Avishai Rozen, 16, made his name as a star of the child choir “Kinderlach,” after starting his studies in music at the tender age of five. Learning piano at seven and
The brief power cut-off by the Israeli Electric Corporation (IEC) late last month apparently got the message through to the Palestinian Authority (PA), which has ignored its massive electric debt for
King Abdullah II of Jordan claimed Tuesday that a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) would help combating Islamic extremists, saying the conflict served as a rallying cry for jihadists. Abdullah
A Likud victory in next week’s elections is not guaranteed, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday evening, as polls showed the joint Labor-Hatnua list opening its largest lead over
When we talk about crypto-Jews, we tend to think about the descendants of Spanish Jews in 1492 and Portuguese Jews in 1497 who were forced to convert to Catholicism but
US President Barack Obama’s policy of supporting “moderate” Syrian opposition forces to counter the more radical alternatives appears on the brink of collapse, as the Al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front continues
Questions of partisan division and immovable differences in policy between the United States and Israel have plagued the public profile of the relationship in recent weeks. What can be forgotten
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman has raised the ire of the Palestinian Authority (PA), after he advocated “cutting off the heads” of Arab residents who are not loyal to the
Police will not launch a criminal investigation into the publication of an animated video that portrays leftists as following in the footsteps of Jewish collaborators with anti-Semites, Kol Israel public
Around half the estimated 700 Britons who have gone to fight with Islamic State jihadists in Syria have returned home, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. The weekly broadsheet’s figures, in a story about
Social media sites are finally cracking down on Islamic State, experts have stated over the past several months, with 18,000 accounts linked to the group having already been shuttered as of
Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan, the Deputy Minister for Religious Services, called to place Rachel’s Tomb, which is located between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, under the aegis of the Municipality of Jerusalem. Speaking
Polling stations open one week from today, but 16% of eligible voters are still undecided, according to the latest pre-elections survey. The survey, from Army Radio‘s “Good Morning Israel” show
With elections just a week away, Jewish Home’s Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, accusing him of failing to fulfill his promises,
The whereabouts and status of top terror commander Mohammed Deif is still under investigation, Hamas’s “military wing,” the Al-Qassam Brigades stated late Monday night – and revealing more information “could aid
Arab MK Ahmed Tibi on Monday fired back at Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, who on Sunday had advocated “cutting of the heads” of Arabs who were not loyal to Israel.
In a recent address at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a Palestinian Arab political researcher launched a verbal tirade against the United States. The researcher, Ahmad Al-Khatwani, also known as “Abu Hamza”,
The controversial New Israel Fund and its social change and political lobbying organization known as SHATIL, have received more than $1 million from the State Department under a program designed to create political
Yuval Diskin, formerly the head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Monday evening blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Likud over their criticism of statements made by
The FBI has increased the reward to $5 million for the “safe return” of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran while on a CIA mission exactly eight
The next round of talks between Iran and the West over its nuclear program will take place next week, the State Department said on Monday, according to Reuters. The announcement
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, the Al-Nusra Front, on Monday reaffirmed its allegiance to the global extremist network and denied any plan to break away and become a more internationally acceptable rebel
Israel and South Korea are not superpowers, but they are in a particular class of influential, technologically advanced countries with strong militaries. Relations between the two “middle powers” have been
United States President Barack Obama on Monday slammed Republican senators who penned a letter attempting to warn Iran that any pending nuclear agreement will face their scrutiny. “I think it’s
A Lebanese singer-turned-Islamist wanted in connection with deadly clashes with the army plans to surrender to the authorities after nearly two years on the run, his lawyer said on Monday. Fadel Shaker is
Rabbi Avichai Ronski, former IDF Chief Rabbi and Jewish Home Knesset candidate, criticized the decision of Labor-Hatnua Monday to include the dissolution of the Jewish Identity Department, established by the Ministry of
Behind every great man there’s a great woman? Channel Ten revealed Monday that Lihi Lapid was sending personal email requests to her husband Yair Lapid’s office, during his tenure as Finance Minister in
French Jewish culture is in a catharsis right now. France’s rude awakening from extremist Islam has the entire country on edge, but Jews still remain the primary target of home-grown French
Billboard advertisements in haredi neighborhoods promising “blessings” from rabbis for voting for particular political parties in Knesset elections have been common in recent years – but not this elections season.
United Nations investigators probing Operation Protective Edge asked Monday to postpone their report to allow time to adjust after the head of the team quit, AFP reported. The Commission of Inquiry on Israel’s war with Hamas was scheduled