Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called in Israel’s top diplomat and the Mossad director on Sunday to broker a truce on Sunday, Israel Radio reported. The Foreign Ministry and security services

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed satisfaction Thursday with the latest sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States, Britain and Canada. He warned, however, that they were not enough. At

Pakistani police on Thursday arrested a woman they say killed her husband and was attempting to cook his body parts, after he planned to take a second wife without her

Nationalist politicians reacted angrily to news of the meeting between Palestinian Authority and Fatah head (PA) Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas head Khaled Mashaal, and Abbas’s statement that there are “no

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Thursday hailed their new “partnership” after talks in Cairo. “We want to assure our people and the Arab and

This year, the holiday of Thanksgiving will carry a special meaning for the families of three U.S. students in Cairo. On Thursday — the day of the historic American holiday

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu alluded Thursday to the tension in Egypt after the latest riots and interim government’s resignation.  “Israel and Egypt have an interest in preserving peace and stability

The IDF’s Southern Command is establishing a new regional brigade that will operate as part of the Edom army group. The IDF website explained that the Eilat Regiment “was born

The political bureau of the Hamas terrorist organization, long hosted in Damascus, is being forced to seek another venue as President Bashar al-Assad faces his own uncertain future.  Talks with

Israel’s economy is strong – strong enough to allow the government to increase spending on social programs, says Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – but the struggling economies in the U.S.

An Iranian official said that Tehran has arrested 12 people whom it claims are “CIA agents” – and that they had working in coordination with the Mossad and other security

Russian warships that have reached waters off Syria in recent days were carrying, among other things, Russian technical advisors who will help the Syrians set up an array of S-300

A terrorist who was convicted of the murders of U.S. tourist Christine Luken (Logan) and Zichron Ya’akov resident Neta Blatt Sorek was sentenced to two life sentences, plus an additional

In the wake of a pair of security alerts and the deaths of two Egytian policemen Wednesday night, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said Thursday that Israel intended to do whatever

Egyptian officials said Wednesday night that two members of the police force in Sinai were killed as they were pursuing Bedouin smugglers. The incident occurred on the Israel-Sinai border, in

MK Ahmad Tibi (Ram-Ta’al) – a former political adviser to late PLO arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat – proposed an amendment to Israel’s Basic Laws on Wednesday that would proscribe Israeli residents

Pakistan appointed a new ambassador to the United States on Wednesday after the previous one resigned amid tensions with the country’s powerful military. Sherry Rehman, a former magazine editor and

The Obama administration on Monday announced a new round of sanctions against Iran, but what do they entail? Uses a section of the Patriot Act to identify for the first

MK Miri Regev (Likud) on Wednesday responded to a proposal by MK Ahmad Tibi (Ram-Ta’al) that would proscribe Israelis living in Judea and Samaria from serving on the Supreme Court by

Palestinian Authority and Fatah chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal will meet in Cairo this week despite the unrest rocking Egypt. Egypt has been shaken in recent days

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Wednesday urged the Palestinian Authority to reconsider economic ties with Israel. In a statement, deputy PFLP secretary-general Abdul-Rahim Mallouh called on

Egyptian authorities denied Wednesday reports that its security forces fired banned, poisonous gas during a five-day crackdown on renewed protests in the country. “Security forces have not used poison or

Two Florida and New York Congress members have asked for an investigation to determine if the Palestinian Authority is using U.S. aid for terrorists. Ted Deutch and Steve Israel, both

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at The Hague has agreed to try Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi, in his home country. Libya’s National

Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul warned Britain’s Royal Society Wednesday in London that Syria has “come to a point of no return.” The government crackdown on civilian protesters by President Bashar

Syrian and Iranian-backed Hizbullah boasted Wednesday it had vanquished the CIA and Mossad. “Our security… has exposed several American and Israeli plots on Lebanon,” Hizbullah MP Hassan Fadlallah told reporters

Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh resigned Wednesday as president after almost 10 months of protests calling for him to quit, AFP reported. Saleh has ruled the fractious desert country for three

Middle East expert Dr. David Bukay of Haifa University said on Tuesday that he is concerned over the possibility that the extremist Muslim Brotherhood will take power in Egypt. Bukay’s

The defense and health ministries will stage an exercise dubbed ‘Orange Flame 6” in the north next week and simulate an “unconventional terrorist” attack. The two-day drill next Wednesday and

A month after abducted soldier Gilad Shalit was released and amid fears that terrorists are planning further kidnappings, the IDF is planning to increase the frequency of its exercises and