U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the Stuxnet virus attack on Iran in 2010 as part of a wave of cyber sabotage and espionage against the would-be nuclear power, according to

Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that the abductors of the Lebanese pilgrims in Syria should address their grievances directly with him, and not through kidnapping innocent people. “If

The UN Human Rights Council called on Friday for an investigation into the killing of more than 100 civilians in the Houla region of Syria, and condemned Syria for the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to announce on Monday that the five disputed homes in the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El will be demolished, in accordance with a recent

The United States appeared to set a deadline on Friday for Iran to ease world concern over its disputed nuclear program. The Associated Press reported that Secretary of State Hillary

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of an “extremely dangerous” situation in Syria and emerging signs of a civil war, but continued to reject a military intervention. Amid mounting pressure

Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Egypt on Friday, to demand that Ahmed Shafiq, a former senior official in Hosni Mubarak’s ousted regime, be disqualified from

A Turkish court on Friday formally charged an internationally known pianist and composer with insulting Islamic religious values, in comments he made on Twitter. According to The Associated Press, the

Music legend and superstar, Madonna, performed for thousands of fans in Israel on Thursday in a much anticipated “peace concert,” as part of her world tour. “I chose to start

WikiLeaks has denied any links between a leaked cable and Iran’s execution of an Iranian it accused earlier this year of being a Mossad spy and of assassinating scientist Masoud Alimohammadi with an

The IDF shortly after noon on Friday identified a terror squad in Gaza preparing to fire rockets into Israel and scored a direct hit. The Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency said

Turkey’s first particle accelerator facility which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims will serve the health sector and aims to diminish dependence on external markets opened yesterday near Ankara by

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday welcomed a statement from the White House expressing regret for President Obama’s description of the Nazi death camps in Poland as “Polish camps” in

Facebook and other social networks have long been not only places for friends to connect, but also political fronts in which ideas are debated as often – if not more

Twenty people, both Jewish and not, will take part in the nondenominational advocacy training program. They will meet policy makers and political leaders and visit the “hot spots” often featured

Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in his murder and corruption trial on Saturday. Mubarak and his security chiefs are charged

The family of a terrorist whose actions were caught on camera has won a lawsuit against the State of Israel and will receive a pension from the State. Mohammed Khatib,

Jewish voters still prefer President Barack Obama over Republican nominee Mitt Romney, according to a new poll released on Thursday by the Workmen’s Circle. The poll was conducted by a

Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, The Associated

Millionaire and entrepreneur Richard Branson has decided to launch a new business venture, “Virgin Pure,” using technology imported from Israel. Branson recently visited the country and met with Israeli technology

The price of gasoline will drop by about 3% Thursday night, after oil prices in Wall Street dipped to $88, their lowest level in eight months. A liter of 95

Following a decision by IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, Minister of Defense Ehud Barak approved on Thursday the appointment of Major General Yaacov Ayish as the new

“The massacre of civilians of the sort seen last weekend could plunge Syria into a catastrophic civil war — a civil war from which the country would never recover,” U.N.

A Saudi scholar has offered a $450,000 reward for assassinating Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. “We announce a reward of $450,000 for whoever kills the assassin Bashar Al Assad, whose

Israeli geneticists have found that a tribe of Native American Indians may have a genetic mutation typical of Ashkenazi Jews. The genetic mutation is a harmful modification in the BRCA1

A radio host has been hospitalized after being cut 15 times by an unidentified criminal, after he criticized the Prophet Mohammed, on air, according to a Russian news agency. Sergey

Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Netanyahu was attacked by a woman as she visited the Ovnat shopping mall in Petach Tikva. The woman cursed and spat at Mrs. Netanyahu and flung

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s two sons, already in jail for more than a year and on trial, were charged with insider trading Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. According to

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned on Wednesday against the devastating consequences of a Libyan-style intervention in Syria. According to a report in the Iranian-based Fars news agency, Larijani said

The IDF’s Northern District Commander Yair Golan said on Wednesday that Israel is in a constant battle with Iran in various channels, Channel 2 News reported. In a speech he