Bil’am and Balak fail miserably, and then ‘succeed’ when Israel shoots itself in the foot (so to speak). Overview of the sedra and a look at the upcoming postponed 17th of Tammuz fast

Eight suspects, including a woman, remain in custody on suspicion of being directly linked to last Friday’s deadly attack on holidaymakers in the Tunisian resort of Sousse, a minister said

A leading Mennonite group on Thursday delayed a decision on divesting from companies with business tied to Judea and Samaria, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The Mennonite Church USA was

France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, on Thursday left the nuclear talks taking place with Iran in Vienna. However, he said he would return Sunday evening in the hope that sufficient

In the ancient city of Hevron in Judea dozens of Jewish residents protested on Friday morning against the IDF Hevron District Commander’s recent decision to open dozens of previously closed

Turkey has no plans to intervene militarily in Syria anytime soon, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, refuting media speculation about an imminent operation to create a buffer zone along the Turkish-Syrian border. “No

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled this week that a monument with the Ten Commandments from the Torah chiseled on it, located on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds, violates the state’s constitutional ban

A seemingly routine IDF self-defense procedure, in which Binyamin Region Brigade Commander Col. Yisrael Shomer shot dead a Palestinian Arab who attack his car with rocks in Qalandiya, has elicited strong

The recently extended nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, now in their final stretch ahead of an extended deadline next Tuesday, will successfully reach a deal ahead of that deadline according

Terrorists ambushed IDF forces in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Qalandiya early Friday morning, pelting them with rocks. The attack targeted the car of Binyamin Division Commander Col. Yisrael Shomer. Shomer returned fire

On Thursday, a trial was held in the case against Amin Bouslamat, a 19-year-old Muslim who threatened the lives of Barnea Hasid, who serves as the Israeli Consul-General in Marseilles,

This week Ira Rod discuss the recent Supreme Court Decision that allows for same sex marriage in the United States. In their discussion they make the distinction between what is

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu paid a visit Thursday to the CyberSpark Industry Initiative in Be’er Sheva and spoke about the deadly ISIS attack in Sinai yesterday. “Until a few months

Police prepared in large numbers Thursday for what could be a restive weekend as Arabs in Jerusalem commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of Mohammed Abu Khder. The youth, 16,

July 4th isn’t just the anniversary of American independence – it’s also the anniversary of the 1976 Entebbe operation (known as Operation Jonathan and Operation Thundebolt), the Israeli military raid that rescued

Although he has come out against the idea of public transportation operating on Shabbat, a scheduling change instituted by Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz is likely to make it much easier

Israel said Thursday that Hamas was actively assisting the ISIS terrorist militia that killed over 70 Egyptian soldiers in a multi-pronged attack Wednesday. “We have clear information that Hamas supports

A young man from Bet El has been in jail for three weeks because despite being released to house arrest because the judge ordered him to wear electronic handcuffs, and

ISIS’s escalating campaign against the Egyptian government – culminating in the assassination of the country’s chief prosecutor and yesterday’s bloody attacks in the Sinai Peninsula – have raised a great

The fate meted out to the ten thousand Jews who were booted out of their homes in Gush Katif by Ariel Sharon was “unfortunate, but it was necessary,” according to his

A report of shots fired early Thursday at the same Washington Navy Yard where a gunman killed 12 people in 2013 prompted a massive police response and lockdown, but after

A senior Islamic State (ISIS) leader who recruited funds and fighters and procured weapons for the jihadists has been killed in a coalition airstrike in Syria, the Pentagon said Thursday,

Border Police officers were able on Thursday night to foil a planned stabbing attack near Hevron. The incident began when an 18-year-old Palestinian Arab arrived at a Border Police station.

The IDF has announced that Highway 12 will be closed to traffic starting at 5:00 am Friday, because of the danger posed by fighting between ISIS and Egyptian military in

Residents were evacuated from their homes in the village of Yavne’el in northern Israel, and near Maale Hahamisha in the Jerusalem area, as two fires were burning Thursday night. Six

MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union/Labor) on Thursday praised the performance of IDF soldiers during the Second Lebanon War. Speaking at a state ceremony in honor of the soldiers killed during

President Barack Obama formally announced on Wednesday that the United States and Cuba have both agreed to open embassies in each other’s capitals, branding the move “a historic step forward

Major powers and Iran are making progress in their talks on a nuclear agreement but some very difficult issues remain, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Wednesday,

Egypt’s government on Wednesday night adopted a controversial anti-terror law and requested a faster court appeals process, AFP reports. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who vowed to adopt tougher measures following

A 17-year-old Ukrainian student will be deported from Poland for snapping a photo of himself waving his middle finger at a memorial dedicated to Jews who were exterminated at the