Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin as one of Israel’s “darkest moments”, during a Knesset memorial event this afternoon. “In 66 years of our
As international attention in Syria focuses on efforts to dismantle the Assad regime’s chemical weapons stockpile, British experts are warning of another, potentially more lethal threat. Experts from the Henry Jackson Society
Russian security officials say two radical Islamist terrorists arrested near a chemical weapons storage and disposal facility on Tuesday, were planning a lethal attack on the site aimed at causing maximum
At least 41 people have been killed in renewed clashes between Kurdish militias and Al Qaeda-linked terrorists. The clashes took place in the oil-rich Hasake province in northern Syria, according to the
After presenting its proposal to break the deadlock with world powers over its nuclear program, Iran on Tuesday held landmark talks with U.S. officials, reports AFP. Senior Iranian negotiator Abbas
A hareidi-religious political faction calling itself “Mothers for Elad” may make history if its female representatives are elected to the city council. The primary hareidi political factions – Shas and
U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah was in attendance on Tuesday at the BrainTech 2013 conference in Tel Aviv. BrainTech 2013 provides a forum for researchers from around the world to meet
Brigadier-General Motti Almoz has replaced Brigadier-General Yoav Mordechai as the chief spokesman of the IDF and head of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. The Spokesperson’s Unit is more involved than ever
Tuesday night, Palestinians Authority (PA) Arabs infiltrated the community of Einav in Northern Samaria (Shomron). Initial findings suggest the infiltrators had climbed over a fence. The PA Arabs were caught by soldiers
Two police officers were attacked Tuesday during the annual pilgrimage to the grave of the Biblical Matriarch Rachel.(Kever Rachel) Rachel, who features in the book of Genesis (Bereishit), was married
Chechnya’s President Ramzan Kadyrov announced last week the assassination of Rastom Saleef one of the most extremist Islamic fighters, by elite Chechen forces. Saleef, known by his fighting name, Abu Muslim al
Only days after the discovery of a “terror tunnel” in southern Israel dug by Gaza-based terrorists, Israeli security forces are working to demolish yet another similar tunnel early Tuesday morning. The latest tunnel
Two Turkish university students were arrested at the site of the Majdanik Death camp, after giving Nazi salutes to a group of Israeli students and shouting “Heil Hitler”. The two,
A Libyan Al-Qaeda suspect snatched from Tripoli by U.S. commandos and interrogated on an American warship has been brought to New York to face trial, a prosecutor said Monday, according
Ahead of a new round of talks in Geneva on Iran’s nuclear program, a U.S. official said Monday that a breakthrough will not happen quickly. “No one should expect a
Tens of thousands of Jews are flocking to Rachel’s Tomb on Monday night and are expected to continue to come to the site in large numbers throughout the day on Tuesday.
Swiss experts confirmed over the weekend that they had found traces of polonium on clothes belonging to former Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat. The experts said that the findings suggested
An American citizen who was arrested by Egyptian security forces in August in El Arish, in the Sinai Peninsula, has died in jail after apparently committing suicide. James Henry Lunn, a
Facebook will acquire Israeli startup Onavo, which developed an application to help users save money on internet data connection charges. The deal is said to be worth up to $200
After a long break, the Knesset went back to work Monday for its winter session. Opening the session was Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who spoke from the podium about a
Jerusalem’s incumbent mayoral candidate, Nir Barkat, is a born-and-bred Jerusalemite. A successful businessman, Barkat first ran in the Jerusalem mayoral race in 2003, losing narrowly to hareidi candidate Uri Lupoliansky. He
What looks to be a dry ice explosion in a bathroom cubicle in Los Angeles Airport has caused delays to flights as a police investigation gets underway. NBC reports that the
Russia was set to mark Monday the 70th anniversary of a revolt at the Sobibor death camp led by a Red Army officer, the biggest and most successful prisoner escape
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that six of its aid workers and a member of the Syrian Red Crescent had been kidnapped by gunmen in Syria,
In his Friday sermon, an imam at the Palestinian Al-Yarmouk camp south of Damascus gave local residents permission to eat dead cats and dogs. The camp has been under siege
Two car bombs exploded on Sunday near Syria’s state television headquarters in central Damascus, the state news agency SANA reported. The agency said the building located at the Syrian capital’s
Four men have been arrested in London in a counter-terrorism operation, the Metropolitan Police have said, according to the BBC. Scotland Yard said they were held under the Terrorism Act
Iran plans to send yet another monkey into space…that is, assuming the last monkey sent into space wasn’t a fake. According to Press TV, the Deputy Head of the Iran
Transport Minister Yisrael Katz has decided to name a planned new major entrance road to Jerusalem after Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ztz”l, who passed away last week. The new road, currently
The Ministerial Law Committee on Sunday approved for a Knesset vote legislation that would increase the penalties imposed for those who attempt to deny women their rights in public spaces.