The United States unleashed a fresh wave of sanctions against Iran on Thursday, ratcheting up pressure to convince Tehran to take seriously concerns about its suspected nuclear weapons program. The

Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said on Thursday that Israel is preparing for the possibility of military action in Syria, in case its chemical weapons were to end up in

A former general of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards has accused the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of having blood on his hands over the brutal crackdown on the opposition. The

For the first time in the IDF, a new unit of combat cameramen is to be established, composed of dozens of combat soldiers responsible for documenting the battlefield from within.

True joy and pride were at peak levels in Ben Gurion Airport Thursday morning as a planeload of olim from the United States arrived on a Nefesh B’Nefesh flight. “This

The United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to establish a chair at the Islamic University of Gaza. The decision came as a shock to the State

Turkey announced that it has not found traces of explosives on the ruins of a fighter jet it has claimed was downed by Syria, raising new questions about the incident

About 10,000 homes in Nazareth received recorded phone messages from Our Land of Israel Chairman Baruch Marzel Thursday, ahead of the planned march by activists through the streets of Nazareth

The Representative of the Irish Chair-in-Office of the Organisation for Security in Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, has urged Bosnia to end practices of discrimination against its

A defamatory cartoon portraying Jewish worshippers praying before the New York Stock Exchange has won first prize in Iran’s annual “International Wall Street Downfall Cartoon Festival” on Monday. The festival

Dutch Jewish author Berthe Meijer, whose life intersected with Anne Frank’s, died on July 10, at the age of 74. Before the war, Meijer lived on the same Amsterdam street

Likud MK Danny Danon welcomed 229 new English-speaking immigrants to the Jewish State on Thursday, but noted there are still more illegal aliens flooding the country than new immigrants and

German prosecutors have launched an investigation into a 91-year-old man suspected of taking part in a 1942 massacre of over 300 Jews from the Zhytomyr ghetto in Ukraine, a local

Libya’s Islamists suffered a major defeat on their eastern home turf on Wednesday, with preliminary results giving a net advantage to a liberal coalition contesting party seats. AFP reported that

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz met on Wednesday evening in an attempt to find a solution to the crisis created by the failure to find a

The Lebanese authorities have suspended medical assistance to Syrian refugees in the north of the country, a government source said on Wednesday. “Assistance through the Higher Relief Council has been

An Iron Dome anti-missile battery was placed in the city of Eilat this week, less than a month after the remains of a Grad rocket were located in the southern

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a police academy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Wednesday, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more, a security

Officials in Ramallah on Wednesday slammed the Netanyahu government’s plans to accept the conclusion of the Levy Commission report on Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria. “We will not sign

Syrian opposition forces appeal to Moscow for intervention after UN and Arab League efforts fail to stop the slaughter by government troops. Syrian rebel forces are appealing to Moscow for

U.S. officials claim they know the details regarding the Turkish jet downed by Syria last month, but refuse to reveal them to the public. “Those in the American government who

Two Iranians, suspected of being members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, an elite and secretive unit that acts against foreign interests, have been accused of planning attacks

The Palestinian Authority said the Obama administration has warned it will cut aid if it goes to the United Nations again for recognition. In Congress, opposition to aiding the Palestinian

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court froze on Tuesday a presidential decree reinstating the Islamist-led parliament, hours after the lower house convened in defiance of the judiciary and military. “The court ordered

President Shimon Peres came under fire on Tuesday for criticizing the Jewish settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron) and saying it threatened Israel’s Jewish majority. Peres, who

The representative organization of British Jewry has condemned the Church of England’s Synod for choosing to “promote an inflammatory and partisan programme at the expense of its interfaith relations.” (For

Lebanon on Tuesday began sending troops to the frontier with violence-torn Syria after deadly attacks in the region. “Yes, we have started to reinforce our troops, and the operation will

Honoring the Sabbath is more important for President Shimon Peres than attending the opening of the Summer Olympics. The games in London are to open in three weeks on Friday

UN special envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Iraq on Tuesday as he continues his barnstorming tour of the Mideast in hopes of ending violence in Syria. Annan touched down in

Iran has been forced to shut off wells in its expansive oil fields as Western sanctions reduce Tehran’s vital crude oil exports by as much as 30%. Tehran’s current production