The United States and Canada both criticized the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday, in the wake of its intention to launch an investigation into the IDF’s operations

An Iranian judge sentenced a Christian man to have his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating during the day in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, The Daily Mail

In an emergency session of the UN’s Human Rights Council Wednesday, Israel came under attack from UNHRC head Navi Pillay for possible “war crimes,” and from dictatorial regimes including Iran

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman slammed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday, over its intention to launch an investigation into the IDF’s operations in Gaza. The UNHRC, he

Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) made clear on Wednesday evening that evening Israel retaking Gaza was on the agenda, should Hamas not stop the rocket fire. “We decided when

The warfare against Hamas missiles, tunnels and murderous motivation is accomplished not only with Israeli guns, tanks and bulldozers – but also via the unfurling of two giant Israeli flags,

Thailand on Thursday urged Israel to relocate 4,000 Thai nationals working near Gaza after one of its citizens was killed, AFP reports.  Israeli police said a farm laborer, Narakorn Kittiyongkul, died on Wednesday when a projectile fired

Israel’s tenth president, Reuven Rivlin, will be sworn into office in a low-key ceremony in the Knesset Thursday. The larger ceremony that had been planned was scrapped as inappropriate, because

Rioting and unrest continue in Judea and Samaria for a fourth week on Thursday, as Operation Protective Edge in Gaza embarks on its seventeenth day.  Hundreds of Arabs rioted overnight

Egyptian security officials on Wednesday night thwarted what could have been a major terror attack against Israeli, Egyptian reports said. Egyptian soldiers shot and killed a terrorist who was running

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened a special cabinet meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem Thursday by vowing that the IDF’s defensive operation in Gaza would continue “at full strength”. “The

The Golani Brigade uncovered yet another terror tunnel entry shaft in Gaza overnight Wednesday/Thursday, as Operation Protective Edge enters its seventeenth day. In a separate incident, the Engineering Corps identified

Foreign workers in Israel know that the money they earn and send home does not come without risk. The Thai worker killed by Hamas rocket fire yesterday brings the number

Norway has taken exceptional security measures after being informed of a possible imminent “terrorist attack” by terrorists who have fought in Syria, the country’s intelligence chief said Thursday. The move comes as concerns

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Thursday lifted its recommendation for airlines to stop flights to Tel Aviv due to the conflict in Israel and Gaza. It said it

The end of Operation Protective Edge depends on Hamas, not Israel, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (HaTnua) made clear Thursday. “I never thought about how to reach an agreement with terrorist

President Francois Hollande announced on Thursday an 11-million-euro ($14.8 million) aid package to Gaza, citing the need to rebuild as Israel’s self-defense operation shows no sign of stopping after over two

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) met with British Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, on Wednesday, and noted that Israel expects a “special understanding” from London regarding Operation Protective Edge in

Hamas continues to be uncompromising in its position regarding an international cease-fire, AFP reports Wednesday.  “We reject today and will reject in the future,” Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal insisted, in a public speech

Clearly Israel believes it is unwarranted and considering the flights that have come and gone uninterrupted, it appears that they are correct. Former Mayor Bloomberg has also demonstrated that, in

Major airlines shunned Israel for a second day on Wednesday amid fears that rocket fire from Gaza could endanger flights into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, AFP reports, after European airlines followed the FAA’s extension on

Three more IDF soldiers were killed fighting Hamas in Gaza on Wednesday, the IDF Spokesperson’s Office announced. Lieutenant Paz Eliyahu, 22, from Evron, served in the Paratroopers’ Brigade. Eliyahu’s funeral

A British lawmaker apologized Wednesday after tweeting that he would likely fire rockets into Israel if he lived in Gaza. “The big question is — if I lived in Gaza would I fire

The Israeli government has slammed a decision by the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into the IDF’s operations in Gaza as “a travesty”. In a statement

US Secretary of State John Kerry is not ruling out any options on the shape of a Gaza ceasefire, he said on Wednesday as he intensified efforts to end the

Several thousands of anti-Israel activists held a fresh protest against the Israeli operation in Gaza on Wednesday in Paris amid tight security, just days after similar rallies descended into violence and looting. The government,

In a gesture intended to pressure the Federal Aviation Administration to lift its newly declared ban on flights to Israel, former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg has flown to Tel

BBC reporter Firas Khatib was assaulted as he delivered a live stand-up report from the Israeli border with Gaza Tuesday. The assailant appears to have been Israeli. He was quickly seized

United Nations relief agency UNRWA has discovered, for a second time during the current war in Gaza, Hamas terror rockets stashed in one of its vacant schools. A statement by