From 9 p.m. Saturday night to 9 p.m. Sunday night, the Heights Lounge on Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus became the base of operations for YU’s first-ever Hackathon, an event that

Canadian lawmakers voted on Monday to extend a campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State group (ISIS) and for the first time strike at it in Syria as well as

The White House on Monday denied reports that Iran has backed out of an agreement to ship nuclear material out of its country as part of a broader agreement with

The total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased by 21 percent in 2014, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued Monday. The audit

The United States supports Arab plans to create a unified military force to counter growing security threats in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Monday, according to

Film producer Nancy Spielberg will introduce, screen and answer questions about her new documentary, Above and Beyond, at the Hillel Rogoff Annual Memorial Lecture at Yeshiva University. The event will

The Palestinian Football Association on Monday officially asked the international soccer organization FIFA to suspend Israel. The move is being led by Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of Palestinian Authority

Florida Senator Marco Rubio confirmed Monday that he will announce on April 13 whether he will be a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. “I will announce on

Iran has confirmed that an Iranian journalist defected while covering nuclear negotiations underway in Switzerland between Tehran and world powers, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Monday. The Foreign Ministry,

In the first part of this week’’s “Goldstein On Gelt” show, meet David Lesperance, a specialist in international law and co-author of “Flight of the Golden Geese”. Why do you

Despite several reports indicating high tensions between Washington and Jerusalem, the diplomatic relationship between the US and Israel is just fine, New York City (NYC) Public Advocate Letitia James stated to Arutz

World powers were meeting for Iranian nuclear negotiations on Tuesday morning, for the final day of talks in Lausanne, Switzerland. A morning session of the talks ended earlier than scheduled, after

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was recently awarded a contract worth tens of millions of dollars for the supply of four ships of the “Super Dvora Mark 3” to an unnamed military

The gap in foreign policy views has never been this great for American politicians. Watching from Jerusalem, it might sometimes be comforting to see such emotional opposition to a bad

Yet another lawsuit is being levied against the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday afternoon, as 26 US citizens file a complaint to the Department of Justice seeking restitution against Hamas

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said the United States should not be attempting to tell Israel how to negotiate peace with the Palestinians, and he wouldn’t do so if elected president.

Interior Minister Gilad Erdan has approved a new policy in which the State of Israel will proactively offer illegal immigrants detained at the Holot center a deal for leaving Israel

The deadline for reaching a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran is Tuesday, but the United States remains unoptimistic that a deal can be reached. Deputy State Department spokeswoman

Forming a coalition continues to be a difficult process for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, with parties now arguing over the size of the government and its number of ministers.   Likud officials said

Police on Monday evening arrested a resident of the Bikat Ono region in central Israel on suspicion of attacking author and songwriter Yehonatan Geffen outside his home ten days ago.

The Israeli Prison Service is preparing for former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to sit his jail term, after he was convicted for the third time for fraud on Monday. Prison Services

A mortar attack on a historic souk (market) in central Damascus on Monday killed one person and wounded dozens, Syria’s official news agency said. “Terrorists launched two mortar rounds on Tarek Ben Ziyad Street,

Operation Decisive Force has taken Middle East observers by surprise. Only a week ago there were few indications Saudi Arabia was planning any war at all. Now, there are reports

Paula Stern returns to our show, not as the CEO of WritePoint, a leading technical writing company, but as a popular Israeli blogger whose words appear on many websites including

A group of wealthy Russian-speaking Jews have donated money to Denmark’s Jewish community after an attack on a Copenhagen synagogue left a man dead.  A grant of 100,000 Euros ($108,000)

A UN envoy warned Monday of a “horrifying” humanitarian situation brewing in Syria as non-governmental organizations pledged more than $480 million for refugees on the eve of a major donor conference. The United Nations aims to

An incredible admission by US Vice President Joe Biden has been revealed, in which he told Jewish leaders that should the American Jewish community be in danger, it has only

Channel 20, which is considered the only Israeli television channel that leans right of center as opposed to far left of center, has filed a request for permission to create its

Israel requested that European sources intervene with Hamas to negotiate the return of the bodies of IDF soldiers killed in Operation Protective Edge last summer, according to an Arabic paper

Troops from a nine-member Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia could be marching into Yemen before the week is over. Meanwhile, an air campaign is eroding the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi