A leading Israeli NGO has slammed the European Union over its alleged role in financing illegal Arab settlements in Judea and Samaria, saying its direct attempts to “subvert” Israeli internal affairs amounted to a

A fierce sandstorm lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Suez Canal and grounding domestic flights in Israel, officials said. The skyline of Cairo was barely visible as

In the latest of a string of attacks, a vehicle in which a Hassidic rebbe was riding in on Wednesday on its way to the Mount of Olives was hit

Yisrael Beytenu will continue to run under the slogan “Ariel for Israel, Umm al-Fahm for Palestine,” the Central Elections Committee (CEC) declared Wednesday.  CEC Chairman Justice Salim Jubran shot down

Officials of the Yahad-Ha’am Itanu party, headed by former Shas MK Eli Yishai, filed a complaint with police Wednesday over vandalism and damage to the party’s headquarters in Holon. Police have

The new United Arab List on Wednesday introduced its campaign for the Knesset elections – and it’s aimed not only at Arab voters. The theme of the campaign is “The

A young French Muslim artist was attacked in Paris, Le Monde reported last week – simply because he preached coexistence.  Four men attacked the street artist Combo as he pasted some of

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he would be willing to consider a televised debate with heads of other parties running for the Knesset. The announcement came a day

MK Ofer Shelah of Yesh Atid, considered a close associated of party chairman Yair Lapid, on Wednesday echoed recent comments made by other Yesh Atid members that the party was

Greece is planning joint military exercises with Israel, Cyprus and Egypt, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said Wednesday, according to AFP. The decision comes amid continuing tensions between Cyprus and

President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would not flinch from sending special forces to kill top Islamic State (ISIS) extremists, as he called on Congress to authorize operations that

Eli Yishai, chairperson of Yachad – Ha’am Itanu, marked Gush Katif Day marking ten years since the expulsion of all Jews from Gaza on Wednesday by pledging not to stay

Terrorist attacks in Jerusalem have faded into the background in recent weeks after an intense spate of high-profile attacks late last year, but in Ma’ale Hazeitim on Jerusalem’s Mount of

Jordan Valley Regional Council chairperson David Elhayani told Arutz Sheva that an urgent solution needs to be found for the crocodile farm next to the town of Petzael in the region, before the

The Iran-proxy Lebanese-based terrorist organization Hezbollah planned to assassinate former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert six years ago, according to an Arabic report on Wednesday. The report, revealed by the London-based Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed,

The storm that started settling in on Tuesday has clamped down on Wednesday, with the heavy misty haze and strong winds causing severe limitations of visibility at the Eilat Airport in Israel’s southern

Israel has been inundated by polls since the Knesset disbanded last December, but not to fear – a new “super poll” on Wednesday giving an average of the 38 polls conducted since

A member of Likud’s campaign staff warns that it is far from certain that Binyamin Netanyahu will form the next government, because Labor under Yitzhak Herzog may enlist the support

After an extended legal battle, Civil Administration inspectors on Wednesday morning arrived at the road leading to Givon Hahadasha in Samaria just northwest of Jerusalem, where they demolished an illegal

Labor party candidate Professor Yossi Yonah is a member of far-left extremist group B’Tselem, it was revealed earlier this week – and Likud MK Danny Danon believes that Yonah’s membership is

Canadian terror suspect Awso Peshdary was arrested last week, and is expected to stand trial for a series of security offenses – including luring Ottawa’s youth to join the ranks of

Senators and Vice Presidents may be boycotting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress next month – but the members of the Defenders of Liberty Motorcycle Club will be out

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has decided that Israeli media may air Binyamin Netnayahu’s upcoming speech before the US Congress, despite election laws that forbid the broadcasting of election “propaganda” by

The Central Elections Committee is set to meet on Thursday to debate requests to bar the Knesset campaign of pro-Hamas Arab MK Hanin Zoabi, as well as Otzma Yehudit’s Baruch Marzel

It’s the controversy that just won’t go away – and it’s hard to understand why. Since US President Barack Obama’s controversial comments during a recent interview, in which he downplayed the anti-Semitic

A Belgian court jailed the leader of an Islamist group that sent jihadist fighters to Syria to a 12-year jail term on Wednesday, and imprisoned several other members in one of the largest

Three Muslim students were shot dead on Tuesday night by a 46-year-old man in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. At 5:11 p.m. police were called to the Finley Forest Condominiums on

A decade after former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri was assassinated, with Hezbollah terrorists charged over the murder, hopes that the fallout from his death would free Lebanon from Syria’s influence have been dashed

Shas chairperson Aryeh Deri on Wednesday for Gush Katif Day made his first ever visit to the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem, commemorating the expulsion of all Jews from Gaza ten

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein ruled on Wednesday that there is no “critical mass of evidence” that would allow the barring of Baruch Marzel of Otzma Yehudit, number four on the