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Western powers are demanding that the UN Security Council take actions over Iran’s repeated ballistic missile tests, Reuters revealed on Tuesday. In a joint letter to the Security Council seen by the news agency, the United States and its European allies say that by launching nuclear-capable missiles, Iran has defied a United Nations Security Council…

An investigation has been launched on matters pertaining to Shas chairman and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, at the approval of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, it was cleared for publication on Tuesday night. A gag order has been imposed on the exact details of the investigation and, therefore, further information cannot be made public at this…

Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) said Tuesday that the compromise between her office and the Al Maidan Theater was forced upon her by the Legal Advisor to the Government / Attorney General. The Arab-owned theater caused outrage when it performed a play that glorifies Walid Daka, the terrorist who abducted and cruelly murdered 19-year-old IDF…

All passengers who were aboard EgyptAir flight MS181, which was hijacked early on Tuesday, arrived safely in Cairo on Tuesday night after spending several hours in Cyprus, Egyptian media report. The flight was hijacked shortly after taking off from Alexandria on Tuesday morning and was diverted to Cyprus. The single hijacker, who was named as…

Following the Islamic jihadist terrorist attacks in Brussels last week that killed 35 and wounded over 300, the Arab press reacted with blame for the West and certain countries in the region for supporting terrorism. A columnist for the Palestinian Authority (PA) daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, for instance, wrote recently that ISIS lacks the power and ability…

A 20-year-old Mississippi woman accused of attempting to leave the United States and join the Islamic State (ISIS) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with her arrest, WTVA-TV reported on Tuesday. Jaelyn Young, of Vicksburg, entered a guilty plea during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen. She was accused of attempting…

Turkey is upset over a song deemed insulting to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that was broadcast on a German public television satirical show, AFP reported Tuesday. The song has sparked a diplomatic spat between Berlin and Ankara, sources on both sides said. The saga began last week, when Turkey summoned Germany’s ambassador to protest the…

A mentally ill man was kidnapped from a hospital and passed off as a “kabbalist” by a Jewish cult, police say. Police say suspect Eliyahu Lerner was arrested on Monday, on charges he was involved in the abduction of 57-year-old David Biton from Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. An investigation was launched after Biton, who suffers from severe mental disabilities,…

An IDF military court has extended the remand of a soldier on trial for shooting an injured terrorist in the head. The court ordered the suspect, whose identity is currently under a gag order, be held for an additional two days, pending the verdict in his trial, which took place today. Earlier Tuesday hundreds of…

Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign manager has been charged with assault, over an incident in which a journalist was violently manhandled at a campaign event. Corey Lewandowski was charged Tuesday with simple battery over a confrontation with former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. He plans to plead not guilty, the Trump campaign has confirmed. Police have released…

An IDF officer was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon with a gunshot injury, after being hit by a stray bullet. The soldier was admitted to Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Hospital in moderate condition, where he was immediately taken in for surgery. The precise circumstances of the event are not yet clear, but it appears he was shot when a…

The Pentagon and US State Department on Tuesday ordered families of US troops and civilian personnel stationed in southern Turkey to leave the region due to security fears. The order encompasses the city of Adana, where a US consulate and Incirlik air base are located, as well as Ismir and Mugla provinces. “This decision allows…

The Knesset plenum approved a first reading of MK Rachel Azaria’s (Kulanu) “Equal Parenting Law,” which changes the name of maternity leave to childbirth and parenting period, and will enable fathers to take “parenting hour,” formerly known as “nursing hour.” The terminology changes are meant to reflect the fact that the period following childbirth is…

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday expressed deep concern over a report that the Islamic State terror group (ISIS) is planning to massacre Jewish school children in Turkey. Citing unnamed intelligence officials, Britain’s Sky TV reported on Monday that ISIS “terrorists” have advanced plans to “murder Jewish children in Turkey, targeting kindergartens, schools and youth…

Recent months have seen a series of controversies surrounding non-Orthodox Jewish movements in Israel – from the perennial campaign to challenge normative Jewish practices at the Kotel, to the recent, hotly-contested Mikveh Bill. The debates have resonated in the Diaspora as well, particularly in the US, where some 90% of Jews identify as non-Orthodox. But in…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has come out swinging, following harsh condemnation of his handling of the controversial shooting of an injured terrorist in Hevron last week. Protesters – led by Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman and other nationalist activists – gathered outside the military court in their hundreds on Tuesday to support the soldier, and many…

Israel has rejected as “delusional” a claim that superstar Elton John was asked to declare loyalty to the Jewish state before an upcoming concert. The “Rocket Man” singer’s Israeli concert organizer Shuki Weiss issued the claim on Monday, saying the Interior Ministry initially made the demand as a condition for getting a visa. “Only two…

Ronald Lauder, the head of the World Jewish Congress, spoke out against BDS at the Ynet conference on Tuesday. “There is a real threat, and it’s called BDS,” he began. “What was [BDS leader Omar Barghouti’s] goal?” he asked. “To destroy the Jewish homeland. And BDS is the international campaign to incite hostility against Israel and the Jewish people.”…

When Julie Pearson, a British national living in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, was found dead last November, all signs pointed to her violent boyfriend, Amjad Khatib. A report by Israeli police, however, suggests that the cause of death was not murder, but an extremely rare medical condition, The Telegraph reported on Monday. In…

An expert on body language, Dr. Amir Helmer, has published an examination into the video of an IDF soldier shooting a neutralized terrorist in Hevron. By analyzing it second by second, he found that the soldier’s explanation is accurate and that the terrorist did pose an immediate threat during the seconds before the soldier fired.…

About half of the annual Exceptions Committee requests to officially convert to Judaism, about 200 cases in total, come from foreign workers, illegal Arab infiltrators, Palestinians or illegal immigrants. This fact was announced during a Knesset State Control Committee meeting on conversions. According to the law, anyone who is not an Israeli citizen and is not…

At Monday’s anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem, EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen justified the EU’s decision to label Jewish-made products from Judea and Samaria by insisting that “the West Bank” is not, in fact, a part of Israel, and that therefore such moves against Jews living there are not anti-Israel. In response, Attorney Nati Rom of the…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu lauded Israel’s burgeoning ties with China Monday, during a meeting in Jerusalem with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong. In particular, Netanyahu hailed Beijing’s overtures to begin free trade negotiations with the Jewish state, which could potentially double bilateral trade, from $8 billion to $16 billion. “I was delighted to hear today from…

An Israeli soldier caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian terrorist in the head as he lay on the ground appeared in a military court Tuesday as hundreds of his supporters protested outside. Prosecutors were seeking to extend the remand of the soldier until April 7 in a case that has gripped the country and…

Israeli and Turkish officials refused to comment Tuesday on a report by Britain’s Sky TV that the Islamic State group planned to attack Jewish school children in Turkey. The report came after Israel advised its citizens on Monday to leave Turkey “as soon as possible,” citing the potential for jihadist attacks, and mere days after the Turkish…

The EU Ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, on Monday stressed that the European Union is opposed to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and that the body’s decision to label products from Judea and Samaria did not constitute a boycott. Faaborg-Andersen participated in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper’s anti-BDS conference and his remarks were…

The Hamas newspaper Falastin carried an article on Monday that claimed Jews in Hevron and Jerusalem held Purim ceremonies portraying the killing, torture and expulsion of Palestinians from “their land.” As proof, the author said that “settlers” uploaded a video to Arutz Sheva showing the 2009 execution of journalist Obeida Dweik in Hevron. Despite the claims of celebrations and executions,…

ADHD: Do we know the whole story? I hear a lot of people say things like “I have adult ADD” or “It’s lucky that they weren’t into drugging children when I was a kid, because I definitely would have been a number one target!” (Yeah…me too…). A few years ago I read an article (in…

The Knesset passed early Tuesday morning a bill intended to reduce Israeli’s use of disposable plastic bags. The bill, which would ban the free distribution of plastic shopping bags by supermarkets and other stores, was first proposed in 2014 by then-Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz. While the bill passed the initial vote in late October…

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) says that the appointment of Dani Dayan as Israel’s Consul General in New York is a major achievement for Israel. “I think that Dani Dayan’s appoint is, in a sense, a much more meaningful appointment than making him the ambassador in Brasilia,” she told Arutz Sheva. She added, “Despite Brazil’s…

Iran still intends to pursue its ballistic missile program, despite a United Nations resolution and a US blacklist against companies involved, Reuters reports. “Even if they build a wall around Iran, our missile program will not stop,” Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh told Iran’s Tasnim news. “They are trying to frighten our officials with sanctions and invasion. This fear is…

EgyptAir flight MS181 was hijacked shortly after taking off from Alexandria. It is now on the ground in Cyprus after landing at Larnaca Airport. The plane is an A320 model and Cypriot news says there are 55 passengers on board. It was originally scheduled to fly from Alexandria to Cairo. The single hijacker is believed to have entered…

While aliyah was down in the first two and a half months of this year compared to 2015, experts are predicting immigration to Israel will rise in 2016, especially in Western Europe. Some 32,000 immigrants moved to Israel in 2015, double the number seen in recent years. From 2008 to 2013 the number of immigrants…

The Israel Police Service is using elaborate psychological tricks on Jews suspect of terrorism, Haaretz has uncovered. Yitzhar Kalmanovich, one of the suspects in the Duma arson and murder, was reportedly placed in an unfamiliar cell in Acre Prison. While there, he witnessed a Jewish prisoner pull out a knife and stab and Arab prisoner. “I ran to…

An attorney for the soldier under investigation after killing a wounded terrorist last Thursday blasted Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s comments, accusing him of passing judgment without knowing the facts. Eyal Besserglick, who represents the soldier involved in the incident, spoke on Tuesday with Channel 10 ahead of a hearing for the soldier scheduled for 2:00…

Haredi extremists targeting religious soldiers found a new form of indoctrination: children’s Purim costumes. During the celebration of Purim in Jerusalem last Friday, religious soldiers traveling through the Meah Sharim neighborhood were stunned to see that children’s holiday costumes were now being used as vehicles for incitement. Called the “haredi soldier exterminator,” the costume includes…

Terrorists from the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group have advanced plans to murder Jewish children in Turkey, targeting kindergartens and schools and youth centers, Britain’s Sky News revealed on Monday. According to the network, information on what intelligence officials are describing as “an imminent” attack against Jewish targets in Turkey was obtained from six ISIS operatives…

The so-called “Suspension Law”, which states that Knesset members could be suspended for misconduct if a majority of 90 MKs vote to suspend them, passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday evening. The law passed by a majority of 59 in favor and 52 against, two short of the majority of 61 Knesset…

The United States on Monday welcomed the victory of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s Russian-backed forces over the Islamic State (ISIS) group in the historic city of Palmyra, despite concern over his brutal record. “We do think that it’s a good thing that Daesh no longer controls it,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said, according to…

The U.S. Justice Department says it has successfully accessed data stored on an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, Reuters reported Monday, citing a court filing. As such, the Justice Department asked a court to withdraw an order compelling Apple to assist. The technology company fought a court order obtained by…

The shooting incident Monday at Capitol Hill is believed to be an isolated criminal act, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa said. The incident took place when a man drew what appeared to be a weapon and pointed it at officers during security screening at the Capitol Visitor Center, Verderosa said, according to The Wall…

Estate planning is a critical part of financial planning. While many folks focus on retirement planning, it is equally important to spend time thinking about what happens to your assets when you no longer need them. Today Doug shatters the taboo of talking about estate planning and details what you need to do in planning…

The sole suspect charged over last week’s Brussels attacks was released on Monday due to a lack of evidence linking him to the carnage, Belgian prosecutors said, according to the AFP news agency. “The indications that led to the arrest of Faycal C were not substantiated by the ongoing inquiry. As a result, the subject…

The Dutch government announced on Sunday that it had agreed to resume its monthly compensation payments to Dutch Holocaust survivors in Israel. In February The Netherlands halted the monthly cash transfers to Jewish Holocaust survivors with Israeli citizenship, claiming that as Israeli citizens they were entitled to support from Israel, and that under Dutch law,…

Former head of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) MK Avi Dichter (Likud) on Monday evening responded to MK Ayman Odeh, chairperson of the Arab Joint List party, who last month branded Dichter a “murderer.” “How did your lips not tremble when you accused me and other members of Knesset with murdering arch terrorists like (Ahmed)…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) on Monday accused the soldier who last Thursday shot a wounded Arab terrorist of being “not okay,” but later on Monday evening he further escalated his verbal barrage against the soldier while speaking at a Knesset plenum session. Ya’alon, who condemned the soldier within hours of the incident last Thursday, again took…

The leftist organization J Street condemned on Monday the appointment of former Yesha Council chief Dani Dayan as Israel’s new Consul General in New York. Dayan, who had previously been appointed as Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil, was never formally received by Brasilia, leading to eight months of deadlock between Israel and Brazil. Brazil refused to accept…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday ordered Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) not to return the bodies of Arab terrorists who murdered Jews. While the Security Cabinet previously decided not to return the bodies of terrorists as a deterrent step, Ya’alon has continued returning the bodies of Arab terrorists from Judea and Samaria, which is…

A shooting on Monday afternoon caused US Capitol Police to place the Capitol complex and the White House on total lockdown. Gunshots were reported at the US Capitol visitors center and workers in the Capitol were told to “shelter in place,” according to Senate sources quoted by Reuters. The gunman was captured, but not before managing to…

Conflicting claims emerged on Monday regarding the facts on the ground in last week’s killing of a wounded Arab terrorist just minutes after a terror attack which left one Israeli soldier wounded. On the heels of a newly released MDA report indicating that the wounded terrorist killed in last Thursday’s incident had not been checked…

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion has joined the chorus of voices calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to review its appointment of a Canadian law professor with an alleged history of anti-Israel bias to a key Middle East position. Western University law professor Michael Lynk was named on Thursday the UNHRC’s…

In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) laid heavy criticism against the Prime Minister and Defense Minister over his handling of the controversy surrounding the shooting of an injured terrorist in Hevron. “A serious injustice occurred here. Thursday morning there was a difficult incident in which two terrorists went out to murder…

Charges were filed today (Monday) at Jerusalem District Court against two residents of Tzur Baher in eastern Jerusalem who planned a terror attack on behalf of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). According to the charges against them, Muasab Alian, 23, and Samir Abed Rabo, 38, had planned to carry out a car bombing attack against security forces…

The Council for Higher Education is starting a new program to recruit seven new nuclear scientists. According to documents obtained by Walla! news, the project is designed to “rehabilitate the nuclear physics research and instruction for the national need.” A budget of seven million shekels ($1.8 million US) has been set aside to find the candidates, who will…

The cornerstone laying ceremony at the new National Library will take place next Tuesday, yet design images were released to the public on Monday. Next week’s festive ceremony is to include dignified guests including the President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Knesset, Education Minister, Jerusalem Minister, Jewish Agency chairman, Lord Rothschild, the Gottesman family and…

Yisrael Beytenu head MK Avigdor Liberman is calling on the Israeli public to gather at the Jaffa military courthouse tomorrow and show their support for the soldier who shot a neutralized terrorist last Thursday. “We think that the young man, a 19-year-old soldier, was lynched. Before the military police began its investigation they have already accused him in…

Syrian regime forces strengthened their hold on Palmyra on Monday and pushed forward against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group after dealing it a major blow by retaking the ancient city. Antiquities director Maamoun Abdulkarim said that with UNESCO’s approval the treasured monuments damaged or destroyed by the jihadists could be restored in five years. Government troops and allied militia, backed by Russian air…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Monday asked the UN to investigate “extrajudicial killings” by Israel, in the wake of an incident in Hevron last Thursday in which an IDF soldier shot a wounded Arab terrorist. The soldier has been jailed and accused of murder for shooting the terrorist, who minutes earlier together with an accomplice…

While Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Europe and massacres in Syria and Iraq have dominated the headlines in recent months, the radical Islamic terror group may be shifting its focus, placing a greater emphasis on Israel and the United States. This Sunday, a Gazan Salafist official and ISIS affiliate Abu al-Ayna al-Ansari spoke with an…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke in a Likud faction meeting on Monday about the IDF soldier who shot a wounded terrorist last Thursday, and also condemned the Supreme Court decision Sunday canceling his natural gas outline. “The decision of the Supreme Court on the gas deal is wrong. It seriously harms the economy, and doubly so: first it…

Fatah and Hamas delegations met in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday and Sunday to discuss the implementation of a reconciliation process between the two major Palestinian factions, the Ma’an news agency reported Sunday. Palestinian sources told the Palestinian Authority (PA)-based news agency the two parties had agreed not to speak to the media about the proceedings.…

The head of the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA), Admiral Michael Rogers, was secretly in Israel last week for a working visit that dealt with forging closer cooperation in the cyber field with the Israel Defense Forces’ Intelligence Corps Unit 8200, especially against attacks by Iran and Hezbollah, a senior Israeli official told Haaretz on…

The head of the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA), Admiral Michael Rogers, was secretly in Israel last week for a working visit that dealt with forging closer cooperation in the cyber field with the Israel Defense Forces’ Intelligence Corps Unit 8200, especially against attacks by Iran and Hezbollah, a senior Israeli official told Haaretz on…

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Pakistani offshoot of the Taliban, has taken responsibility for killing more than 70 people in a public park on Sunday. At least 300 more were injured in the attack. The group claimed to have specifically targeted Christians, who were celebrating Easter at the park with their children. A number of the casualties resulted…

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump became a grandfather for the eighth time Sunday night. The billionaire business mogul’s daughter Ivanka “Yael” Trump, who converted to Judaism in 2009, announced via Twitter the birth of her son with husband Jared Kushner. Baby Theodore James joins brother Joseph Frederick, 2, and sister Arabella Rose, 4, as Trump’s…

Low winter-like temperatures are expected to remain throughout the northern and central regions of the country on Monday, while intermittent showers will occur throughout those areas. There is concern of flash flooding in the southern region. By the late afternoon, the nationwide rain will subside with partly cloudy to cloudy with a chance of light…

A German judge is facing reprimand for exposing how the German legal system regularly prevents Holocaust survivors from receiving money they are owed. Colette Avital, the head of the Center Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, told Arutz Sheva about the judge’s actions and the legal proceedings against him. “This is a 49-year-old German judge who began to work with Holocaust…

Israel’s military is the eleventh strongest in the world, according to the international defense site Global Firepower (GFP). GFP only factored into account conventional military capabilities when assembling its list of 126 countries. In doing so, it including 50 other relevant criteria, such as economic strength, natural resources and geographical size. It did not, however,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Monday morning the formal appointment of former Yesha Council head Dani Dayan as Israel’s Consul General in New York. Dayan will replace Foreign Ministry career official Ido Aharoni, who is completing his term. The surprise announcement comes after eight months of deadlock with Brazil, which had refused to accept Dayan’s…

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Tzfat, was interviewed by Radio Kol Rega on sunday regarding the soldier who shot and killed a neutralized terrorist. When asked if he considers the soldier to be a hero or a criminal, Rabbi Eliyahu responded: “I think the question of whether he’s a hero or a criminal is for the…

A Jerusalem court has convicted Omar Abu Sa’ara of incitement to violence and incitement to racism. According to the indictment, Abu Sa’ara made his statements in the al-Kabali Mosque on the Temple Mount, in a speech titled “The Jews’ plan according to the Quran.” During his talk, the crowd shouted its encouragement. All of this…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening spoke out against the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his landmark natural gas policy, when it ruled that if the Knesset does not fix certain issues in the outline in one year’s time, it would be formally dismissed. “The Supreme Court’s decision seriously threatens the development of…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Sunday strongly condemned last week’s passage of a UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for the creation of a “blacklist” of companies operating in Judea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The resolution, approved in Geneva last Thursday, was initiated by the Palestinian Authority and a number of…

Air raids on Sunday night killed 14 men suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda in southern Yemen, medics and local residents said, according to the Reuters news agency. The air strikes mark one of the largest U.S.-led assaults on the group since a civil war broke out a year ago. Residents in southern Yemen said an…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he supports a “two-state solution” for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the Palestinian Authority (PA) must also recognize Israel and stop its incitement to terrorism against Israelis. Trump’s comments came in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, published Saturday, in which he outlined what his foreign policy would…

Dutch police on Sunday arrested a 32-year-old French national in the port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of planning a terror attack, prosecutors said, following a raid carried out at the request of French authorities. The man is thought to have been planning an attack in France in the name of the Islamic State group…

More than 360 civilians were killed during the first month of an unprecedented ceasefire in Syria, the lowest monthly toll for four years, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP that 174 civilians, including 41 children, had died since February 27 in areas where the ceasefire had come…

A 7-year-old boy tragically drowned Sunday afternoon in a hotel pool in the southernmost port city of Eilat. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics were called to the hotel, whereupon they performed CPR on the child and evacuated him to Eilat’s Yoseftal Medical Center, where doctors were forced to pronounce his death. Senior MDA paramedic Izzat Jaber was…

The Lowy Institute for International Policy recently published its Global Diplomacy Index (GDI), which found that despite the diplomatic threats of isolating Israel, the Jewish state currently stands ranked 29 in terms of diplomacy. Lowy Institute, a top independent Australian think tank on international policy, rated all G20 and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries…

Anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered scrawled across a synagogue in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy. Vandals spray-painted “kill the Jews” and “Jews annexed Ukraine” on an external wall of the synagogue. The unknown inciters used the word “zhyd,” which is considered a derogatory term by many Ukrainian Jews. There have been Jews in Cherkassy since…

Rina Ben-Shabbat, the daughter of Rabbi Dan Mertzbach who was accidentally shot and killed by an IDF soldier, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Sunday about the difficult emotions her family is struggling with in light of the trial of a soldier who shot a wounded terrorist last Thursday. Ben-Shabbat decided to step forward in light of the…

Sholom Rubashkin, 56, serving his seventh year of a controversial 27-year prison sentence in the United States for offenses connected to his running of a slaughterhouse in Iowa – the largest kosher meat-packing plant in the country – may now have reason to be encouraged. A motion filed this week by his attorneys brings powerful…

The mother of the IDF soldier who shot a wounded Arab terrorist in Hevron last Thursday wrote to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) on Sunday, criticizing how her son has been arrested and accused of murder. An Arab activist of the radical leftist NGO B’Tselem filmed the soldier shooting the terrorist, minutes after the latter stabbed…

The nationalistic crime division of the Judea-Samaria district police recommended on Sunday to stand on trial two now infamous radical leftist activists, following an investigation. The two activists, Ezra Nawi and Guy Butavia, are members of the organization Ta’ayush.  The two sprang to infamy in January after nationalist activists infiltrated their circles, revealing they admitted to handing over…

Israel’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef told listeners during his weekly Torah class that according to halakha (Jewish religious law) gentiles are forbidden to live in Israel except under special circumstances. Rabbi Yosef argued that only a Ger Toashav, a gentile who take upon themselves the Seven Noahide Laws, can live in Israel. “If a goy (gentile) is…

A parole committee heard on Sunday the request of former President Moshe Katzav to have his seven-year rape sentence reduced by a third, an official said, with the decision postponed for next week. A justice ministry spokeswoman said the three-person committee, comprised of a retired judge and two representatives of the public, heard Katzav and his lawyers argue for his early release,…

The inquiry into last Thursday’s fatal shooting of a wounded Arab terrorist has revealed some important clues into the incident that drew sharp condemnations from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. According to a report on Israel Army Radio, the initial investigation into the shooting has found that 11 minutes elapsed from…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened the government’s weekly cabinet meeting Sunday, and began with a strident defense of the conduct of the IDF, following the killing of an injured terrorist in Hevron. During the incident in question, which took place on Thursday afternoon, a soldier shot a terrorist in the head as he lay wounded…

As supporters and family members of the soldier accused in last Thursday’s killing of a wounded terrorist continue to decry what they describe as a “witch-hunt” or “lynch”, an army spokesman responded to criticism on Sunday, rejecting claims the soldier was being persecuted. Brigadier General Moti Almoz took to Facebook, writing that the ongoing IDF…

The political fallout from last Thursday’s killing by an IDF soldier of a wounded terrorist in Hevron continues to make headlines on Sunday, with fresh criticism aimed at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. The incident, which has enflamed passions on both sides of the debate, has divided the coalition government, turning…

In Atlanta, students at one of America’s top-ranked universities protested against the alleged hate-filled rhetoric they found scrawled on some campus sidewalks last week. The messages, written in chalk on the Emory University campus, included pro-Trump slogans such as “Trump 2016”. Some 50 student demonstrators protested the chalk messages last Monday and demanded that Emory…

An analysis of the public discourse online regarding the IDF soldier who last Thursday was filmed shooting a wounded terrorist in Hevron has found an overwhelming majority of Israelis back the soldier. A full 82% of the sentiments posted online from last Thursday up until Sunday morning at 11 a.m. were in support of the…

Leading Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick has received death threats and other threatening messages after voicing criticism of the soldier who shot dead a wounded terrorist in Hevron on Thursday. The incident – in which a soldier fatally shot a terrorist who had wounded his comrade in a stabbing moments earlier, but who had already been neutralized –  has…

An African-American transgender activist was intimidated into canceling her lecture at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, this month by a group of radical students who somehow connected the event to Israel. A student group at the university launched a petition to force the activist, Janet Mock, into canceling the lecture, reports The Daily Beast. But…

Although the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group announced that they orchestrated the terror attacks in Brussels last week, Palestinian Authority (PA) Security Forces Spokesman Adnan Al-Damiri has suggested that Israel was in fact behind the attacks. According to the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), Al-Damiri questioned whether the attacks by ISIS were just “a coincidence” in…

The IDF responded on Saturday night to the remarks by the sister of the soldier who on Thursday shot dead a wounded terrorist in Hevron. The soldier was filmed by an Arab camerawoman shooting the terrorist on the ground, minutes after the terrorist together with an accomplice stabbed and wounded another soldier at the site.…

An Algerian national wanted by Belgium was arrested in Italy on Saturday, AFP reports, citing local media. The suspect is wanted over a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers, the news agency said. He was named as Djamal Eddine Ouali, 40, and was detained under a European arrest warrant…

A Canadian man has been arrested under the country’s anti-terrorism law, police said on Saturday, according to Reuters. The man, 23-year-old Kevin Omar Mohamed, was taken into custody with a “preventive arrest” under the Fear of Terrorism Offense section of the law, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement quoted by the…

With its moat, wall, barbed wire, armed guards and security cameras, the facility could be mistaken for a military base if it weren’t for the pungent odor of marijuana in the air. Here, on the outskirts of a quiet village in northern Israel, 50,000 plants of 230 varieties grow at the country’s second-largest medical cannabis…

When war broke out on Israel’s Gaza border in 2014, Yehuda Yitzhak was enrolled in an elite officer’s training course. Exempted from the fighting, he nevertheless begged his commanders to be allowed to serve his country on the front line. After completing the training course, his request was granted, and Yehuda Yitzhak joined his comrades…

(AFP) Syrian regime troops backed by Russian forces recaptured the famed ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group (IS or ISIS) on Sunday in a major victory over the jihadists.   Army sappers were defusing mines and bombs planted by ISIS in the city’s ancient ruins, a UNESCO world heritage site where the…

Every year, the UK funds the Palestinian Authority to the tune of more than $100 million, including direct cash transfers. According to a new report, much of it goes to supporting terrorists guilty of the worst atrocities. Despite denials by the UK’s Department For International Development (DFID), an investigation by the Daily Mail has revealed…

The family of an Israeli soldier now under investigation after shooting a wounded terrorist has filed a complaint with the police after receiving death threats. Relatives of the soldier reported that a man with a discernibly Arabic accent called them on Saturday, making threatening statements and revealing private information about the family. On Thursday, two…

A new partnership could revolutionize Diaspora Jewry’s connection with Israel, utilizing an ancient, secret weapon: Jewish mothers. The Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) has already brought some 7,000 mothers to Israel since 2009, with participants hailing from every corner of the Jewish world and spanning a wide variety of backgrounds. Last week, JWRP revealed a…

Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir and Lehava director Bentzi Gopshtain, both nationalist activists of the Otzma Yehudit party and residents of Kiryat Arba, contacted the Hevron police on Saturday night in a request for an investigation. The two called on police to investigate the activist of the radical leftist NGO B’Tselem who last Thursday filmed a soldier…

The Turkish police on Saturday night issued a warning, according to which the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization plans to attack synagogues and churches during the Christian holiday of Easter on Sunday. In the warning, reported by the local Anatolia and cited by Channel 2, police say Jews and Christians are likely to be targets of attacks. Turkish police…

Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday scored victories in the Democratic caucuses in Washington and Alaska, The Washington Post reports. During an address in Wisconsin, Sanders thanked Alaska for “a resounding victory”, and also claimed strong momentum in Washington state. “We knew things would begin to improve when we moved west,” he said to huge applause.…

The sister of the IDF soldier who last Thursday was filmed by a radical leftist activist shooting a wounded Arab terrorist in Hevron took to Facebook to defend her brother. Noting on the way a camerawoman for the radical NGO B’Tselem filmed the incident, which came mere minutes after the terrorist and an accomplice stabbed…

Syrian troops backed by Russian ground and air forces on Saturday pushed deeper into the Islamic State (ISIS) group stronghold of Palmyra, as Washington considered boosting its anti-jihadist fight in neighboring Iraq. ISIS, behind a string of attacks in the West including this week’s Brussels bombings, is under growing pressure from Syrian and Iraqi military offensives to retake two key bastions in its self-proclaimed…

Four people were wounded on Saturday in a crash between a police patrol car and a civilian vehicle, as the police car was in hot pursuit of a suspicious vehicle. The chase began in Givat Shmuel near Tel Aviv, where the police officers in their car noticed a suspicious vehicle. They called for it to stop, but…

A popular Muslim shopkeeper was murdered in Glasgow, Scotland by another Muslim last Thursday, mere hours after posting a warm Easter message on Facebook to “my beloved Christian nation.” The shopkeeper, 40-year-old Asad Shah, was a devout Muslim who originally hailed from Rabwah in Pakistan, reports The Telegraph on Saturday. According to an eyewitness, in addition to…

A popular Muslim shopkeeper was murdered in Glasgow, Scotland by another Muslim last Thursday, mere hours after posting a warm Easter message on Facebook to “my beloved Christian nation.” The shopkeeper, 40-year-old Asad Shah, was a devout Muslim who originally hailed from Rabwah in Pakistan, reports The Telegraph on Saturday. According to an eyewitness, in addition to…

The family of the soldier who last Thursday shot a wounded terrorist in Hevron held a special press conference on Saturday night, in which they claimed he has already been convicted by the press and the politicians. “All that we ask for is a little understanding and compassion,” the soldier’s sister said, speaking on behalf of the…

Last Thursday two Arab terrorists stabbed a soldier at the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of central Hevron, and a day later a female terrorist was arrested at the site with a knife in her bag; according to Hamas the area is now the focal point of the current wave of attacks. Specifying the area of Tel Rumeida, Hashuhada…

Last Thursday two Arab terrorists stabbed a soldier at the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of central Hevron, and a day later a female terrorist was arrested at the site with a knife in her bag; according to Hamas the area is now the focal point of the current wave of attacks. Specifying the area of Tel Rumeida, Hashuhada…

Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI) held a Purim megillah reading and demonstration with masks and groggers in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday. The purpose of the protest was “to celebrate the Jewish victory over the evil Haman and to expose today’s Hamans, many who are housed in the…

Microsoft rolled out its artificial intelligence Twitter robot last Wednesday, but just 16 hours later it was forced to can the idea after the AI program posted a series of anti-Semitic rants. The chatbot, TayTweets, was intended to post on Twitter in the style of a teenage girl. It was designed to tell jokes, give…

The Likud and the Zionist Union parties are continuing to lose seats, while Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid and Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu are making gains, a Kol Yisrael radio poll released Friday found. The poll suggests that if elections were held today, Likud would win 26 seats, compared to 30 in the elections a year…

A 40-year-old Jewish man tempted fate by walking into a Paris synagogue dressed as a jihadist, carrying a fake rifle and shouting “Allahu Akbar”, a police source told AFP Friday. The incident took place Thursday evening at the Chabad Lubavitch synagogue in Vincennes in southeastern Paris. Soldiers guarding the synagogue said it came as “a surprise”.…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will visit Ramallah next month, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said Friday, according to the Turkish news agency Anadolu. The purpose of the meeting is to assess the reactions to the French initiative to hold an international peace conference, said Al-Maliki. France announced the initiative in January…

Donald Trump and Ted Cruz both gave pro-Israel speeches at the AIPAC Policy Conference this week, but those speeches have not helped to improve their standing among American Jews, a new poll released Friday shows, according to the Jewish Insider. The Gallup poll showed that Cruz is the least liked candidate in the race for…

The Islamic State jihadist group’s second in command has been killed in a US raid in Syria, news reports said Friday. Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli was killed this month, The Daily Beast and NBC News quoted unnamed defense officials as saying. Pentagon chief Ashton Carter was expected to confirm the killing at an upcoming news…

The head of the Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria, Brig. Gen. Munir Amar, was killed on Friday afternoon when his light plane crashed near Misgav, in the Galilee region, while on a private flight. His family has been notified. An initial investigation found that Amar took off in his plane from Haifa, and fifteen…

There needs to be a time, right after Purim but before Pesach stares you in the face, to be able to ponder the issues of Purim and to apply some of its lessons to today. Haman presented his case before Achashveirosh to get royal permission to kill all the Jews of the kingdom, the nation…

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter confirmed on Friday that American forces had killed the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s second-in-command this week, dealing a blow to the extremists’ ability to conduct operations in Iraq, Syria and abroad, AFP reports. “We are systematically eliminating ISIL’s cabinet,” Carter told reporters, using an alternative acronym from ISIS and referring…

The jihadist network behind the Paris attacks in November and this week’s attacks in Brussels are “in the process of being destroyed” but others remain, French President Francois Hollande warned on Friday. “We have had some results in finding the terrorists and, in Brussels as well as Paris, there have been a number of arrests…

The Syrian army on Friday recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State (ISIS) group, nearly a year after the jihadists overran the ancient city, state television said, citing a military source. “Our armed forces, in coordination with the popular defense forces, have taken control of the ancient Palmyra citadel after inflicting many…

“Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying: Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the Law of the elevation-offering: It is the elevation-offering [that stays] on the flame, on the Altar all night until morning, and the fire of the Altar should be kept aflame on it”(6:1-2). Last week I explored the rationale for the Korbanot.…

The simmering rivalry between Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz exploded this week as the candidates’ wives were dragged into the mudslinging. The fracas began when a PAC unaffiliated with any candidate publicized racy photographs of Trump’s wife Melania. The “Make America Awesome” PAC, which is dedicated solely to preventing Donald Trump…

Science Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) on Friday added his voice to the few politicians defending the IDF soldier filmed shooting a neutralized terrorist a day earlier, after the latter together with an accomplice repeatedly stabbed and wounded a soldier at a guard post in Hevron. The soldier, who serves in the Kfir Brigade, was brought…

French officials said Friday they had foiled a terror attack by a suspect who had been convicted in Belgium alongside Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspected ringleader of November’s Islamic State (ISIS) terror attacks in Paris. French national Reda Kriket, 34, was arrested on Thursday in Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, and police uncovered a small quantity of explosives at his home. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the arrest…

The United Nations condemned on Friday the killing of a wounded Arab terrorist by an Israeli soldier in the city of Hevron a day before, after a video of the death was spread online. “I strongly condemn yesterday’s apparent extra-judicial execution of a Palestinian assailant in Hebron in the occupied West Bank,” UN Special Coordinator…

The government of Belgium on Thursday admitted it could have done more to prevent Tuesday’s Islamic State (ISIS) bombings in Brussels, as Prime Minister Charles Michel refused to accept the resignation tendered by two ministers over the fiasco. Interior Minister Jan Jambon and Justice Minister Koen Geens offered to step down in recognition of their shortcomings…

The nuclear agreement with Iran may be a done deal, but Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY) says the battle against the Islamic regime’s aggressive policies – including sponsoring global terrorism and expanding its control over the Middle East – is far from over. Zeldin, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has been one of the legislators leading…

The Jewish community in Hevron responded on Friday to the media uproar after an IDF soldier was filmed by an Arab activist of the radical leftist NGO B’Tselem shooting a wounded terrorist in the city the day before. Politicians including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu rushed to condemn the soldier, followed shortly afterwards by the UN,…

Last year, Kulanu MK and former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren received heavy criticism in some circles for his book Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide. With the release of the book’s Hebrew edition, Oren spoke to Arutz Sheva, discussing in depth the tensions between Israel and the Obama administration and the…

Seven Iranians hacked into the computer systems of key US industries for the Iranian government, according to an unprecedented indictment on Thursday charging state-sponsored hackers with such crimes for the first time. The seven suspects are accused of conducting a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks between 2012 and 2013 on several American banks in addition to a New…

A bill proposed by MK Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) which would extend Shabbat “day of rest” benefits passed an initial vote in the Knesset on Wednesday. The proposal would protect all workers in Israel who choose not to work on Shabbat from losing their jobs, regardless of their level of religious observance. In addition, the…

A number of US intelligence analysts currently reason that North Korea “probably” has a miniaturized nuclear warhead, according to several US officials who spoke to CNN on Thursday. While that view has not been formally adopted by the US government, it reflects growing concern over North Korean despot Kim Jong-Un’s escalating threats and nuclear tests and missile…

A female Arab terrorist carrying a knife in her bag was arrested on Friday morning at an IDF post in Hevron, where a stabbing attack took place on Thursday morning in which a soldier was lightly wounded. It would appear that the knife-wielding Arab woman was planning to conduct a stabbing of her own; the…

A delegation of businessmen from Samaria headed out to Paris last week in order to see for themselves how the boycott targeting Jewish products from their region is playing out. The delegation met with directors of French marketing chains, French members of parliament, and even tried to contact members of the BDS boycott movement in the…

After an onslaught of condemnation from across the political spectrum against the soldier who killed a wounded terrorist, a witness present at the scene of Thursday’s stabbing attack in Hevron has corroborated a key element of his defense. The soldier, who is now under investigation, claims that he feared the terrorist was carrying a suicide…

The weather in recent weeks has been shifting from wet and wintry to warm and sunny, but this weekend has another shakeup in store as unusually strong floods are being predicted for Israel’s south. According to the Water Authority massive floods are to hit the south this Saturday, and they are predicted to block off highways…

Three reasons why the most important ingredient in successful parenting is a successful marriage. As parents, we are constantly faced with new challenges along the developmental process. We are “forced” to find a solution to bedtime resistance, potty training, tantrums, etc. So we read books, we learn strategies and techniques. We do everything possible not…

The Jerusalem district attorney’s office submitted an indictment to the city’s district court against seven Arab residents aged 17 to 21, charging them with aiding the enemy during wartime, being tied to crimes, weapons production, trade and possession, as well as belonging to a terror organization. According to the indictment three of the terrorists, all…

Mourad Laachraoui, brother of one of the three Islamic State (ISIS) bombers involved in Tuesday’s devastating attacks in Brussels, visited Israel half a year ago for a sports competition. According to a report by Yedioth Ahronoth, in September 2015 Mourad Laachraoui traveled to Israel, where he represented Belgium in an international Taekwondo competition.   Laachraoui’s younger…

As holidays are often extremely difficult times for the families of fallen soldiers, the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization (IDFWO) sponsored a festive Purim costume party on Thursday. The celebration at a park near Tel Aviv was attended by over a hundred orphans and widows from all over Israel. The orphans were supported by their counselors…

As holidays are often extremely difficult times for the families of fallen soldiers, the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization (IDFWO) sponsored a festive Purim costume party on Thursday. The celebration at a park near Tel Aviv was attended by over a hundred orphans and widows from all over Israel. The orphans were supported by their counselors…

Daylight Savings Time will officially go into effect in Israel at 2 a.m. on the night between Thursday and Friday, the eve of 15 Adar-II. Clocks will move ahead one hour from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. Those celebrating Shushan Purim, such as residents of Jerusalem, should take extra care so as to not miss…

Daylight Savings Time will officially go into effect in Israel at 2 a.m. on the night between Thursday and Friday, the eve of 15 Adar-II. Clocks will move ahead one hour from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. Those celebrating Shushan Purim, such as residents of Jerusalem, should take extra care so as to not miss…

Science Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) on Thursday chided European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini for her outburst of tears during a press conference on Tuesday, in the wake of the lethal Islamic State (ISIS) bombings in the EU capital of Brussels that left 34 people murdered. Speaking to the Knesset Channel, Akunis said, “a leader doesn’t…

Science Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) on Thursday chided European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini for her outburst of tears during a press conference on Tuesday, in the wake of the lethal Islamic State (ISIS) bombings in the EU capital of Brussels that left 34 people murdered. Speaking to the Knesset Channel, Akunis said, “a leader doesn’t…

The phone call Wednesday from Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, represents “a subtle but clear sign of improvement” in the relations between the two erstwhile allies, according to The Media Line. Rivlin called Erdogan after the Turkish president sent a letter of condolence to Israel, following the suicide bombing…

Prepare your costumes and your nerves: On Friday morning, a massive street party is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv’s HaMedina Square. Tens of thousands of people are expected to participate in the “Purim Rave” causing road blocks and heavy traffic in the area. The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. and continue until 6:00…

Prepare your costumes and your nerves: On Friday morning, a massive street party is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv’s HaMedina Square. Tens of thousands of people are expected to participate in the “Purim Rave” causing road blocks and heavy traffic in the area. The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. and continue until 6:00…

American-Jewish actor and comedian Garry Shandling passed away on Thursday at the age of 66. Shandling was famous for his TV shows “The Larry Sanders Show” and “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” which parodied talk shows and sitcoms. According to CNN, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Herrera confirmed Shandling’s death Thursday afternoon. The cause of…

American-Jewish actor and comedian Garry Shandling passed away on Thursday at the age of 66. Shandling was famous for his TV shows “The Larry Sanders Show” and “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” which parodied talk shows and sitcoms. According to CNN, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Herrera confirmed Shandling’s death Thursday afternoon. The cause of…

France arrested a man who was in the “advanced stages” of a plot to attack the country, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday, according to The Associated Press (AP). There were no links “at this stage” between the plan and the attacks in Paris or earlier this week in Brussels, he added. Cazeneuve said bomb…

France arrested a man who was in the “advanced stages” of a plot to attack the country, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday, according to The Associated Press (AP). There were no links “at this stage” between the plan and the attacks in Paris or earlier this week in Brussels, he added. Cazeneuve said bomb…

Dr. Ephraim Herrera, an expert on Islam, told Arutz Sheva that the writing was on the wall with respect to this week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. “The attacks were predictable, because in August of 2015, the Islamic State (ISIS) published a video on the internet, in which it said, ‘This is not a threat of…

Dr. Ephraim Herrera, an expert on Islam, told Arutz Sheva that the writing was on the wall with respect to this week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. “The attacks were predictable, because in August of 2015, the Islamic State (ISIS) published a video on the internet, in which it said, ‘This is not a threat of…

UNESCO chief Irina Bokova on Thursday welcomed a push to recapture the Syrian heritage city of Palmyra from Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, who have destroyed many of the ancient site’s monuments. “For one year, Palmyra has been a symbol of the cultural cleansing plaguing the Middle East,” the head of the UN’s cultural body said,…

United States Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to push the Syrian regime and rebels to accelerate talks on a political transition to end their civil war. Kerry would not say whether Putin had agreed that Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad should step down as part…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has condemned Shas MKs’ statements against the Reform Movement on Wednesday “Wholesale and ad hominem attacks on any part of the Jewish people are inappropriate and unacceptable,” he said in English, adding that “Israel is the home of all Jews.” Yesterday, MK Yigal Guetta (Shas) claimed that a group calling itself…

Islamic State (ISIS) supporters took to social media on Thursday to celebrate the deadly attacks on Brussels and to call others to join in the onslaught. The well-edited video, called “The Exile of Islam and the Brussels Attacks,” shows footage of the aftermath of the ISIS Brussels bombings, medical workers helping victims and soldiers guarding the…

The combat soldier who was filmed Thursday morning shooting a wounded terrorist did so because he feared that the terrorist was wearing an explosive vest and that he meant to detonate it, according to a relative of the soldier who spoke with Channel 2 news. “The terrorist was wearing a thick coat on a hot…

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted Thursday to compile an annually updated “blacklist” of Israeli and international companies that conduct business in Judea and Samaria, the Biblical heartland of Israel. “When the UN marks Jewish business so that they can be boycotted it reminds us of dark times in the history. The Human Rights…

After 19 Jews were airlifted out of wartorn Yemen in a secret operation on Sunday, bringing with them an 800-year-old Torah scroll, a Jewish man still in Yemen has been jailed on charges of helping “smuggle” the ancient Torah, according to reports. The Jewish Chronicle on Thursday said it has learned that in addition to the Jew, a…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu joined the series of figures condemning an IDF soldier, who was filmed by a camerawoman of the radical leftist NGO B’Tselem shooting an Arab terrorist who had been neutralized in Hevron on Wednesday. The terrorist was one of two who stabbed and moderately wounded a soldier at the site before being shot…

Former President Shimon Peres met Thursday with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls to discuss the current wave of terror, shortly after meeting with Parisian religious leaders Peres expressed his sorrow and condolences to Europe for the recent wave of violent terror attacks, and thanked the French Prime Minister for his work to end anti-Semitism in France.…

Salah Abdeslam, the top suspect from the Islamic State (ISIS) massacre in Paris last November in which 130 people were murdered, was planning to repeat the same pattern of coordinated attacks in Brussels before he was caught and arrested last Friday, according to reports. According to the Belgian VRT on Thursday, Abdeslam planned to launch multiple shooting…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took a keen interest in the briefcase of visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry, wondering aloud if it perhaps contained cash intended to sway his opinion on Syria’s future. “When I saw you getting off the plane and carrying your things, I got a bit upset,” Putin began as the pair met for talks…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned Thursday the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over their decision to compile a “blacklist” of Israeli and international companies that conduct business in Judea and Samaria, the Biblical heartland of Israel. ”The UNHRC has become an anti-Israeli circus with their attacks on the only democracy in the Middle East…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned Thursday the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over their decision to compile a “blacklist” of Israeli and international companies that conduct business in Judea and Samaria, the Biblical heartland of Israel. ”The UNHRC has become an anti-Israeli circus with their attacks on the only democracy in the Middle East…

Former President Shimon Peres met Thursday with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls to discuss the current wave of terror, shortly after meeting with Parisian religious leaders Peres expressed his sorrow and condolences to Europe for the recent wave of violent terror attacks, and thanked the French Prime Minister for his work to end anti-Semitism in France.…

CityLab, which belongs to the popular magazine The Atlantic, published an article in response to Tuesday’s Brussels attack entitled “Beyond Brussels: 8 Other Cities Were Attacked by Terrorists in March.” Despite the author’s declared intention of showing concern for all terror victims around the world, she pointedly ignores all attacks that occurred in Israel and downplayed the…

A New Zealand university professor has come under criticism for comparing SodaStream to a Germany company that cooperated with the Nazis. The news website Stuff.co.nz reports that Professor Scott Poynting, a supposed expert on hate crimes from the University of Auckland, wrote a letter to the Waikato Times last November. “Thank you for explaining in your article how SodaStream generously provided…

A Jewish woman in Australia was shocked to find that vandals painted a swastika on her son’s car last week. “I felt quite unsafe that someone was targeting my son as a racial thing. Because if they’re crazy enough to do that, you don’t know what they can do,” she told Australian Jewish News. The mother…

ISIS called on the 15,000 or so civilians still living in Palmyra to leave the famed ancient city on Thursday as Syrian pro-government forces closed in, a monitoring group said. “IS called on loudspeakers on civilians still in Palmyra to leave as fighting reached the outskirts of the city,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, using another acronym…

A group of young roommates opened their door Thursday morning to find their neighbors, President Reuven Rivlin and First Lady Nechama, holding mishlochei manot. The First Couple decided that they would pay visits to the people living on their street and to fulfill the Purim commandment of delivering packages of food. Those neighbors included 32-year-old Amir Shapira,…

Only hours after ISIS terrorists killed 34 people in Brussels, an Ohio State University student threatened to murder every person on his campus if the college does not join the BDS movement. Cailin Pitt posted on his twitter account:”Yo if USG messes this up tomorrow I’m coming for everyone’s life tomorrow. Every one. Every single, blessed life.…

A woman at a memorial for the victims of the ISIS attack in Brussels ripped up an Israeli flag on live television. The French TV station RTL was filming visitors gathered at Brussels’ Place de la Bourse Square, which was filled with flags from around the world in an expression of solidarity. One woman, however, preferred to…

Fifteen young Poles who only recently learned they have Jewish roots arrived in Israel for the first time, under the auspices of the Shavei Israel organization for a visit from March 21 to 27 to experience the joyous festival of Purim, while connecting to their heritage in the Jewish homeland. The participants, most of whom are between…

US Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) have called on Congress to reaffirm its commitment to funding cooperative defense programs between Israel and the United States. In a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, the two called for 2017 funding to be focused on several cooperative…

The two terrorist brothers who conducted joint suicide bombings on Brussels’ Zaventem Airport this Tuesday apparently planned to bomb a Belgian nuclear plant and cause a nuclear explosion, according to reports Thursday. The Belgian La Derniere Heure revealed that Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui had filmed the chief of the Belgian nuclear program with cameras hidden in bushes…

The pro-Israel group StandWithUs issued its strong approval of the University of California (UC) Board of Regents vote on Wednesday, which approved a new version of its “Principles Against Intolerance” that, among other things, rejects “anti-Semitic forms” of anti-Zionism. In the new UC document the governing board likewise addressed the various forms of bigotry such…

Hillary Clinton would defeat Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election match-up, a new national survey released on Wednesday found. According to the Bloomberg Politics poll which was reported on by The Hill, Clinton leads Trump 54 percent to 36 percent in a contest between the two front-runners. Also troubling for Trump, the poll found…

The UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday voted to create an expert group that will be tasked with exploring legal pathways to hold North Korea’s leadership accountable for widespread and horrific rights abuses in the country, AFP reported. The UN’s top rights body adopted a resolution voicing deep concern at the findings in a landmark…

Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Wednesday that Canada is not at war with Islamic jihadists, The Canadian Press reported. Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion rejected France’s declaration that it was “at war” with jihadists, just one day after the bombings in Brussels which killed more than 30 people and injured 270.…

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, on Wednesday sent a letter to the UN Security Council, demanding it condemn the latest threats by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. In a television interview earlier this week, the terrorist leader gloated about the advanced weaponry he obtained, threatened to target civilian sites across Israel and to…

Israel was among those who warned Belgium ahead of the terrorist attack at the Zaventem airport in Brussels, Channel 2 News reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Israel provided Belgium with concrete information on security breaches at the airport, where the first of two attacks on the Belgian capital took place on Tuesday, and…

President Barack Obama on Wednesday joined those condemning Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz for calling for police to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods” in the wake of the Belgian terror attacks. Speaking in Argentina and quoted by NBC News, Obama said that strategy “makes no sense.” “We have an extraordinarily successful, patriotic, integrated Muslim…

The United States government has given Iran almost $2 billion in what is being called a “ransom payment,” the Washington Free Beacon reports. The payments came following three years of secret discussions with the Islamic Republic, and more payments are still expected to be added. Both the discussions and the payments are separate from last year’s nuclear deal, which…

Dozens of Samaria residents entered Yehoshua bin Nun’s grave, located in Kifl Hares, early Thursday morning. While there, they prayed the morning prayers and read the Megillah. Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan told the worshipers, “Precisely at this time, when the whole world is being attacked by the Arab world, we have come here…

Two terrorists are believed to have attacked an IDF soldier by Tel Romeda, in Hevron. An early investigation has found that they approached a checkpoint, then fell upon a soldier guarding the site. The soldier, who is about 20 years old, was wounded, while nearby forces killed the terrorists. MDA first responders provided the soldier with…

The co-hosts of ABC’s “The View” appeared to have been so shocked by the deadly terror attacks in Brussels that they were considering supporting Donald Trump on Tuesday. Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “I can’t believe I’m feeling this way, but Donald Trump seemed very reasonable today.” “We are at war,” she said. “We are at war…

ISIS has trained at least 400 of its fighters to attack Europe in a series of waves, Associated Press has found. The attacks would be similar to those in Paris and Belgium, and timed to cause the most possible destruction and chaos across the continent. The ranks are made up of terrorists from a range of origins…

While the polls are out on whether Jews will flock to the New York billionaire on Election Day, Donald Trump was the big winner of the “kippa caucus” at the annual AIPAC conference this week in Washington D.C. Marc Daniels, a kippa dealer who set up shop just outside of the AIPAC conference was stunned…

The English-subtitled version of the hidden camera report on Breaking the Silence has been made available by Ad Kan, the group that infiltrated the ultra-leftist organization, and is embedded above. Channel 2 news broadcast the highly incriminating video, which shows ultra-leftist group Breaking the Silence engaged in what appears like espionage activity against the IDF,…

President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed pessimism over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict being resolved during his tenure. Speaking during a visit to Argentina and quoted by The Associated Press, Obama said the conflict has been going for 60 years and would not be resolved in the next nine months. The comments come as he was asked…

Yemen’s warring parties have agreed on a ceasefire starting on April 10 followed by peace talks, a UN envoy said Wednesday, according to AFP. Violence has escalated in Yemen since September 2014, when Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels stormed the capital Sanaa and forced the internationally recognized government, led by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to flee…

The University of California governing board unanimously approved on Wednesday a statement of “Principles against Intolerance,” in response to reports of anti-Semitic incidents on UC campuses. The statement condemns both anti-Semitism and “anti-Semitic forms” of anti-Zionism. The principles state that in certain circumstances, anti-Israel expressions constitute anti-Semitism. Critics of Israel deny this linkage, and warn…

The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Wednesday met with Syria’s regime and opposition and underscored the urgency of a political solution in the country, especially in the wake of the Brussels attacks, AFP reported. Mogherini came to Geneva, where peace talks are under way, following a request from United Nations peace talks mediator Staffan…

Michael Fragin finally has a Trump supporter as a guest, GOP political operative and New Hampshire resident Robert Chernin. Also, a view into Chicago politics, post primary with Yehiel M. Kalish. To listen to previous shows go to N.S.N. – click here  

Belgian intelligence services received specific warnings ahead of Tuesday’s attack but failed to properly investigate them, Haaretz has uncovered. The intelligence centers in Brussels, as well as in other Western countries, knew that terrorists would strike the Zaventem airport and, probably, the city’s railway in the near future. However, they did not properly appreciate the imminent threat and the limited…

Police in Belgium reported on Wednesday that they had recovered a computer belonging to one of three suicide bombers involved in Tuesday’s deadly attacks in Brussels, AP reported. The device, which was found in a trash can in the Schaerbeek neighborhood of Brussels, belonged to Ibrahim El Bakraoui, who set off a bomb in the…

A 12-year-long battle by activists for men’s rights and family values was capped with success Wednesday, when the Justice Ministry published a revised version of its infamous Prosecution Instruction 2.5, which effectively gave women a free pass to file false charges of violence and sexual abuse against men. The instruction was initially formulated by then-State…

The Supreme Court has instructed the government to respond to an emergency appeal against the placement of Jordanian cameras on the Temple Mount. The appeal was filed by the Academic Council for National Policy and the Israel Independence Fund, who asked the Court to place a temporary injunction against the cameras and explained that such…

The UN Human Rights Council chief on Wednesday nominated a Canadian law professor to be the next “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.” The position is limited to criticizing Israel and the rapporteur has no mandate to bring up Palestinian violations of human rights. Israel frequently points out that the…

Mara Carfagna, who served as Italy’s Minister for Equal Opportunity between 2008 and 2011, gave an interview in February to Italian pro-Israel website L’Informale, The interview has been picked up by the Jihad Watch blog and Hebrew-language media in recent days. Carfagna, who was chosen by Silvio Berlusconi to head the civil and human rights…

In the wake of Tuesday’s horrific bombing attacks at a Brussels airport and subway station, officials at the Israel Airports Authority have been inundated with dozens of requests for assistance in securing airports around the globe. Security agencies and airport authorities in Europe, North America, and Africa have contacted Israel looking for advice on how…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a press conference today, in response to Tuesday’s attack in Belgium. “I send my deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels,” he began. “We’re in a global war against terror. And last night I spoke with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and a few…

Turkey said Wednesday it had detained and then deported Ibrahim El Bakraoui, one of the two suicide bombers at Brussels airport, and accused the Belgian authorities of failing to confirm his links to terror. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish authorities detained the attacker in June last year in Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border,…

Syrian pro-government forces advanced to the edge of the famed ancient city of Palmyra on Wednesday, eyeing a major symbolic victory over the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, a monitor said. “The regime forces are now two kilometers (a little more than a mile) away on the south side and five kilometers (three miles) away on the west side,” Syrian Observatory for…

The Knesset Committee on Wednesday morning approved speeding up the legislative process for a bill to expel terrorists. Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), who initiated the bill, spoke to Arutz Sheva about the importance of fast-tracking the legislation. “Today it passed with very wide support from the coalition and a wide portion of the opposition. We are working…

The Defense Ministry’s National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) on Wednesday morning unveiled new signs to be placed along Israeli beaches, warning the public against the danger of tsunamis. “Tsunami Hazard Zone” read the yellow signs, which feature the symbol of a large incoming rolling wave. By placing the signs, which soon are to be placed along…

No foreign power should be permitted to interfere in the ongoing Syrian peace talks in Geneva, the lead government negotiator said, denying that high-level US-Russian meetings in Moscow will impact the process. “When we say that the dialogue must be between Syrians, without outside intervention, this also applies to the Russians and Americans,” Bashar Jaafari told AFP in an interview. Ironically Jaafari…

A tragic story has surfaced regarding David Dixon of Britain, who while on his way to work survived the double suicide bombings at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport on Tuesday morning, but then boarded the metro train where a third blast struck an hour later. Dixon, from Hartlepool, County Durham, remains missing. He told his aunt he was “fine and safe”…

Belgian media reported the third terrorist who took part in the Islamic State (ISIS) bombing of a Brussels airport on Tuesday was caught on Wednesday, but after local media later contested the version of events, officials clarified the terrorist remains at large. The terrorist, identified by authorities as Najim Laachraoui, is said to have been wanted by police ever since…

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) spoke with Arutz Sheva in the wake of the lethal Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Brussels, the capital of the European Union. A full 34 people were murdered in bombings at an airport and a metro station, and around 200 others were wounded. “Those who run from terror – terror chases…

An American teenager, hospitalized in Brussels following yesterday’s terror attacks there, survived similar attacks in Boston and Paris as well. The three-time survivor – Mason Wells, 19, a Mormon missionary – had his first scrape with extremist-Muslim terrorists in Boston nearly three years ago. The murderers placed a bomb at the Boston Marathon’s finish line…

The UK Labour Party welcomed its anti-Semitic former member Beinazir Lasharie back into the fold, the political blog Guido Fawkes has revealed. Lasharie rose to fame by competing on the TV show Big Brother in 2009, though she was kicked out within the first few days. She later turned her hand to politics and won a seat…

Two Slovak MPs on Wednesday donned yellow stars symbolizing the Holocaust in protest at the “dangerous” parliamentary debut of a far-right party they condemn as “fascist.” The opposition MPs wore the stars to an inaugural session of parliament following the country’s March 5 election in which the Our Slovakia party won 14 seats. This is slightly under 10 percent of the…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump won Tuesday’s Arizona primary. The Associated Press called both the winners at around 11:20 p.m. Eastern time. Initial results which came in after the polls closed found Clinton receiving 61.1% of the vote, with Bernie Sanders at 36.4%. On the Republican side, Trump was leading…

This week the nation of Israel observes the joyous holiday of Purim, commemorating the deliverance of our ancestors from annihilation at the hands of the wicked Haman. But the story of Purim is really the story of global powers attempting to prevent Israel from rebuilding the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and that story is still…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has decided to “punish” Israel by halting imports to the PA from five major Israeli food production companies, the Ma’an news agency reported Tuesday. In a statement released after the weekly cabinet meeting, the PA government said the decision was in response to an Israeli ban on products from five Palestinian…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday condemned Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, after the Texas Senator called for new powers for law enforcement to patrol “Muslim neighborhoods”. In a statement issued following the Brussels terrorist attacks, Cruz wrote “Our European allies are now seeing what comes of a toxic mix of migrants who have been…

Republicans on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama’s strategy against the Islamic State (ISIS) group, in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels. According to The Hill, Republicans in Congress said the coordinated bombings in Belgium which killed more than 30 people show the president’s approach to ISIS is dangerously out of step with the…

Mehmet Ozturk, the Turkish Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist who conducted a lethal bombing in Istanbul on Saturday targeting Israeli tourists, was known to Turkish intelligence services but not tracked, according to local security sources. Ozturk conducted a suicide bombing after having followed a group of Israeli tourists from their hotel. He murdered three Israelis as…

A new opinion poll among Arab residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza indicates that the Palestinian Arabs want the current wave of terror attacks to shift from stabbings to an armed intifada, calling for more shootings and bombings. Support for knife attacks dropped from 67% last December to 58% this month, and that figure is even…

As Belgium on Wednesday morning marked 24 hours since Tuesday’s horrific bombings in the EU capital city of Brussels, security forces are continuing a frantic search for the third terrorist who took part in the lethal attacks at Zaventem Airport. A full 34 people were murdered and around 250 wounded in the twin blasts at the airport…

Private Yehuda Suissa, the IDF soldier who tragically collapsed and died during training on Tuesday just a day after joining the Givati Brigade, is to be buried on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Har Herzl military funeral in southwest Jerusalem. Suissa, a 19-year-old from moshav Beit Uziel to the west of Modi’in and a student at…

A new recruit to the Givati Brigade tragically collapsed and died on Tuesday during training, just a day after enlisting in the IDF. The new combat soldier, 19-year-old private Yehuda Susya from moshav Beit Uziel to the west of Modi’in, collapsed during intense physical activities at the Givati Brigade training base. He was running together…

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has called to “empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” Cruz, a senator from Texas, made his remark in response to Tuesday morning’s attack in Brussels. It came as part of a statement entitled, “We Can No Longer Surrender to the Enemy Through Political Correctness.”…

Middle East expert Dr. Yechiel Shabi of Bar-Ilan University spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday about the lethal bombings in Brussels earlier in the day, in which Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists murdered 34 people in attacks on an airport and metro station. Referencing the recent uptick in terror on European soil, including an ISIS attack in Paris…

Hamas staged major military exercises Tuesday to test its readiness in preparation for another terror war against Israel from Gaza. The exercises involving 1,000 police and emergency services personnel were not meant to be seen as an “announcement of war,” said a spokesman for the Islamist terrorist organization’s interior ministry. For the duration of the exercises, however, a state of emergency was observed in…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening spoke by phone with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, following the terrorist attacks in Brussels earlier in the day. During the conversation, Netanyahu expressed his condolences on behalf of the people of Israel over those who were murdered in the attacks and wished a speedy recovery to the…

Border Police officers on Tuesday night seized an M16-type rifle during a counter-terror operation on Highway 55 near Qalqilya. During the operation, the officers identified a suspicious vehicle and decided to stop it. The officers blocked off the road but the driver of the vehicle tried to veer off the road in an attempt to…

Denver International Airport temporarily evacuated a section of its main terminal on Tuesday afternoon, as officials investigated a possible security threat, Reuters reported. The evacuation area included the west side of the main terminal levels 5 and 6. Flights continued while the possible threat was investigated. The airport tweeted that the threat was in the…

The United States military on Tuesday night launched an air strike against a training camp run by Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Reuters reported. Dozens of AQAP fighters were killed in the strike, the Pentagon said. “This strike deals a blow to AQAP’s ability to use Yemen as a base…

The United Nations on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist bombings in Brussels, extending condolences to the victims and their families while expressing solidarity with the people and Government of Belgium. The 15-member body stressed in a statement posted to the UN website the need to intensify regional and international efforts to overcome terrorism and violent…

Brussels has become infamous as a hotbed of Islamic extremism because of links to a series of recent attacks in Europe, and now the Belgian capital itself has suffered the worst ever terror attack in its history. The Islamic State (ISIS) attacks on the Brussels airport and metro system in which terrorists murdered around 35 people on Tuesday came just days after Salah Abdeslam, a…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) on Tuesday evening responded to the lethal Islamic State (ISIS) bombings in Brussels earlier in the day that left 34 murdered, and warned that “World War III” is looming. “Western culture in recent years has been under an indiscriminate and uninhibited radical Islamic terror assault, whose goal is to harm and disrupt the…

The United States government expected that Islamic State (ISIS) would target Brussels for its next attack, according to officials, but without precise intelligence information it was unable to prevent Tuesday’s tragedy. Three separate officials told Reuters that the US predicted ISIS would attack Belgium, but it could not know when or where it would do so. The believed impetus for…

Victims lay in pools of blood, their limbs blown off, as the smoke cleared to reveal scenes of horror after twin explosions ripped through the main terminal at Brussels airport, witnesses told AFP. The normally-bustling check-in hall at Zaventem Airport was wrecked by the morning rush-hour blasts claimed by Islamic State (ISIS), with part of the ceiling collapsing near the airline desks…

The head of general security for the Dubai Emirate, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, stated Monday that Palestinians should abandon their aspiration for an independent state and instead merge with Israeli Jews in a bi-national state. In a series of remarks published on his Twitter account Monday afternoon, Tamim explained his idea, saying among other…

Shots were fired adjacent to Amsterdam’s central station on late Tuesday, in a further sign of growing tensions in the European continent. Local reports had indicated a drive-by shooting was conducted and police set off in hot pursuit after the car, before arresting the shooter. However, those reports have yet to be confirmed. However, Dutch…

Tales of Disguise, Mirth and the Threat of Haman  This week Jews around the world celebrate the joyous holiday of Purim. The Purim holiday commemorates the victory of Queen Esther and Mordechai over the evil Haman of Persia, saving the lives of the Jewish people.   Below are several Purim-related pictures we discovered in the archives of the…

Asked Monday if he agreed with his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton, that there is a link between anti-Semitism and the BDS movement, Senator Bernie Sanders answered in the affirmative. “I think there is some of that, absolutely,” the senator said. “Israel has done some very bad things, so has every other…

MK Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union) spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday about the lethal Islamic State (ISIS) bombings in Brussels earlier in the day in which 34 people were murdered, and called on Europe to rethink its future. The MK also discussed the ISIS bombing in Istanbul on Saturday which targeted Israeli tourists, murdering three of them as…

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon on Tuesday contacted Belgium’s Ambassador Benedicte Frankinet, in order to convey the condolences of the state of Israel in the wake of the lethal Islamic State (ISIS) terror attacks in Brussels earlier in the day. “All of Israel shares in the deep sorrow of the people of Belgium,”…

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) expressed shock and revulsion on Tuesday at the attacks which took place in Brussels earlier in the morning. Dozens were killed and tens wounded in a series of bombings at the international airport and metro stations in Brussels on Tuesday morning. Two of the wounded victims were Jewish men; one was…

In the wake of deadly attacks on a Belgian airport and the Brussels subway system, security forces are on high alert at public transportation stations across Europe and North America. The New York Police Department is ratcheting up its presence at airports, train stations, bridges, and tunnels, NBC has reported. In the nation’s capital, Washington…

Tzvika Cohen, the 48-year-old security guard who was viciously attacked by an ax-wielding terrorist at a mall in Ma’ale Adumim, is showing signs of improvement. Cohen was severely wounded in the attack. He remains hospitalized at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. He is currently in moderate and stable condition. The hospital announced on Tuesday that…

Deputy Defense Minister, MK Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday in response to the morning’s terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium. The Zaventem airport in Brussels was rocked by at least two explosions early on Tuesday morning. The exact death toll in the attacks is unclear at this time, with estimates ranging from 13…

Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels that killed at least 28 people struck at “the whole of Europe”, French President Francois Hollande said. “Through the attacks in Brussels, the whole of Europe has been hit,” Hollande said in a statement, urging the continent to take “vital steps in the face of the seriousness of the threat. “France…

Tuesday’s terror attacks in Belgium can be expected to prod some local Jews to leave, and many of these will opt for Israel as their destination, if recent patterns hold up. Aliyah – or Jewish immigration to Israel – from Belgium rose 25% last year, according to information recently provided by Arielle Di Porto, Director…

Belgian investigators have recovered a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle in the Zaventem airport in Brussels, seeming to confirm reports that gunfire was heard shortly before the first of two explosions in the airport. At least 14 people were killed in the attack on the airport Tuesday morning, with an additional 20 confirmed dead at an…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu deliver a speech in a live broadcast to the AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Tuesday. Responding to the horrific attacks in Brussels earlier in the day, Netanyahu said, “terrorists have no resolvable grievances, it’s not as if we could offer them Brussels, or Istanbul, or the West Bank. That won’t…

IDF forces raided the campus of Arab American University in Jenin and confiscated property from student union offices, according to an unconfirmed report by the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency. The university’s public relations department told the news outlet that 11 IDF vehicles entered the campus grounds at 1 AM overnight and “broke into the office of…

Virginia became the seventh American state to come out against the BDS movement this past week. The two houses of its state legislature separately passed identical anti-BDS resolutions, officially condemning and outlawed the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The resolution states that it “condemn[s] the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and its activities…

The Knesset Ethics Committee on Monday decided to reprimand MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List party, after he called MK Avi Dichter (Likud) a “murderer” in a recent television interview. In the interview in question, which aired earlier this month after the Knesset’s Constitution Committee approved a bill that would allow the Knesset to remove…

Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday called on his American counterpart Barack Obama to lift longstanding trade and other restrictions on his country, The Associated Press reported. The comments came as Castro and Obama pledged, during Obama’s historical visit to Cuba, to move forward with normalizing relations between the two countries. “This is a new…

A Toronto Police report on hate crimes in the city during 2015 found a decrease of 8 percent in the volume of hate crimes (134 compared with 146 in 2014) – but the Jewish community remains at the top of the list of victims of hate crimes. According to the Toronto Police Service 2015 Annual…

Kuwait has expelled 11 Lebanese and three Iraqis suspected of belonging to Hezbollah, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a Kuwaiti newspaper. The move comes nearly three weeks after Kuwait joined other Gulf Arab states in designating the Lebanon-based Shiite Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The local Al-Qabas newspaper cited a security source as saying the 14…

The United States Justice Department on Monday was granted a postponement of a hearing planned for Tuesday in its lawsuit against Apple over an iPhone belonging to Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino attackers. In asking for the delay, according to NBC News, the government said it wants to try another way to break…

Jay Shapiro claims that certain concepts are too fascinating to allow to die. For example, the two-state solution was stillborn but the Middle East experts continue to discuss it as though it were alive and well. Click here to download the podcast

The National Jewish Democratic Council released a public statement on Monday ahead of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s address at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington D.C. In the statement the liberal Jewish group questioned Trump’s business acumen and sincerity in claiming to support Israel, noting his failure to complete a single construction project in the…

The world is following US President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba with particular attention. The visit comes 88 years after the last US President stepped foot on the lands of what is today the Communist stronghold in closest proximity to America. Dr. Margalit Bejarno, a Hebrew University professor and expert on Cuban affairs, explained to…

With primaries and caucuses in Arizona, Utah, and American Samoa, 107 delegates are up for grabs in the GOP race on Tuesday. In two of the three races, delegates are allotted on a winner-take-all or winner-take-most basis, likely denying Ohio Governor John Kasich any delegates in the Tuesday contests. Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, who is…

Israel’s desalinization plant in Ashkelon, an important asset in Israel’s water supply, has been taken off line due to raw sewage from Gaza flooding into the area. The culprit is a new water treatment facility, constructed in the northern Gaza Strip to the tune of $100 million, a sum provided by foreign aid. While the…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hinted on Monday that, if elected president, he would force Israel to pay back the military assistance it has received from the United States. Trump, who was speaking to reporters prior to his speech at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, was asked whether past statements condemning countries who…

Ohio Governor John Kasich was the first of three remaining Republican presidential candidates to address AIPAC’s 2016 Policy Conference Monday night, and vowed his “unwavering” support for the State of Israel. The address was largely unremarkable, with Kasich – who lags behind rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the polls – sticking to reliable pro-Israel talking points which…

The Iran deal is “terrible”, House Speaker Paul Ryan told the AIPAC Policy Conference on Monday, in a speech that focused on the American-Israel relationship and its importance. “Because of this deal, our friends in the Middle East are losing faith in us, or at least in our judgment,” he said, warning that the deal…

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has condemned plans to draw up a database of Jewish businesses and products from Judea and Samaria, saying it echoes anti-Jewish measures imposed against European Jews during the early 20th century. Speaking to Arutz Sheva at AIPAC’s 2016 Policy Conference, Danon related to aggressive protests outside of…

In a highly awaited speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference on Monday evening, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reiterated his support for Israel while promising to continue to do so if elected President. Trump noted that he is a lifelong supporter of the State of Israel and stressed that, despite being a newcomer to politics, “I’m not new…

“Palestine has not existed since 1948,” Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said at the beginning of his speech in front of the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC, on Monday evening. He noted that Megillat Esther, the book of Esther, will be read at synagogues this Wednesday evening on the holiday of…

Syria’s regime on Monday reiterated its stance that peace talks in Geneva will not address the future of President Bashar Al-Assad. The comments came after the UN urged Damascus to submit plans for political transition. “President Assad has nothing to do with the… talks,” lead government negotiator and Syria’s UN envoy Bashar al-Jaafari told journalists.…

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the American embassy there if elected. The comments were made in an interview to CNN hours before Trump was due to address the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC. He later repeated the same comments at his…

The annual AIPAC conference currently underway in Washington features, inter alia, a kit designed to help members of the U.S. Congress grasp the critical importance of U.S. defense aid to Israel. The pamphlet begins with a letter addressed to the various members of Congress, stating that the fiscal year 2017 budget allocates $3.1 billion in…

Ahead of his much-anticipated speech at the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference in Washington D.C., Donald Trump suggested that Jews would support his approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Speaking to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, the Republican frontrunner evaded questions regarding his comments ahead of the South Carolina primary in which the New…

Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor said Monday he did not believe that an Arab terrorist who was found dead in Sofia last month was murdered, although a probe has not yet been completed.    Naif Zaid, 51, who was wanted by Israel over the killing of an Israeli Jew three decades ago, was found dead in the…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on Monday morning at the annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington D.C.  The Democratic frontrunner highlighted the importance of the US-Israel alliance, and demanded an end to the Palestinian Authority’s incitement against Israel and celebration of terrorists. “These attacks must end immediately, and Palestinian leaders must stop inciting…

US Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) and Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY), both members of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a new bill which seeks to expand an existing US law which monitors certain ships and airlines that enter and exit Iran. If passed, the law would force the President to report to Congress annually…

The UN expert on human rights in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza voiced scathing criticism of Israel Monday as he stepped down over what he said was a lack of access to areas he was meant to monitor.    Makarim Wibisono, who took on the role of Special Rapporteur on the rights situation in the Judea,…

Yisrael Beitenu chief Avigdor Lieberman spoke at a party meeting on Monday, where he blasted the government’s handling of the ongoing terror wave. “This week we’re celebrating the holiday of Purim, but this government doesn’t need Purim since it’s been playing dress-up all year. This government is as different from a real nationalist government as…

Terror survivor Kay Wilson addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with an eloquent and devastatingly powerful message Monday. “I’m Kay Wilson, an Israeli Jewish tour guide and educator for StandWithUs,” she began. “In December 2010, I was gagged bound, and held at knifepoint for half an hour by two Palestinian terrorists, then butchered 13 times…

An Israeli journalist arrested in Turkey has been freed, following intervention by Israel’s Foreign Ministry. Assaf Gibor, the Arab Affairs correspondent for the Makor Rishon newspaper, had been arrested by Turkish intelligence services and accused of espionage, Channel 2 reports. Gibor was arrested near Turkish-Syria border while conducting interviews for an upcoming article on the…

Two former candidates for the Republican presidential nomination – Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and ex-senator Rick Santorum, and two former contenders for the Democratic nomination — ex-governors Bill Richardson and Martin O’Malley – took part Monday in a closed-door panel at the AIPAC convention. All four had some choice words for Donald Trump, who appears…

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis has signed a declaration against anti-Semitism, JTA reports. The American Jewish Committee has been encouraging city mayors to sign the document and show their opposition to continuing anti-Semitic incidents. So far, over 300 mayors in the United States and 60 in Europe have added their name to the Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism campaign. “I…

Muslim police in France refuse to protect synagogues as growing support for Jihad is affecting law enforcement, according to a Gatestone Institute report. The report claims that a leaked confidential memo from the Department of Public Security, published by Le Parisien, detailed 17 cases of police officers radicalized between 2012 and 2015, noting that the…

Monday morning, the Civil Administration destroyed the Harel family’s home, located near the community of Elon Moreh. Eliezer Harel says that he, along with his wife and their four children, chose to live on the farm out of love for his country. “This is a home that was intended to protect farming land and is located on…

Donald Trump enjoys widespread support within the Hasidic community in the US, according to experts interviewed by VICE news. Jacob Kornbluh, a New York-based reporter for Jewish Insider, told the news outlet that there is “no question support for Trump is widespread” among Hasidim, and that the majority of Hasidic voters he’s spoken to have…

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 80, is said to have Alzheimer’s or dementia, according to Lebanese media reports. The Lebanese Al-Ahed claimed to obtain medical records of King Salman testifying that he was suffering dementia since 2008, and that the number of hospital visits in the last few months has increased and that he…