Hamas’s deputy politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, who previously was prime minister of Hamas’s government, slammed how Gaza has been marginalized from the peace process after his terrorist group violently seized control

22 year-old Niv Assaraf, the Be’er Sheva man who faked his own abduction to a national panic last week, claims that the incident was not pre-planned, he stated in a

An online battle between Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz and a secular citizen erupted on the Transportation Minister’s official Facebook account this week, Channel Two reports.  Because of the last day of Passover and the Shabbat

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani insisted Sunday that Tehran has always sought a “total removal of all United Nations and UN Security Council sanctions imposed on Iran” and not merely the

The Turkish government has launched what appears to be its most comprehensive crackdown on social media Monday, in response to pictures and videos posted online showing a prosecutor taken hostage by

Sources in Shas and United Torah Jewry said Sunday that they had reached an agreement with the Likud on rolling back recently approved rules on conversion. The changes had been

Among the Palestinian Arab fighters beheaded by the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) in Damascus’s Yarmouk camp was a senior Hamas figure in Syria, according to emerging reports. On Saturday, senior

Iran’s Foreign Minister said Saturday that Tehran would return to its nuclear activities should world powers renege on their agreement to be finalized in June.  In an interview with Iranian

Three days after the staged abduction of 22 year-old Niv Assaraf, the IDF has announced Sunday that they would not extend the career service of his friend and accomplice, Eran

Prominent haredi leader Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner was laid to rest overnight Saturday, at a 1:30am funeral held in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak. Loading… Rabbi Wosner, 102,

Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri promised Sunday to “revitalize” the party’s education network, El Hama’ayan, through his management of the Interior Ministry.  Yisrael Hayom reported that during an interview with “Day to Day,” Deri

Around 1,500 people gathered at Jerusalem’s Garden Tomb at sunrise on Sunday to celebrate Easter, according to AFP, when Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified. On a sunny but chilly morning,

The 27 year-old man who was trampled during the funeral Saturday night for Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner has been identified Sunday as yeshiva (Torah academy) student Mordechai Gerber.  A resident of

The media frenzy over the fake abduction of 22 year-old Niv Assaraf continues Sunday, as father Shmuel admits that he has no idea what happened – or why. “That isn’t

Whether it’s a genuine preparation for its return to the embrace of the world community, a celebration of the lessening of tension, or a ploy to convince Congress that “change”

Speaking on CNN Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu compared the arguments being made for accepting the nuclear deal with Iran to those made when the United States negotiated a nuclear deal with North

Neo-Nazism has reared its head again – this time, as far away as Mongolia.  On March 28, a group known as Khukh Mongol (Blue Mongolia) attacked a group of Chinese

Kulanu and Likud have reached some sort of an understanding if not an outright deal, sources involved in coalition negotiations between the two parties told Haaretz on Sunday.  According to the sources,

At least one person was killed Sunday in a bomb explosion on a Cairo bridge, just hours after Egyptian forces gunned down a top Islamist leader in an apartment near

A confidential Spanish military report on the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper during an exchange between the IDF and Hezbollah in Lebanon said he was manning a post that appeared

Outgoing government minister Limor Livnat on Sunday encouraged youths in Samaria to continue expanding Jewish settlement in the region, establishing new communities – known as “outposts” in the media –

A group of Jewish congressmen met with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough in his office last week and asked him to tell President Barack Obama to “soften his

Amid the turmoil of the Middle East, Iran’s march across the region, Palestinian power plays in the international court, and the global resurgence of anti-Semitism, Jews the world over have

Mahmoud Abbas, the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority (PA), said Sunday that he refuses to accept the funds from frozen tax revenues handed over by Israel because they amount to

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Sunday that the framework agreement between Iran and world powers is a huge achievement for Iran and a historic mistake for the West. “Iran is

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that the PA was rejecting Israel’s offer of tax money that had been collected on its behalf. At issues is Israel’s insistence on

For the second time in a month, soldiers of the IDF’s Binyamin regional brigade have been called to a major exercise in which they will involved in dealing with drill

Senators Bob Corker (R-TN), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, said Sunday on Fox News that the legislation that would force Preisdent Barack Obama to bring a deal on Iran’s nuclear program before

France has a sizable Muslim population – the largest community in Europe – but not enough mosques to hold them, according to a top official in a top French Muslim organization. To correct

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called President Barack Obama “a flawed negotiator” Sunday and said that he should leave the job of reaching a deal with Iran to his successor.  “I don’t want