Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Sunday with prime minister Rami Hamdallah in a new bid to defuse a political crisis that prompted the premier to submit

A wedding singer from Gaza on Saturday became the first Palestinian Authority Arab to win Arab Idol, in a contest which has captivated millions of viewers, Al Jazeera reported. Mohammed

Economics Minister and Bayit Yehudi party head Naftali Bennett told the Washington Post Friday that Israel “will not allow itself to be threatened by a maniacal regime that holds nuclear

Michael Itzkovich, 57, from the community of Lapid in central Israel, died Friday after being bitten by a snake on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). He had

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned the international community not to be fooled by Iran’s new “moderate” president. Speaking to the Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth on Thursday, Netanyahu said that the

Any construction currently taking place in Judea and Samaria is based on plans that were approved long ago and not on any new bids, Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi)

A new law passed by the Hamas government in Gaza banning co-ed schools has left many Christians fearful that their schools are in danger of closure, according to the Beirut-based

The newly-appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is likely to withdraw his resignation after meeting with Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, a senior official said Friday, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma’an

A 32-year-old father of three was killed on Friday afternoon after falling into a pit of water in Gush Etzion. The man and his three children were visiting an archaeological

Two planes came dangerously close to each other in the air over New York City last week, NBC 4 New York has learned. The near-miss at 3:45 p.m. on June

The European Union failed on Thursday to blacklist Hizbullah as a terrorist group, fearing that such a move would lead to instability in Lebanon and the Middle East, Al Arabiya

Yair Lapid spoke to the Washington Post this week, in an interview that focused on the chances of peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. “The most important thing is

A civilian guard shot a Jewish man at the Kotel (Western Wall) on Friday morning. Paramedics attempted to revive the man for 20 minutes, but were ultimately forced to declare

Former President Jimmy Carter is spearheading an effort to convince the United States to weaken sanctions on terrorist groups, The Hill reported.   Carter and other foreign policy experts sent

An estimated one million people protested in the streets of Brazil on Thursday. The rally was the country’s largest yet as protests continued to grow despite government concessions. The government

Israel wants peace, but it is not willing to sacrifice its security for it, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday evening at the closing session of the Presidential Conference.

Israel evacuated a Syrian wounded in that country’s civil war for treatment in Israel on Thursday evening, hours after the war once again spilled over into Israel. Yael Shavit, a

Lockheed Martin Aircraft Industries has announced that Israel will be the first nation to receive its F-35 stealth fighter jets, the most expensive weapon in U.S. history. The company’s vice

After just two weeks on the job, new Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has had enough – and on Thursday, he tendered his resignation to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas.

A London man broke into a Hachnasas Sefer Torah procession this Sunday, driving his car into the Jewish gathering. The Hachnasas Sefer Torah was held on Sunday in Stamford Hill,

Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Bnei Brak and noted for continuing Jewish education activities despite a ban under Communist rule, passed away on Tuesday at age 84. Rabbi

The United States has praised Israel for its efforts to battle human trafficking in the 2013 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released Wednesday by Secretary of State John Kerry. The report

Russia says it will honor its contract to sell its powerful S-300 ant-missile defense system to Syria. But Moscow has yet to set an actual timeline on delivery of the

The civil war in Syria once again spilled into Israel on Wednesday night, as a mortar shell that was fired during the fighting between President Bashar Al-Assad’s and rebels exploded

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said he supports U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to revive peace talks with Israel, AFP reported. During a meeting with EU

The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) reported on Wednesday that chemical weapons had been used in a Damascus town by Hizbullah terrorists and forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad. According

US Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Friday on a 12-day trip during which he will return to the Middle East, hold high-level talks in Southeast Asia and make his

North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” to his top officials on the occasion of his birthday celebration last January, urging them to

Israel is to export only 40 percent of the natural gas it extracts from newly discovered gas fields off its Mediterranean coast, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. “The

A group of Syrian rebels claims it killed four Hizbullah terrorists across the border in Lebanon this week. The “Syrian Mujahedeen Unit” posted a video on the Internet Tuesday, featuring