Israeli and Palestinian officials have issued conflicting reports Thursday over the autopsy of Palestinian Authority minister Ziad Abu Ein, who died during a Palestinian protest riot in Turmas Ayya in
Israel has updated its anti-spam laws to include “spammy” phone calls. The new law making spam phone calls illegal was sponsored by MKs Adi Koll (Yesh Atid) and Mickey Rosenthal
Why did Labor Chairman Yitzhak Herzog agree for Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua party to join Labor and, more importantly, to share the country’s top political office with her? Because, said Yitzchak
The umbrella group of French Jewish communities – the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) condemned 20 theaters in France planning to host the explicitly anti-Semitic show of comedian Dieudonne
Police arrested two children, ages 12 and 13, who tried to rob a bank in Rishon Lezion Wednesday. The two children were caught after leaving behind a slew of clues
Kulanu head Moshe Kahlon denied on Thursday the rumor floated by former welfare minister Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid), who said earlier that there is ongoing contact between his party’s chairman,
President Reuven Rivlin addressed the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel on Thursday, speaking about the rising wave of Arab terrorism and appraising the danger – to Israel’s
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Thursday afternoon with dozens of Likud activists at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, and spoke to them about the latest political developments, including the
Former Likud minister Gideon Saar announced Thursday that he will not contend for leadership of the Likud party against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the upcoming Likud primaries. “In the
Following the stabbing in Crown Heights’ 770 Chabad Lubavitch center on Tuesday, Michael Miller, Executive Directive of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) in New York, has called for additional
Three activists from the Lehava organization have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a kindergarten at the bilingual Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School two weeks ago, and
A statue of Holocaust victim and diarist Anne Frank was dedicated in Buenos Aires Wednesday, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported. The statue, an exact replica of one located in Amsterdam,
Jordan put two brothers, accused of planning to blow up Israel’s embassy in Amman, on trial Thursday. The two are part of a terror gang arrested during the summer, at
Temple Mount rights activist Yehuda Glick received a human rights award Wednesday, at the Second Zionist Conference for Human Rights by the Im Tirzu organization. Glick – who founded and
A U.S. Army chaplain has been reprimanded for “using Christian scriptures and solutions” at a suicide prevention training session. The chaplain, Joseph Lawhorn, spoke at a seminar held at the
Yaron Lahav, the brother of Boaz Lahav, who was murdered along with his friend David Lankri by terrorist Ziad Abu Ein, stated that Abu Ein’s death Wednesday is not a “comfort,”
The falling price of oil worldwide has nothing to do with market forces, Iran’s head of state Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday. It’s part of an international plot by Western countries
Former Likud MK Moshe Kahlon will indeed be running for the Knesset – and on Wednesday evening, he introduced his new party to Israelis. The party’s name will be “Kulanu,”
The “Scroll of Fire,” a well-known Holocaust memorial in central Israel, was found to have been vandalized by a group of students who were visiting the site. In addition, two
Hatnua chairman Tzipi Livni and Labor chairman Yitzhak Herzog officially announced a joint list Wednesday, forming a leftist bloc ahead of the upcoming elections after weeks of negotiations. Herzog emphasized
Looking for a job? If you’re a programmer or computer science grad, there are plenty of jobs for you in Israel, said Meir Brand, head of Google’s Israel office. “I
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon expressed “regret” for the death Wednesday of a senior Palestinian Authority official after a confrontation with the IDF, saying the matter was under investigation, according to AFP. “The incident in which
“Kosher slaughter is permitted by the laws of Poland,” the Polish High Court determined Wednesday. The landmark decision was a 9-5 majority ruling supporting a petition by the Chief Rabbi
Pakistan’s The Nation newspaper, which describes itself as being the market leader in the Punjab and Islamabad areas, has published an op-ed that predicts Israel will become the world’s next
The Turkel Committee for Examination of Senior Appointments approved Wednesday the appointment of Major General Gadi Eizenkot as the IDF’s 21st Chief of General Staff. The appointment will be brought for
Miriam Peretz, an Israeli heroine whose lost two of her sons on IDF battlefields, turned down a personal offer by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to be placed in a high
The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization that has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria continues in its execution of Muslim “heretics” who left the religion and others who don’t
The Likud Central Committee on Wednesday is poised to vote on party head and prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal to advance primaries for party leadership to December 31, as opposed to
French police apprehended five men who are suspected of making threats and conspiring online to attack a synagogue. The suspects, all believed to be far-right activists, were arrested Tuesday morning.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) spoke on Tuesday with students at the Mekor Chaim Yeshiva in Gush Etzion, the school attended by two of the three teens murdered by Hamas terrorists