Bayit Yehudi Chairman and Economics Minister, Naftali Bennett, called Saturday for construction in Judea and Samaria to proceed even after negotiations with the Palestinian Authority (PA) are launched. “Our insistence on

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon reacted to news of the impending renewal of negotiations with the Palestinian Authoruty, painting the development as a success story. “We arrive at the negotiations with

Britain on Friday announced it was revoking export licenses for equipment used by Egypt’s military and police amid concerns it could be used against protesters, AFP reported. The licenses concerned

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton on Friday warmly welcomed an agreement in principle on a resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, praising the “courage” of both

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s plan to get Israel and the Palestinian Authority talking again involves getting Israel to release hundreds of terrorist prisoners, a PA official said on

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday the resumption of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. “I’m pleased to announce that we’ve reached an agreement that

The Egyptian army has blocked streets leading to the Republican Guard House in Cairo, to stop supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi from reaching the building, Al Arabiya reported Friday.

The director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines on Friday defended his company’s decision to discriminate against Israeli citizens by refusing to fly them from U.S. airports even when passengers are

After Israel gave its consent last week to allow Egyptian military forces into Sinai in order to pursue Islamists, the IDF has placed an Iron Dome battery near Eilat. Last

In a gala event attended by some 30,000 people, with parades, fireworks, music, and speeches by world leaders – including U.S. President Barack H. Obama – the 19th Maccabiah Games

US Secretary of State John Kerry was preparing to leave the Middle East on Friday as Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders rejected his plan to resume the stalled peace talks. The

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad recently transferred two shipments of chemical weapons to Lebanon-based Hizbullah, the Syrian rebels are claiming. Fahad al Masri, a spokesman for the Western-backed Free Syrian Army,

Iran’s “moderate” President-elect thinks that the idea of Israel attacking his country is a funny one. In a speech he made this past Monday, Hassan Rouhani grinned widely in response

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two Qassam rockets at southern Israel on Thursday evening. Shortly after 10:00 p.m., residents of the Eshkol Regional Council heard the “Red Alert” siren, before

While US Secretary of State has spent the last few days pushing for renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and as the European Union places pressure on

Fatah – the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the dominant faction within the PA – has effectively torpedoed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s plan for restarting negotiations

Three children have died in Israel so far this summer because they were accidentally left in hot cars by harried parents who forgot they were there. But while the Knesset has

Over 9,500 athletes from 78 countries will gather in Jerusalem Thursday night for the opening of the 19th Maccabiah Games. This will be the biggest Maccabiah in history, with contests

Three unique public buildings, the first of their kind ever found in the Judea area, have been unearthed by Hebrew University and Archaeology Authority archaeologists in the past year, it

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that his intense diplomacy in six visits to the Middle East was bearing fruit and narrowing gaps between Israel and the Palestinian

A senior Syrian official has been shot dead in the southern Lebanese town of Sarafand Mohammed Darrar Jamo, a high-profile advocate for the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was shot

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Amman Tuesday for talks with Arab officials in his sixth visit to the region since taking office. He is not expected to

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has suffered a significant blow after sources close to its leadership confirmed the death of Said al-Shihri in a drone strike. The Yemen-based branch

Unidentified armed Syrians infiltrated an unmanned Israeli army post in the Tel Faris area of the southern Golan Heights Tuesday night. It is believed they may have been radical Islamist

One Egyptian army officer died and five soldiers were wounded Wednesday in ongoing battles with Arab terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula. With the agreement of Israel, Egypt has increased its

The first Egyptian Cabinet since the overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was sworn in on Tuesday, as the Muslim Brotherhood from which the ousted president hails rejected its legitimacy.

Iranian president-elect Hasan Rouhani has sent messages to Syria’s Bashar Assad and Hizbullah reaffirming his support for the two allies, as well as his support of confrontation with Israel. Iranian-Syrian

Two Arabs stabbed a hareidi-religious man near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on Tuesday evening. Jerusalem Police believe that the stabbing is nationalistically motivated. A team of Magen David Adom

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denounced on Tuesday the new guidelines of the European Union, which forbid its member states from cooperating, transferring funds, giving scholarships or research grants to bodies

Fire was opened at an IDF patrol near Tel Fares in the southern Golan Heights on Tuesday night, after the troops identified two Syrians who entered an abandoned military outpost