IDF soldiers blocked an attack by Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists early Thursday morning along the border with Gaza. The terrorist cell was engaged in planting a bomb near the security
Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz once again stressed on Wednesday that the IDF is capable of dealing with any challenge or threat. The two
After facing sharp criticism from Mitt Romney and Republicans, the Democrats reinstated on Wednesday the language that recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel into their party platform. According to a report
The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued on Wednesday a travel warning to various destinations around the world. The warning comes ahead of the Tishrei holidays, during which many Israelis
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi called on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to step down on Wednesday. Morsi spoke at the annual meeting of the Cairo-based Arab League. The session was jointly
President Barack Obama was the one who on Wednesday ordered his Democratic party to reinsert references to G-d and Jerusalem in their party platform, AFP reported. The report hinted that
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Wednesday in the main square in Shechem (Nablus), calling for the ouster of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The protesters held up signs which
No one since Hitler – except for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – has publicly declared a desire to destroy an entire people and eliminate a country, President Shimon Peres told
Europe is slipping into a recession, according to data revealed by the European Central Bank on Wednesday. Releasing figures ahead of a key ECB meeting scheduled for Thursday, the bank
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has labeled the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad a ‘terrorist state” that conducts massacres against its own people. Erdogan made the statement to
The German city of Berlin has made new laws for people who want to circumcise their sons – and traditional Jewish mohels don’t meet criteria. The move comes following a recent
Buildings were evacuated and sappers were called to check out two suspected car bombs near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels on Wednesday. The two suspected vehicles both contained gas bottles,
The PLO reiterated on Tuesday its determination to approach the United Nations and ask for recognition of ‘Palestine’ as a non-member state. The PLO’s Executive Committee held a special meeting
Terrorists slightly changed their mode of attack in August, coming at Israel from the Sinai Peninsula rather than Gaza, the Shin Bet reported Wednesday. Twenty-one attacks were launched from Gaza
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday criticized the Democrats over a platform which fails to mention that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. “It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted on Tuesday that his country has “problems” exporting its oil, but said his government was determined to overcome that and other challenges posed by Western
Facebook cancelled an online “event” on Friday celebrating the fifty-second birthday of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese media reported. According to the Assafir newspaper, around 7,000 users had signed up
The much-anticipated memoir of a Navy SEAL involved in raid that killed Osama bin Laden has gained public attention to such a degree that pre-orders have already propelled the book
Just days after a report that the U.S. was sharply cutting its participation in a military exercise scheduled with Israel, U.S. planes landed in Egypt Tuesday for a joint exercise,
The Democratic party’s election platform includes the usual “unshakeable commitment” to Israel, without any mention of Jerusalem or the “peace process.” With polls showing Republican nominee Mitt Romney running virtually
The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has extinguished the last flame of Jewish life in the country. The magnificent Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, where a synagogue has
Iran, which has balked at UN demands for inspecting its nuclear sites, is “playing ball in Lebanon” and can help solve the problems in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary
Iran’s leadership has publicly stated that it would crush any Israeli offensive against its nuclear facilities, but Iran’s ordinary citizens appear to feel otherwise, Channel 10 News reported on Monday.
The United States may supply Israel with advanced Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-buster bombs that can penetrate through up to 60 feet (almost 20 meters) of reinforced concrete, reports Maariv
Israel’s unemployment rate fell by 0.6 percent in July, according to a report from the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics. The unemployment rate fell from 7.1 percent in June to
A congregation in New Jersey is offering a reward for information leading to the safe return of an Englewood teenager who disappeared last month. According to a report in the
The new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said he is deeply pessimistic at his chances of restoring calm to the war-torn country. “I know how difficult it is
Jerusalem’s Hebrew University is marking 40 years since the publication of Prof. Jacob Bekenstein’s groundbreaking paper on black hole entropy, proposals about black holes, entropy and thermodynamics that were originally contested
A Palestinian Authority Arab approached an IDF checkpoint Monday afternoon and threw a bag with four homemade bombs at soldiers, and then fled before the armed forces could catch him.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry, in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress and the Pensioners Affairs Ministry, has launched a new campaign aimed at bringing attention to the thousands of Jewish