(JTA) Dirty, hot and exhausted Israeli soldiers waiting for their bus home from the army base tend, understandably, to be in a hurry to get on board. But when I was living

Israeli Border Police nabbed a Palestinian weapons trafficking gang red-handed Saturday night, seizing an automatic assault rifle in the process. The three suspects were arrested at Tapuach Junction in Samaria, after

(AFP) Exasperated US diplomats are in open revolt over Barack Obama’s Syria policy, but radical change is unlikely in the twilight of his presidency. More than 280,000 people have been killed.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has vowed to increase benefits for the families of terrorists killed while carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis. Speaking at an iftar meal to break

Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett has hit back in response to criticisms of the current government by former defense ministers Moshe Ya’alon and Ehud Barak at last week’s Herzliya Conference.

A Texan hi-tech PR and social media guru killed in a tragic car accident in Tel Aviv Saturday night has been eulogized as one of Israel’s biggest supporters in his field.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has vowed to crack down on rampant illegal construction in the Arab sector, and announced a government aid package to boost Jewish communities and businesses

Russia’s defense ministry on Sunday denied bombing US-backed rebels in southern Syria earlier this week. ‘ In a video conference with Russian military officials, the Pentagon said Saturday that it

Eight displaced Syrians, including four children, were killed by Turkish border guards while trying to flee their war-torn country Sunday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The National

Islamic State group (ISIS) jihadists have launched a wave of suicide and car bombings to defend a besieged stronghold in northern Syria against US-backed fighters, a monitor said on Saturday. A

An Egyptian court on Saturday handed down its final ruling in the trial of 11 people, including former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and Al Jazeera journalists accused of leaking state

About 20 firebombs were hurled towards the fence of the Binyamin region community of Psagot on Saturday night. There were no injuries or damages as a result of the firebombs,

The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council is expected to adopt a resolution that will back the French peace initiative on Monday, Haaretz reported Saturday night. The resolution will call for

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Friday hit out at Russia for bombing US-backed forces in southern Syria who he said were fighting ISIS, calling their actions “problematic.” “This was an attack on

MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) is expressing her fury over the government’s policies, and calls on leaders to listen to the speeches made at the recent Herzliya Conference. “Many sorts

On Saturday morning in Holon, the body of a 57-year-old man was found with a knife in its back. The man was identified as a resident of Ramat Gan. Police

A vehicle went off the road and struck a restaurant in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, killing three and wounding another five. The driver, a 40-year-old man and a man

Hundreds of people came out to protest a Christian conversion ceremony in Rishon Leziyon on Saturday morning. Activists from Lehava, including its head Bentzi Gosptein, broke into the cultural center

Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London who caused an uproar saying that Hitler was “supporting Zionism” at first, now claims that he may be Jewish. He recently spoke with the Jewish Chronicle,

Israel said Saturday it was sending firefighting planes to a blaze in Cyprus, returning the neighboring island’s helping hand when the Jewish state suffered a devastating forest fire in 2010. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Experts are saying that a tank captured during the battle of Sultan Ya’akov in the First Lebanon War and which was returned to Israel from Russia is not the tank

Police are stepping up their presence in a haredi Jewish neighborhood of London after swastika posters were placed in a playground there four days in a row, JTA reported on

This week Walter talks about the terror in Tel Aviv and the consequences of reduced access for Palestinian Arabs. He also explains how Israel tries to accommodate Israeli Arabs. Also: Why

Rabbi Yona Biniashvili, the Chabad shaliach (emissary) in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hakerem, passed away suddenly on Friday after suffering a heart attack. His funeral will be held Saturday

Former Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday continued his verbal attacks against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. A day after calling for Netanyahu to be toppled during a

A panel tasked with uncovering the truth about human rights violations under Tunisia’s autocratic rulers before its 2011 revolution said Friday it has received 65,000 complaints. The Truth and Dignity

Russia on Friday condemned a call by American diplomats for military strikes against the Syrian government. Russian officials criticized the so-called “dissent channel” cable signed by a group of U.S.

The Palestinians have begun talks with Egypt on setting out the maritime borders of their hoped for future state and the resources they can extract from the sea, their UN

Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton’s lead in the presidential race this week following the Orlando shooting attack, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday. The poll, conducted

Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who took part in the Republican primaries, spoke to Israel’s Army Radio in support of presidential candidate Donald Trump and his statements regarding Muslims. Trump