After a four-year-long legal battle, Egged buses in Jerusalem began displaying advertisements that feature women’s faces on Sunday. The advertisements feature a mix of women from Jerusalem – secular, religious,

Syria has been wracked by civil war for over two years, with a variety of factions, from “moderate” groups to Islamists associated with Al Qaeda to IS (Islamic State) fanatics

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hosted a traditional Bible study class in his official residence Sunday. The Bible classes were first held by Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben Gurion. They

Residents of working class Tel Aviv expressed their anguish and anger Sunday following the High Court decision striking down the Infiltrator Law, by marching with black flags. Organizer May Golan

Egyptian security forces have arrested four suspected members of a cell recruiting fighters for the “Islamic State” (IS or ISIS) group in Syria, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Sunday.

The president of the Sudanese Chess Association (SCA) tendered his resignation on Sunday following a game of chess that took place against an Israeli player at the World Youth Chess

The Arab revolt in Palestine (1936-1939) was almost a preview for the 1947-1949 hostilities after the UN partitioned Palestine, the British mandate ended, the British army withdrew from Palestine and the State of

Drivers on Route 1, the main road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, are waiting with bated breath for completion of work that will upgrade the road to an international-class highway,

Last week, Hamas Political Bureau member Mahmoud Al-Zahar stated that Hamas wants to build an Islamic state in all of Palestine, meaning it would replace Israel, reports Palestinian Media Watch

A day after apologizing to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. Vice President Biden on Sunday made another apology, this time to the United Arab Emirates. According to The Washington

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in an interview which aired Sunday on CBS that the White House’s rebuke of Israeli construction in Jerusalem goes “against American values”. In the interview,

Asia’s Olympic chief has urged all sports to let women wear the Islamic hijab headscarf, after an Asian Games row which saw Qatar’s basketball team quit in fury, AFP reports.

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi has criticized Israel and the United States over their reaction to Sweden’s decision to recognize “the state of Palestine”, the Ma’an

The Hezbollah group said Sunday that at least five of its fighters were killed along with “dozens” of gunmen in clashes in the Syria-Lebanon border area, AFP reports. A Hezbollah

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had a message for Sweden on Sunday, a day after Sweden’s Prime Minister said his country would recognize the “state of Palestine.” Netanyahu clarified that unilateral

A senior Israeli Muslim religious leader called terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) “brothers” of Muslims in Israel and elsewhere, adding that they could not stand by and watch silently

The Egyptian jihadist group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis on Sunday decapitated three people and shot a fourth on accusations of “collaborating” with Israel’s Mossad spy agency and the Egyptian army, the

At a party meeting for Yesh Atid, Chairman Yair Lapid, apologized for convening a press conference from the doorway of his home on the Sabbath of September 20. He stated, “I

An Orthodox Jewish group has taken legal action against a terminally ill patient’s family, DNAinfo reported Thursday, in an attempt to prevent the patient from being taken off life support.  Eileen Beth

University of Ariel lecturers have been permitted to attend the European Association of Israel Studies’ annual conference – despite a policy biased against institutions in Judea and Samaria – but

In a medical first and marking a milestone in infertility treatment, a woman has given birth to a baby using a transplanted womb. The 1.8kg (3.9lb) boy was born prematurely, but

Haim Yalin, the head of the Eshkol Regional Council, addressed the false alarms sounded this morning (Sunday) at about 8:24 a.m. in three kibbutzim – Nirim, Ein HaShlosha, and Kissufim –

Human error, or computer fault?  The Dallas, TX hospital that mishandled the US’s first Ebola case initially reported that Liberian native Thomas Duncan had lied about his contact with a woman

Sweden has effectively retracted an earlier statement by new prime minister Stefan Lofven, who announced that his country would recognize the “state of Palestine,” arousing ire in Israel and disapproval

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is criticizing President Barack Obama for leaning toward, then deciding against military action against Syria for its use of chemical weapons. “By failing to

The Western world has sought to physically hinder Islamic State (ISIS), the terrorist organization too extreme for Al Qaeda which has burst the Middle East asunder, through a series of

Barely out on the market, the iPhone 6 is a hot commodity, with fans of Apple products waiting on line for hours for their chance to buy one. If getting

Members of the Tel Aviv Merchant’s Organization were shocked to discover that membership checks they wrote to the organization in recent weeks were deposited not in the organization’s account, but

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has undergone an operation on his prostate which lasted less than half an hour. The head of the surgical team said only local anaesthetic

Workers at Ben Gurion Airport are gearing up for another strike – this time on their own behalf. Unions representing workers on Sunday held an emergency meeting, which union officials