Rabbi Asher Idan, the director of the Jerusalem-based Kol HaNa’ar, was attacked and robbed on Tuesday while traveling on the subway in Paris. The incident occurred as Rabbi Idan, who

A Syrian general and a number of soldiers defected and crossed into Turkey on Wednesday, a Turkish diplomat told AFP. The general is the 15th such high-ranking officer to flee

Egypt’s newly elected Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed Morsi, received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Wednesday. According to a report in Egypt’s state news agency, Ahmadinejad

MK Yariv Levin (Likud) welcomed on Wednesday the conclusions of a panel, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Edmund Levy, that there is no “occupation” and international law allows Jews

Arutz Sheva visited CleanTech 2012, the largest exhibition of water technology, infrastructure and environment in Israel. The international exhibition took place in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and Wednesday for the

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and the French President Francois Hollande this week. Erekat said Abbas will stress the importance of

President Shimon Peres met Wednesday afternoon with MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) in order to try and hammer out a replacement for the Tal Law that regulated the enlistment

The giant eBay website is strengthening its operations in Israel, and its CEO will make his first-ever business visit to the Jewish state in September, when he will deliver a

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday welcomed the Draft Law committee’s report with its recommendations, saying they are “moving us in the right direction.” In his remarks, Netanyahu concurred with

A group of nine Canadian senators warned the United Church of Canada on Wednesday that a boycott of Israeli goods from Judea and Samaria could spark a rift with the

Iran on Wednesday claimed it has the capability to destroy US bases “within minutes.” US “bases are all in range of our missiles, and the occupied lands are also

Egypt’s newly elected Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi denied media reports claiming he plans to visit Iran and expand the “axis of evil.” Less than a week after denying that

A particle consistent with the Higgs boson has been discovered and may help explain the origins of mass in the universe. Physicists at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, known

Internet search giant Google has reached a deal with French anti-racism groups who filed a lawsuit over the “Jew” suggestion in the auto-complete feature of the search engine. The initial lawsuit,

Officials in Ramallah said Wednesday they will allow the exhumation of late PLO arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat’s remains for an autopsy. The former PA leader died at a military hospital outside

Yigal Amir, serving a life sentence in prison for murdering Prime Minister Rabin, has won for the first time freedom from solitary confinement. Prison officials, after the latest twice-annual review,

Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz issued a clear ultimatum to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday afternoon to adopt new draft law proposals if he wants to keep Kadima in the coalition.

Turkey’s military said Wednesday it has found the bodies of the two pilots of a jet shot down by Syria last month. Military officials in Ankara said personnel were working

Austrian officials have removed the name of a notoriously anti-Semitic former mayor from a street, formally renaming a section of Vienna’s posh ring road Universitaetsring, The Associated Press reported. City

Syria’s embattled Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is meddling in Damascus’ affairs to protect Israel. Why didn’t Erdogan “do anything after the Marmara ship

Russian officials say a Turkish jet recently shot down by Damascus entered Syrian airspace twice to test the country’s anti-aircraft defenses. The Interfax news agency cited an unnamed senior member

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released on Tuesday a special message to President Barack Obama and to the citizens of the United States, in honor of the Fourth of July holiday.

Documents seen exclusively by British website The Commentator and exposed on Tuesday have revealed disturbing attitudes towards Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu by the British Government. The documents, which the site

Arutz Sheva visited on Tuesday the Jewish National Fund’s booth at the Cleantech exhibition which opened at the Exhibition Grounds in Tel Aviv. The booth shows how the JNF’s activities

President Shimon Peres congratulated the American people on Tuesday as the U.S. celebrates its 236th Independence Day. Peres spoke at a special reception in honor of the 4th of July

Following its success in getting the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem recognized as a World Heritage Site, the Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday it will seek to have additional

The Committee on Middle East and Peacemaking Issues of the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly agreed to vote on divesting its portfolio from three companies whose products, it alleges, are

After six months and $20,000, residents in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood retrieved four Torah scrolls stolen by Palestinian Authority Arab thieves. Rabbi Moshe Ben Abu told Arutz Sheva, “Thieves broke into

Iran accused world powers on Tuesday of dragging their feet in negotiations over its nuclear activities, as both sides were about to hold a new, downgraded round of talks in

The PLO on Tuesday called on Hamas to reverse its decision to suspend voter registration in Gaza. The Hamas terror organization which rules Gaza shut down voter registration on Monday