Egypt’s media went into a frenzy over Israel’s plans to build a major electrical plant in Ashdod, in what some pundits in Cairo claim is an attempt to undermine Egypt’s

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is “a strong likelihood” that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June, according to the Washington Post‘s David Ignatius. Israel believes

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan warned Thursday that if entrenched oil negotiations with the north do not include a deal on other key issues, including the contested Abyei region,

The Hamas terror movement on Thursday dismissed rumors it plans to open its new politburo offices in Qatar. “We have no intention to open an office in Doha,” Hamas’ Gaza

Efraim Halevy, former head of the Mossad, said the Syrian situation is Iran’s Achilles heel. Halevy identified Syria as being a key to the current Middle East situation, saying: “If

Facebook has launched its newest innovation — a filing to become an IPO – a publicly traded company on the stock market. The international social networking site, which boasts more

Defense Minister Ehud Barak made a special point Thursday of praising Germany’s stance on Iran as he headed into talks in Tel Aviv with German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle. Barak

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said that he would be willing to resume negotiations with Israel, but conditioned it on Israel submitting “an encouraging and helpful proposal that

At least 73 people are dead after a melee erupted at the end of a soccer match in Port Said, Egypt. According to some reports, Egyptian security forces opened file

Is Hamas about to end its long-time alliance with Iran? According to a report on Kol Yisrael radio on Wednesday, Arab sources are saying that a new camp within Hamas

In his address at the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference on Tuesday, Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan expressed pessimism regarding the prospects of peace between Israel and the Palestinian

A special UN-backed court probing the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 said on Wednesday it will try four members of the Hizbullah terror group in

Gaza terrorists on Wednesday evening launched a slavo of six Qassam rockets at Israel’s southern communities. All of the rockets landed in open fields in the western Negev. No property

A spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group condemned on Wednesday the presence of Arab delegations at the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference in Israel. “This

The daughter of Libya’s late strongman Muammar Qaddafi on Tuesday sought a hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to request it intervene on behalf of her brother Saif al-Islam

Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, painted a worrying picture of the military threat to Israel in a speech at the annual Herzliya Conference on Wednesday. “The threats

Thousands of infiltrators continued to sneak into the Jewish State through the south illegally last month, according to the Population, Immigration and Border Authority. According to statistics released Wednesday by

Nine Muslim terrorists admitted in a London court Wednesday they planned to assassinate two rabbis, the city’s mayor and attack the stock exchange and American embassy. They were arrested in

The term “lone IDF soldier” usually refers to olim without families in Israel but now includes hareidi religious youth rejected by their families for abandoning their way of life that

Iran is maintaining close contact with the Muslim Brotherhood and wants diplomatic relations in Egypt, Iran’s foreign minister says. “Tehran is in constant contact with the Muslim Brotherhood” and will

Egyptian Justice Minister Abdel Abdel-Hamid rejected a letter Tuesday from U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson asking him to” review a travel ban imposed on Americans. At least six U.S. citizens have

Rioting Arabs in the Jerusalem enclave of Isawiya clashed with Israeli soldiers and police officers in eastern Jerusalem. Injuries were reported on both sides. The riot stemmed from a confrontation

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer painted a stark picture of the global economy saying the world faced an “approaching crisis.” “We have a partial description of the approaching crisis,”

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu bluntly told United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday there will be no new construction freeze in Judea and Samaria. Ban asked Israel earlier in the

IDF forces detained five men from the village of Qalqiliya in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday morning. Troops raided a number of houses in Kafr Qaddum, before seizing Ali Juma, 20,

  Mossad director Tamir Pardo is in Washington for talks about a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear installations, Israel’s Channel 2 reported on Tuesday. Pardo’s visit, which would normally be conducted

US airstrikes targeted leaders from Yemen’s active al-Qaeda branch killed four suspected terrorists on Tuesday. Among the dead was Abdel-Monem al-Fathan, suspected of involvement in the 2000 bombing of the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has won Tuesday’s race for the leadership of the Likud party with an overwhelming 80 percent of support, according to initial results. Netanyahu’s rival in the

President Shimon Peres on Tuesday gave the keynote address at the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference. In his speech, Peres spoke of the Iranian nuclear problem and about the peace process

Most of the polling stations in Judea and Samaria opened two hours later than the other stations in the nationwide Likud primaries Tuesday. Activists in several communities said that voters’