IDF soldiers arrested an Arab man in Hevron on Teusday after they caught him carrying a knife. Local residents told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an that Ameer Zahdeh, 21, was seized in

Dozens of journalists from Palestinian Authority enclaves protested outside the Interior Ministry in Ramallah on Tuesday. The journalists vented their fury over violence used by PA security forces against journalists

Massive floods over the past week have killed at least 79 people and displaced 2.2 million as torrential monsoon rains inundate India’s northeast. Officials in Assam state bordering Bhutan and

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed deep disappointment that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee succumbed to the politicized Palestinian bid to put Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on the list of

Swiss laboratory research released Tuesday suggests Yassir Arafat was poisoned with polonium in 2004. Arafat died on November 11, 2004, following several weeks of treatment for deteriorating health. He had

The U.S. State Dept. charged UNESCO on Monday with “hotwiring” a Palestinian Authority demand that the Church of Nativity be declared a PA heritage site. The designation is usually reserved

Iran claims it tested “tens” of short, medium and large-range missiles at a hypothetical enemy base,” presumably Israeli and American. Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, reported Tuesday

Berlin’s Jewish Hospital has suspended circumcisions in the wake of a court ruling that the procedure is a crime punishable by law. Approximately 100 religious circumcisions were performed at the

Minister Eli Yishai, who heads the Shas party, predicted Tuesday that by the next decade there will be more hareidim than secular people serving in the IDF and alternative national

Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum has modified its account of Pope Pius XII’s actions toward the Jews during World War II, following a long diplomatic dispute with the Vatican.

Syrian President Bashar Assad is sorry that his forces downed a Turkish plane but added, “I might have been happy if this had been an Israeli plane.” His comment was

Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will visit Israel this summer to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other leaders, a senior aide to Netanyahu told The New

Turkey’s state-run news agency reported on Monday that nearly 300 Syrians have defected to Turkey, including 85 soldiers. According to the Anadolu agency, the defections occurred on Monday and that

The heads of the “suckers’” movement, who are calling for all Israelis to equally share in the burden, on Monday called on Minister Shaul Mofaz to quit the coalition and

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has launched his broadest weapons crackdown in years, The Associated Press reported on Monday. The latest crackdown marks the first time that Abbas is confronting

The Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land on Monday hailed the granting by UNESCO of world heritage status to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, AFP reported. The

The UN’s rapporteur for PA human rights launched a blistering attack on the international community on Monday. According to an AFP report, Richard Falk accused the world of “conspiring in

Noam Jacobson is known to many for his appearances on the sketches produced by the satirical website Latma. But his new musical album shows a different side of Jacobson, who

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday denied a Palestinian Authority request for a $100 million bridging loan via Israel. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad approached Bank of Israel

Hamas “temporarily” suspended voter registration in Gaza on Monday in a move that raises doubts about whether upcoming legislative and presidential elections will be held in Palestinian Authority enclaves. The

Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday urged Syria’s opposition to remain united on the shared goal of a free and democratic country. Davtutoglu warned a “weak and disorganized” opposition

Officials in Nairobi reported on Monday that two Iranian terrorists who were arrested in Kenya last week were planning to attack Israeli, American, British and Saudi targets in the country.

Syria’s embattled president Bashar al-Assad on Monday approved new ‘counter-terrorism’ laws as opposition leaders sought in Cairo to develop a vision for a future without him. The official Syrian news

According to Hizbullah’s al-Manar TV, Israeli warplanes fired at a target in southern Lebanon on Monday. “The enemy detonated an explosive device remotely against a telecommunication line in Zrariyeh” village,

The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO voted Friday to list the Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Site of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel in

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday that all Israeli citizens should take part in serving the country, through the military or by other means. “I am committed to a more

The casket of Former Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir has been placed at the Knesset Plaza before his funeral to allow the public to pay its respects. Shamir, who was Israel’s

Rebel forces in Syria have enjoyed meaningful success in fighting against the regime of Bashar Assad in the last few weeks. Numerous videos uploaded to YouTube document dozens of Syrian

One person was killed and nine others were reported injured when a pipe carrying hydrochloric acid burst Monday at a pumping facility near a quarry in the Arava Desert.  Police

Russia may have helped shoot down the Turkish aircraft near Syria last week, the British newspaper The Sunday Times reported. The Israeli website Israel Defense quoted a report in the