrew calendar date on which Jerusalem was liberated

The Foreign Ministry has established a huge forum made up of about 1,000 experts, which is taking action to block global anti-Semitism, including the online variety. According to Israel Hayom,

According to survey data published Sunday by the Central Statistics Bureau, a full 88% of adult Jerusalem residents reported that they are pleased with their lives, compared with 85% nationwide. Ninety

Police arrested today a 26-year-old old man suspected of murdering a security guard at a wedding hall in the city of Nes Ziona, next to Rehovot in central Israel. The

Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists are being smuggled into Europe, a Libyan advisor told BBC Sunday, with cooperation of gangs in the Mediterranean.  Abdul Basit Haroun stated that smugglers have been ferrying jihadists

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent a letter of condolence Sunday to the family of Rabbi Moshe Levinger, saying he was “saddened to hear of the passing” of one of Israel’s leading

Fighting in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where the Islamic State group (ISIS) is threatening to take full control, has displaced around 8,000 people in two days, the International Organisation

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday accused the United States of only pursuing its own interests and of making the Middle East “insecure”, The Associated Press (AP) reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday night blasted Egypt for sentencing ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death, AFP reported. “The popularly elected president of Egypt, chosen with 52 percent

Gunmen on Saturday killed two Egyptian judges and a prosecutor in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency spearheaded by an Islamic State group affiliate, officials

Former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman talked about his opinions on the new government in an interview on “Meet the Press.” “I have no personal issue issue with Netanyahu,” Lieberman said.

Three men reportedly assaulted a Jewish mother near Paris while yelling anti-Semitic remarks. The French news site JSS reports that one of the assailant’s son threw a ball at the

Fighting continues in Yemen, despite a five-day humanitarian ceasefire that began Tuesday night. Yesterday alone, at least 10 people were killed in the western city of Taiz. The United Nations

MK Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union) wrote a surprising letter to her supporters today (Saturday), complimenting the new government. In her letter, Yachimovich said that despite her party’s efforts to take

Clashes between Israeli troops and Paestinian Arab rioters protesters Saturday in Samaria wounded five people, including two photographers, Palestinian sources said. The clashes broke out near an army post just south of

The Be’er Sheva Dictrict Court dismissed an appeal against Israel’s treatment of asylum seekers. Human rights groups had organized a petition against the deportation or imprisonment of migrants, based on

Leading religious-Zionist figure Rabbi Moshe Levinger – one of the founders of the Gush Emunim settlement movement and founder of the modern-day Jewish community in Hevron, passed away Saturday, aged 80.

The communities of Hevron and Kiryat Arba are expressing their sorrow on the loss of founder Rabbi Moshe Levinger. A community statement read: “The group, which he brought together only

Pope Francis warmly welcomed Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on the latter’s visit to the Vatican today (Saturday). The Pope even went so far as to call Abbas “an

Dozens of women and children, described as widows and orphans and likely the family of dead terrorists, protested on Thursday in a demonstration apparently organized by Hamas, in front of bank branches in

The coordinator of the Palestinian Arab world’s “Nakba Day” events has blamed Britain for Israel’s existence on Friday, charging it with “theft of natural resources and property” and calling for