MK Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu) has backtracked on statements he made when appointed to the Judicial Selection Committee, in which he called for those who refuse to sing Israel’s national anthem not to be

Tel Aviv is the most expensive city in the Middle East in terms of price levels, the 2015 edition of the Prices and Earnings report from Swiss bank UBS confirmed on Thursday.  Israel’s

Prosecutors filed an indictment on Thursday morning with the Jerusalem District Court against a 19-year-old resident of the capital’s Issawiya neighborhood. The detainee is charged with rioting, aggravated sabotage, reckless endangerment on

Iran urged its Gulf Arab neighbors Thursday to reconcile themselves to the international rapprochement that led to its July nuclear agreement with world powers and to halt their opposition and

Myanmar’s military chief of staff visited Israel last week – marking the first time a military leader from that country has visited the Jewish state in 55 years, Haaretz reported Thursday.  During

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has said that it is considering suing the city council of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, after it passed a resolution Tuesday banning all Israeli-made goods. “This

Saudi King Salman has appealed to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and members of the Security Council for “urgent measures” after clashes at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, state media reported late Wednesday.

The Israeli man who went missing in the Ukrainian city of Uman three days ago has been named as Amir Ohana. Ohana, 28, was one of 45,000 estimated to have

The White House on Wednesday announced that President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on November 9, their first meeting since a fierce row over the Iranian nuclear deal. Spokesman Josh Earnest said

French President Francois Hollande joined calls to maintain a ban on Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, warning Wednesday that any change in the rules governing Judaism’s holiest site could lead

A New York judge has upheld the right to religious freedom on Monday, after animal rights activists attempted to have the annual Kapparot ritual banned.  Kapparot is a Jewish tradition believed to have originated

The Icelandic capital of Reykjavik has announced that it will boycott all products made in Israel “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories continues.” The boycott not does limit

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of murdered Israeli Alexander Levlovitz, 64, who died in a rock attack on his car outside Jerusalem over the Rosh Hashanah holiday.  Levlovitz’s children

Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics have already begun preparations for the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) fast next Wednesday, ahead of an expected need for thousands to receive emergency medical

The official Palestinian Authority (PA) daily has encouraged Palestinian Arabs to continue throwing rocks at Israelis, to “save” the Al-Aqsa Mosque built on the Temple Mount, Palestinian Media Watch reports Wednesday.  Another PA

A Beit Orot yeshiva student was arrested in Jerusalem on Tuesday night, after its students retaliated against a steady stream of Arab attacks by blasting the “Shema Yisrael”

An Iranian champion soccer player has been banned from attending a major match this week, after her husband took her passport under the protection of Iran’s Sharia Law.  Niloufar Ardalan,

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday launched a scathing verbal attack on Israel, following the continued clashes between Arab rioters and Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in

The White House was placed on a security lockdown for close to an hour on Wednesday afternoon (local time), Reuters reported. The reason for the lockdown was an unattended package

Searches for an Israeli man missing in the Ukrainian city of Uman have increased Wednesday, with local patrols and rescue services focusing on finding a body. The yet-unnamed Israeli was one

The IDF could intervene in future rock-throwing attacks, Deputy Defense Minister MK Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan stated Wednesday, in the event the Israel Police needs reinforcements.  “If the police think it needs

The yeshiva student who escaped an Arab mob in a Jerusalem alley on the eve of Rosh Hashanah has demanded immediate action from the Jerusalem District Police on Wednesday, after his

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accepted France’s invitation to visit Paris in November, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday, in what will be the first trip to France by an Iranian leader since 1999. Speaking

International leaders have called on Israel to continue a ban on Jewish worship on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, in order to maintain calm and placate Muslim extremists who

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has vowed to make a harsh policy change against rock-throwing and firebombing, his office announced on Tuesday following a rise in violent rioting in eastern Jerusalem. In addition

Islamist rioters and Israeli security forces clashed in Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount and in the surrounding Old City for a third straight day on Tuesday, despite

An Israeli motorist was fatally injured late on Sunday night in a car crash apparently caused by Arab rock-throwers in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of south Jerusalem.  Israel Police said the car lost

While Democrats in the Senate may have last week given US President Barack Obama backing to pass the Iran nuclear deal, two leading Republican Congressmen continued the fight this week with

Over 100 residents of the southeastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv protested on Tuesday night, at the site bordering Arnona neighborhood where an Israeli driver was murdered in a rock attack on

The influential Saudi Binladin Group has been suspended by Saudi Arabia after one of its cranes at the Grand Mosque in Mecca collapsed last Friday, killing 107 and wounding 238 people at