Recent rocket attacks on southern Israel have prompted the defense establishment to redeploy the Iron Dome anti-missile batteries in the region, for the first time since the counter-terrorist Operation Pillar

U.S. President Barack Obama is not bluffing when he says he will stop Iran’s nuclear program, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday. Speaking after a meeting with Israeli

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz promised at the March of the Living on Monday that the IDF would ensure that there will never be another Holocaust. “Today, at the

Iraq has executed seven people convicted of terror-related offenses, an official said on Monday, despite widespread calls for the country to declare a moratorium on its use of the death

At least 25 were killed and 45 others were wounded Monday in central Damascus after a car bomb exploded between the Saba’a Bahrat Square and Shahbander Street. A number of

Official Israel reacted with sadness Monday to news of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. “Today I mourn the passing of Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher,” Prime

Just a week after Cairo resumed tourist flights from Tehran after more than 30 years, Egypt has already suspended them until June. Tourism Minister Hesham Za’azoua gave no reason for

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Jerusalem ahead of ongoing talks with Israeli officials. “I believe if we can address

An NGO called “Spring for Holocaust Survivors” organized a march Sunday dedicated to Holocaust survivors, in order to let them “know we have not forgotten them.” The organizers said that

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks is set to publish more than 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic and intelligence documents from the 1970s, founder Julian Assange revealed. The website has collated a variety of

Hamas security forces in Gaza have been rounding up young men and forcing them to get haircuts on grounds of inappropriate hairstyles. Some of the youths have even been beaten

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to head the UK government, has died at the age of 87. Thatcher led the Conservative Party served from 1979 to 1990.

The leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has urged rebels to fight to establish an Islamic state in Syria, AFP reported. The message came in an online audio

Jordanian security forces arrested several youths who are suspected of attacking Israeli internet sites as part of the large scale cyber attack on Israel declared by the group called Anonymous. In

The Syrian government has withdrawn large numbers of troops from the Golan Heights, in a move that has cast doubt over the future of a UN peacekeeping force on the

Soldiers from the IDF’s Kfir Brigade arrested a Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist, who was carrying four firebombs and three improvised explosive devices, at the Hawara checkpoint near Shechem on Sunday

Israeli government web sites came under heavy attack by anti-Israel hackers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sunday afternoon. However, the hackers failed to bring down any Israeli sites, the

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni announced Sunday that she would sponsor a law that would provide free legal help to Holocaust survivors who are seeking to reclaim property or benefits they

Top IDF brass, led by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, arrived in Poland on Sunday, in preparation for a tour of the death camps, and for participation in the March of

President Shimon Peres said in his speech at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem Sunday that the neo-Nazi movements raising their heads in Europe are both “ridiculous” and dangerous.

More than 100 people in Mitzpeh Yericho, south of Jerusalem, held a rally Saturday night protesting the government’s silence in wake of the desecration of a local study hall and

The archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, has expressed opposition to suggestions of adding Jewish and Muslim high holidays to the list of official Austrian holidays. “Both the Jewish and the Muslim

The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, revealed Sunday that its operatives exposed a Hamas-linked terrorist cell in March. Members of the cell have been arrested. The terror cell was

A report released by Tel Aviv University on Sunday has noted a 30 percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide in 2012. The report, issued as the Jewish nation commemorates Holocaust

The central theme for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, 2013, is Defiance and Rebellion in the Holocaust. This year, the ceremony will mark 70 years since the Warsaw ghetto

The Hamas terror organization has accused Western and Arab spy agencies on Saturday of operating in Gaza , claiming it has obtained a list of alleged collaborators. “The Gaza Strip

President Barack Obama will host leaders from key US allies Jordan, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks amid turmoil in Syria, the White House said

Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmud Abbas may fire Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, a Fatah member said, as the party criticized the premier’s government as being “improvised and confused.” Abbas “is

The hackers’ group Anonymous said Saturday that its planned attack on Israel has begun and will intensify Sunday. One of its prime targets is a website for an NGO that

Iran and world powers once again failed on Friday to reach a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear crisis, AFP reports. The latest talks in Kazakhstan saw Tehran being criticized for