After accusing Israel of violating the status quo on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as well as using “excessive force” against Arab terrorists, US State Department spokesman John Kirby issued

After several delays, an order to demolish a synagogue in the Jerusalem suburb of Givat Ze’ev is finally set to go into effect – but residents and supporters are hoping

Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and currently a Yesh Atid MK, has proposed that the Knesset open its winter and summer sessions with the singing of

The family of Lt. Hadar Goldin welcomed on Thursday the Israeli government’s decision not to return the body of terrorists to their families. Goldin was killed during Operation Protective Edge in

 A man is in custody in Austria after he and three accomplices assaulted a cyclist and carved a swastika into his forehead, prosecutors said Thursday. The victim had been cycling

The Palestinian Authority wants the United Nations to consider deploying military “protection force” in Jerusalem to help quell violence, the PA envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday. The proposal would be included in

The United States released a bleak report into the state of religious freedom around the world Wednesday, decrying jihadist attacks on Middle East minorities and a rise in European anti-Semitism.

Iraqi forces have made significant advances around Ramadi and an operation to retake the city captured by the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group in May is looming, officers said Wednesday. A

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed Wednesday that two of its senior officers have been killed in Syria, just days after the death of a general from the elite unit.   The

One person has been wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack just outside Jerusalem’s central bus station. The terrorist began his attack by stabbing a 70-year-old Jewish woman, leaving her with moderate-to-serious wounds. An

Controversial French comic Dieudonne should serve six months in jail for alleged racist and anti-Semitic comments he made during a show in Belgium, a prosecutor said Wednesday. “His show is

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the ‘Yehudai’ Border Police base Jerusalem, where he received an update on preparations for reinforcements to be dispatched as part of steps enacted Tuesday night to increase

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hailed the connections between Israel and India as he welcomed Indian President Pranab Mukherjee for the first ever visit by an Indian president to

Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid on Wednesday blasted the UN’s agency for “Palestinian refugees”, UNRWA, over its statement on Monday in which it expressed “deep alarm” at the loss

Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it had suspended flights over Iran and the Caspian Sea after an aviation safety body issued a warning about Russian missiles being fired at Syria, while some European airlines have also

The Palestinian BDS National Committee is calling on its followers to show a “wave of solidarity with Palestinian Popular Resistance” . A statement on the movement’s official website praises the

The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist movement on Wednesday backed a campaign of Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israelis, describing them as resistance and an “intifada.” “I emphasize our absolute support for the rights

Israeli politicians on Wednesday evening condemned the speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, in which he accused Israel of “executing” a 13-year-old Palestinian teenager – one of two

After earlier having condemned the latest terror wave in Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he will travel to the region soon to try to calm violence between

An 18-year-old Palestinian Arab, his face covered with the black-and-white keffiyeh iconic of arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat, promises to continue the terror war against Israel. “We’re going to keep throwing rocks at soldiers,” he

The United States admitted on Tuesday that a recent Iranian missile test was a violation of a UN resolution, but said that would not affect the implementation of the nuclear

Anti-Israel sentiments continue in South Africa, where the ruling party has recommended to citizens not to travel to Israel. The African National Congress’ (ANC) National General Council recommended on Sunday

Military commanders from Russia and the United States will hold another round of talks Wednesday on how to stay out of each other’s way in the skies over Syria, American

NASA and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) signed an important new civil space agreement on Tuesday, significantly increasing the cooperation between the two bodies. Menachem Kidron, director general of the

This week’s Temple Talk welcomes in the new month of Mar Cheshvan, the month of Noah’s flood and the future Holy Temple. But the new month starts against the backdrop

The Security Cabinet on Wednesday approved the suggestion of Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) not to return the bodies of Arab terrorists who are killed while conducting attacks to their families.

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee began his visit to Israel – the first ever official visit by an Indian president – on Wednesday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. President Reuven Rivlin

A gag order on the identity of the second victim of the lethal terror attack in Jerusalem’s southeastern Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, which took place Tuesday, was lifted on Wednesday. The murdered

A day after two lethal attacks rocked Jerusalem and left three Jews murdered, the IDF is preparing to implement the decisions of the Security Cabinet and reinforce the police presence in