Swedish police on Friday said they had launched an investigation into an artist who says he used paint mixed from the ashes of Holocaust victims in a picture, AFP reported.

Tzipi Livni’s new party will not be a part of a government led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, MK Amir Peretz said on Friday. A day after he left the

The Obama administration expressed fears on Thursday that the beleaguered Syrian regime may unleash chemical weapons on rebels who are pressing their campaign closer to the capital of Damascus. “I

The National Salvation Front in Egypt, a recently created umbrella group comprised of opposition groups, issued a statement on Thursday in which it said that the “authority” had lost its

The European Union called in Israel’s ambassador on Thursday to express its concerns over Israel’s plans to build thousands of new homes in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, AFP reported.

After weeks of wrangling and infighting, all the parties that plan to run for seats in the19th Knesset have filed the names of their candidates. As of the Thursday night

FremantleMedia, one of the leading creators of television entertainment brands worldwide, is teaming up with veteran writer and producer, Marshall Herskovitz, for a television drama series inspired by Andrew Nagorski’s

If you want to live a long, healthy life in Israel, live in Ra’anana, a study by the Central Bureau of Statistics released Thursday said. Residents of Ra’anana live to

Officials in the Darfur region of Sudan were proud to tell local media that they had seized an Israeli “spy” – in the form of an eagle that the Sudanese

Fears are being raised in Washington that a secret delivery of arms shipments to Libyan rebels, Okayed by the Obama administration, might have gotten into the hands of Islamic terrorists,

The Egyptian army’s Republican Guard, an elite unit assigned to protect the president and his palaces, surrounded Mohamed Morsi’s gated palace in Cairo Thursday with six tanks and two armored vehicles

As the Thursday night deadline for finalizing their Knesset lists draws closer, the last parties that have not yet submitted the names of their candidates are making their final arrangements.

Egyptian security forces deployed at least five tanks outside the presidential palace in a street where supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi had been clashing into the early hours

Jordan’s King Abdullah II flew in to Ramallah on Thursday. The monarch arrived by military helicopter from Jordan, landing at the presidential headquarters known as the Muqataa, where he was

Former diplomat, politician and presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has risen again, this time to lead Egypt’s opposition movement. ElBaradei has become the coordinator of the National Salvation Front, a newly

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday afternoon following a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, that the two were not in agreement over a housing project being planned in an

A violent face-off developed Thursday afternoon between IDF soldiers and Arabs in Hevron. In the wake of the face-off, a major Arab riot developed, with Arabs throwing stones and bricks

U.S. Representative and former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann underlined Sunday night at the Bet El Institutions Dinner in New York City that U.S. demands for more Israeli concessions are

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited Prague on Wednesday where he thanked Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas for his country’s vote against the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral statehood bid at the United

The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Al-Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday. The

Lithuanian Jews who survived the Nazi Holocaust and Soviet terror during World War II will receive symbolic compensation from the Baltic state next year, a Jewish group leader said Wednesday. Andrew

Rival protesters clashed outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday, as unrest grows over a controversial draft constitution, the BBC reported. According to the report, petrol bombs were thrown

A mortar shell fired from Syria fell on the Israeli side of the border fence on the Golan Heights Wednesday afternoon, security sources said Wednesday night. The incident occurred near

A Swedish artist has been accused of desecrating the bodies of Jewish Holocaust victims after it emerged that he used ashes taken from the crematoria at Majdanek concentration camp to

Police and the IDF have stepped up their search for Liran Benevisti, a 20 year old IDF soldier who has been missing since Tuesday. Units were searching door to door

The Civil Planning Authority issued on Wednesday a “go” decision for building 3,500 residential units in two E-1 areas in Maaleh Adumim, but politics and bureaucrats may leave the plans

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is in Berlin Wednesday to “defend the fort” against charges its building plans will torpedo a Palestinian Authority state that the international community presumes must be

Israeli researchers have discovered that fish oil helps heal bed sores, and can help ease the pain of the critically ill. Tel Aviv University Professor Pierre Singer of the Sackler

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi reportedly returned Wednesday morning to his palace after violent protesters left the area. Traffic is reportedly flowing in a routine pattern around the Heliopolis district in

Israel’s giant Teva Pharmaceuticals has signed a deal with Galena Biopharma to develop and sell NeuVax breast cancer treatment in Israel. Phase II trials for NeuVax will take place in four