The High Court for Justice decided Thursday to temporarily block a new IDF order that forbids secular soldiers to grow beards, as the court reviews a motion filed against the

The United States will be isolated on the world stage and its influence diminished if Congress rejects the Iran nuclear deal, the US ambassador to the United Nations has warned. In an editorial

Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu defiantly played a concert just outside of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Thursday, days after a Spanish music festival had cancelled – and then reinstated –

Israel wants to use its leading edge in agricultural innovation to help improve food production across Africa, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in Milan on Thursday. Visiting Israel’s pavilion at the World Expo

The Internal Security Ministry reacted angrily to the attempts of several former police commissioners to block the planned appointment of Brig. Gen. Gal Hirsch to the position.  Five former police commissioners as well

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, two former Obama administration officials urged for Israel to be provided with bunker-buster bombs, in order to be able to make a credible threat

A group of nearly 200 retired generals and admirals sent a letter to Congress Wednesday urging lawmakers to reject the Iran nuclear agreement, The Washington Post reported. The letter is

Iran on Wednesday dismissed British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond’s recent remarks that Tehran has changed its policies on Israel, stressing that the “Zionist regime” had no place in diplomatic talks

Democratic presidential candidate Doug Shreffler talks about his campaign, which follows the motto ““as good as it gets”.” What are the main issues that he would deal with, if elected,

The black man who allegedly shot to death two journalists during a live broadcast on Wednesday before taking his own life has apparently claimed he was sent over the edge

The Israel Air Force on Wednesday night launched an airstrike against a weapons manufacturing site belonging to Hamas in central Gaza. According to a statement from the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit,

Yaakov Litzman will officially take on the position of Israel’s Health Minister – a job he has been doing for the past several years in the current and previous governments

Residents and politicians of Herzliya are up in arms over a new plan by the municipality to operate “Shabbat shuttles” – minibuses that will transport riders from outlying neighborhoods to the

Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim is hoping to take one of Germany’s top orchestras to Iran to perform a concert, the Berlin State Opera said Thursday, drawing outrage from Israel.  Barenboim, 72, who is

The Movement for Quality Government filed an appeal on Thursday requesting an additional High Court hearing on the appointment of Shas chairman Aryeh Deri to a ministerial position.  The petition argues that

Fifteen years after the infamous “Ramallah lynching,” in which Arabs brutally murdered two IDF soldiers, a military court has decided that that one of its participants isn’t a murderer, after all.

A new clip published by Hamas on Wednesday night depicts terrorist fighters training for attacks against Israel inside terror tunnels.  These underground tunnels, which connect Hamas-controlled Gaza to Israel’s southern

An Arab terrorist attempted to attack a group of Border Policeman on Wednesday evening near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.  The Arab approached the policemen, shouting “Allahu Akbar” and lunging when

Has former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar once again hinted at a return to politics and even a future prime ministerial bid? Sa’ar spoke Wednesday at a conference in Netanya, Channel 10 reported, offering

For the first time, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has published data on how much Israelis recycle – with Jerusalem bottoming out all lists for 2014.  Most Israelis are

President Reuven Rivlin praised on Wednesday the decision to appoint Gal Hirsch as the Israel Police’s new commissioner amid a wave of outrage over the appointment.  Hirsch commanded the Galilee Division in

Iran urged the United States Wednesday to release 19 Iranians detained on sanctions-related offences, a day after ruling out a prisoner swap with a Washington Post reporter accused of espionage, according to AFP. “We call

This week’s thought-provoking edition of Temple Talk provides much food for thought for this month of Elul, as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman speculate on the ups and down of

Members of the Ethiopian community in Israel have alleged on Wednesday that they were forced to bribe government officials to speed up the process of bringing their loved ones still in Ethiopia to

Two journalists have been shot and killed while on the job near Roanoke, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. The reporters have been named as WDBJ7 reporter Allison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. 

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stood beside American Jewish leaders at a news conference on Tuesday, blasting US President Barack Obama and urging Congress to vote against the nuclear deal with Iran. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia is planning to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt, the Turkish Anadolu agency reports. Speaking at a joint press conference

Syrian insurgents, the Syrian army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah on Wednesday agreed on a 48-hour ceasefire in the rebel-held town of Zabadani near Lebanon’s border and two Shiite villages

Gaza terrorists on Wednesday night fired a rocket towards southern Israel. The rocket exploded in an open area in the Gaza Belt region, near the border fence. There were no

The Obama administration is focused on building enough support for the Iran deal to keep Congress from “spoiling” the agreement, the White House said on Wednesday. “There are several indications