Israeli gymnast Alex Shatilov spoke to Arutz Sheva on Thursday after returning from the London Olympics, where he placed sixth in the men’s floor exercise finals and 12th in the

Hagai Dotan, the commander of the Coastal District of the Israeli Police, ordered on Thursday evening the establishment of a special investigative unit to look into the circumstances surrounding the

The terror group Army of Islam is behind Sunday’s terror attack in the Sinai Peninsula, a Qatari website reported on Thursday. According to the report in the Bawaba Ash-Sharq website,

The Israeli Cabinet voted on Thursday evening to approve an Egyptian request to send in helicopters to the Sinai Peninsula. The approval was given for a period of several days

Residents of El Arish in northern Sinai reported Thursday that the Egyptian military has sent reinforcements of “unprecedented” size into the peninsula, according to the Egyptian Al Ahram newspaper. The

The Shin Bet has discovered a terrorist cell operating in the Ramallah area, north of Jerusalem. Members of the cell were arrested in June, but the affair was kept under

Brooklyn’s first Holocaust museum, which will also be the first Holocaust museum in the world to focus exclusively on Orthodox Jews, is expected to open next spring, The New York Daily

The Islamic fanaticism that has overtaken many Bedouins of the Sinai desert – and the resultant terror attacks – are a direct result of Israel’s 2005 Disengagement from Gaza, according

Arab arson season is in full bloom in Israel: sources in the fire department and the Zevulun precinct police told Arutz Sheva that the fires set Thursday are the result

The pro-Israel education and advocacy group StandWithUs is launching a new program aimed at training teenagers from around the United States to become leaders on their future college campuses. While

Left-wing commentator and reporter Ari Shavit admitted Thursday that he was wrong about giving the Golan region to Syria. Shavit revealed his change of heart in an opinion column in

Saudi Arabia has informed Israel in recent weeks that it will shoot down any Israeli planes that fly over its airspace on their way to or from Iran. A report

An Israeli strike on Iran would happen only with the authorization of the government, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday, speaking to Reshet Bet. “The media portrayal, as if two

Fearing an Iranian attack on strategic and essential oil and military facilities in the Middle East, the United States is helping Gulf countries build a missile defense system, which will

Sheldon G. Adelson, the billionaire casino owner who has emerged as one of the largest Republican donors, filed a $60 million libel lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday against the

Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron) are the most active reservists in Israel, according to data published by the IDF on Wednesday. The data was published ahead

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday that the terror attack on the Israel-Egypt border “reminded us once again of the dangers inherent in instability in the

A hackers’ site bearing the name of Hizbullah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in 2008, published on Wednesday databases that were stolen from the Israeli storage company Webgate and

Seventy years ago, on August 8, 1942, the World Jewish Congress representative in Geneva, Gerhart M. Riegner, sent a telegram to British and American diplomats providing them with reliable information

A Swiss laboratory said on Wednesday it will help investigate the 2004 death of former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat only if it receives guarantees its findings will not be

Israeli communities in Samaria (Shomron) had an unusual visit this week as longtime far-left activist attorney Kathleen Peratis toured the region. Peratis has worked with organizations such as Peace Now,

Two fires described as “huge” broke out Wednesday afternoon near Jerusalem and Haifa. Four Arabs have been arrested in connection with the blaze near Jerusalem. While there are no reports

The Egyptian army struck terrorist camps in the Sinai over the course of Tuesday night, killing an estimated 20 terrorists. The strikes followed a large-scale attack near Gaza on Sunday,

Terror attacks sponsored by Iran are a major strategic challenge for Israel and other Western countries, MK Yitzchak Herzog (Labor) said on Tuesday. Herzog made the comments during a meeting

In yet another attempt at breaching Israel’s borders and endangering the national security of the Jewish state, Scandinavian anti-Israel activist groups launched an “aid ship” destined for Gaza on Tuesday.

Former President Jimmy Carter has been granted a prime-time speaking slot at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, despite objections from liberal Jewish groups over his history of anti-Israel activism. The

Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi said on Tuesday that the country will honor all international treaties it signed while at the same time work to support the national interests of the

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad won a pledge of support on Tuesday from regional ally Iran, Reuters reported. Seeking to restore his authority after suffering grave setbacks in the 17-month-old uprising

Armed men opened fire on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s Al-Arish city in the Sinai Peninsula late Tuesday night, state media said. The official MENA news agency reported that exchanges

The head of Egyptian intelligence said on Tuesday that Egypt had received intelligence about Sunday’s attack on the Egypt-Israel border before it took place. Mourad Mowafy told a Turkish news