The explosion earlier this week that Iran said was at a uranium enrichment site actually damaged a nuclear plant and was far from accidental, The London Times reported Wednesday. The

Turkey has struck Syria with a list of economic sanctions designed to break the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The move comes in cooperation with the European Union, the Arab League,

The Security Cabinet Wednesday approved unfreezing tax revenues collected for the Palestinian Authority despite PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ unilateral moves to win United Nations recognition. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu explained

The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee delayed a discussion entitled “Jordan is Palestine” citing the “sensitivity of the issue,” according to MK Aryeh Eldad. Eldad, who called for the

A joint Shin Bet (ISA) and Israel Police raid in Jerusalem resulted in the re-arrest of several Hamas members who had been previously released, Israel’s General Security Services said Tuesday.

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan on Tuesday said Israel’s system of government needs an overhaul – adding senior officials were seeking to silence his opposition to striking Iran’s nuclear program.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continued his staunch opposition to judicial reform in Israel by attempting to cloak himself with the authority of Likud founder Menachem Begin on Tuesday. “Begin said

Palestinian Authority Economy Minister Hassan Abu Libdeh has been charged with fiscal misconduct, court sources said on Tuesday. The indictment adds mounting pressure to the already tenuous government of PA

The United Nations on Tuesday continued to demonstrate it is not an honest broker in the Israeli-Arab conflict as senior UN officials marked the International Day of Solidarity with the

The World Zionist Organization is staging in Jerusalem on Tuesday (today) a re-enactment of the November 29, 1947 recognition of Israel by the United Nations. The event will take place

A military court Monday convicted Amjad Awad for murdering five members of the Fogel family. He will be sentenced later. His cousin Hakim Awad is serving five life terms for

A new Knesset lobby was established Monday, to advocate for imposing the death penalty on terrorist murderers. A new Knesset lobby, the Lobby for the Imposition of the Death Penalty

The Lebanese army has admitted to one rocket attack on Israel overnight but said it does not know who fired it. Hizbullah has not commented. “We know that a rocket

The High Court for Justice heard on Monday a motion by Peace Now demanding the demolition of 20 homes built on land defined in the Shiloh zoning plan as agricultural

U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Anne W. Patterson congratulated Egypt on what seemed to be a significant and respectable turnout in its first parliamentary election since the fall of former President

At least four Katyusha missiles were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel overnight Monday. Kol Yisrael Radio reported that the missiles exploded in two communities near the border with Lebanon.

Reports from Iran Monday said a large explosion was heard in Isfahan, where several key nuclear facilities are located, including a uranium enrichment plant. Isfahan is one of the largest

The day after the Arab League announced it would impose sanctions against Syria, the European Union made a similar announcement, saying it, too, has decided to increase those it already has

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that he would oppose intentions to release funds to the Palestinian Authority (PA). He called such a move “irresponsible” and said it would encourage

If names and weight mean anything, Germany is in trouble. A Muslim gave birth in Berlin to a 13-pound (six kilogram) baby and named him Jihad. The birth set a

President Shimon Peres made an unannounced visit to King Abdullah, two weeks after the monarch visited Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. After the conversation at the king’s palace,

The United States and Canada have issued stamps ahead of the eight-day Chanukah festival, which begins Tuesday night on December 20. “This year, for the first time, all of our

In a continuation of its statements from the past several days, Iran on Sunday threatened Israel with a barrage of missiles, if the Jewish State attacks its nuclear facilities. Iran’s

The government approved Sunday a bill proposed by Defense Minister Ehud Barak, to give IDF reservists’ widows a one-time grant of NIS 100,000. The grant will be given in two

The Palestinian Authority continues to speak in two languages. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas official says he recognizes Israel but officials mourn the Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917, in which

For the second time in six years, the United States has urged Mideast elections, and for the second time, a terrorist party is likely to win. In 2005, then-U.S. Secretary

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he may release Palestinian Authority (PA) tax revenues collected by Israel because PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas has “calmed down” after his failure to win full membership

Saboteurs blew up Egypt’s gas pipeline to Jordan and Israel early on Monday morning, just hours before the country holds its first election since President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu prevented at the last minute the demolition of the Mughrabi Bridge, which links the Western Wall Plaza to the Temple Mount. According to a report on

Tens of thousands of supporters of Lebanon’s anti-Syrian opposition gathered in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday to denounce the regime in Damascus and its ally, the Hizbullah terror