Eli Cohen, who infiltrated the highest echelons of Syria and was executed after his capture, is remembered by Israel and the world as the greatest Israeli spy. After he was executed by

With tension boiling in coalition negotiations between Likud and Jewish Home, board members of Jewish Home’s Forum of Deputy Mayors as well as members of city, local and regional councils are joining the

Fewer couples got divorced in 2014, according to statistics released by the Rabbinical Court system to Channel 2 Monday – a rare decrease despite a definite upward trend.  Overall, 2% fewer couples

An Israeli soldier has been arrested by police for allegedly “bowing his head” upon leaving the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest site. According to a statement by the legal rights

The Egyptian army has destroyed 69 tunnels along the border with Gaza since March 28, an Egyptian army spokesman said Saturday, according to the Ma’an news agency. The spokesman, Muhammad

Labor leader Yitzhak Herzog continued to insist on Saturday that he will not join a coalition headed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. “Immediately after the election I said that we

An explosive device went off near the offices of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City Saturday night, AFP reported. A second struck near police headquarters, the

Ahead of Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars (Memorial Day), Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah on Saturday night visited the grave of the prime minister’s

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has once more warned against the transfer of an advanced surface-to-air missile system to Iran. “Israel sees with great severity the supply of S-300 missiles

An unprecedented meeting of holocaust-deniers took place in London last week, drawing the who’s who of the European and North American fringe far-right and triggering concern from Jewish and anti-fascism groups. The

In honor of Israel’s upcoming Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron, the National Insurance Institute has published a report documenting the number of Israeli civilians killed in hostilies since the War of Independence

Some 700 African migrants are feared dead on Sunday, after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea.  Declared an emergency at around midnight, the ship is

Shas MK Yaakov Margi is very optimistic that things will work out with all of the Likud’s “natural partners,” including his party, Jewish Home, and Yisrael Beytenu. “Anyone who wants

Australian security forces arrested five people Saturday over an ISIS-inspired plot to attack police and citizens with “edged weapons” at Anzac Day ceremonies. “There was a knife and there was a

As Israel’s official Memorial Day approaches, hundreds of bereaved families have called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to ban the entry of terrorists’ families into Israel to attend an “alternative” Yom

The New York Times has openly addressed the disparity between Jewish prayer rights on the Temple Mount this week – a possible first for a newspaper now often associated with anti-Israel views.

In what appears to be yet another “gesture” to the Palestinian Authority, Israel has streamlined its admission policy for PA residents. Whereas formerly it took a PA resident several weeks

Israelis could soon see a lot more American cars on their roads, after Israel and the United States signed a deal last week that increased cooperation on transportation issues, enhancing

Poland said Sunday it has demanded a formal apology from the United States after the head of the FBI claimed Poland shares responsibility for the Holocaust with Germany. US Ambassador Stephen Mull will “receive

Conversion to Judaism is a unique story for all who go through the process. Experience varies from country to country and person to person. It might be different also depending

While Israeli and foreign media slammed a Rishon Lezion teacher who had her kindergarten students wear a yellow star on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, parents of children in

The Palestinian Authority is determined to get Israel booted out of FIFA, the international organization that manages several soccer leagues, and doing so is “a gross attempt to mix sports

No fewer than 13 Israeli water companies participated in a “water delegation” to parched Brazil just before Passover – in an effort to help the country overcome what officials call its “water

Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes have cleared the country’s largest oil refinery of the Islamic State group, the international coalition helping Baghdad fight the jihadists said on Sunday, according to AFP.  ISIS

Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett on Sunday night threatened to end the coalition negotiations with the Likud, if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decides to appoint Shas chairman Aryeh Deri as

A memorial service was held on the one-year anniversary of the murder of 20 year-old Shelly Dadon on Sunday, in her hometown of Afula.  Police found Dadon’s body in an abandoned Migdal

The Eastern Orthodox church on Sunday appealed to the international community to help discover the fate of two senior clerics kidnapped in Syria’s northern Aleppo province two years ago, according to AFP.  On April

Chairman of far-left group Peace Now Yariv Oppenheimer, the persistently bitter ideological opponent of Jews in Judea and Samaria, has been assigned to do guard duty outside a community he wants evicted

As Iranian ships steam towards Yemen for a possible showdown with Saudi Arabia, the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dismissed what he termed “American threats” as “stupid lies.” In a

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt over the weekend slammed Hezbollah top terrorist Hassan Nasrallah for his support of Iran’s assistance to Houthi rebels who have overthrown the government of Yemen.