The Brooklyn fire which killed seven members of the same Orthodox Jewish family has hit the Jewish community especially hard – particularly due to the gruesomeness of the scene, ZAKA International

As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu deals with trying to please possible coalition partners, he also faces the demands of non-Jewish community leaders.  Druze leaders will hold their first organized meeting Sunday

President Reuven Rivlin began consultations Sunday morning with the representatives of the ten parties elected to the 20th Knesset.  “In a democracy the majority decides – and the majority expressed its will

Party heads primed to be part of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s next government are making their ministerial demands known and Likud is not happy about it.  Angered by the other parties’

Labor-Hatnua leader MK Yitzhak Herzog has not yet declared defeat, senior party officials confirmed Sunday – after reports in Maariv surfaced claiming Herzog has approached Kulanu party chairman Moshe Kahlon with a

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro did damage control for the White House on Sunday morning, stating to Israeli media that US President Barack Obama’s remarks indicating the drop of

The elections were a “miracle” and the result of Divine intervention, Tzfat (Safed) city rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, stated Sunday.  “God had a positive effect in this election, it is a

The Homefront Command is set to test its early warning system for attacks on Monday. Officials stressed that the tests had been scheduled “far in advance,” and were not being

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, one of the most pro-Israel members of the U.S. Senate, is set to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President in the 2016 elections,

City fathers in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva can hold their heads up proudly. A new survey by the Economy Ministry shows that the city, all by itself,

Political comedian Bill Maher has weighed-in to Binyamin Netanyahu’s controversial remarks about Arab voters during last week’s general elections, brushing off claims of “racism” as hypocritical. In a last minute

Representatives of the Jewish Home party – including former Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel, MK Ayelet Shaked, and new MK Yinon Magal arrived at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem

Joint Arab List representatives met Sunday with President Reuven Rivlin as part of the President’s consultations with parties on who will form the next government.  The list – comprised of

Hamas has pledged a takeover of Judea-Samaria Saturday, after one of its leaders declared “the liberation of all Palestine” – including the Palestinian Authority (PA) – a  strategic area of ​​utmost importance

The terrorism-linked Islamic Movement in Israel group has responded to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s re-election as premier on Saturday, claiming that the move will “lead his people to real disaster.” 

Seven Jewish children from the same family died Saturday when their New York home was engulfed in flames after a portable cooker malfunctioned, authorities said. “This is the largest tragedy by fire that

Middle East and Russian sources have confirmed that an Iranian ship has unloaded 185 tons of weapons at Yemen’s Port Saleef to the Houthis, Iran’s Shiite proxies in Yemen. Port

Yesh Atid chairman and former Finance Minister Yair Lapid called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu not to appoint Shas chairman Aryeh Deri as a senior minister on Saturday, claiming Deri’s

MK Shelly Yechimovich (Labor) has called on Labor to do some soul-searching following the 20th Knesset elections, after the party lost to Likud in a surprise win. Yechimovich, speaking to

The Brooklyn fire which killed an Orthodox Jewish family of 7 over Saturday (Shabbat) is an “unbelievable tragedy,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stated after visiting the scene.  “It

Chaos has descended on Jenin, Palestinian Arab news agency Safa implied Friday, after gunshots resumed in a “refugee camp” in the city between armed terrorists and Palestinian security forces Thursday night.  Eyewitnesses

The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership has taken steps to “punish” Israel for the results of the 20th Knesset elections, releasing a document condemning the results in general and Prime Minister

It was supposedly a move celebrating language and diversity, but reading the pledge of allegiance in Arabic at a US high school sparked a furious backlash in upstate New York given the wave

Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, on Saturday said that progress made in nuclear talks means a final deal can be reached, the BBC reported. “There is nothing that cannot be resolved,”

Syria’s exiled opposition announced Saturday that it had declined an invitation from Russia to attend peace talks in Moscow with representatives of President Bashar Al-Assad’s government, AFP reported. A Russian

Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, vowed on Saturday to avenge three peshmerga fighters beheaded by the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group. “We promise the families of

Just two days after President Barack Obama urged the Iranian people to take advantage of an “historic opportunity” to resolve the nuclear issue, an Iranian crowd on Saturday chanted “Death

Rock musician Aviv Geffen on Saturday night responded for the first time to the assault on his father, author and songwriter Yehonatan Geffen, which took place Friday afternoon. Writing on

US President Barack Obama has warned the White House was “evaluating its options” vis-a-vis imposing a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, and specifically regarding the US’s commitment to veto

Four Argentines have been charged in an attack on Israeli tourists in a popular area of Patagonia, an owner of the hostel where the assault happened said Friday. Judge Guido