International envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Syria on Monday amid growing fury over a gruesome massacre that killed 108 people in one town on Friday. He vowed “serious” discussions with
Prosecutors in Turkey have demanded charging an internationally acclaimed Turkish pianist for comments he made on Twitter, insulting Islam. According to reports, Fazil Say, an avowed atheist, is being accused
Iranian security experts report a virus far more dangerous than the Stuxnet worm has struck the country’s computer systems. Dubbed the “Flame,” the virus is one that has struck not
A massive joint military drill sponsored by the United States with several Mideast nations – that did not include Israel – has suddenly been canceled. No reason was given for
Whoever loses in Syria will get slaughtered, says Middle East expert Guy Bechor, who sees the struggle going on for years – and to Israel’s benefit. So far, the world
Klaas Carel Faber, a Dutch native who fled Germany after being convicted of war crimes, died Saturday at the age of 90. His wife told the Dutch news site de
A teenager in Albuquerque is accused of sending hundreds of anti-Semitic text messages to a fellow student, including “kill Jews, heil Hitler,” KRQE News reported. The victim’s mother said
The Israeli Navy is preparing to receive its fourth Dolphin-class submarine by training a larger number of combat submarine crewmen and marine commando forces. The IDF Website quoted a reliable
A Turkish court has formally indicted former IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi and several other former top IDF officers for the killing of nine people aboard
The Cannes film festival has cancelled the screening of a new film, titled “The Anti-Semite,” by controversial French comedian Dieudonne, himself a notorious anti-Semite. The film, which was produced by
Three infiltrators from China were lightly wounded in an exchange of fire on the Egypt-Israeli border Monday. A force from Givati Brigade’s Rimon unit identified about ten infiltrators, escorted by
National Union Knesset Member Dr. Michael Ben-Ari has asked the Knesset to let him host 100 illegal African infiltrators and says he wants to see if “bleeding heart MKs” are
Mainstream Israeli media sources provided further evidence Monday that they are unable or unwilling to report objectively on events in Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), as news outlets appear
Seven-year-old Rachel Atias, the lone survivor of the accident that wiped out her entire family of parents and six brothers and sisters, got out of her wheelchair and stood up
Former Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch can no longer give decisions as a judge, as of today. She retired three months ago but until today could still pronounce judgment in
Illegal African infiltrators comprise approximately 25 percent of the Tel Aviv neighborhoods where they stay, according to official city statistics obtained by Arutz Sheva Monday. In Eilat, the illegal infiltrators
An upper Manhattan public elementary school will be the first in the city to require that students study Arabic, officials said last week. Beginning next semester, all 200 second-through fifth-graders
Iran, with Hizbullah compliance, is behind plots to kill U.S. officials and Jews with sniper fire and bombs, The Washington Post reported Monday in its lead article. The information on
Organizers of an online Mideast political movement say they are launching the Internet’s first university for Israelis and Arabs across the Middle East, The Washington Post reported. Former Israeli diplomat
Almagor, an NGO representing terror victims, has filed a motion to the High Court asking it to compel the state to take action for cancellation of a Palestinian Authority (PA)
The U.N. Security Council is holding a special session to discuss the massacre of more than 90 people at Houla, Syria. One third of the dead were children. The meeting,
Arabs set fire to fields outside the Samaria (Shomron) community of Yitzhar on Saturday. Fire crews that arrived at the spot were pelted with rocks. One of the Arabs pulled
About 1,000 people came to the Tomb of Ruth in Hevron’s Tel Rumeida neighborhood this Shavuot weekend, where they read the Scroll of Ruth and celebrated the unique woman who
For the fourth straight Saturday, Arabs set fires west of Yitzhar, in Samaria (Shomron) – but this time, the Jewish side seems to have its own documentation of the event.
Iran may agree to negotiate its ongoing enrichment of uranium to higher levels if the West recognizes it has the “right” to do so for peaceful purposes, its foreign ministry
CAIRO (AP) — Three top candidates in Egypt’s presidential race filed appeals to the election commission ahead of the deadline Sunday, alleging violations in the first round vote that they
Reuters – The Muslim Brotherhood may seek to modify, but will not annul Egypt’s 33-year-old peace treaty with Israel, former US President Jimmy Carter said on Saturday. Carter, 87, was
Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi on Friday downplayed the effects of sanctions on the country’s oil industry, saying the embargos imposed by European states on Tehran are responsible for the
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot is set to begin Saturday night adjoining the Sabbath – lasting for its one Biblical day (from sunset to the next sunset) in Israel, and two
President Bashar Assad’s forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in central Syria on Friday, activists said. The Associated Press reported that the death toll in the attack