President Reuven Reuven and First Lady Nechama hosted ambassadors and diplomats representing over 100 countries, on Monday morning – and his  speech aroused some criticism from nationalist elements. The traditional reception in

The Taliban has admitted publicly for the first time that they covered up leader Mullah Mohammed Omar’s death for over two years, in order to keep their ranks.  On Monday,

The Judea-Samaria Unit’s Menashe Brigade simulated a shooting attack on civilians on Monday, in a special exercise on the road leading to the Jewish community of Mevo Dotan in northern

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has deemed the Iranian nuclear deal a “bold stroke of diplomacy” on Monday, as a public relations war over the deal mounts ahead of

When it comes to Christian Zionism, most people think of the United States – and with good cause. Groups like Christians United For Israel (CUFI) have been among the leading lights in

  Jaffa Gate and A(braham) Fast’s restaurant.  (Debbas Collection, British Library) We wanted to know more about the store on the left with the sign “A Fast. Restauranteur.”  Was this a tourist

Parents of pupils in Ashkelon’s School of the Arts are threatening to boycott the start of the school year because of the appointment of a radical leftist principal. Avital Benshalom

A panel of Supreme Court judges rejected on Monday an appeal by former Balad MK Said Nafaa against his conviction and sentencing for contact with a foreign agent in the

Tragedy in central Israel: a 44-year-old reservist soldier collapsed and died Sunday during training at the Adam military facility, reported Channel 10 Monday. The soldier belonged to the Idan formation

Republicans intend to “hammer” Senate Democrats next month if they do not allow a vote on a measure disapproving President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, according to The Hill. Republicans,

Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma has co-authored an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal urging individual US states to widen sanctions against Iran even as the White House

Saudi Arabia allowed women to register to stand in local elections on Sunday, a historic first for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, AFP reports. In a country where women face a

While President Barack H. Obama tries to sell his Iran deal to the American people, he is having some trouble selling it to members of his own party. In what

Iran has sentenced two people to ten years in prison each for spying for the U.S. and Israel. According to Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, a spokesperson for the country’s Justice Ministry,

Outgoing chief military censor Sima Vaknin-Gil has accused Israel’s most widely viewed television channel, Channel 2, and its diplomatic reporter, Udi Segal, of harming national security by divulging a top

For the first time since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident, which brought the already strained relations between Israel and Turkey to their lowest point, an official delegation from Turkey will

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz are blasting the nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers, likening it to the Munich agreement signed in

Egypt will hold its parliamentary election starting on October 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, according to Reuters. The announcement marks the final step in a process to bring

MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu) on Sunday night said he was “confident” that the chairman of his party, MK Avigdor Liberman, will one day be prime minister. Speaking at a

Ronen Edri, 46, who was wounded in a shooting attack on Sunday as he drove past the Jit intersection, near Kedumim in Samaria, spoke to Channel 20 and recalled the

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the British ambassador in Cairo to protest comments he made after a judge sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years prison, reports The

A second wannabe prime minister on Sunday expressed confidence that the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would soon fall. Speaking at a party event Sunday, Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor

A report over the weekend said that the United States was likely to remove its Patriot missile defense batteries from Jordan. In a statement, Riki Ellison, Chairman of the Missile

The Minister of Internal Security, Gilad Erdan, and the Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, have agreed to extend Acting Police Commissioner Bentzi Sau’s term in office by 45 days, pending government

President Reuven Rivlin compared Israeli Jews’ fears of their Arab enemies to the unfounded fear people have of bees. While bees sting, he explained, they ultimately produce honey. Rivlin and

Oregon’s Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley on Sunday announced his support for the Iran nuclear deal. This puts the number of supporters of the deal at 31, just three short of

Hundreds of people in Israel have signed a petition against an impending transfer of some 50 million cubic meters of water to Jordan. The transfer, set to occur in the

An Italian exploration firm searching for gas and oil off Egypt’s shores announced Sunday that it had found a huge natural gas deposit – the “biggest ever” find for the

Well-known Jewish activist Noam Federman of Kiryat Arba will stand trial for an incident last year in which Arabs ambushed his vehicle with rocks. Federman will be charged with damaging

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi today (Saturday), as part of the former’s first multi-day trip since the March election. Prime Minister Netanyahu praised Prime