A quick IDF operation led to the arrest of two Arabs who fired shots at the kibbutz (cooperative community) of Migdal Oz in the Etzion Bloc Saturday night. The shots
Lebanon is supplying the armed forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with explosives, a Lebanese MP has charged. Lebanon’s Future bloc MP Khaled Daher revealed at a news conference Saturday
The Islamization of Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood-backed regime of President Mohamed Morsi continues, with a Cairo court this weekend ordering a TV channel off the air that broadcasts belly dance clips.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) embarked on a trip to the Middle East on Saturday, in a visit that could do much to bolster the possible 2016 presidential candidate’s foreign policy
US President Barack Obamas spent $102,000 in taxpayer dollars on his dog handler last year. But a UK newspaper has targeted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for spending less than $2,700
For the first time, Syrian refugees have received medical treatment in an Israel hospital, including one in critical condition who was taken directly into surgery upon reaching the hospital. All
The European Union on Saturday called on Israel to respect its human rights obligations towards Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist prisoners, saying it was concerned about the condition of four detainees
Egypt will arm low ranking policemen with pistols, a security source said on Saturday, after they held protests demanding weapons and better work conditions amid a spike in violent crime,
The State Prosecutor is considering making public the report which determined that “Prisoner X” Ben Zygier committed suicide while in prison, it was reported on Saturday night. The report in
The European Union is unlikely to designate Hizbullah a terrorist organization, despite the fact that its member Bulgaria has fingered the group as being behind the attack in Burgas last
Israel allowed five Syrian civilians into its territory through its border with Syria on Saturday. The group showed up in the early afternoon at the border fence in the northern
Unidentified vandals caused damage to the tomb of Second Temple era sage Yonatan Ben Uziel Saturday. The tomb is located near Amuka, in the vicinity of Tzfat, in the Upper Galilee.
Pro-Israel media activist group HonestReporting Canada welcomed news on Saturday that global satellite communication provider Intelsat had removed Iran’s state-funded propaganda mouthpiece PressTV from its broadcast platform in Canada and
US astronomers looking for life in the solar system believe that Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, which has an ocean, is much more promising than desert-covered Mars, which
Seven Syrians hurt in battles between Syrian army forces and rebels were taken to the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed Saturday. One of the men
Dozens of people were wounded on Friday afternoon, as Palestinian Authority Arabs around Judea and Samaria staged solidarity events for terrorist prisoners held by Israel and on hunger strike, challenging
The West plans to offer to ease sanctions barring trade in gold and other precious metals with Iran in return for Iranian steps to shut down the Fordow uranium enrichment
Israel has been holding secret negotiations with the Hamas terror movement since the end of its Operation Pillar of Defense, Channel 2 News reported on Friday. According to the report,
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov reiterated on Friday his belief that two of the attackers in the July 2012 bombing in Burgas are part of the Hizbullah terror group, the
A meteorite shower hit Russia early Friday morning. Meteorite fragments hit the Urals region, 900 miles east of Moscow, and caused damage and injury. Pictures of the event showed a
One of the Labor party’s new Members of Knesset was called away this week for tank duty. MK Itzik Shmuli missed his planned first speech in Knesset to go serve.
France will return seven paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries to the heirs of two Jewish families whose artworks were stolen during World War II, the French culture ministry
Israel has agreed to pay millions in compensation to the family of Ben Zygier, the Israeli-Australian who died in an Israeli prison, a source involved in the affair told Haaretz.
Jordan’s health system is beginning to crack under the strain of caring for 340,000 Syrian refugees. Amman is seeking help with the effort. “The pressure is beyond the health sector’s
U.S. Senate Republicans successfully blocked Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be President Barack Obama’s next Pentagon chief on Thursday, forcing a 10-day delay in his confirmation vote, AFP reported. By a
A four-man Israeli security delegation arrived in Cairo on Thursday afternoon, the Jordanian-based Al Bawaba website reported. According to the report, the delegation will take part in talks about the
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday the death toll in Syria may have reached 90,000, citing figures given to him by his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal.
The White House raised the stakes Thursday in its battle to appoint a new defense secretary, accusing Republican lawmakers blocking the appointment of sending a bad signal to US war
Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan-backed bill to force FEMA to help houses of worship with disaster assistance in the wake of last year’s Hurricane Sandy, as the agency does with
The International Atomic Energy Agency has failed to reach a deal with Iran on investigation suspected nuclear bomb research, let alone halting – or even slowing down – the country’s