The Palestinian Authority is fuming after Canada’s Foreign Minister, John Baird, met Israel’s Justice Minister Tzipi Livni in her eastern Jerusalem office this week. Such a move is normally avoided

Jordanian parliamentarians are calling for the release of a terrorist who in 1997 murdered seven Israeli students from the same school during a school trip. 110 out of 150 Jordanian

The ongoing civil war in Syria spilled into Israeli territory again on Friday evening. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement that , shortly after 8:00 p.m., a barrage

Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb the United States embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue and other targets in Istanbul, Turkish

Rabbi Yaakov Chai Yosef, head of Beit Midrash Chazon Yaakov, rabbi of the Givat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem and son of Shas’s spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, passed away on

U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday that he believed there was a “window of opportunity” to kickstart the Middle East peace process, after a trip to the region by Secretary

President Barack Obama authorized the release of as much as $10 million in additional aid to rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, as calls continued for

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a special video greeting on Thursday ahead of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 65th Independence Day which will be celebrated on Tuesday. “65 years ago we celebrated

Imagine a conference where the master of ceremonies is a 29 year old young woman with Down Syndrome, known for her interviews with key persons such as President Shimon Peres, and you will understand why

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon visited the Military Intelligence (MI) Directorate Tuesday and met with the Director of the MI Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi. “We are in a period of

Increasing aggressive North Korean rhetoric has prompted the Pentagon to decide to deploy a high-profile missile-defense system on the island of Guam. The Defense Department announced Wednesday that it would soon move the

Israel and Turkey may have buried the hatchet, but Israeli tourists aren’t rushing back to Turkey’s famed “all inclusive” resorts. A poll conducted on behalf of Globes daily business newspaper

Negotiators are stalled in talks over inspection of sites where chemical weapons are stored in Syria, according to a source close to the situation. Last month Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Hours after the Al Qaeda terror organization confirmed that the Syrian Al-Nusra Front group is a member of its international network, the head of Al-Nusra pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda chief

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird hailed his country’s “special friendship” with Israel in Jerusalem talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. The two officials “reaffirmed the close and special

The planned U.S. budget for the coming year, which was announced by President Barack Obama on Wednesday, maintains and even increases the American defense aid to Israel, Channel 10 News

Nautical archaeologists have reported the discovery of a “monumental” conical stone pile built of large, natural, unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders, on the floor of the Sea of Galilee. The

A rare find in Jerusalem: archaeologists have uncovered a ritual pool from the Second Temple era near a highway construction site. The discovery came during excavations carried out in advance

Japan is preparing for a potential North Korean nuclear missile attack – or a missile test.  Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera ordered installation of a Patriot anti-missile defense missile battery on

An Israeli Arab man from Taibe has been arrested for illegally entering Syria and fighting with the Global Jihad rebel group. The man, 28-year-old Hakhmat Othman Hassin Matsarwa, entered Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has decided to postpone his much-publicized visit to Gaza, planned for this month. The Turkish leader reportedly changed his scheduled at the request of

Israel is set to send warships to the eastern Mediterranean for a joint military exercise with Cyprus, according to a report which appeared in the Cypriot Fileleftheros daily on Tuesday

U.S. Secretary John Kerry on Tuesday wrapped up three days of what he termed “very constructive” talks with Israeli and Palestinian Authority leaders, AFP reported. Speaking to reporters shortly before

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s famous “red line” speech in the United Nations helped to slow Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Post said in an editorial Tuesday. The latest round of

Bahrain on Tuesday became the first Arab country to blacklist Hizbullah as a terrorist organization, the Al Arabiya network reports. The move came a week after the Bahraini parliament voted

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird met on Tuesday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres in talks that Israel and Canada said were ‘positive.’ The talks, Netanyahu and

An earthquake struck Iran on Tuesday afternoon, Iranian media outlets have reported. The 6.3 quake was centered about 100 kilometers ( 63 miles) south of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

An explosive charge blew up Tuesday morning near an IDF force operating next to the perimeter security fence at southern Gaza. No one was hurt. A bulldozer was slightly damaged.

Israel’s Housing Minister Uri Ariel on Tuesday announced that 50 new homes would be built in eastern Jerusalem to house Holocaust survivors. “These 50 homes, which will be added to those

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has chosen Prof. Alexander Levitzki of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as the winner of its 2013 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry