Gunfire from the Syrian side of the border hit close to an IDF patrol in the northern Golan Heights on Thursday night. There were no injuries or damages. The IDF

The Knesset can be a tough crowd for any Prime Minister. The fierce debate often forces the Knesset speaker to intervene and even discipline MKs who are deemed too disruptive. So

The Color Red incoming rocket alert siren was activated early Thursday afternoon in the Golan Heights region. Local sources said there were unconfirmed reports that the siren activated throughout the

US officials estimate that Israel will lose about 15 percent of “major settlement blocs” in Judea and Samaria in any final status deal worked out with the Palestinian Authority. Sources

Hundreds of hareidi-religious young men will don IDF uniforms for the first time on Thursday morning. They are part of a growing trend toward voluntary hareidi IDF service that has

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the police have arrested four Palestinian Authority Arabs on suspicion of being responsible for a robbery that turned into a murder in October

United Nations inspectors will go to Syria to investigate three sites where chemical weapons attacks have been reported, the international body said Wednesday, according to the AFP news agency. The

British Foreign Secretary William Hague signalled on Wednesday that Britain was open to improved relations with Iran on a “step-by-step” basis, following talks with his counterpart in Tehran, reported the

An Al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria kidnapped around 200 Kurdish civilians after violent clashes with Kurdish fighters in the country, a monitoring group said on Wednesday, according to Al Arabiya. “Fighters

Palestinian Authority Arabs attacked Jewish hikers in the Binyamin region on Wednesday, as they were exploring near the Wadi Zarqa valley. The group of hikers, who were walking near an

A large fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in Britannia Park, near the city of Beit Shemesh in the Jerusalem region. Firefighters’ spokesperson for the Jerusalem region Assaf Abras told Arutz

Attacks against Jews in Malmoe, Sweden’s third largest city, have left members of the community questioning their future in a place known for its “multiculturalism.” Jewish people have lived in Malmoe for

The chief economist at Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, Professor Leo Leiderman, will become the next governor of the Bank of Israel. Professor Leiderman, 61,who will replace outgoing governor Stanley Fischer, has

Hizbullah claims that European representatives suggested the terrorist organization carry out a “limited attack” on an Israeli target in a remote international location, in retaliation for the assassination of Hizbullah

The first Jewish cultural and religious center in Portugal was inaugurated last week in the city of Trancoso, Portuguese American Journal reported. The new complex, which houses the new synagogue

The United States, Russia, European Union and United Nations – known as the Quartet – on Tuesday made a joint call on Israel and the Palestinian Authority not to “undermine

A week after Eric Burdon, the former lead singer in the British band The Animals, cancelled his performance in Israel because of political pressure, he had a change of heart.

Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain said Tuesday they’re traveling to Egypt next week at President Barack Obama’s request, in hopes of spurring the reconciliation process there, reported Politico.

The Health Ministry is set to announce in the coming days that it is embarking on an emergency inoculation program to protect some 200,000 children from polio. A report on

Activists from the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party’s Young Leadership movement spent the Sabbath in one of the neighborhoods of southern Tel Aviv, and were shocked at what they found.

Terrorists fired a rocket Tuesday morning from Hamas-controlled Gaza into southern Israel, as “peace talks” between the Palestinian Authority and Israel began in Washington. The rocket exploded in an empty

Senior Palestinian Authority officials will be in Knesset on Wednesday to meet with Members of Knesset and ministers from the Lobby to Promote a Solution to the Israeli-Arab Conflict. The

Meir Dagan, the former head of the Mossad intelligence agency, said in an interview published Tuesday that the negotiations vis-a-vis the Palestinian Authority (PA) were poorly handled and therefore do

The Knesset approved the second and third readings of the state budget for the years 2013-2014 early Tuesday morning, after long discussions that lasted for more than 15 hours. 58

The detonator and remote control used in a Bulgarian bomb attack that killed five Israelis last year were smuggled in from Poland, a newspaper reported Monday, according to the AFP

The White House condemned on Monday the “bloodshed and violence” in Egypt  but took no immediate steps to suspend U.S. military assistance to the country, Al Arabiya reported. White House

U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the imminent start of renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians on Monday, but urged both sides to approach them with honesty, AFP reported Monday evening. “The

Israel has agreed to all demands, but a major faction in the Palestine Liberation Organization has just balked against holding talks with the Jewish State. It is not clear whether

More than a hundred activists gathered Sunday to show their ire across from government offices near the Knesset as ministers voted to release terrorist prisoners with blood on their hands in

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, 62,  to guide the Israel-PA final status talks that begin Monday night in Washington D.C. With