Finance Minister Yair Lapid admitted Monday that the government and military may have erred in telling residents of the Gaza Belt communities to go back to their homes, before ending

For many of the Gush Katif expellees the option of returning to the region from which they were uprooted nine years ago is more than just a dream. The days

The first week of the coming school year will be dedicated to societal tolerance and opposition to all discrimination and hatred. So announced Education Minister Shai Piron today in a

The Event for the Anglo Community in Israel – a yearly mega fair for Anglo olim (immigrants to Israel) – will be hosting several businesses from Southern Israel this Thursday, Aug. 14 at

In an attempt to protect their secrets from being revealed to the Israeli security forces, Hamas has executed tens of Gazan tunnel diggers in the last few weeks. The mass

The Jewish community of Miami has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest regarding the murder of Rabbi Joseph Raksin hy”d, reports the Miami Herald. The 60-year-old

‘Shuvu Banim’ Hassidic leader and Rabbi-on-the-run Rabbi Eliezer Berland narrowly escaped capture by the Johannesburg police on Sunday, as he was preparing a wedding for one of his followers.  Plainclothes

As Operation Protective Edge holds in a temporary ceasefire, evidence has come out revealing the extent of the extremist Sunni group Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS) involvement in the terror

Turkey and Norway have expressed their willingness in principle to operate a seaport in the Hamas enclave of Gaza, according to the Palestinian delegation in Cairo.  According to a report

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday welcomed the news of a fresh 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, urging the two sides to work towards a longer-term truce. Ban

Newly elected Turkish President and outgoing Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Sunday night his country has started to evacuate wounded people from Gaza to Turkey for treatment, according to

The communications center of the World Zionist Organization has found that there has been a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic incidents around the world. Sunday’s announcement comes following a study of

Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz visited the Gaza Belt on Sunday, where he met and spoke with IDF officers and local mayors. During the visit, Gantz made clear

IDF spokesman Moti Almoz made clear in a television interview on Sunday evening that the IDF is “not going anywhere”, even with a new 72-hour ceasefire having been announced  in

Arutz Sheva met with Malachi Ben Yehuda from Riverdale, New York, who converted along with his wife Tanya to Judaism and then made the decision to make aliyah to Israel

Hamas terrorists fired a barrage of rockets towards Israel, including Tel Aviv, just before midnight on Sunday night, when a new 72-hour ceasefire went into effect. Just before midnight, residents

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon visited on Sunday evening the home of Golani fighter First Sgt. Oron Shaul, who was declared a fallen soldier whose place of burial is not known

Hillary Clinton devoted a large part of an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic to strong support for Israel. Clinton expressed support for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s insistence on

A lasting truce must lead to the lifting by Israel of its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal told AFP in an exclusive interview in Doha on

Outgoing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won his country’s first direct presidential election, provisional results show. With almost all votes counted, Erdogan had won about 52%, against 38%

The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, took reponsibility for a shooting attack that it claims to have executed Sunday south of Bethlehem. Fatah is headed by Palestinian

Terrorists from the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) have killed at least 500 members of Iraq’s Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq’s human rights minister told Reuters

Jewish Home Chairman, Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, said Sunday that Israel prefers the security of its citizens to international approval of its actions. He made clear that he did not see

A new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza has been agreed between Israel and the Palestinians following mediation by Egypt, a Palestinian official said Sunday. Israel confirmed Sunday evening that the 72-hour truce will

Gordon Howie, a right-wing-fringe candidate in the upcoming general election for South Dakota’s US Senate seat, apparently has a positive opinion for Adolf Hitler and his ‘Mein Kampf.’ A bizarre

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to vanquish his two rivals in elections Sunday to become the next Turkish president, promising to expand the post with new powers as opponents worry Turkey is

Israeli actors on Saturday responded to a discriminatory cancellation of their show at Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing a silent version of their hour-long play while confronted by around 200

The Security Cabinet met on Sunday to discuss the future of Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, which is now in its thirty-third day. During the meeting, Interior Minister Gidon Sa’ar (Likud)

United Nations (UN) representative Matias Bank on Saturday said his organization is not hurrying to address the numerous analyses disproving the Palestinian Arab tally of casualties in Gaza. The figures have

A senior Hamas source has revealed the terrorist group’s antagonism both towards Egypt’s mediation in truce talks regarding the ongoing conflict with Israel, as well as towards the Arab League.