Syrian Kurdish fighters have seized dozens of villages from Islamic State (ISIS) group jihadists around the town of Kobane on the Turkish border, expanding their control in the area, a

Fans of the right-wing satire show Latma finally got their long-awaited  wish on Thursday night, as the show that went off the internet back in August 2013 due to a budget

A Saudi cleric with the Islamic State (IS or ISIS) jihadist group has been removed from his post after objecting to the burning alive of a captured Jordanian pilot, a monitoring

Queen Rania joined thousands of people who turned out after midday prayers in Jordan’s capital Friday to express their solidarity with the pilot murdered by the Islamic State (ISIS) group.

The Hungarian Jewish community issued an official apology to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday night, after a community leader compared her visit to the Great Synagogue in Budapest to a

Dozens of Syrian regime strikes on an opposition-held area near Damascus have killed at least 82 people, a monitor said Friday, in the deadliest such onslaught since November. The Syrian Observatory for Human

Jordan said air strikes against the Islamic State group are only the start of its retaliation for the burning alive of one of its pilots, vowing to “eradicate” the jihadists, according to AFP. 

Uruguay has expelled a senior Iranian diplomat over last month’s planting of a dummy bomb near Israel’s embassy in Montevideo, Haaretz reported on Friday. Citing an unidentified “senior official in Jerusalem,” it said the

IDF forces on Thursday night opened fire on an Arab terrorist who hurled a potentially lethal firebomb at soldiers adjacent to the town of Kokhav Ya’akov in the Binyamin region

The leftist “Zionist camp” joint list of Labor and Hatnua will support the barring of radical Arab nationalist MK Hanin Zoabi from the Knesset, according to a report on Thursday by Channel 2.

MK Nissim Ze’ev, founder of the haredi Shas party who was recently ousted by chairman Aryeh Deri from the party’s list, visited the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Samaria’s Yitzhar this

The IDF Chief of Staff during the “Disengagement” from Gush Katif and northern Samaria, Dan Halutz, and other senior reserve officers attached to the political left, are featured in a

The New Israel Fund (NIF) appears to be exceedingly angry at Minister Naftali Bennett for cancelling – along with other politicians – a planned speech at Haaretz newspaper’s Israel Conference

In what is becoming an all too common occurrence for many British Jews, a UK news presenter is facing criticism for comments in which he appeared to at least partially

The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group has learned from the mistakes of past jihadist movements and established a near-impregnable base of support within Iraq and Syria, with spectacular appeal to many of

The Likud party on Thursday night firmly rejected reports in Haaretz claiming that during an official visit to Japan last May, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tried to advance efforts of American

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Thursday by telephone with Jordanian King Abdullah II, the premier’s office said, apparently their first contact since Jordan announced its ambassador was returning to Tel Aviv, reports AFP. “Prime Minister Netanyahu extended

State prosecutors recommended Thursday putting former MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on trial for several charges of bribery, Channel Two reported. The Prosecution’s recommendation comes a month after police also recommended bringing the

An Israeli driver was attacked by about 25 Arab rioters who were lying in wait to attack Jewish cars – just 300 meters from Hebrew University. Koby Goldstein was on

There will be no organized “boycott” of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech before the US Congress March 3, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday – but she suggested some

Controversial radio host Natan Zahavi should really watch his language, the High Court said Thursday – but there was no need to make a constitutional case out of a fine

Amnesty International has condemned Jordan for executing Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in “revenge” for the group burning Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh alive on camera.  “The Jordanian authorities are rightly horrified by this

Fighting continued and intensified in and around Damascus Thursday, as rebels pounded several neighborhoods of the city with rockets and missiles, Arab media reported. At least three residents were killed

A respected Holocaust expert was named Wednesday to take over as judge in the politically explosive case of a 1994 Jewish center bombing that has shaken Argentina since the lead prosecutor’s mysterious death, AFP reports.

The UN Security Council released on Wednesday night a statement condemning the death of a Spanish peacekeeper for UNIFIL who had been killed in last week’s antitank attack by Hezbollah – but

Jordan is likely to join the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, a source told Arab media Thursday. According to the source, King Abdullah, who was visiting the US when a Jordanian

Rabbi and Professor Yoel Elitzur was arrested Thursday morning by Israeli police on the Temple Mount, fellow Temple Mount rights activists said.  Elizur, a resident of the Samaria town Ofra,

The chances of Labor-Hatnua forming Israel’s next government in the 20th Knesset are looking less and less likely, as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party continues to gain in polls.  If elections

Several Democratic senators said Wednesday that they are considering boycotting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech before Congress, CNN reported.  The Senators wish to protest House of Representatives’ Speaker, Republican John Boehner,

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri is worth NIS 4.8 million ($1.15 million), according to documents he filed disclosing his personal net worth. The documents were presented on Channel Two News, which