Hamas’s exiled deputy leader said Wednesday that indirect talks with Israel to consolidate a Gaza ceasefire are to resume in Cairo in mid-September. Fifty days of deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas terrorists ended on August

The Jewish Home Party voted on a new constitution at Tel Aviv University Wednesday, amidst a controversy over political control that may see a split over what some claim are

Jerusalem District Police Yossi Pariente and Minister of Internal Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch visited the scene of a vandalized French Hill gas station on Tuesday, vowing to Arutz Sheva reporters at the scene

Murdered American journalist Steve Sotloff was not “sold to Islamic State” by “moderate rebels,” the White House stated Tuesday night.  “As it relates to the specifics of this matter, based

A Jewish school in Australia has built a bomb-proof wall to protect it and an adjacent synagogue, in a dramatic – and expensive – response to a spate of anti-Semitic

Jerusalem Councilman and former mayoral candidate Moshe Leon has demanded a repeat committee discussion on the recent approval of 2,200 new housing units for Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem. Leon said this

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has revealed his intentions to establish an independent investigative committee into the IAF airstrikes on UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in Gaza

Jewish Home MK Yoni Chetboun said Wednesday morning that he and the other opponents of the party constitution proposed by Chairman Naftali Benntt have gathered the required signatures to force

The Jewish Home Convention will take place Wednesday evening at Tel Aviv University, with 1,180 Central Committee members set to vote on a controversial party constitution proposed by its chairman,

Hollywood star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, affectionately known as “Brangelina,” who finally tied the knot in France last month, have been learning an Israeli martial art for their

Aside from the physical destruction wrought by Hamas’s recent terror war on Israel, the escalation of rocket and tunnel terror from Gaza since July has also taken a serious economic

An Arab rioter was shot dead early Wednesday morning as he took part in clashes attacking IDF troops in Al-Amari north of Ramallah, with Palestinian Authority (PA) sources decrying the

Former Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Tzvi Mazel, tells Arutz Sheva that the reports regarding an Egyptian offer to Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas, to enlarge Gaza by adding territory to

The jihadist Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) regime imposing brutal Muslim law on the large areas of Iraq and Syria it has captured now has its sights primarily set on Italy,

A senior British MP condemned the boycott movement against Israel Tuesday, branding it as a manifestation of pure anti-Semitism and comparing it to Nazi boycotts against Jews. Speaking at the

The IDF is opening a criminal investigation into two strikes in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge, Israeli media reported Wednesday, and whether or not they targeted civilians, breaking international law. 

UK rabbis expressed their concern to Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi David Lau this week that if legislation proposed by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua party changing the conversion process passes, they

Defeating global terrorist networks requires a “counter-network” of intelligence services and other parties to take the fight to them, according to Dr Boaz Ganor, the founder and Executive Director of the

Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said he is “not aware” of an Egyptian offer to the Palestinian Authority to establish a Palestinian state in Sinai and Gaza. In any case,

President Barack Obama is preparing to ask Congress to pay for a multibillion-dollar plan to expand the military campaign against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants, an unnamed administration official told

The Bank of Israel on Wednesday released the first samples to the Israeli market of its new 50 shekel (just under $15) banknote that is posed to enter circulation. Training was

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon landed in the Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, becoming the first Israeli defense minister ever to visit the country, which is located strategically on Iran’s northern

Israel on Wednesday hailed US efforts to form an alliance to fight jihadists in Syria and Iraq but raised concerns of a rapprochement between Washington and Israel’s arch-foe Iran. “I

Egypt will host a donors conference on the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip on October 12 in Cairo, the Egyptian foreign minister said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The announcement

A group of 45 UN peacekeepers from Fiji taken hostage in the Golan Heights two weeks ago will be released soon, the Fiji government said Tuesday night, according to AFP.

Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham, has been killed with other top commanders in a bomb blast at a meeting, the BBC reported on

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog (Labor) was assured by officials in Washington on Tuesday that the United States will not compromise on the issue of Iran’s nuclear program. Herzog met

Russian officials have traveled to Iran’s capital to boost economic ties between the two countries, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Tuesday. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh and Alexander Novak,

Palestinian Arab terrorists who are serving time in Israeli jails announced on Tuesday night that they will start a hunger strike on Wednesday. The mass hunger strike is a response

A number of bronze shoes were stolen from the riverside Holocaust memorial ‘Shoes on the Danube’ in Budapest, Hungary, The Budapest Beacon reported on Tuesday. It is not known whether