The number eight candidate on the Jewish Home Knesset list, Betzalel Smotrich, said Sunday that he is “a proud homophobe.” He was reacting to a heckler who called him a

A report on housing that is set to be released in the coming days by Comptroller Yosef Shapira is “unnecessary” and “cynical,” according to Likud MKs – and shows how

Iran’s FARS news agency reports that an ancient hand-written Torah that had been stolen from a synagogue in southern Iran was found and returned by Iran’s paramilitary Basij police force

New Pentagon chief Ashton Carter will hold talks Monday in Kuwait with top US commanders and diplomats to discuss the war effort against the Islamic State jihadist group (ISIS), officials

Saudi Arabia’s morality police has detained a group of young men for dancing at a birthday party and referred them to prosecutors, The Associated Press (AP) reported Sunday, citing a

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and MK Tzipi Livni, one of the leaders of the joint Labor-Hatnua list known as “the Zionist Camp”, traded barbs on Sunday evening following a stabbing

A senior official in Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement wondered in a recent television interview why the Islamic State (ISIS) is not attacking Israel. The answer, according

After four straight months of falling gasoline prices, the party appears to be over for Israeli drivers – and the shock to the system is likely to be drastic, just

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Sunday evening that Israel will continue to firmly fight terrorism, responding to a terrorist attack in the city earlier in the day. “The fight

The father of American hostage Kayla Mueller, who died while held by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, on Sunday accused the Obama administration of putting its policy of not

A day after warning that President Barack Obama would not extend nuclear talks with Iran again, Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva on Sunday for fresh talks with

Jeh Johnson, the United States’ homeland security chief, on Sunday warned shoppers in one of America’s biggest malls to be on their guard, after the Al-Shabaab terrorist group posted a

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to stop security coordination with Israel if the country continues to withhold the PA’s tax revenue, a senior PA official said Sunday, according

Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino said Sunday morning that there may be grounds for a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara.  Speaking at a ceremony for new

The Chairman of the Religious Zionists of America (RZA), Martin Oliner, called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to ignore calls from the Israeli Left as well the Obama administration to give

Route 465 was blocked by police for some time Sunday morning following the discovery of two pipe bombs in Samaria.  The road was closed near the entrance to the Elisha

Almost one month after Hezbollah antitank missiles killed two IDF soldiers, an initial investigation has revealed that the event could have been preventable.  On January 28, Major Yochai Kalengal and

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may have been more affected by the State Comptroller’s scandalous report on his expenses than previously thought.  A recent set of surveys by the Hamidgam Project published

The 19th Knesset and the pact between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former Finance Minister Yair Lapid did not work, Res. Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant, #2 on the Kulanu party list,

Almost 600 Turkish soldiers crossed the border deep inside Syria overnight in a successful operation to repatriate troops guarding a Turkish enclave surrounded by Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, Prime Minister

Consumers in Israel pay more for milk and milk products than do consumers in the EU and North America – as much as 40% more, depending on the country. But

Jewish Home Chairman Naftali Bennett issued a strong warning to voters Saturday night during an interview on Channel Two’s “Meet the Press.”  Commenting on the possibility that Jewish Home may not be

The storm over Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to the United States Congress has yet to cease, with reports flying Friday that the White House was considering snubbing the annual AIPAC

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former Finance Minister Yair Lapid each blamed the other Sunday for the high cost of housing in Israel. The sniping came as the State Comptroller

The Head of Shas’s Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Shalom Cohen, mocked the national anthem Sunday and called it “that stupid song.” Speaking to supporters in Netivot, he recounted an

A haredi Jewish man was stabbed at Jerusalem’s Tzahal Square Sunday, and his condition is moderate. He was receiving treatment from an MDA team before evacuation to hospital. The man was reportedly

Purim time in Israel means candy, cookies – and costumes, with that latter item a NIS 250 million ($65 million) business for toy stores and professional costumers. Costumes can range

Although he resigned politics, and the Likud – because of disputes with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, some say – Gideon Sa’ar fully supports his former boss for the office of

Britain debated Sunday how to stop teenage girls joining the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) in Syria after three high-achieving youngsters became the latest to run away from home. Close

A poll published Sunday by Nana 10 and TRI Strategic Studies indicated that if elections were held today, the Labor-Livni list would receive 25 MKs, and Likud 23. In third