Actress Natalie Portman’s husband has revealed his plans to convert to Judaism. Benjamin Millepied, French dancer and choreographer, is currently living with his wife in her native Israel. He told

Residents of Judea and Samaria make up more than 16 percent of the new officers fresh out of the latest courses for company and battalion commanders, according to the IDF’s

Actress Scarlett Johansson has stepped down as an ambassador for Oxfam due to the group’s support for a boycott of Israel. A statement released by a spokesman for the actress

Egyptian military officials said Wednesday that troops backed by helicopters and armored vehicles have killed eight terrorists in the northern Sinai Peninsula. The officials who were quoted by The Associated Press

Soldiers guarding an Iron Dome installation near the city of Eilat fired on an Arab man on Thursday after he ran at them screaming “Allahu Akbar” (Arabic for “G-d is

A national park will be declared at Khirbet Qeiyafa and the Ela Valley, southwest of Jerusalem, and a residential neighborhood that had been planned next to the location will not

This past Monday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a number of prominent American Jews were among the visitors to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland. Eric Cantor, US House

Border Police officers foiled a stabbing attack in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred as dozens of Arab youths were throwing rocks at Border

Jewish Home Chairman and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett issued a public apology to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday, amid rumors that Netanyahu had threatened to boot Jewish Home from the

One of Europe’s oldest Yiddish theaters, the State Jewish Theatre of Bucharest, has been forced to close down after its roof was damaged by the snowstorms sweeping Romania, AFP reports Wednesday.  “This is a disaster.

Tensions in Ukraine are slowly settling Wednesday, as protestors weigh the possibility of a compromise, according to the Wall Street Journal.  Earlier Wednesday, opposition leaders managed to convince a faction of

Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz spoke at a Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) ceremony Wednesday, where he reflected on the US-Israel relationship, the intentions of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud

An Arab terrorist opened fire on an IDF guard post next to the Samaria community of Ateret, which lies roughly midway between Jerusalem and Shechem (Nablus). Soldiers returned fire, taking

Five-year-old Yitzhak Gross, one of the brothers severely injured in last week’s tragic poisoning in Jerusalem, has regained consciousness and is now able to breathe normally.  Schneider Medical Center staff

The New York State senate passed a landmark bill Tuesday stripping public funding for schools that support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, according to Capitol Confidential. The

A Palestinian Arab man attempted to run over IDF soldiers near Homesh in northern Samaria Wednesday, before fleeing the scene of the crime.  The incident unfolded when IDF forces identified

This week marks 11 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia accident that killed Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. Menachem Kidrom, Director of the Israel Space Agency, spoke to Arutz Sheva and

US Secretary of State John Kerry is about to present a plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) that will call for a phased Israeli withdrawal from

Israel’s Chief of Military Intelligence, Major General Aviv Kohavi, painted a clear and graphic picture of what Israel faces on a daily basis on Wednesday: a constant barrage of terrorist threats. 

The Israel institute of technology at Technion University is making great strides in understanding the qualitative effect of sleep on health ,and on how to get the best quality sleep. The university

A top Egyptian police general was assassinated on Tuesday, an attack claimed by an Al-Qaeda inspired group which threatened similar attacks against the army chief and interior minister. AFP reported

President Barack Obama on Tuesday threatened once again to veto a new Iran sanctions bill if it is passed by Congress. The comments came during the State of the Union

After facing harsh criticism over his son’s non-Jewish Norwegian girlfriend, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has reportedly denied the relationship between the two. According to a Tuesday evening report on Channel

Israeli MKs who visited Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday were joined by European parliamentarians. The European parliamentarians’ visit to Auschwitz was an initiative of the European Friends

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened the CyberTech 2014 Conference in Tel Aviv on Monday, announcing the opening of a cyber defense facility in Be’er Sheva. Senior Vice President of IBM

Two Somali security officials confirmed on Monday that an American missile strike in southern Somalia on Sunday killed a senior Al-Shabaab commander who had masterminded suicide attacks. According to Reuters,

Two indictments were submitted on Tuesday against two Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem. The two were arrested last week for planning a terror attack on Binyanei Hauma in Jerusalem and

Islamist terrorists used explosives and heavy guns in an atrocious double-pronged attack that killed at least 100 civilians in Nigeria’s northeast on Sunday. One attack took place in the village

Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, met with Interior Minister Gideon Saar Monday, as part of a visit to Israel in which the countries are to sign a trade agreement.