Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir (Yisrael Beytenu) is expected to announce soon that he is resigning from the Knesset, but staying on as minister. Shamir’s resignation will allow another member of
Britain’s left-wing Guardian newspaper is to run a controversial advertisement condemning Hamas’s use of human shields as “child sacrifice” – the same ad that was rejected by another British paper, The Times.
Communications Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud), a member of the Knesset’s Security Cabinet, reaffirmed Saturday night Israel’s commitment to destroy Hamas’s terror tunnel network while hinting at a renewed IDF ground
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has signed an international manifesto “supporting Palestine,” demanding that Israel respect UN resolutions and withdraw from “Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.” Castro, who will be 88
The Defense Ministry has requested an extra 16-18 billion shekels ($4.6-5.2 billion) for 2014-2015, Globes reports Sunday, to cover costs from Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. Six to eight billion shekels
The Palestinian Arab delegation in Cairo – comprising of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah (Palestinian Authority) members – have tentatively agreed to a cease-fire, PA state television reports Sunday. IDF
As the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) continues its bloody conquest of Iraq and Syria and begins invading Lebanon, all in the name of establishing a global
Hamas played a double game Sunday, with its negotiators reportedly agreeing to a ceasefire in Cairo, and its terrorists in Gaza launching missiles at Israel. Israel insists that it will
An Arab terrorist was apprehended Sunday morning, after he tried to infiltrate the Binyamin area community of Beit El, located to the north of Jerusalem in Samaria, armed with a
For Malachi and Tanya Avital Ben-Yehuda of Riverdale, New York, terrorist rockets peppering southern Israel were inconsequential compared to their firm dedication to the Jewish faith and homeland. The Ben-Yehuda’s,
A Palestinian official said that indirect negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza were expected to resume in Cairo on Sunday with an Israeli delegation scheduled to arrive in the city, where a
Nobel laureate Professor Yisrael (Robert) Aumann has an idea that could turn the tables on Hamas’s rocket terror against Israel. In a recent lecture, he described his vision for a
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri on Friday laid the blame on Israel for the ceasefire in Gaza not being extended, saying the Jewish state did not provide a clear response
The global coffee company Starbucks released a statement this week to clarify apparent misconceptions about the company’s patronage of Israel, Huffington Post reports. In a fact sheet updated August 5,
Famous Israeli filmmaker Menahem Golan, an Israeli cinema pioneer, died Friday at the age of 85. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Golan lost consciousness while strolling outside his house in
Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by members of the Islamic State, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Friday. Kamil Amin, the spokesman for
Amos Yadlin, formerly the head of Military Intelligence who now heads the Institute for National Security Studies, said on Friday that Israel had not achieved the goals it set for
A source in the Palestinian delegation to Cairo said that Israel offered to hand over 25 terrorists that it arrested during Operation Protective Edge and 18 bodies of terrorists who
Devora Pinto, the wife of Rabbi Yosef Yoshiyahu Pinto, has been located in Argentina, according to reports. She was reportedly found in a state of exhaustion and taken to a
The White House condemned on Friday the renewed rocket fire from Gaza towards Israel, and urged both sides to resume talks and do what they can to protect civilians. “The
Israeli warplanes pummelled Gaza with 40 to 50 air strikes that killed five Palestinians Saturday in response to Hamas’s attacks on Israeli civilians. Terrorists slammed 23 rockets into Israel, deliberately
U.S. President Barack Obama opined in a New York Times interview that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is too popular at the moment to make territorial compromises with the Palestinian Authority.
Two Palestinian rioters were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces, in a series of violent protests against Israel’s military operation against terrorist groups in Gaza. One rioter was killed
Hamas embeds its rocket launchers and military infrastructure in civilian areas then fires on Israel, hoping to draw return fire and cause maximum damage to civilian areas. It uses civilians
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has presented a six-point plan which links a ceasefire in Gaza with a return to peace negotiations with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Channel 2
The US Air Force has launched it first strikes on Islamist terrorists from the “Islamic State” terror organization in Iraq. Pentagon sources say airstrikes targeted artillery positions being used to
As Israelis were welcoming the Sabbath on Friday evening, Hamas terrorists had plans of their own, firing five rockets towards the south. Two rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome
United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned the latest rocket attacks on Israel and called for a return to a ceasefire in Gaza. The secretary general expressed his
Almost three quarters of Syria’s entire chemical stockpile has been destroyed, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday, after another 190 tonnes of agents were incinerated in Britain. “The
Hamas is apparently not waiting for a 72-hour ceasefire to expire at 8:00 a.m. on Friday morning. The “Red Alert” incoming rocket siren was heard in the Eshkol region of