The United Nations Security Council admitted Wednesday that humanitarian aid missions to war-torn Syria have failed – and that the situation is bound to get worse. Leaders of five UN

The annual report from the Holocaust Survivors Fund (HSF) was released Wednesday – and revealed that a shockingly high percentage of survivors live in poverty. According to the report, 60%

A tragedy was narrowly averted Tuesday, after the pilots of an El-Al Boeing 737 forgot to drop their landing gear before landing at London’s Heathrow airport, according to Channel 10.  The

Hamas’ police force in the Gaza Strip chose a rather strange way of exhibiting its skills at “keeping the peace” earlier this week, as policemen in military fatigues took part

Moshe Zar, 76, a legendary redeemer of land and Samaria pioneer, discovered Tuesday morning that the memorial to his slain son, Gilad, had been burnt and defiled. He shared his

Reports indicate that a massive US military operation in Yemen on Saturday and Sunday killed well over 55 Al Qaeda terrorists. Among the dead reportedly is Ibrahim al-Asiri, the chief

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas repeated his threats to disband the PA on Tuesday if peace talks remain stuck in their current dead-end. He further demanded his price for

Two Jewish synagogue-goers, including a former IDF soldier, have been hailed as heroes after saving a baby and an elderly man from a car just moments before it was engulfed

The mayor of the hometown of Kansas City killer Frazier Glenn Miller resigned Monday, after voicing support for the anti-Semitic gunman and former KKK leader’s views. Dan Clevenger’s resignation as

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon strongly condemned Hamas’s attacks on Israel during the post-Passover mimouna celebrations on Monday night, and vowed the IDF’s continued defense of Israeli citizens. “Even today, our

Activists of the Toronto Palestine House marked “Palestinian Political Prisoners’ Day” in series of events in front of Israeli consulates and at event halls in Toronto, Canada, over the past week,

Israel and Ukraine are attempting to rekindle diplomatic relations, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) announced Tuesday, ahead of the embattled country’s May 25 elections.  Liberman will be meeting with

The push to increase the growing number of Christian Arab IDF recruits advanced Tuesday, after the IDF made a landmark decision to send out “voluntary draft notices” to Christian Arabs

Tova Richler of New York flew to Israel to attend her father’s funeral at the Mount of Olives Friday, but an ambush by local Arabs prevented her from attending it.

Jews who visited Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, in recent days were astonished to find that the tomb of Dov Ber Schneerson, brother of the late Lubavicher Rebbe, Rabbi Menahem Mendel Schneerson, had

The Syrian presidential elections will be held on June 3, current President Bashar Assad announced Monday, just one week after he claimed the three-year civil war was going in his

Secular residents of Ashdod were up in arms Monday night because of a “men’s only” Mimouna celebration taking place in the city. The event was being attended by Chief Sephardic

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of breaking the Geneva Accords Monday, in the latest set of hostile barbs between Moscow and Kiev.  Lavrov accused the new government, which

MK Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home) attended the traditional Mimouna celebration in the southern Israeli city of Sderot Monday night. Residents of Sderot, like in many other communities in southern Israel,

Over the Passover holiday, over 2 million Israelis visited national parks, nature reserves, and outdoor sites around Israel. According to the Jewish National Fund, the top sites were the Hula

The Israel Air Force struck three terror targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon, in response to rocket fire at southern Israel earlier Monday. The IDF Spokesman’s Office said

The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Religious Trusts, Mahmoud al-Habash, cancelled a planned visit to Tulkarm Sunday for the dedication of a new mosque, after many dozens of residents demonstrated against

A freak spring wind storm downed trees in Israel’s southern resort city of Eilat as tens of thousands of Israelis were enjoying the last days of the Passover holiday. Dozens

Frazier Glenn Cross, who has been indicted in the shootout at a Kansas Jewish community center last weekend in which three people were killed, threatened Jewish leaders in Ukraine last

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro addressed the US visa crisis for the first time late Saturday night, stressing that the White House is working diligently to increase the number

Authorities are still searching for nine Hezbollah-linked suspects in Thailand on Sunday, just days after two suspects in a planned terror attack against Israelis were arrested in Bangkok.  While Thailand’s

Ukraine’s prime minister voiced outrage at reports that masked men in east Ukraine’s main city handed out leaflets demanding Jews register or be expelled, NBC News reported Saturday. Members of the Jewish community

Is there a secret deal between the Vatican and Israel to transfer control over King David’s Tomb to the Catholic church? An investigative report in Makor Rishon cites La Stampa

President Shimon Peres on Sunday made his traditional Pesach visit to the Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yoseph. During his visit, Peres stressed the importance of maintaining unity

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik’s tour of the Temple Mount was cut short this morning when violent rioting broke out at the holy site. It was the first time that the Temple