Israeli government web sites came under heavy attack by anti-Israel hackers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sunday afternoon. However, the hackers failed to bring down any Israeli sites, the

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni announced Sunday that she would sponsor a law that would provide free legal help to Holocaust survivors who are seeking to reclaim property or benefits they

Top IDF brass, led by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, arrived in Poland on Sunday, in preparation for a tour of the death camps, and for participation in the March of

President Shimon Peres said in his speech at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem Sunday that the neo-Nazi movements raising their heads in Europe are both “ridiculous” and dangerous.

More than 100 people in Mitzpeh Yericho, south of Jerusalem, held a rally Saturday night protesting the government’s silence in wake of the desecration of a local study hall and

The archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, has expressed opposition to suggestions of adding Jewish and Muslim high holidays to the list of official Austrian holidays. “Both the Jewish and the Muslim

The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, revealed Sunday that its operatives exposed a Hamas-linked terrorist cell in March. Members of the cell have been arrested. The terror cell was

A report released by Tel Aviv University on Sunday has noted a 30 percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide in 2012. The report, issued as the Jewish nation commemorates Holocaust

The central theme for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, 2013, is Defiance and Rebellion in the Holocaust. This year, the ceremony will mark 70 years since the Warsaw ghetto

The Hamas terror organization has accused Western and Arab spy agencies on Saturday of operating in Gaza , claiming it has obtained a list of alleged collaborators. “The Gaza Strip

President Barack Obama will host leaders from key US allies Jordan, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks amid turmoil in Syria, the White House said

Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmud Abbas may fire Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, a Fatah member said, as the party criticized the premier’s government as being “improvised and confused.” Abbas “is

The hackers’ group Anonymous said Saturday that its planned attack on Israel has begun and will intensify Sunday. One of its prime targets is a website for an NGO that

Iran and world powers once again failed on Friday to reach a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear crisis, AFP reports. The latest talks in Kazakhstan saw Tehran being criticized for

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has demanded that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu present a map for a future Palestinian state before any peace talks can resume, an aide told AFP

Hamas, a former ally of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, is now training the rebel Free Syrian Army in eastern Damascus, according to a report Friday in the British Times. Diplomatic

White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Friday that the American administration would not be surprised if North Korea followed through on its recent threats to launch a missile.

Three members of the French feminist group FEMEN burned an Islamic flag this week outside the Grand Mosque of Paris. The flag-burning was carried out as a protest of oppression

North Korea has moved more intermediate range missiles to its east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency has reported. According to Fox News, United States officials have confirmed the report.

The UN is hiking its estimates of people trapped in Syria after fleeing their homes, saying Wednesday some four million are now displaced inside the country and in dire need

Egyptian maritime authorities have seized a ship with a crew of 14 and a cargo of 105 crates of unspecified weapons and ammunition, which belonged to an African security company, Egyptian security

Antiquities Authority workers have discovered a well-preserved Byzantine era wine-making facility in southern Israel. The discovery, made during a construction project for a wedding hall, is one of the best

Egyptian maritime authorities seized an Iranian ship carrying a “huge quantity of weapons heading for Egypt,” according to a report by news website NOW, quoted in Lebanese website Ya Libnan.

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is blaming the State of Israel for acts of terror and rioting by Arabs following the death of a terrorist prisoner this week. Abbas condemned Israel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to return to Israel on Sunday immediately following a quick visit in Istanbul. The American official is expected to meet with Turkish

For as long as the Dead Sea has been around, people have been visiting it to take advantage of the legendary healing properties of its water, minerals, and mud. While

Internationally renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is scheduled to visit Israel this summer for a second time. His first trip to the Jewish State came at the invitation of the British

Hundreds of Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted in Hevron and elsewhere around the country as the shrouded body of a dead Hamas terrorist was carried through the city in an afternoon funeral.