A Salafi Muslim jihadist group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday morning’s rocket attack on the Israeli Red Sea resort city of Eilat. “The lions of the Mujahedeen Shura Council in the

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc is set to lead the negotiating team in talks with Israel next week and hopes to soon restore ties. Arinc told the Hebrew-language NRG

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee adopted on Tuesday a resolution which stipulates that the U.S. will assist Israel if it is forced to take action against Iran. The resolution,

The Pentagon has requested $220.3 million in 2014 to bolster Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system despite broader cuts to U.S. military spending, AFP reported on Tuesday, citing budget documents.

The Color Red rocket alert siren blared throughout the city of Eilat shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, sending residents racing for bomb shelters. Tourists and others throughout the Red

President Shimon Peres does not plan to seek another term in office, he told Israeli media outlets Tuesday night. “I will not seek to extend my term,” Peres said in

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday once again expressed his support for a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Arab conflict. Speaking during a reception for foreign diplomats in honor of

In a special video greeting in honor of Israel’s Independence Day, President Shimon Peres said on Monday that there have been “ongoing miracles” during the State of Israel’s 65 years

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said in an interview broadcast Tuesday on Voice of Israel public radio that the IDF has the ability to act on its

President Shimon Peres said on Monday that he does not regret the Oslo Accords, despite the fact that their signing brought about hundreds of Israeli victims who were killed in

U.S. President Barack Obama said he ordered the “full resources” of the federal government to respond to the Boston bombings on Monday, and that he also called for increased security

Egypt is largely responsible for helping to maintain the cease fire between Israel and Hamas terrorist-run Gaza, says an expert at Bar Ilan University’s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Egyptian

Thousands of people participated in an official ceremony in memory of the residents of Gush Etzion who fell before the establishment of the State. The event took place at the

Israelis made the annual abrupt jump from sorrow to joy Monday night, as Memorial Day concluded, and Yom Ha’atzma’ut (Independence Day) began. The main torch lighting ceremony opening Yom Ha’atzma’ut

About 1.5 million Israelis – almost 1/5 of the country’s citizens – are expected to visit Israel’s cemeteries Monday, in order to pay respects and remember the nation’s war dead,

A Muslim Swedish politician resigned from his post on Sunday after coming under intense scrutiny for holding anti-Semitic views. Omar Mustafa, head of Sweden’s Islamic Association, who was elected last

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said on Sunday that the IDF’s long arm can reach any place and any enemy. Speaking at the official ceremony marking the beginning of

Hizbullah is continuing to assist Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in his fight against the rebels. Over 1,000 members of the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group entered Syria in the past few

“Since our inception as a people, we had to fight for our freedom and our existence,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at a Sunday afternoon ceremony at Beit Yad Labanim

The UJA Federation of New York, considered to be the largest local philanthropy in the world, is in Israel with a 200-person delegation, to show support for the Jewish state

Germany is in talks with Israel to buy weaponized drones for its military that are seen as more technologically advanced than US-made ones, the weekly Der Spiegel reported. The news

The official ceremony marking Memorial Day for the IDF’s Fallen Soldiers, in which Israel remembers and honors its fallen soldiers, began Sunday evening at 8:00 p.m. at the Kotel. President

President Shimon Peres paid a condolence visit Sunday to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who is sitting shiva over his son, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef. “It is good to have a family like

Teen idol Justin Bieber faced withering criticism Sunday after he visited the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam and wrote that he hoped the Jewish girl who died in a Nazi

The UK Ministry of Defense has claimed that chemical weapons were used in the Syrian conflict, the British Times reported Saturday. Forensic evidence was collected after scientists analyzed soil smuggled

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas accepted on Saturday the resignation of his prime minister Salam Fayyad, AFP reports. Fayyad resigned after a weeks-long falling out Abbas, despite U.S. efforts for

Israel is preparing for one of the most emotionally charged weeks of the year: the week in which the Memorial Day for the IDF’s Fallen Soldiers and Independence Day are

Writing on his Facebook page, Minister of Finance Yair Lapid prepared Israelis for upcoming budget cuts. “Economies are changed in one day, or in three weeks,” he wrote. “First of

An initiative to bring Israel and six Arab countries’ ministers together under NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue group for the first time since 2008 has been nixed by Turkey and Egypt, Turkish

President Shimon Peres said that he believes that U.S. President Barack Obama will attack Iran’s nuclear facilities if diplomatic efforts fail. “I have no doubt that if diplomatic talks fail