The details of the demands hareidi Shas chairperson Aryeh Deri on Wednesday leveled for former Shas head Eli Yishai to remain in the party were revealed by Walla! on Thursday – without

The polls have been coming out fast and furious, ever since the Knesset decided to dissolve itself three days ago. The latest poll, carried out by Midgam for Channel 2, indicates

Dr. Ronen Shoval, founder of the grassroots Zionist student movement Im Tirtzu, declared on Thursday his candidacy for the next Knesset on the Jewish Home list, vowing: “I will fight

After losing a landmark decision on November 20 allowing them to be tried for terrorism charges in a $1 billion case, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) have

Outgoing Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) on Thursday slammed the “delusional accusations” made by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas blaming Israel for the death of convicted terrorist turned

The air forces of Israel and Greece rehearsed air combat maneuvering this week in a joint exercise dubbed Re’amim, or Thunderclaps, at Uvda Air Base in the Negev. This is

After merging their parties on Wednesday, Labor head Yitzhak Herzog and Hatnua chairperson Tzipi Livni on Thursday launched their election campaign ahead of the March 17 vote in the Gaza

Yeshiva University (YU) is offering a new online course for rabbis to prepare them in dealing with a topic that many say does not receive enough attention in the religious

A Channel 2 News poll released on Thursday found that if the Likud and Jewish Home parties were to run together, they would win 33 seats and be the largest

In the wake of the recent upsurge in Palestinian terrorist attacks, hareidi-religious volunteers will now, for the first time, join the ranks of operative policemen, prison service officials, and firemen.

The Likud party dismissed on Thursday evening the criticism of MKs Yitzhak Herzog and Tzipi Livni, who earlier claimed that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is “weak against terror”. “The public

Iran will resume negotiations with world powers in Geneva next week aimed at reaching a deal over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program, its deputy foreign minister said Thursday, according to AFP.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan on Thursday addressed the revelations contained in a comprehensive report released this week about the agency’s use of enhanced interrogation methods from 2002

It is this extra concern that has driven Menachem to extend a plea for help. “The rock throwings and tire burnings are one level of disturbances. But, there is one

The United States on Wednesday responded to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s statement that a building freeze in Judea and Samaria was due to pressure from the Obama administration. Speaking to

Fans at football games who get out of hand and resort to violence will now have to face the full force of the law, after the Knesset on Wednesday passed

Irish lawmakers urged their government Wednesday to recognize “Palestine” as a state in a symbolic motion that sailed through parliament unopposed, reports AFP. The non-binding motion agreed by lawmakers in

The University of California (UC) graduate student worker union on Wednesday voted in favor of a resolution supporting an academic boycott of Israel. The text proposes supporting the boycott until

MK Stav Shaffir (Labor) welcomed on Wednesday the formation of a center-left bloc between her party and Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua party, saying the move “brings closer the end of the

MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on Thursday said he would resign from the Knesset. Ben-Eliezer, a Labor Party member who served as an MK and Minister in numerous governments, wrote to Knesset

The Likud Central Committee on Wednesday voted in favor of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal to advance primaries for party leadership to December 31. In addition to moving the primaries

Rightwing MKs reacted with sharp criticism – and in some cases sharp mockery – to the announcement Wednesday that Tzipi Livni was abandoning her colleagues in Hatnua, and joining the

The IDF will be on high alert in Judea and Samaria on Thursday, in anticipation of riots by Palestinian Arabs during the funeral of Ziad Abu Ein, a senior Palestinian

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will head to Rome on Sunday for a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, AFP reported Wednesday. Kerry and Netanyahu “will discuss a

Israel has updated its anti-spam laws to include “spammy” phone calls. The new law making spam phone calls illegal was sponsored by MKs Adi Koll (Yesh Atid) and Mickey Rosenthal

Israeli and Palestinian officials have issued conflicting reports Thursday over the autopsy of Palestinian Authority minister Ziad Abu Ein, who died during a Palestinian protest riot in Turmas Ayya in

Israel’s policy of demolishing terrorists’ homes effectively decreases terrorist attacks, a new study found.  The study, “Counter-Suicide-Terrorism: Evidence from House Demolitions,” was co-authored by researchers at Northwestern University and the

In an interview Thursday, MK Tzachi Hanegbi said that there was one upside to the political union between Tzipi Livni and Labor announced Wednesday night: There was now a clear

Kulanu head Moshe Kahlon denied on Thursday the rumor floated by former welfare minister Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid), who said earlier that there is ongoing contact between his party’s chairman,

Police arrested two children, ages 12 and 13, who tried to rob a bank in Rishon Lezion Wednesday. The two children were caught after leaving behind a slew of clues