In honor of Israeli Independence Day on Thursday and in a sign of the warm relations enjoyed between Israel and Canada, Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak held an Israeli flag-raising

Police raids in Italy may have been targeting 18 Al Qaeda-linked suspects who were planning an attack on the Vatican, a state prosecutor revealed Friday. Chief Prosecutor Mauro Mura revealed to Reuters that the

Israel’s sole skiing site, Mount Hermon on the northern border, was opened on Friday morning to visitors after an unseasonably large snowfall covered the mountain in several centimeters of white over Thursday

Israel’s latest population figures, released as is traditional ahead of Israeli Independence Day, cite a population that added 176,000 babies, 32,000 new immigrants and has reached an estimated total of

President Reuven Rivlin participated Friday morning in the memorial ceremony to commemorate ANZAC Day, in memory of fallen soldiers of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.   The President laid a

The IDF on Thursday night, shortly before midnight, launched an airstrike which targeted a “terrorist infrastructure” in northern Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. According to the

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has urged foreign diplomats to stand firm with the State of Israel, opining that their countries share a common cause with the Jewish state. Speaking at

Police have arrested a suspect in the brutal beating of Eli Ohayon, 63, a resident of Tel Aviv, on Memorial Day. The assault took place at the Shuk Hacarmel market in

  “I take full responsibility for a U.S. government counterterrorism operation that killed two innocent hostages held by al Qaeda,” President Barack Obama said Thursday. Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American

(AFP) Adam Gadahn, the Al Qaeda spokesman believed killed in a US operation, was a teenage rock music fan who grew up on a Californian goat farm before he was drawn

Tovia Singer and Rod Bryant explain why President Vladimir Putin lifted the ban on sophisticated surface to air missiles to Iran. As it turns out, the Jewish state was shocked

At least 2,000 people, mostly Islamic State group terrorists, have been killed in Syria by a US-led air campaign in the past seven months, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday, according to AFP.

After a year of tensions, and even hostility, between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama, a mending of fences may be on the horizon – but not until

The delivery of S-300 air defense systems to Iran is not a matter of near future, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the media on Thursday, according to official Russian

  “I take full responsibility for a U.S. government counterterrorism operation that killed two innocent hostages held by al Qaeda,” President Barack Obama said Thursday. Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American

The International Bible Contest for youth took place on Thursday morning, starting at 11:00 a.m.  Held annually on Israel Independence Day, the purpose of the contest, the Ministry of Education explains, is

President Reuven Rivlin hosted at his official residence on Thursday the annual “All Israel from Jerusalem” celebration in honor of Israeli Independence Day.  Speaking at the ceremony was IDF Chief of Staff

Last night, it was reported that Haredi extremists had flown an ISIS flag in Beit Shemesh in protest of Israeli Memorial Day and Independence Day. The incident is just the

The show begins with the Memorial Day siren and an understanding as to why the powers that be attached Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims to Independence Day,

French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian whose plan to attack churches was foiled when his arsenal of weapons was uncovered, AFP reported.  Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the planned attack on

What is Turkey thinking? That is the question some analysts are asking themselves in the days following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s condemnation of Pope Francis I. Francis referred to the

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama hosted Thursday morning the traditional Independence Day celebration entitled, “All Israel from Jerusalem.” The even began at 8:40 a.m. with a flyover of

The Jerusalem Municipality lit up on Wednesday night the Bridge of Strings at the entrance to the capital with a unique lighting installation in honor of Israel’s 67th Independence Day.  The

Israel has had a long year. From Operation Protective Edge to elections, rising housing prices, and a crisis in relations with major ally the United States, it has not always been

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined the spirit of Independence Day on Wednesday night, eating Shakshouka for the first time with Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor.  The tasty Israeli dish, traditionally

Turkey on Wednesday announced that it is recalling its ambassador to Austria, after parties represented in parliament signed a declaration recognizing the massacre of Armenians a century ago as genocide,

At least 42 fighters were killed in 24 hours of fierce fighting between Islamist rebels and the Islamic State group in Syria’s Damascus province, a monitoring group said Wednesday. “At

The trial of German former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz”, heard horrific descriptions Wednesday of the Nazi death camp, from prisoners’ arrivals to grisly “medical” experiments,