Secular residents of Ashdod were up in arms Monday night because of a “men’s only” Mimouna celebration taking place in the city. The event was being attended by Chief Sephardic

The Syrian presidential elections will be held on June 3, current President Bashar Assad announced Monday, just one week after he claimed the three-year civil war was going in his

Over the Passover holiday, over 2 million Israelis visited national parks, nature reserves, and outdoor sites around Israel. According to the Jewish National Fund, the top sites were the Hula

MK Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home) attended the traditional Mimouna celebration in the southern Israeli city of Sderot Monday night. Residents of Sderot, like in many other communities in southern Israel,

The Israel Air Force struck three terror targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon, in response to rocket fire at southern Israel earlier Monday. The IDF Spokesman’s Office said

Frazier Glenn Cross, who has been indicted in the shootout at a Kansas Jewish community center last weekend in which three people were killed, threatened Jewish leaders in Ukraine last

A freak spring wind storm downed trees in Israel’s southern resort city of Eilat as tens of thousands of Israelis were enjoying the last days of the Passover holiday. Dozens

The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Religious Trusts, Mahmoud al-Habash, cancelled a planned visit to Tulkarm Sunday for the dedication of a new mosque, after many dozens of residents demonstrated against

Authorities are still searching for nine Hezbollah-linked suspects in Thailand on Sunday, just days after two suspects in a planned terror attack against Israelis were arrested in Bangkok.  While Thailand’s

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro addressed the US visa crisis for the first time late Saturday night, stressing that the White House is working diligently to increase the number

At least five people have reportedly been killed in Slaviansk Sunday morning, after Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian demonstrators clashed in another skirmish overnight. Russian Times places the death toll at six thus

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik’s tour of the Temple Mount was cut short this morning when violent rioting broke out at the holy site. It was the first time that the Temple

President Shimon Peres on Sunday made his traditional Pesach visit to the Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yoseph. During his visit, Peres stressed the importance of maintaining unity

Is there a secret deal between the Vatican and Israel to transfer control over King David’s Tomb to the Catholic church? An investigative report in Makor Rishon cites La Stampa

Ukraine’s prime minister voiced outrage at reports that masked men in east Ukraine’s main city handed out leaflets demanding Jews register or be expelled, NBC News reported Saturday. Members of the Jewish community

Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, said Saturday that a dispute with world powers over the Arak heavy water reactor has been “almost resolved,” the Al-Alam

Iran is continuing its process of military armament, which is largely based on domestically-manufactured weapons including satellites, fighter planes, helicopters, missiles, radar systems and more. Iranian Navy Commander Habib Allah

American film producer and screenwriter Boaz Yakin is best known for successful movies like Remember the Titans, Fresh, and 2013’s Now You See Me. But his latest release isn’t a movie,

Islamist terror organization Hamas has attacked the latest statements by Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas, regarding possible reconciliation between the Fatah and Hamas. It noted that by speaking in

Egypt has foiled an attempt to smuggle out of the country Jewish antiquities used during religious ceremonies, the antiquities ministry said on Friday.     The artefacts were discovered in

Thousands of Christian pilgrims thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City Saturday amid tight security to celebrate the Holy Fire ceremony on the eve of Easter.

US President Barack Obama made clear his “disgust” at anti-Jewish leaflets handed out in east Ukraine’s main city, his top national security aide said Friday.     The pamphlets telling

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met separately Friday with US peace envoy Martin Indyk, a Palestinian Authority (PA) source said, a day after five hours of three-way talks failed to bring

Arab terrorists tried to set an IDF pillbox-type guard position on fire Saturday, at Rachel’s Tomb, near Bethlehem. No soldiers were reported hurt. An IDF outlook unit identified smoke coming

Israel has responded angrily to a statement by the EU’s leading foreign diplomat in which she exclusively blamed Israel for the collapse of peace talks with the Palestinian Authority. On

Local Christian Arabs and pilgrims from around the world made their way down the cobbled Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem Friday, where Jesus is believed to have walked to his crucifixion, according to AFP. 

Many Israelis have long maintained that conditions for Arab terrorists in jail are far too comfortable and do not provide enough of a deterrent, citing numerous incidents of Palestinian Arabs

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton called on Israel to reverse recent announcements regarding construction in Judea and Samaria in order to advance peace talks.   Ashton said she viewed

Syrian fighter jets struck villages and sites associated with the opposition forces late Friday morning, in the Quneitra region of the Golan Heights. The attacks on Quneitra, the only crossing