Tzipi Livni, leader of Hatnua, harshly attacked Bayit Yehudi chairman Naftali Bennett, in a behind-the-scenes incident that took place just before a televised interview pitted them against each other at week’s end.

A man put a gun to the head of Ahmed Dogan, the leader of Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party, during a televised conference. Dogan, who leads the Movement for Rights and

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his deep sorrow Friday over the passing of his friend, Ariel Mayor and former MK Ron Nachman. “Today, I have lost a dear friend. Ron

A sniper killed an Al-Jazeera reporter in southern Syria on Friday, the pan-Arab television network said, in the second such shooting of a journalist in two days in the conflict-swept

Ariel mayor Ron Nachman died on Friday at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva after a long battle with cancer. He was 70 years old. He is survived by his

A group of Palestinian Authority Arabs on Friday set up an illegal outpost in Beit Iksa, a PA Arab village located north of Jerusalem. Residents of the village, which is

Algeria has begun a second military operation to rescue some 30 foreign hostages still captive by Al-Qaeda-affiliated group at a gas facility in the country’s southeast, Al Jazeera reports. The

A UN nuclear agency team returned Friday from Iran without a deal on additional inspections, as diplomats briefed afterwards voiced skepticism that more talks next month could bridge the differences,

With Bayit Yehudi breathing down his neck, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed in an interview published Friday not to tear down any Jewish communities in the next four years. “Supporters

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov paid an unannounced visit to Israel on Thursday. Mladenov updated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres on Bulgaria’s progress in investigating the terrorist

The White House said on Thursday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s latest warnings on the state of Iran’s economy, proved the “profound impact” of nuclear sanctions, AFP reports. Ahmadinejad said

30 hostages and at least 11 Al-Qaeda linked terrorists were killed on Thursday when Algerian forces stormed a desert gas plant in a bid to free Western and local captives.

Hamas is once again trying to punish the residents of Gaza by attempting to reduce the scope of Israeli goods entering the region. Hamas’ Ministry of Economics announced this week

After being endorsed by American billionaire Donald Trump, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday received another surprising endorsement – this time from famed actor Chuck Norris. Just like the endorsement

More than 100 civilians have been killed in a new “massacre” in Syria, a watchdog said Thursday, according to AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized a ruling by a United States judge to fine Moscow $50,000 a day for its failure to return a historic but disputed Jewish library to

A trove of about 4,300 rare vintage advertising posters that were seized, and feared to have been destroyed, by the Nazis in 1938 will go to auction in New York

For the first time since its establishment, the European Union has incorporated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, into its official calendar. “I am delighted that, with our partners in

At least 35 hostages and 15 terrorists were reportedly killed Thursday afternoon in a rescue attempt by the Algerian army at the In Amenas gas field installation. Troops surrounded the

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites, issued a plea Thursday for protection for Jewish worshipers. He turned to police commanders in the Jerusalem region and

The United States has quietly asked Turkey and Jordan to keep an eye on Syria’s chemical weaponry, and to step in to take responsibility for the ordnance, should the need

Twin car bombs killed at least 22 people in the Syrian city of Idlib on Wednesday, as universities nationwide held a day of mourning for 87 people killed in explosions

The United States on Tuesday brushed aside a report of a leaked State Department cable indicating that Syria had used chemical weapons in its brutal crackdown on a nearly two-year-old

Islamist terrorists have abducted at least two foreign nationals in eastern Algeria, according to the UK Foreign Office.  One person was killed during the attack on an oil in the

The Palestinian Authority, facing its worst financial crisis ever, will receive financial assistance from Saudi Arabia, it was announced Wednesday. According to the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, the PA’s finance

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said on Wednesday that his virulent anti-Semitic comments, which he reportedly said prior to his election and which were condemned by the United States on Tuesday,

Only the people of Israel can decide who will represent their best interests, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday in remarks directed at President Barack Obama a week prior

Palestinian Authority Arabs hurled rocks at Israeli motorists in another road terror attack on a road in eastern Gush Etzion Wednesday afternoon. The attackers targeted vehicles with yellow Israeli license

About 50 Arabs mounted an assault on Rachel’s Tomb, just outside Bethlehem, Wednesday evening. They threw pipe bombs, fire bombs and rocks at the security forces guarding the compound, injuring one

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has named a new Fatah chairman for Gaza. The appointment comes as Abbas is seeking reconciliation with Hamas, which took over Gaza in a bloody