Israel has no strategy against Hezbollah, the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday, according to the Hebrew-language Walla! news website. In a televised speech on the anniversary of the

Arab Bank has reached a settlement with hundreds of American victims of attacks in Israel and the Palestinian Authority who filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of supporting terrorism, AFP

Police are suspecting arson may have been involved, after a fire broke out Friday evening at a self service gas station on Highway 60, near the community of Eli in

Secretary of State John Kerry was in Havana, Cuba, on Friday, as he presided over a ceremony raising the American flag over the newly reopened embassy, Reuters reports. In a

The UN Security Council will hold a meeting this month to hear about Islamic State (ISIS) attacks on sexual minorities, the first-ever council meeting focused on gay rights, the US ambassador said Thursday.

MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) took a swipe at his own party chairman, Naftali Bennett, Thursday, over the issue of homosexuality. In an interview on Galei Yisrael radio, Smotrich was

Former Vice President Al Gore’s supporters have started chatting with him about a potential 2016 presidential bid, The Hill reported Thursday, citing BuzzFeed News. “They’re figuring out if there’s a

The nuclear deal with Iran will give the United States, Israel and other countries the “freedom” to confront Tehran’s support for terrorism and violations of human rights, Energy Secretary Ernest

Former President Jimmy Carter, who on Wednesday revealed he is suffering from cancer, on Thursday painted a bleak picture of the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority

United States Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to express concern about a visit to Moscow by the commander of Iran’s covert forces,

A group of 98 prominent members of the Los Angeles Jewish community, most with ties to Hollywood, have signed an open letter supporting the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and

Kuwait authorities have seized a huge arms cache smuggled from Iraq and hidden beneath houses near the border, arresting three suspected members of a terrorist cell that was plotting to

The Turkish military has started building a concrete wall along the border with Syria following a series of attacks, state media said Friday. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is building the three meter (10

Jordan and Israel are quietly holding talks about the airport being built in Timna, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) revealed Thursday – months after Amman complained to the UN International Civil

Lt. William Francis Lynch, U.S. Navy (Wikipedia Commons)  William Francis Lynch (1801-1865) was a naval officer who served in both the U.S. Navy and the Confederate Navy.  In the 1840s he proposed to the United

An advisor to Presidents and high level political figures told me to never get down or depressed. Remember, he told me “you are a descendant of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”.

Science and Space Minister Danny Danon will replace Ron Prosor as Israel’s UN Ambassador, according to Channel 2 reporter Amit Segal. If the report is true, Danon will resign from

Hunger striking terrorist Mohammed Allaan has lost consciousness and he is being artificially respirated at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. Allaan’s strike is on its 59th day. The hospital said that

Only one in three Americans approve of President Barack Obama’s handling of the situation in Iran, according to a new Gallup poll. This is his lowest rating among eight issues

The US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, received several threatening letters in the course of the past week, because of his country’s deal with Iran, allowing it to gradually develop nuclear

Syrian forces have dropped more than 2,000 barrel bombs across the country since July, killing hundreds of people, the US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday.  US envoy Samantha Power called for action

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot on Thursday published a document to the Israeli public entitled “IDF Strategy,” which maps out the changing threats to the Jewish state and the IDF’s

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who is visiting Israel, expressed his confidence in a news conference Thursday that the nuclear deal with Iran will not be approved by Congress.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday that coalition talks with the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) had ended in failure and early elections looked now to be the “only option.” The ruling Justice

The wife of Ezra Sheinberg, the disgraced former head of Orot Ha’ari Yeshiva in Tzfat, said he told her about two cases in which he performed indecent acts with women

Syria’s main opposition group on Thursday insisted President Bashar Al-Assad must go and rejected calls to join forces against Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists as it met with Russia’s foreign minister.

“Israeli defense minister storms al-Ibrahimi Mosque,” blares the headline of an EgyptIndependent.com headline this week, referring to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s visit to the Machpelah Cave in Hevron. The article

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) on Thursday announced that he would support the nuclear agreement between six world powers and Iran. Franken, who wrote an editorial on the matter for CNN’s

A delegation of ten Israeli gaming companies arrived in San Francisco earlier this week to take part in Casual Connect, a leading gaming expo, according to an Economy Ministry statement on

After doubling the budget of a gay youth organization, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) has come out with a new initiative, this time launching a program to have Arab students