With John Kerry’s diplomatic efforts stalling and the Palestinians proving far more resistant to making concessions than the United States expected, President Barack H. Obama has decided to take a

Torah Mitzion in North America held its annual Shabbaton (Shabbat retreat) last weekend, hosted by the Jewish community of Memphis, Tennessee. Around 40 shlichim (emissaries) of the organization were present

Arab MK Ibrahim Sarsour, Chairman of the Raam-Taal faction, published an announcement to the media on Tuesday, in which he reported on his meetings with jailed terrorists. Sarsour termed the

Defense Ministry Moshe Yaalon has come in for sharp criticism, after the State Attorney announced Tuesday to the Supreme Court that a large illegal Arab outpost that has sprung up

Hareidi leaders predict a huge turnout for a protest on Sunday in Jerusalem that they are calling “the million man protest.” The demonstration – prompted by a series of government

Ukraine interim President Olexander Turchynov warned Russia Thursday not to carry out any “military aggression” by moving troops from its Black Sea Fleet out of their naval base in Sevastopol.

Israeli troops along the border with Lebanon were on high alert Wednesday night after Hezbollah threatened action over what it said was an Israeli air raid, according to AFP and Army Radio. “The military ordered farmers

The Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that Israel has successfully completed tests of a new missile defense system for commercial aircraft and plans to start fitting it to its passenger fleet, according to AFP. 

Extreme leftist group Peace Now was forced to delete its Facebook page campaigning against rights group Honenu Wednesday, after it falsely accused a man of being a “terrorist.”   Honenu

Germany rejected a fresh Nazi-era reparation claim by a Greek city’s Jewish community, according to AFP, but offered the group cooperation on future projects. “With regard to issues of reparations, there are no new

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan came under fire on Tuesday over recordings of a series of conversations allegedly between him and his son, Bilal, were made public. The two

Two American lawmakers, Senator Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Congressman David McKinley (R-WV), visited Judea and Samaria on Monday, where they declared that “Israel is the most important friend of the

The inter-rebel war in Syria is heating up, after the leader of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel group in Syria on Tuesday gave rival jihadists an ultimatum to accept arbitration by clerics

Sinai-based terrorists on Tuesday night blew up a pipeline that transports gas to Jordan, security officials said, according to AFP. This is the fourth such attack this year in the

A senior official in the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Women’s Affairs has reported a rise of over 100% in the number of “honor killings” in 2013 compared to the

Hezbollah on Wednesday finally acknowledged the air strike which reportedly took out its missile convoy from Syria on Monday. The Lebanese based group blamed Israel for the strike, saying it

A senior member of the Palestinian Authority (PA) electricity committee on Wednesday morning denied talk of Israel cutting off power to the PA, given the PA’s 1.4 billion shekels ($400

A new poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Americans support ‘gay marriage.’ The group with the largest percentage expressing support was practicing Jewish Americans, 83% of whom came

Ukraine is on the brink of a possible civil war between those wishing to ally with the European Union (EU) and those wishing to remain a Russian proxy, but according to

Islamist terrorists murdered 59 middle school students in a pre-dawn attack Tuesday on a northeast Nigerian boarding school, authorities said. The terrorists, thought to be from barbaric Islamist organization Boko

Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur warned on Wednesday that Jordan might review a 1994 peace treaty with Israel after the Knesset began a debate on allowing Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, according

Police Commissioner Yochanan Danino ordered that an investigation be started over incitement attempts against Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett Wednesday, after a picture began making the rounds on social media

In response to the acts of vandalism in Tokyo that left 121 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” ripped and defaced, the Israeli embassy in Japan pledged

Amnesty International’s new report criticizing Israel, set to be released Thursday, is blatantly biased and aims to foment political warfare against the Jewish state, according to NGO Monitor. The Jerusalem-based

A single mother of three has come forward as the winner of last week’s lottery prize of four million shekels. The winner, who was not identified by name, is in

A record number of dentists from all around the US gathered in New Jersey on Monday to take the Israeli Dentistry Licensing Exam, in preparation for their aliyah (immigration) to

The ongoing battles between various crime gangs in Israel made the news again Tuesday with a grenade attack in the Petach Tikva market which injured five people. According to police

Alert yeshiva students prevented a bomb attack in Samaria (Shomron) on Monday. The students noticed a bomb that had been planted outside Homesh, an Israeli community that was demolished in

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced two Shu’afat residents Tuesday who are convicted of launching firebombs at police forces on the Temple Mount in March 2013.  The two were convicted after

A grenade was tossed in the Petah Tikva open air market (shuk) on Tuesday afternoon, hitting a currency exchange on Guttman street. The explosion wounded five people. Hatzalah and Magen