The US financial aid designated for the Palestinian Authority (PA) is set to grow considerably in 2014 to $440 million, up from $426 million in 2013. The aid aims to

The Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the Czech Republic has died of wounds sustained in an explosion which rocked his house in the capital Prague.  Jamal al-Jamal was rushed to hospital

Peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is elusive as ever, but not for United States Secretary of State John Kerry, who begins 2014 with a trip to the Middle

A 29-year-old Belz hassidic-religious Jew, who ran a store named Yossi’s Wine and Liquor on 18th Avenue in the Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn, was stabbed on Tuesday night in

More than 130,000 people have been killed since the beginning of the conflict in Syria nearly three years ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday, according to

Terrorists in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday blew up a gas pipeline that feeds an industrial area in the region, security officials said, according to AFP. The officials said

The first milestone in plans to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal by mid 2014 was missed on Tuesday, as shipments of the country’s most dangerous chemicals did not make it

Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza conducted a test using long-range M-175 rockets on Tuesday evening. Rockets of this type are able to reach the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv and

A senior Egyptian Justice Ministry official said on Tuesday that the assets of more than 500 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which the country’s ousted president hails, have been

A Jordanian-Palestinian dissident has voiced his fears over a politically-motivated indictment by a Jordanian court, issued in reaction to his vocal opposition to the ruling Hashemite monarchy there. Mudar Zahran,

The military court in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday convicted Ali Saada, of the Hevron area, in the murder of Asher Palmer, 25, and his baby son Yonatan, in September

The Jewish commandment to tie tzitzit (fringes) to four-cornered garments, as a reminder of all the commandments, includes the precept to tie a thread dyed “tekhelet,” a shade of sky-blue.

A resident of Tel Aviv has been arrested for vandalizing a synagogue with Nazi graffiti. Worshippers arriving at the city’s Gr”a synagogue this morning were horrified to discover swastikas and

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas declared Monday that an Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley would be a “red line” as far as he is concerned. Abbas told the

A Sunday New York Times article shows why Israel must never cede control of Judea and Samaria, according to Arutz Sheva analyst Mark Langfan. The report cites a newly-published analysis

Egypt, which has blacklisted the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, on Monday urged other members of the Arab League to follow suit. AFP reported that Egypt called on Arab

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz holds the Lebanese Army directly responsible for Sunday’s rocket attacks on Israel, Maariv reported Tuesday.  “Occasionally we get a kinetic reminder of our environment, which reminds

As Israel released 26 terrorists who murdered Israelis on Monday night, the United States was quick to welcome the decision, AFP reported. Secretary of State John Kerry “expresses his appreciation

Jabhat Al Nusra, an Islamist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, maintains an infrastructure of governance as one of the central opposition forces. Aside from managing religious courts based on Islamic

Israel on Monday filed a complaint with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council over recent acts of terrorism coming from Lebanon. These include the murder of

NBA star Tony Parker has apologized for his use of the “quenelle” gesture that is widely considered to be anti-Semitic and similar to a Nazi salute. The New York Daily

Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino awarded a certificate of honor to two police officers, whose actions saved many lives in the Bat Yam bus bombing on December 22. The award was

If all goes to plan, the government will release 26 terrorists late Monday, in the third round of terrorists releases Israel promised to undertake last summer, as the price for

 At a special reception held at Ben Gurion Airport, Taglit CEO Gidi Mark and Tourism Minister Dr. Uzi Landau welcomed the young participants. “It is exciting to be able to bring to

Experts from Iran and six world powers (known as the P5+1, or sextet) are gathering in Geneva for a third round of nuclear talks later in the day, aimed at setting

The body of a 17-year-old hareidi youth who had gone missing Saturday evening was found Monday morning in a grove on Hatzvi street, in Bnei Brak’s Kiryat Herzog neighborhood. It

India will purchase 15 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel, news outlets reported Monday.  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the purchase at a Cabinet meeting, according to Defense Update. The goal:

An attack on a military post in Yemen’s Lahj province left 10 dead Monday, in the latest in a series of skirmishes in the Arab country.  Southern secessionist gunmen approached