An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted an interior minister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak of corruption charges, AFP reported. The former minister, Habib al-Adly, was cleared of illegally accumulating around

MK Miri Regev (Likud) on Thursday rejected criticism by Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid over reported plans by the Likud to change the governance law, passed by the previous government, which

For the second time in as many days, anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne was on Thursday convicted for his controversial remarks. This time, a French court fined the comic 22,500 euros ($24,000)

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday night joined the chorus of those calling on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government to work towards the establishment of a Palestinian state. According to

The haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism are expected to present Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with a list of demands in exchange for joining his new coalition, Channel 2

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Wednesday played down the chances of reaching a nuclear agreement during talks under way in Switzerland, AFP reported. Zarif, who has been in

France on Wednesday called for a re-launch of the Middle East process based on a two-state solution, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu won the election. “Only the creation of viable

Daniella Weiss, co-founder of the NACHALA Land of Israel movement and one of the organizers of the nationalist rally that took place this week at the Rabin Square in Tel

The United States Defense Department confirmed on Wednesday that it has killed Adan Garar, a leader of the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab, the BBC reported. The Pentagon said Garar was

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s campaign did not kick into high gear until the final few days. It might be true that if not for the fall in the polls that

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated his Israeli counterpart Binyamin Netanyahu for his victory in the elections – in both Hebrew and English. Modi tweeted two messages of

After earlier reports said that the Palestinian Authority was considering suspending all security cooperation with Israel in the wake of Binyamin Netanyahu’s reelection, the PA officially announced Wednesday night that

As it becomes readily apparent that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be the one to form the next government, Likud officials have already begun fighting for ministerial positions in the

A week after a noted Hebrew University professor compared Im Tirtzu to Hitler Youth, the extra-parliamentary group is hit back hard.  Amiram Goldblum, a chemist and one of the founders of

Meretz Chairwoman Zehava Galon will be returning as a parliamentarian to the 20th Knesset after all.  On Thursday morning, after the counting of 200,000 absentee ballots, media reported the left-wing Meretz party

Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked said that her party expected to be an important partner in Binyamin Netanyahu’s new government, and that the party would seek the Public Security portfolio,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may have just scored a large victory at home, but Israel’s relations with the United States could be on the brink.  The administration of President Barack

In an interview with Arutz Sheva, MK Yariv Levin, chairman of the outgoing Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, lauded his party’s victory in Tuesday’s elections, and said that it

Elections may be over but Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid is still finding things to gripe at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu about.  Writing on Facebook Thursday morning, Lapid attacked Netanyahu

The joint Arab party list came in third place on elections Tuesday, scooping up 13 seats and taking the Arab Israeli parties to their single biggest election win yet. The list

Days after a somewhat unexpected loss, Zionist Union Chairman Yitzhak Herzog has found a scapegoat for the party’s poor showing.  According to Herzog, Yair Garbuz – the now-infamous artist who said before elections

A British woman detained this week by Turkish police on suspicion of seeking to join Islamic State terrorists in Syria was sent to Istanbul Thursday to be deported to Britain, Anatolia news agency reported, according to AFP.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been riding high after a triumphant reelection, but he faced sharp criticism from both the United States and the Palestinian Authority on Thursday.  After saying Monday that

Despite receiving only six seats in the new Knesset, Yisrael Beytenu head and outgoing Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman is reportedly set to demand a high price for his joining Binyamin

Religious Zionist voters took on too many responsibilities, and that led to Jewish Home’s low seat count, candidate and Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan stated Wednesday.  “Religious Zionist

If he hadn’t done so before, Zionist Union Chairman Yitzhak Herzog on Wednesday afternoon made it clear that he was not interested in joining a unity government with Prime Minister

In an interview Wednesday, Israeli television broadcast pioneer Uzi Peled advocated for an “investigation” into the results of the elections – because they did not match the television projections broadcast

Iran dismissed Binyamin Netanyahu’s election victory Wednesday, saying it would have no effect on Palestinians or the Islamic world as all Israeli political parties are “the same to us,” according to AFP.  “For us,

Republicans were the first US politicians to publicly congratulate Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for winning Israel’s closely-watched elections, weeks after the prime minister controversially addressed Congress at their invitation, AFP reports. “Congratulations to Prime Minister Netanyahu on

Haredi party United Torah Judaism (UTJ) has already made clear that it will not join a unity government between Likud and Labor leader Yitzhak Herzog, MK Meir Porush stated to Arutz