Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) signed an order on Wednesday allowing the import of 60,000 tons of a wide range of vegetables that would be free from import tax. The purpose of

Attorney Sami Melhem, a relative of the Arab Israeli terrorist Nashat Melhem, criticized the security apparatus on Wednesday for its continued inability to locate his terrorist relative six days after the

Journalist Eitam Lachover of Channel 1 went out on Wednesday morning to film a piece about the new anti-stabbing neck guards being distributed by the IDF, to help combat soldiers deal with the constant

The Jerusalem district attorney submitted indictments against two Jerusalem minors today to the Jerusalem District Court for Minors. The indictments were filed for the charges of causing injury in extreme

Why did the Jerusalem merchant close his shop if the Emperor was coming –  in 1898? The shuttered shop at Jaffa Gate when the German Emperor arrived in 1898. (Ottoman Imperial Archives) The

French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a special edition Wednesday on the eve of the anniversary of a jihadist attack that wiped out most of its staff, prompting protests from the Vatican over a cover lampooning

Martin Indyk, former US Middle East Envoy for President Barack Obama, has long had his impartiality regarding Israel questioned. On Wednesday, in a PBS interview, he came out with a full broadside

You don’t have to be an immigrant from the United States to know that prices in Israel are in general quite high, and most items are certainly more expensive than

A special meeting between 300 representatives from Torah Institutes and educational centers in Brooklyn, New York, and heads of the New York Police Department took place this week. At the

The six-year-old girl who tragically drowned at a hotel pool in Jerusalem on December 10 passed away on Wednesday, nearly a month after the incident. Following the failure of multiple systems

Dr. Marina Holz, the Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Chair in Biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, and her student Sara Leora Wiener, a sophomore from Edison, New

The semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency on Tuesday published new images showing a convoy of the recently tested nuclear-capable Emad ballistic missiles being transferred to a brand new underground tunnel facility. Pictures

Rabbi Yaron David, a rabbi for the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, eulogized first sergeant Yishai Rozales on Tuesday after he was killed in a training accident at the Tze’elim Base in the Negev. “I

The Islamic State (ISIS) group has lost around a third of the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, according to figures provided Tuesday by the US-led coalition. “In Iraq, it’s about 40%,”

An IDF officer in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, also known as Nahal Haredi, was killed and another soldier was lightly to moderately wounded on Tuesday in a tragic training accident. The

A misspelling put a damper on an official memorial ceremony for the victims of the terror attack at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris last year.  French President Francois Hollande was in

A harsh sentence was imposed Tuesday evening on an Etzion Regional Brigade corporal convicted of disclosing classified military information.  Elad Sela was sentenced to 45 months in prison, will be on probation

The family of Netanel Arami, a Jewish construction worker who was murdered by Arab coworkers in September 2014, have turned to the new police chief Roni Alsheich asking him to “bring in

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern India early Monday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring over 90 more.  The Bnei Menashe (sons of Manasseh), who claim descent from one of

A resident of Herzliya alerted police to the location of terror suspect Ahmad Khatib on Tuesday, after the Arab from eastern Jerusalem threatened to carry out an attack in the coastal city. Police

Ron Kehrmann, whose 17-year-old daughter Tal was murdered in a suicide terror attack on Egged Route 37 in Haifa in 2003, is calling on the Israel Prison Service to reject a

Leave it to Kabbalah to fill in the blanks. On one hand, everyone seems to know that the Land of Israel is special, and some of the simpler differences can

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned Hezbollah for attacking IDF troops near the Lebanon-Israel border a day earlier, but also criticized Israel for retaliating. In a statement, Ban said

Israel has been in an uproar since video from a controversial wedding was leaked to the press late last month three weeks after it took place, with the groom and various

The father of fugitive terrorist Nashat Melhem spoke with his son shortly after he conducted a deadly shooting attack at a Tel Aviv pub, it was revealed on Tuesday night.  Mohammed Melhem’s

An Israeli humanitarian aid agency has dispatched a disaster relief team to assist flood victims in northern England, the UK-based Jewish Chronicle (JC) reported Tuesday.  Four volunteers from the IsraAID charity arrived in London on Monday and

The two female Border Police officers who accidentally shot dead Ofer Ben Ari while eliminating two terrorists during a stabbing attack in Jerusalem met for the first time with his family on Tuesday evening. 

The Supreme Court will give its decision on the appeal submitted by Rabbi Yoshiyahu, the head of the Shuva Israel institute. In his appeal, Rabbi Pinto asked for the sentence of

The forecast for Tuesday is mostly clear, with slightly overcast skies throughout the day. In the northern part of the country, isolated rainfall will continue throughout the day. The temperature will

A large force of police and border police officers are conducting an extensive search this morning for a resident of eastern Jerusalem who reportedly told his family that he intends to perpetrate