Two Italian aid workers abducted in Syria last summer have been released, the Italian government said Thursday, according to AFP. “Greta Ramelli and Vanessa Marzullo are free, they will return

Jewish schools in Brussels and Antwerp decided to cancel classes on Friday due to increased terror threats, the Belgian Joods Actueel website reports. Belgium is on a heightened terror alert

Moshe Kahlon on Thursday formally introduced his Kulanu party’s list for the March 17 elections and declared that his campaign would focus on social issues. Speaking at a campaign rally

The suspected terror cell that was the target of a raid in Belgium on Thursday “received instructions from ISIS”, a senior Belgian counterterrorism official told CNN. Some members of the

Envoys from the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia will meet later this month to discuss the next steps to address the Israeli-Palestinian Arab crisis, officials

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri on Thursday called for unity and called on those who left the party to return – including Eli Yishai, who recently broke off from Shas to

Jewish Home Chairman Naftali Bennett presented his party’s list for the upcoming Knesset elections Thursday. In the convention at Kfar Maccabiah, an upbeat and animated Bennett said that “the old

Many journalists throughout Europe showed their solidarity with Charlie Hebdo last week, by republishing its cartoons and proclaiming “Je Suis Charlie” on their front covers – a poignant show of

As the counting of Jewish Home primary votes winds to a close Thursday, the winners have begun to express their gratitude and joy over the results.  MK Ayelet Shaked who received

The Chairwoman of the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization, Nava Shoham Solan, sent a moving condolence letter to Valerie Barham, whose husband Philippe was murdered in the kosher supermarket attack in Paris last

In the wake of a spate of deadly terror attacks across France last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron and United States President Barack Obama have vowed to stand united against Islamic

With Moshe Kahlon setting his Kulanu party up as the focus for voters who want a “better deal” from Israel, in the form of lower prices for home and basic

A Lebanese newspaper reported that Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas told Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi that the Palestinian Authority would not file a case against Israel in the International Criminal

European Jewish leaders have called on the European Union to appoint a special task force with its own special envoy to combat rising anti-Semitism in Europe. The request was made

The US Senate is taking another stab at changing the White House’s policy of keeping the American Embassy to Israel out of Jerusalem. On Tuesday, US Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Police on Thursday raided the offices of the Israel Lands Administration and arrested a senior employee on charges of influence peddling. According to police, the employee is accused of using

A senior ISIS terrorist who appeared in a recent shocking video showing a young child executing two suspected spies has become the latest high-profile jihadi from the group to be killed

Hareidi newspaper Hamevaser received international attention in recent days after it cropped out the images of female leaders from a photo of the march held in Paris following the terror

Police on Thursday found a likely stolen pistol at the home of an Arab resident of Deir el-Assad in the Galilee, and also found that the man was suffering from an unusually clogged

Amid a massive corruption scandal that has focused on senior party members, Yisrael Beytenu has been nosediving in the polls, and four key MKs have already left in rapid succession

The Jewish Home has launched its campaign song – “We’re Brothers.” The song was composed by Eyal Cohen, who was a finalist in the last season of “The Voice,” a

The controversial art display at Sapir Academic College in the northern Negev near Sderot, which triggered a protest when it opened to the public last Tuesday, has reached a new

While the French magazine Charlie Hebdo managed to insult Muslims around the world with its comical depictions of Mohammed, a UK satirical publication is taking a different tack – making

A German newspaper accidentally published an anti-Semitic cartoon on its front page, under the incorrect assumption it was a previous cover of the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.  Charlie Hebdo’s editorial offices were attacked

An Israeli insurance firm is offering “terrorism insurance” for locals who visit Europe. Maccabee Insurance, a division of the health fund that specializes in travel insurance, is offering Israelis a

Actor and peace activist Michael Douglas will be the recipient of the 2015 Genesis Prize.  The Genesis Prize is awarded annually by the Genesis Prize Foundation, in partnership with the Office of the

In an address before Israel diplomats, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) struck out against European leaders who tolerate anti-Semitism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and CNN – all against the background

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took part in a Taglit-Birthright Israel mega event on Wednesday night in Jerusalem’s Binyanei Hauma International Convention Center, where he spoke about the terror attacks in

Last week’s jihadist terror attacks in Paris triggered worldwide outrage, and among those most touched were Jews in the United States, fearful that they heralded a new wave of anti-Semitic violence. France

Labor party head Yitzhak Herzog introduced his party’s Knesset list at an event Wednesday night, telling listeners that they were “looking at the new leaders of Israel. I have never