The president, who is noted for excellent oratory and rarely misses a beat, may simply have stumbled inadvertently, but the blooper indicates he has Jews on his mind as his
The Palestinian Authority and international groups paid many of the Arabs who rioted after last week’s United Nations session where a motion was submitted for recognizing the PA as a
MK Shelly Yechimovich’s successful bid to take control of the Labor party has apparently inspired her counterparts in Kadima to attempt to do the same. According to Maariv, MK Meir
The rise of right-wing and anti-Semitic parties heralds a new wave of anti-Semitism that is headquartered in Budapest, Der Spiegel reports. A long and thorough analysis by writer Erich Follath
Interior Minister Eli Yishai approved a plan to 1,100 new homes in Jerusalem’s Gilo area on Tuesday. “The Israeli interior ministry announced on Tuesday that the plan for 1,100 new
Ismail Haniyeh, who serves as the ‘prime minister’ in Hamas-run Gaza, called on Monday for an ‘inter-Palestinian’ strategic dialogue to decide on a joint strategy for establishing an independent state,
Women and girls may have become the latest pawns in the chess game between Iran and Bahrain. Shi’ite opposition activists in the tiny Gulf country issued a statement Monday saying,
The commander of the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), Admiral James Stavridis, departed Israel on Monday following a two-day work visit as a guest of the Chief of the General Staff,
Pakistan is becoming a staple of US presidential debates and the hypothetical questions may soon become a reality.. Rick Perry stumbled in a debate when he was asked how he
Egypt’s foreign minister reaffirmed on Monday his country’s commitment to the peace treaty it signed with Israel in 1979. In an interview with The Associated Press, Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr
Three terrorists blew up the Egyptian-Israeli neutral gas pipeline for at least the sixth time this year in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday in the northern Sinai. The line also supplies
An Israeli-American counter terrorism organization says an alleged list of IDF names published Monday in a Turkish newspaper is not what the paper claims it to be. The Institute of
Five of the most important Dead Sea scrolls appeared on the Internet on Monday in what their custodians say will be a broader effort to make the celebrated manuscripts available to anyone who has a computer, AP reports. The initiative,
Turkey has officially denied involvement in gathering a list of 174 names of Israeli personnel – mostly navy commandos – involved in the May 2010 clash on the Mavi Marmara
Ten out of eleven pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for disrupting a speech by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren were tried and convicted Friday on charges of heckling, more than
The dismembered remains of a Syrian girl were discovered by chance in a local morgue last week by her mother who was expecting to identify the dead girl’s activist brother
Hundreds of ancient artifacts lent to a U.S. archaeologist in the early 1960s have been returned to the Hashemite Kingdom. The artifacts, which date back to the early bronze age,
Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin on Monday said Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ address to the United Nations underscores why peace hasn’t been achieved. According to Israel’s Channel 2 Radio, Rivlin
The Lebanese Army announced on Monday it had arrested a man on suspicion of spying for Israel, the As-Safir newspaper reported. The suspect, arrested late Saturday and held for interrogation,
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea put Hizbullah on notice that he expected them to lay down their arms saying regional policies that have long-protected the terror organization’s arsenal were
A Turkish newspaper has published a list of 174 names of Israelis – mostly soldiers – it says were involved in the raid on the Mavi Marmara in 2010. The
Anyone wanting to earn easy money could have pocketed $1,500 for the questionable honor of eating with Ahmadinejad in New York’s fancy Warwick Hotel, where he stayed last week. He
Jews in the Hevron area, described as ”settlers’ by most media, post pro-Israel signs on the highway frequently attacked by Arab and where a rock-throwing terrorist caused the deaths of
A clear majority of Israeli Jews see themselves as religious or ‘traditional,’ according to newly released data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Eight percent of Jews define themselves
President Shimon Peres told foreign diplomats at a pre-Rosh HaShanah reception Monday that seeing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speak in the United Nations is “revolting.” “For an Israeli to see
Israelis were not allowed to cross into Egypt through the Taba border crossing Sunday morning, although foreigners were able to cross through as usual, as was any Israeli who possessed a
Scores of people were turned away on Saturday night as they attempted to enter – not a theatre, movie premier, concert or four star restaurant – but the packed-to-the-rafters Great
Two U.S. citizens who inadvertently crossed the border into Iran while hiking with a third person in Iraq’s Kurdistani mountains have finally reached the end of a two-year ordeal trapped
Temple Mount Police arrested a 76-year-old Jewish man Sunday after he recited a blessing before drinking some water. Yosef Hacohen felt ill during a tour of the Temple Mount and wanted
Most Israeli Jews believe that decisions on the country’s future should have the agreement of the majority of Israel’s Jewish citizens, according to a survey by the Israel Democracy Institute