The New York Police Department (NYPD) defended its ongoing use of Muslim informants to stop terrorism Wednesday, amid an ongoing debate on defense and civil rights. The Demographics Unit, comprised

In what has become something of a trend, two US congressmen participated in a fact finding mission on the Temple Mount early Wednesday morning, to witness firsthand the discriminatory treatment

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that Iran “would share whatever (nuclear) technology it acquired with North Korea,” in an interview with one of Japan’s leading newspapers on Tuesday. Speaking to Mainichi Shimbun during his visit

Actor Danny Glover is one among several celebrities who on Tuesday called for a boycott of Israel, according to JNS. The celebrities are featured in a documentary film entitled “American

The long arm of the law extends far, but sometimes not far enough.  US-Jordanian citizen Muhammad Abu Nakhla was sentenced to 24 years in Illinois prison in 2005, after shooting

Building and Construction Minister Uri Ariel on Wednesday met with the Australian Ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma, in the governmental complex in eastern Jerusalem, located north of the Arab-majority neighborhood

MK Rabbi Dov Lipman visited Moreshset Yisrael, the Conservative synagogue in central Jerusalem that was the victim of Monday’s anti-Semitic ‘price tag’ attack. Unknown vandals scrawled swastikas inside Stars of David on

Authorities stopped a truck carrying tens of thousands of eggs from Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria into Israel. The eggs have been confiscated and are set to be

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in London on Wednesday, a PA official said, weeks after Middle East peace talks collapsed. “The meeting will discuss

The number of French Jews emigrating to Israel rose nearly four-fold in the first quarter of the year and could touch a record in 2014, a Jewish organization said Monday. The Jewish Agency

Steven Spielberg and Jewish organizations around the world have endeavored to record as much testimony from Holocaust survivors as possible, mindful that the day is coming when no one will

A terror attack was narrowly averted in the early hours of Tuesday morning, news site 0404 reports, after a terrorist lobbed an improvised bomb at IDF soldiers near Jenin. No injuries were

Several protests took place in Norway as President Shimon Peres visited Oslo. About 15 people who gathered outside the royal palace tried to interfere with the visit but were dispersed

Top diplomats from Iran and six world powers geared up on Tuesday for a crucial round of talks aimed at reaching a long-term deal regarding Tehran’s nuclear program. A senior US official said negotiators

The Knesset Committee for Foreign Affairs discussed the controversy surrounding a possible transfer of King David’s Tomb to the Vatican on Tuesday, after an emotional protest Monday night outside the

Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in jail and two more years’ suspended sentence in the Holyland trial. The sentence is identical to the six years requested by the prosecution.

Yeshiva University (YU) has introduced a new online program that seeks to revolutionize the Torah-learning experience. Rabbi Ari Sytner, director of Community Initiatives at YU’s Center for the Jewish Future

Two Republican US congressmen, Andy Harris (MD-R) and Ron DeSantis (FL-R), visited the Gush Etzion region of Judea on Tuesday with their wives. The congressmen were accompanied by the Gush Etzion

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday declared that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will be held responsible for violence from Gaza in light of the unity deal. His comments came while

Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the leading candidate in the race for Egypt’s presidency, said Monday that there is a chance for “true peace” with Israel, if it adopts the 2002 Arab

A confidential new report by a UN panel highlights Iran’s methods of evading the sanctions that were imposed on it. The report, obtained by Reuters on Monday, shows that these

Hundreds of religious Jews gathered Monday near the reputed scene of Jesus’s last supper in Jerusalem demanding that Israel keep sovereignty over King David’s Tomb, according to AFP.  Pope Francis will visit the Holy

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in London on Wednesday, a PA official said, weeks after Middle East peace talks collapsed. “The meeting will discuss

For the final project in his “Social Media to Drive Business Results” course at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, Adjunct Instructor Rob Longert gave students a simple assignment: raise money

The fundamental unity between the town of Yitzhar in Samaria and the IDF, despite recent clashes between the army and a violent element in the town, was displayed on Sunday,

Iran has unveiled a copy of the US Lockheed Martin Sentinel RQ-170 drone which it downed in 2011. The copycat aircraft is due to take test flights soon, officials said

The Islamic Jihad terrorist group recently held a military maneuver in which it presented anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons. Footage of the maneuver aired on Mayadeen TV and was broadcast on

Campaigning began Sunday for Syria’s June 3 presidential election, AFP reports. In Damascus, campaign posters lauding President Bashar Al-Assad hung on shopping streets and in public gardens, in the run-up

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas thinks that Hamas, with whom he recently signed a reconciliation pact, does not need to recognize Israel. A senior PA official on Sunday told

Anonymous vandals committed a “price tag” vandalism attack on Monday morning at Moreshet Yisrael, a synagogue of the Conservative movement in the center of Jerusalem. On a sign at the