Economy Minister and Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett officially presented his annexation plan during a speech at the Herzliya Conference on Sunday. Under the plan, Israel will gradually annex Area

A former Hamas government spokesman revealed on Sunday that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has said in private meetings he is lying in public statements to “trick the Americans.”

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) sharply criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s leadership on Monday, accusing the premier of having no direction and allowing confusion to run the State of

A senior Iranian official says that the US’s Indian Ocean base at the Diego Garcia island atoll, considered well out of range of Iran’s missiles, is in fact within its

Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the radical Islamic Movement in Israel, wrote an open letter to Pope Francis last Thursday, criticizing him for his visit to the Western Wall (Kotel)

At least 21 people were killed on Sunday after terrorists attacked the international airport in Karachi in Pakistan, CNN reports. Officials at Jinnah Hospital in Karachi said the dead included

Egypt’s new president, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, promised on Sunday to “defeat terrorism”, saying that security is a priority, Al Jazeera reports. Hours after his inauguration, the former army general said

Finance Minister Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, on Sunday threatened that he would topple the government if it annexes any areas of Judea and Samaria. Speaking at

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticized Finance Minister Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, after the latter gave a speech at the Herzliya Conference in which he

As the government seeks to ramp up construction in order to reduce prices, it authorized on Sunday the entry of 2,000 additional foreign construction workers. The current 6,000 workers will

Pope Francis on Sunday hosts an unprecedented joint peace prayer in the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in a symbolic gesture aimed at fostering dialogue.

Israel on Sunday signed a key European-funded scientific research program despite guidelines barring funding to settlement-linked projects, officials said. The signing of the Horizon 2020 agreement took place at a

Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad reiterated their commitment to terror over the weekend, stating that a “unity” pact with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the new government’s public pledge to

Pope Francis will host on Sunday an unprecedented peace prayer meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, AFP reports. The prayer is a symbolic

Concerns that the US’s deal to swap five Taliban terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay for captive soldier Bowe Bergdahl have actualized Sunday, after two separate top-ranking Taliban officials told TIME magazine that

A young Israeli filmmaker won the second-best foreign movie student Academy Award on Saturday, at a film-school version of the Oscars, according to AFP.  Student directors from British, German and US institutes were also

Day in and day out, IDF combat soldiers work hard to ensure Israel remains safe and its citizens remain unharmed.  Seven years ago, a new program was formed to help those soldiers

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised change in his inaugural speech Saturday, making a number of stark resolutions to the tune of cheering crowds.  “I don’t want war. I don’t want

Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein announced Sunday that after consulting with the Knesset legal advisor, Eyal Yinon, and others, he has decided to go ahead and hold the election for

Every Israeli gets them – sometimes numerous times a day. Organizations send out text messages (SMS) on cellphone networks promising spiritual and material blessings, often in return for a “donation,”

Egypt’s former defense minister Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi was officially sworn in as President on Sunday, after winning by a landslide 96% vote in last month’s elections. He will rule for a

A senior Egyptian official revealed Saturday that newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s administration strongly supports the new Hamas-Fatah unity government, and is considering giving it supervision of the Rafah

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some biting words for President Barack Obama in her new memoir, saying his push for a construction freeze in Judea and Samaria

MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) announced on Saturday that he has quit the presidential race, a mere three days ahead of the vote. The announcement comes in the wake of a

Israeli political officials predicted on Friday evening that MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer’s bid for the presidency was likely over in the wake of the investigation against him. While Ben-Eliezer is not

President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, hinted on Friday that the United States was sending weapons to the Syrian rebels, when she said Washington was taking important steps

A Turkish man is charged with electrocuting his wife as punishment for giving birth to a girl while on the phone to police who failed to avert the crime, media

Spain’s government on Friday approved a draft law easing the path to citizenship for the descendants of Jews expelled in 1492, AFP reported. Spain already grants citizenship to proven Sephardic

The head of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist group said on Friday that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s re-election this week proves that any solution to the country’s conflict “begins and ends”

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Friday joined those condemning Israel’s announced construction of roughly 3,300 new housing units in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. “Israel’s move to establish settlements, which clearly