J-Street has been lobbying furiously to torpedo legislation currently making its way through the US Congress to combat the anti-Israel BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanction) Movement. In late April, the

Former US President Jimmy Carter is reportedly pushing for the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas to reconcile, against the wishes of both organizations. According to AI Monitor, two weeks ago Carter

Syrian anti-regime factions exchanged insults on Tuesday after a news conference that saw the head of the Damascus-tolerated opposition ask for a revolutionary flag to be removed from sight, AFP

The number of people displaced by conflict in Iraq since the start of 2014 has reached a new high of 2.8 million, the International Organisation for Migration said Tuesday. The

A bomb blast and two mortar rounds targeting Shia worshippers marching to a Baghdad shrine killed six people Tuesday in the Iraqi capital, security and medical sources said. An explosion killed

Wendy Sherman, the American Undersecretary of State, will lead a delegation to Vienna this Wednesday to join the next round of negotiations on finalizing an Iran nuclear accord, the State

The White House said on Monday that Saudi Arabia did not raise any concerns about the agenda for an upcoming regional summit hosted by President Barack Obama at Camp David

David Miliband on Monday criticized his brother Ed Miliband’s failed campaign to become Britain’s prime minister, but also stressed that he won’t run for the leadership of the Labor Party

A Saudi Islamist preacher is warning against social media such as WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook, because, he claims, Jews are using them to “poison and hearts and minds of the

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister insisted on Monday that King Salman’s last minute decision not to attend a Camp David summit was not intended as a snub to the United States,

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front (FN), announced Monday he would create his own “grouping” after being suspended from the party for remarks downplaying the Holocaust, AFP

George Galloway, the virulently anti-Israel lawmaker who lost his seat in last week’s British election, has announced that he has begun legal proceedings to overturn the election result in Bradford

Shi’ite religious centers have opened for the first time in Gaza, Walla! News reports Tuesday, and are being directly funded by Iran. The centers, under the name ‘Al-Sabrin,’ (from the

Another earthquake has rocked Nepal, the US Geological Survey said Tuesday morning, just two weeks after a devastating quake killed over 8,000 people.  Tuesday’s earthquake measured 7.3 on the Richter

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the returning IDF delegation from Nepal on Tuesday, congratulating them on their successes after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated the region on April 25. “Israel is

Rebbitzin Esther Jungreis, founder of Hineni, sits down in Jerusalem for an incisive, moving, honest and inspiring interview with Arutz Sheva’s Derech Eretz Show. The Holocaust survivor, best-selling author and

The lives of more than five million Syrians, including two million children, are at risk from explosive weapons used in the conflict, a non-governmental organization said on Tuesday. Handicap International

The presidents of Israel and Germany warned Tuesday of growing anti-Semitism as they marked half a century of diplomatic ties, 70 years after the end of World War II and

Hamas rule in Gaza is better than the alternatives, Southern Command leader Sami Turgeman declared Tuesday – namely, IDF rule from without and chaos from within. “There is no substitute

The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto to one year in prison over charges of bribery and obstruction of justice on Tuesday, after numerous scandals and myriad delays.

Security forces arrived Tuesday to the town of Tekoa in Gush Etzion and began destroying buildings deemed illegal, residents told Arutz Sheva. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon ordered the demolition of two

Four years after the US celebrated the assassination of terror mastermind and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, one prize-winning journalist has accused Washington of covering up the true details

The Special Committee assigned to discuss the extension of the number of Cabinet ministers, i.e. to amend a Basic Law, headed by MK Ze’ev Elkin (Likud), approved a bill allowing

Three Palestinian Arab towns in western Samaria that are surrounded by Jewish communities and seemingly “cut off” from the rest of the the Palestinian Authority (PA) are actually doing quite

Both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon made points Monday of mentioning the defunct “peace process” with the Palestinian Authority – a subject they studiously ignored during

A spokesperson for Sweden’s Green Party apologized on Monday after calling the migrant crisis in Europe “the new Auschwitz.” Asa Romson made the remark on Sunday during a televised debate of

A military court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday jailed a Palestinian convicted of “spying” for Israel to 15 years, judicial sources said. In March two other men were

A new subsidized program will enable Christian student leaders from universities and colleges across the United States to experience Israel firsthand.  Based on the highly successful Taglit-Birthright program, Covenant Journey takes

Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett began his party’s faction meeting on Monday afternoon with a discussion on the newly formed government.  Although the government is extremely narrow with only 61 MKs,