(For more topics, see Israel’s History – A Picture a Day website) Jihadi forces overran Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, this week. Analysts explain Mosul’s significance as the center of

The Al Qaeda offshoot the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has conquered great sections of Iraq since capturing Mosul on Tuesday, going on to expand its control southward over several

The Obama administration has quietly returned a dozen detainees from a small US military prison in Afghanistan, defense officials stated Thursday night, in another controversial prisoner release set to tone

Pope Francis strongly condemned violence in the Middle East Friday, in an interview with  the Vatican correspondent of Barcelona-based daily La Vanguardia. Following his first visit to the Middle East as pope last

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday that Iran would resume uranium enrichment activities if no agreement is reached with the West, Reuters reports. Speaking at a conference

Terrorism training went awry on Friday morning, as an accidental explosion at one of Hamas’s Gaza terror bases left four clumsy terrorists injured. The explosion occurred at a training camp

Holocaust survivors from mental health hospitals were brought to the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem on Thursday to hold a belated bar mitzvah ceremony. IDF soldiers were present at the

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), an Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist group that has taken over the Iraqi city of Mosul, has begun to implement Islamic Sharia law in

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Stanley Fischer to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, reports The Associated Press (AP). According to the report,

Iran has deployed Revolutionary Guards units to Iraq in order to fight the Islamists who have taken over cities there, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Iranian security

Eleven Labor MKs, led by by Shelly Yechimovich, Eitan Cabel, and Avishai Braverman on Thursday submitted a proposal to allow civil marriage in Israel. The law, in preparation for over

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman was in the swing of his African diplomatic tour on Wednesday, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his Rwandan counterpart Louise Mushikiwabo to establish bilateral

The Obama administration supports a plan to provide military training to the moderate Syrian opposition, an official said Wednesday, according to Reuters. Dana Shell Smith, President Barack Obama’s nominee to

Former Palestinian Authority Chief Negotiator is in hot water with his boss, PA chief Mahmoud Abbas, after Erekat was caught on tape calling Abbas a “coward” who was afraid to

With banks paying next to nothing in interest, Israeli householders are actively looking for alternative investment vehicles – a situation that numerous entrepreneurs have taken advantage of by structuring investment

As Brazilian authorities work hard to crack down on the country’s notorious organized crime rings ahead of the World Cup, Israeli technology is playing a crucial role. This morning, it

Kurdish Pershmerga militia fighters have taken control of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, in an attempt to stymie advances by the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Aircraft belonging to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out an airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday night. According to reports, the airstrike targeted a terrorist. Palestinian Authority-based media said that

Israel’s policy is to “kill those who plan to kill you”, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday night, responding to the IDF’s elimination of a Gaza terrorist who planned

A group of experts confirmed on Wednesday that a Matisse painting found in the possession of the reclusive son of a German art dealer linked to Adolf Hitler was “Nazi

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had voted for Reuven Rivlin in both rounds of the presidential election that was held Tuesday. According to Channel 2 News,

Scores of young Jewish social justice and environmental activists from across the globe came together this week in Budapest to explore the connections between their commitment to supporting the Jewish

WWU Student Alysa Kipersztok, a StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, brought the anti-BDS resolution to the ASWWU. “I’ve seen how divisive anti-Israel BDS campaigns have been on campuses across the country,” she

Saudi Arabia is continuing its crackdown on terrorism, and on Monday sentenced 33 suspected Islamist terrorists to up to 30 years in prison, Reuters reported, citing the official Saudi Press

A Kassam rocket fired by terrorists in Gaza exploded on Wednesday morning in the Eshkol Regional Council area in the north-western Negev. “Color red” sirens were sounded, and no injuries

The Iraqi government under Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is taking more desperate measures, after a radical Al Qaeda offshoot seized control of the country’s second largest city on Monday night. Maliki

A historic convention that is to be held in the United States for the rights of Muslim women is being studiously ignored by western feminists. A group of Muslim women,

An indictment was filed on Wednesday against an Arab resident of Jerusalem who broke a Jewish minor’s skull with a wooden bat last Tuesday right before Shavuot, as the youth

A new book sums up 13 years of research on female participation in IDF combat units and declares the feminist experiment in the Israeli military a failure. “Lochamot Betzahal” by

A delegation of European diplomats traveled to the Gaza Strip to meet the Gaza-based ministers of a new Palestinian Authority “unity government”, an EU official said Wednesday. John Gatt-Rutter, the