The IDF has some tough soldiers – and now, some of the toughest will be pushed even further to the limits of their physical, intellectual, and tactical capabilities. The IDF

The controversy over the Conversion Law – and the decision by the new Shas-controlled Religious Affairs Ministry to essentially scupper it – has exposed some of the most sensitive fault

In a joint operation with local police, the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) arrested six Arab residents of the town of Hura in the Negev who formed a cell of the

Hundreds of ISIS members could infiltrate Europe together with masses of refugees from Libya, Syria, and Iraq – ironically fleeing ISIS terror in their homelands, said Michele Coninsx, head of

Science, Space and Technology Minister Danny Danon on Monday pledged to ensure that Jews living in the Hevron region were protected from Arab terror. In the wake of a series

Looking back after 50 years of service to the Anti-Defamation League, retiring national director Abraham Foxman expressed passionate concern to journalist Edwin Black about the safety and security of Jews overseas

The leader of opposition party Yesh Atid, MK Yair Lapid, said Monday that if the deal that is shaping up between the P5+1 nations and Iran is indeed signed, Prime

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin has spoken out for the first time since his tenure as Chief Rabbi of the town of Efrat was extended by the chief rabbinate, ending weeks of controversy and rumors

Large fire and rescue forces were called on Monday morning to the Tambour paint factory in Akko after a leak of massive quantities of fire retardant foam. Initially, three people were

President Barack Obama said Monday the coalition battling Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists was “intensifying” its campaign against the group’s base in Syria, but cautioned the fight would be long, AFP

Islamic State (ISIS) group fighters attacked a town near their de facto Syrian capital Monday in a bid to recapture it from Kurdish and Arab rebel forces, a Kurdish spokesman

Iran has demanded yet another concession in nuclear talks with the West on Monday – this time, to end the UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic.  After already having

Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick, who was savagely attacked last October by an Arab terrorist who shot him in the chest, found himself, figuratively, in “the belly of the beast”

The Jerusalem-based Kedem Auction House has put up for sale an original typed protocol of two meetings between the Council of Torah Sages and Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and President

The “Greek Tragedy” playing out in the European Union’s most troubled economy contains a bright spot for Israelis looking to get away on vacation. As a result of Greece’s problems

The government on Monday held an official memorial service for the IDF soldiers killed during last year’s Operation Protective Edge. Most of the 67 soldiers killed in the war are

Among its slew of complaints about Israel to the International Criminal Court, the Palestinian Authority – recognized there as “the State of Palestine” – demanded that Israel be investigated for,

In a letter Monday to entertainment mogul Haim Saban, Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton expressed her “alarm” over attempts to boycott Israel, bother commercially and academically. It was the first

A resident of Israel’s south who worked as a translator and lip reader for the police in the past has sued the Israeli Police, charging them of “abandoning” him and allowing him to

Interior Security Minister Gilad Erdan gathered the police’s top officers Monday for a motivational talk following the suicide Sunday of Major General Efraim Bracha, who headed the National Unit for

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has raised a media storm after she roped off reporters in a New Hampshire 4th of July parade, in an apparent bid to prevent uncomfortable

British police are under fire for having let a man cloaked in the flag of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization walk with impunity near the UK Houses of Parliament

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) has defended her party from charges it should never have agreed to a cancellation of conversion reforms when it joined the ruling Coalition. Her comments

A bomb fell from an Iraqi Sukhoi warplane and exploded in eastern Baghdad on Monday because of a “technical problem”, killing at least seven people, security and medical officials said.

An indictment was submitted on Monday morning to the Central District Court against Muatasem Fadila, a 35-year-old Israeli Arab resident of Tira to the northeast of Tel Aviv, for the premeditated

President Reuven Rivlin hosted dozens of Muslim officials Sunday in the President’s Residence and broke the Ramadan fast with them at the same time that Jews were breaking the Fast of the 17th of

Jordanian security forces arrested a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards planning attacks in Jordan, foiling what they said was the most serious terror plot in the country in the past

Hundreds of people joined a large crowd in Beit El Sunday afternoon to recite afternoon prayers near two buildings the High Court ordered torn down Sunday. The worshipers prayed that

Greece’s government on Sunday looked to have won a ‘No’ it had been seeking in a referendum on bailout terms, AFP reports. An official tally of over half the ballots

At an event marking the end of the Ramadan fast on Sunday, President Reuven Rivlin spoke with Arabic language mediaand discussed a number of issues, chief among them the relations between