The prime minister of the Flanders region of Belgium has retracted his comparison of the security fence with the “ghettos during World War II.” Kris Peeters, during his first-ever visit

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has named Riyad Hijab as his new prime minister in what may be the waning days of his administration. More than 13,500 Syrians – mostly civilians

Russia says it is willing to see Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad leave power – but not by force. In a significant change from its prior position, Moscow appears to have

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu once again has proven that it is more important for a politician to win than to be liked. His nationalist ministers fell in line on Wednesday

IAF aircraft struck two weapons storage sites in northern and southern Gaza on Tuesday night, according to a statement by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. The statement noted that direct hits

Republicans in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania have elected Steve Smith, a lifelong white supremacist with close ties to neo-Nazi groups and groups, to the county’s GOP Committee. Smith, 41, who had

The British pro-Hamas Viva Palestina organization suffered a setback recently, when Egyptian authorities refused to allow the organization’s aid convoy to enter Gaza. According to a report by the Intelligence

The White House confirmed on Tuesday the death of Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, calling it a “major blow” to the terror network, CBS News reported. White House spokesman Jay Carney would not

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak suffered an “emotional breakdown” in prison on Tuesday, a senior interior ministry official said. The ailing 84-year-old’s “health deteriorated while in prison,” the official told

State Prosecutor Moshe Lador has a rejected a request by Israeli attorney Yossi Fuchs to launch a criminal investigation against Arab MK Ahmed Tibi for incitement, over a speech in

Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, eyed as a potential running mate for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, wrapped up a trip to Israel last week that featured talks with Prime

President Shimon Peres met a group  of bereaved relatives of terror attacks Monday and promised them to talk to U.S. President Barack Obama about Jonathan Pollard. Peres will be receiving

A prominent German Jewish leader has criticized a visit by members of the German national soccer team to the Auschwitz death camp. Dieter Graumann, the president of the Central Council

In a move sparking outrage among both Jewish and non-Jewish students and professors, administrators at the City University of New York (CUNY) have decided to separate Jews into a distinct

President Barack Obama for the seventh time has exercised the “security” waiver allowing him to ignore a Congressional law that the U.S. embassy be relocated to Jerusalem. The 1995 law

A hate song with the deceiving title of “I Love Israel” has become the latest craze in Egypt, The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reported. The singer, Amr El

A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan on Monday targeted Al Qaeda’s top terror strategist, Abu Yahya Al-Libi. Fifteen terrorists were killed, but confirmation of Al-Libi’s death could take weeks or

Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right, warned she may sue Madonna for superimposing a swastika on her forehead in a video presentation that accompanied her show in Israel.

The “Flame” virus whose existence was revealed last week is 20 times bigger than Stuxnet and was aimed at stealing Iranian-Russian blueprints, presumably of nuclear facilities. “Stuxnet was really unique

Arabs in Kerak, Jordan, attacked Jewish tourists because they wore “provocative hats” and other items of clothing worn by religious Jews, according to Arab websites. The incident took place Sunday

Russia, which is helping Iran develop nuclear power, has more nuclear warheads than any country in the world, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report released Monday.

As was expected, the Palestinian Authority glorified the 91 terrorists whose bodies were returned by Israel, as a gesture by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The

A Chabad man from Chicago was named this week one of ten Jewish Chicagoans of the year. The man, Rabbi Yaakov Yarmove, is known by the nickname “King of Kosher”

A senior IDF official said on Monday that there has been an increase in attempts by terrorists who were released in the Shalit deal and sent to Gaza to promote

A New Jersey couple lost custody of their four children, three of whom are named after Nazi criminals, after a Superior Court judge ruled that a history of domestic violence

Professor Robert Wistrich of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, world renowned expert on anti-Semitism, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Monday about the fact that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who is marking her

The UN’s cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Monday it will, for the first time, consider a Palestinian Authority site for its World Heritage List. In a statement quoted by AFP,

A Muslim movement has bought a posh house in the heart of a large upscale Jewish neighborhood in Baltimore, whose main artery is known as “Synagogue Row.” The Muslim sect

Syrian rebels killed at least 80 army soldiers in a surge of attacks at the weekend that followed their threat to resume fighting if President Bashar al-Assad failed to observe

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein on Monday approved Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s outline for dealing with Beit El’s threatened Ulpana neighborhood. Netanyahu has proposed five multi-residence structure facing demolition be destroyed,