Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Ze’ev Elkin on Sunday night responded to the secret letter of understanding signed between Zionist Union leader Yitzhak Herzog and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas,
Reconciliation talks between longtime rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah continue to stall, and a new planned round of meeting has been put on hold, the Ma’an news agency reports.
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York’s state legislature approved a bill that would provide greater oversight of an Orthodox-controlled school district along with $3 million in aid. The bill concerning
The head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, Davidi Perl, on Sunday expressed his satisfaction with the government’s decision to transfer an additional budget to communities in Judea and Samaria
Investigators have begun examining the black box flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, authorities said Sunday, according to AFP. The Airbus A320 operating
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week in a European capital, against the backdrop of the French peace initiative and a Quartet
(JTA) — A man with a stash of assault rifles, bomb-making instructions and Nazi paraphernalia in his suburban New York home was arrested on weapons charges. Edward Perkowski, 29, was
A boxer from Syria bowed out of a qualifying round for the Olympics because he would have had to face off against an Israeli contender, Haaretz reported Sunday. The Syrian
Israel and Turkey’s negotiating teams are set to meet at a European capital on June 26 for a decisive round of talks on the reconciliation agreement between the two countries,
On Sunday, the Cabinet rejected a bill proposed by MK Yael German (Yesh Atid) to allow local authorities to determine whether or not to operate public transportation in their respective
An Israeli NGO opposed to European Union financial support for illegal land grabs inside of Israel is calling on British expatriates living in Israel and British Zionists to support the
Speaking over the phone to “Face the Nation” on CBS Sunday morning, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump called for increased scrutiny of Muslims in the US following a terror shooting
British soccer icon David Beckham revealed that he considers himself to be Jewish because of his grandfather. During a discussion at the London Jewish Cultural Center, the 41-year-old made it
Opposition leader and Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog agreed to far reaching concessions on the eve of the 2015 election, a report by Channel 10 on Sunday revealed. Herzog, who
A rabbi from the Ramot Daled neighborhood of Jerusalem issued a new religious edict in his synagogue stating that any person who possesses a smartphone with unfiltered Internet access may
Obama administration officials and leaders of the Zionist Union party lambasted Israel’s government on Sunday over a 70 million shekel spending plan for Yesha towns, including a large allocation to
The Israeli team won the gold medal at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship on Sunday for their hoops and batons routine. In the past few days, the team was also
Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, commander of the Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that his country plans to deploy a naval presence in the Atlantic Ocean sometime this
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Sunday night clarified that he backs Major Tom Naaman, the commander of IDF soldier Elor Azariya who is facing charges of manslaughter after having shot a wounded
Three people were killed in northeast Syria on Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked an event commemorating the massacre of Christians more than a century ago, state media and a
The World lost one of its truly “Greatest” on the the 10th of Sivan -Dr. Irving Moskowitz Z’L. I had the honor and privilege of knowing Dr. Irving Moskowitz Z’L
Data published on Sunday by the Central Bureau of Statistics indicate an increase in divorce rates in Israel. In 2014, the total number of couples who divorced in Israel was
Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog’s spokesman Ofer Newman stirred up controversy Saturday night with provocative comments posted on Facebook targeting Jews living in Judea and Samaria. The post came after
Following a petition filed by the Movement for Freedom of Information, invoices revealed that the Prime Minister’s Residence cost Israeli taxpayers a total of 1,965,373 shekels (508,199 UDS) in 2014.
Speaking with Arutz Sheva, Hagai Klein described the harrowing moments when a terrorist opened fire on on the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv. Klein, who was wounded in the course
When Dafna Meir was murdered in her home in Otniel in January, she went down fighting, according to the teenage terrorist who murdered her in front of her children. Meir, a
During the cabinet meeting on Sunday, the government authorized an additional 80 million shekels in funding for haredi yeshivas, as per a coalition agreement signed between the Likud and United
JTA – On a crowded sidewalk in the French capital, Yomi Peretz exchanges jokes and backslaps with customers who are waiting in a 20-yard queue in the rain to enter
Approximately 700,000 secondary school students, in grades 7-12, will conclude their last school day of the year on Monday, thus officially kicking off the summer holiday. On July 1, they will
Half a year after he was arrested by the Shin Bet security services, interrogated for days, and accused of being a “Jewish terrorist,” Israel’s prosecution service has confirmed what Netanel