Ruth Maman, a 57-year-old resident of Beit Shean in northern Israel near the Jordanian border, spent the weekend with her family in the Ganei Huga natural spring water park in

Economy Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) has threatened Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) over a “serious desecration of Shabbat” concerning the clearing of the Ma’ariv Bridge site.  In

American Jewish singer Matisyahu performed at a Spanish music festival late on Saturday, three days after organizers apologized for canceling his appearance due to pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)

“Jihadi John”, the London man who appeared in at least five Islamic State (ISIS) videos in which he beheaded Western hostages, is back, The Daily Mail reports. In a new

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday resigned as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee in a bid to force new elections for the top body, an

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, on Saturday night called on the Security Council to condemn Thursday’s rocket fire from Syria on the Golan Heights. “Following the events

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond officially announced he would reopen the UK’s embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it was trashed by a mob, AFP reported on

French investigators were on Saturday interrogating a man who was overpowered by three young Americans after he opened fire with a Kalashnikov on a train between Amsterdam and Paris. The suspect is thought to

Iran on Saturday claimed that America’s divergence of opinions regarding the Iranian nuclear deal is damaging American foreign policy, in an attack on US warnings of military action should nuclear diplomacy

It’s time for the Jewish community to shift focus away from the Holocaust, American-Israeli actress Natalie Portman opined Friday, stating that such focus has detracted from atrocities committed around the world.  

Islamic Jihad  has directly threatened Israel on Friday, after the IDF eliminated 14 terror targets in Syria after terrorists fired rockets on the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee – and

Jewish American singer Matisyahu confirmed his participation in a Spanish music festival on Friday, two days after organizersapologized for cancelling his appearance following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, according

The United States will respond firmly if Iran fails to honor the accord aimed at curbing its nuclear program, President Barack Obama said Friday, as he works to win over undecided US lawmakers.

Turkey will go to snap elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday, after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu returned the mandate to form a government earlier this week. Elections are expected to

An American citizen has been named as one of four terrorists who conducted a suicide bombing for Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, ISIS claimed on a social media posting Thursday. 

Two-thirds of British Jews are “concerned” over the potential for Labour front-runner Jeremy Corbyn to win the party primaries, according to a poll released Thursday, after Corbyn has been linked

Egyptian authorities on Friday closed the Rafah crossing with Gaza, after it had been open for four days to allow emergency cases through. Iyam al-Bazem, spokesperson for the Gazan Ministry

Sources in the Pentagon have confirmed that the second-in-command of Islamic State (ISIS) has been killed in a US-led airstrike in Iraq, CNN reports Friday.  The official has been named as “Mutazz,” a

A Hasidic man who was severely beaten after leaving a bank in Montreal on Thursday evening is in intensive care in a hospital, local police said Friday, according to the

The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group has demolished a monastery founded more than 1,500 years ago in central Syria, near a town where the extremists abducted dozens of Christians earlier

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D – Brooklyn) promoted an anti-Iran parody ad campaign Friday, by riding a bus with #AyatollahThanksAmerica ads throughout New York.  Hikind made stops at the offices of Senator

Concerns flared Friday that the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group has its hands on chemical weapons, after a senior American military official confirmed preliminary tests show traces of sulfur mustard

A heavily armed man opened fire on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, injuring at least two people before being overpowered by passengers. The motives behind the attack were

Former Defense Minister Ehud Barak is claiming that Israel was ready to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2011, but Ministers Moshe Ya’alon and Yuval Steinitz refused, and the plan was

Anti-Semitic vandals desecrated a Jewish memorial in London on Thursday morning, peppering the structure with raw meat – including a pig’s carcass.  The memorial and fountain, located in Whitechapel, is a

As intense discussions regarding the Iran nuclear agreement continue, President Barack Obama will address the North American Jewish community next Friday, August 28, at 2:10 p.m. Eastern Time. Obama will

A Palestinian Arab researcher wrote in a policy brief published Thursday in Ma’an News Agency that Palestinian corruption is deeply ingrained and has been since before the Palestinian Authority (PA) was even formed –

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has ordered his front-line units to enter “wartime state,” after his troops launched artillery shells at South Korea on Thursday sparking a response. The state-run KCNA reported an

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) pressed the lever on Friday morning to detonate the Ma’ariv Bridge in Tel Aviv, clearing the way for a station of the new light rail

How can a young soldier’s assignment change the course of her life? How did a short stay in America help her change the face of special education in Israel?  Yael