An Israeli woman killed in the Anapurna Ridge avalanche in Nepal has been identified as Lt. Tamar Ariel, 25, of Masuot Yitzchak. Ariel had made history in 2012 when she
A senior IDF commander responsible for the Gaza region has revealed that the IDF was caught off guard by the number of Hamas terror tunnels leading into Israel – and
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held an evaluation on Thursday evening to check state agencies’ preparedness for the Ebola epidemic currently spreading around the globe. Present at the consultation were Health
The Palestinian Arabs will not have a “state” but rather an “autonomy”, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon told the Israel Hayom daily newspaper in an interview published Wednesday. “Our efforts to
The U.S.-led military mission against the “Islamic State” (ISIS) now has a name – Operation Inherent Resolve, The Hill reports. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin
Gunmen have assassinated a Syrian lawmaker in the restive central province of Hama, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday, citing Syria’s state-run news agency and a government official. The
Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday evening that one Israeli was among the dead in an avalanche in Nepal. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the victim’s family
U.S. warplanes hit Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists with 18 bombing raids near the Syrian town of Kobani Wednesday and Tuesday, to support besieged Kurdish militia there, Central Command said, according
A senior member of Hamas said on Wednesday that ceasefire negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Arab factions will resume in Cairo later this month. The announcement by Khalil al-Haya,
A senior U.S. official said on Wednesday that a deal on Iran’s nuclear program was still possible by late next month and there were no talks now about extending the
Anti-Israel British MP George Galloway will not be prosecuted over remarks in a speech during which he declared that his constituency, Bradford, was “an Israel-free zone”, reports Jewish News Online. The comments,
Israeli professors have developed a computer algorithm that predicts which genes can be “turned off” to create the same anti-aging effect as calorie restriction. Studies in yeast, worms, flies, monkeys,
Hundreds of Jews began ascending to the Temple Mount – the holiest site in Judaism – on Wednesday, in honor of Hoshana Rabba, the seventh and final day of Sukkot.
Four hikers were killed in an avalanche in Nepal on Tuesday, in a natural disaster that claimed the life of an Israeli tourist along with two Polish tourists and a
Arieh King, Jerusalem councilman and director of the Israel Land Fund, told Arutz Sheva about the struggle he has been engaged in over the last year to keep a block of buildings
After it was revealed last Friday that a Jewish girl was among 100 French women and girls joining the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terror group in Syria and Iraq, another
Women FOR the Wall (WFW), a grassroots organization of traditional women dedicated to preserving the sanctity of the Western Wall, has issued a challenge to the most recent campaign launched
Pressure from the Chief Rabbinate and the Derech Emuna Rabbinic organization has succeeded in causing police to cancel an evangelical Christian prayer service, that was planned for Wednesday at the Southern
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has perpetuated another “drug libel,” Palestinian Media Watch reports Wednesday – a continuation of the anti-Semitic trope (“blood libel”) whereby Jews are accused of purposefully harming their neighbors
Former Chief Military Rabbi, Brigadier General Rabbi Avichai Ronski, who served as a company commander in Sayeret Shaked during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, recounted his experiences of Simchat
Rescue forces are trying to locate missing persons after an avalanche Tuesday in the Annapurna Mountain Range – 160 kilometers northwest of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. BBC reports that at least sixteen
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon is apparently still very upset over Economics Minister Naftali Bennett’s direct contact with IDF officers during Operation Protective Edge against Hamas. In an interview with the
Tragedy occurred Wednesday on Hoshana Raba, the last day of Sukkot, as a car crashed into a sukkah booth traditionally dwelt in during the holiday, wounding a father and his
An extraordinary exhibition into the later works of Rembrandt opened at the National Gallery in London on Wednesday, AFP reports, revealing the energy, innovation and empathy of the Dutch master right up to his death. Featuring
Nahal Oz, a kibbutz in the South located near the Gaza Strip saw its share of tragedy during this past summer’s Operation Protective Edge. On July 28, a group
Opposition Chairman and Labor Party Head MK Yitzhak Herzog said Wednesday on IDF Radio that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu profits politically from Israel’s increased diplomatic isolation, claiming it deflects attention
The Judea and Samaria district police emergency call center received a call on Monday night around 9:30 p.m. from four family members from the central coastal region who were driving
The Israel Police will restrict the entry of Muslim worshipers to the Temple Mount on Wednesday, due to intelligence information that was received about plans by Arabs to riot at
The World Health Organization released an updated projection on Tuesday of the Ebola epidemic gripping the globe, and warned that by December the lethal virus may infect as many as
Counter-extremism and pro-Israel groups are protesting the first ever London-based conference to encourage European states to trade with Iran following the easing of sanctions. Several grassroots and communal organisations published