Both President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu have sent separate letters to Egypt’s new Islamist president, congratulating him on his election victory and calling for continued peace between

Jordan’s king urged his country’s Islamist opposition on Sunday to take part in upcoming elections, despite their dissatisfaction with reforms, The Associated Press reported. King Abdullah II made the appeal

The Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, denounced on Sunday the sentence handed down to the group’s former senior commander, Ibrahim Hamad. Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli military court sentenced

President Shimon Peres and Chief of Staff Benny Gantz handed out on Sunday certificates of excellence to two outstanding soldiers who were injured in the collapse of the lighting bridge on Mount

IAF aircraft attacked a terrorist cell in northern Gaza on Monday morning, as it was preparing to launch rockets at southern Israel. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement

The Palestinian Authority government is facing its “worst financial crisis” since its 1994 establishment, the PA’s labor minister told AFP on Sunday. Ahmed Majdalani warned in a conversation with the

Isramco Ltd. announced Sunday that “substantial signs of petroleum (natural gas) have been found at the Shimshon 1 exploratory well,” according to Globes. Isramco said that the well reached the

Tension between Turkey and Syria continued Saturday, with Turkey announcing that it scrambled six F-16 fighter jets to the skies on the border with Syria. The Turkish military spokesman said

The town of Itamar will hold a memorial ceremony Sunday evening for Rachel, Neriyah, Tzvika and Avishai Shabo, who were murdered in their home in 2002, and for Yossi Tuito,

The relationship between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism has been hotly debated in a variety of forums, including in university classrooms and internet chatrooms. Now the topic will get expert input: the

Bedouin metal thieves infiltrated the IDF base at Tze’elim in the Negev Saturday night and stole crates of ammunition, which the IDF insists were empty. The Bedouins entered the base

The number of IDF lookouts on the border with Egypt has been doubled in recent months, according to outgoing Field Intelligence Corps, Brig. Gen. Eli Pollack. “The resources available to

Senior Hamas terrorist Ibrahim Hamad was sentenced to 54 life terms in prison on Sunday. Hamad was the Judea and Samaria head of Hamas’s terrorist operations from 2001 to 2006,

Iran Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani said Saturday Iran is “easily” selling its oil despite western sanctions because some countries have received waivers from the U.S. to import Iranian oil

Preparations are underway to host more than 10,000 people in Israel alone for the worldwide Siyum HaShas; the completion of the cycle of study of Torah learning in the tractates

In the late hours of Saturday night, the Chief Rabbi and other high-ranking officials from Russia visited Joseph’s Tomb in Samaria. Chief Rabbi of Russia Rabbi Berel Lazar and close

Dozens of Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted in Lebanon on Saturday, cutting off the main road leading to the city of Tyre. Security sources reported “the Palestinians blocked the road with

MK Danny Danon (Likud) said Sunday the university presidents who don’t want Ariel University Center to receive full university status are wrong to dabble in politics. “They seem to be

The Supreme Court decided Sunday to approve a request for more time in the removal of homes in Beit El. The state had requested four and a half months of

The European Jewish Congress has called on the German government to stand against a regional court decision to criminalize circumcision, known as “brit mila” in Hebrew, sealing of the Biblical

Christian missionaries are apparently using Israeli government materials in their attempts to disseminate their materials both here in Israel and abroad. The city of Kfar Saba was recently surprised to

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu eulogized Israel’s seventh Prime Minister, the late Yitzchak Shamir on Sunday, and commented on his famous statement, “The Arabs are the same Arabs and the sea

Tributes to the life of Yitzchak Shamir, former Prime Minister of Israel, poured in on Saturday night as word spread of his death. Shamir passed away on Shabbat after a

At least 83 people were killed, mostly civilians, in violence across Syria on Saturday. AFP reported that hundreds more were trapped in Douma as regime forces stormed the town in

Bashar al-Assad may be able to remain as leader of Syria under a plan for a government transition approved by major powers Saturday. The U.S., Russia, and officials of other

“Social Justice” protests took place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Saturday night. The Tel Aviv protest, about 5,000 strong, began early Saturday night and started out peacefully, but a

A planned meeting between Vice Prime Minister and Kadima head Shaul Mofaz and Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas that had been set for Sunday has been postponed. The postponement was

Islamist Mohamed Morsi was sworn in Saturday before Egypt’s highest court as the country’s first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago. Morsi promised a

Austrian authorities are investigating the desecration of 43 graves in two Jewish sections of Vienna’s main cemetery, The Associated Press reported. A police statement on Friday said that tomb stones