Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday, “No element in the world would dare attack Israel with chemical weapons.” He added that “Nothing will happen” and said that he, himself, is
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta flies to Israel this week after starting a week-long Middle East trip in Tunisia with optimism that Syrian President Bashar Assad will fall. Coming
Anti-Semitism is alive and well in the United States too. Four American teenagers and a 21 year old were arrested last week for terrorizing a Jewish camp in Pennsylvania. The gang
Autism experts from around the world are expected to arrive Tuesday in Jerusalem to exchange updated research about the condition at the International ICare4Autism Conference. The two-day conference, “Autism: A
Mitt Romney left Israel for Poland and a meeting with Lech Walesa Monday after raising more than $1 million from 40 supporters at a breakfast. Poland is the last stop
One of President Obama’s key liaisons to the Jewish community has opted to sit out the 2012 election campaign, The Daily Beast reported. Dennis Ross, a longtime diplomat and a
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani recently called President Obama “the least supportive president” of Israel in history and claimed the idea that Obama is a friend of the
Iran’s controversial nuclear program was at the center of a meeting on Sunday between Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Shimon Peres. During the meeting, which took place at
Republican candidate for president Mitt Romney said Sunday that the U.S. has “a solemn duty and a moral imperative” to block Iran from having nuclear weapons, and that it should
Slovakia’s Jewish community has called for alleged Nazi-era war criminal Laszlo Csatary, who was detained in neighboring Hungary, to stand trial on Slovak soil for alleged crimes he committed against
Both Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his host, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, took part in a delicate ballet. The Israeli prime minister does not want to appear to
The Italian Olympic team at the London Olympic Games made a noble gesture Sunday and stood in silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team, in memory of the 11
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told American GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday that sanctions and diplomacy has done nothing to change Iran’s headlong rush towards nuclear capability. Prior to
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said in an interview with Bloomberg’s Al Hunt that she believes Republican Jews are “being exploited,” alleging that they are using Israel as an “excuse”
The identity of the terrorist who blew himself up near a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last week, killing five Israelis, remains a mystery as a Bulgarian news website
Just days after U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon announced the traditional Olympic Truce, which calls for people and nations to “set aside their differences” during the international Games, news emerged that
An Israeli woman suffered physical injuries in a Sabbath rocket attack on the city of Sderot. Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired at least four rockets towards the city throughout the
Olympic officials were forced to erect a screen between Lebanon’s and Israel’s judo fighters on Friday after the Lebanese refused to train on the same mat, the Israeli Olympic team
For the 18th year in a row, thousands marched around the ancient walls of the holy city of Jerusalem Saturday night in an event held by the Women in Green
Despite the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) refusal to hold a minute of silence to commemorate the 11 Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered 40 years ago at the 1972 Olympic
Channel 2‘s veteran Middle East analyst Ehud Yaari, who is back from a trip to the U.S., said Friday night that an Israeli attack on Iran can be expected in
Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, landed in Israel Saturday night for a short visit. Romney’s itinerary will include meetings with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, President Shimon
Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of Av in the Hebrew calendar, is a sundown-to-sundown fast, a day of mourning marking the destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples in Jerusalem,
Illegal Infiltration into Israel through Sinai has plummeted sharply in last two months, according to official statistics. The number of illegal immigrants who have crossed the border thus far in
Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz said in an interview broadcast Saturday that a premature attack on Iran “could be disastrous.” Mofaz argued that Iran will not develop a nuclear bomb until
Two Qassam rockets fired from northern Gaza Strip on Saturday night exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported. Earlier, two rockets
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he was “deeply” concerned about reports of the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria, and demanded the government state it would
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that international steps must be taken to deal with President Bashar al-Assad’s military build-up around the Syrian city of Aleppo and
A Swedish national of Lebanese descent arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of plotting to attack Israeli tourists in the country will stand trial on September 12, authorities said on Friday.
A group of British Islamists called off a protest planned for outside the London Olympic Park on Friday, Reuters reported. The group, led by some of Britain’s most prominent Islamist