Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Monday that as long as Iran poses a threat to Israel with its nuclear program, all options are on the table. Speaking with journalists

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said that if international efforts to halt Iran’s nuclear program fail, any military action against Tehran should be led by the United States and

New Jersey governor Chris Christie implied on Monday that he would be open to the possibility of being Mitt Romney’s vice presidential nominee. During a visit to a high school

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a partner for peace on Monday, but repeated his demand that Netanyahu choose “between peace and settlements.” Abbas, who spoke

Amr Moussa, a frontrunner in the Egyptian presidential race, criticized the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt on Monday and said that “the Camp David accords were dead and buried

Turkey said it will block EU participation in an upcoming NATO summit unless the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is also allowed to participate, reported Today’s Zaman. EU member

A hospital in eastern Jerusalem hospital is at risk of being shut down due to financial difficulties, which it blames on the Palestinian Authority, according to a statement released Sunday.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday that a decision on whether to hold early elections will be made by the end of the next week. Netanyahu, whose father died at

An Iranian envoy voiced hope on Monday that talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in mid-May would help resolve “outstanding issues.” However, Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based IAEA, Ali Asghar

Israel and Egypt are set to conduct a prisoner exchange on Sunday in which 63 Egyptians will be swapped for an Israeli national convicted of spying for Israel, Israeli sources

The latest Palestinian Authority tactic for United Nations sympathy is the prisoners’ hunger strike, which it now says is a humanitarian disaster. Hamas’ supreme leader Khalid Mashaal said Sunday that

Israel began building a wall that will run several kilometers along part of its border with Lebanon, a military spokeswoman told Agence France Presse on Monday. “This construction, which began

The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Communications, Mashour Abu Daqa, has announced his resignation following the PA’s censorship of numerous websites, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported. Last week, the PA,

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s brutality, including starvation of his enemies, has driven rebels to fight back with suicide bombs. Twenty men were killed in attacks on security forces in northwest

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have agreed to invest millions of dollars in the Iron Dome anti-missile weapon for Israel, as long as the United States can acquire

The U.S. war on terror begins at home. Majid Khan was a nice kid from Baltimore who was learning in university until he met up with the wrong guy and

The Knesset’s Labor and Welfare Committee approved on Monday a bill sponsored by MKs David Rotem and Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beitenu) that cuts by half the National Insurance benefits to

Public figures from both sides of the political spectrum eulogized Prof. Benzion Netanyahu, the prime minister’s father, after he passed away on Monday. Knesset Speaker MK Reuven Rivlin, said, “I

Egyptian security forces detained two Palestinian Authority Arab militants on Sunday, after they entered the Sinai Peninsula through smuggling tunnels, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. Egyptian security officials told

Amid speculation that elections for the Knesset are imminent, a poll released Sunday found that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will retain his leadership after the next elections and will even

A group of about 40 journalists from leading media outlets around the world visited the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El on Sunday. The neighborhood is under a threat of being

Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Ido Nechushtan arrived at the Hadassah-Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on Sunday, where he awarded a certificate of merit to First Sergeant Hagar Zohar, who

Opposition leader MK Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) said on Sunday that the real battle in the next election will be between him and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Channel 2 News reported.

Ben Zion Netanyahu, father of the Prime Minister, passed away in his Jerusalem home early Monday morning, He was 102. His funeral will begin at 5 p.m. at the Har

Former Mossad head Meir Dagan came out Sunday with a statement of support for successor Yuval Diskin. Diskin was roundly criticized Sunday for calling Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister

Police in Tehran are conducting a new crackdown on women wearing the mandatory headscarves improperly or who are seen dressed in a “vulgar” fashion, the city’s police chief said, according

Almost a year after U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia has decided to allow the infamous terrorist’s family into the kingdom on humanitarian grounds, state media reported

Fifth graders from Beit Hinuch Ramon School in Samaria held a virtual meeting through the Internet with pupils of the same age from Los Angeles’ Tifereth Israel congregation’s Hebrew school.

Young national service volunteers had hoped to show their Independence Day spirit with a sign saying “Proud to be Israeli” at the train station in Akko. However, managers said the

A nine-year-old Israeli girl was nearly abducted from her parents at Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, during the Pesach holiday. Channel 10 news reported that two Israeli parents and their