A record 3.5 million tourists visited Israel over the past 12 months, the Tourism Ministry announced on Wednesday. This marked a 3 percent increase over the previous year. “Against the
One protester has been shot dead and five others have been wounded by Yemeni police trying to control a mob attempting to storm the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a. Rioters chanting
Rioting has continued at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo for a third day, with 6 police officers and 13 protesters injured in the melee thus far. Demonstrators have been hurling rocks
Israel’s ties with the United States remain strong despite differences with Washington over how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday. Israel and
The U.S. Embassy in Jordan has issued the following message to U.S. citizens: “In light of attacks yesterday against official U.S. facilities in Cairo and Benghazi, The Embassy is carefully
The United States is evacuating most of its diplomatic staff from Libya and flying them to Germany, after an attack on its Benghazi consulate that left four dead, U.S. officials
Russia and China on Wednesday joined Western powers in rounding on Iran at the UN atomic watchdog, AFP reported. According to the report, after days of haggling, the United States,
In addition to the U.S. ambassador, two marines and a communications officer were also killed in the strike in the city of Benghazi by an Islamist mob, according to media dispatches.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday evening with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and thanked him for his decision to expel Iranian diplomats from his country and to withdraw
U.S. sources told CNN on Wednesday they do not believe the attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, were in reaction to the online
France on Wednesday joined a chorus of nations urging a peaceful solution to the Iran nuclear crisis, as French President Francois Hollande urged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to favor diplomacy.
Apple on Wednesday introduced its new iPhone 5, a lighter, thinner and more powerful version of its iconic mobile device. Apple chief executive Tim Cook called the launch “the biggest
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed Israel’s grief Wednesday over the murder of the U.S. Ambassador in Libya and three consulate workers. “Today we were informed of the tragic murder of
Reports and pictures from Benghazi indicate that Libyan security men may have been complicit in the murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens. According to CBS News, Wanis al-Sharef,
Prize-winning journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic doubts the veracity of the reports that a film mocking Mohammed was made by an Israeli Jew named Sam Bacile. A long trailer
Israel is the second-most educated country among OECD member countries, according to a report released on Tuesday. The “Education at a Glance 2012” report found that Israel was second only
US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in Libya Tuesday in an attack by Muslim extremists on the US Consulate in Benghazi. The protesters said they were
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the West of deliberately enacting a sinister plot to destroy his country’s rain clouds in an effort to bring about a damaging drought in
A number of critical shortcomings in America’s network of early warning systems and missile interceptors could put the United States at risk of a potential missile attack, according to a
Libya’s head of its national assembly formally apologized Wednesday for the killing of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats in a savage attack on the U.S. Consulate
Israeli families dropped whatever they were doing and raced for shelter once more Wednesday, as shelling from Gaza resumed in the south. Palestinian Authority terrorists sent mortar shells flying at
The White House told Israel Tuesday that there would be no meeting later this month between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Barack H. Obama. The two had been set
Just hours after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu essentially rebuffed the Obama administration over its refusal to set a “red line” for Iran on its nuclear program, Defense Minister Ehud Barak
Due to the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered on Tuesday the transfer of a 250 million shekel advance to the PA from tax revenues collected by
Alon Davidi, a member of the Sderot City Council expressed hope on Tuesday that all residents of southern Israel will be able to observe the upcoming High Holy Days in
The White House is playing down reports in the Israeli media that President Barack Obama refused to meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu because of a dispute on Iran. National Security
An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday and set fire to the building, AFP reported. One American official
An Associated Press report that new intelligence reveals Iran is moving closer to nuclear capability strengthens Israel’s position and could not come at a worse time for United States President
Media mogul and investor Rudolph Murdoch, who is not Jewish, told an “Innovate, Invest Israel’ conference in New York City, “What was right for King David is right for me.
On the anniversary of the September 11 Al-Qaeda attacks on the U.S. that killed some 3,000 people in 2001, Egyptian rioters attempted to invade the U.S. Embassy in Cairo Tuesday,