The period between October and December 2014 was the most active on the Israel real estate scene on an annualized basis since 2002, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a possible Republican in the 2016 presidential election, said on Wednesday that he is “eager” to hear Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress next
Iranians will vote for a new parliament on February 26, 2016, the country’s elections watchdog said on Wednesday, according to AFP. The date was announced by a Guardians Council spokesman
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner suggested Wednesday that the United States and Israel were meddling in her country’s business, reports The Associated Press (AP). The comments came ahead of a
Both Iran and Iraq, seeking to increase their share of the Asian oil market, are offering unprecedented discounts in that region. Both nations have cut their crude oil prices to
In an “answer video” to a campaign video posted last week by Yesh Atid, Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu presents his opinion on Yair Lapid’s activities as Finance Minister. Matching minute for
The failure by world donors to deliver billions of dollars of aid to rebuild Gaza is jeopardizing efforts to avoid a new flareup in the Palestinian territory, a senior United Nations official warned Wednesday.
A security detail has been assigned to Tzipi Livni, Channel 2 reports Wednesday, after she received multiple threats against her life. The Knesset security department made the decision after assessing the level
The White House on Wednesday denied keeping Israel in the dark over ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, but suggested its ally had cherry-picked information to bolster opposition to the deal, AFP reports Wednesday. Amid strains in the
The fight against Islamic State (ISIS) has helped strengthen the relationship between Israel and Jordan, a senior security source stated Wednesday night. “The relationship between Israel and Jordan is very
French prosecutors called Wednesday for five teenagers suspected of vandalizing hundreds of Jewish graves to be charged, arguing there was a clear “anti-Semitic motive” behind their alleged act. Some 250 tombs were vandalized last
Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner Wednesday faces her first mass protest – a silent march to be led by prosecutors and opposition leaders – over the mysterious death of a prosecutor who accused her of a
United States donors are giving the Israel Museum a collection of more than 350 artifacts “considered among the most significant private holdings of antiquities in the world,” the museum said Wednesday. It said in
An Egyptian court has sentenced a student to one year in jail for insulting Islam and promoting atheism on a Facebook page, his lawyer and judicial sources said Wednesday. It is the second
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Wednesday to end India’s status as the world’s number one defense importer, saying he wanted 70% of hardware to be manufactured domestically by the turn of the decade, as defense
Major General Eyal Zamir, currently Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Military Secretary, will be appointed Head of IDF Southern Command. He will replace Major General Sami Turjeman, who has held the
Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists have spared no brutal methods in their conquest of Iraq and Syria, executing by burning, stoning and beheading, but a cruel new tactic the group is
Loading… Even despite the lack of Arab claims to the land on which Migron stands in Samaria’s Binyamin region, security forces evacuated the remaining buildings in the town early Wednesday morning,
Adva Biton, the mother of four-year-old terror victim Adelle who passed away Tuesday after a two-year fight with serious neurological damage caused by an Arab rock attack, has turned to
Anti-assimilation NPO Yad L’Achim says it has received hundreds of complaints regarding missionaries taking advantage of the election campaign in Israel to try and convert Jews out of their religion.
International MBA for the Start-up Age For the third year in a row, Israel’s prestigious Technion University is opening its doors to the world with its international Start-uP MBA program.
The Supreme Court has accepted both the appeals by MK Hanin Zoabi and Otzma Yehudit candidate Baruch Marzel, it announced Wednesday – against the decision of the Central Election Committee (CEC) who decided
This too, shall pass, was the message mayors of cities, towns, and villages throughout Israel had for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, a day after the State Comptroller knocked him and
Israel is readying for another snowstorm in the 2014-15 winter season Wednesday, after snowfall last month in Jerusalem, Judea-Samaria, and the North and more than one false alarm for more.
MKs on the right slammed the High Court for allowing United Arab List MK Hanin Zoabi to run for the Knesset in the upcoming elections, overturning a decision by the
Israel has been in election fever with near daily polls and constant jockeying for position between the political parties, but one expert says the younger generation is completely disconnected from
Most religious-Zionists, including haredi-religious-Zionists (hardalim), do not want to see women as rabbis or halachic decisors (poskim). A survey held in advance of Besheva Magazine’s 12th annual Jerusalem Conference by
Denmark prepared Wednesday to bury a Jewish man murdered in a weekend terrorist shooting spree as questions mounted about whether more could have been done to prevent the attacks. Dan Uzan, a 37-year-old volunteer
Kurdish peshmerga forces have repulsed a major attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group southwest of Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital Arbil, officials said Wednesday. “The attack which was launched at 8 p.m. (5 p.m. GMT on Tuesday) was
Bosnian police on Wednesday arrested six people on suspicion of planning to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group or organizing the trips, prosecutors said. Bosnia’s prosecutor said in a statement the