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The Arab League suspended Syria on Saturday following another day of mass murder of civilians and deserting soldiers by the Assad regime. Almost all of the 22 members of the Arab League voted to take the unprecedented action against Syria. Yemen was the only opponent outside of Syria itself and Lebanon, which Damascus effectively controls…

The Palestinian Authority’s bid for UN membership officially went to the Security Council on Friday, after its admissions committee approved a report saying there is no consensus among the 15 council nations. The Associated Press reported that the admissions committee report said the council is divided among those who support the bid, those who cannot…

Despite a huge campaign by the Tourism Ministry and many efforts to amass votes, the Dead Sea has been left out of the list of finalists for the new seven wonders of nature. The voting officially closed on Friday (11.11.11) at 11:11 a.m. (Britain time). 28 sites around the world had been part of the…

Hundreds – Othniel and area residents, friends, students and family members – accompanied Rabbi Dan Mertzbach, 55, to his final resting place on the Mount of Olives on Friday.  He was survived by a wife, five children and 10 grandchildren. A professional architect, Mertzbach served as a rabbi for Tene Omarim, Shima and Eshkolot. He…

The death of Rabbi Dan Mertzbach of Otniel due to IDF fire around 05:00 on Friday marks the second accidental death under the command of Brigadier General Hagai Mordechai. Rabbi Mertzbach’s vehicle was identified by an IDF situation room in Beit Hagai, which noted it was moving quickly towards an impromptu security check-point with only…

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanon-based Hizbullah terror group, warned on Friday that a war against Iran and Syria will spread across the Middle East, NOW Lebanon is reporting. The Hizbullah chief ruled out, however, the likelihood of an Israeli offensive on Lebanon happening in the near future. “Unless there is a plan for waging…

Palestinian Authority officials are confident Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s decision to freeze tax revenue transfers to Ramallah will be short lived. The decision, which came in the wake of UNESCO’s admission of the PA to its ranks as a full member, was hailed in Israel as a long-overdue sign of strength from the Netanyahu…

Arab leaders reportedly told the United States they are willing to provide safe haven to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to hasten what they say is his “inevitable departure” from power, a senior US official said on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman did not identify which countries had offered a place for Al…

A nephew of late PLO founder Yasser Arafat says the family will be releasing a 558-page French medical report detailing the cause of his death. Naser al-Qudwa told the Palestinian Authority’s semi-official Maan News Agency  the document is being translated from French before it is released. Al-Qudwa claimed the report would answer “many questions,” adding…

Palestinian Authority officials warned Thursday the region would descend into “violence and anarchy” because of the failure of PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ statehood bid at the United Nations. Officials in Ramallah refused to say what they were planning to do now that they have conceded the measure does not have sufficient support in the UN…

UNESCO’s recent acceptance of the Palestinian Authority as a full-member state has cost it $65 million, the Reuters news agency reported on Thursday. The large hole in the agency’s budget was created by the loss of U.S. funds. The U.S. cut its funding to UNESCO immediately after the UN’s cultural agency approved the PA’s request…

A French citizen who lives in Ma’aleh Adumim and recently tried to renew his French passport, received a letter which said that his country of residence in the new passport would be listed as “occupied Palestine.” The citizen turned to MK Lia Shemtov from the Yisrael Beiteinu party and asked her to take care of…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was not allowed to view secret documents when he served as Minister for Strategic Affairs, journalist Amir Rappaport revealed on the Israel Defense website on Thursday. Lieberman held the post in Ehud Olmert’s government from 2006 to 2008. According to Rappaport’s report, when Lieberman was in charge of the Iranian issue…

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday that military action against Iran could have unintended consequences, The Associated Press reported. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Panetta said he agrees with earlier assessments that a strike would only set Iran’s nuclear program back by three years at most. “You’ve got to be careful of…

An Israeli nonprofit team of young scientists is participating in the competition for the Google Lunar X Prize – a $30 million contest for landing an unmanned vehicle on the moon and transmitting still images and video back to earth. The team wants the Israeli flag to be the third national flag to land on…

Dennis Ross, President Barack Obama’s key Middle East advisor, said Thursday he would resign from his post, AFP reported. Ross, a veteran U.S. peace negotiator, said in a statement that he had made a promise to his wife to return to private life after two years in the administration and had outstayed that promise by…

Egypt on Thursday released new details on the explosion that, for the seventh time this year, shut down the Egyptian pipeline which provides gas to Israel and Jordan. Officials said that terrorists planted an explosive device under the pipeline, setting off the explosion from a distance, probably by cellphone. The terrorists dug a hole in…

According to a report by the Israel Security Agency there was an uptick in terror in October due to increased rocket fire from Hamas-run Gaza. October 2011 saw an increase in the number of terrorist attacks carried out against Israel — 80, compared with 68 in September. In October, 46 attacks originated in Gaza, compared…

After ostensibly working out a deal to resolve the Greek debt crisis last week, the spotlight has turned this week on perhaps Europe’s biggest “debt bomb.” Italian officials say that for now, there is nothing to worry about. Yields on Italian 10-year bonds shot up to 7.25% Thursday afternoon – a euro-era high – as…

Russia’s nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday that Tehran is interested in purchasing more Russian-built reactors. Russian and Iranian officials have discussed building more reactors in the past, but Kiriyenko’s latest statement comes amid Western calls for sanctions on Tehran over the IAEA report released Tuesday that details suspected nuclear weapons-related advances. It also comes…

After admitting that their unilateral bid to be accepted as a member state to the United Nations has failed, the Palestinian Authority is now turning to ‘Plan B.’ The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the entity will now seek an upgraded observer status that would give them access to key international organizations. According to the…

If anybody thought that this week’s report by the International Atomic Energy Agency would be a game changer in terms of international efforts to compel Iran to desist from its nuclear weapons program, the Russian and Chinese reactions furnish a reality check. Russia has ruled out stiffer sanctions against Iran. Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov…

With an International Atomic Energy Agency report to be issued this week that will state, officials said Wednesday, that Iran is clearly working towards developing a nuclear weapons program, speculation has turned to possible military actions by Israel or other western countries to prevent Tehran from getting “the bomb.” On Thursday, the British Daily Mail…

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations is asking that body’s Security Council why it’s not “shocked” by the constant barrage of rockets and mortars fired by Gaza terrorists at southern Israel. Ambassador Ron Prosor declared Wednesday during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the unstable security situation in southern Israel should shock that…

At least seven people are dead after an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit eastern Turkey on Wednesday evening, causing a six-storey hotel and other buildings to collapse, trapping people inside them. The earthquake comes just over two weeks after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Van region on October 23, killing at least 600…

Over a hundred thousand people took part on Tuesday in the funeral of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, head of the famed Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, the largest yeshiva in Israel and second largest in the world. The revered Rosh Yeshiva was a member of the Torah Council of Sages of Degel HaTorah. Rabbi Finkel passed away early Tuesday morning…

An Egyptian pipeline which provides gas to Israel and Jordan was once again hit by an explosion early Thursday morning. Egypt’s security services told AFP that the blast occurred 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the town of el-Arish in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. Witnesses said they had seen armed men at the…

The White House is trying to stifle diplomatic fallout from an open microphone incident in which President Barack Obama appeared to show frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. In a recent conversation between Obama and French President Nikolas Sarkozy, the latter said about Netanyahu, “I cannot stand him. He is a liar.” Obama reportedly…

In a last effort to encourage votes for the Dead Sea as one of the new seven wonders of nature, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has released a video in which he emphasizes the wonderful effect that having the Dead Sea win will have on tourism. Netanyahu says that having the Dead Sea chosen would not…

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin (Likud) condemned Wednesday “price tag” phenomenon while simultaneously warning Israelis not to repeat the mistake made by leftists after the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin wherein the entire nationalist population was condemned for the actions of a “crazy extremist fringe.” Rivlin’s comments came during a plenary session marking the 16th…

The Taliban suffered an embarrassing defeat when as many at 70 fighters were killed during an attempted raid on a coalition forces base in eastern Afhganistan, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The disastrous raid took place late on Tuesday at a combat outpost in Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan. No international troops…

At least three people are dead after an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit eastern Turkey on Wednesday evening, causing a six-storey hotel and other buildings to collapse and trapping people inside. The earthquake comes just over two weeks after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Van region on October 23, killing at least…

Two-thirds of the Jewish public in Israel favors a tough response to Gaza terrorists’ recent attacks on civilians in the south, according to a poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). At the same time, 54% said they believe the government’s current restraint is justified in order to avoid further straining Israel’s relationship with…

British Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed the UK would abstain in the UN Security Council should the Palestinian Authority application for statehood be brought to a vote, AFP reported Wednesday. “In common with France and in consultation with our European partners, the United Kingdom will abstain on any vote on full Palestinian membership of the…

GOP nomination contender Mitt Romney continued wooing Jewish voters upset with the Obama administration’s policy towards Israel, this time saying US President Barack Obama had proven his disdain for the ‘special relationship’ between Israel and the United States. Romney seized on media reports French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Obama had exchanged unkind words about Israeli…

“The IAEA report corroborates the position of the international community, and of Israel, that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. “The significance of the report is that the international community must bring about the cessation of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons which endanger the peace of the world and of the Middle East.” Netanyahu’s remarks were…

A Tel Aviv University researcher warns the deadly polio virus is still a threat, contrary to the widespread belief in Western countries the disease no longer exists. Dr. Lester Shulman of the university’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Israel’s Ministry of Health has spent years tracking isolated cases of live poliovirus infections. The illness has…

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a leading figure in the religious world and the spiritual head of Shas, has stepped into the debate over the fate of several Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. He has called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu not to destroy the communities, but rather to find a way to legalize them. Rabbi…

More than six years after the expulsion of Jews from Gaza, families from Netzarim, Atzmona and elsewhere are finally settling down in new homes. The homes are in the new towns of Naveh and Bnei Netzarim, both a short distance from Gaza. Bnei Netzarim is now home to 96 families, while Naveh houses 80. The…

MK Shaul Mofaz (Kadima), a former IDF Chief of Staff, on Tuesday said that Iran’s nuclear program was the ultimate limtus test for US President Barak Obama’s foreign policy. “We are approaching the point where there is a balance of terror in the Middle East,” Mofaz said during a speech to the heads of Jewish Federations in Denver, Colorado…

Military officials said on Tuesday that a terrorist cell that was recently targeted by IAF aircraft in Rafah was about to fire a rocket with a range of 80 kilometers, twice the range of the rockets that have been used until now. The incident occurred on Saturday, October 29, when IDF forces attacked a terrorist…

The White House would not deny or confirm on Tuesday the reports of a conversation between President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in which the latter called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “a liar.” White House spokesman Jay Carney said he had no comment on the conversation or about Obama’s response, when asked about…

Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman is considering easing the sentences of some of the Jewish prisoners currently serving time in Israeli prisons. Neeman has reportedly given Attorney Ami Palmor, who heads the Justice Ministry’s Pardons Department, a list of names of Jewish prisoners as a first step in the easing of their sentences. The Justice Minister,…

  Terrorists in Gaza launched a Qassam rocket at the Shaar HaNegev region, a district with a population of 6000 located in southern Israel between Beer Sheba and Ashkelon, shortly after six on Tuesday evening. The “color red” alarm system was activated during the attack. The rocket reportedly exploded in an open field. No physical injuries or…

Attorneys for the government filed a motion asking Israel’s High Court to extend the deadline for them to file their position on the destruction of neighborhoods and communities in Judea and Samaria (Yesha). The petition, filed on behalf Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the IDF commander in Yesha, said “the respondents need two more days…

Senator John McCain, the Republican standardbearer in 2008, was highly critical of the exchange between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama in which Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a liar. Most of the media concentrated on Sarkozy’s remark. However, the conversation, picked up by a hot microphone, had Obama responding to the…

  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a report Tuesday saying it had credible intelligence Iran is seeking nuclear weapons technology. “The agency has serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program,” the IAEA report said. “After assessing carefully and critically the extensive information available to it, the agency finds the information…

Top commanders in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened Tuesday to kill “dozens” of US citizens should Washington kill any of its members. “You also should not forget that American commanders have plenty of presence and travel in the region. If you kill any of us, we will kill dozens of you,” Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief…

Months after President Barack Obama hastened the end of the Mubarak regime, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants the military regime in Cairo to move faster on elections. Parliamentary elections are scheduled in three weeks, but discord, suspicion and protests may upset the timetable. The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists are leading the pack,…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday only “crippling sanctions” against Iran’s central bank and gas industries would halt Tehran’s nuclear program. Lieberman’s remarks were made ahead of the publication of a key report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in which the UN nuclear watchdog said Iran was on the verge of being able…

IDF top censor Brig. Gen. Sima Vaknin told attendees at Haifa University lecture Wednesday that public discourse about a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear program did not compromise Israel’s national security. Vaknin’s statement came just days after it was reported the Prime Minister’s Office had ordered a probe into leaks concerning sensitive discussions between ministers…

  Terrorists in Gaza launched a Qassam rocket at the Shaar HaNegev region, a district with a population of 6000 located in southern Israel between Beer Sheba and Ashkelon, shortly after six on Tuesday evening. The “color red” alarm system was activated during the attack. The rocket reportedly exploded in an open field. No physical injuries or…

The head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said on Tuesday that Iran would start a ‘street war’ in Tel Aviv if its nuclear program was attacked. “Israel is not big enough to launch a military strike on Iran, but if it takes such a foolish decision, the Iranian military will…

The court case against the Jewish community of Migron north of Jerusalem took a dramatic turn Monday, according to the Samaria Regional Authority. The Arabs who claim the land is theirs withdrew their lawsuit for damages after being required to present proof of ownership. This means that the Arabs have no evidence showing that the…

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in a diplomatic knot after telling President Barack Obama, in what he thought was a private call, “Netanyahu is a liar.” The president also made a negative remark about the Prime Minister. He and President Obama were talking in a private room after a press conference at the G20 summit…

As Iran moves closer to building a nuclear weapon, sanctions against Tehran have failed because of trade ties and fears of economic chaos. The IAEA is expected to issue a public report this week disclosing evidence pointing to what everyone unofficially knows – the Islamic Republic is trying to build a nuclear weapon and has…

The possibility of Israel’s attacking Iran has been headlined in Israeli media for a week, spearheaded by comments by Meir Dagan, who until recently was head of the Mossad. He said a military strike would be absurd. Defense Minister Ehud Barak, speaking on Voice of Israel government radio, expressed thinly-veiled criticism on Dagan on others,…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is gaining influence in Gaza by increasing aid to Hamas 24-fold in the past two years, following the flotilla clash between Turkish-based IHH terror activists and the Israeli navy. Relations between Israel and Turkey turned an about-face for the worse after the Operation Cast Lead counterterrorist operation in late…

A group of eighteen prominent former United States senators recently wrote to President Barack Obama and asked that he free Jonathan Pollard, according to a report on Monday by Yeshiva World News. Pollard, who was convicted on a single count of passing classified information to an ally more than 26 years ago, is serving a…

Germany’s Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, warned on Monday against a debate about a military strike against Iran, Reuters reported. Westerwelle said in an interview with a local newspaper that publicly discussing an attack on Iran is dangerous and strengthens the leadership of the Islamic Republic rather than weakening it. “I warn against floating the idea…

Dr. Ephraim Kam, deputy director of the Institute for National Security Studies, said on Monday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran’s nuclear program is likely to have important implications, particularly on Russia and China. Kam told Arutz Sheva that the report will be more severe than previous ones, since up until…

Homefront Defense Minister Matan Vilnai announced on Monday that his office has developed a new program to fully protect all communities in southern Israel that are located up to 15 kilometers from Gaza. Vilnai made the announcement at the conclusion of a special meeting held in the office of Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin. To date,…

The heads of six parliamentary factions in the Knesset on Monday sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu entitled “Saving the towns and neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria from destruction.” The faction heads, who represent a majority of lawmakers in the Knesset, called for Netanyahu to set up a legal team with the mandate…

The Palestinian Authority will receive some $200 million in frozen US aid dollars after top House Republican Ileana Ros-Letinen ended her brief hold on the money. Some view Jerusalem’s silence on the matter, on the heels of Jerusalem freezing tax revenues to the PA, as reason enough to question the US administration’s assertion that the resumption…

Iran’s legislature plans to file a complaint against the US at the UN Security Council demanding the prosecution of Washington officials for their alleged open call for “terror attacks” on Islamic Republic officials. “The Iranian nation’s live and telling documents prove that the US administration as a symbol of terrorism in the world has killed…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday one could be loyal to the settlement enterprise and adhere to to the law – admitting he was abandoning Jewish neighborhoods slated for destruction under a controversial ruling by Israel’s High Court. His comments come admid furor in his Likud faction over the looming demolition of Amona, Givat…

Rock attacks are continuing by Palestinian Authority Arabs hurling the sharp-edged projectiles at motorists traveling along roads in Judea and Samaria. On Monday, a 63-year-old tourist was slightly wounded when her car came under attack by a group of PA Arabs hurling rocks in Samaria. The victim was treated at the scene and then evacuated…

Two new films have been uploaded to the virtual cinema site of the Spielberg Archive — one depicting scenes from the Warsaw Ghetto, and the second showing the agricultural development of the first settlements along the Dead Sea that followed its destruction. Von Horvot Bis Zum Heimland, “From Ruins Till Destruction” tells the tale of…

Six days after shelling began in the central Syrian city of Homs, dozens are dead and hundreds of others have been wounded according to residents and activists. Syrian army forces fired tank shells into the Bab Amro district, the flashpoint section of the city where residents have been demonstrating against the government for days, the…

Speaking in the name of the Fatah movement at a ceremony in honor of the released prisoners in the recent Shalit deal, Jibril Rajoub, a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, praised Hamas for kidnapping the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), Rajoub, who was representing Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas,…

Israel has declared war on the Palestinian Authority (PA) by freezing tax revenues after the PA joined UNESCO, a Fatah official charges. Fayiz Abu Aita, a spokesman for the party headed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, said that the Israeli measure and its announced speed-up of building in Judea and Samaria will have “disastrous results…

An IDF force spotted a terrorist squad Monday around noon, as it planted two explosive charges near the northern section of the security fence separating Gaza and Israel. The IDF Spokesman’s Unit said that the Israeli soldiers fired tank shells at the terrorists and identified hits on target. Arab news sources said that three people…

Ireland elects as president poet Michael Higgins, who was against the American war in Iraq, protested against visiting President Ronald Reagan and rallied against Israel’s maritime embargo of the Hamas terrorist authority in Gaza. He won a cantankerous election that was characterized by personal insults and charges of corruption among other candidates. One of his…

Hamas’ rival Islamic Jihad has built an 8,000-man army supported by Iran and “ready for martyrdom or victory.” “Martyrdom is the more desirable,” it says. Its estimate of the number of terrorists trained for war against Israelis the first time Islamic Jihad has disclosed how many fighters it has. “We are proud and honored to…

MK Daniel Ben-Simon (Labor) announced on Sunday that he plans to submit a bill to the Knesset that would prohibit prime ministers and presidents to own private businesses for personal gain for a period of three years after the end of their tenure. Instead, MK Ben-Simon’s bill will have these former leaders focus on activities…

Dr. Ephraim Laor, who headed the National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness, outlined on Sunday some steps that should be taken by Israelis to prepare themselves for a major earthquake that could hit Israel. Laor spoke to Arutz Sheva just two weeks after he warned against Israel’s lack of preparedness to deal with an earthquake. He made…

MK Yariv Levin (Likud) warned on Sunday that the planned demolitions in certain Jewish communities could cause a split in the Likud. Several communities – Migron, Givat Assaf and the Ulpana neighborhood in Binyamin – are slated for demolition in the near future. At the root of the problem are several issues: Supreme Court Dorit…

Dozens of people demonstrated on Sunday evening outside the home of President Shimon Peres, demanding the release of Jewish prisoners. The protesters shouted, “We want to light the Chanukah candles with our loved ones.” One of the protesters was Tova Aharonov, girlfriend of Dennis Alhazov who was convicted in 2009 of killing an Arab in…

Arab League secretary-general Nabil el-Arabi warned Damascus on Saturday that a “catastrophic” situation is imminent in Syria, according to the Egyptian state-run Middle Eastern News Agency (MENA). “The failure of the Arabic solution would have catastrophic consequences for the situation in Syria and the region, and that’s what the Arab League is trying to avoid…

Rioting Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs attacked IDF soldiers on patrol Sunday afternoon next to the Judean village of El Aroub. Some 30 Arabs who were involved in the melee hurled rocks at the soldiers. IDF troops responded with riot control measures. Earlier in the day, PA Arabs ambushed Israeli motorists with a number of rock and…

An Israeli man was wounded Sunday morning in a firebomb attack in the Samaria region. He was targeted by Arabs as he drove near Karnei Shomron. The man received medical treatment at the scene, and did not require hospital care. Later in the day the HNN news site reported a terrorist firebomb attack on an…

Former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy has apologized for the hurt caused by his comments suggesting that hareidi-religious Jews are a bigger threat than Ahmadinejad – but has not rescinded the remarks. “The hareidization in Israel is widening rifts in the Jewish people. I’m sorry if people were hurt, but I’m also angry… that the rift…

Several government websites crashed on Sunday afternoon, leading experts to suspect a coordinated hacker attack on the main server supporting the sites. Among the sites down were those of the Shin Bet and IDF. IDF spokespeople said it was too early to determine the cause of the crash, and that servers may have been down…

A labor court injunction is all that stands in the way of the first general strike in years. Banks, schools, transportation – including Ben Gurion airport – and government offices will be shut down unless the court interferes. The Manufacturers’ Association and The Federation of Israeli Economic Organizations have filed an appeal to the court…

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday for a Jewish boy born in Jerusalem to have his birthplace in Israel’s sovereign capital listed on his U.S. passport. The case, Zivotofsky v. Clinton, No. 10-699, began with a lawsuit filed in 2003 by Menachem Zivotofsky’s parents, Naomi and Ari. The couple was incensed when the…

A week of rumors that Israel plans to attack Iran has prompted a warning that it can deal Israel a “crushing response” and that “any Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic would be reciprocated with a destructive reprisal.” Responding to repetition in the media that Israel has decided that the “military option” is the only…

American SEAL commandos killed Bin Laden in the first 90 seconds of the raid on his compound and not after a 45-minute gunfight, according to a former SEAL commander who said he interviewed several of the soldiers who raided the terrorist’s compound last May. American officials deny his claims. “Bin Laden was dead within 90 seconds…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has announced his decision to build new homes specifically meant for the terrorists who were released in the Shalit prisoner exchange deal. Israel has already freed 477 terrorists in the first part of the deal, and an additional 550 are to be released in the second phase. According to Saturday’s…

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, said on Saturday that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s upcoming report on his country’s nuclear program lacks authenticity, The Tehran Times reported. The report, which has been termed “critical” by U.S. officials, is expected to show that Iran is inching closer to having a nuclear weapon. However, Salehi rejected this and said…

One foreign worker was hospitalized early Sunday morning as Gaza terrorists “retaliated to retaliation” from the IDF that killed one Islamic Jihad terrorist and wounded two others. The worker is being treated for moderate injuries at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. Two missiles hit the coastal region overnight south of the port city, home to strategic…

Egypt has announced the discovery of oil in the Sinai Peninsula, this time in the southern part of the region.  The country’s Ministry of Petroleum said Friday production had already begun at the newly discovered well. The site is located 40 kilometers south of Abu Rudais City. The well is producing 2,270 barrels of crude per…

Dozens of anti-Israel activists attempted to barge into the Israeli consulate in Boston over the weekend in protest over Israel’s seizure of the Canadian-Irish flotilla ships that attempted to sail to Gaza. Bearing PA flags, the activists attempted to storm the building but were turned back. They swore to return, shouting slogans about how the…

IDF troops prevented a rocket attack on Israel Saturday night by striking at a terrorist gang that was preparing to fire a missile at the Negev. IDF planes targeted the gang in southern Gaza, near Khan Yunis. Among the terrorists eliminated was a high-ranking member of Islamic Jihad, IDF sources said. Meanwhile, reports in the…

Israeli naval officers took over on Friday afternoon the two ships that had attempted to reach Gaza and break the naval blockade imposed on the Hamas-controlled area. The takeover was met with no resistance from the 27 Irish, Canadian, and American activists on board. The ships were searched by IDF officers, who did not find…

President Shimon Peres hinted on Friday that Israel was closer than ever to taking military action to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program. In a special interview he gave to Israel’s Channel2 News, Peres said that a military strike would probably solve the Iranian issue better than diplomatic methods would. “It seems Iran is moving closer to…

French President Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated his country’s commitment to act in case of a threat to Israel’s existence by the Islamic Republic of Iran. “Iran’s behavior and its obsession over the desire to achieve military nuclear capability is a violation of international law,” Sarkozy was quoted by Channel 10 News as having said. “France strongly…

Former IDF Judge Advocate General Avichai Mandelbilt’s slated appointment to chair a committee tasked with normalizing threatened Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria has drawn sharp criticism from nationalist leaders and area residents. During his eight year tenure, Mandebilt, a confidant of Defense Minister Ehud Barak who advocates destroying the communities the committee is intended…

Residents of Givat Assaf whose homes are under threat by standing demolition orders set up a protest tent city in Haifa. The bivouac, near the home of Minister of Science, Rabbi Daniel Hershkovitz, is intended to pressure his Jewish Home faction into exert pressure on the government to stand-down from plans to destroy their community.…

IDF naval forces made initial contact via radio with a pair of boats headed for Gaza – who refused to alter course. The captains of the vessels were informed their course would lead them into waters legally closed by Israel and were informed they could turn around or head for a port in Egypt. The…

The Jewish Home party is facing growing pressure over the threat to Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria, with residents of the region calling on MKs to make their issue make-or-break for the coalition. The Yesha (Judea and Samaria) Council voted unanimously Thursday to call on Jewish Home MKs to make it clear that if…

Activists aboard two vessels seeking to violate Israel’s blockade of Hamas in Gaza say they won’t resist Israeli naval forces when boarded.  “The two ships are close to Israel’s waters and their crew has been instructed not to resist naval forces who will attempt to stop them,” Denis Kosseim told AFP. “Our representatives have signed…

  Senior Palestinian Authority official Riyad al-Malki said Thursday officials in Ramallah would accept nothing short of full state membership at the United Nations. “We do not want, after all of these struggles, sacrifices, and efforts by the entire Palestinian people, to accept an observer state in the United Nations. We will not accept less…

Despite calls to protect the holy site, Jerusalem Muslims continue to bury their dead along the walls of the Temple Mount, according to a report in Maariv. The most recent funerals were revealed by the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities. The burials took place despite a government promise, made in response…

Gilad Shalit underwent surgery Friday to remove shrapnel from wounds suffered in the 2006 attack in which he was kidnapped by Hamas. Doctors in Haifa’s Rambam hospital conducted the surgery, which was declared successful.  Two soldiers were killed in the attack in which Shalit was taken hostage, and three others were wounded. Shalit suffered injuries…

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said on Thursday that, if elected president, he would support an Israeli air strike on Iran if there is proof that the Islamic Republic is inching closer to a nuclear weapon. “Obviously, we are going to support Israel,” Perry said in an interview with CNN. “And I’ve said that we…

Israel has approved several relief measures for the Palestinian Authority Arab population of Judea and Samaria, in honor of the upcoming Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. The Coordinator of Government Activities in Judea and Samaria said on Thursday that as part of these relief measures, some roadblocks in the area will be removed, in accordance with…

Palestinian Authority Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said on Thursday that the PA is considering taking “significant steps” in response to Israel’s decision to accelerate the construction of 2,000 homes in east Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Abu Rudeineh, who was interviewed on BBC Radio, said the PA will soon “change the Middle East” but would not…

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently faced a silent protest to which he could only respond with: “That’s stupid.” At the conclusion of his talk at Yale University last week, Friedman was faced with a banner which read: “With friends like Chomsky, Soros, Mearsheimer and Thomas Friedman, does Israel need enemies?” The banner was…

Anti-Semitism is growing in the United States, according to a nationwide survey released on Thursday. The survey, conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), found that 15 percent of the population – nearly 35 million Americans – holds deeply anti-Semitic views. According to The New York Daily News, which presented the findings, the survey found that…

The U.S. Senate received a special treat Wednesday, as the session was opened by British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who gave the invocation. Rabbi Sacks appeared in the Senate at the invitation of Connecticut Senator Joseph I. Lieberman. Although separation of church and state is enshrined in the U.S. constitution, courts in the U.S.…

IDF soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists Thursday along the border of northern Gaza after they were ambushed. The terrorists opened fire on the soldiers as they were working on the security fence near Kibbutz Zikkim. Both gunshots and mortar shells were fired at the IDF troops, who immediately called for backup. IDF tanks and…

The Israeli Air Force will host Greece’s Air Force for joint exercises in two weeks’ time. Last year, the IAF was in Greece for joint exercises, and a security official said on Thursday that the reciprocal visit from Greece is very significant. In addition the IAF will host the Italian Air Force next month for…

The Arab Ra’am party came under fire on Thursday over the State Comptroller’s report, which found that the faction used public taxpayer funding to pay for engraved plaques, which it awarded to six terrorists who took part in the assault on IDF soldiers on board the Mavi Marmara. The 5,000 shekel payment was placed under the item…

In a surprising movel, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that the Palestinian Authority should not pursue its plan to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations. Now that the PA has been accepted into UNESCO, the Authority’s leadership should be satisfied with that achievement. Anything beyond that, Ban said, will…

UNESCO has lost another $2 million, this time from dues payable annually from the State of Israel. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave the order Thursday afternoon for the Jewish State to stop payment on its dues to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Netanyahu instructed that the funds be diverted to parallel…

The U.S. says a “critical” report by the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, due next week, should help the world to determine whether Iran is “meeting its obligations” on regulating its nuclear development program. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed the matter in advance of the G20 (Group of 20 Finance…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday allegedly ordered a probe into leaks regarding a plan to strike Iran’s nuclear program. The report comes amid a storm of speculation in Israel’s media based on unverified claims Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have been lobbying for ministerial support for the strike. According to the Kuwaiti newspaper…

IDF naval forces are preparing to intercept two vessels bound for Gaza in the latest attempt to breach Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-run enclave. The yachts – one Canadian and one Irish – departed Turkey on Wednesday carrying 27 anti-Israel activists. Turkey denied it was aware the vessels intended to head for Gaza when they…

Lebanon’s March 14 opposition factions insist any future dialogue to resolve political disputes must include a discussion of Hizbullah’s terror militias and munitions. Talk of the possibility of re-launching dialogue resurfaced after Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced he would meet President Michel Sleiman to discuss the proposal. Sleiman has repeatedly called for the revival of…

In an interview with a Turkish newspaper, Iran’ s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Saleh said that if attacked Iran would impose “a cruel response on all nations in the region that seek to insult Iran.” Not leaving the interviewer to guess to whom he was referring, Saleh derided the latest round of reports in the…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Israel on Wednesday for its decision to accelerate the construction of more than 2,000 Jewish homes in east Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned at the decisions announced by the government of Israel in response to the decision of UNESCO’s General Conference in favor of Palestinian membership,”…

Residents in the central region of Israel heard an air raid siren at mid-morning Thursday – but this time it was for a good reason. Home Front Command launched its emergency rescue and military preparedness drill in the Gush Dan area. Security and rescue forces are participating in the exercise, both to check their ability…

Israeli negotiator David Meidan is expected to head to Ankara to seek a compromise on wording of an “apology” to the Turkish government that can thaw relations between the two nations, according to reports published Thursday in Hebrew-language Israeli media. Meidan, a former Mossad official, was the lead negotiator who arranged the prisoner swap with…

The United States has been facing tough questions from reporters this week, following its decision to cut off funding to UNESCO after the UN body accepted the Palestinian Authority as a full member. Israel’s decision to sanction the PA and accelerate the construction of Jewish homes in east Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria has also…

Israeli security officials are keeping a wary eye out on several groups that are planning mass marches on Jerusalem. One march is scheduled for November 25, and is being organized by the group that tried to conduct a mass march to Jerusalem last September. This time, however, organizers – and Israeli security officials – believe…

Former National Security Council director Giora Eiland said in an interview with Israel Radio that contrary to opinions rendered by other top security officials – most notably former Mossad director Meir Dagan – there was nothing “irresponsible” in considering an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. “It’s not a crazy idea,” Eiland said, as long as…

The Palestinian Authority’s Ramallah government claims that Israel could have been behind a cyber attack that crashed the PA’s Internet system Tuesday in Judea, Samaria and Gaza from morning until after nightfall. The system in the PA territories was struck the day after the entity was granted full membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific…

Israel decided Tuesday to freeze tax revenue transfers to the PA and accelerate the construction of new homes in eastern Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, and Maale Adumim. In a statement, Hamas said the decisions showed Israel had a policy to pressure and control the ‘Palestinian people.’ Hamas also cited Israel’s ‘bombardment’ of without reference to rocket…

Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Wednesday stuck to well-worn sound bytes when he slammed Israel’s decision to freeze tax revenues to Ramallah and accelerate construction in eastern Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, and Maale Adumim. “The they are building these settlements on is my land,” Erekat said. “The money that Israel is withholding is my…

MK Danny Danon (Likud) welcomed on Wednesday the government’s decision to accelerate the construction of 2,300 homes in east Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. The decision was reached on Tuesday in a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his eight senior ministers, and comes as a response to the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral moves, such as…

The French political class was united as one in condemning the arson committed against the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. The weekly had decided to comment on the victory by the Islamic party in Tunisia and the announcement by the Libyan transitional Council that Libyan law would be based on the Muslim Sharia. It therefore…

Former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan sharply criticized on Wednesday the deal Israel made with Hamas to release 1,027 terrorists in exchange for kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Speaking at a conference in Tel Aviv, Dagan said, “The price we paid in this deal is problematic. There are quite a few risks in this deal.” While Dagan…

The Israeli Air Force may have set Lucius Flavius Silva – commander of the Roman X Legion Fretensis at Masada – rolling in his grave last week as it roared through the Italian skies. The IAF delegation returned from Sardinia on Wednesday after a week-long joint training exercise with the Italian Air Force. The exercises,…

IDF naval forces are tracking a pair of Gaza-bound ships in the Mediterranean that departed from Turkey this week Organizers of the “micro-flotilla” in New York announced Wednesday two ships carrying 27 activists from five countries, including the US, are headed to Gaza. They said they did not publicize the flotilla in advance to prevent…

A report in the British Guardian newspaper Wednesday said that the U.S. and the UK were gearing up for a possible attack on Iran. According to the report, the U.S. has become increasingly frustrated – and concerned – over Iran’s refusal to end its enrichment of uranium. Britain has agreed to help, despite some members…

The announcement by Israel that it is to build several thousand homes in Jerusalem, Gush Etzion and Ma’ale Adumim is a “punishment” against the Palestinian Authority for its being accepted into UNESCO as a full member, Kadima head Tsipi Livni said Wednesday – and this will not help Israel retain the blocs in a final…

Iran would cause serious damage to the United States and Israel should Jewish state strike the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, Iran’s top military official said on Wednesday. The “Zionist regime’s military attack against Iran would lead to heavy damages to the US as well as [to the] Zionist regime,” Iran’s Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Hassan…

Israel successfully test-fired a  “ballistic missile” that could be used to strike Iran, Israel Radio reported Wednesday. Further information about the test was censored by the military. Foreign reports, however, said the military test-fired a long-range missile – capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and striking Iran. Development of the multi-staged missile was begun in…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said the Jewish people have “a right to build in our eternal capital.” Speaking in the Knesset’s plenum at a memorial for assassinated Israeli lawmaker Rehavam Ze’evi, Netanyahu explained that Ze’evi’s “life began in Jerusalem and ended in Jerusalem. That was Gandhi – a man of Jerusalem.” “All who…

Details are emerging of the plans approved by the government Tuesday for new construction in Judea and Samaria, as punishment to the Palestinian Authority (PA) for its unilateral moves to gain UN recognition as a state. The plan was approved by an eight member inner cabinet and is said to be the first installment in…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) intends to use its new UNESCO membership to claim the Dead Sea as a “heritage site.” It also is using the “New Seven Wonders” contest to claim part of the “lowest point on Earth.” Bethlehem, Hevron, and other ancient Jewish sites in Judea and Samaria also are on the Authority’s list…

Syrian state media reports Damascus has reached a deal with the Arab League to end seven months of government crackdowns on protesters. The reports, however, gave no details of the agreement. An official announcement is to be made at Arab League headquarters in Cairo sometime on Wednesday, according to the reports. Although President Bashar al-Assad…

The Efrat local authority has declared “a day of celebration” following news that the government has approved 300 housing units in the town for construction and sale. The infrastructures for the units have been in place for years but the government has not allowed the marketing of a single plot in Efrat for over a…

A rocket attack simulation drill has been scheduled for the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon, to be held Thursday. Emergency rescue personnel and other officials in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon will be tested Thursday in a drill to measure their readiness in case of a rocket attack. The drill, scheduled two months ago…

Nationalist firebrand Tzipi Hotovely said Tuesday the Likud faction informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that court-mandated demolition orders in Judea and Samaria have created a serious “political problem” for party. “We spoke to the Prime Minister during the weekly meeting he has with members of his party,” Hotovely said. “There were about twenty people [members…

Swiss Muslims have offended both fellow Muslims and Jews by wearing yellow badges in the shape of a Jewish star, which Nazis forced on Jews so that they could be singled out for derision and deportation, to protest discrimination.   However, there is one difference between the badges: The word “Muslim” was placed on them instead…

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas went on record in Arabic saying he will never recognize a “Jewish state.” He also said the kidnapping and five year ordeal of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was “a good thing.” The report came from Middle East Media Research Institute, who translated and posted an interview Abbas gave on Egyptian state…

IDF commanders were given the green light by officials in Jerusalem to take all necessary steps to stop rocket fire from Gaza on Tuesday, including undertaking ground operations as need be. But military officials told the Associated Press, while the decision allowed the IDF to act in accordance with the severity of terror attacks from…

Israeli officials on Thursday decided on an initial round of sanctions against the Palestinian Authority following its ascension as a ‘full-member state’ to UNESCO. A meeting of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his eight senior ministers determined Israel would halt the transfer of funds under extant agreements to the PA, and accelerate housing construction in…

Arab diplomats say the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed in part to an Arab League plan to end its brutal crackdown on protests against his 11-year rule. On Tuesday the diplomats said Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem accepted some of the Arab League proposals during talks with Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin…

‘WHO’ is next. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials say UNESCO is just the beginning and wants membership in 15 other UN agencies. PA Minister of Health, Fathi Abu Moghli said Monday that the ministry is preparing to apply for full membership in the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the official PA news agency. “With President…

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday slammed Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s calls to both increase Israel’s defense budget and meet social protest organizer’s demands, saying to do so would “enslave the State of Israel.” “The defense minister’s proposal will enslave the State of Israel in a future of tremendous debt, and endanger its economic stability,” a…

None other than retired South African Judge Richard Goldstone, author of the UN report damning Israel for alleged war crimes, condemns “apartheid” charges against the Jewish state. “The apartheid charges are “an unfair and inaccurate slander against Israel, calculated to retard rather than advance peace negotiations,” Goldstone wrote in an opinion article in The New…

The IDF took quick action to undo the damage wrought by vandals at a Jewish holy site in Samaria Monday. Monday afternoon, a report was received that the Tomb of Elazar HaCohen had been vandalized by unknown persons from the village of Awarta, which surrounds the tomb. Elazar was one of the sons of Aharon…

Marathon meetings have been held at the Prime Minister’s Office in the last 24 hours as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu weighs his response to the High Court regarding demolition of several Jewish Judea and Samaria neighborhoods.  About 1,000 men, women and children are to lose their homes in the demolitions that have been ordered by…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is a “mafia gangster,” Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator Saeb Erekat charged Monday morning.                                                                            …

The IDF arrested overnight a senior Hamas leader in Samaria who was freed from an Israeli prison three months ago. Hassan Yousef’s son and two others also were nabbed at their home in Bitunia, near Ramallah and north of Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority (PA) is supposed to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in Arab areas of…

Suha Arafat is wanted in Tunis in connection for her ties with the family of former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, according to the AFP news agency, which quoted Tunisian media. She has denied the charges. “Tunisia issued an [international] arrest warrant against Mrs. Arafat on suspicion of involvement in cases of financial corruption with…

Reports circulated Monday that Israel is considering ending its relationship with UNESCO, now that the Palestinian Authority had been admitted as a full member. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Israel was “reconsidering its future cooperation with UNESCO” in the wake of the PA’s membership. The United States expressed sharp criticism of the…

An American professor who shouted “death to Israel” as an Israeli Bedouin spoke defends his statement because it was for Allah. Associate history professor Julio Pino of Kent University, in Ohio, made the remark after asking a question to Ishmael Khaldi, who was speaking on his experiences working on behalf of Israel. He is the…

The international body voted Monday to accept the PA as a member – risking the loss of 22 percent of its budget that is funded by the United States. “This is a unilateral Palestinian maneuver which will bring no change on the ground but further removes the possibility for a peace agreement,” said the Foreign…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the opening session of the Knesset on Monday said Israel must restore its deterrence. “Our security strategy cannot only rely on defense, but must have an offensive element maintains Israel’s deterrence,” Netanyahu said amid a sharp escalation of rocket fire from Gaza. The amplified bombardment of Israel’s Gaza-belt communities comes…

At least two Grad Katyusha missiles exploded Monday evening in the area around the southern city of Be’er Sheva as Palestinian Authority terrorists resumed their rocket fire on Israeli men, women and children.  The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system intercepted both of the missiles as short-range Kassam rockets also landed in the Sdot Negev region,…

“Egypt succeeded in halting the ongoing tit-for-tat attacks across the border,” Yasser Othman, Cairo’s ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, told the PA’s semi-official Maan News on Monday. Othman said Egyptian efforts would continue until a complete truce is reached in Gaza and Israeli violations stop, adding that Egypt’s ambassador to Israel has been contacted by…

The international community is starting to condemn Gaza terrorists for rocket attacks on southern Israel – but has urged Israel to “restrain” itself in responding to the deadly barrages. A fresh battery of rocket attacks resumed Monday afternoon, with Grad Katyusha missiles fired at the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva, and numerous other rockets,…

The United States has made good on its threat to cut off funding to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) following the Paris-based agency’s vote Monday to accept the Palestinian Authority as a member. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland announced at a briefing Monday the administration had no choice in the matter,…

IDF top spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Yoav “Poly” Mordechai, responded Monday to reports international actors were trying to instate a ceasefire between Gaza terror groups and Israel saying “facts in the field and not any declarations” would be the determinate factor. “The chief of staff completed a situation assessment after midnight and concluded that the IDF…

Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy, whose articles often even shock some of his left-wing readers, fears a ”hostile takeover” by “settlers” who he says are taking over Israel. He granted that “settlers’ — meaning Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria as well as parts of Jerusalem he wants to be part of a Palestinian Authority state —…

UNESCO accepted the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a member on Monday, risking the loss of 22 percent of its budget that is funded by the United States.   Only 14 nations voted against the PA, while 107 favored its entry and 52 countries abstained. Laughter broke out when Israel voted “no.” Accepting the PA as…

A wildly cheering Texas church crowd  heard Glenn Beck Sunday at “A Night to Honor Israel” say, “G-d is preparing a surprise party for Satan.” More than 7,000 people attended the Cornerstone Church rally, according to the San Antonio Express News. Beck, who staged a “Resorting Courage” rally in Israel in August, told supporters who waved…

A Grad Katyusha missile exploded in an area south of Ashkelon Monday afternoon. The attack came after a day in which no rockets had been launched since midnight at southern Israel by Gaza terrorists. The Color Red incoming rocket alert siren sounded moments prior to the explosion in both Ashkelon and the Sha’ar HaNegev region. No physical…

Gaza terrorists may declare their second ceasefire in 24 hours on Monday after the IDF’s swift and lethal retaliation against missile launchers. Israel has not made a distinction between rocket attacks in rural areas, which often cause no damage or injuries, and those on major urban centers. One person was killed and two dozen others…

Israel advanced American national security interests, according to a report by former aides to presidents Clinton and Bush that contradicts Obama advisors who claim that Israel endangers U.S. soldiers. Robert D. Blackwill,  who was deputy national security advisor for strategic planning in the administration of George W. Bush, and Walter B. Slocombe, undersecretary of defense…

Ashdod Mayor Dr. Yehiel Lasri, whose city has been under a constant threat of rocket attacks, said on Sunday that the situation cannot continue and urged the government to take immediate action. On Saturday, terrorists fired several Grad missiles at Ashdod. One hit a school which is usually used for Shabbat prayer services but was…

Home Front Minister Matan Vilnai said Monday morning that the missile fire on Israel’s South may cause a postponement in the implementation of the second part of the Shalit deal.  Part 2 of the deal involves the release of 550 terror prisoners from Israeli jails. Speaking on IDF Radio, Vilnai noted that Gaza terror groups…

A group of 15 terrorists Israel freed two weeks ago for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit visited the Temple Mount and the grave of Faisal al-Husseini, a former Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader. The terrorists, who were pictured at the Temple Mount on an Islamic website, laid a wreath at a monument to al-Faisal, who died…

Monday is the first day of a special study program at Ariel University Center (AUC) for 16 students from seven different countries including USA, Canada, England, Belgium, Holland, New Zealand, and Australia whose ages ranges from teenager to octogenarian: Student Carolyn Ardeeser from Florida, USA, is 81. Student John Barr from South Carolina, USA whose…

Residents of the Bat Ayin Bet neighborhood in Gush Etzion’s Bat Ayin community describe feelings of despair but also of determination after the destruction of their homes before dawn Monday. “We received a warning at 3:00 a.m.,” recalled Nina Gabbai, a resident whose home was torn down. “A security vehicle that belongs to the community…

Despite the very difficult weekend of constant rocket attacks experienced by southern Israel’s residents, there were a few incidents that can be described only as miracles. One of these incidents was the classroom in Ashdod which has been used as a makeshift synagogue on Shabbat for 40 years. Throughout those years, not one Sabbath prayer…

The escalation in rocket and missile attacks at southern Israel over the weekend caused the education system in the region to shut down, leaving school principals scrambling and looking for ways to keep the students up to speed with the curriculum. One solution that was found involves online studying. Such a model has been adopted…

Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Sunday that he was willing to talk to the opposition, after a seven-month uprising against him that has left thousands dead, Reuters reported. In an interview with Russian television, Assad said, “We will cooperate with all political powers, both those who had existed before the crisis, and those who…

The city of Jerusalem has approved the construction of new Arab housing in one of the rare open spaces in the capital’s historic center. In addition, the city has given retroactive authorization to hundreds of illegally built homes. The area in question is located in the “King’s Garden,” adjacent to Shiloach (Silwan) at the southern entrance…

IAF aircraft targeted shortly after midnight (Israel time) a terrorist squad that fired a Kassam rocket at Israel from southern Gaza. According to the IDF Spokesperson, a hit was confirmed. Just prior to the IAF attack, terrorists fired three rockets from Gaza at southern Israel. Two of the rockets exploded in open areas in the…

U.S. headlines on Gaza missile attacks Saturday often made it appear that “militants” simply are responding to Israeli defensive measures. The violence began last Wednesday with a missile attack on southern Israel, but most American media implied that Israel’s counterterrorist retaliation was a provocation for Saturday’s multiple terrorist attacks on major urban centers. One of…

Provided by the IDF: An IAF aircraft targeted a terrorist squad in the southern Gaza Strip that was preparing to launch long-range rockets. The aforementioned squad is responsible for the firing of the Grad rocket towards southern Israel this past Wednesday. A hit was identified and the launching attempt was thwarted. The IDF will not…

The latest round of missile attacks from Gaza on Israel is nothing less than a “declaration of war,” President Shimon Peres said Sunday at the dedication of a new medical school in Tzfat, in northern Israel. “Terror does not allow Gaza citizens to live normally…. I am telling our [Arab] neighbors: You nor we want…

Prince Khaled bin Talal, a brother of  a Saudi billionaire prince, told a private Saudi television station he is raising to $1million a cleric’s paltry $100,000 offer to kidnap and IDF soldier. “Dr. Awad al-Qarni said he was offering $100,000 to only take a prisoner. I tell Dr. Awad al-Qarni, ‘I will be in solidarity…

An Air Force aircraft “targeted a terrorist squad in the southern Gaza Strip that was preparing to fire rockets at Israel,” the IDF stated. The terrorist attempt to attack — and the IAF’s successful prevention — came approximately four hours after Islamic Jihad, Hamas and other terrorists had agreed to the ceasefire proposed by Egypt.  …

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that there is no ceasefire in the South and that the IDF is protecting Israel’s citizens and killing the terrorists who fire rockets. Speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting, which was held in Tzfat, Netanyahu added that the terrorists would pay “an even higher price than they did until…

Ami Moshe, 56, is the name of the Ashkelon man who died on Saturday night in a rocket attack on the city. Moshe was rushed to the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon and was immediately taken to the operating room, where doctors discovered that a major artery in his stomach was hit by shrapnel. Moshe’s condition…

Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned the West of an “earthquake” across the Middle East if Western powers intervene in Syria. Speaking to the British Sunday Telegraph newspaper, Assad said western countries “are going to ratchet up the pressure, definitely.” “But Syria is different in every respect from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen,” he added. “The history…

The rocket attacks from Gaza continued overnight Saturday, giving local residents a restless night. Two rockets were fired towards Be’er Sheva just after 3:00 a.m. (Israel time). The rockets exploded in open areas and there were no reports of physical injuries or damage. At about 5:00 a.m. Israel time, a Grad missile exploded north of…

Hamas and allied terrorists attacked southern Israel with rockets and mortar shells at the rate of one every six minutes at dawn Sunday. Islamic Jihad appeared to be behind most of the attacks over the past 48 hours, but Hamas has done nothing to stop the sudden offensive, one week after kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad…

Egypt has failed in its attempt to broker another ceasefire to end rocket attacks on Israel as terrorists disprove Cairo’s influence. Egypt was largely responsible for mediating the deal two weeks ago to free kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for the release of 1,027 terrorists and security prisoners from Israeli jails. Following the resurgence…

Gaza Arab terrorists fired at least three Grad-style Katyusha rockets at Israel on Saturday, one of them hitting in the yard of a school in Ashdod. A second rocket fell in an open area in Ashdod, and the third fell near Gan Yavneh, IDF officials said. One person – a young girl – was injured…

Israeli political officials have been taken aback by the rocket attacks from Gaza over the past few days, considering that the deal with Hamas for the release of Gilad Shalit has not been completed. Israel is supposed to release another 550 terrorists in the coming weeks, but some MKs have begun calling for that part…

A man in his 50s was killed Saturday night as more rockets fell in southern Israel, with missiles hitting Ashkelon. Two people were injured in Ashkelon, as Grad rockets struck several parts of the city. One of the rockets hit in or near a house, and a very loud explosion was heard – indicating the…

Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Brigade terror gangs took responsibility for Saturday’s Grad rocket attacks against southern Israel. Footage released by Islamic Jihad Saturday night showed terrorists firing the rockets at Israel using a portable rocket launcher installed on the back of a pickup truck – a method of attack that had not been used…

Amos Gilad, Director of the Defense Ministry’s Diplomatic-Security Bureau, said on Friday that Iran is the biggest threat to Israel, and called on the government to prioritize the Iranian issue and take action, though he did not specify what action he thinks should be taken. Speaking at the Ashkelon Academic College, Gilad said, “There is…

A new poll published on Thursday has found that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would have a better chance of beating some GOP Presidential candidates than President Barack Obama. According to the poll, which was conducted by Time magazine and presented on Politico.com, if Clinton were to run against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,…

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, has sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and to the UN Security Council, demanding that they condemn the rocket fire from Gaza at southern Israel. “Israeli residents need to hear a loud and clear condemnation,” Prosor wrote in the letter, the contents of which…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) general assembly will vote Monday on the Palestinian Authority’s request to become a full member of the organization, AFP reported on Friday. Sources in the organization told AFP that the vote is to take place on the same day that the PA’s foreign minister, Riyad al-Malki,…

The Obama administration wants to provide two currently in-service US Marine Corps attack helicopters, Reuters reported Friday. The highly unorthodox move is being considered as Ankara seeks to exact revenge for a major attack by Kurdish separatists. Turkey has been seeking AH-1 SuperCobra helicopters to replace those lost fighting separatist rebels from the Kurdistan Workers’…

Zionist groups expressed satisfaction Friday over the decision to investigate Professor Eyal Nir for incitement. Nir called on the public to attack Zionist youth dancing in the streets on Jerusalem day and “break their elbows.” The Land of Israel Legal Forum said the decision was a good one, but questioned why prosecutors had waited several…

Senior Fatah official Mahmoud al-Aloul said Friday there is no plan to dismantle the Palestinian Authority, the semi-official Maan News reported. The central committee member said officials were calling for “a definition of the situation of the PA,” and discussing plans to “return it to its former stature.” “The government is in a bad situation…

Bosnia’s trio of presidents said Thursday they could not agree on whether to support PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ statehood bid at the United Nations. Bosnia’s presidency has been shared by leaders of its Muslim, Croat and Serb communities since its 1992-95 war. Sarajevo may potentially hold a key vote in the UN Security Council come…

An attempt by a Palestinian Authority Arab to enter the community of Itamar on Thursday disguised as a hareidi Jew was thwarted at the last moment. The incident began in the afternoon hours, when the community’s security personnel someone who looked like a Jew wandering near the olive trees adjacent to the community. Itamar’s security…

About fifty people demonstrated on Thursday evening outside the home of Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman in Jerusalem, demanding the release of Jewish prisoners. The demonstrators held signs which read “release Jewish prisoners,” and “release Jews and not terrorists,” among other signs. The demonstrators included families of prisoners as well as families of terror victims. Neeman…

The fact that Turkey agreed to accept aid from Israel to assist in rescue efforts of the thousands who were injured or killed has no political meaning, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference in Amman with Jordanian leader King Abdullah II and his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh, Davutoğlu said…

Yitzchak Hershkowitz’s struggle to claim property he bought and paid for fairly and squarely was bumped up a notch this week, as he tried to pave a road to the home he bought at the entrance to the neighborhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem. not far from Jerusalem’s Malcha shopping mall. Hershkowitz has been attacked numerous…

The British government gives over half a million pounds Sterling annually, funding Israeli political organizations – nearly all of them leftist – but gives nothing at all to groups in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and other Arab countries, who have been struggling to replace the dictatorships running their countries with democratic regimes. The facts of Britain’s…

Hamas interior minister Fathi Hamad said Israel’s 2005 “Disengagement” from Gaza, “helped us conceal Gilad Shalit for five years.” Hamad was referring to the absence of an Israeli military presence on the ground in Gaza, which would have been able to control movement in the enclave while having freedom of movement in searching for Shalit.…

Syrian troops began planting mines along a border region it shares with northern Lebanon on Thursday, a local Lebanese official told AFP. “Officials [in Beirut — ed.] told us the Syrians undertook the measure to prevent weapons smuggling,” the local official said. “A number of Syrian soldiers were also seen deploying on their side of the…

Ilan Grapel was released from an Egyptian jail and boarded a jet bound for Israel on Thursday afternoon as a part of an exchange for 25 Egyptians held in Israeli prisons, Reuters reported. Grapel, 27, who has been held in Egypt for five months on spying charges, landed at Israel’s Ben Gurioun Airport shortly after…

Despite the oceans of conflict that continue to divide Palestinian Authority Arabs from Israelis, a U.S.-based American Jewish group has begun a cross-cultural initiative to create dialogue between the two. U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro will officially launch the program, coordinated by the U.S.-based Foundation for Jewish Culture, on Thursday evening (tonight). The first season of…

Meir Indor, Head of the Almagor Terror Victims’ organization, criticized on Wednesday the deal Israel signed with Egypt to free Ilan Grapel. Indor told Arutz Sheva that by agreeing to release 25 Egyptian prisoners in exchange for Grapel, Israel was setting a dangerous precedent and allowing future kidnappings. “The Egyptian government, no matter how they…

With Gilad Shalit and Ilan Grapel freed from the clutches of their Hamas and Egyptian captors respectively, attention is now turning to yet another Israeli in prison in Egypt –  Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli Bedouin who has been held by Egypt for over 11 years on charges of spying for Israel. According to news websites…

The ruins of a former Jewish town in northern Gaza on Wednesday night became the launching pad for Grad Katyusha attacks on southern Israel. Military sources said three missiles fired by Gaza terrorists were most likely launched from the ruins of the former secular Jewish village of Dugit. The community, a small seaside fishing, marine…

While Israel has made numerous – so far unsuccessful – attempts to persuade the Palestinian Authority to temper its anti-Israel school curriculum, which essentially denies Israel’s right to exist and considers the entire existence of the state as “the occupation,” Israeli Arab children are set to learn similar ideas in the schools they attend. A…

Egyptian security sources say Ilan Grapel won’t be returned to Israel until mid-to-late afternoon. According to a report published on the Arabic-language website of the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, Grapel’s arrival at the Taba Crossing has been rescheduled for 1:00 p.m., in accordance with a request by the Israeli authorities. The news agency quoted high-level…

Saudi Arabia’s controversial Islamist and preacher, Sheikh Awad al Qarni, offered a bounty of $100,000 for the kidnapping of any IDF in ‘Palestine’ who can be used as leverage to force Israel to release more terrorists from its prisons. Qarni said on his Facebook page, “This award is in response to the allocation of funds…

A military vehicle was that was on patrol south of Bethlehem hit a roadside bomb near Khirbet Eliya on Wednesday evening. The bomb exploded, causing damage to the vehicle. The IDF spokesman reported there were no physical injuries. IDF forces began searching the area to locate the terrorists who planted the bomb. The attack is…

Terrorists from Gaza fired a Grad missile towards southern Israel late Wednesday evening. The IDF Spokesperson said that the missile exploded in Ashdod. There were no physical injuries, but several people suffered from anxiety. Arutz Sheva’s readers reported of a Color Red siren having sounded at 11:16 p.m. (Israel time) in Ashdod, Rehovot, Yavneh, Gedera,…

An obscure political action group has started a controversial campaign in Egypt demanding the country’s military ruler, Hussein Tantawi, run for president. “We originally planned to launch the campaign around one month ago, but regrettable incidents in Egypt prompted us to delay it,” Mahmoud Attia, an official in the self-styled group “Egypt Is above Everyone”…

The High Court rejected Wednesday evening motions against the deal with Egypt for freeing Israeli anarchist Ilan Grapel, who was arrested when he took part in the Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt. In return for Grapel, Israel will free 21 weapons and drug smugglers. The court, which leans heavily to the political left, is expected to reject…

Ahlam Tamimi,  sentenced to 16 life sentences for her involvement in the “Sbarro” suicide bombing on 9 August 2001 in Jerusalem, says she had no regrets and stressed she would, given the opportunity, do it again. “It was a calculated act, performed with conviction and faith in Allah,” Tamini said in an interview posted on…

Hani Ressami, who murdered yeshiva student Erez Samuel in Hevron, was released last week as part of a deal with Hamas to exchange 1,027 terrorists for the freedom of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Ressami is expected to return to work at his store, located near where he murdered Samuel. But Jewish residents in Hevron have…

Muammar Qaddafi’s son and heir-apparent, Saif al-Islam, has escaped Libya and is reported to be heading for Niger, its southern neighbor. According to Rissa ag Boula, a Nigerian presidential adviser quoted by the Associated Press, the younger Qaddafi is being guided by ethnic Tuaregs through the undulating dunes of the barren desert that lies between…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is friendly to Jews, but his problem is Zionists – although he says there are only 10,000 of them in the entire world. Speaking with CNN, he declared, “From the very beginning, we’re against Zionists. Zionists are neither Christians nor Jewish. They have no religion. Religion is wealth and…

The temperature in the province of Van in eastern Turkey is falling, and snow is predicted. Search and rescue teams are rapidly being transformed into recovery units, as officials begin to abandon hope that anyone else is still alive under the wreckage of buildings flattened by the worst earthquake to hit the region in a…

The Foreign Ministry Wednesday issued a situation assessment to Israeli embassies worldwide that lambasts Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) and says that an agreement between Israel and the PA “will not be possible as long as Abu Mazen leads the PA.” The document comes on the heels of remarks by Foreign…

Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair headed a delegation that is holding separate meetings with  Palestinian Authority and Israeli officials in what seems an impossible mission to bring the two sides together for direct talks for an agreement on establishing the PA as a country. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has virtually stated that Israel must…

Benny Katzover, Chairman of the Shomron (Samaria) Residents Committee, welcomed on Tuesday the appointment of Hagai Mordechai to the position of Commander of the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division. Mordechai is replacing Brigadier General Nitzan Alon, who held the position for over two years and whose views more often than not clashed with the Jewish…

The Chinese government will help Israel build an extension of its railway from Nahal Tzin to the southern city of Eilat. A memorandum of understanding is soon to be signed between the two governments after the deal was closed recently during a visit to Beijing by Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, who met with his Chinese…

A chartered Boeing 747 packed with supplies is being sent by Israel’s Defense Ministry to eastern Turkey’s disaster zone following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Van province, killing up to 1,000 people earlier this week. “It’s cold, it’s dark, and rain has begun,” a resident of Turkey, who preferred not to be identified,…

European Jews have begun voting for the first-ever European Jewish Parliament, which will comprise 120 members, as in the Knesset. More than 1,000 candidates have registered for the parliament, which the European Jewish Union said will serve “to bring together and coordinate the voices of Jewish communities and individuals from West, Central and Eastern Europe.…

Egypt is set to release US-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel Thursday morning at the Taba crossing. He is expected to be returned to Israel at 9:00 a.m., in exchange for 22 Egyptian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, plus three minors, according to a report published Wednesday in the Egyptian Al Ahram newspaper. None of those…

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s new memoir sheds some light on the groundbreaking offer made by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in 2008. The memoir, entitled “No Higher Honor”, will be published on November 1, and the Newsweek magazine presented some excerpts from it this week.…

Foreign and Israeli anarchists are helping terrorists to gather intelligence, Yehudah Hendler of Esh Kodesh said in an interview with Arutz Sheva. The anarchists, he said, help Arabs from Palestinian Authority enclaves to force their way into Jewish towns, ostensibly to harvest olives – an activity that has served as cover for terrorism on past…

The Dun Bradstreet financial company lavishes praise on Israel’s top leaders. It names Rami Levy as well as some more unfamiliar people. “History will reveal that, especially in these times, the world needs the golden touch of its business leaders,” D B stated in its annual report on business leaders.   “This is the 170th…

The IDF’s Ashdod-based Navy unit deals with terrorist activity on a daily basis, security reconnaissance commander “D” said in the military’s Mahane magazine. .The routine security reconnaissance company of the Ashdod base was assigned the responsibility to maintain Israel’s maritime closure on Gaza since the completion of Operation Cast Lead. Israel clamped the embargo on…

The US State Department paid Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati a unannounced late-night visit after Hizbullah arch-terrorist Hassan Nasrallah on Monday publicly declared his March 8 coalition allies would ensure Beirut did not meet its obligations to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jacob Walles, accompanied by…

A group of hackers Swedish hackers calling themselves the “telecommutist cluster” say they raided the Syrian government telecommunications agency and learned it is using US technology to control Internet access, the BBC reports. The group says the files contained evidence of “web filtering and monitoring,” indicating Syrian authorities are limiting Internet access and monitoring dissidents…

Israel has agreed to release 28 prisoners out of the 81 Egyptians in its jails for alleged Israeli spy, Ilan Grapel. Israel has stated that none of the prisoners are terrorists, but an Egyptian newspaper reported that some of the prisoners to be released were arrested for planning to carry out terrorist attacks. Families of…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s remarks Monday criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas were “deeply troubling,” according to UN spokesman Richard Miron. Miron, spokesman for UN Special Envoy for the Peace Process Robert Serry, told the PA-based Ma’an news agency that Lieberman’s statement “appears to be an attempt to delegitimize President Abbas.” He called Lieberman’s…

New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie, after meeting with Israel’s U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren Monday, said he will make his first official visit to Israel in the spring. He likely will meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. “We look forward to continuing to strengthen our ties,” Christie told reporters. “There’s a great, great, great, long-term…

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that “a Jewish state has no meaning because a state is neither Jewish nor Catholic.” He made the same remark several times this week in interviews on two Jewish radio stations and with a French news agency following the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, whose parents are French citizens.…

Act II of the European Summit is going to take place on Wednesday (Act I concluded on Sunday), when the world will see whether the hints about “progress” in stanching the European debt crisis have a basis in reality. It is now apparent that what Europe had tried to avoid for the past half year,  a…

Sen. John McCain says NATO might have to move from Libya to Israel’s back yard in Syria now that Qaddafi is gone. “Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there will be renewed focus on what practical military operations might be considered to protect civilian lives in Syria,” McCain said at the World Economic…

Egypt has agreed to free Israeli-U.S. citizen Ilan Grapel, held prisoner in Cairo since June. The dual national is to be released in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including three minors, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement Monday night. None of the inmates to be released are security…

Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole confirmed on Wednesday the Obama administration was recalling all training materials used by the law enforcement and national security communities, in order to eliminate all references to Islam. “I recently directed all components of the Department of Justice to re-evaluate their training efforts in a range of areas, from…

Jason Alexander, better known as George Costanza for his role on the hit television series, “Seinfeld” visited the Israeli Knesset on Monday and joined a discussion in an event hosted by MK Yoel Hasson of Kadima. Hasson helped found the Knesset’s Two State Solution Caucus, whose members met with Alexander’s delegation. The event was designed to…

Jordanian King Abdullah II told participants at the World Economic Forum this week that Israel must be assured of its security. More than 1,000 people from 50 nations participated in the two-day conference held on the Jordanian shore of the Dead Sea. A peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority must ensure Israel’s security and…

Mohammed Hassan Khalid, a high school honors student from Pakistan, has been formally charged with helping Colleen LaRose, aka “Jihad Jane,” to kill the Swedish cartoonist who drew a caricature of the Muslim prophet Mohammed with a turban and a bomb. The indictment filed by federal prosecutors also accuses Khalid of using the Internet to raise money for…

President Shimon Peres visited the Shalit residence at Mitzpe Hila in the Galilee Monday and met freed hostage Gilad Shalit and his parents, Aviva and Noam. The Shalits waited for Peres at the entrance to their home and shook hands with him heartily. The president then hugged Gilad and said, “You have no idea how…

Israel’s Jerusalem District Police commander announced the city had returned to normal security levels after being on high alert on Monday. The General Security Services, however, are continuing their to pursue intelligence related to the matter. Earlier Monday, helicopters, ground forces and medics are on high alert after intelligence officials warned of an imminent terrorist attack…

Kassam rockets will strike metropolitan Tel Aviv if the Palestinian Authority receives an independent state, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned Monday. Speaking to media prior to a discussion on Wednesday with the Quartet – the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations – the plain-speaking and often outspoken Foreign Minister declared, “The moment…