French lawmakers were to debate on Friday a motion urging the government to recognize the Palestinian Authority (PA) as “Palestine,” according to AFP. The symbolic motion is expected to pass comfortably on December 2 when the lower

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) had no choice but to essentially concede to figures presented against him in a question session at the Knesset on Wednesday by MK Orit Struk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is continuing to seriously consider calling early elections, Channel 2 News reported on Thursday evening. According to the report, Netanyahu is considering three options, but it

Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino has hit back at Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) Friday, after Edelstein stated Wednesday that Danino is “not suited” to give advice over issues relating to

The Egyptian buffer zone along the Sinai border with Gaza has sent prices soaring in the Hamas-ruled enclave, after the Nile state cracked down on illegal smuggling tunnels to Sinai

A local British municipal council has dropped a motion to boycott all products from the State of Israel, UK’s Jewish News reported Thursday – amid a rising trend of British councils, chains,

Likud Central Committee head MK Danny Danon, currently challenging Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in primaries for leadership of the party, criticized Netanyahu on Friday morning in a meeting with Likud’s

Paris has returned 250 ancient artifacts to Egypt that were illegally imported into the country and seized by French customs officials, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Amulets, rings, funerary statues

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has appealed repeatedly to the hareidi parties, hareidi newspaper Hamevaser revealed Friday – even though United Torah Judaism (UTJ) officials reportedly turned him down in recent attempts

Israeli police are preventing a soldier currently in a course to become a captain, who serves in an elite unit and fought to defend Israel in Gaza, from receiving permission

“One cannot govern under the present situation”, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his associates in recent days, according to a report Friday on Channel 2 News. Netanyahu, according to the

Just days after he called for “dialogue” with the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, Pope Francis on Friday condemned the group and called for interfaith cooperation in order to combat

Two people were killed in clashes between Islamist protesters and Egyptian police in Cairo on Friday, security officials said, according to AFP. The army and police had fanned out across

Major General Gadi Eizenkot will be appointed as the next Chief of Staff of the IDF, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon decided on Friday. An official

Syrian hackers on Thursday wished a Happy Thanksgiving by hacking the websites of British and North American media organizations and retailer Wal-Mart’s Canadian unit. According to Reuters, the attack was

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Thursday he backed extended nuclear talks with world powers, and also took advantage of the opportunity to threaten Israel’s security. Khamenei said that

The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group blocked all mobile phone networks in the largest Iraqi city they control, Mosul, accusing informants in the city of tipping off coalition forces to

Yisrael Zeira, head of the non-profit Rosh Yehudi outreach organization, was the target of an attempted terrorist attack on Thursday night. Arabs opened fire at Zeira’s car as he was

Just one day after appealing the Zoabi Bill, which would make it possible to dismiss MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) from the Knesset, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday cancelled her

The world has been silent thus far in the face of Egypt’s expulsion of residents in Gaza’s south and the demolition of their homes by dynamite and bulldozers. The silence

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday came under attack from two presidents – the former and the current – over the controversial Jewish State Law. Former President Shimon Peres and

Reports notwithstanding, there is no “deal” brewing right now between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and hareidi parties, a top hareidi political source told Arutz Sheva Thursday. “We have a ‘green

It has been released for publication that Israeli security services, together with the IDF, broke up a major Hamas terrorist cell in September that was planning attacks on a range

Israel and the Palestinians held secret back-channel negotiations to achieve a “two-state solution” deal even while official US-brokered negotiations were faltering, the New Republic revealed Wednesday in a first time report.  The

Weighing on the “debate” over whether or not Hezbollah has dug tunnels under the border between Israel and Lebanon was Lieutenant Oshri Lugasy, a top member of the IDF Engineering

An Australian cricketer died after being hit by a ball in a freak accident during a game at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 25-year-old Phillip Hughes was struck in the lower back

Balfour Hakak, former chairman of the Hebrew Writers Association, told Arutz Sheva that Mifal Hapayis’ (Israel’s official state lottery) decision to award the Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences in the poetry category to radical leftist

The Israel Navy has picked its first woman ship captain ever. Captain Or Cohen, a graduate of several officer’s courses, will be transferred to a warship, where she will take

It took several IDF soldiers in a helicopter to rescue two youths stuck in a flash flood near the Dead Sea. After nearly 15 hours in the rain and wind,

Israel, along with allies the United States, Canada, and Australia are attempting to dissuade nearly 200 states that make up the Fourth Geneva Convention from convening a special session in