Jordan has reportedly asked Turkey for help in rescuing a Jordanian pilot captured last week by Islamist terrorists during a mission in Syria, the Hurriyet daily newspaper reported Sunday night.

Jerusalem councilman Moshe Lion, a close associate of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, was detained and questioned for several hours on Sunday in connection with the corruption scandal involving members of

Channel 10 went dark on Sunday night at about 10:30 p.m. Israel time, at the instruction of the channel’s employees union. Instead of regular programming, the channel displayed a picture

Tourism Minister Uzi Landau (Yisrael Beytenu) announced his resignation from politics Sunday evening. Speaking at a Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting, Landau revealed he did not intend to run in the

Whatever polls appear in the coming days, there is one statistic that election-watchers need to keep in mind: 61% of Jewish Israeli Hebrew-speaking voters have not made up their mind

A senior officer in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) has been killed in Iraq, according to Iranian officials. AFP cited a statement from the elite Iranian military force declaring simply that “Brigadier

The government on Sunday authorized an expenditure of NIS 17 million ($4 million) for the reclamation of lands in the Arava that were damaged in the recent major oil spill.

With elections on the horizon, members of the Knesset Interior and Environmental Protection Committee decided that the time was right for some new legislative regulations – specifically, on the size

The comments heard there may not always be so “kosher,” but the food they eat most definitely is, Jerusalem’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar said of the Knesset Sunday. “The

In 79 days, Israelis will go to the polls and vote for the makeup of Israel’s 20th Knesset – but before that happens, the parties need to decide on their

The Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, spent Christmas in Israel with his family, as part of a nine-day vacation, which includes some work meetings with government and business leaders.  While

IDF soldiers and National Service volunteers should be given the right to vote in the Jewish Home party primaries on January 14, 2015, according to MK Moti Yogev. Yogev turned

Hamas on Sunday prevented dozens of children orphaned during its 50-day war with Israel from entering Israeli territory in a pre-arranged trip, organizers and officials said – despite Israel making the effort to allow

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attended a meeting on security in Jerusalem on Sunday with top officials, including the Public Security Minister and Jerusalem Chief of Police. At the meeting, it

Treasury and Histadrut labor union officials on Sunday agreed on a framework to raise the minimum wage in Israel to NIS 5,000 per month for full-time workers. The increase will

An explosive recording has been released showing former Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef slamming current party chairman Aryeh Deri for corruption, as tensions continue to escalate between Deri and

Some 10,000 full-time married yeshiva students received on Sunday their last-ever government stipend, ending a tradition that has been extant for 33 years. Since 1981, students who learn in yeshiva

Kids have a right to speak out, even if that speaking out is done against serving in the IDF, according to Itai Benowitz, principal of the Israel Arts and Sciences

Residents of the Samaria community of El-Matan, where Arab terrorists last week firebombed a car, badly injuring an 11 year old girl, are demanding that the government reopen a road

Yesh Atid chairman, MK Yair Lapid, on Saturday vowed that his party would never split Jerusalem, even at the expense of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Speaking at

Egypt announced it has banned a Hollywood film based on the Biblical book of Exodus because of what censors described as “historical inaccuracies”, reports the BBC. The head of the

Dr. Anat Roth used to be an activist with the leftist Peace Now organization and an advisor to former Labor leaders Ehud Barak and Amram Mitzna, but now has had

Officials in Shas were confused and embarrassed on Saturday night, following a rant by Rabbi Shalom Cohen, the head of the party’s Council of Torah Sages, in which he insulted

Four days before the Palestinian and Iranian soccer teams were to meet for a friendly match, the Palestinian Football Association cancelled the match due to “technical” problems, Al-Monitor reports. The

Amir Ohana, the head of Likud’s Gay Forum, has announced his candidacy in Likud’s upcoming primaries, saying he wants to show that members of Israel’s gay community, who traditionally gravitate

Ben Ammi Ben Israel, the spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites in Dimona, died Saturday, leaving his followers in shock.  “It was an honor and a blessing to have

Judge Ido Druyan of the Tel Aviv Magistrate Court, convicted Yitzhak Rochberger Sunday morning of falsifying documents, corporate fraud and breach of trust. Rochberger, the former mayor of affluent Tel Aviv suburb Ramat

Indonesia air traffic control has lost track of a flight to Singapore, Indonesia’s air transportation director general, Djoko Murjatmodjo, told AFP Sunday – with 162 people on board.  AirAsia flight QZ8501 from the

Several Jewish Home MKs have welcomed the candidacy of senior Walla! News editor and Sayeret Matkal veteran Yinon Magal for the 2015 elections Sunday, praising his values and outspoken resolve to

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has published a report documenting photographs of Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers “killing time” at the Lebanon-Israel border.  Preliminary information suggests the pictures were