Iran is far apart from the six world powers negotiating with it over scaling back its nuclear program, but that gap could be narrowed in talks next week, the European

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, underwent prostate surgery on Monday and was recovering at a government hospital in Tehran, The Associated Press (AP) reported, citing Iranian state media. The

Communications Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) recently received an offer to be appointed as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Channel 2 News reported. According to the report, the current ambassador,

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon warned on Monday that Iran is trying to renew its aid to Hamas. Speaking at the 14th International Conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the

Terror attacks in Jerusalem have grown exponentially over the past few months, a Shabak (Israel Security Service) report Monday said. According to the statistics, three terror attacks occurred in the

An Israeli woman who converted to Islam and married a Muslim Arab was sentenced to a year in prison Sunday after she smuggled her husband into Israel illegally. The woman

Israel is providing intelligence, including satellite photos and classified information, to support the efforts of the US-led coalition against the organization “Islamic State” (IS; formerly known as ISIS) in Iraq,

Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust will be honored with a new memorial in the Polish capital Warsaw paid for by the children of survivors, organizers said Monday. “It will be a

As polls show Naftali Bennett increasing in influence and more Israeli voters supporting the right, Yesh Atid head and Finance Minister Yair Lapid said that he intended to stay in

The Jerusalem Municipality and the National Lottery, in conjunction with the Ariel Municipal Company and Moriah, dedicated the Jerusalem HaPayis (Lottery) Hall on Monday, due to be the largest sports

The Eshel Hashomron hotel unilaterally canceled an event that was to be held by anti-missionary activists. One of the activists organizers of the event, Yekutiel Ben-Yaakov, intends to sue, said

Stray gunfire from Syria wounded an Israeli soldier in the Golan Heights on Monday, the army said. “An IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldier was injured by errant fire from internal fighting in Syria.

In his first public speech since the conclusion of Operation Protective Edge, Economics Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett sharply criticized the Israeli left, accusing them of having

British women and Islamist extremists have joined forces again, international media reported Monday – this time, to suppress women’s rights in Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS) territory in Syria.  Tens

Although most in the political establishment agree that elections are not in the offing, a new poll released Monday shows that if elections were held today, the Likud would retain

Minister of Communications Gilad Erdan (Likud) said an alleged proposal by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to establish a Palestinian Arab state in Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula, was an

Hiddush, the liberal Movement for Religious Freedom and Equality, on Monday debunked the figures spread by the Yesh Atid party the day before, which bragged of a dramatic increase in

During the course of intense Arab rioting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jerusalem Councilman Aryeh King reports that a massive explosion was miraculously averted in the north-eastern neighborhood of French Hill.

Goel Ratzon, 63, was convicted Monday of most of the counts of sexual abuse he was accused of, including rape and rape of a minor. He was acquitted of the

A media gag order was lifted on Monday on the testimony of the main complainant against the extremist Messianic cult exposed the day before, which brain-washed Jewish women into taking drugs and

The Israeli government has rejected New Zealand’s new ambassador Jonathan Curr because he was also accredited to the Palestinian Authority. New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully said that the dual

Leaders and residents of the south expressed frustration at the government, after a senior diplomatic source revealed assessments on Sunday showing that despite the ceasefire Hamas has restarted construction of

Egyptian president General Abdel Fatah A-Sisi has offered Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas to cede 160 square kilometers of the Sinai Peninsula adjoining Gaza to the PA, thus creating a

Mehdi Nemmouche, the terrorist behind the deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May, planned to launch a terror attack along the Champs Elysees, the Fifth Avenue of

Hamas’s ‘greatest victory’ in fifty-day Operation Protective Edge was swaying the hearts and minds of the Western media, its deputy political leader Ismail Haniyeh insisted, in a clip of an

With the Shemitta year fast approaching, farmers and students will be able to get a first-hand look at how to conduct themselves in accordance with the Jewish laws that apply

Israel will prosecute any individual who expresses public sympathy or admiration for the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS), the Islamist group that has taken control of large parts of

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende on Monday, focusing mostly on the regional threats to the Middle East from Islamic State (IS; formerly known as

Members of the Knesset Interior Committee on Thursday will conduct a special tour of the Mount of Olives in order to examine up close the security arrangements there. The tour

The war with Israel may be over, but now the fight is turning inward with bitter rivalry between Fatah and Hamas threatening to shatter a fragile Palestinian unity deal.  In