A security officer “paid with his life” trying to stop illegal Arabs from reaching Tel Aviv, Gershon Mesika, the leader of the Samarian Regional Council, told Arutz Sheva Sunday. Police

The U.S. State Department on Friday officially designated the Pakistan-based Haqqani a terrorist organization. The move by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton followed lengthy debate within the Obama administration,

“You win some and you lose some” is the tally for nationalists in the Cabinet, which approved on Sunday Ariel University as well as a leftist  deputy Attorney General. After

President Shimon Peres has extended his New Year’s greetings to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora. “As we stand poised on the threshold of the New Year, it is my

Tens of thousands of students sat home on Sunday again, due to missile attacks on southern Israel, fired by Palestinian Authority terrorists from Gaza. Among the cities canceling classes were

Salafist terrorists’ claim of launching missile attacks on southern Israel Saturday night exposes a growing difficulty for Hamas to maintain control over the Gaza Strip. One house suffered a direct

The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has begun moving chemical agents in the country’s arsenal to the port city of Tartus. According to diplomatic sources quoted in an interview

“This was a miracle,” said Grad missile attack survivor Pinny Azoulai, who was saved by an early-warning siren and a quick escape from his bedroom. The rocket slammed into one home

European Union nations waved the threat of new international sanctions against Iran over its contested nuclear drive on Saturday, as Russia complained such measures harm its interests, AFP reports. With

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two Grad missiles at southern Israel on Saturday night. One of the missiles hit a home in the city of Netivot. A second missile, fired

Egypt’s armed forces have killed 32 “criminal elements” in an ongoing operation against Islamists in the lawless Sinai peninsula, a military spokesman said on Saturday, according to the AFP news

The main obstacle to Israeli-Arab peace is the Palestinian nationalist movement’s fanaticism and refusal to compromise, historian Benny Morris has said. Morris, who was once numbered among Israel’s most staunchly

Chabad of Midtown Manhattan has closed on its purchase of a building on 509 Fifth Ave. for just under $40 million, The New York Post reported on the weekend. According

Israel’s Paralympic team scored another victory Saturday with men’s tennis player Noam Gershoni taking gold in the singles tournament. Gershoni, 29, beat first-ranked wheelchair tennis player David Wagner of the

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has named a date for the PA’s next statehood bid. Abbas said Saturday that he will ask the UN General Assembly to recognize a “state

Hundreds of Palestinian Authority Arabs have been assaulting a Jewish village in the Binyamin region since Saturday afternoon, Tatzpit reports. Residents of the Jewish village of Esh Kodesh reported that

The European Union is considering imposing a ban on products from Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), a Greek diplomat said Friday. According to a Channel 10

After nearly 18 months of dealing with an uprising in his country, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is having trouble sleeping at night, according to a Syrian journalist who previously worked

Canada announced on Friday that it is closing its embassy in Iran and would be expelling Iranian diplomats from Canada. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said in a statement,

Billionaire Haim Saban took a swipe at the even-wealthier Sheldon Adelson in an article he penned for the New York Times this week. The article was devoted to explaining why

Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague on Friday urged the European Union to place the military branch of the Lebanese-based Hizbullah on its list of terrorist organizations, AFP reported. “I would

European Union nations are exploring a new raft of sanctions against Iran as exasperation mounts over blocked talks on the country’s contested nuclear program, several EU ministers said on Friday.

Syria accused Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi on Friday of “signing the death warrant” of a contact group trying to solve the nearly 18-month conflict by calling for regime change, AFP

Not everybody has been home for the political conventions. Retiring Senator Joe Lieberman, together with Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain, are touring the Middle East and have found

Israel’s status at the United Nations received a rare boost Thursday with the appointment of Israeli jurist, Professor Yuval Shani, to an advisory committee at the United Nations Human Rights

Even the staunchest advocates of President Barack Obama conceded that his acceptance speech was a bit of a letdown. They had heard better speeches from Obama and better speeches at

An Israeli-made Formula type race car, designed and developed by students of Bezalel Academy and Ben-Gurion University, raced around a  track in central Israel Thursday with flair, speed and success

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was “at wit’s end” over the United States approach to Iran in a recent meeting with the U.S. ambassador, Representative Mike Rogers (R-Mich) has confirmed. U.S.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has instructed officials in his ministry to examine the possibility of a new law which would allow security officials to close Israel’s border with the Sinai