Turkey once again showed it can’t take a joke, as a Turkish court ordered a panel of experts to assess the character of Gollum from The Lord of the Rings

An historical synagogue in Australia has been defaced with Nazi and Islamic symbols, the J-Wire Jewish news website reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the coordinator of the historical

The Palestinian Authority’s security services in recent days busted an Islamic Jihad terrorist cell that had planned to attack IDF soldiers in Judea and Samaria, Kol Yisrael radio reported on

For an Israeli start-up, one answer to global warming is blowing in the wind. The company called NewCO2Fuels, or NCF, has been developing its own version of a technology that allows heat-trapping

The United States believes Turkey should become more active in the air war against Islamic State (ISIS), U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. “We need

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said peace would only come to war-torn Syria when the West and its Middle Eastern allies “stop supporting terrorists”, in an interview aired Tuesday on Czech

A German court on Tuesday permitted the trial of a 95-year-old German man accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 3,681 people at the Nazi death

Archaeologists digging just south of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount have made a historic discovery, unearthing the first-ever seal impression of an Israelite or Judean king ever exposed in situ in a scientific

The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on Tuesday announced that the late Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds has been posthumously recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations, marking the first US soldier

HIV-positive Israelis will be conscripted into the IDF for the first time, the army said Wednesday, in a controversial move that has apparently been avoided until now due to the fear of blood

In the past few minutes IDF soldiers backed by Border Police demolishing the home of the terrorist who murdered a yeshiva student and Border Police officer in a car-ramming attack last

The Knesset Finance Committee on Wednesday witnessed a surprising development in its discussion of the controversial natural gas deal that was recently approved by the government. Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabai (Kulanu) spoke

The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on Tuesday announced that the late Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds has been posthumously recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations, marking the first US soldier

During the latest archaeological excavation season at Tel Shiloh, the site of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) that preceded the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, an impressive ancient olive press was found in

Ira Rod are joined by Rabbi Chaim Coffman of Jerusalem, who for the last six years has been teaching potential converts through online classes. Rabbi Coffman successfully prepares each of

The New York Police Department are currently searching for Muslim man who carried out a brazen anti-Semitic attack in a local Judaica store. According to the JP Updates, the attacker walked into West

US State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner gave a particularly lackluster response on Tuesday to reports that an Iranian-American dual citizen had been executed by Iran, in a complete flaunting of US

A judge in Spain on Tuesday detained two men and a woman suspected of belonging to a cell that recruited women online to join the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group,

A mayor in Hungary accused Israel of being behind the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, then apologized when a recording of the comments was made public. The Budapest Beacon reported

Police have concluded that the driver of a bus which overturned in Samaria, killing one passenger and injuring many others, lied to investigators when he claimed a Palestinian vehicle who

Widows of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by the Black September Palestinian terror group in the 1972 Munich Olympics have come forward with gruesome details of the attack – details that

During his first-ever visit to Israel on Monday, two-time Academy Award winning actor Sean Penn took part in the IsraAID conference entitled: “Can Haiti Grow?”. The conference took place in

The defense attorney for a 13-year-old Arab terrorist who stabbed two people in north Jerusalem has reportedly been arrested for incitement. According to Channel 2, the suspect – who has

The US State Department last week made public a list of the strange and expensive gifts US President Barack Obama and his family were given by world leaders over the

The European Union (EU)’s lack of focus on military and counter-terror intelligence has led to the recent wave of terrorism and hysteria in the bloc, Dr. Eran Lerman, former deputy adviser for

A Palestinian Arab terrorist stabbed an Israeli at Gush Etzion Junction on Tuesday, shortly after 7:50 am local time.  Special Forces at the site saw a Palestinian Arab man wielding a

One Israeli was injured in a stabbing attack on Jerusalem’s Beit Yisrael street on Tuesday morning, just minutes after a stabbing at Gush Etzion junction.  Magen David Adom (MDA) medics

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad accused France of “supporting terrorism” and said he saw Prague as a possible venue for signing any future peace deal to end his country’s four-year civil

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he thinks it would be possible to repair the strained ties between his country and Israel, in light of the events in

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday declared he would be ready to quit office if allegations by Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Turkey traded oil with Islamic State (ISIS)