Jewish Home chairman and recently appointed Education Minister, Naftali Bennett, assured constituents on Sunday that the Tzohar Law would remain in place despite a new government.  Taking effect in late 2013,

The European Union on Saturday added to United States and Palestinian criticism over Israeli plans to build 900 homes in east Jerusalem. “Israel’s determination to continue its settlement policy despite

A minister earns more than an ordinary member of Knesset and is entitled to aides, secretaries, a driver, and the other pleasant benefits which cost the taxpayers tens of millions

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated newly-elected British Prime Minister David Cameron on his reelection Friday. Cameron beat off his Labour rivals handily to secure a shock majority in a poll

Sources in the Foreign Ministry told Arutz Sheva they are furious at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s apparent decision to keep the foreign portfolio in his own hands, not appointing a minister so

Europe held sombre ceremonies to mark 70 years since victory over Nazi Germany on Friday as leaders warned of modern day threats, such as the war in Ukraine and Islamic extremism. Celebrations of the

Apparently responding to the widespread calls from his own party to resign, UK Labor party head Ed Miliband announced on Friday that he will indeed be stepping down after suffering

Meretz Chairwoman MK Zeheva Galon expressed her angry disapproval of the coalition accord between the Likud and Jewish Home parties, according to which disputed homes and neighborhoods in Judea and

Israeli troops shot and seriously wounded a 17-year-old Palestinian Arab in northern Gaza on Friday, Palestinian Arab medics said, according to the AFP news agency. The youth, whose name was

The European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the formation of his new government. In a statement, Mogherini took

The murder trial of the man accused in the disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz ended Friday with the jury hopelessly deadlocked after 18 days of deliberations, thus leaving unresolved a

International inspectors have found traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at a military research site in Syria that had not been declared to the global chemical weapons watchdog, diplomatic

Danish police are investigating an incident in which four city buses were destroyed in a pre-dawn fire and a fifth was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti at a bus depot in

The Knesset will vote next week on enlarging the cabinet from 18 ministries to 20, the Likud party announced on Friday. The move is meant to appease senior members of

Israeli sculptor and painter Menashe Kadishman died on Friday evening at the age of 82. Kadishman, who reported feeling unwell, was rushed to the Tel Hashomer Hospital where he passed

Three Norwegians on Friday received prison sentences ranging from seven months to almost five years after they were convicted of supporting or belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) group, AFP

The US military has begun training a small unit of “moderate” Syrian rebels in Jordan to return home and take on the might of the Islamic State (ISIS), after months of intense vetting.

The US government is struggling to counter the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s fast-paced online propaganda, which played a role in inspiring a failed attack in Texas this week on an exhibit of

British Prime Minister David Cameron appears to be headed towards a victory in the UK general election. As polls closed on Thursday night at 10 p.m. local time, an exit poll gave

Turkey on Thursday recalled its envoy to Luxembourg to Ankara for consultations, after that country’s parliament recognized the mass killings of Armenians in World War I as genocide, AFP reported.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is seeking a written guarantee from the United States with regards to Iran, its ambassador to Washington said on Thursday, according to Reuters. That request

Zionist Union chairman MK Yitzhak Herzog continued to insist on Thursday evening that he will not be joining Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition. His comments came amid reports that Netanyahu

Syrian activists and a doctor reported Thursday of new suspected chemical attacks in the northwestern province of Idlib, leaving several dozens of people suffering from asphyxiation, according to The Associated

Islamic State’s (ISIS) threats to declare war on Hamas in Gaza after the latter began a crackdown on local Salafist groups appears to be edging to fruition, after an ISIS-affiliate

The Conference of European Rabbis (CER) has finalized preparations for its 29th conference to be held next Tuesday in Toulouse, France, timed to mark 70 years since the Nazi Third Reich

Fierce battles between Syrian regime forces and the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group in eastern Syria have left 34 fighters dead in 24 hours, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, said the Houthis had “changed the equation” by targeting Saudi cities in recent days, and

According to coalition agreements, the new government to be sworn in next Wednesday is obligated to arrange the legal status of Jewish buildings in Judea and Samaria on land that

As David Cameron’s Conservative party seals its victory in Thursday’s UK general elections, two radically anti-Israeli MPs infamous for a long past of comments edging on anti-Semitism have lost their

Employees at the Pizza Hut in Avon Park of Highlands County, Florida, received a cryptic order asking for a classic pepperoni pizza, garlic bread, and the unexpected comment: “911 hostage help!” The