The United States gave Israel notification on Friday, August 30, that it is about to launch a military strike against Syria within 24 to 48 hours, Israel’s Channel 2 reported

Supporters and opponents of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have called for rival demonstrations on Sunday, after the deadliest violence in weeks left four people dead Friday. Al Jazeera reported

U.S. President Barack Obama says U.S. intelligence estimates show Iran is “a year or more away” from building a nuclear weapon. In an interview with the Associated Press, Obama acknowledged

Israel is negotiating an unlikely diplomatic alliance with several Gulf and Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, to deal with Iran’s nuclear program, Channel 2 has reported. High-profile Israeli and Gulf

The White House envisions a “confidence-building” process with Iran that would involve Iran’s revelation of the pace and scope of its nuclear program, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reiterated on Friday he would take a phone call from Iran’s president, if he called, but warned that he would have tough words for him. “We’re

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, during his visit to the United States this past week, that the peace talks with the Palestinian Authority are going nowhere. According to a report

The Obama administration’s efforts to pressure Iran, Syria and others are inhibited by the government shutdown, White House press secretary Jay Carney suggested Friday. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday warned the world not to be tempted by the moderate rhetoric coming out of Iran in recent months. Speaking upon his return to Israel

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement calling on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to immediately rescind its recently adopted resolution against circumcision. On Tuesday the European Council rendered circumcision

A majority of Israelis would support unilateral military action against Iran, according to a poll published Friday, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said his government was ready to act alone. Some 65.6 percent

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said Friday morning that he has not yet decided whether he will run for re-election next year, the Associated Press reported.  Interviewed by Turkey’s Halk TV, Assad stressed that

Israel plans to run for a rotating seat on the UN Security Council for the time ever for 2019-2020, its envoy said on Thursday. “We’re going all out to win,”

Dozens of “Women of the Wall ‘ arrived at the Kotel, (Western Wall) Friday morning to celebrate the new Hebrew month of Cheshvan. The women did not pray at the ‘Israel Plaza’

There was a sharp rise in the number of terror attacks in Israel in September, compared to the previous month, according to the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency). The Shin

Russian embassy staff in Libya have been evacuated following an attack Wednesday on its Tripoli compound. The Russian Foreign Ministry said its embassy in Tripoli had been attacked last night by a “group of militants” after Russian

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu mixed in a couple of expressions in Farsi, in an interview on BBC Persian Thursday aimed at the Iranian people. Speaking with conviction, Netanyahu said: “I

As the bloody stalemate between government and rebel forces rages on in Syria, a rebel battalion east of the capital Damascus has claimed it managed to down an unmanned drone. In

Thousands of people gathered on Wednesday evening at the Binyanei HaUma in Jerusalem for the “One State for One Nation” convention. Arutz Sheva was there. The participants, which included the

Unknown gunmen attacked the Russian embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported. The sound of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades could be heard around the

A suicide bomber drove a vehicle filled with explosives into the headquarters of a rival terrorist commander in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, government officials say.  Gunmen first fired shots at the commander’s compound

The large-scale draft of young hareidi men the government is planning has numerous ramifications that legislators are only now starting to grapple with. Among those: The fate of women in

A joint US-Australian citizen has been jailed for 18 years for his part in an Al Qaeda fundraising ring. Between the years 2007 and 2009, 37 year-old Sabirhan Hasanoff helped funneled around $67,000

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is returning to Israel from his US trip with a feeling of satisfaction, that he has succeeded in delivering to the world – and especially to

Following the speech made by Binyamin Netanyahu to the United Nations General Assembly, White House Spokesman Jay Carney has said in a press briefing, that the US administration understands Israeli

The United Nations says around 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in the month of September alone. So far this year, 5,740 people have been killed in the violence. Aside from the deaths last month, 2,000 people

At least 115,206 people have been killed in Syria’s devastating 30-month conflict, most of them fighters from both sides, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. “The Syrian Observatory for Human

One of the largest terrorist groups operating in the Sinai Peninsula has joined Al-Qaeda. The group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (“The Army of Islam in the Beit Al-Makdas Region”), has announced

The fight against Brit mila: Following proposals of a law to the Swedish parliament that would outlaw brit mila, (Jewish ritual circumcision) Rabbi Shniur Kasselman of the Malmo community, says

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged the world to maintain pressure on Iran over its nuclear program in a speech Tuesday to the United Nations. Diplomacy can work, he said, but only