The European Union (EU) kept Hamas on its terrorism blacklist Friday, negating in practice a controversial court decision ordering Brussels to remove the Gaza-based terrorist group from the register. Brussels has lodged an appeal

Concerns have recently been raised that the development of the highway connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv may lead to Halakhic (Jewish legal) issues given the restrictions of Shemittah, the agricultural sabbatical.

Syria would welcome an increased military presence from its Russian allies at its sea ports, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Russian news channels published Friday. “I can say with

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin paid his respects at the lying-in-state of the late Lee Kuan Yew, founding father and the first Prime Minister of Singapore on Friday afternoon. The President arrived

The victory of Likud and the nationalist camp in elections led one Tel Aviv teacher to vent her leftist frustrations in a vulgar and offensive Facebook post targeting right-wing voters. The

The United States provided a cool reception on Friday to a new French initiative on a new Security Council resolution to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. “We’re not going to get

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah blasted Saudi Arabia for launching airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Speaking in a televised speech, Nasrallah said the military campaign should be directed at Israel,

Hamas on Friday rejected a report by Amnesty International accusing the group of war crimes during last summer’s war with Israel, the Ma’an news agency reported. Hamas criticized the findings

In the latest sign a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran is imminent, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Friday he was ready to join the talks this weekend,

The United States on Friday welcomed Israel’s decision to release frozen tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority (PA). “We certainly hope both sides would be able to build on this,”

Hamas on Friday denounced a European Union decision to keep the group and de facto Gaza ruler on its terrorism blacklist, despite a court ordering its removal. “This decision completely

France plans to begin talks at the United Nations on a new Security Council resolution to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday, according to the AFP

A female lecturer from the Islamic University in Gaza recently claimed in a television interview that, contrary to the claims of Westerners, Islam defends the rights of women. The interview

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad declared Thursday that he is open to having a dialogue with the United States, Reuters reported, quoting an excerpt of an interview the embattled leader gave

A British diplomat said on Thursday that the six major powers and Tehran had made significant progress in negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, Reuters reported. At the same time the

Turkey on Thursday reopened a restored century-old synagogue built during the Ottoman Empire but closed for several decades, AFP reported. A special ceremony was held at the Buyuk Sinagog (lit.

The United States Senate voted unanimously on Thursday in favor of a non-binding amendment to a budget bill intended to make it easier to re-impose sanctions if Iran violates a

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States on Thursday said that Iran has been playing a key role in backing the advance of Houthi rebels in Yemen, The Associated Press

In preparation for the holiday of Passover, an online program organized by Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future and YU Global is bringing an interactive Torah-learning experience to thousands

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett met on Thursday evening as part of the coalition negotiations. A source involved in the meeting told Arutz Sheva, however,

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday lashed out at Iran, accusing it of trying to dominate the Middle East and saying its efforts have begun annoying Ankara. The comments,

Syria’s civil war is a tragedy, but might in the long term stabilize the region’s borders. That is the thinking of Pinhas Inbari, who sees the number of refugees fleeing

A Paris-based leftist group, International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), claimed on Friday that Israel’s counter-terror Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza last summer included “war crimes” and “crimes against

An indictment was submitted on Friday against Sidki al-Makat, a 48-year-old resident of the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, who is charged with spying on Israel

British officials estimate that at least 600 people from the UK have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight for Islamic State (ISIS) and other radical jihadist groups – but just

Emergency responders are at the scene of an apparent explosion and building collapse in Manhattan’s East Village on Thursday. At least 13 injuries have been reported so far, the Fire

Samaria Regional Council Head Gershon Mesika denies a report Thursday on Channel 10, about contacts between him and the State Attorney’s Office regarding a plea bargain, in the case known

About 440,000 Syrians are now trapped in areas besieged by fighting, more than double the total from last month, as the war reaches “breathtaking levels of savagery”, UN aid chief Valerie Amos said Thursday.

A source in the Hamas security apparatus has claimed that the terrorist organization has exposed new technological means used by the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) to gather

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is looking to sue Israel for “war crimes” at the International Criminal Court (ICC), and even while it is not clear the ICC will recognize the PA as