As Jews around the world celebrate the holiday of Passover and commemorate the nation’s journey from bondage to redemption, the Jewish community of Minneapolis was forced to contend with a

Turkey and Israel are close to signing an agreement in which Israel would pay compensation to the family members of terror activists killed on board the Mavi Marmara in 2010,

The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history, the BBC reported Wednesday. The attack

The Israeli army arrested six Hamas leaders in Hebron on Wednesday morning, an IDF spokesman confirmed. An IDF spokesman told the AFP news agency that, “six people were arrested and

The IDF has brought more wounded Syrians into Israel, after several appeared at the northern border early Wednesday morning. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz authorized Israeli troops to

A serving French soldier has been detained in connection with last year’s massacres in Toulouse by Algerian-born Islamist terrorist Mohamed Merah. The soldier was arrested at his barracks in the southern

French police on Tuesday arrested two men on suspicion of complicity with Islamist terrorist Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people, including a rabbi and three Jewish school children, in the

President Barack Obama marked the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover on Monday, in a small and intimate gathering that took place a few days after returning from his highly

The ruling regime in Syria had harsh words Monday for a decision by the Arab League to hand over Syria’s seat in the League to representatives of rebel groups in

Amir Hassan, the Israeli Arab who was kidnapped last week in Sinai along with his Norwegian companion, was released by his Bedouin captors early Monday. The two captives were released

United States President Barack Obama has named Julia Pierson as the next head of the Secret Service. Pierson will be the first woman appointed to the post. Pierson is a

Sixty eight years after the conclusion of World War II, never before revealed color photos of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp have been discovered. The photos were published

A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday in northern Iraq, killing the head of a local town council and a member of a provincial council, police said. Qader Ali, head of the

Another huge snow storm, stretching from St. Louis to Washington, grounded hundreds of flights on Monday and left freezing residents wondering when winter would finally give way to spring. The

The United Nations is moving about half of its 100 international staff still in Syria out of the country due to the growing danger, diplomats said Monday. The Damascus office

Pope Francis on Monday extended his wishes to Rome’s chief rabbi and Jews worldwide in a gesture aimed at strengthening relations between the two religions, as the Jewish world marks

Passover (Pesach) will take place this year between sunset on Monday, March 25, and sunset on Monday, April 1. The first and seventh days are marked as Sabbath-like holy days (Yom Tov)

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided to allow the transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority, which is ruled by Fatah. The Prime Minister’s Office said that the decision was

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may be released from prison in three weeks’ time, the country’s Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki said on Sunday. Mubarak’s conviction over his responsibility for the

Israeli hotels will be hosting 100 of the IDF’s Lone Soldiers – soldiers who immigrated to Israel without their families and who have no relatives in Israel – for the

The IDF is prepared for the Pesach holiday, after weeks of staff work and logistical planning. The IDF’s Food Center will supply bases, camps and outposts with a special menu

The United States has quietly unblocked almost $500 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority which had been frozen by Congress for months. An announcement of the renewed aid to

Gaza’s Hamas terrorist rulers have sentenced a man to death for collaborating with Israel. A statement on Sunday by Gaza’s Interior Ministry, translated by Arab affairs expert Dalit Halevi, had

Producers have agreed to rearrange the filming of  “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, after the Orthodox Jewish community complained that it would disturb the overall Passover atmosphere in the

U.S. President Barack Obama returned to the United States late Saturday from his four-day whirlwind tour of the Middle East, with the accomplishment of having repaired Israeli-Turkish diplomatic and military ties

Before Turkey normalizes ties with Israel, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday, it expects Israel to “fulfill its promises. It is impossible to normalize ties without Israeli actions,

Syrian gunmen opened fire on an IDF position in the Golan on Sunday morning in the second attack of its kind in 24 hours. IDF soldiers responded with heavy fire,

Israel warned Sunday that the days of restraint in the face of cross-border fire from Syria are finished. Israel will respond to any shooting or other attacks that cross the

IDF troops arrested on Friday night two Palestinian Authority Arabs as they were approaching the town of Beit El in the Binyamin region. An IDF spokesman told Arutz Sheva on