The Knesset Committee is expected to discuss in the coming weeks the government’s budget for the next fiscal year, and one MK is pushing for increased funding to Judea and
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Ankara on Monday with Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal, the exiled leader of the Gaza-based terrorist group who resides in Qatar. Turkish media
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon condemned on Tuesday the fatal rock attack as well as continued disturbances in eastern Jerusalem over the two-day Rosh Hashanah holiday. Jerusalem resident Alexander Levlovitz, 64, was
Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned Israel Monday following arrests of rioters on the Temple Mount, saying he was “very concerned and angered with the recent escalation’s in Jerusalem, specifically in
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern Tuesday about the latest escalation at the holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem – but had nothing to say about North
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday night made his third phone call to his Russian counterpart in the last 10 days, a State Department official said, according to The
More than 20 Kuwaitis denied in court on Tuesday that they were linked to Iran and the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah, alleging that confessions were extracted under extreme physical torture,
The UN’s Mideast envoy, Nikolay Mladenov, warned Tuesday that clashes between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs in and around Jerusalem’s holy sites have the potential to ignite violence well beyond the
A stabbing attack by an Arab terrorist was thwarted on Wednesday at the Tapuah Junction in Samaria, not far from Ariel. The Israel Police and Border Police released an announcement early
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made an unusual claim in an interview with Russian media, stating that his backers in Iran haven’t sent him an “army” – despite repeated reports that
Mohammed Allan, the Islamic Jihad terrorist who recently attracted great media attention for his hunger strike while on administrative detention, was released from the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon on Wednesday
Christian minorities forced out of their homes who manage to reach the United States and other Western nations sometimes encounter more trouble – so reports the Gatestone Institute International Policy Council. In
Just days after a Jerusalem man was murdered on Sunday on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, another Israeli man was lightly wounded on Wednesday in a similar Arab rock attack
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is to travel to Russia next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding his country’s recently expanding role in the internecine warfare in Syria.
Clashes between security forces and Palestinians at the Temple Mount continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah. Jerusalem Police said: “Following intelligence collected
The Temple Mount saw clashes between Palestinians and security forces for the second day in a row on Monday, the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. An official at Prime Minister
A man in Jerusalem was fatally wounded on Sunday night, the eve of Rosh Hashanah, when he lost control of his car after it was reportedly pelted with stones. The
Yemen’s exiled government pulled out of UN-mediated peace talks with its Houthi adversaries on Sunday, as troops from the Saudi-led coalition that is seeking to restore it took part in
The Syrian army could be a crucial force in fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) group, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday, reiterating that Russia will support the
The Arab League on Sunday warned against the “Judaization of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel” and called for action against the Jewish state, Channel 2 News reported. The condemnation came
Germany is reinstating temporary border controls with immediate effect, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday, as the country buckles under pressure from a record influx of refugees. “The aim
Newly elected UK Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn is a “threat to national security”, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday, according to the Independent. The Prime Minister warned that
A young Jewish American has been revealed as the man behind an Australian-based Islamic State jihadist in a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Australian Federal Police (AFP).
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged Jewish unity on Sunday, in his annual greetings ahead of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah). ‘Shana Tova to all of you from our eternal
Jordan, which has custodian rights over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, condemned the Israeli army on Sunday calling their defense during an Arab mob riot on the holy site an “attack.” Egypt, the only
Muslims will never allow the Jews to rebuild the Temple, the deputy leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel said forcefully on Sunday in lieu of a Rosh Hashanah greeting.
A chart published on Thursday about Democrats in Congress who opposed the nuclear agreement with Iran oversimplified a complex aspect of the debate — the views of Jewish members of
Israel’s Chief Justice Miriam Naor blasted Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday, after learning of his plans to prevent the promotion of judges who mete out “light” sentences to rock-throwers. According to
Iran’s foreign minister said Sunday demanded Washington stick to the recently agreed nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers once implementation begins, and block any attempt by lawmakers to change it. The comments
Former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar is the only politician in Israel who could really pose a threat to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s leadership, a new poll has revealed. The Panels Politics poll,