Likud MK Moshe ‘Bogie’ Ya’alon, 62, has been appointed to be the country’s new defense minister as PM Binyamin Netanyahu assigned portfolios Sunday morning.  “In a period so critical to

Marina Solodkin, a Russian-Israeli politician and former MK for Yisrael Baaliyah, Likud and Kadima, was found dead of heart failure in her hotel room in Latvia Saturday evening. Born in

President Barack Obama welcomed the formation of a new government in Israel on Saturday, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with President Shimon Peres and told him that he has

A top Iranian military commander on Saturday told U.S. President Barack Obama that Tehran also had all of its “options on the table,” echoing a warning to the Islamic Republic

Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, on Saturday commemorated the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of its Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp, AFP reported. Around one thousand people walked

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Saturday evening with President Shimon Peres and told him that he has succeeded in putting together a governing coalition. “As you know, I have succeeded

The United States said it would bolster defenses against a possible North Korean missile strike a week after Pyongyang threatened a “pre-emptive” nuclear attack against the U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck

Egyptian authorities deported seven Palestinians to the Gaza Strip after they were detained for security reasons upon their arrival to Cairo airport, the state news agency said Saturday. It was

Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated in Cairo on Friday to press for the army to assume power in a country plagued by unrest and instability two years after a revolution which

A New York judge on Friday sentenced a young Algerian to 10 years in prison for conspiring to attack synagogues in the city, the Manhattan district attorney said, according to

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu conveyed the following message to the citizens of Israel, shortly before the Sabbath: Dear citizens of Israel, Congratulations, we have a new government. I thank you

Maariv reported Friday about a dramatic arrest operation in central Tel Aviv that netted a terror activist. Special Yamam police and Shin Bet forces cooperated in the operation. Intelligence regarding

The IDF worked quickly in the wake of Thursday night’s rock attack near Ariel. By Friday morning soldiers had arrested 10 suspects, all Palestinian Authority resident Arab men. The attack

A farmer from southern Israel has invented a product that could be a boon to lemon farmers worldwide. The invention prevents the spread of Mal secco, a fungal disease affecting

Iran is “over a year or so” from getting a nuclear bomb, U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 News on Thursday, a week before

IDF soldiers shot a Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist on Thursday evening, after he threw a firebomb at them near Nitzanei Oz in the Sharon region. The terrorist sustained moderate to

An Iranian fighter jet tried to intercept a U.S. Predator drone over the Gulf but backed off after encountering two American military aircraft, the Pentagon said Thursday, according to AFP.

During a meeting with the leaders of the Catholic Church in Poland at his Jerusalem residence Thursday, President Shimon Peres congratulated the new pope on being chosen for the office.

U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2 Thursday that he has no plan for pardoning Jonathan Pollard soon. “This is an individual who committed

With less than a week left until U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Israel for a visit, the Israel Police are preparing a huge force to keep him safe. About

Speaking at the 2013 Herzliya Conference Wednesday, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata told a packed auditorium that even if Iran acted rationally with nuclear weapons, Tehran would still

With all the kinks finally worked out, the new government is set to be sworn in on Monday. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will preside over a government of 22 ministers,

A new study has found an increased risk of heart problems in women who are treated for breast cancer with radiation therapy. The study, led by Dr. Sarah Darby of

With fame and fortune in sight, hundreds of Jewish men and boys have chosen to participate in the hottest singing competition reality series to showcase their vocal talents for a shot at

The United Nations has halted peacekeeping patrols in the Golan Heights amid fears that fallout from the Syrian war could cause more countries to withdraw from its force, diplomats said

Arab interior ministers gathered for a security meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday and accused Iran of supplying “logistic help to terrorist operations” in Bahrain and Yemen, AFP reported. In a

A new Sefer Torah (Torah scroll) was dedicated at the Western Wall in Jerusalem this past Tuesday, which was Rosh Chodesh Nissan. Arutz Sheva attended the dedication ceremony of the

The Roman College of Cardinals on Monday evening elected Jorge Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, as its new Pope. Bergoglio, who has taken the name Francis I for his

The IDF has received orders to dismantle the new communities of Ramat Migron and Oz Tzion by the beginning of next week – in preparation for the visit of U.S.

Hundreds of people took part in a special hike Tuesday in honor of Amir Mansouri, a young soldier from Kiryat Arba who died stopping a suicide bomber. Mansouri died in