An Israeli backpacker in his 20s died Monday during a trip to Peru under unclear circumstances. His family has been notified. The Foreign Ministry’s situation room is working with the

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter met Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to try to ease tensions over the Iran nuclear deal, as the Israeli leader urged lawmakers in Washington to reject the agreement. The

The IDF Disabled Veterans Organization demanded Tuesday that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the IDF respect the agreement signed with them in 2013 on the subject of recognition of disabled IDF

IDF Spokesman, Brigadier General Motti Almoz addressed the controversy over plans to overhaul the military and make it more efficient. Almoz said that there is no “world war” between the IDF and

US Secretary of State John Kerry has acknowledged that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s continued vows to defy the US are “very disturbing.” “I don’t know how to interpret

The Jerusalem Municipality has approved funding for the Reform Movement’s Hebrew Union College and other non-Orthodox institutions, according to a report on Army Radio Tuesday. It is not completely clear whether

Less than two months after an eventful visit, American pop diva Mariah Carey is due to return. According to Israel Hayom, Carey will play Israel in August, performing at the Amphi-Park

At a ceremony held by the German embassy in Paris on Monday, the German government awarded medals of honor to Jewish lawyer Serge Klarsfeld and his German wife Beate, who have relentlessly

The US military flatly denied Tuesday a claim from a Kurdish militia source that it  coordinates air strikes against ISIS in Syria with Bashar al-Assad’s regime forces. Both Syrian and

US President Barack Obama’s rapprochement efforts led the US and Cuba to officially re-launch diplomatic ties on Monday with the opening of a Cuban embassy in Washington, but pro-democracy activists in Cuba

A brazen campaign to erase an ancient Jewish village from the map is being led by European-funded NGOs, a report has revealed, once more casting a spotlight on the leading role played by

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s top foreign affairs adviser revealed on Tuesday that despite the nuclear deal sealed last Tuesday, international inspectors will not be allowed to visit Iran’s

The Yohanan Locker Commission into the IDF has issued a raft of controversial and far-reaching recommendations, which include major budget cuts throughout the Israeli military. The Commission’s stated objective is

The international organization of teachers’ unions is meeting this week in Ottawa, Canada to vote on several anti-Israel resolutions including calls for a BDS boycott of the Jewish state – but

The Iranian nuclear deal has not only prompted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other officials to declare that Israel will defend itself – it has also prompted the IDF to

To remember IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, who was killed in Operation Protective Edge one year ago tomorrow, hundreds of youths of all backgrounds gathered in Tel Aviv for a unique

The Knesset Ethics Committee on Monday issued a warning to MKs: Watch your mouths, because Knesset members who insult, curse, or slander them – directly or behind their back –

Most Israeli Jews favor retaking Gush Katif (Gaza) from Hamas, a decade after Israel withdrew from the area and handed it over to the Palestinian Arabs during the Disengagement, a poll

Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday defended Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from barbs being issued by Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid. Bennett, defending Netanyahu on his handling of the Iran

The UN Security Council held the critical vote on the Iranian nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and the West on Monday afternoon, at 9:00 am EST (4:00 pm IST) in

Hamas has strongly denied a Fars news agency report which claimed that leader Khaled Meshaal would send hundreds of Hamas “military wing” fighters to help in the war against the Shi’ite

Tensions surfaced in Jewish Home Monday, as a loud shouting match broke out between party chairman Naftali Bennett and party members and representatives from Beit El, where the government is

The Knesset on Monday evening approved the second and third readings of a bill that toughens the punishment handed out to rock throwers. 69 MKs voted in favor of the

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) spoke to Arutz Sheva about the Iran deal on Monday, hours after the UN Security Council unanimously implemented a draft resolution actualizing the Iranian nuclear deal with

Israel’s ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor took on the United Nations Security Council on Monday, just after it unanimously approved a draft resolution implementing the Iranian nuclear deal with

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter visited Israel on Monday in a bid to ease concerns over the nuclear deal with Iran, signaling Washington was ready to boost military cooperation with the Jewish state, according to AFP.  Israel was

The European Union said Monday it will explore setting up a new international format to breathe life back into the stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, AFP reported.  EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, fresh

Germany believes Iran should rethink its stance on Israel as last week’s nuclear deal means it must “bear new responsibilities, at home and abroad,” a top German official said Monday, AFP reported.  The comments from Sigmar

British Prime Minister David Cameron laid out a comprehensive five-year plan to combat Islamist extremism in the United Kingdom (UK) on Monday, in a riveting speech tackling the issue of

The Islamic State (ISIS) group is banning private internet access in its Syrian bastion Raqa, forcing residents and even its own fighters to use internet cafes where they can be monitored, activists say. The