The Hungarian government announced a deal Saturday with an American-based Holocaust restitution organization on reparations for Hungarian survivors living abroad, ending a year-long row over transparency and a freeze of
A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The airplane was coming in from Seoul,
Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich said on Saturday that the fall of Mohamed Morsi is a blow to Hamas, the islamist terror movement that rules Gaza. He noted, however, that
The IDF placed an Iron Dome anti-missile battery in the Carmel region near Haifa on Friday, Channel 2 News reported. Last week the system was deployed in the Haifa port
Britain has asked European Union foreign ministers to once again discuss putting Hizbullah’s so-called “military wing” on the EU terror list, diplomats said on Friday. Several weeks ago, a British
Explosions rocked several army ammunition depots in the western Syrian province of Latakia on Friday, possibly after they were targeted with rockets, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, according
10 people were killed on Friday and 210 wounded in clashes in Egypt involving opponents and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, the Egyptian Health Ministry said. Four people were
A Sinai-based jihadist group claimed on Friday that it had fired rockets on Thursday towards the Israeli Red Sea resort city of Eilat. The group, Jamaat Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, claimed
Nearly three quarters of Israelis think it will not be possible to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority even if stalled peace talks resume, a poll published on
Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday condemned the military intervention that toppled Egypt’s Islamist president Mohammed Morsi as an enemy of democracy, AFP reported. Erdogan chastised the West
An Israeli citizen was killed during a hit-and-run crash on the Sagamore Bridge in Bourne, southeast of Boston, on Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police said, according to Boston.com. The police on
Egypt’s new transitional government has received thanks from Rokaya Sadat, the daughter of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. “I thank the Egyptian people for the demonstrations of June 30 that
MK Moti Yogev (Bayit Yehudi) responded Thursday night to President Shimon Peres’ declaration that most Israeli citizens support the establishment of an Arab state in Judea, Samaria (Shomron) and Gaza.
The truck driver who caused a deadly collision in the city of Nesher in northern Israel will face seven counts of manslaughter. Five senior officials in the company that employed
President Shimon Peres on Thursday highlighted the relationship between Israel and the United States as Americans celebrate the 4th of July and, as is his custom, repeated his hopes for
At least one Egyptian soldier was killed and two were wounded as Islamist gunmen opened fire on the El Arish airport in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and at three military checkpoints
Senior Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) officials met in Riyadh on Thursday to coordinate sanctions in the six member states against Lebanon’s Shiite Hizbullah terror group over its support for the
Supporters and detractors of Israel were duking it out on the Facebook page of popular rhythm and blues artist Alicia Keyes, as she prepared for her concert Thursday night in
These organizations maintain their relationship with the soldiers throughout their military service and provide them with personal and financial support. The celebration took place at Gordon Beach in Tel Aviv
Israel is an island of stability in a turbulent region, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Netanyahu was speaking during a Fourth of July reception at the home of
Chief Justice Adly el-Mansour was officially sworn into office Thursday as the new transitional President of Egypt. First, however, he was sworn in as head of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court.
Israel is closely monitoring developments in Egypt as a new regime begins to take form following the military ouster of Muslim Brotherhood-backed President Mohamed Morsi. There has been no comment
If there’s one thing the Egyptian redux revolution proves, according to a top Russian politician, it’s that democracy is not a “one size fits all” system. In fact, said Alexei
With the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt once again on the run, or at least dethroned, Israeli officials are concerned that the more radical members of the group may decamp to
Israel is not connected in any way to the events in Egypt, but the events there have a major impact on Israel’s security – mostly because of the still-extant peace
Arab terrorists are attempting to take advantage of the chaos that inevitably follows a coup d’etat, but the Egyptian Army appears to have been prepared for that possibility. In a
Egypt’s army ousted and detained Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday after a week of deadly clashes and mass protests calling for him to go after a year in office.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem are launching a Joint Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree program in biomedical science beginning in August 2013. Prof.
Two suspects have been arrested on terror charges after having been accused of plotting to use explosive devices in British Columbia on “Canada Day” which fell on Monday, James Malizia
Pro-Israel advocacy and education group StandWithUs has launched an advertising campaign for the month of July on San Francisco’s Muni bus system to counter the latest round of anti-Israel ads. “Anti-Israel