Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday said Iran will succeed in withstanding pressure and economic sanctions, while Israel is “besieged.” His remarks came after Iranian banks were excluded from
Pentagon war games predict an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites may quickly spiral out of control and result in a large regional war. A classified two-week war simulation conducted
The killer of four Jews in Toulouse got off his motor bike to grab an eight-year-old girl and shoot her in the head, an eyewitness said. Miriam Monsonego was the
The murderer who gunned down a rabbi and three Jewish children may have filmed the murders. French police suspect he is a neo-Nazi. French Interior Minister Claude Gueant revealed that
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey met with IDF Chief of Staff Benny. Gantz Monday after having warned Iran it will suffer if it “misjudges” America’s
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem held a press conference on Monday to launch the updated and expanded Einstein Archives website, which contains a complete catalog of more than 80,000 documents
The Knesset approved on Monday the preliminary reading of a bill that requires public shelters to include infrastructure for internet access. According to the bill, which was submitted by Orly
Polish police are investigating the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in northeastern Poland, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported. Perpetrators spray-painted swastikas and anti-Semitic images and slogans on graves, a
New York police tightened security Monday at synagogues and other Jewish institutions following an attack hours earlier on the Otzar HaTorah Jewish day school in Toulouse, France. Police spokesman Paul
The two major items about Syria in today’s news were the heavy fighting in an upscale Damascus suburb and the leaked e-mails citing that Asma Al- Assad, the wife of
French police are investigating whether a neo-Nazi gang was involved in the shooting attack Monday on a Jewish day school next to a synagogue in Toulouse. Rabbi Jonathan Sandler of
A United Nations report says the Palestinian Authority’s statehood bid is on shaky ground. The report, entitled “Palestinian State-Building: An Achievement at Increased Risk,” is to be submitted this Wednesday in
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday expressed dismay at what he called “the West’s blind support for Israel.” He also deplored the West’s lack of vision as a “detriment of
The murder of a Jewish teacher and three children at the entrance of the Ozar HaTorah Jewish day school in Toulouse flashes a “red light” for Jews in the Diaspora,
The Conference of European Rabbis has expressed its shock and sadness following the killing of three people including two children outside a Jewish school in Toulouse this morning. The shootings
A woman was arrested in Berlin, on Saturday, after trying to throw a small suitcase filled with fireworks on the grounds of the Israeli Embassy, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Media Matters for America, the left-leaning media watchdog organization that has come under fire for its overt anti-Semitic rhetoric, has links to Al-Jazeera, The Daily Caller reported. MJ Rosenberg, the
French presidential contenders were quick to condemn the deadly shooting of four Jews at the Ozar HaTorah school in Toulouse. President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the school personally to offer his condolences
The holiest city in the world is also the top-ranked city in the Middle East in the New7Wonders international competition. Beginning this past January, more than 1,200 cities in 220
The IDF Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz concluded his official visit to Canada on Friday. Lt. Gen. Gantz was hosted by his Canadian counterpart, Chief of the
Middle East expert Dr. Assaf David, a research fellow at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said on Sunday he believes that Jordan might also be rocked
Female students at Hebrew University’s Har Hatzofim (Mount Scopus) campus complain that Arabs routinely harass them and commit various sexual offenses. The police appear to be unable or unwilling to
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) today released an analysis of support for Israel broken down by political affiliation that reveals a clear “Israel Gap” between the parties. Republican support for
Jews living in Judea and Samaria have faced increasingly unsafe roads in recent months, with terror attacks and violent carjackings by Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs on the rise. Now they are dealing
Senior Hamas official Ismail al-Ashqar will address the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, an official statement said. Al-Ashqar arrived in Switzerland on Sunday ahead of the appearance, which
The Palestinian Authority (PA) denies reports in the Israeli press according to which secret economic negotiations are being carried out between Israel and the PA. Nimer Hamad, a political adviser
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, has called for the immediate dismissal of a Jerusalem based U.N. agency employee who is widely known for her blatant anti-Israel activism.
Israel is helping the slowing Palestinian Authority economy even as Arab nations ignore pledges, and the PA’s financial stability is questionable, according to an Israeli government report to the Ad
Another senior Nazi involved in the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz, and who is still alive, has been discovered. According to Nazi hunter Dr. Efraim Zuroff, head of the Jerusalem-based Wiesenthal
Orthodox rabbi Rabbi Raphael Benchimol of the Manhattan Sephardic Congregation was honored with the Knight of the Order of the Throne from Mohammed VI King of Morocco, in New York