Pope Francis on Sunday called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism, saying it would help to dispel the stereotype that equates Islam with terror. Speaking to

An Egyptian judge sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, and 25 others on Sunday to three years in jail for insulting the court, Reuters reports. Badie, who

In what may be another sign of the disagreements between the members of the coalition, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Sunday ordered that the IDF’s move to a new training

The Orthodox Union (OU) was moved by the story of Zidan Seif, the 30-year-old Druze police officer who was murdered by terrorists at the Jerusalem synagogue in Har Nof, as

Aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA, recently held the Impact Israel conferences.

Former senior Mossad man and government minister Rafi Eitan, who was Jonathan Pollard’s handler, is admitting for the first time that he ordered to turn away Jonathan and his then

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to hold a special session on preserving Jewish historical sites that have fallen under the iron grip of the Islamic State

Nir Hefetz, an advisor to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, said Monday that the point of the meeting later in the day between Netanyahu and Yesh Atid party chairman, Finance Minister

Despite the fact that the Hamas-Fatah unity government held its first cabinet meeting in Gaza in October and declared the “division is over,” the two rival groups appear firmly divided over

Sources in the Kurdish underground in Syria denied Sunday night that Canadian-Israeli Gill Rosenberg, 31, had been in the Kobane region, as claimed by Islamist and Palestinian websites that reported

Canada said Sunday it was “aware of reports” that one of its nationals may have been kidnapped in Syria, amid suggestions it could have been a woman fighting alongside Kurdish

If the coalition indeed collapses, it will not be because of the Jewish State Law, coalition chairman MK Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) said Sunday night. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Elkin

An Egyptian court on Sunday designated the Islamic State (ISIS) a terrorist organization and banned it in the country. According to The Associated Press, the court ruling adds that it

A young Jewish man reported to police in Jerusalem Sunday morning that two Arab youths on bicycles threatened him with a knife at the intersection of French Hill.  He reported

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz praised the appointment of Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot to succeed him as Chief of Staff, saying Sunday morning that he was “happy” over the

Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud) responded to the comments former Shin Bet Chief, Carmi Gillon made against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his government. “Israel is

Israel’s work to help Syrian refugees has gained national and international acclaim, with Syrian citizens themselves noting that their treatment at the hands of Israeli care providers and government officials

In the aftermath of the arson on a dual Arabic-Hebrew language kindergarten school in Jerusalem, the Ministry of Education and the Jerusalem Municipality have come out in condemnation of the attack,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will present an amended form of the Infiltrator Law to the government on Sunday, after the bill to send illegal aliens to the Holot detention center

Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri spoke Saturday night regarding tensions in the current government and inquiries from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and others parties, to form an alternative coalition.  “I made

“We will never recognize the Jewishness of the state of Israel,” Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas declared on Saturday. Abbas’s statement came at a meeting of Arab foreign ministers and

Early elections are “inevitable”, Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) said on Saturday night. Akunis’s comments came after Yesh Atid chairman, Finance Minister Yair Lapid, declared that the government was “stuck”,

Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Uri Maklev (United Torah Jewry) said Sunday that volunteers of the United Hatzalah organization should be allowed to carry weapons. In a letter to Public Security

The Ministerial Law Committee is taking under advisement a proposal to change the law on marriage and divorce in Israel, which MK Aliza Lavie called “anti-democratic.” According to the current

According to unconfirmed reports on jihadist websites cited by Channel 2 News, Islamic State (aka ISIS) terrorists have captured Jill Rosenberg, a Candian-Israeli woman who volunteered to join the Kurdish

Dr. Efraim Zuroff of The Simon Wiesenthal Center says that the center has received reliable information according to which Alois Brunner, a top Nazi fugitive whom Final Solution architect Adolf

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a crucial water-filtering bill Sunday, which – if ratified into law – would introduce water recycling into private homes. According to the proposal, submitted

At its weekly meeting Sunday, the Cabinet approved for a preliminary Knesset reading, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Civil Services Commissioner Moshe Dayan’s joint proposal to increase employment opportunities for

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation unanimously passed Sunday a proposal by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnua) to cancel debts for every Israeli citizen facing debt collection measures from the Enforcements and

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, will submit, next month, for Cabinet approval, a plan for significant investment in the minority Druze and Circassian towns and communities.  The plan will include funding