A terrorist attacked a Jewish family with acid in the Gush Etzion region south of Jerusalem Friday, wounding six people including a number of young children. According to Magen David
A new twist in the apparently imminent possibility of a split in the hareidi Shas party occurred, as key senior rabbis in the Sephardic community vowed they would leave the
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday said he supported Egypt’s crackdown on tunnels linking the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to the Sinai Peninsula and any other action the country took
Yesh Atid held a “women’s conference” in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park Friday, which was attended by party chairman Yair Lapid, former Welfare Minister Meir Cohen, and several other Yesh Atid MKs.
The Greek government condemned on Friday as a “terrorist assault on democracy” a night-time gun attack on the Israeli embassy in Athens that saw the building sprayed with gunfire, but fortunately wounded no one.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership has decided to postpone a critical meeting over whether to halt security coordination with Israel until Sunday, Channel 10 reports Friday – the second postponement in
The hareidi Shas saga refuses to subside, as shocking new statements by chairperson Aryeh Deri disparaging his rival, former chairperson Eli Yishai, give further indications the two will split early
Likud could still prevail over Hatnua head Tzipi Livni’s pact with Labor, according to a new poll released Friday – with a major gain over the leftist bloc that contradicts
Members of former MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari’s Otzma Yehudit (lit. Jewish Strength) party met in Jerusalem on Friday morning, and decided to officially announce the party will be running in
Former CIA Director James Woolsey spoke to Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio) on Thursday, and emphasized that the ongoing incarceration of Jonathan Pollard (60), now in his 30th year behind American prison bars, has
A classified internal military video presentation showing previously unseen footage of a terrorist attack near the Zikim base on July 8, has found its way to Arabic websites. The IDF
The details of the demands hareidi Shas chairperson Aryeh Deri on Wednesday leveled for former Shas head Eli Yishai to remain in the party were revealed by Walla! on Thursday – without
The polls have been coming out fast and furious, ever since the Knesset decided to dissolve itself three days ago. The latest poll, carried out by Midgam for Channel 2, indicates
Dr. Ronen Shoval, founder of the grassroots Zionist student movement Im Tirtzu, declared on Thursday his candidacy for the next Knesset on the Jewish Home list, vowing: “I will fight
After losing a landmark decision on November 20 allowing them to be tried for terrorism charges in a $1 billion case, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) have
Outgoing Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) on Thursday slammed the “delusional accusations” made by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas blaming Israel for the death of convicted terrorist turned
The air forces of Israel and Greece rehearsed air combat maneuvering this week in a joint exercise dubbed Re’amim, or Thunderclaps, at Uvda Air Base in the Negev. This is
After merging their parties on Wednesday, Labor head Yitzhak Herzog and Hatnua chairperson Tzipi Livni on Thursday launched their election campaign ahead of the March 17 vote in the Gaza
Yeshiva University (YU) is offering a new online course for rabbis to prepare them in dealing with a topic that many say does not receive enough attention in the religious
A Channel 2 News poll released on Thursday found that if the Likud and Jewish Home parties were to run together, they would win 33 seats and be the largest
In the wake of the recent upsurge in Palestinian terrorist attacks, hareidi-religious volunteers will now, for the first time, join the ranks of operative policemen, prison service officials, and firemen.
The Likud party dismissed on Thursday evening the criticism of MKs Yitzhak Herzog and Tzipi Livni, who earlier claimed that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is “weak against terror”. “The public
Iran will resume negotiations with world powers in Geneva next week aimed at reaching a deal over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program, its deputy foreign minister said Thursday, according to AFP.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan on Thursday addressed the revelations contained in a comprehensive report released this week about the agency’s use of enhanced interrogation methods from 2002
It is this extra concern that has driven Menachem to extend a plea for help. “The rock throwings and tire burnings are one level of disturbances. But, there is one
The United States on Wednesday responded to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s statement that a building freeze in Judea and Samaria was due to pressure from the Obama administration. Speaking to
Fans at football games who get out of hand and resort to violence will now have to face the full force of the law, after the Knesset on Wednesday passed
Irish lawmakers urged their government Wednesday to recognize “Palestine” as a state in a symbolic motion that sailed through parliament unopposed, reports AFP. The non-binding motion agreed by lawmakers in
The University of California (UC) graduate student worker union on Wednesday voted in favor of a resolution supporting an academic boycott of Israel. The text proposes supporting the boycott until
MK Stav Shaffir (Labor) welcomed on Wednesday the formation of a center-left bloc between her party and Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua party, saying the move “brings closer the end of the