Har Bracha is a small Jewish town. It has perhaps over 2,000 residents, to 330 families, nestled on the southern end of Mount Gerizim of Biblical fame (and the source

Yeshiva University High Schools (YUHS) will host their Annual Dinner on Tuesday, May 12 at the Marina Del Rey in the Bronx, New York. Faculty honorees include Mrs. Ruth Fried,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kulanu chairman Moshe Kahlon are close to a coalition agreement but nothing has been finalized yet, sources in both parties told the Walla! Hebrew-language website

In yet another sign of trouble, ministers and officials of the Palestinian consensus government on Monday ended a visit to Gaza a day after arriving for talks on salaries of

The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that aid workers be allowed to distribute food and other supplies to residents trapped by fighting inside the Damascus neighborhood of Yarmouk, which has

An Argentine prosecutor on Monday dismissed allegations that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner tried to derail an inquiry into the bombing of a Jewish center in 1994, Reuters reported. Federal

Israel on Monday unblocked close to half a billion dollars it confiscated from PA tax revenues since the beginning of the year, the Palestinian Authority said. The PA said it received 1.8 billion Israeli shekels

Lawsuits may soon be coming.  A stunning new Israeli Supreme Court decision has upheld most of a 2011 Israeli law enabling civil recovery actions against those that proliferate Boycott, Divestment,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received a 14-day extension Monday in which to cobble together a new ruling coalition and he’ll likely need it as conflicting party demands get messier and messier. 

A 35-year-old truck driver was trampled to death Monday night near Soreq Interchange southbound on Highway 6.  The driver exited his truck because of a flat tire and was subsequently

News of the passing of renowned religious Zionist leader Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein has reached the US on Monday, as American Jewish organizations react to the loss.  “Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein was

Pope Francis on Monday condemned a “worrying” resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe and urged the continuation of dialogue between Christians and Jews, according to AFP.  Speaking during a meeting with the Conference of the European

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has refused to meet former US President Jimmy Carter in an upcoming visit to Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Gaza due to his anti-Israeli views, Channel 10 reports Monday. 

Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Riyad Yassin, underlined on Sunday Yemen’s rejection of the “four-point peace plan” that Iran has submitted to the UN Secretary General and the President of the Security

Rocks were thrown Monday evening at the vehicle of Michal Herzog, wife of Zionist Union chairman and Opposition leader, MK Yitzhak Herzog.  According to reports, the attack occurred as Herzog

A toast in honor of upcoming Israeli Independence Day was held Monday and attended by the higher echelons of Israel’s defense establishment.   On hand, notably, were Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense

A top Iranian commander on Sunday said that his country will never permit “foreigners” to inspect its military sites. “Not only will we not grant foreigners the permission to inspect

The first French weapons from a $3 billion Saudi-funded program will arrive in Lebanon on Monday as allies seek to bolster the country’s defenses against the Islamic State (ISIS) group

An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced to jail a man convicted of “spying for Israel” in  the Sinai Peninsula, judicial officials said, according to AFP. Two Israeli accomplices of the

A mother and her five children were among at least 19 civilians killed on Sunday in Syrian regime bombardment of the southern province of Daraa, a monitoring group said. The

In a shocking neglect of duty and endangering of soldiers, investigative reporters with Channel 10 found that a former IDF base which was evacuated and abandoned over a year ago was left

Members of the radical Women of the Wall group created a provocation at the Western Wall Monday, when they brought a Torah scroll into the women’s section of the Kotel

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited President Reuven Rivlin Monday morning and received a 14-day extension in which to cobble together a new ruling coalition. “I am giving you another 14

An attempt to smuggle 18 tons of special “metallurgical coke” coal into Gaza was foiled on Sunday at the Nitzana border crossing, which leads to the Sinai from where the coal was

A coalition of neo-Nazis have threatened to hold a second demonstration against the Jewish community in London, following a similar rally held earlier this month. The coalition – made up

A five-year-old boy was struck while riding a scooter by a Binyamin Regional Council shuttle bus on Monday in the Samarian community of Beit El.  Teams of Magen David Adom paramedics were called to

In the first volley of a spate of bomb attacks in Gaza over the weekend, an explosive was detonated late last Friday in western Gaza City right by Palestinian Authority

Numerous politicians responded to the death of leading religious-Zionist figure Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, who passed away on Monday morning at the age of 81. MK Ze’ev Elkin, chairman of the Likud

Should Israel generate a new ally? If Sherkoh Abbas’ advice were heeded, Israel would be trying to draw the Western world closer to the notion of an independent Kurdistan.  Abbas,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided not to attend Russia’s victory parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Saturday May 9, Kol Israel reported Monday.