Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to make Arabic classes compulsory for students from the age of six, in a move backers hoped would help improve ties between Israeli Jews and Arabs. The vote came amid

US retail giant Walmart already conceded to criticism of supporting the “occupation” by withdrawing an IDF soldier Halloween costume from its site, but Arab-American groups are continuing their offensive against

Some 2,400 households remain cut off from electricity on Wednesday evening, the Israel Electric Company (IEC) has announced.  Following a rainstorm late Wednesday morning, several high voltage power lines were

A left-wing British MP has claimed that “Jewish money” has influenced British politicians to support Israel, during a shocking anti-Semitic speech delivered in the UK parliament Tuesday. Veteran Labor MP

International talks in Vienna this week will test whether Russia and Iran are “serious” about a political solution to the war in Syria, the Saudi foreign minister said Wednesday. “If they’re serious we will

A senior Palestinian Arab official declared on Wednesday that the Arabs will not allow “the Israeli occupation”, as he put it, to intervene in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, even for the

Rabbi Yosef Berger of Jerusalem told Arutz Sheva’s Shimon Cohen of a recent miracle that he and hundreds of others heard via first-person testimony. “Every Saturday night,” Rabbi Berger said,

US Secretary of State John Kerry asserted Wednesday that the escalating wave of Arab terror in Israel showcases what would be in store if the Palestinian Arabs were not to achieve statehood.   

The US-led coalition against Islamic State showed no immediate sign of increasing strikes in Syria, figures released Wednesday showed, even though the Pentagon chief has said America would intensify its campaign. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday said the

Israelis returning home from Madrid on Wednesday were shocked when the pilot aboard Iberia Airlines flight 3316 announced that in a few minutes the plane would land in Tel Aviv,

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein on Tuesday informed attorneys representing former Labor party chairman Binyamin Ben-Eliezer that he had decided to place Ben-Eliezer on trial on charges of bribery, money laundering,

British author JK Rowling, of Harry Potter fame, is against a cultural boycott of Israel but is opposed to the Israeli government’s policies, reports The Guardian. Rowling is a member

Jordan wants the new surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount to be installed within days and the footage to be streamed live online, The Associated Press (AP) reported Tuesday. The

Walmart on Tuesday dropped two costumes from its Halloween selection that had caused outrage and controversy on social media, The New York Times reports. The two costumes in question are

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush recently said that the next American president must repair relations with Israel. Bush, who took part in a forum hosted in South Carolina, said that

As his Fatah party continues with a campaign of incitement glorifying stabbing attacks against Jews, Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and claimed

A Kuwaiti intern at the French embassy in the United States was dismissed Tuesday after she was accused of publishing an anti-Semitic rant on Facebook. The intern was also suspended

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday in Geneva for the creation of a “special regime” for the protection of his people, despite the fact that it is the Palestinian Arabs –

The world’s oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt’s religious evolution in an exhibition at London’s British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra’s death. Titled “Egypt: faith after

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned the visit of an Arab MK to the Temple Mount despite a blanket ban on Wednesday, but qualified that MKs must remain calm in spite

Seven soldiers from the Nahal Haredi-Netzach Yehuda battalion were arrested over the past week, on charges of beating two or three terrorists.  Three soldiers were arrested in one incident, wherein

Following a rainstorm Wednesday, several high voltage power lines were damaged in the central, Sharon and Krayot regions. About 15,000 homes are disconnected from electricity. Israel Electric Company (IEC) teams

(AFP) With only two months to go before the copyright of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” expires, debate is raging over whether the anti-Semitic manifesto should again be published in Germany, where all

Arutz Sheva got the chance to sit down with famed “Jewish Jazz” musician Daniel Zamir as he releases his new album “Alive.” Zamir said that as a visibly religious Jew, he “tries not to

A soldier has been wounded in a stabbing attack at Gush Etzion Junction, south of Jerusalem. The 19-year-old soldier was evacuated to Jerusalem’s Shaare Tzedek hospital in moderate condition, with stab

Children all over America will dress up for Halloween this Saturday, and now thanks to Wallmart they have the option to do so in IDF soldier uniforms – a fact

Iran has been invited to take part in talks over the Syrian civil war for the first time, as the Obama Administration continues to warm its ties with Tehran. US officials

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has outpaced his competitor Donald Trump in a survey published Tuesday, marking the first time Trump has not led the Republicans since the surveys began

The top US military officer revealed on Tuesday that the Iranian regime has deployed 2,000 soldiers in Syria to prop up Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and another 1,000 or more in

Two people were killed and two others wounded in a lethal traffic accident that took place Tuesday afternoon between a private car and a full trailer truck, in one of