Tovia Singer and Rod Bryant explain why President Vladimir Putin lifted the ban on sophisticated surface to air missiles to Iran. As it turns out, the Jewish state was shocked

At least 2,000 people, mostly Islamic State group terrorists, have been killed in Syria by a US-led air campaign in the past seven months, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday, according to AFP.

After a year of tensions, and even hostility, between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama, a mending of fences may be on the horizon – but not until

The delivery of S-300 air defense systems to Iran is not a matter of near future, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the media on Thursday, according to official Russian

  “I take full responsibility for a U.S. government counterterrorism operation that killed two innocent hostages held by al Qaeda,” President Barack Obama said Thursday. Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American

The International Bible Contest for youth took place on Thursday morning, starting at 11:00 a.m.  Held annually on Israel Independence Day, the purpose of the contest, the Ministry of Education explains, is

President Reuven Rivlin hosted at his official residence on Thursday the annual “All Israel from Jerusalem” celebration in honor of Israeli Independence Day.  Speaking at the ceremony was IDF Chief of Staff

Last night, it was reported that Haredi extremists had flown an ISIS flag in Beit Shemesh in protest of Israeli Memorial Day and Independence Day. The incident is just the

The show begins with the Memorial Day siren and an understanding as to why the powers that be attached Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims to Independence Day,

French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian whose plan to attack churches was foiled when his arsenal of weapons was uncovered, AFP reported.  Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the planned attack on

What is Turkey thinking? That is the question some analysts are asking themselves in the days following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s condemnation of Pope Francis I. Francis referred to the

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama hosted Thursday morning the traditional Independence Day celebration entitled, “All Israel from Jerusalem.” The even began at 8:40 a.m. with a flyover of

The Jerusalem Municipality lit up on Wednesday night the Bridge of Strings at the entrance to the capital with a unique lighting installation in honor of Israel’s 67th Independence Day.  The

Israel has had a long year. From Operation Protective Edge to elections, rising housing prices, and a crisis in relations with major ally the United States, it has not always been

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined the spirit of Independence Day on Wednesday night, eating Shakshouka for the first time with Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor.  The tasty Israeli dish, traditionally

Turkey on Wednesday announced that it is recalling its ambassador to Austria, after parties represented in parliament signed a declaration recognizing the massacre of Armenians a century ago as genocide,

At least 42 fighters were killed in 24 hours of fierce fighting between Islamist rebels and the Islamic State group in Syria’s Damascus province, a monitoring group said Wednesday. “At

The trial of German former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz”, heard horrific descriptions Wednesday of the Nazi death camp, from prisoners’ arrivals to grisly “medical” experiments,

A 16-year-old American accused of planning to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group has been found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm in South Carolina, a prosecutor said Wednesday,

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a staunch supporter of Israel, on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s support for the Jewish state, in a statement released in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Wednesday about the renewal of airstrikes in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition, saying he hoped the fighting would cease quickly. “When I read

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday evening called for unity among Israelis, in a special message in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 67th Independence Day. “National independence must not be

Hundreds of people flocked to the Western Wall (Kotel) on Wednesday night, to inaugurate Israel’s 67th Independence Day.  The prayer was organized by Rabbi Uri Sherki, who rose from the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released a special video greeting on Wednesday night, in honor of Israel’s 67th Independence Day.  In the message, which was broadcast during the annual Independence Day

The Saudi military will continue to use force to stop the Houthi rebels from making advances in Yemen, the Saudi ambassador in Washington said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. His

In an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva today (Wednesday), Rabbi Shlomo Riskin responded to the haredi attack on his interfaith prayer session tomorrow in Jerusalem, which will include both Jewish and

MK Avraham Nagosa (Likud) has called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the incoming Interior Minister for the 20th Knesset to resume Ethiopian immigration to Israel (Aliyah) on Wednesday, after

Further breaching his 2008 pre-election promises to “recognize the Armenian genocide” at the hands of the Ottoman Turks between 1915-1917, US President Barack Obama will not recognize the genocide ahead of the 100th

Saudi-led coalition jets bombed Houthi rebels in Yemen’s third city of Taiz Wednesday, hours after Saudi Arabia announced the end of its military campaign against the Houthis. A short time