Security forces tasked with dispersing Palestinian Arab riots are used to being attacked with rocks and firebombs, but on Friday they were surprised by a new weapon used by the

With most of its natural and mineral resources having fallen under rebel control, Syrian state revenues have shrunk, leaving the government dependent on unstable sources of income for its survival. Four years of

New Jersey governor Chris Christie on Thursday spoke at the third annual “Champions of Jewish Values” awards gala in New York. In his remarks, Christie launched a verbal attack on

United States defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides told Reuters on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington’s efforts to assuage Israel’s

Outgoing UN aid chief Valerie Amos made a final appeal Thursday to world powers to take action to end Syria’s four-year war, saying it had brought more despair than ever

Former Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday said that the Israeli government should initiate steps to end the conflict with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Speaking to Army

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is leaning toward not including Israel on an annual list of states responsible for violating children’s rights in armed conflicts despite proposals to include it, UN

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog on Thursday threw his support behind Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s comments against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) bid to have Israel banned from FIFA. “Boycotting Israel

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who has openly declared that he intends to work to expand his 61-member government, recently offered Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid to join the coalition, Channel 2

The European Union (EU) on Thursday added a high-ranking Syrian military official to its sanctions list as it extended measures against supporters of President Bashar Al-Assad for another year, Reuters

Police in Cyprus arrested a 26 year-old Lebanese man on Thursday on suspicion of planning terror attacks against Israelis in the island nation, after finding two tons of fertilizer and

Job openings have emerged in Saudi Arabia on Friday for aspiring executioners looking to become the star of regular Sunday morning beheadings. While beheadings are the trademark of Islamic State (ISIS),

The 65th annual FIFA Congress met in Switzerland Friday, and will decide, among other issues, whether to heed the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) intransigent demands to oust Israel from world soccer over security

The nuclear-armed rogue dictator state of North Korea has significantly upgraded its main rocket launch site, according to new satellite imagery revealed by a US research institute in a report

The toll from car bombs that ripped through the car parks of two upscale Baghdad hotels has risen to at least nine dead and dozens wounded, officials said on Friday.  Terrorists were able to bring

Six times more yeshiva (Torah academy – ed.) students have enlisted in IDF combat units since 2007, according to a report filed by the State of Israel to the High

At least 12 Australian women from one city have attempted to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group, police said Friday, warning ofa trend towards a “romanticized view” of violent jihadists. More than

US President Barack Obama met Thursday with the family of the Jewish American journalist Steven Sotloff, who was abducted in Syria and beheaded by the Islamic State (ISIS) group in September. “Today in Miami, President Obama

Pope Francis denied Thursday that he had called Palestinian Authority (PA) Head Mahmoud Abbas “an angel of peace” when the two met a fortnight ago. The pope told Israeli reporter Henrique

President Reuven Rivlin addressed the leadership of the International Friends of Givat Haviva – The Center for a Shared Society – who presented the President with an award for his

Turning Point 15, the national preparedness exercise, will be held next week from Sunday to Thursday. This will be the eighth time the annual drill is being held. The drill

A 22-year-old Arab citizen of Israel and resident of Umm al-Fahm, located in the “triangle” region of northern Israel which is home to over 300,000 Arab citizens, was indicted on Thursday for

A man claiming to be the former head of ex-Soviet Tajikistan’s special forces police division appeared in a video Wednesday saying he has joined the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group in Syria. The man resembling

Former New York governor George Pataki on Thursday joined a growing list of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for President in 2016. “My vision was not a partisan vision. It

Flooding that began on the 2nd day of the Shavuot holiday this week and continued the next day has damaged a Houston synagogue, a temple, and dozens of Jewish family

Players and fans of the youth soccer team of the Negev Bedouin town of Tel Sheva turned a game between their team and Hapoel Merhavim into a violent nightmare Thursday. The

The threat of King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem being turned into a place of Christian worship thereby preventing Jews from entering it according to Jewish law continues, with an upcoming Christian religious

The State Attorney’s Office on Thursday ordered to close the case against a radical leftist who called on his Facebook page to murder Otzma Yehudit candidate Baruch Marzel, who ran on the

After years of development, UVision Air Ltd. of Israel has unveiled its new weapon system: drones capable of loitering over a target and attacking it like a missile, reports IsraelDefense.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday night addressed the Palestinian Authority (PA) demand that Israel be banned from international soccer competitions with FIFA, a demand that is to be voted