A military committee dealing with terrorists who were freed in the Gilad Shalit deal and later re-arrested determined on Sunday that Samer Issawi, a terrorist prisoner who went on a

Khalil al-Haya, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, on Sunday denied reports of the presence of a branch of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Gaza. His denial comes despite threats

The Houthi rebels in Yemen on Sunday accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by Saudi Arabia, but said it would respond to any violations of the pause, Reuters reported. Neighboring

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will skip a May 14 summit of Persian Gulf leaders with President Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. At the summit Obama is

Meretz chairwoman MK Zehava Galon on Sunday came to the defense of MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home), following a string of inappropriate sexist remarks against her. In her comments, Galon

ISIS terrorists have been giving their murder victims a Mafia-style “hug of death,” hugging individuals convicted of a range of crimes, from adultery to theft to homosexuality, before dispatching them

Nava Boker, one of the Likud’s new MKs, made her political agenda clear Sunday – which includes the annexation of Gush Etzion – the Etzion Bloc south of Jerusalem – as a top priority. Boker

A report by the Kikar Hashabbat web site purports to show the coalition agreement between the Likud and Shas. According to the report, the government has promised to increase the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is in the process of deciding which Likud MKs to “reward” with a ministerial position – and among those MKs is likely to be Tzipi Hotovely.

Hours after the outgoing government approved Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal to expand the next government, the Opposition jumped into attack mode.  “Netanyahu and Bennett against the citizens of Israel

A panel of three judges in the Tel Aviv District Court dismissed the assault conviction of former MK Mohammed Barakeh of the Hadash party on Sunday. Barakeh is accused of attacking a right-wing

At a press conference held in Tel Aviv, the Ethiopian protest leaders presented their demands from the government and state authorities. Among other things, protest leaders called to prosecute the police

A group of Israelis were briefly detained by Thai soldiers this week while making a business pitch at Bangkok’s police headquarters in what officers have described as a “misunderstanding”.  

Hamas has called on the international community to hasten to bring Israeli “war criminals” to trial in the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Saturday, following a report by far-left NGO

Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of the Iraqi capital for which the Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Saturday, according to AFP.  The

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected claims that Ankara is preparing to intervene militarily in neighboring Syria, local media reported on Saturday. “No, there is no situation right now

Syrian government forces advanced Saturday towards the rebel-held town of Jisr al-Shughur, where around 250 regime force members and their families are trapped in a hospital building, a monitor said.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) congratulated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for forming a coalition government on Saturday, after a last-minute rush to sign deals with Shas and Jewish Home before last

Twenty-nine students at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business were joined by their parents and faculty in Belfer Hall to celebrate their induction into the school’s inaugural chapter of Beta Gamma

MK Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid, launched a verbal tirade against the Zionist Union on Saturday. In his remarks, Lapid blasted the party for failing to criticize Prime

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on corruption accusations, after he was cleared of murder charges in another case, AFP reports.

The European Union on Saturday criticized Israeli plans to build 900 homes for Jews in Jerusalem, AFP reports Saturday.  Extreme leftist group Peace Now reported the latest batch of construction approvals on Thursday, just hours after Israeli Prime

MK Mickey Zohar (Likud) called to ban the Oslo Accords on Friday, after taking a tour of the Samaria region.  Zohar visited the Ariel area, including the Barkan industrial zone, a

The Prime Minister’s Cabinet unanimously approved on Sunday morning Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal to extend the size of the 20th Knesset’s ministerial cabinet.  If passed, the proposal would allow Netanyahu

The IDF has officially closed its field hospital in Nepal, it announced Sunday morning, and held a special closing ceremony before the delegation’s departure.  1,600 patients were treated at the

A 24-year-old Jewish male about to be married Sunday night was arrested earlier this morning on suspicion of praying while on a visit to the Temple Mount.  The groom ascended to the Mount in honor of his

Reports have come out that an unknown assailant killed at least four people in the small Swiss town of Wuerenlingen last night (Saturday). At least four people, all adults, are reported

Egypt’s army released a semi-annual report this weekend outlining its campaign against Islamist terror groups in North Sinai, news site Al-Ahram reported Saturday.  Published on the army spokesman’s official Facebook page, the report documents the

Hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis are once again expected to rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday night, prompting a mass police effort to prepare the city for disruptions after last week’s

Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials have warned that Islamic State is acting to mobilize in Gaza to serve as an extension of its activities in the Sinai Peninsula.  Journalist Gal