The Tel Aviv District of the Israel Police honored a Muslim Arab resident of the north early Sunday, for a year’s worth of service busting drug activity in Yafo (Jaffa) on
A German singer whose lyrics have been criticized as both anti-Semitic and homophobic has been chosen to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest next year, reports Reuters. The controversial Xavier
Thousands of paramilitary forces from Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard held a war game simulating the capture of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control, The Associated Press (AP) reported, citing Iranian
The AJC – Global Jewish Advocacy group on Saturday denounced a decision by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) endorsing an academic boycott of Israel. “The AAA’s mission is ‘advancing knowledge
In the wake of the European Union’s (EU) decision to label Israeli products from Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights, a German department store has removed Israeli products from its
Six world powers will help Iran redesign its Arak heavy water reactor so that it cannot produce weapons-grade plutonium, Reuters reported Saturday, citing a document released by the Iranian state
Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman on Saturday night called on Israel to take action against Turkey, following an incident in which the Israeli women’s basketball team was harassed during
Mali was hunting Saturday for suspects wanted over the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel that left 19 people dead, mostly foreigners, AFP reports. The government has declared a state
First responders hurried to Kiryat Gat’s King David Street after receiving a report of a stabbing attack. Early information suggests that four people are wounded, including a 13-year-old girl. The
IDF forces arrested a Palestinian man suspected of trying to cross into fully-sovereign Israel this evening (Saturday). The incident occurred at the Oranit checkpoint. The soldiers yelled at the man,
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has passed a resolution to support BDS by a vote of 1,040 to 136. An official decision to take action and boycott Israeli academic institutions will take
Hassidic followers of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach are protesting against the modified IDF draft bill. One such protester broke into the Tzai Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Ramat Poland neighborhood this morning (Shabbat) and
The UN Security Council on Friday authorized countries to “take all necessary measures” to fight ISIS in a resolution that won unanimous backing a week after the Paris attacks. The measure drafted by France
A vast and historically valuable trove of Holocaust-era documents, long thought destroyed during World War II, has been found hidden in a wall cavity by a couple renovating their Budapest apartment, AFP reports.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the Middle East from Sunday to Tuesday, in a trip that will take him to Israel for the first time since the summer of 2014, AFP reports. Kerry
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced that the capital is on its highest level of alert after receiving information about being targeted for a possible attack like the one
Canada plans to fly in 900 Syrian refugees a day as of next month, according to media reports, as the defense minister said showing compassion for these people sends a message to ISIS.
A joint operation between the IDF and the General Security Service (GSS, also known as the Shabak or Shin Bet) raided the “al-Halil” radio station in Hevron. Palestinian media sources
Jonathan Pollard’s ex-wife Anne Pollard intends to sue the Israeli government and a number of senior Israeli officials, Channel 10 reports. According to her lawyers, the defendants “caused her injustice and
Bangladesh executed two opposition leaders for committing war crimes during the country’s 1971 fight for independence against Pakistan. Salahuddin Quadar Chowdhury, a six-term member of Parliament, was convicted of genocide,
Russia has bombed ISIS in the heaviest strikes in eastern Syria since the war began, as its military maneuvers in the Mediterranean forced Lebanon to reroute flights, AFP reports. The United Nations, meanwhile, passed
Lawyers for Jonathan Pollard, who was on Friday released from an American prison after over 30 years of being held on espionage charges, have appealed the terms of his release.
Members of the Zionist Union party are for the first time publicly calling on their chairman, MK Yitzhak Herzog, to join Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition, Channel 2 News reported
Turkey on Friday summoned the Russian ambassador after Moscow’s war planes bombed Syrian territory “very close” to the Turkish border, the foreign ministry said Friday, adding to tensions as the
At least 22 people are dead in Friday’s hostage taking at a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital, AFP reports. Islamist terrorists took over the hotel, firing automatic weapons and seizing
A healthy food for one person may lead another to gain weight, according to a study out Thursday that suggests a one-size-fits-all approach to dieting is fundamentally wrong. For instance, one woman in
At 6 a.m. local time, Jonathan Pollard is expected to begin the process of being released from his South Carolina prison, after an unprecedented 30 years in jail on charges
A 19-year-old who spent his student loan traveling to the Turkey-Syria border and wanted to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group is behind bars in Britain, police said Thursday. Yahya Rashid
The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist suspected of orchestrating the Paris attacks was killed in a major police raid in the French capital, prosecutors confirmed Thursday, raising troubling questions about a breakdown in intelligence and
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution on the promotion and protection of human rights in Iran. The move was lauded by Impact