The cost of the massive pipeline oil spill in the Arava desert, near Be’er Ora 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Eilat in the southern Negev, will cost Israel a whopping

MK Elazar Stern (Hatnua) aroused controversy Thursday when he said, in a conference hosted by Besheva magazine, that public leaders should not rely exclusively on G-d. “We have to hope,

The judicial branch in Israel is more powerful than the executive and legislative ones, Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked stated Thursday at an Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv

Rome has a new walk on its historical tourism circuit on a dark page of history: a virtual stroll through the streets of the ghetto to which Jews were confined for more

Former Likud Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who last month stepped down to take a break from politics, is reportedly currently considering a comeback to challenge Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for

A new poll shows that Opposition and Labor party chair Yitzhak Herzog and Hatnua head Tzipi Livni would be the largest party if they unified into a leftist front – although

Amid great tensions over hareidi enlistment, about 60 hareidi soldiers joined the ranks of the IAF Tuesday as part of the Shahar Kahol project, writes the IAF Website. The new

Palestinian Authority (PA) Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein demanded that Israel transfer to the PA the bodies of the two “martyr” Arab terrorists Ghassan and Uday Abu Jamal, who murdered five

To a thronging crowd in the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber in the UN’s headquarters in New York City, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor declaimed Wednesday that

MK Nissim Ze’ev (Shas) told Arutz Sheva on Thursday that Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid indeed tried to organize a putsch against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with the hareidi parties,

An official in Hamas recently vowed to annihilate the “brothers of apes and pigs” – that is, the Jews. The comments by former Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad aired on

Former Minister Moshe Kahlon’s party does not even have a name, but has already attracted much interest and been the subject of speculation. Kahlon has yet to officially announce the

Top Nazi fugitive Alois Brunner died in Syria at least two decades ago, a renowned French Nazi hunter said Thursday, disputing recent claims he died four years ago. Brunner, who

Belgium is jumping on the “recognition of Palestine” bandwagon, according to The Associated Press (AP). The news agency reported that Belgian legislators are working on a resolution to recognize a

Jewish Home Chairman Naftali Bennett met on Thursday afternoon with Housing Minister Uri Ariel, who heads the National Union/Tekumah faction of the Jewish Home party. Bennett’s office said that the

MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) was admitted to the Assaf Harofeh Hospital on Thursday evening after feeling unwell. The hospital said that Ben-Eliezer was in light condition and was hospitalized due

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has revealed that the Syrian government’s Counterterrorism and Religious Extremism Conference is the latest conference organized by a foreign government that has attracted American anti-Semites. The

Trading at NIS 3.98/dollar at the opening of business Thursday morning, the once-mighty shekel is likely to go north of 4 to the dollar by the end of this week

Hatnua Chairman Tzipi Livni, following in the footsteps of other dismissed minister, Yair Lapid, issued a personal attack against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday morning. “Netanyahu is frightened,” Livni stated to

Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) called on former Likud Minister Moshe Kahlon Thursday to declare that he will only be a partner in a nationalist government.  Hotovely’s Facebook comments

The United States is considering taking “harsher action” against Israeli construction efforts in Jerusalem and in Judea and Samaria, reports Thursday said. According to the report in Ha’aretz, the White

Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen has threatened to execute a British-born American journalist if its demands are not met within three days. 33-year-old Luke Somers was kidnapped by Al Qaeda

Reports have surfaced that a Malaysian hairdresser in Seremban requires his customers to step on an Israeli flag, serving as a doormat, upon entering his hair salon.  The barbershop in

Environmental activists have declared an “environmental disaster” in Israel’s Arava desert, after thousands of cubic meters of crude oil spilled out from a leaking pipeline overnight Tuesday. The leak, about

While social activists celebrated the increase in Israel’s minimum wage Wednesday, officials in a number of low-margin industries were expressing worry at how to pay for the wage increase. Speaking to business

The already low cellphone service prices in Israel are set to drop even lower, after the entry of yet another low-cost service provider to the market. Walla Phone is now

The Rami-Levy supermarket in Mishor Adumim re-opened its doors to the public Wednesday evening, only two hours after the terrorist stabbing attack, which left two people moderately injured. However, concerns and

The Prime Minister’s Bureau denies reports that it is trying to split the Yesh Atid party and get some of its members to stay in the coalition alongside hareidi parties,

French President Francois Hollande on Thursday slammed an “unbearable” anti-Semitic attack on a couple by assailants who apparently targeted them because the man is Jewish, storming into their flat, raping

Fascinating new details have emerged regarding Canadian-Israeli Gill Rosenberg (31), who made waves when she joined the Kurdish forces battling against the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in Syria, and