Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch on Sunday evening, and thanked the officers and commanders of the Israel Police for their determined and successful operation

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that nothing had been “given away” to Iran during weekend nuclear talks in Istanbul, AFP reported. According to the report, Obama warned Tehran

The Jewish United Hatzalah organization is hoping to replicate its emergency services in Indian cities in order to provide immediate medical treatment to thousands of people in need. Road accidents

The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, Mohsen Rezaei, advised the officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “against singing the same tune as the Zionist regime and to avoid hasty

A former IDF soldier is in a legal battle to be recognized as having been handicapped in battle. The ex-soldier says he is mentally ill due to trauma suffered in

Jonathan Pollard was released from a medical center on Sunday and returned to prison. Pollard had been hospitalized after suffering severe pain. He was granted a two-minute phone call with

  MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) praised the officer who struck an anarchist in the face on Saturday for his action. “The IDF Deputy Brigade Commander deserves respect for doing

Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, has apologized for his remarks during a televised debate aired on April 10 with the atheist advocate and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, in which he

Egypt’s election commission has barred 10 candidates from the upcoming presidential race, among them the three top runners. “The commission has disqualified candidates because they do not fill one or

Texas Republican Ron Paul, known for wanting to cut aid to Israel and other countries, has backed recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “The real issue here is not

Terrorism is on the rise in the Sinai Peninsula, with Egyptian soldiers paying the ultimate price on Sunday. Two Egyptian soldiers were killed and two others were wounded Sunday by radical

Kuwait’s parliament provisionally passed amendments to the Gulf state’s penal code stipulating the death penalty for those who curse the Islamic  god, Islam’s Prophet or his wives, the AFP reported.

Syrian President Bashar Assad sent helicopters to back up tanks Sunday in another escalation of violence against protesters — despite a ceasefire that survived no better than the more than

The Palestinian Authority has shut down a branch of a human rights organization, officials said Friday. PA interior minister Said Abu Ali said that the Palestinian Human Rights Monitor ordered

The European foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said that the latest talks between Iran and six world powers have been constructive and that the two sides will meet again in

Upon their arrival to Israel the pro-Palestinian “flytilla” activists will receive an official letter from the Israeli government that reads: “We appreciate your choosing to make Israel the object of

The German government says it’s looking into a report that weapons bound for the Syrian regime were loaded onto a German-owned ship. Der Spiegel weekly reported Saturday the Atlantic Cruiser

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved the deployment of the first wave of UN military observers to monitor a fragile cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters. The

Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Saturday that Moscow was satisfied with the latest Western-Arab draft resolution authorizing the deployment of the first batch of unarmed UN observers to

British airline Jet2.com has cancelled the tickets of three women from Manchester planning to travel to Israel on Sunday to take part in the pro-Palestinian “flytilla” protest, The Guardian reported.

President Barack Obama has ramped up US aid, including communications equipment and medical supplies, to Syria’s opposition in hopes of accelerating the downfall of President Bashar Assad, officials said Friday.

Iran is concealing the destination of its oil sales by disabling tracking systems aboard its tanker fleet, making it difficult to assess how much crude Tehran is exporting as it

German airline Lufthansa canceled the tickets of dozens of pro-Palestinian activists scheduled to fly to Tel Aviv on Sunday as part of a mass fly-in dubbed “Welcome to Palestine,” the

CAIRO – Thousands of Egyptians packed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against a run for the presidency by former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, in an Islamist show

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the Jordan Valley discovered seven homemade bombs on the body of a Palestinian man. The Palestinian, 19, from Nablus, attempted to

Jordan is fending off accusations that Iraqi oil is reaching Israel. Jordanian Media and Communications Minister Rakan al-Majali denied at a news conference with Iraqi journalists Wednesday in Amman that

The Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has accused Mel Gibson of sabotaging the production of a film based on the story of the Jewish Maccabees, after Warner Bros. decided to cancel

An Israeli soldier was stabbed this afternoon (Thursday), in the upper portion of his body, on Route 854 between Carmiel and Tefen in northern Israel. The soldier is reportedly in

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will seek direct talks with Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas when he meets PA prime minister Salam Fayyad next week. Netanyahu will hold a rare face-to-face

ZAKA rescue services volunteer Aharon Alexander was flown to Israel from Ukraine in a private plane Wednesday and underwent an emergency operation for wounds suffered in a brutal attack near