A committee of ministry officials appointed by the government to discuss the operation of businesses in Tel Aviv on Shabbat, and which is supposed to forward it’s recommendations to the government

Israelis are fed up with the country’s political leadership and would dramatically change the composition of the Knesset if elections were held today, says a new Teleseker TNS poll. While

The US military is wary of cutting Internet connections to Islamic State (ISIS) strongholds such as Raqqa in Syria, even though the Pentagon is waging cyber-war against the jihadists, officials said

(Kveller via JTA) — It’s a truth universally acknowledged that if you have a child, random strangers will talk to you. They will comment on your child’s looks or behavior

Following the hard-fought election of Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon to the Chair of the UN Legal Committee (known as the ‘6th Committee), a US delegation member offered some surprising words of

(AFP) When a bomb destroyed his workshop in war-ravaged Syria, silversmith Levon Keoshkerian followed other Armenians heading with a heavy heart for their ancestral home in the Caucasus. He now lives

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders acknowledged on Wednesday that he will likely not be the party’s presidential nominee, but did not suspend his campaign. “It doesn’t appear that I’m going

President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday delivered a special address before the plenary of the European Parliament, in which he said that the French peace initiative “suffers from fundamental faults.” “The

BERLIN (JTA) — A right-wing lawmaker in Germany accused of anti-Semitism in his writings has avoided being expelled from his party, at least for now. Dr. Wolfgang Gedeon will remain

It’s like being in a taxi at your destination and not getting out while letting the meter run overtime.  It would seem as if most of the key ingredients for

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday boasted that the country possesses “the sure capability to attack” U.S. interests in the Pacific, Reuters reports. The dictator made the comments

BERLIN (JTA) — Unknown perpetrators kicked and beat a 21-year-old Jewish man wearing a kippah after slurring him with anti-Semitic insults. The victim, identified as Oliver Geffers of Bonn, was

Anti-Semitic incidents on American college campuses nearly doubled in 2015, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported in an audit released on Wednesday, according to JTA. In addition, the number of anti-Semitic

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State John Kerry will meet on Sunday in Rome to discuss the stalled peace efforts with the Palestinians, officials on both sides confirmed

The Conservative Party in Canada, which heads the opposition, on Wednesday accused the Liberal government headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of abandoning the fundamental principles of Canadian foreign policy.

MK Shelly Yechimovich (Zionist Union) insisted on Wednesday that the chairman of her party, Yitzhak Herzog, still wants to join Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition – and stated that she

Florida Senator and former Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio announced that he would seek reelection to the US Senate in a written statement publicized Wednesday evening. Rubio, who prior to

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva on Wednesday, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) pledged to work on behalf of the embattled town of Amona, which is slated

Israel need not rush to negotiate a new Memorandum of Understanding with the current administration, a senior aide to Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump told Channel 2 on Wednesday. The

A former Secret Service agent claims then-First Lady Hillary Clinton regularly had violent outbursts, abusing Secret Service agents verbally and at times physically. Gary Byrne, who guarded the Clinton’s during

On Wednesday, Education Minister and Jewish Home chief Naftali Bennett paid a shiva visit to Shas spiritual head Rabbi Shalom Cohen to console him over the recent loss of his

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the Jewish Home party on Wednesday evening participated in a Ramadan fast-breaking event in the village of Ara in northern Israel. During the event, Shaked

Israel’s military said Wednesday it was looking into why soldiers at an air force base were ordered to line up in a formation spelling out the word Google for a

Arutz Sheva spoke with Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) about the plans to create an artificial island across from Gaza. Katz has been pushing for the project for several

A long dispute about the right of women to immerse in a mikveh alone, without the presence of an official attendant, appears to have been resolved, or at least nearly so.

As French Jews continue to suffer from unbearable levels of anti-Semitism – which has caused thousands to leave for Israel and other countries – Jewish leaders from around the world

The ancient City of David welcomed a high-profile guest on Wednesday, when Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award-winning British actress Helen Mirren toured archeological sites in Jerusalem with Mayor Nir Barkat.

Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri has set a plan in motion to render the status of young men coming to study in Yeshivas in Israel equal to the status of

Members of the National Union-Tekuma faction held a special meeting on Wednesday in the town of Amona, which is slated for demolition later this year after the Supreme Court ruled

MK Oren Hazan (Likud) is looking to move to the Samarian community of Amona, which is slated for destruction later this year, following a ruling by the Supreme Court deeming