Syria’s opposition groups are getting ready for “the day after” the fall of the Assad regime, and are anticipating a new, democratic regime. But some things are unlikely to change;

Residents of Yitzhar in central Samaria say they prevented a terrorist attack when they used force to halt a truck that ignored numerous orders to halt, and careened around several checkpoints

The Iranian proposal to rejoin EU-led talks over its nuclear program is a classic divide and rule tactic. Iran wants talks with the 5+1 contact group comprising the five permanent

MK Zvulun Orlev (Bayit Yehudi) intends to introduce Knesset legislation that would limit the authority of the government to abrogate prison sentence of terrorists and use them as “bargaining chips”

President Shimon Peres admitted on Friday that he had held secret talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. In an interview with the pan-Arabic daily Alsharq Alawsat, Peres said the

At least 32 people were killed during protests across Syria on Friday, the Al Jazeera network reported. Activists told the network that the deaths came as protesters, emboldened by the

Iran will fire long-range missiles during a naval drill in the Gulf on Saturday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday. “The Iranian navy will test several kinds of

Hamas’ Gaza Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, visited Sudan on Thursday, where he held talks with President Omar al-Bashir, AFP reported. The visit to Sudan was part of Haniyeh’s first official

The IAF launched an air strike on a terror cell in northern Gaza early Friday morning as it prepared to launch rockets at Israeli targets. The IDF spokesperson’s officer reported

The European Centre for Jewish Students (ECJS) said on Thursday it was alarmed over the results of new research showing a rise in the rate of intermarriage among European students.

Amatuer video from Syria on Friday showed Arab League observers running from gunfire as security forces opened fire on civilians. The film comes as tens of thousands took to the

“The next abduction of an Israeli soldier will lead to war,” Israel’s forum of eight senior ministers said on Friday. According to Yisrael Hayom the senior ministers accepted a recommendation

Switzerland finished the process of ‘rehabilitating’ more than a hundred people punished during WWII for helping Jews escape Nazi persecution on Wednesday. But only one of the 137 people vindicated

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials said Friday their decision to return to ‘popular resistance’ is aimed at ‘disengaging’ from Israel. PLO Executive Committee member Tayseer Khalid said the new unified

The Cairo offices of at least five non-governmental organizations ‎‎(NGOs) were raided on Thursday by ‎Egyptian prosecutors accompanied by police and military personnel. The five ‎NGOs were the Arab Center

Zakaria Zubeidi, the former Fatah leader in Jenin, turned himself to the Palestinian Authority on Thursday evening. Earlier, Zubeidi told the Ma’an news agency that Israel had canceled his pardon

About 40,000 people visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem during Hanukkah, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation said on Thursday. According to the foundation, thousands attended the daily lighting of Hanukkah

President Shimon Peres called on Thursday to distinguish between the extreme hareidi-religious Jews who exclude women and those who hareidim who do not do so. Peres made the comments during

The remains discovered in a bunker on the Golan Heights are those of a Syrian soldier, police said Thursday – not of missing IDF soldiers Guy Hever or Maji Halabi,

A prominent Lebanese parliamentarian announced in an interview published Thursday that Maher al-Assad, the brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, “has absconded.” “Whether he is injured and is being treated

The Hizbullah terrorist organization is in hot water over a scheme to launder hundreds of millions of dollars in multi-national drug trafficking revenues. According to a report published by the

The Israel Law Center (Shurat Hadin) has a “social media” message for Twitter: Stop providing communication facilities for terror groups like Hizbullah, or face a lawsuit on behalf of American

Babies and toddlers asleep for their afternoon naps were rudely awakened and snatched from their beds as the Color Red rocket alert siren blared its warning Thursday for a second

Mossad chief Tamir Pardo doesn’t believe a nuclear armed Iran would mean the destruction on Israel. Pardo reportedly told a forum of Israeli diplomats that while Israel continues in its

Arab monitors revisited the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday as more bloodshed was reported across the country, AFP reported. In one incident, army defectors killed at least four soldiers

An Israeli shepherd who was working in the Golan Heights found on Wednesday the remains of a man in uniform. Army Radio reported that the shepherd called in the army

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has offered the Palestinians a powerful tool of propaganda: the comparison with Jesus’ passion. “We are to be freshly

U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were named by Americans as the Most Admired Man and Most Admired Woman living today in any part of the

The daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Aisha, is seeking political asylum in Israel, according to a report on the Intelligence Online website. The report, which was quoted by

An American man who has been accused by Iran of working for the CIA could face the death penalty, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. According to the report,