U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened tougher and broader new sanctions against Russia on Friday, if Moscow doesn’t quickly change its disruptive behavior. “We will not

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Friday became a formal party to five global treaties banning torture and racial discrimination, and protecting the rights of women, children and the disabled, the

Gaza terrorists opened fire towards IDF soldiers near the Kissufim border crossing on Friday evening. The soldiers returned fire. None of the soldiers were hurt. On Thursday, A Kassam rocket

Israelis, your mail will finally arrive today.  The Israeli Postal Service’s three-day strike ended late Thursday night, after a series of dramatic negotiations between Communications Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud), Histadrut

As the March of the Living commenced Monday in Poland, in honor of Holocaust Memorial Day, another type of march commenced in Ukraine: a march of Neo-Nazis supporting the Waffen,

Gennady Kernes, the Jewish mayor of Kharkiv in the Ukraine who was critically injured Monday, has regained consciousness, according to Ma’ariv/NRG.  Kharkov municipal spokesman Yuri Sidornko told the daily that Kernes’s son,

The Helmsley Charitable Trust will fund full-page ads of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in the New York Times and USA Today on Monday, in time for Israel’s Independence Day. The ad, which will

Taglit-Birthright Israel brings tens of thousands of Jewish young adults to Israel each year, to tour Jewish sites – including the Western Wall and Yad V’Shem – and connect to

Roger Waters has returned to singing his old anti-Israel chorus, the New York Daily News reported Thursday, calling on the Rolling Stones to cancel plans for their upcoming Israel debut concert because

At least 33 people were killed Thursday in an air strike on a market in a rebel-held district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, activists said, according to the

An IDF soldier was lightly wounded Friday morning, after an explosive was launched at Nahal Brigade soldiers stationed in Shechem. The soldier has been transferred to hospital for treatment. The

Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi David Lau visited the Beit Halokhem rehabiliation center for wounded IDF veterans in Haifa on Thursday, ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day next Monday. Rabbi Lau himself is

An infant was left with light injuries after stones were thrown at the bus he was riding in on Thursday night. The perpetrators of the rock throwing attack have yet

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry admitted on Thursday that the unity deal between Fatah and Hamas had been unexpected. Speaking in Ethiopia, where he said it was time for

Ron Dermer, the Israeli Ambassador to the US, defended US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday from Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon. Danon on Tuesday wrote an article in Politico

Iran on Thursday rejected an annual United States report that keeps Tehran on a list of state sponsors of terrorism as reflecting double standards, AFP reported. The Iranian foreign ministry

A kassam rocket exploded in open territory Thursday in the Eshkol Regional Council area, bordering Gaza. No injuries or damage was reported from the missile, which was fired by terrorists

Beit Shemesh suffered two syngagogue break-ins overnight Wednesday. Both synagogues were on the same street – Rabbi Tarfon Street, in the Kirya Hareidi section of the city. Thieves made off

A sapling grown from the tree that Anne Frank wrote about while in hiding was celebrated Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol as a “living testament” to one of the Holocaust’s

Since last Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday, Israel’s population has grown by 157,000, and now totals 8,180,000. Jews account for 75% of that total, with the

Jay Leno, the iconic former Tonight Show TV host comedian, will emcee the first Genesis Prize award ceremony in Israel, a $1 million prize given to outstanding individuals who “embody the character of the

Pictures emerging from the city of Raqqa in northern Syria show how an Al Qaeda splinter group has been carrying out public “crucifixions” in areas under its control. The Islamic

Some 3,000 Israeli worshippers entered the Tomb of Joseph in Shechem Wednesday night, in honor of the new Hebrew month of Iyar. The worshippers were of all religious backgrounds –

In advance of Memorial Day, which will take place next Monday, the National Insurance Institute (NII) announced Thursday that 2,495 Israelis had been killed in terror attacks since the establishment

The first hareidi hesder yeshiva has been opened in Jerusalem. The ground-breaking program will combine Torah study with IDF army service. While the first hareidi mechina, or pre-army preparatory academy,

Israeli actor and director Assi Dayan has passed away. He died Thursday morning at his apartment in north Tel Aviv. Dayan was 68, his family said. His funeral is scheduled

Szymon Klug, the last Jewish resident of Oswiecim, Poland, better known by its German name Auschwitz, passed away in 2000. On May 18, Klug’s home, located just a few miles

A woman in her 20s was found dead Thursday in a grove near the industrial area at Migdal Haemek, in the Galilee. There were signs of violence on her upper

Israel summoned Jordan’s ambassador Thursday to protest an anti-Israeli article by a former Jordanian foreign minister, in which he based his argument on a Hitler quote, the foreign ministry said.

Support for the Nahal Brigade soldier who was videotaped in an aggressive exchange with Palestinian Arab youths in Hevron reached peak levels Thursday afternoon, as the Facebook page supporting him