An Israeli was very seriously wounded in a shooting attack at the Beit Anun junction near Hevron on Friday evening. He was taken for treatment at the Hadassah Ein Kerem

The UN chemical weapons watchdog Friday confirmed with “utmost confidence” that mustard gas was used in Syria in August during fighting between rebels and jihadists and “likely” killed a child,

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday criticized the recent arrests of journalists amid an ongoing crackdown on expression by the country’s hard-liners, which he himself promised to put an end

President Barack Obama is expected to encourage Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to take steps to prevent Israel and the Palestinians from moving toward a “one-state solution” during their meeting at

The Muslim council of clerics in Jerusalem has issued a call to entirely ban all Jewish presence from the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. The announcement specifically called

Russia’s air force on Thursday said it carried out strikes near the Islamic State (ISIS)-held ancient city of Palmyra for the second time this week, claiming its targets were far

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Thursday took issue with Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, after he held a Senate hearing on Palestinian and Iranian terrorism, The Associated Press (AP)

The German government has continued to pay pensions to Spaniards who volunteered to fight for the Nazis during World War II, the British Telegraph newspaper revealed on Thursday. According to

An Arab terrorist conducted a stabbing attack in Sha’ar Binyamin, to the north of Jerusalem. The attack took place outside a chain of the Rami Levy supermarket. One victim in his 40s

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should appoint Ran Baratz as head of public diplomacy if he so wishes and not apologize for it, Education Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday night.

President Barack Obama said Thursday that it’s possible a terrorist bomb brought down a Russian passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula last Saturday, but stressed it is too early to

Hamas fired two rockets into the Mediterranean Sea on Friday morning, as part of its ongoing missile tests meant to advance its domestic rocket arsenal ahead of its next terror war

Thousands of Britons are left stranded at Sharm al-Sheikh airport Friday, after a UK directive to leave the southern Sinai in light of evidence pointing to a bomb having brought down Metrojet Flight

Five soldiers were wounded in an explosion in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal on Friday, security sources said, a day after a suicide bomber killed six people there. “An explosion targeted a

An Arab terrorist attempted to conduct a car attack during Arab riots at Halhoul, located north of Hevron in Judea. The attack unfolded along Route 35; the terrorist was shot and

The Friends of the IDF (FIDF) organization on Thursday night held its annual event honoring the IDF at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, where an outpouring of 1,200

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told American Jews that she would reaffirm the United States’ “unbreakable bonds” with Israel, and promptly invite Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to Washington should she win the White House. Clinton,

The Reform Judaism movement in America voted on Thursday to pass a controversial new resolution outlining a number of steps catering to transgender people. Homosexuality is forbidden by halakha (Jewish law), but the

Science Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) on Thursday issued a strongly worded letter against EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen, slamming the EU’s discriminatory initiative to label Jewish products from Judea and

Israel’s deputy ambassador to Britain has raised the possibility that the original 1917 Balfour Declaration would be brought to Israel in a special exhibition marking the historic document’s centenary in

US officials investigating the crash of a Russian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula now believe ground crew at Sharm al-Sheikh airport were responsible for smuggling aboard an explosive device which

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the man he tapped for National Director of Hasbarah (information diplomacy), Dr. Ran Baratz, posted “improper” comments on Facebook regarding President Reuven Rivlin

Weapons experts have concluded for the first time that mustard gas was used during fighting in Syria in August, an official at the global chemical arms watchdog told AFP Thursday.

The French presidency on Thursday said it would deploy its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to boost its operations against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group in Iraq and Syria. The presence of the nuclear-powered

The Nazareth Magistrate’s Court on Thursday released to house arrest an Arab woman who lives in the northern city and who tried to stab soldiers with a knife in Afula, against

A full 369 members of the House of Representatives issued a stern letter to Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, demanding that he stop inciting terrorism. The letter

A 25-year-old man sustained minor to moderate injuries on Thursday evening, as a gas cylinder exploded in a residential building in Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood. A 28-year-old man was hurt

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was said to be reconsidering the appointment of Ran Baratz as his new head of public diplomacy on Thursday, after the United States reacted angrily to

The annual Chabad Worldwide Shluchim Conference opened Thursday in New York City. About 3,500 shluchim, or Chabad emissaries, are taking part.  At the same time, another Chabad stream held its conference at 770