US lobbying group J Street has once again thrown its weight behind the Obama administration and the Palestinian Authority, urging Israel to drop demands for the PA to recognize the

Jerusalem prosecutors on Sunday filed an indictment against Aziz Awisat, a terrorist who carried out several attacks against Israelis. Most recently he was involved in attempts to cause gas explosions

At least one person has been killed and fourteen wounded in the Lebanese capital Beirut, in overnight gun battles between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The initial

American officials are very concerned that the talks between Israel and Palestinian Authority could break down totally. The two sides are deadlocked, and no progress has been made for weeks,

Hundreds of Israelis, including many journalists, have been threatened – allegedly by Hamas – in the past several hours via text messages.  Among other things, the messages include warnings that

Russian forces stormed one of the last remaining Ukrainian air bases in Crimea on Saturday, taking it over after at tense standoff, according to video footage.  As of late Saturday

Further details have emerged about the IDF raid in Jenin on Saturday in which two terrorists were killed, among them one of Hamas’s high-ranking officials.  The operation in Jenin on

Hareidi soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda Battalion – part of the Nahal Hareidi unit – were vital to the IDF’s raid on a wanted Hamas terror cell in Jenin on

A Jewish teacher was savagely beaten by a group of Arab men in a brutal anti-Semitic attack in Paris, according to the Bureau for National Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA). The

Three Palestinian Arabs were killed in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Jenin in Samaria (Shomron) early on Saturday after Israeli soldiers launched an operation to arrest a terrorist, Palestinian Authority

Economics Minister and Jewish Home Chairman Naftali Bennett strongly condemned the ongoing media and political tirade against Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who is under fire for criticizing the US’s policy

IDF soldiers were forced to shoot two Palestinian Arab rioters near the Gaza border fence late Friday, according to AFP, after they attempted to infiltrate Israel. “Ten Palestinians rioted adjacent to

Chairman of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas briefed officials in Ramallah on Saturday about the progress of ongoing peace talks with Israel.  Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina stated at Saturday’s briefing that

More members of Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders’ party abandoned his party on Saturday amid an unprecedented storm of protest after he vowed “fewer Moroccans’ in the Netherlands.    

The head of the IDF’s Southern Command promised on Friday that the IDF would locate and destroy all of Hamas’s terror tunnels. Speaking hours after the IDF confirmed that it

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) reported that roughly half of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal has been removed from the war-torn nation. The announcement came the same

The United States is dissatisfied with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s clarification that he had not meant to insult the U.S. “We still have remaining concerns about Ya’alon’s pattern of behavior,”

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Friday congratulated the Iranian people on the occasion of the Nowruz holiday, the Iranian new year, wishing them continued prosperity and progress. Abbas

Turkey’s banning of Twitter was met with harsh criticism by the United States on Friday, AFP reported. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the order to prevent Turks from accessing

Russia on Friday accepted the deployment of an international monitoring team to Ukraine that officials said will have free access to regions throughout the country, The Associated Press (AP) reported.

Some 100 Palestinian Arabs tried to disrupt the annual Jerusalem Marathon on Friday, the Israel Police told AFP. “Around 100 demonstrators holding Palestinian flags tried, at two separate parts of

As events in Ukraine continue to escalate, the country’s roughly 60,000-strong Jewish community has been feeling the pressure. Already suffering from high levels of anti-Semitism and, in many cases, from

The Ministry for Immigration and Absorption will be launching a special program in the US on Sunday – the “Return Home” Project – encouraging Israeli emigrants to return to their

The United States and Britain on Thursday called for a UN investigation of Israel’s interception of an Iranian shipment of rockets headed for Gaza, according to The Associated Press (AP). UN

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday slapped sanctions on top Russian officials, and Russian President Vladimir Putin retaliated by hitting top U.S. officials with sanctions of his own. Fox News

Turkey has reportedly blocked access to popular social network site Twitter, just hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened he would do so. Reuters reported that Twitter users in

Roland Kimeli Kurgat, a 28-year-old from Kenya, has been named the winner of Friday’s Jerusalem marathon, completing the 26 miles in just two hours and 16 minutes. Kurgat’s time beats

As events in Ukraine continue to escalate, the country’s roughly 60,000-strong Jewish community has been feeling the pressure. Already suffering from high levels of anti-Semitism and, in many cases, from

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, denied the Holocaust Friday in a speech honoring the Iranian New Year, Norwuz.  “In European countries, no one dares to

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has made it abundantly clear in recent months that not only does it not recognize Israel as the Jewish state — it doesn’t recognize Israel’s existence