French World War II hero Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac, one of the first to condemn the Nazi gas chambers, died on Wednesday aged 98, President Francois Hollande announced. A towering figure in the French

The latest Palestinian terrorist murderer to receive his Master’s Degree in Israeli prison is Maslama Thabet, responsible for the murder of two Israelis. The Palestinian Authority (PA) news agency Ma’an reports

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to announce his first coalition agreement for the formation of his new government next week, right after the conclusion of the Passover holiday, sources

Syrian exile and imam Abdul Hadi Arwani was shot dead on a London street this week, and authorities now say his death may be a politically-motivated assassination.  London police did not explicitly

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been convicted by a Boston jury after 11.5 hours of deliberation.  Tsarnaev has been declared guilty of all 30 federal charges. Seventeen carry

While many Israelis took the week off for Pesach vacation, one group – the supervisors of kashruth in the Chief Rabbinate – were working overtime. Dozens of violations of laws

Reports Wednesday said that the Palestinian Authority has received a $100 million loan from Qatar. The money is to go towards paying salaries. Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who is

CIA director John Brennan gave a staunch defense of the framework nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday, calling some criticism of the accord “disingenuous” and claiming Tehran had made considerable concessions. In his first public remarks

The lifeless body of a 22-year-old Israeli was found adjacent to an abandoned church in Berlin on Tuesday bearing the signs of serious violence, according to local German news reports. Among the

This week Ira and Rod discuss Passover and the Counting of the Omer based on the seven emotional traits, and physical characteristics that we need to work on and meditate on

Sepp Blatter, president of the world soccer federation FIFA, on Tuesday rejected the Palestinian Authority (PA) attempt to have Israel blocked from international competitions. While attending a Confederation of African Football

Spanish police arrested nine people in the Catalonia region on Wednesday suspected of links to the Islamic State (ISIS) group, authorities said, the latest such raids as European nations seek to stop jihadist recruitment. The operation

Joining the outpouring of criticism against the Iranian nuclear framework deal announced last week on Tuesday were legendary former US Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George P. Shultz, who warned

Rahm Emanuel won his re-election contest Tuesday night and defeated challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia to remain in charge of Chicago for four more years. “I have had the good fortune

A terror attack took place in the Binyamin region, north of Jerusalem, Wednesday morning.  An IDF soldier suffered serious wounds when he was stabbed in his upper body, according to initial reports. Reports

A second victim has been claimed by the deadly stampede that occurred at the Bnei Brak funeral of leading haredi Rabbi Shmuel Wosner on Saturday night, after 18-year-old Yitzhak Samet was

In a move that may shake up the agreements reached between the US and Iran last week, a top US official announced on Tuesday that America will take a more

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has a long history of broadcasting images of Palestinian Arab women ululating in cries of joy over their dead “martyr” terrorist relatives, particularly in cases of mothers celebrating

Tragedy struck during the intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) during which many Israelis are on vacation, as one 40-year-old hiker enjoying the holiday fell to his death on Tuesday afternoon. The

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has hailed last week’s framework deal over Iran’s nuclear program, saying it will serve to strengthen the Islamic Republic’s position in the Middle East. “Iran will

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul officially announced his presidential campaign on Tuesday, becoming the second Republican candidate to do so ahead of the 2016 elections after Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) became the first late

A Russian nuclear submarine caught fire in a shipyard on Tuesday, according to reports by local Russian news agencies cited by Reuters. The fire took place on a 949 Antei submarine

Iraq has exhumed the remains of 47 people believed to have been massacred by jihadists from mass graves in Tikrit, the human rights ministry’s spokesman said Tuesday. “The number of remains that were exhumed

Less than a week after announcing their “framework deal” over Iran’s nuclear program, Tehran and Washington have been “irritating” each other with conflicting reports about the details of that agreement,

A New York resident has been charged with providing support to Islamic State jihadists in Syria, the Justice Department said Tuesday, after three suspected co-conspirators pleaded not guilty to similar

The Polish Jewish community faces a somewhat different struggle with assimilation or acculturation that other Diaspora communities face. According to Rabbi Yona Daniel Simons, former Rosh Kollel of Poland who

Israeli security sources acknowledged on Tuesday that the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper in Lebanon fighting in January was caused by Israeli fire.   “The Spanish soldier was indeed

Less than two years ago, Ambassador Yehuda Avner was a guest on this show, and he was at his usual excellent and immaculate self. He passed away about two weeks

The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday it is ready to offer Palestinian factions its firepower to support their battle with the Islamic State group  (ISIS) in the Yarmouk camp on

A mere three months after the lethal Islamist terror attacks in Paris at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters and a kosher supermarket, heads of the Muslim community in France are demanding “to double the