Chassidic London Jew Ephraim Goldstein carried the Olympic torch Monday. He has worked with seven charities and runs a soup kitchen. The British Jewish Defense League website described Goldstein as

Americans can “expect” President Barack Obama to visit Israel during his second term, an aide told reporters on Monday. Colin Kahl, a former deputy assistant secretary of Defense for the

Republican leaders have sharply criticized an announcement made Monday that if President Obama were to get re-elected to serve a second term in office, he would visit Israel. “President Obama’s

Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz hinted Tuesday, for the second time in 24 hours, that an Israeli strike on Iran is imminent. Mofaz was Deputy Prime Minister and a member of

Bulgarian news sources have reported a woman aided the terrorist who attacked Israeli tourists at Burgas airport last week. Bulgarian news channel BTV is reporting that the terrorist who murdered

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has decided to beef up the country’s northern border. Israel has made similar moves in recent days. Abdullah II said Monday, however, that the Hashemite Kingdom

Will Israel have to protect itself from Syria’s chemical weapons? If so, the Jewish State will do what it must, according to President Shimon Peres. The president told the CNN

A report by mobile marketing company Velti plc (Nasdaq: VELT) found that, as of June, Israeli smartphone users were number one in the world in the use of apps, using

Hours after the Pentagon’s press secretary warned Syria not “to even consider using chemical weapons,” U.S. President Barack Obama issued a stern warning to President Bashar Assad on the issue.

An Egyptian actor who appeared on a local candid camera show did not take things well when, as part of the prank, he was told he was being interviewed for

The United States on Monday warned Syria not “to even consider using chemical weapons” after Damascus threatened to employ its unconventional arms in the case of outside intervention. “They should

Two IDF soldiers were wounded Monday in a Palestinian Authority Arab rock-throwing terror attack. The soldiers were wounded by flying glass after windows in their military vehicle shattered when they

Israel and Bulgarian will strengthen their strategic cooperation on security and tourism, Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov said Monday. The Israeli tourism leader flew to Burgas to meet with Bulgarian President

Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to swiftly give up power as his troops launched a fresh assault on rebels in Damascus and the second city Aleppo.

Unnamed vandals this week desecrated 57 graves in a Jewish cemetery some 200 miles southwest of Budapest. The cemetery, located in the city of Kaposvar, sustained serious damage, worth some

Israel on Monday lodged a complaint with the United Nations following an incident in which Syrian soldiers crossed into the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights. “Israel has formally complained

NBC sportscaster Bob Costas plans to call out the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for denying Israel’s request for a moment of silence acknowledging the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and

Illinois “Tea Party” Rep. Joe Walsh is urging congressmen to co-sponsor a resolution adopting the “Levy report” and recognize Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. The report was issued two

Two Swiss hospitals have banned circumcision, accepting the ruling of a German court that ruled the Jewish and Muslim rite illegal but ignoring a German resolution protecting the custom, rooted

As the fighting in Damascus and Aleppo continued, Syrian troops executed at least 20 unarmed men in the Damascus neighborhood of Mezzeh on Sunday, Reuters reported. According to the report,

Iran has arrested some of those responsible for assassinations of its nuclear scientists, state media reported on Sunday. Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said Iran had shut down two networks inside

A large-scale IDF exercise in Judea and Samaria, the first in three years, is preparing soldiers in the Menashe Brigade for a possible “Arab Spring” rebellion. The brigade is based

President Barack Obama played golf instead of visiting Israel in his first three and a half years in office, former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton charged Sunday night on Aaron

Israel filed a complaint against Syria Monday in the United Nations, alleging that Syrian forces crossed the border between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights last week. Israel’s Deputy

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already stated that the opening ceremony of the London Summer Olympics is “not fit” to remember the Munich Massacre of 12 Israeli athletes, but

The Kadima party strongly attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday over his attempts to split the party and get a group of Knesset members from Kadima to join the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday repeated his assertion that Iran and its terrorist proxy Hizbullah are behind the terror attack in Burgas, Bulgaria, Wednesday. Netanyahu said his assertion that

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have uncovered new information about the abilities of embryonic stem cells and their potential for future treatments. The study, which shows the ability

A group of seven or eight Knesset members is planning to split off from Kadima and join Likud, according to Channel 2‘s Rina Matzliach. Matzliach says that the group is