The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting late Wednesday night to discuss a flareup in violence between Israel and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border.  Along with IDF

Canada strongly condemned Hezbollah’s deadly attack on an IDF convoy Wednesday, and reiterated its belief in Israel’s right to defend itself from “brutal terrorist organizations.” Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird,

Israelis concerned that Hezbollah is digging underground tunnels into Israel in order to carry out Hamas-style attacks on Israeli civilians can relax – at least for now, said Defense Minister

Islamic State terrorists say they will execute a Jordanian pilot “immediately” if Amman does not hand over a female suicidebomber by sunset Thursday, as Japan waits in anguish for news of a

The Israeli Defense Forces will resume Thursday their search for Hezbollah terror tunnels leading into moshav Zar’it, on the Lebanese border.  Detection services were shut down for security reasons Wednesday following

The BBC angered many with a controversial show on Sunday, ahead of Tuesday’s International Holocaust Memorial Day, which asked “is it time to lay the Holocaust to rest?” The shocking question

Jordan said Thursday that it would not release an Iraqi female jihadist until it receives proof that a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic State (ISIS) is still alive. ISIS has threatened to execute the airman unless

Fears have been raised over the growing number of Israeli Arabs traveling to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group. But ISIS isn’t the only jihadi group there recruiting Israeli

Failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, thrust into the spotlight by the demand by Islamic State (ISIS) that she be released in a prisoner exchange, is an important symbol for the jihadists, experts

An interview with Jewish Home Candidate Yinon Magal on journalist Reno Tzror’s popular Army Radio morning show “Ma Bo’er” quickly turned sour Thursday.  The interview, intended to discuss former soccer player Eli

Riccardo Pacifici, the leader of Rome’s Jewish community and the grandson of victims who were murdered in Auschwitz, found himself locked in the Nazi death camp on Tuesday night, and

With the deadline for submission of their final lists just hours away on Thursday afternoon, political parties are going through last-minute gyrations to fill out their lists – or to

Iran was behind the attack on an IDF patrol on the Lebanese border Wednesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu argued Thursday. Speaking at a memorial service for late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Netanyahu

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an investigation into allegations that Shiite militiamen massacred Sunni residents in the eastern province of Diyala, his spokesman said on Thursday. “The prime minister has ordered

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon addressed the IDF’s clashes with Hezbollah on Wednesday night.  Ya’alon began by giving condolences to the Kalangal and Nini families, who each lost sons in the

Despite a message from Hezbollah Wednesday night that it was not seeking to increase tensions with Israel, security officials in Israel said that Israel would respond to the Hezbollah attack

The UN Security Council has called an emergency meeting from 2100 GMT on Wednesday to discuss the flare-up of violence on the Israeli-Lebanon border, diplomats told AFP. France requested the urgent talks in the

Labor-Hatnua is still in the lead with 25 seats, according to the latest elections poll. The Camile-Fuchs organization poll for Channel 10 places Likud in second place with 23 seats – as

The United States stood by Israel Wednesday as it exchanged fire with Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon in their most serious clashes in five years. “We support Israel’s legitimate right to self-defense and continue

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the parties responsible for the attack on Har Dov earlier in the day that claimed the lives of two IDF soldiers would “pay

The struggle to attain security along Israel’s northern borders is only beginning, IDF spokesman Major General Moti Almoz stated Wednesday night.  Almoz said that tensions in the north did not begin last

The fight against Islamic State jihadists is taking place online as well on the battlefield, with 18,000 Twitter accounts linked to the group suspended in recent months, according to a US expert. ISIS

Dozens of residents of the northern border town of Rajar (Ghajar) are stranded, unable to get back to their homes due to the Hezbollah attack on IDF forces earlier Wednesday.

The Israel Electric Company said Wednesday that it would shut off power to some communities in the Palestinian Authority this week, unless the PA paid off its enormous debt. According to IEC

U.S. President Barack Obama told CNN he will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in March because his trip to Washington comes too close to Israel’s upcoming elections.

The Islamic State group (ISIS) has used Japanese hostage Kenji Goto to relay a new threat to kill a Jordanian pilot, unless Amman hands over an imprisoned female jihadist by

Spain on Wednesday said Israeli fire had killed a Spanish UN peacekeeper serving in south Lebanon and called on the United Nations to fully investigate the violence. The Security Council

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan on Wednesday evening once again verbally attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, accusing him of sabotaging Israel’s relationship with the United States. Speaking at an event

UN relief efforts in war-torn Syria are struggling to reach 40 percent of civilians in need and face a major funding shortfall, a senior UN aid official said Wednesday, according

An antitank missile has been fired at an IDF vehicle from the Har Dov area (Shebaa Farms) in an apparent Hezbollah ambush Wednesday morning, and there are reportedly seven casualties, who are