It took several IDF soldiers in a helicopter to rescue two youths stuck in a flash flood near the Dead Sea. After nearly 15 hours in the rain and wind,

Several American Jewish groups have called for serious discussions about race, democracy and justice as well as greater tolerance and understanding, in the aftermath of a St. Louis grand jury’s

Senior sources in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party spoke on Thursday about the likelihood of early Knesset elections, and the chances the current coalition has of surviving given the

Arab terrorists from Gaza fired at an IDF jeep that was carrying out a routine patrol along the Gaza border Thursday morning. The jeep’s windshield was damaged but no one

Joel Cohen, a Politics and Government student at Ben Gurion University, was removed from the class “Introduction to Political Thought” Wednesday. Cohen claims this was due to his statement of

The Palestinian Authority’s official television network, under the rule of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, presented the five terrorists who murdered Israeli civilians as “martyrs.”  These terrorists were injured and/or killed

Six Muslim religious leaders are visiting Israel this week as part of a joint initiative by the African and Diaspora Religions Department of the Foreign Ministry in Senegal and the

The Jewish community of Poland is working urgently to try and save the Jewish cemetery in Grodzisk, after the city’s council began work on a construction project in the northern

IDF forces arrested an Arab man near the Jewish neighborhood in Hevron Thursday evening after a sub-machine gun was found in his car, along with a bullet cartridge. The gun

Quick action by members of the Yad L’achim anti-missionary organization broke up an attempt to recruit Jews to missionary-sponsored religious cults in the heart of Tel Aviv – outside the

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), the flagship seminary of Conservative Judaism, in New York has come out against Israel’s proposed “Jewish State Law,” which would enshrine into law Israel’s status

The Paris trial of two Frenchmen accused of killing a young Israeli woman in a hit-and-run incident in Tel Aviv was halted Thursday after a defense lawyer was hit during a break in proceedings. An

The city of Shaoguan, in the Guangdong Province in southeastern China, has been chosen as the pilot city for Israel’s flagship “Water City” project. Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, currently on an official

Judea and Samaria, widely known under the misnomer “West Bank,” are the preferred locations from which to launch terror attacks on Israel, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad terror

French President Francois Hollande announced on Thursday what may be the next stage in the growing diplomatic assault on Israel, witnessed in recent European declarations of recognition for the Palestinian Authority

A United Nations agency declared a state of “emergency” in Gaza City on Thursday, after two days of heavy rains and flooding in the Hamas terror enclave. “Hundreds of residents in the flooded

For the American holiday of Thanksgiving, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) hosted IDF lone soldiers from America serving in the army without their family being in Israel, as a way

Deputy Religions Minister MK Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) responded Thursday to an appeal by the widow of Ghassan Abu Jamal, one of the perpetrators of the Har Nof synagogue

Dozens of divorced and separated Israeli mothers have joined the sex trade in the southern city of Eilat, according to a report on Channel 2 News‘s website. The new trend

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Druze community leaders Wednesday, where he expressed condolences over the deaths of two security officers in terror attacks on Jewish Israelis and he expressed solidarity with the

Arab High Court judge Salim Jubran said Wednesday that Israeli Arabs were victims of discrimination. Speaking before a group, Jubran said that “I could talk about equality and fairness for

Israel has seen unprecedented rainfall in the past 24 hours, causing multiple traffic jams and accidents – but also providing a boon to agriculture.  45 mm (1.7 inches) of rain fell

An anonymous benefactor has put up at least 800,000 euros to help the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern house a massive collection of 1,000 artworks hoarded during the Nazi era.  The

Left-wing Knesset members disrupted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s special address on the cost of living Wednesday night, which was convened following the collection of over 40 MKs’ signatures in support

After daily newspaper Ha’aretz announced earlier this week it would be laying off workers, it was the turn of Yediot Aharonot, which said Wednesday that it would downsize by about

The High Court on Wednesday kiboshed government plans to demolish the homes of terrorists. One of the few methods security forces in Israel have to discourage Arabs from joining the

New EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini called on Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) Wednesday to resume direct peace talks, as the European Parliament debated whether to recognize a Palestinian state, AFP reports.  MEPs will hold

Although they are considered a summer fruit, grapes are likely to show up on Israeli store shelves this winter – and are likely to cost less than they have in

The US’s drone strike campaign in the Middle East has killed an unprecedented number of civilians, new data on the strikes reveals Wednesday. Terrorists only comprise 3.5% of the people

Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that he supports any Israeli Knesset Members who oppose the controversial Jewish State Law, reports The Associated Press (AP). Speaking in the South African