The Taglit-Birthright Israel program has brought hundreds of thousands of young American Jews to Israel in the past 14 years; now, a new Hebrew track in partnership with the Israeli-American Council

Social media and other news outlets in Lebanon and Syria reported on Tuesday that Ahmed Jibril, the 76-year-old head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General

The IDF and Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) prevented a major cyber attack on Israel during Operation Protective Edge, military officials say.  According to the IDF’s official blog,

The Palestinian Authority said Thursday that it was preparing to submit a demand that the UN Security Council set a timetable for a total Israeli withdrawal from Judea, Samaria, and

According to reports, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met last week with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting was said to have taken place in Amman. The report, in the

Professor Avi Levy, head of the Hemdat Darom educational institution in Sdot Negev, told Arutz Sheva on Thursday that he was hopeful the region of southern Israel would be safe

Ministers in his government may be highly critical of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s handling of the Gaza war, but none of them will be breaking up his government any time

Israel Police and the Shabak (Israel Security Service) announced Thursday that it had arrested several Arab-Israelis who are accused of aiding and abetting Hezbollah terrorists. The investigation into the detainees

One day after the end of Operation Protective Edge the Jewish Home party continues to ride high in the polls, as Prime Minister Netanyahu’s approval ratings continue to nosedive. The

Yet another Israeli drone has been reported downed – this time in Iraq. According to a report on the Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV channel, considered a mouthpiece for the Hezbollah terror

Israel’s ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor has submitted a list of Hamas war crimes that took place during Operation Protective Edge to the UN Security Council. In a message

Amos Gilad, the former IDF general who was a member of the Israeli negotiating team that worked on the Gaza ceasefire, said Thursday that the indirect negotiation process between Israel

Hamas is split over the cease-fire with Israel, a report in Israel Hayom said Thursday. According to the report, Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal, who lives in Qatar and is close

Korean Air will resume flying to Israel on September 13, after shutting down flights to and from Israel at the beginning of Operation Protective Edge in mid-July. Korean Air was

Syrian jets shelled rebel positions near a border crossing close to the Israeli side of the Golan Heights, rebels and residents told Reuters overnight Wednesday. Al-Qaeda’s Syria wing, the Al-Nusra

Syrian rebels have taken UN personnel prisoner after they took over the area near the Quneitra border crossing on the Golan Heights. The UN personnel were stationed on the Syrian

An Egyptian jihadist group on Thursday released a video in which it claimed responsibility for beheading four men accused of being “Israeli informants” before showing the victims’ decapitated bodies. In

As the search continues for Aharon Soffer, a 23-year-old yeshiva student from New Jersey who went missing in the Jerusalem Forest last Friday, police are widening the area being searched

Egypt has opened an investigation into deposed president Mohammed Morsi for allegedly handing over to Qatar “documents relevant to national security,” AFP reported on Wednesday, citing Egypt’s state news agency

The Obama administration is investigating reports from Syria that a second American was killed over the weekend while fighting alongside Islamist State (IS, formerly ISIS) extremists, USA Today reported Wednesday.

The United Nations on Wednesday referred to the shells fired from Syria which hit the Israeli side of the Golan Heights and called on all sides to “exercise restraint”. The

Ismail Haniyeh, a senior leader of Hamas and formerly its Prime Minister in Gaza, was taken to hospital on Wednesday evening, Channel 2 News reported. There were no details as

Opposition leader and head of the Labor party, MK Yitzhak Herzog, said on Wednesday that there is no military solution to the situation in Gaza. Herzog, who spoke of the

MK Danny Danon (Likud) on Wednesday evening dismissed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s comments that Operation Protective Edge in Gaza was a success. Danon said that the purpose of the operation

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, who spoke on Wednesday at a press conference along with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, promised that if Hamas resumes

Rabbi Eldad Shmueli, an activist for the Jewish rights to King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem’s Mount Tzion, on Wednesday called on the public to visit the David’s Tomb Compound to

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday welcomed a long-term ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza, calling for more talks to bring a “comprehensive and sustainable agreement.” “Simply returning to the situation

At roughly 10 p.m. on Wednesday night two mortar shells struck the Golan Heights, hitting open territory to the north of the Quneitra valley. No injuries or damage was reported

Even as Prime Minister Binyamin touted a “great military and diplomatic achievement” against Hamas on Wednesday night, a new poll showed the Israeli public overwhelming disagrees with his assessment –

GOP Congressional candidate Bruce Blakeman is to meet with leading Israeli officials and land of Israel activists in Jerusalem Wednesday, as part of efforts to promote ties between the State