Israel may face a new Iranian-Egyptian threat if presidential candidate Hisham El-Bastawisi winds his bid to succeed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose ouster he encouraged. Backed by the left-wing Tagammu

The cabinet rejected on Sunday a bill proposed by MK Miri Regev (Likud) to place Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria under full Israeli sovereignty. If passed, the bill would

Zionists and racists use the world media – including cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny – to perpetuate anti-Islamic notions, according to a “Palestinian-American” lawyer named Lamis Deek. Deek also accused the U.S.

Over 500 members of kibbutzim – most of them self-declared leftists – toured Samaria last week, as guests of the “Getting to Know Samaria” program. For nearly all, this was

Attorney Yitzchak Molcho, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s special envoy, met on Saturday evening in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Prime Minister’s Office announced. During the meeting, Molcho

Vladimir Putin’s decision to skip next week’s meeting of the G8 at Camp David has set off speculation on how this decision should be interpreted. The most pessimistic reading is

Terrorists and security prisoners being held in Israeli jails will riot unless their demands are met immediately, MK Jamal Zahalka threatened Saturday night. Speaking at a demonstration in Jaffa in

Reports Saturday night said that Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli citizen who has been jailed in Egypt for the past twelve years, could be released “within hours.” The report in the

The summer “social protest season” opened Saturday night with a demonstration in Tel Aviv, attended by some 3,500 people. The demonstration in Rabin Square was the largest since last summer,

Dying Romanian girl suffering from rare genetic flaw survives thanks to unique Israeli treatment Dudi Goldman / Israel News After doctors in Romania gave up and declared there was no

A Syrian opposition leader said on Friday that President Bashar Assad’s regime is trying to destroy a U.N.-brokered peace plan for the country. The accusations came as security forces fanned

An earthquake rocked Israel on Friday evening, shortly before 10:00 p.m. local time, and was felt in areas from northern Israel to central Israel. According to a Channel 10 News

Islamists suffered a surprising defeat in Algeria’s parliamentary elections, The Associated Press reported on Friday. The Islamists’ defeat is surprising, in the wake of a trend that saw them gain

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed hope on Friday that the next round of talks between Iran and world powers would produce “concrete” results. Tehran and the 5+1

Hizbullah leader Hasan Nasrallah threatened on Friday to strike multiple targets in Israel, including Tel Aviv. Speaking on the occasion of the completion of the Waad project, aimed at rebuilding

An Iranian opposition group released a report on Friday which says that the Islamic Republic is continuing to try and develop nuclear weapons while holding talks with Western powers. The

Thousands of children from around Israel took part in rallies Thursday led by the Chabad Chassidic movement in honor of Lag Ba’Omer. In Tel Aviv several hundred children marched on

A Qassam rocket launched by terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza exploded on Friday afternoon in an open area of the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. The “Red Alert” siren was sounded in

President Shimon Peres underwent surgery on Friday afternoon to treat a hernia in his abdomen. According to a message posted on Peres’ Facebook page, “During Peres’ official visit to Canada

Egypt’s top presidential contenders promised on Thursday they would review the peace treaty Egypt signed with Israel in 1979 if elected. The two candidates, former foreign minister and Arab League

May 9, the date of the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War, was marked this week. In Israel, May 9 has been recognized

Newly dubbed Vice Premier and Minister Without Portfolio Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) is wasting no time in trying out Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s chair. Mofaz will serve as acting Prime Minister

In light of a wave of attacks and carjackings on Judea and Samaria highways, civilians in the area have begun taking over from the IDF. A newly established group of

US secretary of defense Leon Panetta told reporters late on Thursday that intelligence indicates there is an “al-Qaeda presence in Syria.” “Frankly we need to continue to do everything we

The United States is worried that Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’s joining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could result in an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities

A ceremony marking 30 years since the 1982 destruction of Yamit will be held Monday in the Knesset. The ceremony was initiated by the Center for Memorializing Gush Katif and

University students in Egypt have chosen former Muslim Brotherhood leader Abdel Moneim Abul-Fotouh as their preferred presidential candidate, according to the Egypt-based Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. The newspaper’s website reported that

The Jewish National Fund’s UK branch initiated this week a visit to Israel by a special delegation of fourteen key people from Britain, including business executives, philanthropists and representatives from

Hamas’ Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh reiterated on Thursday that his organization will not be dragged into war against Israel if the Jewish State decides to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

With an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities looming, the IAF has a new commander: Major General Amir Eshel. Eshel was officially appointed Thursday to replace Maj. Gen. Ido Nechushtan,