Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent his condolences on Thursday evening over the passing of comedy icon Joan Rivers, who died earlier in the day at the age of 81. “Joan

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon warned on Thursday against cuts to the defense budget. “The Middle East is changing. The great armies have been replaced by bloodthirsty terrorist groups, that are

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday sent his condolences to the family of journalist Steve Sotloff, who was beheaded by terrorists from the Islamic State. “Steven was murdered because for

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday defended the policy of not paying ransom to terrorist groups for the release of kidnapped civilians. “I know it is difficult to hear

Dear Sir, My name is Gila, I am an Israeli citizen, and I am a resident of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the border with Gaza.  A week ago, we lost our

Bat-Galim Sha’ar, the mother of abducted and murdered 16 year-old Gilad, spoke passionately about the need to stop terror and bloodshed Thursday after new details were revealed about her son’s

The IDF returned fire at a Syrian army position along the northern border Thursday afternoon, after a mortar shell struck Israeli territory. Sirens were heard throughout throughout the Golan Heights

MK Alex Miller (Yisrael Beytenu) was sworn in to the Knesset Thursday. Miller, who served in the 17th and 18th Knessets (2006-2013) replaces former MK Carmel Shama-Hacohen (Likud), who is

Former head of IDF Intelligence Amos Yadlin on Wednesday expressed a contrarian opinion on the dangers of the terrorist group ISIS, responsible for the beheadings of two journalists, as well

The Hesder Yeshiva Association on Thursday reported that the number of students in its institutions grew at the beginning of the academic year. As of the first day of the

Deputy Education Minister MK Avi Wortzman (Jewish Home) applauded the conviction and sentencing of ex-Balad MK Sa’id Nafa, who will be spending the next year in prison. Nafa was convicted

An indictment was submitted today (Thursday) against the mastermind of the kidnap and murder of Israeli teenagers Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar and Naftali Frenkel, as more details emerge about the

Yiska Hetzroni, 24, of Kiryat Arba, had a premonition that something bad was going to happen to her that day. “I knew it was going to happen to me,” she

Media personality Joan Rivers has died after being taken off life support, her daughter Melissa said in a statement Thursday night. She was 81. Rivers is survived by Melissa, 46, and

A new UN probe of allegations that Iran worked on nuclear weapons has stalled, according to diplomats, leaving investigators not much further than where they started a decade ago and

The investigation into the travel spending habits of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) has ended, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced Thursday night, bringing what the Israeli media calls the “Bibitours affair”

A St. Louis-based publishing company caused some controversy Thursday, after it re-released coloring books to educate children about Islamist terrorism to include pages on the evils of Islamic State (IS,

The legality of Israel’s declaring about 4,000 dunams (close to 1,000 acres) of land as “state land” in Gush Etzion is undisputed, rights group Regavim noted Thursday – despite the

Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) sent an open letter Thursday to party chairman and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, in which he warned that Bennett’s attempts to push

Garik Zylberbord, 47, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Ukraine, was killed in Donetsk while trying to stop pro-Russian rebels from robbing his neighbor’s home on Saturday, reports

The Grimhøjmoskeen mosque in Aarhus, Denmark, has openly declared support for Islamic State (IS; formerly known as ISIS), claiming a state under Sharia law is a matter of national-religious pride. 

The United States’ UN Ambassador, Samantha Power, said Wednesday that Washington is “deeply concerned” by Israel’s decision to turn 4,000 dunams of land in the Etzion Bloc region into state

An antique Torah scroll that was discovered in the home of a Polish family was returned to Israel this week. The scroll had been hidden in the family’s house by

Former MK Sa’id Nafa will be spending the next year in prison. Nafa was convicted Thursday for traveling to an enemy country and meeting with foreign agents. At issue was

If the government intends to eliminate one of the offices of the Chief Rabbi, it should be that of the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, said Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef. Speaking

US President Barack H Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron intend to build an international coalition against ISIS, the terror group that has conquered large portions of Iraq and

Israeli citizens who wave the flags or display other symbols associated with ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah, or other terror organizations, will be subject to arrest and prosecution, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein

In its latest canard against Israel, Palestinian Authority television has compared the demolition of a 12-story building in Gaza that was a Hamas headquarters outpost to the destruction of the

Former Judea and Samaria Council head Dani Dayan warned that those who opposed the designation of 4,000 dunams (988 acres) of land in Gush Etzion as state land, along with other