Unknown assailants kidnapped a father and son near a Venezuela Chabad House over Shabbat, Kikar Hashabbat reports Sunday, and were released after the community paid ransom.  The two were on their way

Israel notified Russia that it intends to strike a target inside Damascus before the airstrike that killed Samir Kuntar, estimates Dr. Aaron Lerner, of Independent Media Review Analysis (IMRA). Lerner

US reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West reportedly plan to baptize their son at the St. James Cathedral in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem in April. Keeping

The Professional Committee for Selection of Candidates for Attorney General announced Sunday that it has selected Major General (res.) Avichai Mandelblit, the former Chief Military Prosecutor and current government secretary,

At Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, he praised security forces for their quick response to the terror stabbing in Ra’anana on Saturday afternoon. “I would like

An Air France flight from Port Louis, Mauritius to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya Sunday morning, after a bomb was found on board. Pilots reportedly made

A female Arab terrorist attempted to stab Israeli soldiers early Sunday afternoon at the Hassam Shoter army position in Hevron.  No Israelis were injured in the attempted attack, which reports say occurred near

Israel’s justice minister welcomed on Sunday the elimination of Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar but did not claim credit for the airstrike in Syria that killed him, which Hezbollah said was an Israeli raid.

Rabbi Israel Rosen, Head of the Tzomet Institute, called at week’s end to allow women to be certified as kashrut supervisors, whose job it is to make sure restaurants and

A tourist has been seriously wounded in a stabbing attack by an Arab terrorist between the Jewish town of Tekoa and the nearby Arab village of Beit Sahour, in the Gush Etzion

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Saturday night took the stage at a Tel Aviv basketball arena as he kicked off a short comedy tour in Israel, his first ever in the

Khaled Mashal, the head of Hamas, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul today (Saturday). The move comes as Turkey and Israel work towards improving their relations, which

Border Police officers in Binyamin stopped an Arab man and found a loaded Kalashnikov hidden in his car this evening (Saturday). The suspect has been arrested and taken for questioning. The

Eyewitnesses to today’s (Saturday) terror attack in Ra’anana say that the terrorist attempted to enter a synagogue that was full of worshipers. “I saw a young man go to a

Due to accusations of torture against the suspects in the Duma case, Rabbi Dov Lior ruled that their lawyers are permitted to break Shabbat in order to speak with their

The Chinese Defense Ministry is accusing the United States of carrying out “a serious military provocation,” after the US flew two bombers over an artificial island in the South China

Swiss federal prosecutors said Saturday they had opened criminal proceedings against a board member of Switzerland’s largest Islamic organization accused of propaganda for jihadist groups, including Al-Qaeda. The office of Switzerland’s attorney general said in a statement it

President Vladimir Putin has said Russia’s unwavering position on the crisis in Syria, where it has steadfastly resisted calls for Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, has facilitated its negotiations with both Washington and Damascus on

An Arab terrorist stabbed three civilians Saturday afternoon along Mordechai Anielewicz street in Ra’anana, before fleeing the scene. Police chased after the terrorist, eventually cornering and arresting him in a private

Silence. This is the response that Israel has received since submitting Dani Dayan’s credentials as ambassador to Brazil, about two months ago. According to standard diplomatic conduct, a country is

Diplomacy and demographics expert Yoram Ettinger finds that contrary to popular perception and politically-motivated scare tactics, there is actually no “Arab demographic time bomb.” Rather, he notes that there is

Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Saturday compared Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria to jihadists from the Islamic State (ISIS) group. “Defeating ISIS requires

Media analysts continue to offer explanations as to what message U.S. President Barack Obama is giving by insisting on using the term ISIL. Obama, alone among virtually all world leaders

An 87-year-old British parliamentarian deemed unfit to stand trial on a string of child sex abuse offenses died peacefully at his home on Saturday, his family said. Grenville Janner, a member of the

The Jewish owner of a French clothing store chain has been found guilty of discrimination against Jews. A court found that Dan Cohen, the co-founder of Eleven Paris, fired a

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the house of Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen, demanding the release of the Duma suspects. They are carrying signs reading “Jews don’t torture Jews,”

Muhaned Al-Okabi, the terrorist who carried out the fatal shooting attack in Be’er Sheva’s Central Bus Station two months ago, was buried overnight Sunday.  The funeral, attended only by 50

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel criticized President Barack Obama on Friday over his failure to act in Syria after he warned President Bashar Al-Assad that the use of chemical

Iran will export most of its enriched uranium to Russia in the coming days as it rushes to implement the nuclear deal with the West, Reuters reported Saturday, citing Tehran’s

After Russian President Vladimir Putin lavished praise on Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, the billionaire returned the favor, praising Russia’s leader as forceful and popular. “I think that he’s a