Even before the BBC’s new documentary on last summer’s war in Gaza airs, the broadcasting organization has admitted that it distorts the truth in order to make the Palestinians appear

Islamic State has seen a spike in activity around Israel over the past several weeks, with activity not only heating up on the Golan Heights border with Syria, but in

International superstar and U2 frontman Bono heaped praise on former Israeli president Shimon Peres during the rock band’s concert in Toronto on Tuesday night.  Bono lionized the veteran Israeli politician, who was in

Hamas has no intentions of slowing down on terrorism, a senior official asserted, despite security crackdowns from both Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the wake of a series of recent attacks in

Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, spoke with Arutz Sheva on Wednesday amid outrage over Religious Services Minister David Azoulay’s (Shas) recent comments on Reform Jewry.  “First of all, I want to believe

Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount have been told repeatedly that they are banned from entering Judaism’s holiest site due to Ramadan over the past several weeks – and one

In the wake of several recent terror attacks in the area, IDF Central Command chief, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa, toured the Binyamin Regional Council on Wednesday, accompanied by council head Avi Roeh.  Numa

A Palestinian Arab man lured his four children into attempting to steal Second Temple-era antiquities, the Israel Antiquity Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday, by claiming there was a “demon” hiding treasure

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki said Tuesday that a French diplomatic bid to advance a United Nations resolution to restart the peace process between Israel and the

Iran on Tuesday rejected reports by Jordanian state media that a terror suspect arrested in Jordan on suspicion of planning attacks against the kingdom is linked to an Iranian group.

German prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 3½-year prison sentence for Oskar Groening, nicknamed “the Bookkeeper of Auschwitz”, a former SS sergeant who served at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied

It has been ten years since the 2005 Disengagement plan, which saw the Israeli government and the IDF expel all the Jewish residents of Gush Katif in Gaza. On Tuesday,

American lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would ramp up military cooperation with Jordan, including accelerated arms sales to a Middle East ally contending with growing threats from Islamist extremism,

This week’s Torah portion of parashat Pinchas begins with an act of zealotry, of righteous indignation, which earned Pinchas a unique ‘eternal priesthood’ – and a covenant of peace. What

The United States special envoy for the coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) group was in Ankara on Tuesday to meet Turkish officials, after speculation Turkey could launch a military

Hours after Iran and major powers extended their talks on a final agreement, an official said talks had to wrap up in the next 48 hours. The official made clear

An online campaign calling for the death penalty to be applied to terrorists was launched on Wednesday by MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu), whose terrorist death penalty bill is facing a

For probably the first time since 1933, an organized Jewish boycott of German products has been called. The reason: Lufthansa’s admission that Israel is the only country in the Middle East

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) on Wednesday weighed in on the controversy that erupted after Religious Affairs Minister David Azoulay (Shas) said in a radio interview that he did not consider Reform Jews

Forty-five terrorists of the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist regime died on Monday, not from bullets in the heat of a pitched battle but rather from food at a group ‘Iftar’

It has been said that truth is stranger than fiction, and indeed it would be hard to imagine scripting the signing of a nuclear deal with the world’s leading state sponsor

Only about 60 Syrian rebels are being trained by the United States to take on the Islamic State (ISIS) group, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday, admitting it was far below the number hoped for.

Police have informed the family of Ghassan Abu Jamal, one of two terrorists who butchered five people in the Har Nof synagogue in Jerusalem in November, that their home will

The US Army is to cut 40,000 soldiers from its ranks over the next two years at home and abroad, a defense official said Tuesday, in a move that will raise doubts about

The Knesset held a special full plenum session on Tuesday afternoon marking a year since the end of Operation Protective Edge in Gaza; a year later, the politicians were still divided

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took part in a state memorial ceremony on Tuesday evening marking 111 years since the passing of Theodor (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herzl, widely hailed as the father

Over a thousand entrepreneurs and investors are set to converge on the annual LTB (Let’s Talk Business) Summit tomorrow, Wednesday July 8th. But this is no usual business summit – billed as

A Franciscan priest serving in northern Syria has gone missing and is feared to have been kidnapped by Al Qaeda affiliate Al Nusra Front, his religious superiors and monitoring groups said Tuesday.

The anti-assimilation organization Lehava, headed by director Bentzi Gopshtain, has called on the public to rally and block missionary attempts in the heart of Jerusalem, ahead of a massive missionary conference

Amnesty International on Tuesday launched a Gaza Platform “online tool” which claims to “map Israeli attacks in Gaza” during last summer’s war – according to the Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor, the