Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson cancelled a scheduled trip to Israel, Kenya, Zambia, and Nigeria, he announced late Thursday night, citing security concerns.  Carson’s senior advisers noted that there were

Finance ministers from the UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a wide-ranging resolution aimed at ramping up sanctions against the Islamic State (ISIS) group and cutting off its revenue

The United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday recognized the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur as an official UN holiday. As part of the decision, from now on no

Rabbi Yeshayahu Hollander was born in New York but raised in Tel Aviv during the heady years of the founding of the State of Israel. He studied in the best

A Turkish government official on Thursday evening confirmed that Israeli and Turkish officials held talks in Switzerland and may reach a deal on normalizing ties soon. “We have not reached

A US State Department official admitted on Thursday that US President Barack Obama’s administration is not sure where thousands of foreigners in the US who had their visas pulled over

A poll conducted Tuesday shows that 53% of the Israeli public support a law that would prevent the New Israel Fund (NIF) from operating in Israel, while 24% oppose it,

An Israeli official on Thursday revealed that “understandings” to normalize ties have been reached with Turkey, in a potential breakthrough for the strained relations that collapsed in the infamous Turkish Mavi Marmara

Fourteen Jewish women from the community of Bonneuil-sur-Marne, southeast of Paris, fell ill as a result of an anti-Semitic poison attack Monday. The electronic lock to the community’s synagogue had

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) responded with shock on Thursday night, after the lawyers of the Jewish suspects being investigated in the lethal Duma arson revealed the

The United States, Russia, France and Britain are deploying an arsenal of weapons in the Syrian conflict, although some experts question whether they are best suited to the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists.

The attorney’s department on Thursday submitted to the Be’er Sheva Magistrate’s Court a monetary claim for 624,417 shekels (over $160,000) against Niv Assaraf and Eran Nagauker, due to the financial losses

In the last day several of the Jews arrested on vague suspicions of involvement in the lethal Duma arson were allowed to finally meet their lawyers, who were shocked at

Turkish authorities detained two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists at Istanbul’s main international airport carrying at least 150 original European passports, an official said Thursday. Counter-terror police detained the suspects, a Syrian and a Turk,

Shortly after the Color Red siren for incoming missiles went off in the Gaza Belt communities Thursday, one rocket struck Israeli turf in the Sha’ar Hanegev area. It exploded but caused no casualties. According

The High Level Military Group (HLMG), which is made up of 11 former military and intelligence leaders from five continents, has released a report on Operation Protective Edge in Gaza

Bipartisan US Representatives introduced a resolution on Thursday, decrying the EU decision to label Jewish products from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan heights. House Resolution 567, which sharply condemns

Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan awarded the rank of lieutenant on Thursday to Lt. (res.) Aviv Morag, who has only recently been cleared of wrongdoing in the killing

Meir Turgeman, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Thursday and strongly condemned the decision to place security barriers at roughly 300 bus stops throughout the capital city. The decision

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) lashed out overnight Thursday at a video produced by grassroots Zionist NGO Im Tirtzu, which singles out four leftist activists as examples of “foreign agents” and accuses

The workers committee of the Suberbus bus company is conducting a strike Thursday, which will halt all normal operating lines throughout the entire day – from 4 a.m to midnight. This is

So it happened. Israel got to see Star Wars before North America. As happens with many movies that come out simultaneously around the globe, due to our 7 hour time

Despite the relatively pleasant temperatures forecast for Thursday, there remains a high chance of localized rain as well as thunderstorms in both northern and central Israel.  Rainfall is expected to start

The House of Representatives on Wednesday cleared legislation that would enhance sanctions against Hezbollah and its supporters, The Hill reports. In a 425-0 vote, the House approved slapping mandatory sanctions

A group of Republican senators on Wednesday called on President Barack Obama not to lift sanctions on Iran over its recent ballistic missile testing, Reuters reported. 36 of the 54

Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Yuval Diskin on Wednesday night described the leftist organization Breaking the Silence as “an important part of any democracy”. Breaking the Silence has been

Kuwait Airways has decided to scrap flights between New York’s JFK airport and London Heathrow rather than be forced to sell tickets to Israelis, AFP reported on Wednesday. In October,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signed Israel’s multibillion dollar gas deal with US energy giant Noble Energy Thursday morning, following months of intense debate. Netanyahu gave his signature to the deal at the conclusion of a

The Nazareth District Court filed this morning (Thursday) indictment against 22-year-old Moti Krispil and his father, 52-year-old Eliyahu Krispil, residents of Migdal Haemek, for murdering their 37-year-old neighbor, Andrei Nepomniaschi,

Top Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli is being investigated for tax evasion, it was cleared for publication Thursday after initial reports into the case were leaked yesterday.  Refaeli, considered the most active