Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, currently mayor of Chicago, says the bond between the United States and Israel is “rock solid.” In a televised interview with

Turkish President Abduallah Gul skipped a lunch attended by Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday at an international conference held in Vienna, Austria. Officials at Gul’s office said that

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thrust himself into controversy on Friday by declaring that the Palestinians are an “invented” people who want to destroy Israel. The former speaker of

Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, yet landed in open spaces and caused no injuries or damage. On Friday, a Qassam landed in an open

The Washington Post castigated President Barack Obama in an editorial Friday for sending Iran “the wrong signals” in the showdown over its nuclear weapons program. “Iran has been showing signs

The rockets and missiles from Gaza continued to fly on Friday afternoon and early evening (Israel time), as it became clear that residents of southern Israel will have to spend

The violence in Syria continued on Friday, and at least 30 people were killed in renewed anti-government protests across the country. According to a report by the BBC, the Syrian

Jordan’s foreign minister warned Israel on Friday not to demolish the Mughrabi Bridge which links the Western Wall to the Temple Mount. Speaking in an interview on the Arabic-language Al-Rai

MK Aryeh Eldad said Thursday that Israel had failed to think outside the box in trying to bring home abducted soldier Gilad Shalit. He spoke at a conference hosted by

In a move that is sure to fuel the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations’ cultural agency plans to fly the PLO flag at its Paris

A terrorist rocket struck Israel Friday morning, in the general area of Sderot. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. Arabs in terrorist controlled Gaza say that one

The IDF detained on Thursday one of the prisoners who was released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, the “ministry of prisoners’ affairs” in the Palestinian Authority (PA) told the Bethlehem-based

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said on Thursday that if he is elected President, he would consider freeing Jonathan Pollard. In an interview with CNN, Gingrich said, “I’m prepared to

IAF aircraft struck two centers of terrorist activity in southern and northern Gaza overnight Thursday, according to a statement by the IDF Spokesperson. Direct hits were identified and all aircraft

As it had promised to do, Iran presented on Thursday video footage of the U.S. drone it shot down earlier this week. The footage presents the UAV, with a commentator

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said Thursday it would shun a new council set up by Cairo’s caretaker junta to help oversee the drafting of a constitution. The popular Islamist group –

Drawing yet another political line in the sand, former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Thursday that he “openly and proudly” supports the uprising of the Syrian people. Hariri’s declaration

The rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel continues, and terrorists fired several Qassam rockets shortly before midnight (Israel time) on Thursday. The rockets exploded in open areas in the

It was revealed Wednesday that French President Nicholas Sarkozy doesn’t necessarily think that Binyamin Netanyahu is an actual “liar,” even though he called the Prime Minister one last month. What

A Home Front Command drill testing air raid sirens in the north on Thursday panicked students who were unaware the test was taking place. The practice has become routine as

A new Knesset exhibition will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the verdict against Adolf Eichmann, who was instrumental in the planning and execution of Nazi Germany’s “final solution,” the direct

Hundreds of imprisoned Palestinian Authority terrorists are scheduled to be freed later this month in order to fulfill the second stage of the prisoner exchange deal with the Hamas terrorist

In the latest instance of illegal Arab takeover of public lands in Jerusalem, observers and witnesses said that Arabs have begun moving to claim a national historic site – the

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday. After the meeting, Lieberman told reporters that Russia’s positions on the Middle East “were not

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan for dealing with illegal work infiltrators will be submitted for Cabinet approval on Sunday, December 12. The plan, the details of which were revealed by

Mexico foiled an attempt by one of toppled Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s sons to smuggle himself and his family into the country, Mexican authorities said Wednesday. The Mexican government’s Secretary

The Jerusalem municipality’s local planning committee approved on Wednesday a new housing complex in the Ras Al-Amud neighborhood in the eastern part of the city. According to report on Channel

GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich promised Republican Jewish activists on Wednesday that, if elected President, he would move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Washington Post reported

Syria’s Foreign Ministry is backpedaling fast after President Bashar al-Assad bluntly refused in American television interview to take responsibility for ordering his forces to crack down on anti-government protesters over

Americans can be thankful President Barack Obama never pursued a career as an investment banker. The Obama administration spent some $200 million backing liberal and pro-Western political parties in Egypt’s