Winter in Israel may be awhile off but temperatures continued to cool on Thursday and will remain unseasonably low until early next week.  Local rain is anticipated to continue as

The brother of terror victim Rabbi Eitam Henkin wrote a harshly worded letter this week to US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro attacking the Obama administration’s foreign policy. Rabbi Henkin, a

As security concerns continues to rise in Israel, high schools in Jerusalem have called a strike on Thursday, as parents and school administrators decry the limited security supplied by the

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder on Wednesday expressed concern over the rising tide of Palestinian terror, after a day of violence saw at least three terrorist attacks

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has moved to reassure supporters of Israel of the government’s “unshakeable commitment” to the country, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday. Speaking in front of a

The gunman who killed nine people at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, last week died at the front of the classroom where he committed most of the carnage, police

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday banned any further negotiations between Iran and the United States, Reuters reported. Khamenei, the highest authority in the Islamic Republic, already said

A large majority of Russia’s military airstrikes in Syria have not been aimed at the Islamic State (ISIS) group or jihadists tied to Al-Qaeda, and have instead targeted the moderate

Going one better than fellow Arab MK Ahmed Tibi, Jamal Zahalka (United Arab List) didn’t wait for Friday to challenge Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s declaration that no MKs, Jewish or

Ahead of his upcoming concert in Jerusalem on Saturday night, American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu sat down with Arutz Sheva to discuss what it means to him to be performing in Israel.  “Being in

Despite the 1979 peace accord between the two countries, and a long history of security and intelligence coordination since then, many Egyptians still view Israel as an enemy state. But attitudes

A 25-year-old yeshiva student was seriously injured and another man lightly injured in a terror attack early Thursday afternoon at the Jerusalem light rail station in front of national police

The Palestinian Liberation Organization’s executive committee has called on the UN Secretary-General to take all legal measures to provide Palestinians living in Judea-Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and Gaza with international protection. 

To protest Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s declaration that all MKs, including Arab ones, are barred from visiting the Temple Mount until tensions calm, several Arab MKs will attend Friday prayers at the

A terrorist attempted to run over IDF soldiers at the A-Za’im checkpoint near Maalei Adumim, just outside Jerusalem, but was neutralized by alert soldiers. According to initial reports the terrorist

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely held an emergency meeting with the Foreign Ministry’s administrative department on Wednesday, amid a string of major attacks on Jews erupting throughout the country.  Officials

Is showing support for a terrorist grounds for being fired – as happened just this week? Prominent labor lawyer Yael Dolev says it most certainly is, though not in every

BBC once again led its coverage of a terrorist attack against Israelis with news of the terrorist’s death on Wednesday. The article reports on an attack in Kiryat Gat, in which a

Loading… An Arab terrorist has injured at least one person in a knife attack on passersby outside Petah Tikvah’s central mall close to Beilinson Hospital, in the third stabbing attack in a

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged the Israeli public to be resilient on Wednesday, after no fewer than three major terror attacks in a span of hours.  “We’re still in the

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday warned against religious incitement on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, saying Israel and the Palestinians were “sitting on a volcano.” Rivlin, whose post is mainly ceremonial,

Four Russian warships fired 26 missiles into Syria from the Caspian Sea on Wednesday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated to Russian President Vladimir Putin on live television, destroying 11 targets from

Hamas is accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA), led by chairman Mahmoud Abbas, of being responsible for the capture of the five terrorists responsible for the brutal shootings of Rabbi Eitam

This evening’s terrorist stabbing attack in Petah Tikvah injured one person – but it could have been a lot deadlier were it not for the courageous actions of Renaddi Kasau, who

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s powerful speech in the United Nations last week was largely upstaged by the murderous Palestinian terrorist attack wave that began less than two hours later. However,

The White House on Wednesday expressed “deep concern” over the escalating violence in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Speaking at a news briefing, White House spokesman Josh Earnest urged Israelis and

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has barred all ministers and MKs from visiting the Temple Mount, according to a report Wednesday evening. The decision will be in effect until further notice,

The French Embassy has barred mayors in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) from being invited to an official ceremony, on account of them running Jewish communities across 1949 Armistice lines.  The

During the Shemini Atzeret holiday on Monday Jews changed to the prayer for rain, and it appears as if those prayers have been answered without delay – late on Tuesday night

The Tishrei holiday season has concluded and this week, we start to the read the Torah all over again, parashat B’reishit, from the beginning of creation, just as we believe