Israelis were wrapping up the Passover holiday on Monday evening, preparing to put away their Passover dishes and return to their normal, bread-based diet. For many Israelis, the end of

After long being sidelined for Roman excavations, an archaeological dig in western Germany has unearthed myriad traces of daily life in one of Europe’s oldest and largest Jewish communities. From

Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas signed an agreement on Sunday confirming their “common goal to defending” Jerusalem and their opposition to efforts to “Judaize” the

The iconic Eiffel Tower of Paris was evacuated Saturday evening in response to what appeared to be a bomb scare at around 7:00 p.m. local time. The 1,063-foot tower, a

An ancient synagogue near Damascus has reportedly gone up in flames after being robbed and vandalized. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition forces are each blaming the other over the

A young woman sustained a head wound in Samaria on Saturday night when Palestinian Authority Arab attackers hurled rocks at the vehicle she was riding in. The woman, age 25,

Once again, extremist Muslims tried but failed to prevent Jews from accessing the holiest site in the Jewish faith, with the threat of attacks. Dozens of Arab teens hurled rocks

Israeli military medics transferred a wounded Syrian to a hospital in Israel after he crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights and was found to be in serious condition,

Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised his defense minister in the wee hours of Thursday morning last week with an order for surprise military drills to test battle readiness in the

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a blast that killed 10 people and injured 31 others near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar on Friday. A suicide bomber rode a motorbike

Minister of Economy and Trade, Naftali Bennett , Chairman of the Bayit Yehudi party, wrote a Facebook post Friday in which he spoke of his feelings during the visit to Israel by

The winter that ended this week saw Israel’s most bountiful rainy season in a decade. However, farmers have an unpleasant surprise: despite the heavy rain, it was a drought year

Four years after drilling began in the Tamar offshore field, some 80 km off the Haifa shore, natural gas began flowing Saturday evening from the offshore platforms to Ashdod. The

Serbia strongly condemned Saturday the appearance on streets of Belgrade of apparent anti-Semitic posters, marking the 14th anniversary of the NATO bombing campaign to stop Serbian forces in Kosovo. “Those

Two IDF soldiers were slightly hurt on Saturday when Arabs rioted near Kalkliya, about 10 kilometers northeast of Tel Aviv. Hundreds of Arabs rioted near the Kalkilya checkpoint. Security forces

Minister of Agriculture Yair Shamir, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon and several MKs took part in an annual rally at the site of Homesh in Samaria, a community that was

New recruits to the IDF will get new “smart card” IDs that can be swiped to pay for rides on buses and trains, Yisrael Hayom reports. Soldiers currently ride trains

American broadcasting icon Barbara Walters, 83, is reportedly set to announce her retirement in the coming weeks. The New York Times, quoting “an executive familiar with the newswoman’s plans,” said

Rescue workers assisted 200 people overnight. Seventy were rescued in Nachal Sion in northern Israel in a major operation. The Nachal Sion hikers had lost their way after dark. Several

Police are on high alert in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria (Shomron) as Arabs prepare to mark Land Day. This year, it overlaps with Passover, leading to extra cause for concern.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the United States is “prepared to deal with any eventuality” from North Korea, as he warned of the increased threat posed by Pyongyang.

The Egyptian military has arrested three scuba divers accused of cutting an undersea Internet cable off the coast of the northern city of Alexandria. The three individuals had been spotted

The Palestinian Authority is one of Israel’s larger trading partners, with some $20 billion in goods and services passing between the PA and Israel annually. In order to increase the

Bulgaria has more evidence that Hizbullah was behind the terror attack at Burgas last year, and it will soon present that evidence to the world, Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raikov

The IDF has built a military field hospital in the Golan Heights, according to international media reports. At least 11 Syrian fighters have been treated in Israel over the past

Syria’s Al Nusra Front rebel faction, allied with Al Qaeda, has more than doubled and is continuing to grow with the influx of Syrian jihadists returning from abroad. The group

A report in Arab media Thursday morning said that Syrian rebels had shot down a plane over Damascus Airport, causing the plane to crash and start a large fire. The

A Russian senator submitted his resignation on Tuesday after a leading opposition anti-corruption crusader accused him of having property abroad and holding Israeli citizenship under a Hebrew name, the AFP