The current Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammed Ahmad Hussein, declared on October 25, 2015, that the Al-Aqsa Mosque was a mosque built on the site “3,000 years ago, and 30,000
A young haredi man was accosted by a large group of gay parade marchers on Friday, who verbally assaulted him and attempted to bait him into a fight. Itzik, who
A native of South Africa now living in Atlanta, Georgia, Kivi Bernhard has become a fixture at elite business events throughout the world. Arutz Sheva caught up with Bernhard following
Ordinary Israelis have raised nearly 1.4 million shekels (approximately $364,000) to renovate the home in the case of a severely injured Israeli war hero, after the government refused to do
25-year-old Erin Schrode is a rising star in the Democrat Party. She is hoping to become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the youngest person in the House of Representatives. But
For more than a decade, haredi students from leading yeshivas have flocked to predominantly national-religious communities over the “Green Line”, with Judea and Samaria becoming some of the most popular
Jerusalem District Police Commander Yoram Halevi told a court in the capital that left-wing extremists planned to disrupt the annual Jerusalem Day Flag Dance (Rikudgalim) through the Old City today. “We have intelligence
While the Jewish community in the neighborhood of Silwan (Shiloach) in eastern Jerusalem has elicited fierce criticism from the Israeli left and even the American government, descendants of the original
It was a day full of action and opportunity for the crowd at the 2016 J-Biz Expo and Business Conference, which was held on Wednesday at the New Jersey Convention
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) on Saturday called on opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog to join the coalition, telling Channel 2 News in an interview, “At the end of the process
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is projected to win the Virgin Islands caucuses, The Hill reported Saturday night. However, Clinton’s win does little to pad her delegate lead over Bernie
German prosecutors have launched legal proceedings against 180 suspects linked to jihadist groups in Syria, the Justice Ministry said Friday, a day after police arrested three Syrians suspected of planning an attack. “The
Three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away Saturday morning, after he was hospitalized with severe breathing problems. Seventy-four-year-old Ali’s relatives were called to his bedside in order to say
(AFP) Russian-backed Syrian troops pushed into the Islamic State group’s bastion province Raqqa Saturday, threatening to catch the jihadists in a pincer movement as US-backed Kurdish-led fighters advance from the
Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) has attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) over their support for a Palestinian state and the need for a
Veteran journalist Dan Margalit has criticized extreme-left Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy for questioning why IDF soldiers shot an armed terrorist who approached them. Margalit wrote, “A Palestinian with a knife
Retired police deputy commissioner Yoav Seglovich, who joined Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party last week, has commented about the investigation into Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu). “I still think
Last week, communication and strategy consultant Roni Rimon attended a conference focused on fighting BDS, which was organized by Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon. While there, he guided
Due to the large number of lawyers who have visited former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in prison, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) has decided to change its policies on visits. Under
Israelis are out celebrating Jerusalem Day as the Jubilee year of Jerusalem’s unification begins, led by students at the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva (for film of dancing, click here) in the capital city.. The
Recent comments by Opposition head Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) and Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union) suggest that their party may still join the government coalition. On Saturday, both politicians said that
Since I was named as one of Mr. Trump’s Israel advisors a few weeks ago, people have been sharing amazing insight and emotions with me about Israel. I have had
Feridun Sinirlioglu, Turkey’s deputy foreign minister who was in charge of reconciliation talks between Turkey and Israel in recent years, has been removed from office, Channel 2 News reported Friday.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, on Friday said the Arab Peace Initiative is the best solution for the Israel-Palestinian Authority (PA) conflict, and rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand
MAYAN TOLEDANO Photographer Mayan Toledano was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. As a young girl, she threw herself into dance and art, relishing the freedom such creativity afforded her. She
The Road Not Taken (Poem by Robert Frost, 1916) It’s a fairly well-known and beloved poem, which comes to mind each year as we begin the Book of Bamidbar and
Daniel Luria’s family has a tradition of making Aliyah. In fact, his parents and both sets of grandparents made Aliyah, but returned to Australia. Daniel, whose first attempt at Aliyah was
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday spoke to French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, in the wake of the international peace summit that was held in Paris. A diplomatic source said
American warplanes on Friday conducted “combat sorties” in support of the ongoing campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS) group from an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, the Navy’s Sixth Fleet
Syria has agreed to allow access for ground convoys to deliver aid to 12 besieged areas during the month of June, the United Nations said Friday. Damascus has also agreed