MK Miri Regev (Likud) accused the social protesters on Wednesday of anarchism and of working against the State of Israel, Channel 10 News reported. Regev spoke during a Knesset discussion

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman blasted the Iranian regime, saying it is composed of “anti-Semitic fanatics”, following the hateful remarks of Vice President Mohammad Reza, who claimed that the teachings of

Jewish and Muslim leaders in Germany were united on Wednesday in their condemnation of a German court’s decision to, in effect, outlaw the circumcision of boys. The British Guardian reported

A U.S. group promoting peace in the Middle East said on Tuesday it had rescinded an invitation to Syria’s top Muslim cleric, after learning that he threatened suicide bombings in

Russia’s main weapons producer has allegedly suspended its contract with Syria to supply S-300 long-range missile systems, the Russian daily Vedomosti reported Wednesday. The report cited unnamed sources within the

Islamist rebel separatists have seized northern Mali, killing 20 as they clashed with a second rebel force. Fighters from the MUJAO faction – the “Movement for Oneness and Jihad in

Egypt’s president-elect Mohammed Mursi plans to take legal action against the Iranian Fars news agency for fabricating an interview with him. Fars quoted Mursi saying the two countries should improve

A Syrian minister on Wednesday was quoted as saying his country’s forces may have mistaken the Turkish plane they shot down for an Israeli one. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it had told Israel that it would not be “appropriate” for Israeli pilgrims to make an annual visit to the tomb of a 19th-century Jewish

An Israeli military court ruled on Wednesday that Ibrahim Hamad, the former commander of Hamas’ military wing in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, is guilty of the

The director of the Welfare Department in Beit El, Hedva Ariel, said on Wednesday that the children who were evicted from their homes in the Ulpana neighborhood are suffering from

Hamas was quick to blame the Israeli Mossad spy agency for the death of its member in Syria, AFP reported. A senior member of Hamas told AFP that Kamal Hussein

Egypt’s ailing former President Hosni Mubarak is slipping in and out of a coma and his morale has plunged after news of Mohammed Morsi’s victory in the presidential polls, officials

A senior member of Hamas was murdered in Damascus on Wednesday, Hamas politburo member Izzat al-Rishq announced. In a message posted to his Facebook page, al-Rishq said that the murdered

Knesset Member Danny Danon confronted the French ambassador to Israel Wednesday, telling him that France is responsible for the growing anti-Semitism in the country. MK Danon, speaking at a meeting

Opposition forces in Syria stormed a pro-government satellite news television station Wednesday, killing three. State-run Syrian media issued a response to the attack, saying “terrorists planted explosive devices in the

Bodyguards stepped between Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Arab MK Talab Al-Sana, who Lieberman called a terrorist during a tour of an illegal Bedouin village in the Negev on Wednesday. During

An Austrian fund for reparations to victims of the Nazi Holocaust is shutting down after 11 years “due to limited finances.” The Reparation Fund for the Victims of National Socialism

The shekel-dollar rate hit a three-year high this week and is just about touching the level where a shekel is worth only a quarter, of four for a dollar. The

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, 71, died Tuesday of pneumonia after a long battle with leukemia. “It is with great sadness that we report that Nora Ephron has died,” reported

An Egyptian court has suspended the decree allowing the military to arrest civilians. The order, issued Tuesday by an administrative court, stops military police and intelligence officers from arresting activists,

The sea level of the Atlantic Ocean is rising along America’s eastern seaboard faster than in other parts of the world, according to a US Geological Survey team. The scientists

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Ankara has no intention of attacking Syria over its recent downing of a fighter jet. “As Turkey, the Turkish nation, we

A terrorist was wounded at the entrance to Maaleh Adumim Wednesday afternoon, after he tried to snatch a gun from a security guard. According to reports from the scene of

Turkey has deployed a large number of military vehicles to the Syrian border, the Turkish daily Milliyet reported on Tuesday. According to the report, 15 armored tanks, long-distance guns and

Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Tuesday with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. In a joint press conference the two held after their meeting, Putin declared that Russia

Social protest activists set up about 20 tents on Tuesday in a park near the central train station in Tel Aviv. The tents were set up with the approval of the

Russian President Vladimir Putin had to swallow hard Tuesday when Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas surprised him by naming a road in Bethlehem in honor of his guest. In Europe,

The victory of Mohammed Morsi in the Egyptian presidential elections could enable Hamas to secure international recognition, an official in the party told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency on Monday.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz next week, Channel 2 News reported on Tuesday. It will be Abbas’ first meeting in months with an