Armed pro-Russian separatists declared their intent to stay at their posts Friday, in defiance of an international deal which they claim does not apply to them.  A landmark deal reached

Efforts to extend the collapsing peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) past their April 29 deadline have failed, according to a PA source. The latest meeting, which

The Syrian Army reportedly killed a number of foreign nationals fighting in Syria earlier this month, in a special operation conducted in the southern rural area of Idlib. The operation,

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s office wasted no time on Wednesday in denying reports that he condemned the terrorist attack the occurred near Hevron on Monday. The attack left Chief

US Secretary of State John Kerry will be investigating the sudden rise in the number of US visas rejected for young Israelis, after an initial report saw that the visa

Two suspects, thought to be linked to the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, were arrested in Thailand last week. In investigation one of them has admitted a planned bombing attack on

Following intelligence information received by Jerusalem police on plans by Muslim visitors to the Temple Mount to disrupt the public order at the end of their prayers, entrance to the

Dozens of Arab youth rioted in Jerusalem on Friday, as they tried to break through police barriers by the Shalem police station near the Damascus Gate, located on the eastern

The Haifa-based defense company Rafael is planning several enhancements to its Iron Dome missile defense system. A company official identified only as Gil S told IHS Jane’s in early April that the

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday condemned notices which were sent to Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, asking them to identify themselves as Jews. Kerry

Iran is complying with the terms of its temporary nuclear agreement with six world powers, a monthly update from the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) showed on Thursday. The

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Nearly 100 members of the ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, attended a first-of-its-kind traditional Passover Seder Monday. The Seder, was sponsored by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel organization, which sent Kaifeng all

While thousands of Arab residents of Hevron marched through the city on Thursday afternoon to mark “Prisoners’ Day,” dozens of them rioted, throwing rocks at IDF soldiers and border patrol officers. 

A technical malfunction caused a carousel ride in Tel Aviv’s Luna Park amusement park to stop suddenly Thursday, lightly injuring 21 children. Medics and paramedics from Magen David Adom (MDA)

Hundreds of thousands of Israeli visitors have inundated Judea and Samaria during Chol Hamoed, the intermediary days of Passover, reports the tour group Mishkefet (‘Binoculars’). “The demand for visits to

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took his wife, Sarah, and sons, Yair and Avner, on a Pesach holiday trip to the Galilee.  The photos place them at the Manara Cliffs near

Over 1,000 Jews are expected to gather in Moscow between April 24 and 27 for the “Limmud FSU Moscow” conference, one of the largest gatherings of Jews in the former

Russia, the US and the European Union said Thursday that they have agreed to steps to “de-escalate” the crisis in Ukraine. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that a deal

Crime boss Charlie Abutbul was found dead, shot in the head, in his Netanya home on Thursday. He was in house arrest pending a 16-month jail term, after being convicted

Speaking Thursday on a tour of Druze and Circassian villages in northern Israel, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said that the terror attack on Monday night, in which police officer Baruch

A modern “exodus” story took place in recent months, as one of the last Jews in Sudan managed to make her way to Israel – more than 30 years after

Twelve Israeli tourists were injured late Wednesday when a bus overturned in Argentina. The Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires is in touch with the victims and has contacted their families

Thousands of police and IDF troops will be on duty Thursday, as tens of thousands of Jews arrive at the Kotel (Western Wall) for the Birkat Cohanim (Blessing of the

For the second time, Israelis of all religious stripes – secular, haredi, and National Religious – will march on Thursday from secular Ramat Gan to haredi Bnei Brak, in an

If, eventually, the “fourth round” of terrorist prisoner releases takes place, the list of those to be released is set to include ten arch-terrorists whose families live in Judea and

Hungary began 70th anniversary commemorations of the Holocaust on Wednesday, amid boycotts and protests by Jewish groups which accuse the government of whitewashing the country’s role in the mass deportations of Jews in 1944. Marking

A Jewish merchant was stabbed by a Muslim man on the Tunisian island of Djerba on Monday, hours before the Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover) and just one month before

Among those wounded in the terror shooting near Hevron Friday was a nine-year-old boy, Almog Mizrahi of Beit Shemesh. While sharing the same last name with Baruch Mizrahi of Modiin,

Birkat Hakohanim, the traditional priestly blessing ceremony, is expected to bring tens of thousands of Jews to the Western Wall (Kotel) Plaza Thursday, but the Temple Mount itself has been