The State Department on Tuesday rejected calls by 32 congressional lawmakers, including Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, to close the Washington office of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Reuters reports. 

The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed a resolution facilitating the cross-border delivery of aid to millions of Syrians, while complaining previous such measures were not seen through on the

Members of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement on Tuesday evening participated in a memorial in Ramallah for Samir Kuntar, the Hezbollah terrorist who was eliminated in Syria

Three people have been wounded in a stabbing attack early Wednesday afternoon at Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate, a popular tourist spot on the western side of the Old City. One of the victims

Iraqi forces closed in on the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s last redoubts in central Ramadi Wednesday to retake the city they lost in May and further shrink the jihadists’ “caliphate.” A day after punching deep

Attorney Adi Keidar of the Honenu legal aid organization, who is representing several Jewish suspects in the lethal Duma arson, sent a stern letter to Jewish Home chairperson Tuesday following the

Aliyah is already expected to reach record highs in Israel next year, with an estimated 30,000 new immigrants set to arrive to the country. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein who helped break

The Israeli Security Agency (ISA) cleared for publication on Wednesday that it has nabbed a Hamas terror cell located in Abu Dis, just adjacent to Jerusalem to the east, that

The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning dismissed the petition of Roman Zadorov, finding him guilty for the 2006 murder of 13-year-old Tair Rada at a school in the town of

Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer earlier this week posted a letter on Twitter together with a picture of the wrapped holiday gifts he is sending out – which

Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is defending one of the minor Jewish suspects being investigated in the lethal Duma arson case from July, responded on Wednesday morning to Jewish Home chairman

Jewish Home chairperson and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday morning condemned the Jewish suspects being held in the lethal Duma arson case, after a confession was extracted from one

The Ministry of Finance and the Histadrut labor federation reached an agreement overnight Tuesday that prevented a general strike that was scheduled to start at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. The

This week’s special edition of Temple Talk was recorded on the fast day of the Tenth of Tevet. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman contemplate the true nature of a

An Israeli resolution on agricultural technology for sustainable development was adopted on Tuesday by the UN General Assembly with 146 votes in favor and 36 abstentions. The resolution promotes more

The High Court on Tuesday evening rejected petitions by the families of two terrorists who carried out attacks in Jerusalem and which the IDF had issued demolition orders for their

Israel’s enemies are often either ignorant of Israel’s history or distort it to their advantage – that’s why it’s incumbent upon us to know the truth and make it known to

Tashfeen Malik together with her husband Syed Farook launched a lethal shooting attack murdering 14 people in San Bernardino, California early this month, but new revelations show the tragedy may have been avoided if stricter

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday spoke about the rapprochement agreement talks with Israel during a parliamentary group meeting, and said the goal is to “benefit” Palestinian Arabs. “No

(AFP) Iraqi security forces advanced Tuesday into the center of Ramadi for a final push aimed at retaking the city they lost to the Islamic State group (ISIS) in May, officials

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) visited thee gulf states this past week sending their leadership delegation to exchange views with leadership entities in the gulf on the threats posed by

Senior Israeli security sources on Tuesday cast doubt on the seriousness of Turkey’s intentions to seal a rapprochement agreement with Israel, and amend relations that were cut in 2010 after

A strange, golden “artifact” discovered in a Jerusalem cemetery has finally been identified, after leaving archaeologists and other experts utterly baffled. The ridged, golden tool was unearthed several months ago

(AFP) After years of tense relations with President Bashar al-Assad, Saudi Arabia has adopted a bolder approach towards Syria, prompted by rival Iran’s growing regional influence.   The kingdom recently brought

A criminal investigation has been opened into an Italian Musim website which published a blacklist of “influential Jews” in Italy. Included in the list on the Radio Islam site are

Barring a last-minute deal, a nationwide public sector strike will begin tomorrow, spelling misery for thousands of travelers whose flights to and from Israel will be effected. In particular, the strike

The Eidah Chareidis Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem, in conjunction with the Satmar communities in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak and Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, has called for a demonstration in the streets

Tuesday marks the fast of the tenth of Tevet, a day not only marking the beginning of the destruction of the Temples, but also the Chief Rabbinate’s designated day to

The fast of the tenth of Tevet begins Tuesday, marking the day the siege of Jerusalem began before the destruction of the First Temple and one of four half-day fasts

The beginning of the siege of Jerusalem on the Tenth of Tevet (this year, December 22, 2015) ended with the destruction of the first Holy Temple on the Ninth of Av, 586 B.C.E.