Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Wednesday signed a declaration which designates the Islamic State (IS) and the Lebanon-based Abdullah Azzam Brigades terrorist groups as unlawful organizations. The designation allows for

The Chief of the Northern Command, Major General Yair Golan, met last month with the mayors of communities near Lebanon and addressed concerns from residents that Hezbollah is actively digging

Mayor of Efrat Oded Revivi spoke to Arutz Sheva on Wednesday about the media firestorm over Israel’s declaring 4000 dunams as “state land” Sunday, explaining that the term “annexation” is a misnomer. “Despite

The UN Security Council on Wednesday demanded the release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers held in the Golan Heights by Syrian Al-Nusra Front terrorists, according to AFP.  The 15 members of the council unanimously approved

Two thousand, five hundred (2,500) new housing units were slated for building in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the cancellation of thousands of building tenders just two days ago.  The international community

Jewish Home MK Moti Yogev on Wednesday wrote to his party’s committee that is to approve a controversial new constitution next week, warning that if passed, the constitution threatens to

Israel is to supply Jordan with natural gas from its vast Leviathan offshore gas field over a period of 15 years, US giant Noble Energy announced Wednesday. A source close to the deal

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi blamed Israel for fueling terrorism in the Middle East by not making peace with the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Wednesday, in light of the tensions between

Not just people, but relics, have incredible survival stories from the Holocaust, the Sham Olam (Heb: “The World is There”) Institute for Holocaust Studies discovered Wednesday.  A silver brooch, or

US President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday that the United States would not be intimidated by the beheading of a secondAmerican reporter, but acknowledged the fight against the extremist Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS)

Famous American pop star Lady Gaga, who will perform in Israel later this month, has already angered Arab fans, Al Arabiya reports. The cause of the anger, according to the

Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) sharply criticized the European Union (EU) and the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, after both issued condemnations of Israel’s plans  to declare 4,000 dunams of land

U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday called for Secretary of State John Kerry to present administration policy for “rolling back” the Islamic State’s (IS) gains, after the rampaging group claimed it beheaded

U.S. and Somali officials confirmed on Tuesday that an American military airstrike in Somalia targeted the leader of the Al-Shabaab group, Ahmed Abdi Godane, Reuters reports. However, the officials said,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday once again slammed the United Nations over its decision to probe Israel’s actions in Gaza. Speaking before naval cadets who graduated from an officers’

Egypt’s ambassador to the Palestinian Authority said on Monday that Cairo is in contact with Palestinian Arab and Israeli officials to determine a date for further ceasefire talks following a

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday condemned as “despicable and barbaric” a new video that was released by the Islamic State and which shows the brutal beheading of Jewish-American

Israel was again condemned on Tuesday over its decision to declare 4,000 dunams of land in Judea, mostly in Gush Etzion, as state land, with the European Union (EU) and the

The Shurat Hadin civil rights group has announced it has submitted a criminal indictment against Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal at the International Criminal Court in the Hague (ICC). Shurat Hadin,

Sudan has expelled the Iranian embassy’s cultural attache, in a slap in the face to its one-time ally over creeping “Shia influence” in the Sunni-majority country. The Sudanese government closed

Hassidic music sensation Lipa Schmeltzer paid a visit to IDF soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda (formerly Nahal Haredi) battalion, to perform for soldiers as a show of solidarity. American musician

Israel will soon receive its fourth “Dolphin” submarine, in a significant boost to the IDF’s naval capabilities, according to Channel Two. “At this very moment, after leaving Germany, it is making

American journalist Steven Sotloff, who was brutally beheaded by the Islamic State terrorist group, took great risks to keep his Jewish faith in captivity, a former fellow-captive of the murdered

One day after it was revealed that IDF forces had quietly abandoned the Gaza border community of Netiv Ha’asarah, Nahal Brigade soldiers have returned once again to guard the town.

Less than two weeks after construction began, and before it could be used, Israeli police began dismantling the new bridge to replace the unstable wooden walkway to the Temple Mount

A senior security source in the Sinai peninsula has revealed that the explosion that killed 11 Egyptian soldiers on Tuesday, which occurred near the Rafah crossing to Gaza, was in

It no longer is located in Neve Dekalim, a community in Gush Katif that suffered expulsion in the 2005 Disengagement plan which forcibly removed all Jews from Gaza. But today,

Islamic State terrorists fresh from the conquest of the last Syrian military base in the north of the country sent a “special message” to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, as well as

American journalist Steven Sotloff, who was brutally beheaded by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, took great risks to keep his Jewish faith in captivity, a former fellow-captive of the