Egyptian authorities denied evidence of an explosion aboard doomed EgyptAir flight MS804 Tuesday, despite investigators citing ample evidence of just that hours earlier.  “Everything published about this matter is completely

Citing anti-discrimination laws, a Spanish constitutional tribunal recommended scrapping a municipality’s motion calling for a boycott against Israel. The Ministerio Fiscal, an advisory judicial authority charged with guaranteeing equality in the

Two State Comptroller’s reports into Israeli public diplomacy have excoriated the government’s mismanagement and neglect of the foreign ministry, accusing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of seriously hobbling the Foreign Ministry.

An Israeli delegation has headed to Cairo, Palestinian news agency Maan reports Tuesday, to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas.  The delegation departed

Avigdor Liberman won’t be sworn into the government at least until next week, it appears, as talks between Likud and Yisrael Beytenu drag on. By law, once a coalition deal

(AFP) Satellite imagery appears to show extensive damage to an air base in Syria used by Russian forces following an attack by terrorists from the Islamic State (ISIS) group, US intelligence

The gunman behind a mass shooting in Austria on Sunday has been identified as a neo-Nazi, local media reports Tuesday.  A 27 year-old man identified as ‘Gregor S.’ opened fire

Popular ‘kiruv rabbi’ and speaker Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak was scheduled to address residents of the haredi town of Modi’in Illit Monday night, an event that at first blush would seem

As international efforts to delegitimize the Jewish state and harm it economically grow in strength and number, Israel’s Mission to the United Nations is looking to take on the Boycott,

Coalition negotiating teams reported Tuesday morning that a breakthrough was imminent in talks to include Yisrael Beytenu in the government, and that a final agreement could be ready in a

State comptroller and retired judge Yosef Haim Shapira is expected to release his annual report on Tuesday, including new information on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s travel funding scandal, often referred

Israel’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9%, the lowest level in more than 30 years. Data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday shows that from March to April,

Human remains retrieved from EgyptAir 804 indicate the plane suffered an explosion before crashing, Egyptian investigators said on Tuesday. Flight MS804, which was lost over the Mediterranean last Thursday, has

This week Walter’s World covers an exceptional period in the Jewish calendar, as well as most extraordinary events in politics. Following in quick succession were three important commemorative days as well as

(JTA) — A municipality in southern France alerted prosecutors to a local politician’s Twitter account featuring remarks on banning Jews and dogs along with imagery from the Holocaust. Montpelier prosecutors

The Museum of the Jewish People (Beit Hatfutsot) in Tel Aviv is opening its new wing, featuring new and exciting exhibitions. Arutz Sheva visited the museum and spoke with CEO

The United States urged Russia on Monday to press Syria to stop bombing opposition forces and civilians in Aleppo and the Damascus suburbs. The appeal came in a phone call

North Korea’s Ambassador to the United Nations on Monday rejected Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Speaking to Reuters, the ambassador, So

(JTA) — British Jewish groups and lawmakers have called on the Labour Party to suspend a Parliament member who compared Israel to the Nazis.  The party said last week that

A red swastika was spray-painted at a synagogue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, reports the local WPRI-TV. According to the report, the graffiti was found on Sunday and was widely condemned

(JTA) — A Holocaust survivor, fulfilling a lifelong dream, sang the national anthem at a Major League Baseball game. Hermina Hirsch, 89, performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Saturday at Comerica

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is hesitant on the issue of a possible visit to Israel, despite reports last week that Republican Jews are laying the groundwork for such a

TEL AVIV (JTA) — David Sharan, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s U.S.-born chief of staff, will be the Israeli Cabinet’s next secretary. The appointment was announced Monday, according to Israeli

The pre-Israel Defense Forces Preparatory Academy in Beit El launches its Israel Cadet Trek 2016 this week in the Galilee. The cadets, alongside cyclists from the USA and Israel, will peddle through

Speaking on the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement last week, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, declared that the old Middle East created by European imperialism was dead

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday at the launch of the Knesset’s summer session, declaring that he is willing to take “courageous steps” in order to advance a peace

On Monday the Knesset Guard Sergeant-at-Arms Brigadier General Yossi Grif assigned a bodyguard to Israel’s newest MK, Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, following threats upon his life. Glick, who

The Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh (NBN) Bonei Zion Prize for 2016 was handed out at the Knesset in time for the launching of its summer session on Monday, and Arutz Sheva was on hand

A new report on housing prices in Israel offers more grim news after a glimmer hope earlier this year, showing that despite programs by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and his

Aviya Grushko, the percussionist of the Inbalim band, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Monday about how the prestigious King David Hotel in Jerusalem last Wednesday demanded that members of his band remove their kippot and tuck in