Israel’s tourism ministry said Sunday it expects the papal visit later this month to give a sharp boost to tourism by Christians, who already account for most of the market.

For some, Lag Ba’omer is a spiritual day for reflecting on the philosophy of the Zohar, as handed down by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, whose life is commemorated on the

Pope Francis will begin his visit to the Holy Land next week with a trip to Bethlehem, but he is unlikely to raise the subject of the exodus of Christians

The government has officially informed the Knesset that there will be no change in the status quo at David’s Tomb in Jerusalem. Members of the Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment

As Syria’s bloody civil war enters its fourth year, Arutz Sheva presents the first in a three-part series investigating the implications for Israel’s security, starting with a look at Syria’s

A unique “Peace Run” initiated by an Australian extreme athlete to promote coexistence between Jews and Arabs in Judea and Samaria was dealt a severe blow Sunday, after the Palestinian

Forces apparently loyal to a rogue Libyan general said on Sunday they had suspended parliament after earlier leading a military assault against lawmakers, reports The Associated Press (AP). A commander

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu phoned Maccabi coach David Blatt and told him, “You did it big time. You kept us on the map. Israelis are lighting bonfires today, but you

The Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team on Sunday evening won the Euroleague championship game in Milan after defeating Real Madrid by a score of 98-86. While Real had the lead

Israeli director Hadas Ayalon of Tel Aviv University has been chosen as one of three directors to be awarded medals at the 41st annual Student Academy awards. Ayalon’s film, “Paris on

The terrorist group Hamas says it’s advancing with terror organization Islamic Jihad to integrating into the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a group recognized internationally as representing the “Palestinian people,” but

Jewish residents of Jerusalem suffered from 157 separate terror-related incidents in March, IDF Radio revealed Sunday, in a record upswing in attacks from Palestinian Arab terrorists.  Terror attacks against Jewish Israelis

A bomb wounded at least three people at a Cairo election rally for presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, security sources said, according to Reuters A man riding on

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A Jewish group demanded Sunday that Arab students who desecrated the sounding of the siren on Memorial Day be expelled from Tel Aviv University. The student group, named simply “Israelis,” said

Israel’s top police officer on Sunday vowed to step up police presence nationwide ahead of Pope Francis’s upcoming visit, according to AFP.  “You cannot exaggerate the importance of this visit on both a

The IDF arrested 13 Palestinian Arab terrorists overnight, it announced Sunday, in light of increased tensions in Judea and Samaria.  A military spokeswoman told AFP Sunday that the suspects – all

Israel-based Elbit systems defense company announced Sunday that its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, has been awarded two contracts, totaling $20.1 million, to support the U.S. upgrade

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday by addressing disturbing statistics from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which published a survey last week proving that over 25% of

A Dominican taxi driver has been banned for wearing a swastika, according to the New York Daily News, and is now claiming that his “rights were violated” for adhering to “National

Iran has been recruiting thousands of Afghan refugees to fight in Syria, offering them $500 a month and Iranian residency, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing Afghans and

The UN organization for women on Friday decried the rising rates of violence against women in the Palestinian Authority, after a woman was slain this week, raising the year’s total

Water and Energy Minister Silvan Shalom held what was termed a “positive” meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday night, Channel 2 News reports. According to the report, the

Israel’s UN mission on Friday launched a campaign to get official UN recognition for Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, AFP reports. The United Nations has decreed

A fourth round of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers ended Friday with both sides complaining that major gaps remained ahead of a July 20 deadline for a

Jewish pilgrims began arriving on Friday at Ghriba, Africa’s oldest synagogue, on the Tunisian resort island of Djerba for an annual gathering taking place amid heavy security. Police and soldiers

Two Israeli journalists were attacked on Friday afternoon while covering a riot by Palestinian Arabs near the Ofer prison, west of Ramallah. The two journalists, who work for the Hebrew-language

Iran on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over a decision by an Argentine court declaring an agreement with Tehran to probe the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center as “unconstitutional.”

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who is in charge of the negotiations with the Palestinian Authority (PA), met in London with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Channel 2 News reported on Friday.

Security forces dispatched reinforcements to Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem early Friday, ahead of the funerals of two Palestinian Arab terrorists who were killed during Thursday’s “Nakba Day” riots, which mourn