Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) met for several hours Sunday night in an effort to lay out the basis for a unity government, bringing

The Islamic State group has continued losing control over territory across Iraq and Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday, including almost half of what it had once held in Iraq. The Defense

Knesset members from the Zionist Union on Monday evening blasted party chairman MK Yitzhak Herzog, after a Channel 2 News poll found that the party would suffer a collapse if

A Gazan fisherman arrested by Israeli security services has revealed how Hamas regularly uses fishermen to smuggle weapons and other military equipment into Gaza. The Shin Bet security service (Israel

This week’s heat wave has debilitated dozens of construction workers, local news revealed Monday, after temperatures reached close to 46°C (114.8°F) in some areas of Israel.  One worker was seriously injured

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be plotting a course to a third term, with a sudden spate of public appearances fueling rumors that the hardliner may be pursuing a

Ethiopian IDF soldiers are far more likely to commit suicide than any of their counterparts, an in-depth study published Monday revealed. The IDF Medical Corps examined over 20 years’ worth

Two French groups say they have filed a suit against Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for allegedly failing to uphold requirements to delete content deemed racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic or defending terrorism.

Two major fires broke out in Jerusalem Monday – one in the wholesale market in Givat Shaul, and one in Ramot.  Traffic was stopped on Route 1 in both directions

A report published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday in honor of “Nakba Day” – a day of mourning marking the establishment of the Jewish state –

Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid promised to “work very hard” to be the “next Prime Minister” Monday, at the annual Anti-Defamation League convention in Washington, D.C. “This is the time

Two residents of the Gush Etzion community of Efrat were arrested, following an incident last week in which the two allegedly used a toy pistol to threaten Arab drivers and

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Likud) is working to introduce new regulations that would require a compliance procedure to settle disputes for family feuds that come to a judicial court hearing.

Newcastle University became the second British institution of higher learning that cut its ties with the National Union of Students following the election of a Muslim who supports boycotting Israel

Shortly after passengers left a Boeing 737 airplane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines, the nose lifted while still attached to the gate sleeve at Ben-Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3. No injuries were

One person has been wounded in a stabbing attack by an Arab terrorist along Jerusalem’s Hanavi’im Street, close to Highway 1. The attacker, a Palestinian Arab in his twenties from Judea

A court in Iowa is anticipated to issue a ruling in the coming days on an appeal filed by the attorneys of Sholom Rubashkin (56), the jailed Iowa kosher slaughterhouse

Donald Trump has said refugees entering America will stage 9/11-style attacks, and claimed their phone bills were being paid by the ISIS terrorist group. The Republican presidential hopeful made the

Turkish authorities on Monday detained seven suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, including figures described as a senior leader and an “executioner,” the state-run Anatolia news agency said. The seven suspects were

At least three homeless women were discovered to be living in Ben Gurion airport, according to a Channel 2 report. “I am very sick, that’s why I’m here,” said Yelena

The IDF Civil Administration on Monday morning dismantled and seized seven portable structures and other building parts that had not yet been assembled in E1, a strategic corridor connecting Jerusalem with

The American-led offensive to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIS) group is making progress, the top American envoy to the coalition said Sunday. ISIS had

(JTA) — A Jewish couple from Detroit is pressing a Michigan public radio station to broadcast a birthday greeting to Israel paid for by their sponsorship of the station. Hannan

UNESCO, the UN’s cultural body, on Sunday strongly condemned the “Second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest”, which opened in Tehran over the weekend. The contest features, among others, entries deriding Prime

MK Mickey Rosenthal of the Zionist Union continued his attack on party chairman Yitzhak Herzog on Sunday, calling him a “failed leader” who must resign. “Herzog is a failed leader

Several MKs on Sunday night expressed support for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, after he summoned Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to a meeting following the latter’s call for IDF officers to

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The elevation of a centrist vice president, Michel Temer, as Brazil’s president amid the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff is expected to result in a

The Muslim world must be vigilant against “the Zionist regime’s moves”, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned on Sunday, according to the Fars news agency. Nasrallah’s spoke in a meeting with