U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Wednesday, in a bid to save the peace talks, AFP reported. Flying in to Jordan from

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, 48, former Al Qaeda spokesman and Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, was found guilty Wednesday in a New York City courtroom of conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to

Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi resigned on Wednesday as defense minister and announced his plan to run for president, following a high-level meeting with the Supreme Council

Far-left Israeli NGO “Peace Now” has come under fire for taking part in a conference organized by some of the world’s worst human rights abusers, including the regime of Syrian

Vadim Rabinovich, president of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress and founder of the European Jewish Parliament, announced on Tuesday that he will run for the presidency of Ukraine, reports the Jewish

The United States on Tuesday slammed Saudi Arabia for refusing a visa to a an American journalist working for Israeli media who planned to cover President Barack Obama’s visit to

Israeli officials on Tuesday evening played down reports that Israel and Turkey will soon sign a compensation deal over the infamous “Mavi Marmara” incident. Reacting to remarks made earlier by

The United States warned Egypt on Tuesday that executing supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood may affect the aid that Washington provides to Cairo. Speaking one day after an Egyptian court

Hamas is taking another step towards the full implementation of strict Islamic Sharia law in Gaza, and is planning to introduce a penalty of lashes for certain criminal offenses. Nafez

Ukraine fired its Defense Minister late Tuesday night, after the parliament deemed him responsible for losing Crimea to Russia.  Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh has tendered his resignation over the crisis. 

Two Palestinian Arabs were wounded on Wednesday when Israeli navy vessels destroyed two Gaza-bound boats “smuggling cigarettes” from Egypt, Palestinian Arab media told AFP.  Palestinian Arab witnesses and medical sources said the navy opened fire at

Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, welcomed last week to Zarzuela Palace in Madrid Dr. Abraham Haim, the head of the Sephardic Community Committee in Jerusalem. Dr. Haim briefed the

The White House reacted Wednesday to reports that it has offered Israel a deal, in which Jonathan Pollard would go free in exchange for the release of terrorist murderers in

US officials knew about the potential danger of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, according to a soon-to-be-released Congressional report – but a spelling error led them to miss his frequent

The latest impasse in the talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) is enough to cause U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to interrupt a visit to Italy to

A Ukrainian ultra-nationalist leader was shot dead on Tuesday, in what officials describe as a special forces operation. Oleksandr Muzychko, better known as Sashko Bily, died in a shoot-out with

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas launched a tirade against Israel on Tuesday, accusing the Jewish state of being responsible for the peace talks not progressing. Speaking at the Arab

The Rolling Stones, the iconic British rock band from the 1960s, announced plans on Tuesday to perform in Israel in June, confirming reports on the planned show from February. The

This week at Yeshiva University, a special ceremony was held in which hundreds of new rabbis were ordained at New York’s Yeshiva University. Watch the full video:

IDF forces discovered two explosives planted against the security fence on the border with Gaza on Tuesday, during routine activities in the area. The explosives were neutralized without causing any damage

Yariv Oppenheimer, director of the far-left group Peace Now, is in hot water for his Twitter comments on the IDF’s fatal shooting of an Arab terrorist last Wednesday. The terrorist,

At the same time that it is demanding a fourth and final release of terrorists and a Jewish construction freeze as “gestures” to extend the peace talks, the Palestinian Authority

Syria’s opposition called for “sophisticated” arms at an Arab summit in Kuwait Tuesday while Saudi Arabia stressed the need for a change in military balance to “end the impasse”.  

Death threats and anti-Semitic epithets were reportedly issued by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Michigan against students who oppose a resolution to divest from Israel. The Washington Free Beacon

Israel and Turkey will soon sign a compensation deal over the infamous “Mavi Marmara” incident according to Turkish officials. Nine Turkish Islamists were killed after violently attacking IDF soldiers during

Despite a European ban on Hezbollah’s “military wing”, the Hungarian ambassador to Lebanon recently paid a visit to a southern Lebanon “monument to jihad” belonging to the group. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar

The Palestinian Arabs are apparently on board with their leader’s demands that peace talks be extended in exchange for Israel releasing more terrorists, AFP reported on Monday. The report is

Hundreds of rabbis from across Europe gathered on Monday in Budapest, Hungary, for a memorial ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the murder of the Hungarian Jews by the Nazis.

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to extend peace talks with Israel, but only if certain conditions are met, a PA official told the Ma’an news agency on

Two more cousins of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have been killed in a town near Turkey, sources told Al Arabiya on Monday. The two cousins were identified as Ali and