The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), General Yoav Mordechai, has announced that Israel will freeze its transfer of cement to the private sector in the Gaza Strip.

The Kulanu party, which campaigned on economic reforms and lowering the cost of housing, is subtly changing its goals. Rather than lowering the cost of housing in general, it is

The head of the Israel Bar Association, Efi Naveh, spoke with Arutz Sheva about the left-wing attack on Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home), following her criticism of the Supreme Court on

(JTA) Nine people, Israelis and Palestinians, have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling unsafe meat into Israel from the Palestinian Authority and selling it, with forged kashrut certifications, to Israeli restaurants.

Numerous maternity wards around Israel separate Jewish and Arab women, even though such a practice is completely forbidden by the Ministry of Health. Reshet B reported Tuesday morning that the

(JTA) A “Game of Thrones” actor added his star power to an elaborate April Fool’s joke by SodaStream. Hafthór “Thor” Björnsson, who stars as giant Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane in

(JTA) Hundreds of Israeli companies and some 850 Israeli shareholders are listed as having offshore accounts in a dump of leaked documents known as the Panama Papers. The 11.5 million

The Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the Shin Bet or Shabak) has cleared for publication the details about a shooting attack in the Samaria community of El Matan that it prevented.

Israel has told the United Nations that it will suspend private imports of cement in Gaza after some of the supplies were diverted, a UN spokesman said Monday. UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov is working

Croatian Jews said Monday they would boycott a commemoration ceremony for victims of the country’s most notorious World War II death camp, accusing authorities of failing to respond to a revival of pro-Nazi ideology. “Jewish municipalities

Following yesterday’s knife attack in Rosh Ha’ayin in which a 30-year-old mother of three was wounded, the Arab Israeli suspect’s mother denies the incident was a terror attack, claiming that

Who Really Owns YOUR Credit Card Miles Points? As we mentioned in one of our previous columns, one of the great perks about using credit cards is the ability to

Negotiating teams from Israel and Turkey will meet on Thursday in Europe in an effort to bridge the remaining gaps standing in the way of a reconciliation agreement between the two

The probe into alleged corruption by opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog may turn into a criminal investigation, a senior official involved in the probe told Channel 10 News on Monday.

The family of Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, the terrorist who was shot by a soldier in Hevron last week after a stabbing attack against Israelis, on Monday threatened the IDF with

The Pentagon on Monday confirmed it had targeted “senior” Al-Qaeda leader Abu Firas al-Suri and other jihadist fighters in an air strike in Syria, AFP reported. Pentagon press secretary Peter

Hamas is continuing its calls for violence against Jews, with one official threatening on Monday to “slaughter” Jews who are “harming” the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Faiza Al-Nashar, who heads Hamas’s women

A Swiss museum is to exhibit works from a spectacular Nazi-era art hoard it inherited two years ago from a German recluse, gallery managers said Monday. The Museum of Fine

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been able to circumvent international sanctions and fund its war effort through shadow companies, according to leaked “Panama Papers” seen by French daily Le Monde. The newspaper reported on

Israel has authorized 500 Jordanians to work in hotels in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat ahead of the vacation season, the Tourism Ministry said Monday. “The need for

A Palestinian NGO funded by UN bodies and foreign governments held a tree planting ceremony last Friday for “Land Day,” in which it honored 209 “martyrs of the intifada” in a

Amid a spate of controversies over alleged anti-Semitism by party members, leaders of the UK’s Labour Party have admitted the party has a serious problem and called upon colleagues to

(JTA) The Israeli Supreme Court decision on Jewish conversion changes almost nothing. But down the line, it could change a lot. Under the March 31 ruling, the state of Israel must

A new exhibit commissioned by the Israeli Mission to the UN opened on Monday at the UN headquarters in Manhattan. But the display was not the one originally prepared by

Arutz Sheva was on hand Sunday at the annual CHAZAQ event held in Queens College, New York, where leaders of the American Jewish community provided their insights on the challenges of

Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has written a blistering oped slamming modern-day anti-Zionism as the “new anti-Semitism.” In his Newsweek article, published Sunday, Rabbi Sacks refers to figures

MK Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union) has called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to fire Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home), following the latter’s criticism of the Supreme Court. “Shaked’s lashing

Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, spoke at the Knesset on Monday. He began by noting that the relationship between the US and Israel is “more

President Reuven Rivlin on Monday met at his residence with Foreign Minister of Czech Republic, Lubomír Zaorálek, who is visiting Israel. The two discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation in the fields of security, economy

A senior official in Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party has labeled the United States as “the number one enemy of the Palestinian people.” Fatah Central Committee member Jamal Muhaisen