The government approved Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid)’s financial plan to assist Holocaust survivors in Israel on Sunday, to the tune of some one billion shekel ($287,894,000) per year,

The Palestinian Authority (PA) applied to over fifteen international agencies earlier this month, in a unilateral move which torpedoed peace talks with Israel.  But on Sunday, according to Ma’ariv, PA officials

The United States and Germany received top marks for their efforts to track down Nazi war criminals, in a report published today by the Israeli branch of the the Simon Wiesenthal

The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, spoke at the official commemoration ceremony for the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem. President Peres spoke about

China should act to ensure religious freedoms, a top US opposition lawmaker said at the close of an Asia trip held as President Barack Obama also visits the region. House Majority Leader

A molotov cocktail was hurled at an Israeli car on Friday afternoon, right before the start of Shabbat, just outside of Yitzhar, the Samaria community that has recently witnessed clashes

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud) denounced on Saturday night the speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas before the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Central Council. Danon particularly took

Syrian President Bashar Assad dismissed concerns over the upcoming presidential race in Syria on Saturday, claiming that the race will be democratic amidst a chorus of foreign criticism.  “The Syrian

Two people were killed in clashes on Friday between protesters and police in the Egyptian city of Fayoum, AFP reported, citing local security officials. Supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed

Pope John XXIII, who will be canonized on Sunday, was “the best pope in history for the Jewish people,” says one of the founders of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.

Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, head of the Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, expressed satisfaction on Friday over a New York court ruling which allowed the U.S. administration to seize ownership of a

The United States denied on Friday that Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to secure a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have failed. Rather, claimed State

Israeli officials slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s speech before the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Central Council on Saturday, criticizing him for reiterating one-sided ultimatums and dealing a death

Iran welcomed Saturday a reconciliation deal between the the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas, which it said amounted to a coalition against the “Zionist regime,” a reference to Israel.  

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday said it supported Israel’s decision to suspend peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA). In a statement, the ADL said that the suspension was

Egypt’s former defense minister and presidential candidate, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is Jewish, according to Egyptian journalist Saber Mashhour. Mashhour’s comments were posted to the internet on April 20 and translated

Over 2,000 students of New York University (NYU) reportedly woke up on Thursday to mock eviction notices under their doors, in another anti-Semitic “dorm storm” initiated by Students for Justice

Armed separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday seized a bus carrying international observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the interior ministry

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah offered to step down on Friday in a move which may pave the way for a unity government agreed between PA Chairman

A Virgin Blue Airlines passenger jet has been hijacked on its way from Bali to Brisbane Friday morning, and forced to make an emergency landing at Bali’s Denpasar airport.  According

US President Barack Obama on Friday summarized Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s unity deal with the terrorist organization, sealed Wednesday, as being “unhelpful.” “The fact that recently President Abbas

Several weeks ago, a vigilante by the name of “Buddhax” made waves when he exposed the true faces – and names and passwords – of several anti-Israel hackers who participated

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday that he will not negotiate with the Palestinian Authority (PA) so long as it is part of a unity government with the Hamas

Syria has nearly completed surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, a joint task force in charge of the operation said Thursday, according to AFP. “Today’s operation brings the total of chemical

An Israeli film called “Life Sentences” has won the top award at an international documentary film festival. The film, produced and directed by Nurit Kedar and Yaron Shani, won the

US Secretary of State John Kerry responded to the suspension of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) nine months ago on Thursday, calling for “compromises” from both

The United States would have to reconsider its assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if Fatah and Hamas form a government together, a senior U.S. administration official said on Thursday,

The Air Force conducted a rehearsal last week for an event in which an enemy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) infiltrates Israeli airspace. Both jet fighter and combat helicopter squadrons took

During a six-hour security cabinet meeting on Thursday, ministers decided to respond to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) unity deal with Hamas, reached on Wednesday, by suspending the peace talks ahead