The United States and its European partners on Thursday made a fresh appeal for European banks and businesses to invest in Iran now that most of the sanctions against the

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Two leftist Brazilian senators compared Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to Brazil’s political environment in light of President Dilma Rousseff’s suspension as part of an

Russia’s security chief on Thursday said his agency has tracked down a group working to prepare “Paris-style” attacks in big Russian cities, The Associated Press reported. Alexander Bortnikov, the head

Former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has roundly condemned the reported agreement between the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties, to include provisions for implementing the death penalty for terrorists as part

Duvi Honig, founder and director of the Jewish Chamber of Commerce (OJChambrer.com), held a lengthy meeting yesterday at Trump Tower in Manhattan with Jason Dov Greenblatt, Executive Vice President and

Belgian cabinet minister and animal welfare minister Ben Weyts on Tuesday called for a complete ban on the ritual slaughter of animals. The decision will have a huge impact on

For the record: Zionism is simply the belief in the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland, Israel. Apparently though, some people (though not all), clearly believe otherwise.

Lipa Schmelczer is one of the Jewish music world’s best known – and most colorful – artists. A member of the extremely conservative and insular Skver hassidic sect, Schmelczer, it’s fair

Jerusalem prosecutors filed an indictment against a rabbi who served as a mashgiach at a yeshiva in the city, for a series of rapes carried against a number of female

In an interview with CNN on Thursday, democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton said that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is not qualified to president. Her reasons included Trump’s plan to bar

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog on Thursday evening blasted what he called “gangs from Judea and Samaria” who, he claimed, had prevented Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from going forward with an

Despite earlier reports, search crews have not found wreckage from EgyptAir flight MS804, which crashed early Thursday morning in what could be a terrorist attack, CNN reported. EgyptAir’s Vice Chairman Ahmed Adel

He was an outspoken politician with little military experience, appointed by a rival and promising to bring a new approach. Current and former officials at the Defense Ministry called his

Belgium has turned down a request for financial assistance from the daughters of an Israeli couple killed in an attack a year ago on the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Shira

Yisrael Beytenu chairperson Avigdor Liberman’s imminent entry to the coalition government has been evoking varied responses in Israel. According to a Knesset Channel Poll released on Thursday, 52% of respondents said that

Israel is expected to finally ratify a deal to put a major offshore gas field online, the energy ministry announced, after a compromise was reached with the US-led consortium of

Three swastikas were found painted on walls in a Rio de Janeiro neighborhood most heavily populated with middle-class and elderly Jews. The president of the Rio Jewish federation, Paulo Maltz,

Greek TV has released the first pictures of debris from EgyptAir flight MS804, which crashed early Thursday morning in what is looking increasingly like a terrorist attack. Greek emergency teams discovered

OneFamily, an organization that assists families and victims of terror, met on Monday with the family of Amin Shaban, the Bedouin taxi driver murdered in January’s terrorist attack in Tel

Coalition drama continues: Yisrael Beytenu MK Orly Levy-Abekasis announced her resignation from the party Thursday afternoon, accusing party leaders of abandoning social issues in their pursuit of a deal to enter the

Vandals knocked over and smashed 14 headstones at Blackly Jewish Cemetery in Greater Manchester on Wednesday. Police called the criminal attack “disgusting” with clear racial motivation: “This is a sickening

An American man on a Birthright Israel trip killed himself, the Birthright Israel organization said. The visitor to Israel was found dead in a hotel room Wednesday morning, Birthright Israel

Members of the Likud-affiliated Lavi student society at Haifa University sought to wave Israeli flags and counter-protest a Nakba Day ceremony held on campus by members of the Arab student groups this Sunday.

Israeli economists warn the country could be on the verge of a recession, following surprisingly slow GDP growth in the first quarter of 2016. Despite predictions by the Finance Ministry

In response to speculation of a portfolio shakeup caused by Yisrael Beytenu’s anticipated imminent entry into the coalition, Jewish Home on Thursday issued a statement revealing it doesn’t intend to change

Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, one of the leaders of the nationalist Otzma Yehudit party, on Thursday issued criticism of the exuberance of the political right-wing over Yisrael Beytenu head MK Avigdor

Israeli Security Agency (ISA) and police forces on Wednesday night raided the town of Yitzhar in Samaria and issued administrative distancing orders on two minors and two adults studying at

Following Wednesday’s meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman sat down for the first day of formal coalition negotiations. Senior officials in both the Likud and

A number of Arab Israeli businesses are demanding an exemption from laws prohibiting the import of non-kosher meat, and have turned to the Supreme Court, calling for the restrictions to

EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar early Thursday morning. Egyptian officials believe that the a mid-air explosion cause the plane to crash into the Mediterranean. Egypt’s