Embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s key ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin, may be preparing to turn his back on the Syrian president. According to the Al-Hayat pan-Arab newspaper in London,

A serious military training accident occurred in Israel’s Golan Heights, during which an IDF tank was struck by a shell fired from another tank. According to an initial investigation, one

US rap star Wiz Khalifa is set to perform in Israel this summer, becoming the latest international musician to announce a performance in the Jewish state in 2016. 10-time Grammy nominee

During a hearing on Thursday on the extension of the detention of a soldier who last Thursday shot a wounded Arab terrorist, the military prosecutor announced that the murder charges that

MK Nava Boker (Likud) responded on Thursday shortly after the military prosecutor in court dropped the murder charges against the IDF soldier who last Thursday shot a wounded Arab terrorist. “It

Eyal Shviki, the chief of staff for Zionist Union chairperson MK Yitzhak Herzog, spoke out Thursday about the corruption investigation led by police against Herzog. Herzog was named on Wednesday

France’s women’s rights minister faced growing criticism on Thursday, including calls on social media to resign, after she compared women who wear the Muslim headscarf and veil to “negroes who supported slavery.” An online petition

Both Germany and the European Union on Wednesday rejected protests by Turkey over a satirical German television show that mocked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reuters reports. Turkey’s foreign ministry had

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said Tuesday he thinks Israel ought to conclude negotiations over a defense aid deal with the United States as soon as possible.  Speaking at a conference

Affirmative action for immigrants and haredim? A new bill aiming to achieve just that is poised to become law, after passing its first reading in the Knesset on Wednesday with

Missiles, and not negotiations, will be a part of Iran’s future relations with the outside world, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Wednesday, according to The Telegraph.

3 Steps to work on Before it is too late. After decades of marriage, couples are splitting up later in life. Experts call this ‘grey divorce’ and tell us that

Immigrants from the former Soviet Union living in Israel are overwhelmingly secular, notes a new Pew Research Center poll, but their children are increasingly embracing religion. A new Pew study

A Carmei Tzur synagogue built to commemorate the three young Israelis who were kidnapped and murdered in 2014 was demolished overnight by the IDF’s Civil Administration enforcement division. Residents were

Israeli security forces conducted a series of raids across Judea and Samaria overnight in a sweeping operation to pick up wanted terror suspects. A total of 16 suspects across the

A United Nations specialist has expressed his condemnation for the IDF soldier who shot a neutralized terrorist last week, Reuters reports. Christof Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions,

In June 2002, terror struck the Shabo family. Two PFLP terrorists infiltrated the town of Itamar and broke into the Shabo’s home. Asael Shabo, who was 9 years old at

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is sure to ruffle some feathers with comments regarding abortion he made on Wednesday. Speaking to MSNBC, Trump said he believes there should be punishment

The United States on Wednesday condemned last week’s United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that calls for setting up a blacklist of businesses operating in Judea and Samaria. Speaking to

A laptop used by one of the bombers from last week’s attacks in Brussels contained images of the Belgian prime minister’s home and office, an official said Wednesday, according to

This week we read the Torah portion of Shemini, which opens with the dedication of the desert tabernacle and the magnificent and indescribably joyful experience of the dwelling of the

Egypt on Wednesday asked Cyprus to extradite a man accused of hijacking an EgyptAir flight and diverting it to Larnaca where he was arrested a day earlier, AFP reported. The

The White House on Wednesday indicated that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad should not be part of any transitional unity government, echoing views from regime opponents inside the war-shattered country. Responding

IDF troops, Border Policemen and the Civil Administration demolished overnight Wednesday the home in Hevron of the terrorist Ihab Fathi Zakaria Masudi. Masudi carried out the stabbing attack outside the

The White House on Wednesday indicated that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad should not be part of any transitional unity government, echoing views from regime opponents inside the war-shattered country. Responding

The President of Shas’s Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Shlomo Cohen, has offered his encouragement to party head Aryeh Deri, as reports come out of a new police investigation into

Im Tirtzu, a Zionist activist organization, held a special ceremony this week in recognition of the work of Sara Zoabi on behalf of the IDF and the Zionist movement. But

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has responded to a letter in which US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called for an investigation into claims that Israel carries out extrajudicial killings against Palestinians. “The

Yair Farjun, the head of the Ashkelon Beach Regional Council, has revealed the sad reality of the families evacuated from Gush Katif to senior members of the Hemed religious education administration.

Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee on Wednesday flatly rejected a demand from President Bashar al-Assad for any transitional government to include his regime. “International resolutions speak of… the formation