Haim Hefer, who wrote over 1,000 songs and poems and was awarded the Israel Prize, passed away over the Rosh Hashanah holiday. He was 86. Hefer was born in Poland

Hundreds of thousands of Jews worshipped at synagogues all throughout the country in honor of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year. One of the focal points of

In a Rosh Hashanah greeting to Russian Jews, President Vladimir Putin praised the holiday and the values of Judaism. “The traditions of the holiday include good deeds, concern for others,

Anti-American protests over a film deemed offensive to Islam, which have started in Cairo and spread across the Muslim world, have reportedly stalled negotiations to provide US economic assistance to

And the hits just keep on coming: Mother Jones Magazine released more quotes by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as said at a private fundraiser held May 17, this time

KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attack on a minibus in the Afghan capital killed 12 people on Tuesday, including seven foreigners, and the Hezb-e-Islami insurgent group claimed responsibility, saying the

El Al said it is discontinuing its weekly flights to Cairo. In a letter published in the daily Maariv, El Al Airlines CEO Eliezer Shkedi said Israel’s official airline cannot

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans burned cars and threw rocks at a U.S. military base as a demonstration against an anti-Islam film that ridicules the Prophet Mohammed turned

Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday called for a week of angry protests across Lebanon over the U.S.-produced film mocking Islam that triggered uproar in the Muslim world. The low-budget

An Iranian foundation has increased a bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, AFP reported on Sunday. The foundation has reportedly said that if the British writer had previously been

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insisted once again on Sunday there must be “red lines” on halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a stance the United States has rejected, AFP reported. “They’re moving

It was a good day for Israel at the Davis Cup on Sunday, as Amir Weintraub pulled off his second upset victory this week to give Israel a 3-2 win

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice on Sunday joined the list of American officials who have rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s request that the U.S. set a clear

Libya’s parliament chief announced on Sunday the arrests of some 50 people in connection with the killing of U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens in an attack on the American consulate in

The U.S. military has no major plans to bolster its forces in the Middle East despite a week of violent protests targeting diplomatic outposts, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on

Three Egyptian security officers were wounded Sunday morning in a surprise attack by jihadists on Egyptian government headquarters in northern Sinai. The terrorists shelled the security base with a barrage of

Representatives of rival Muslim streams showed viewers of Egypt’s Al-Shabab TV just how disunited the Muslim world in a program streamed via internet on Sunday, September 9. Sunni activist Walid

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan has denounced the obscure video that mocked the life of the Prophet Mohammed, founder of Islam – but also insisted that protests against such

The U.S. military is positioning troops in as many as 17 or 18 locations in the Middle East and North Africa that the Pentagon is “paying particular attention to,” Defense

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet on Sunday in an unannounced meeting, The London Telegraph reported Sunday. There has been no confirmation or denial from Washington

The United States has ordered non-essential embassy employees to flee Tunisia and Sudan, while Al Qaeda urges worldwide terrorist attacks on the American and Western targets as the fundamentalist Islamic

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday warned of retaliation against the Gulf’s strategic Strait of Hormuz, U.S. bases in the Middle East and Israel if his country was

Egypt’s prime minister said some of the thousands of people involved in days of protests near the U.S. Embassy got paid to riot, state news reported Saturday. Prime Minister Hesham

Four NATO troops were killed Sunday in an insider attack “suspected to involve members of the Afghan police” in southern Afghanistan, officials said. No further details have been provided. At

On Saturday, Egyptian police cleared out protesters who have been clashing with Egyptian security forces for some four days near to the U.S. embassy in Cairo. Protests have spread to

Early Saturday, one of the men who made the anti-Muslim film trailer on YouTube that is responsible for shaking Muslims in the Middle East, North Africa and even Australia into

Taliban armed with suicide vests, guns and rockets stormed a heavily fortified airfield in Afghanistan where Prince Harry is deployed, killing two U.S. Marines and attacking aircraft in a major

Three Jews were lightly injured on Saturday night when they were attacked by Palestinian Authority Arabs who tried to reach the village of Esh Kodesh in the Binyamin area. IDF

Egyptian security forces cleared away anti-US protesters in Cairo as riots entered a fourth day on Saturday. One person was killed and dozens more wounded in the melee. Hundreds of

Amid all the cacophony of protest and violence across portions of the Middle East and North Africa, there has been little serious effort to look for deeper meanings or explanations.