Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein (Likud) has sent a letter of condolence to the British public and his UK counterpart, following the assassination of a British MP earlier Thursday. Labour

Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) sniped back Thursday at Ehud Barak, after Barak called to topple Binyamin Netanyahu’s government. “Ehud Barak refuses to recognize Israeli democracy and the

MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad / Joint List) reportedly intends to join a flotilla to Gaza, some six years after she participated in a flotilla aboard the infamous Mavi Marmara, where

Dr. Irving Moskowitz, one of American Jewry’s leading philanthropists, has passed away aged 88. A passionate and lifelong support of Israel, Moskowitz, together with his wife Cherna, founded and led the

According to residents of Kfar Bilu, the town council refuses to install an eruv, a boundary that allows observant Jews to carry certain objects in public areas, and use strollers and canes, on

Former Knesset Member Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz on Thursday night eulogized Jewish philanthropist Dr. Irving Moskowitz, who passed away at the age of 88. “Dr. Moskowitz was a leader and a

Trump Tower looms over this part of midtown Manhattan. Today it is arguably at the center of the closely watched political activity that dominates the electoral landscape in this country.

Israel’s new Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman is scheduled to visit the United States this weekend for talks with his US counterpart, his office said Thursday, after Washington raised concerns over

Troop commander Major Tom Naaman arrived Thursday at Jaffa Military Court to testify in the trial of IDF soldier Elor Azariya, who is facing charges of manslaughter after having shot

British MP Jo Cox of the Labour Party is in a critical condition after being shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the 41-year-old mother of two was

Minister of Public Security, Strategic Affairs and Information Gilad Erdan (Likud) announced Thursday that the government is planning a series of legislative measures against Israeli organizations and citizens that promote

In the wake of the Orlando Massacre in which 49 people were murdered by a Muslim terrorist, Oliver Rosenberg, a Jewish Democratic challenger to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D), has stated

Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon took advantage of his speech at the Herzliya Conference Thursday afternoon to criticize Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and announce that he intends to replace him.

Right after Moshe Ya’alon spoke of hope and change, MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) mounted the podium at the Herzliya Conference to announce that Israel needs a Democratic Party of

Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich is marking 46 years since he and a group of Jewish refuseniks were arrested at Leningrad Airport, on June 15, 1970, as they tried to hijack a

The B’tzedek NGO on Thursday filed an urgent appeal to the High Court of Justice (Supreme Court) demanding to ban the Conservative Movement’s planed egalitarian demonstration at the Kotel (Western

 An Israeli national was shot and killed in Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city. Shay Azran, 37, was riding a motorcycle Wednesday night when he was shot 10 times at close

JTA – Amid a spike in anti-Semitic activity across New England, Jewish and Israeli residents met with the mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, to express their concern about incidents in the

JTA – A French court slapped writer Alain Soral with a a $13,000 fine and a suspended prison sentence of six months for saying the Nazis should have finished killing

For the first time since the UK’s European Union membership referendum was announced in September 2015, polls show the “leave” camp leading the “remain” camp just a week ahead of

As Omar Mateen murdered dozens of people in an Orlando nightclub on Sunday, the New York-born terrorist took to social media to declare his support for the ISIS terror organization

Speaking at the 2016 Herzliya Conference Thursday morning, opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) blasted the Likud-led government’s handling of terrorism and foreign policy, saying that under an “entirely right-wing

When Rebbetzin Yoheved Rachel Batzri passed away suddenly in 2013, Rabbi Binyamin Batzri, a leading Kabbalist and head of the Beit Yosef yeshiva in Be’er Sheva, was left alone to

Internal Affairs Committee chair David Amsalem (Likud) castigated planned changes to the Kotel Plaza during an interview with Arutz Sheva on Thursday, arguing that the demand for a mixed-gender prayer

Islamic State jihadists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said Thursday. “Genocide has occurred and is ongoing,” Paulo Pinheiro, head

Russia’s defense ministry announced late Wednesday that a 48-hour ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo had been introduced, starting from Thursday, to help stabilize the war-torn city. “On Russia’s

A third round of talks between Fatah and Hamas began on Wednesday in the Qatari capital of Doha, the Ma’an news agency reports. The talks focused on continuing discussions on

At the end of this week’s Torah reading, we are told that Moses is the humblest man in all of history. That’s quite a compliment in any case, how much

MK Avi Dichter (Likud), chairman of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, on Wednesday evening urged MKs from the left to “calm down” following reports that the Obama administration