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Israel’s military police have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Jewish man shot by security forces near Chords Bridge in Jerusalem on Wednesday night.  An initial probe revealed that two IDF soldiers grappled with the man, who they suspected was a terrorist. The man attempted to steal the soldiers’ weapons prompting the…

An Arab terrorist attempted to run over a number of Israelis in Judea’s Gush Etzion region on Wednesday night. According to initial reports, Arab rioters threw rocks at two Israeli vehicles – one a security vehicle, the other private – on Route 60 between Beit Ummar and Karmi Tzur. Soldiers from the military vehicle exited their car carrying weapons to confront…

South Africa’s ruling party hosted a rally in Cape Town for a top Hamas leader on Wednesday, capping off a controversial visit by pledging to stand by Palestinians amid increasing Arab terror in Israel.  The African National Congress (ANC) invited Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and colleagues from the Islamist terror group on a three-day visit to South Africa, sparking strong criticism…

The local committee for planning and construction in the Jerusalem municipality approved 100 housing units Wednesday, in an unusual and rare step to allow large-scale construction for the Arab sector in the capital, Army Radio reports. The move, slated for Beit Tzafafa, has been made just as Arab terror against Jews and Israelis proliferates nationwide – and a…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has drawn much flack for saying that the Mufti of Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea of exterminating European Jewry – but there is in fact much evidence of the Mufti’s very significant involvement in the diabolical scheme. Speaking to the 37th Zionist Congress in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Netanyahu wished to show that the desire…

Professor Irwin Horwitz of Texas AM University returns to The Goldstein On Gelt Show to share his thoughts on the American education system. Find out how the decline in standards may ultimately affect the economy. Are we are focusing on the right things in education?  Click here to download the podcast

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) appealed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, asking to renew rights of ministers and MKs to visit the Temple Mount.  “Preventing the visits of the symbols of sovereignty, ministers and Knesset members – is a violation of sovereignty,” Ariel noted, in an open letter.  Ariel pointed out, as well, four separate proposals regarding…

MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) had Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) thrown out of the Knesset on Wednesday after an unprecedented fiery exchange of words between the two.  Speaking from the Knesset platform, Elkin blasted the Deputy Knesset Speaker and members of his Joint List party, stressing that “the blood of the murdered” was on their…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Wednesday that he was “not optimistic” following talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to urge them to defuse tensions, a diplomat said, according to AFP. Ban addressed a closed-door emergency session of the council by video-conference from Amman, the latest stop on his mission to de-escalate…

IDF soldiers on Wednesday morning foiled an attempt to infiltrate into the Shomron community of Yitzhar. The soldiers, who were dispatched to the area after a suspicious figure was seen near the community, identified a female terrorist and shot her. The terrorist was wounded by the gunfire and was taken for treatment. There were no…

In so many ways, this connection is making itself felt these days, as the Temple Mount becomes the focus of world attention. What is really going on here? Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman examine the evidence, especially in the light of this week’s Torah portion of Lech Lecha, where we are introduced to Avram,…

Tel Aviv held its annual “Night Run” on Tuesday night, in an event in which 20,000 runners participated. No less than five people were hospitalized in the roughly three-hour run that started at 8 p.m., and one 35-year-old runner was hospitalized in moderate to serious condition at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital after suffering heat stroke.…

Radical left wing Meretz head MK Zeheva Galon accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of whitewashing Adolf Hitler in his speech Tuesday at the Zionist Congress. “Hitler did not want to annihilate the Jews at the time,” she quoted Netanyahu as saying. “He wanted to expel them. And Hajj Amin al-Husseini went to him and said – ‘if…

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Tuesday met Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, and asked Britain to thwart the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) initiative to pass a resolution at UNESCO stating that the Western Wall is part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Lapid told Hammond during their meeting in London that the PA’s initiative is a direct…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will brief the Security Council on Wednesday on his trip to the Middle East where he is seeking to defuse weeks of violence, diplomats said Tuesday night, according to AFP. Ban made the request to urgently speak to council members by video-conference from the city of Ramallah. The closed-door emergency meeting…

The Islamic State (ISIS) group may dominate headlines about the destruction of heritage sites in Syria, but it is far from the only culprit, new US research warned Wednesday. The Syrian regime, Kurdish and other opposition forces are also major players in the destruction, according to the study led by a specialist in Middle East archaeology at Dartmouth University. The findings, published…

A 19-year-old Israeli woman was seriously injured on Wednesday afternoon in a terrorist stabbing north of Jerusalem, at the Adam Junction, in the Binyamin region. Initial reports indicate that two terrorists approached the young woman and stabbed her in the upper body and neck. Israel Police confirmed that one of the terrorists was killed by security forces…

Canada’s prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau on Tuesday told President Barack Obama that Canadian fighter jets would withdraw from fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Iraq and Syria, but gave no timeline, AFP reported. “About an hour ago I spoke with President Obama,” Trudeau told a press conference. While Canada remains “a strong member of…

French bank Credit Agricole will pay a $787 million fine and install an independent monitor to resolve charges it violated American sanctions on Iran and other countries, regulators in the United States announced Tuesday, according to AFP. Regulators charged Credit Agricole with intentionally mislabeling thousands of transactions during 2003-2008 to disguise from regulators payments and…

The speaker of Iran’s parliament, Ali Larijani, has warned the West that his country will build nuclear plants if the implementation of the nuclear deal is delayed. The Western powers are facing a “tough test”, Larijani said in a speech in the central Iranian city of Garmsar, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.…

The Hamas paper Al-Risala published an interview with a terrorist on Tuesday, who called for the current wave of Arab terror attacks plaguing Israel to be escalated by poisoning the knives used to stab Jews. The interviewee, Amar Abu Sarhan, stabbed three Israelis in October 1990 and was jailed until being released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit…

UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) passed a resolution Wednesday listing the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem as Muslim sites. The resolution – which passed with 26 in favor, six voted against, and 25 abstentions – condemned Israel for archaeological excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem and…

Following a day on Tuesday riddled with no less than five major terrorist attacks that left one Jew murdered and numerous others wounded, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) unity government completely whitewashed the attackers in blaming Israel. The PLO government headed by Rami Hamdallah condemned the “executions” of the “Israeli occupation army and gangs of…

The police on Wednesday recommended putting senior members of the Yisrael Beytenu party on trial as part of the massive public corruption scandal that broke late last year. Among the senior figures of the party are former Deputy Interior Minister Faina Kirshenbaum, former Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, and 34 other suspects. The Lahav 433 anti-corruption…

Hamas deputy leader Ismail Haniyeh, who is the acting ruler in Gaza, on Tuesday praised the role Palestinian media is playing in inciting an intifada terror war. Haniyeh made the comments during a visit to the offices of Hamas’s TV channel Al-Aqsa in Gaza, in which he praised the broadcasters, editors and producers for their role in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria’s embattled leader Bashar al-Assad stressed that military operations in Syria must be followed by political steps to try to end the conflict, during a surprise visit to Moscow by Assad on Tuesday. “We are ready to make our contribution not only during armed hostilities in the fight against terrorism but also during a political process,” Putin…

A Wall Street Journal report Monday that underplayed the savagery of the current Arab murder campaign against Israelis, and focused instead on alleged Jewish “racism,” was engineered by a New Israel Fund-financed NGO, according to an Israeli media expert. The report highlighted the tragic event that played out when a Bedouin security guard mistook an Eritrean national for…

In a meeting Tuesday evening with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu once again rejected accusations by the Palestinian Authority that Israel is seeking to change the “status quo” on the Temple Mount. On the contrary, the prime minister accused the PA and Islamist groups of themselves attempting to breach the current…

The United States and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes air safety measures so pilots from the two countries steer clear of each other as they conduct separate bombing campaigns, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “With today’s signatures, the memorandum of understanding is now in effect,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook told reporters. “That was signed a short time ago, earlier…

Since the young Henkin couple was murdered in front of their four children on October 1, a day after Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas effectively canceled the 1994 Oslo Accords at the UN, Israel has been witness to a wave of Arab terrorism. Magen David Adom (MDA) on Tuesday released official figures about the terror…

IDF forces and Yamam counter-terror Border Police units on Tuesday conducted sniper fire at a terror cell over the border in southern Gaza, killing one of the terrorists. The IDF noted that the cell was responsible for several incidents of sniper fire targeting IDF forces over the border last week, and had planned additional sniper attacks.…

The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) published a research article on Tuesday, arguing that precisely now as Russia gets militarily involved in Syria, Israel should take action to take down President Bashar al-Assad. The article was authored by researcher Carmit Valensi and INSS director Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, former head of Military Intelligence. In it, the…

Germany’s foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Tuesday urged Israel and the Palestinian Authority to avoid action that could “further inflame” nearly three weeks of unrest, warning of “incalculable consequences”. “I appeal to all those responsible not to add fuel to the fire now, but to act with moderation and to help calm the situation,” Steinmeier…

UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned of a “dangerous escalation” and urged Israelis and Palestinians to move quickly to calm nearly three weeks of unrest during a visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday.   “My visit reflects the sense of global alarm at the dangerous escalation in violence between Israelis and Palestinians,” he told journalists after meeting…

Hundreds of people on Tuesday night attended the funeral of Avraham Hasno, who was murdered in a terrorist attack near Hevron earlier on Tuesday. The funeral took place at the cemetery in Kiryat Arba, and was attended by many members of the Jewish community in Hevron, students and educators from the Otniel yeshiva high school…

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog on Tuesday evening met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is visiting Israel in an attempt to calm tensions. During the meeting, Herzog told the UN chief that the world cannot be silent in the face of the terrorist attacks against Israelis. “Silence or moderate reactions of the world could…

Johanna Arbib Perugia left Rome a few days ago to assume the leadership of the Jerusalem Foundation, which since 1966 has been promoting the development of Israel’s capital. She left the comfort of Italian living to witness a series of terror attacks in Israel’s capital. “At this difficult time for Jerusalem, our hearts go out to the families…

Two massive petitions have been launched online, demanding that MSNBC fire its reporter Ayman Mohyeldin after he last Wednesday claimed on TV that an “unarmed” Arab terrorist was shot in front of him at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. The problem with his reporting, as the show’s anchor was forced to explain to him, was that the terrorist had been photographed with…

Many of those injured in Sunday night’s shooting attack at the Be’er Sheva Central Bus Station may have been wounded by friendly fire – not from the terrorist himself, a senior police officer said Monday night.  Two people were killed in the attack and nine others wounded – several seriously – when 21 year-old Israeli Arab Muhaned Al-Okabi shot a…

Israeli security forces arrested a senior Hamas leader overnight Monday/Tuesday, the IDF revealed Tuesday morning.  “During the night, forces of the army and the Shin Bet (internal security service) arrested Hassan Yousef, a Hamas leader, in Beitunia, southwest of Ramallah,” an army statement said. Hamas claims that Hassan Yousef, a seasoned terrorist leader who has spent years in…

Secretary of State John Kerry is seeking to “upgrade and clarify” the understandings reached by Israel and Jordan last year on the Temple Mount status quo in an effort to quell the current wave of violence, Israeli officials close to the matter told Haaretz on Monday night. One of the ideas being examined is putting…

IDF soldiers on Tuesday morning demolished the home of Maher Al-Hashalmoun of Hevron, the terrorist who murdered 25-year-old Dalia Lemkos of Tekoa last November. The demolition was carried out at the instruction of Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. The terrorist’s family was notified in August of the intention to demolish the home but were given sufficient time to…

Knesset Members from the left are outraged over a discussion planned for Tuesday in the Knesset’s House Committee on a motion submitted by MK David Bitan (Likud) stipulating that companies from Judea and Samaria will be prioritized in procurement tenders of the Knesset. “It is the duty of the Israeli parliament to stand alongside citizens,”…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Iran to impose a moratorium on executions after two juvenile offenders were hanged in the past two weeks, AFP reported. Ban said he was “deeply saddened” by the executions and recalled that Tehran had signed two international conventions outlawing the death penalty for children under 18. “The…

Two American lawmakers on Monday urged the American ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Crystal Nix-Hines, to block the Palestinian Authority’s draft resolution claiming the Western Wall (Kotel) as its own. “It has come to our attention that tomorrow the UNESCO Executive Board may consider a draft resolution asserting, among…

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced on Monday it would be stopping its flights to Israel, citing “political instability” as being behind the decision. In addition to flights to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, the airline also announced it would no longer include Moscow and Ankara among its destinations either. Flights from Copenhagen to Tel…

Canada’s Liberal party, headed by Justin Trudeau, is headed towards a stunning election victory, toppling the pro-Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Reuters reported, citing projections by Canada’s major television networks. The projected win in Monday’s poll ends the Conservatives’ nine-year run in power and reflects a political shift away from Harper’s fiscal and…

The UN said Tuesday that tens of thousands of people have fled new regime offensives in Syria, as Russian air strikes were reported to have killed 370 people, many of them civilians. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said tens of thousands were fleeing the new fronts, and estimated that up to 100,000 had left…

Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Nurit Koren proposed a bill before the Knesset Tuesday which would introduce a government-funded service for citizens to send emergency texts (SMS messages) to Magen David Adom (MDA) and the police.  Koren asked Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, and the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, to ratify the bill into law as soon as possible…

The Defense Ministry has made a precedent-setting decision to recognize a sexual assault by Arabs against a Jewish girl as an act of terror, and to grant the victim the privileges accorded to terror victims. The attack took place in Pisgat Ze’ev, Jerusalem, in 2006, when the girl – now a woman — was 14.…

The Israel Police has begun prosecuting civilians who beat an Eritrean national to death after mistaking him for the terrorist in Sunday’s shooting attack, Acting Police Chief Commander Benzi Sau stated Tuesday morning. “Since yesterday we have been engaged in collecting evidence,” he stated to Walla! News, noting that police are already gathering witness testimonies.  Sau said that,…

Russian air strikes in Syria have killed 370 people since they began on September 30, around a third of them civilians, a monitoring group said Tuesday.   The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 243 rebel fighters had been killed, among them 52 from the Islamic State group (ISIS), along with 127 civilians. Among the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel guards and protects Islamic sites better than the Arab countries do. In a speech before the 37th Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, Netanyahu denounced the claim that Israel seeks to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque. He said that Israel has no intention of changing the status quo –…

The Knesset Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria held a special discussion Tuesday regarding the budget for rock-proofing buses and other vehicles in Judea and Samaria. The fleet of rock-proofed buses – which have reinforced windows that can withstand a direct hit by a rock – is almost 20 years old, and the buses need to…

The Israeli man killed during an Arab rock attack near Hevron early Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Avraham Asher Hasno. The victim – a resident of nearby Kiryat Arba – was fatally wounded after being ambushed by Arab rock-throwers. A Magen David Adom team provided him with emergency medical care at the scene but could not save…

The 13 year-old boy who was stabbed last week in Pisgat Ze’ev has regained consciousness and is now breathing on his own, Hadassah Medical Center at Mount Scopus stated Monday.  The boy is communicating with medical staff and his family, but is still in serious condition. Hospital staff noted that a long road for recovery may…

Israel’s hotlines for psychological assistance have become overwhelmed in recent weeks, as Israelis suffer under the constant fear of new terror attacks.  “We’re collapsing under the burden, we have an increase of more than 100% in calls,” Gila Sela, director of the Natal hotline for support and psychological assistance to victims of national trauma, stated to Maariv Monday.…

One of the biggest agents of incitement in the Palestinian Authority (PA) is top Fatah terrorist Jibril Rajoub. On Monday, the Yesha Council sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon demanding that something be done about restraining Rajoub. In a recent interview on Palestinian Authority TV, for example, Rajoub…

Israel has rejected a Jordanian initiative to return full control of the Temple Mount to the Jordanian Waqf Muslim Authority, Walla! News reports Monday.  The Jordanian Waqf already rules the Temple Mount with an iron fist, banning Jewish prayer there – despite the Mount being Judaism’s holiest site.  However, the Jordanian palace recently made Prime Minister Binyamin…

Despite being told not to do so by the Foreign Ministry, the members of Israel’s championship windsurfing team are apparently in Oman, where the International Windsurfing Championships are being held. According to results published from Monday’s competition, the team, led by champion windsurfer Maayan Davidovich, came in tenth twice and eleventh in three matches. Overall…

Incitement in the Palestinian media has thoroughly poisoned the minds of the average Palestinian, argues Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan, to the extent that it would be almost surprising if there were no terror attacks. “The Palestinian incitement ‘machine’ is more active and more dangerous than ever,” said Ben-Dahan. “That machine is fueled directly by…

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Silvan Shalom (Likud) signed an order Monday night barring Kamal Khatib, the second-in-command in the Islamic Movement in Israel terror group, from leaving Israel. The order will be valid for one month.  Shalom said that this is another step in a series of steps he is taking and exercising his authority against…

Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly inching closer towards announcing his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for president, American media reported Monday. A source familiar with the process told CNN that Biden’s associates are setting up interviews for potential staff positions on a Biden presidential campaign. The interviews come as the political world waits…

The United States and Russia are set to sign an “understanding” specifying how pilots can avoid each other over Syria as the two powers conduct separate bombing campaigns, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. Captain Jeff Davis said the memorandum of understanding would likely be signed Tuesday, the AFP news agency reported. The measure has already…

(AFP) Devastated by years of fighting, Syria’s battle-weary armed forces are struggling to make significant gains despite intense Russian air support for a series of new offensives. Nearly three weeks of air strikes have given Bashar al-Assad’s regime and his forces a morale boost, analysts say, but so far the effect on the ground has…

Israel isn’t the only entity that wants to keep foreign peacekeepers off the Temple Mount. Sheikh Ikhmara Sabari, head of the High Islamic Council of Palestine, on Monday rules that foreign security officials could not serve on the Temple Mount. “Muslims do not agree to the Judaization of Jerusalem, which has been a Muslim property…

It’s a sensitive time in Israel – so much so that an Arab student at an Israeli cooking school was given a “permission note” to lug around a set of cooking knives on public transportation. Hussein Shakra, an Israeli Arab who attends a cooking school in the center of the country, took in good humor…

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the “terrorism arm” of the Fatah movement behind the government of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed the shooting attack on the Be’er Sheva Central Bus Station Sunday, calling it a “heroic operation.”  “We call upon the Arab and Islamic nation to shoulder its responsibility towards Al-Aqsa Mosque,” the Brigades added…

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved Monday a bill submitted by MK Yinon Magal (Jewish Home), that would close Israel’s gates to people who call for or support a boycott on the Jewish state. People who act to promote boycotts of Israel, or are members of organizations that do this, will not be allowed into…

Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) called on Monday to expel the family of the Israeli Arab terrorist Muhaned Al-Okabi, who on Sunday night murdered a soldier and wounded nine other people at Be’er Sheva’s Central Station. The terrorist, a 21-year-old resident of the Bedouin town of Hura in the Negev and a citizen of Israel,…

A Jewish and a Muslim cemetery were defiled with Nazi symbols and anti-migrant slogans in western Austria, police said Monday, just weeks after similar attacks on a refugee hostel and Jewish museum. Unknown perpetrators desecrated graves and buildings with a red pen in the Jewish cemetery of the town of Hohenems, close to the Swiss border, some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning, a…

Bedouin leaders have been expressing surprise and even shock at the fact that the terror attack in the Be’er Sheva Central Bus Station Sunday was carried out by a Bedouin from the town of Hura in the Negev, 21-year-old Muhaned Al-Okabi. The Chairman of the Forum of Bedouin Local Authorities in Northern Israel, Zidan Kaabiya,…

ISIS has become the latest Islamist terrorist group to praise the current terrorist campaign being waged by Palestinians against Israelis. The jihadist group has released nearly a dozen videos, some of which are being promoted in Arabic on social media under the hastag #BeheadtheJew, praising attacks against Jewish Israelis and calling for more. One particular video…

Amid the wave of deadly terrorist attacks against Jews in Israel, Islamist incitement continues apace – even on Judaism’s holiest site. In a sermon to Muslim worshipers at the Al Aqsa Mosque, translated by Palestinian Media Watch, Islamist preacher Sheikh Khaled al-Mughrabi outlined how the Jewish people would eventually be exterminated at the hands of Muslims, according to…

Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman criticized the government’s conduct and the radicalization of Israeli Arabs in Israel Monday afternoon, in his opening remarks at the Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting. “When the Prime Minister accepts in his office the United Arab List (i.e. the Joint List – ed.) with great pomp and circumstance, and gives them a check…

President Barack Obama on Sunday signed an order directing his administration to begin issuing waivers to Iran nuclear sanctions, USA Today reported. The waivers will only go into effect, however, once Iran meets its obligations under the agreement limiting its nuclear program, according to the newspaper. The presidential memorandum marks what is being called “adoption…

Airstrikes on a convoy of the Islamic State (ISIS) group killed at least 40 jihadists in central Syria over the weekend, a monitoring group said Sunday, according to AFP. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said unidentified warplanes hit the 16-vehicles motorcade overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Hama province, killing the jihadists. The…

The Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, is calling on the UN to investigate recent cases in which, he alleged, Israel “executed” Palestinian Arabs without trial. In a statement he published on Saturday, Erekat once again cited the case of Ahmed Mansara, the 13-year-old terrorist who carried out a stabbing attack in Pisgat Ze’ev last…

Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars and considered to be the leading decisor on Sunni Muslim religious law, called on Saturday for the wave of terror attacks against Israel to escalate. In a message published to his official Facebook account, the sheikh – who is a spiritual guide for the Muslim Brotherhood…

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at the Israeli American Council (IAC) conference in Washington DC on Sunday night, accusing him of being the “leader of anti-Semitism in the world.” “Any discussion of Abbas’s part in the terror will only reduce his actual involvement. He is the number one inciter in the world against…

A bipartisan group of five United States congressmen spent the last week touring Israel, despite the daily terrorist attacks and deteriorating security situation. Rep. Alan Lowenthal D-CA, Rep. Jim Jordan R-OH, Rep. Scott Garrett R-NJ, Rep. Raoul Labrador R-ID and Rep. Mark Meadows R-NC traveled across the country to learn the facts behind the headlines…

The terror attack Sunday in Be’er Sheva raised serious questions among security officials and ordinary citizens as to the effectiveness of the security measures that have been implemented at public spaces around Israel – because the attack occurred inside what was supposed to have been a “safe” area, with the terrorists bringing inside weapons that…

The name of the IDF soldier who was murdered in Sunday’s terrorist attack at the Be’er Sheva Central Bus Station is Omri Levy, 19, from Moshav Sdei Hemed in central Israel, near Kfar Saba. Levy, a corporal, was promoted to the rank of sergeant after his death. His family has been notified, the IDF Spokesperson…

Ahmed Mansara, the 13-year-old terrorist who carried out a stabbing attack in Pisgat Ze’ev last week, was on Sunday released from the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where he had been hospitalized after being injured while carrying out the knife attack. From the hospital, Mansara was transferred to police custody and was placed under arrest. Earlier…

On Saturday, MSNBC host Kate Snow interviewed former NBC Tel Aviv Bureau Chief Martin Fletcher about the recent wave of terror attacks in Israel. In an attempt to explain the history of the conflict, the screen showed a map labeled “Palestinian Loss of Land 1946 – Present.” The image included four side-by-side maps of Israel,…

A group of Israelis sailing from Turkey back to Israel rescued a Syrian refugee off the coast of Greece on Sunday morning, Channel 2 reports.  After hearing a cry for help, the Israelis aboard the yacht noticed an 11-year-old Syrian boy floating in the water alone. They pulled him into the ship and set about looking for his…

Three Arab residents of Yafo (Jaffa) were recently arrested on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails at a police patrol in the city, it was cleared for publication Sunday afternoon.  They were busted through a joint operation between the Israel Police and the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet). During interrogation, the three admitted to throwing firebombs ten…

Haredi parties may be left scrambling to change their party policies in the near future, as the Ministerial Committee for Legislation meets Sunday to discuss a bill barring parties that ban women from their lists of candidates.  The bill, proposed by MK Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Camp), would ban any party that refuses to allow women…

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, has expressed support for the wave of Arab terror attacks targeting Israeli civilians and security forces across the Jewish state.  In a speech delivered on Sunday, Nasrallah called on both the Palestinian people and all Islamic nations to mobilize and demonstrate support for the “Palestinian struggle.” “The renewed Intifada…

Pope Francis called Sunday for those caught up in violence in the Holy Land to have the “courage and fortitude to say no to hatred,” after fears weeks of unrest could turn into a full-scale intifada, or terror war against Jews and Israelis. “I follow with great concern the situation of tension and violence that plagues the Holy Land,” he said during Sunday’s Angelus…

Several cities across Israel have banned Arab maintenance workers from entering municipal school grounds during the school day, Channel 2 reports Sunday, following pressure from concerned parents over the wave of Arab terror.  In Givatayim, outside Tel Aviv, education boards are checking the legality of replacing all Arab workers with Eritrean-born illegal aliens, the report says, and…

The current terror surge is creating demand for rabbinical decisions on unique issues, the latest of which is – may a Kohen, or member of the priestly class, recite the priestly blessing of peace during prayer, if he has killed a terrorist? Chief Sephardic Rabbi, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, was asked to pronounce his opinion on…

Dozens of mayors from around the world have converged on Israel for the 30th annual Mayors Conference in Jerusalem, and while most of the attention has been focused on Mayor Bill de Blasio – since, of course, he is mayor of one of the world’s most influential cities – he is not alone in visiting Israel…

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) blasted on Saturday night the Obama administration’s overly critical response to Israel’s handling of the ongoing wave of Arab terror sweeping the country.  Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry gave an interview in which he blamed Israeli “settlements” for the latest terror wave. “So here’s the deal. What’s happening is that unless…

Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for killing Israelis in numerous terror attacks, was given a disciplinary “slap on the wrist” for his latest exploit – an article written by him from his Israeli prison cell that appeared in the British Guardian newspaper last week, in which he provided rationalization for Palestinian…

The leader of a group of Al Qaeda veterans which Washington calls the “Khorasan Group” has been killed in a coalition air strike in Syria, the Pentagon said Sunday. Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi national also known as Abdul Mohsen Abdullah Ibrahim al-Sharikh, was killed in an air attack in the northwest of the country Thursday, it…

The Petach Tikva Magistrates’ Court sent five Breslover-Hassidic Jews to four days’ house arrest Sunday, after they entered Joseph’s Tomb illicitly on Saturday night. They had been beaten and detained by Palestinian Authority (PA) police and then transferred to the Israel Police, which arrested them. The Ariel Police detained the five – who include three…

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has released a call for all Palestinian Arabs to continue the “Al-Quds Intifada,” as he termed the current terror wave, and escalate the attacks using a false claim that Al-Quds Mosque on the Temple Mount is being harmed. In a speech that was recorded and played at a conference in the Turkish…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, on Saturday night attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for his willingess to travel to Jordan to meet with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, in an attempt to stop the wave of Arab terrorism. “Abbas is a terrorist and we should not be talking with…

As the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the wave of Arab terror in Israel, Israel’s soon-to-be-accredited new Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon made his premier, directly excoriating Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Danon asserted that Abbas and the entire Palestinian leadership are “brainwashing children with incitement and hate.”  In what was…

Security forces at Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem shot an Arab terrorist who attempted to attack soldiers with a large knife. One Border Police officer was targeted in the attack, but the knife did not pierce his flak jacket, and the terrorist was shot. A bomb squad specialist then arrived to inspect the terrorist’s body to…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Saturday night, in a visit to wounded terror victims currently receiving treatment in the capital’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. One victim they met was moderately wounded in a car attack last Tuesday, in which a terrorist employee of Bezeq first ran over passersby in the…

The Ariel Police detained five people – including three minors – overnight Saturday/Sunday, on suspicions of entering Joseph’s Tomb outside Shechem (Nablus).  Their attorney, Itamar Ben-Gvir, reported that some detainees were bleeding after Palestinian Authority (PA) police found them and beat them; two of them are suffering from head injuries.  On Saturday night, the detainees…

Hadassah Medical Center issued an update Sunday morning on the conditions of the terror victims currently being treated at Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.  The 20-year-old IDF soldier who was stabbed by an Arab terrorist in Hevron on Saturday evening is now in light condition after undergoing surgery overnight.  Two patients remain…

To combat an ongoing wave of Arab terror, 300 IDF soldiers have been deployed to Jerusalem to patrol public transportation stations, buses and major traffic arteries in the capital.  The move follows a decision by the Security Cabinet as part of efforts to cope with the terror wave which, though it has struck across Israel, has been…

306,370 college students will begin the academic year on Sunday, at 63 universities and colleges across Israel. Of those, 233,200 are in undergraduate degree programs; 60,700 are in graduate degree programs; 10,970 are in doctorate programs; and 1,500 students are learning for certificates in specific professions.  Undergraduate degree enrollment dropped by 0.9% for the 2015-16…

Iran said on Saturday that its recent test launch of a long-range missile does not violate UN Security Council resolutions, despite claims to the contrary by the United States and France. “Our missile tests have nothing to do with Resolution 2231, which only mentions missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…

A senior official in Havana on Saturday “categorically” denied reports that Cuban troops were in Syria supporting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, AFP reports.  Talk of up to 300 Cuban soldiers sent to Syria originated on the Fox News network on Wednesday, citing an unnamed US official as source. The Fox story also mentioned that the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban…

In what is a very rare occurrence, on Friday, UN Secretary General (UNSG) Ban Ki-Moon singled out the Palestinian side for censure, and condemned the “arson attack by Palestinian protesters against Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus.”  This “reprehensible act is yet another example of the escalating violence in the region, threatening to further inflame sensitivities owing…

Iran is to step up its military support for the Syrian regime in the form of advice on fighting terrorism, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Saturday, according to AFP. Abdollahian, quoted by state television, denied however that his country had fighters on the ground in the Syrian conflict. “We have military advisers…

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, arrived in Israel on Saturday evening for an official visit to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, Russia, and Syria, Haaretz reported. This is Dunford’s first official visit outside of the United States since assuming the post on October 1. On Sunday, Dunford will review…

There is a push in the US Congress to cut over $5 billion in US aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA), so as to punish it for its open incitement that has fueled the current wave of Arab terror in Israel that has seen at least eight Israelis murdered. Representative Martha McSally (R-AZ), who is…

As the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the wave of Arab terror in Israel, Israel’s new Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon made his first official speech at the international forum. Since Danon will only submit his credentials next week, Deputy Ambassador David Ruth sat in the seat for Israel. “I…

Hadas Shteif, a senior police correspondent for Army Radio, is concerned over the “ease” with which attacking Arab terrorists are shot by security forces and armed civilians. “The ease with which officers and civilians shoot terrorists is troubling,” wrote Shteif on her Twitter account. “They come to murder but most of them are children.” The senior journalist…

Around 200 people demonstrated in Moscow on Saturday against Russia’s campaign of air strikes in Syria, with one protester arrested by police. The rally by people mainly in their 50s and 60s in a small central park passed off amid tight security as the authorities threw up a strong security cordon.   The demonstrators oppose…

Syrian regime forces edged forward in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday with air cover from Russian warplanes, but faced fierce resistance from rebel forces in the country’s center. Since Moscow began its air campaign in support of its Damascus ally on September 30, the army and its allies have launched four ground offensives…

Security forces at Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem shot an Arab terrorist who attempted to attack soldiers with a large knife. One Border Police officer was targeted in the attack, but the knife did not pierce his flak jacket, and the terrorist was shot. A bomb squad specialist then arrived to inspect the terrorist’s body to…

An Arab terrorist tried to stab Border Patrol officers on Saturday morning in Jerusalem’s southeastern Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. The incident took place at Rav Hahovel Street in the neighborhood, where an alert Jewish civilian warned the officers that he had noticed a Palestinian Arab walking around in a suspicious manner. The officers located the Arab…

An IDF soldier was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack in Hevron Saturday evening – the third such attack in the area today. The attack took place at a security checkpoint. Security forces at the scene responded by shooting the terrorist, leaving him critically wounded. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics provided treatment to the soldier and evacuated him to…

On Saturday night, after three consecutive stabbings or stabbing attempts took place in Hevron and the adjacent town of Kiryat Arba in Judea over the course of the day, Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded the incitement fueling the attacks be uprooted. Ben-Gvir, who is a resident of Hevron, said, “on Friday afternoon the (mosque) minaret in Hevron doesn’t…

An Israeli bus driver suffered light-to-moderate wounds Saturday night, after Arab terrorists attack his bus with firebombs. The attack took place between the towns of Avnei Hefetz and Einav in Samaria. Fortunately the bus was empty of passengers at the time, and no one else was injured. The driver, who had transported a group of…

Turkish air force planes on Friday downed a drone of unknown origin which had violated Turkey’s air space near the Syrian border, the military said. Russia, whose jets operating in Syria had twice violated Turkish air space this month, insisted all its planes and drones were working as normal after the shoot-down. The Turkish army said that the craft had been…

Syria’s Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) denounced rights group Amnesty International for accusing its fighters of war crimes by forcibly displacing people and demolishing homes, AFP reports Friday.  Amnesty said this week that Syrian Kurdish forces had carried out a “campaign of collective punishment” against villages previously held by the Islamic State group. It accused them of preventing people from returning…

The recent escalation Syria’s brutal conflict has complicated the already difficult task of delivering aid to the millions in need across the country, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Friday. The fighting has stepped up since Russia late last month began an aerial campaign in the country, where a US-led coalition has been carrying out air strikes for more than…

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas must stop inciting against Israel, Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett told the BBC in an interview on Friday. “This guy is responsible for the wave of murder that’s going on in the streets of Israel,” Bennett said, adding, “About 10 days ago he called upon Muslims to prevent Jews…

Iran’s recent ballistic missile test was “a clear violation” of UN sanctions and the United States will seek action from the Security Council, American Ambassador Samantha Power said Friday, according to The Associated Press (AP). Power said that after reviewing available information, the United States has confirmed that the medium-range ballistic missile launched on October…

MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) claimed on Friday that Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas was simply mistaken, not lying, when he declared in a speech earlier this week that Israel had “executed” a 13-year-old terrorist who stabbed and seriously wounded two Jews in Pisgat Ze’ev. “Abu Mazen did not lie, he was mistaken,” Tibi…

President Barack Obama on Friday expressed concern about the outbreak of violence centered in Jerusalem and called on Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders to tamp down inflammatory rhetoric. “We are very concerned about the outbreak of violence,” Obama said at a news conference with visiting South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, according to the AFP…

Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday evening telephoned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and reiterated his remarks in an interview on NPR radio in the United States, in which he said that Israelis have the right to defend themselves against violence in Jerusalem’s Old City and everywhere. Kerry also told Netanyahu that the Palestinians must…

Israel on Friday rejected the Palestinian Authority’s calls for a protection force to be deployed in eastern Jerusalem to quell violence around the Al-Aqsa Mosque. “Let me be crystal clear — Israel will not agree to any international presence on the Temple Mount. Such a presence would be a change in the status quo,” Israeli…

Health Minister Ya’akov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) ordered an investigation on Friday to check suspicions that Arab medical staff at a clinic in Jerusalem’s Old City did not go out to help Jewish victims, who were stabbed right next to the clinic. The incident in question is the brutal murder of Aharon Banita Bennett (21) and Rabbi Nehemia Lavi…

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) on Friday morning called to return Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem (Nablus) to Israeli control, after about 150 Palestinian Arabs on Thursday night arrived at the compound and tried to burn it down. Reportedly Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces dispersed the rioters by firing in the air, and then Palestinian firefighters put…

United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday warned Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas not to incite violence against Israelis, amid mounting unrest in Jerusalem, AFP reported. Since the recent spate of violence began the United States has repeatedly urged both sides to show restraint, but Kerry’s remarks were the first aimed explicitly…

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the sudden upsurge of Arab terrorism in Israel, diplomats said, in a meeting that is expected to focus on criticism of Israeli defensive actions, despite the wave of terror it is facing. The urgent talks were requested by council member Jordan following a meeting on Thursday of Arab ambassadors, who warned…

A leading member of the US House of Representatives revealed that a senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official told him his country will also seek to enrich uranium, after Iran was allowed to do so in the recent nuclear deal. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the UAE Ambassador to the…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host Binyamin Netanyahu next week, after the Israeli leader postponed talks earlier this month over unrest in his country, Berlin said Friday. Next Wednesday “the chancellor and the Israeli prime minister will at their meeting discuss the current security situation in Israel and in the region,” said Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert.…

A terrorist wearing the yellow garb of a photojournalist stabbed an IDF soldier on Friday, at the Hazayit checkpoint near Hevron.  According to initial reports, the terrorist – who wore a yellow vest with “PRESS” written on it and who carried photography equipment – loitered near the checkpoint, with Hamas’s Al Quds television station broadcasting live. …

In an attempt to gain international legitimacy for its rewriting of history, the Palestinian Authority (PA) will submit a resolution to UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) next week claiming the Kotel (Western Wall) as its own. The proposal calls to have the Kotel in Jerusalem – which is an outer wall of the Temple…

Iran’s top military commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, has been spotted in Syria addressing Iranian military officers and members of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, Fox News reported on Thursday. Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps or Qods Force, was pictured rallying Iranian military and Hezbollah members in western Syria in photos…

Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) on Friday wrote a column in the British The Guardian, explaining why the current wave of Arab terrorism “is based on a lie.” The minister began by noting the brutal terror attack in Jerusalem’s northeastern Pisgat Ze’ev on Monday, in which two Arab terrorists aged 13 and 15 stabbed and seriously…

IDF soldiers patrolling the border fence with Gaza came under terrorist gunfire on Friday afternoon, in an attack that took place at the border in the central area of Gaza. No one was wounded in the gunfire, which took place across the border from the Bureij “refugee camp,” not far from the Israeli town of Kissufim.…

More than a quarter of a million people have been killed in Syria’s brutal conflict since it began with anti-government protests over four years ago, a monitoring group said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it has documented the deaths of 250,124 people, including at least 74,426 civilians. The civilian toll includes 12,517 children and 8,062 women. Compiled…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday mocked the EU’s contribution to easing the Syrian refugee crisis, saying the bloc had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for accepting just a tiny number of asylum-seekers. Speaking after Turkey and the EU agreed to a plan for improving the handling of the refugee crisis, Erdogan also questioned whether Brussels treated Ankara’s…

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) plans to change current laws regarding teen terrorists to include minors under the age of 14, Israeli news media reports Friday, in light of the legal ambiguity surrounding 13-year-old terrorist Ahmed Mansara. Under the current law, teens who commit terror attacks under the age of 14 cannot be sentenced to…

Israeli security forces have in recent weeks been forced to deal with a growing wave of Arab terror, and in parallel, with a growing wave of international condemnation which criticizes the shooting of terrorists conducting lethal attacks as “excessive force.” The criticism has been heard from the UN, UNRWA, and on Wednesday was echoed by the…

The Hamas student group in Gaza has released a shocking video “reenacting” the lethal attack on the 78 line bus in Jerusalem this Tuesday, in which Arab terrorists murdered two Jews and wounded 15 others. The video, revealed by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), can be viewed below. Viewer discretion is advised.   The West Gaza branch…

Amid the growing wave of Arab terrorism that has plagued the Jewish state in the past two weeks, haredi soldiers of the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda battalion have been at the fore thwarting Arab terror attempts. The battalion, known as the Nahal Haredi for the way it allows haredi soldiers to incorporate their lifestyle into the…

Fears are growing that “shabiha” militiamen accused of committing some of the most barbaric atrocities against Syrian civilians for President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are arriving incognito in Europe and getting asylum. The prospect has sent shivers downs the spines of Syrians who fled the war-torn country, as indications pile up that thugs who tortured on behalf of Assad have slipped into the…

Secretary of State John Kerry once again denounced the recent spate of “terrorist attacks” against Israeli civilians Thursday and repeated his intentions to head to the region to try to calm tempers, AFP reported. No timetable or itinerary has been released for the trip, but Kerry said, “I expect to be travelling to the region…

Interior Minister Silvan Shalom (Likud), who serves as vice prime minister, on Thursday submitted a request to strip two Arab Israeli terrorists responsible for recent attacks of their citizenship. The request to State Attorney Yehuda Weinstein asks to negate the Israeli citizenship of the terrorists behind the attacks in Afula in the north and Gan Shmuel…

After Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was embarrassingly called out on his false claim that Israel had “executed” an Arab child for no reason in Jerusalem, the Palestine Liberation Organization he chairs has tried to engage in some emergency damage control – by retroactively rewriting the speech he gave Wednesday night. Abbas had accused Israel of…

The Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas continues to step up its incitement to terrorism, and just this Monday made an open call for attacks in Jerusalem – a day before three Jews were murdered in two attacks in the city. Fatah posted on its official Twitter account on Monday a cartoon,…

The Commander of the Jerusalem District of the Police, Moshe Edri, on Thursday evening held a security assessment, following which he announced that police would restrict the entry of Muslim worshipers into the Temple Mount on Friday. According to Edri’s instructions, Muslim men aged 40 and over and women of all ages will be allowed…

Canada’s Defense and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney is condemning the terrorist attacks across Israel and stressing that the Conservative party will continue to stand alongside Israel. “Canada condemns in the strongest terms possible the recent wave of terror attacks against Israeli civilians that has resulted in a number of tragic deaths and injuries. Our thoughts…

Iran’s test of a ballistic missile earlier this week was a clear violation of a UN Security Council resolution and sends “a worrying message”, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said on Thursday, according to Reuters. The statement came after Iran tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile on Sunday, a move the United States later…

The Shabbos Project is back, and after getting over one million Jews to observe the Sabbath last October, it aims to get even more Jews to unite – and it has recruited world famous singer Matisyahu for the effort. South Africa’s Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein started the project locally in South Africa, and last October it spread…

Radical Arab MK Hanin Zoabi of the Joint List accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of giving orders to “execute” Arab terrorists conducting attacks, who she claimed were actually innocent despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. The MK, who has vocally supported Hamas in the past, said in a statement Wednesday night that “the occupation regime reasons that…

Calls are increasing for Israel to take advantage of the current situation and effect the beginning of a long-term solution by officially dissolving the Oslo Accords. Mayor Avi Naim of Beit Aryeh, in south-western Samaria, says the current wave of Palestinian terrorism is rooted in the Oslo Accords. Analyst Dr. Aaron Lerner says now is…

Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan asserted on Thursday that the US State Department has always been hostile to Israel, and still is. Responding to the State Department’s claim that Israel had used “unreasonable force” to fight terrorists, Erdan told Army Radio that while the US could be expected to comment on violence in the region, “for the State Department to…

IDF troops were dispatched Wednesday to six cities in Israel to provide assistance to the police working ceaselessly in the past several weeks to protect the public as Arabs continue to conduct terror attacks and riot throughout the country. The soldiers are being deployed to provide assistance to the police – but also to calm a…

An IDF officer reportedly fired a shot into the air on Thursday morning, while traveling north on a train in the northern city of Haifa.  An initial investigation conducted by Haifa police indicates that due to an increased sense of vigilance and irritability – a result of the ongoing wave of Arab terror in Israel –…

The defense establishment is expected to move forward with plans to construct a massive fence along the border with Gaza, similar to one existing along the Israeli-Egyptian border.  After a year of working on plans but no allocation of funds, the IDF’s Southern Command is finally expected to receive the greenlight for the construction of a 65-km-long tall…

A British woman who fled the Islamic State (ISIS) group with her five children after travelling to Syria described the experience as “not my cup of tea” in an interview on Wednesday quoted by AFP. Shukee Begum, 33, travelled to Syria with her children to find her husband Jamal al-Harith, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened the doors of a secret underground missile base to state TV, showing off medium- and long-range missiles, The Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday. The station aired footage of long tunnels with ready-to-fire missiles on the back of trucks, according to AP. The broadcast said the facility is one of hundreds of…

New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) flew to Israel on Wednesday to show support for the Jewish state against an ongoing wave of deadly Arab terror.  As part of the four-day solidarity mission, Hikind and a group of New Yorkers will tour Jerusalem, pay respects to families of terror victims and survivors of terror attacks, and visit thousands…

Nazareth District Court has accepted a request by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon to place a 19-year-old Arab Israeli woman under administrative detention, after she expressed her intention to become a “martyr” on social media. The woman, a resident of northern Israel who cannot be named for legal reasons, can now be held for three months without charge. Yaalon…

Hours after it was revealed that Secretary of State John Kerry had blamed the latest terror wave in Israel on “settlements”, namely, the existence of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, the State Department backtracked on those remarks. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening and quoted by Reuters, State Department spokesman John Kirby said Kerry…

After accusing Israel of violating the status quo on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as well as using “excessive force” against Arab terrorists, US State Department spokesman John Kirby issued a semi-retraction.  At a daily briefing on Wednesday, Kirby essentially blamed Arab terror on Israeli policies over the Mount, claiming “well, certainly, the status quo…

After several delays, an order to demolish a synagogue in the Jerusalem suburb of Givat Ze’ev is finally set to go into effect – but residents and supporters are hoping for a last-minute miracle that will spare the structure. The Ayelet Hashahar synagogue, which has been in use for over 20 years, was slated to…

Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and currently a Yesh Atid MK, has proposed that the Knesset open its winter and summer sessions with the singing of the national anthem, Hatikvah. In recent years, said Oren, there has been a gradual deterioration in the conception of Israel as the national homeland of…

The family of Lt. Hadar Goldin welcomed on Thursday the Israeli government’s decision not to return the body of terrorists to their families. Goldin was killed during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014; his body was kidnapped by Hamas in Gaza and has still not been recovered.  As part of a slew of new security…

 A man is in custody in Austria after he and three accomplices assaulted a cyclist and carved a swastika into his forehead, prosecutors said Thursday. The victim had been cycling through the town of Bad Fischau-Brunn, south of Vienna, when the masked suspects pushed him to the ground, beat him and attacked him with a…

The Palestinian Authority wants the United Nations to consider deploying military “protection force” in Jerusalem to help quell violence, the PA envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday. The proposal would be included in a draft resolution aimed at defusing weeks of violence, largely consisting of a series of brutal Arab-on-Jew terrorist attacks, which many fear could still spiral further…

The United States released a bleak report into the state of religious freedom around the world Wednesday, decrying jihadist attacks on Middle East minorities and a rise in European anti-Semitism. In its annual survey of religious discrimination, the State Department said that, while many governments had worked harder to end abuses, extremist non-state actors like…

Iraqi forces have made significant advances around Ramadi and an operation to retake the city captured by the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group in May is looming, officers said Wednesday. A similar advance was also reported on the Baiji front, with Iraqi forces retaking parts of the country’s largest refinery and pushing north. “Great people, the…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed Wednesday that two of its senior officers have been killed in Syria, just days after the death of a general from the elite unit.   The Guards website announced the death of colonels Farshad Hasounizadeh and Hamid Mukhtarband, who “were martyred in recent days while advising and helping the Syrian resistance…

One person has been wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack just outside Jerusalem’s central bus station. The terrorist began his attack by stabbing a 70-year-old Jewish woman, leaving her with moderate-to-serious wounds. An alert bus driver then quickly spirited the woman onto his bus before closing the doors, keeping the terrorist out. The attacker attempted to flee the scene,…

Controversial French comic Dieudonne should serve six months in jail for alleged racist and anti-Semitic comments he made during a show in Belgium, a prosecutor said Wednesday. “His show is filled with defamatory and insulting comments which would make anyone want to throw up,” the Belga news agency quoted prosecutor Damien Leboutte as telling a…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the ‘Yehudai’ Border Police base Jerusalem, where he received an update on preparations for reinforcements to be dispatched as part of steps enacted Tuesday night to increase the fight against terror.  Netanyahu met with the Israel Police and Border Police officers at the base, including some who have actively foiled terror attacks…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hailed the connections between Israel and India as he welcomed Indian President Pranab Mukherjee for the first ever visit by an Indian president to Israel. Speaking at a special Knesset session in honor of Mukherjee, Netanyahu mentioned the cultural connection between Israel and India, and also noted the two…

Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid on Wednesday blasted the UN’s agency for “Palestinian refugees”, UNRWA, over its statement on Monday in which it expressed “deep alarm” at the loss of Palestinian terrorists’ lives, but completely ignored the Israeli victims in the latest terror wave. “Your organization, which has consistently shown a total disregard for…

Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it had suspended flights over Iran and the Caspian Sea after an aviation safety body issued a warning about Russian missiles being fired at Syria, while some European airlines have also taken measures. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) took action to avoid a repeat of the tragedy involving Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down…

The Palestinian BDS National Committee is calling on its followers to show a “wave of solidarity with Palestinian Popular Resistance” [sic]. A statement on the movement’s official website praises the “new generation of Palestinians… rising up against Israel.” While it does not ask sympathizers to carry out attacks themselves, it does tell them to support…

The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist movement on Wednesday backed a campaign of Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israelis, describing them as resistance and an “intifada.” “I emphasize our absolute support for the rights of the Palestinian people and their intifada,” Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address ahead of the Shiite Muslim religious holiday Ashura. “It is incumbent…

Israeli politicians on Wednesday evening condemned the speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, in which he accused Israel of “executing” a 13-year-old Palestinian teenager – one of two teenage Arab terrorists who carried out a brutal stabbing spree in Jerusalem on Monday. In the same speech, Abbas also claimed that Israel is seeking…

After earlier having condemned the latest terror wave in Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he will travel to the region soon to try to calm violence between Palestinians and Israelis. “I will go there soon, at some point appropriately, and try to work to reengage and see if we can’t move that…

An 18-year-old Palestinian Arab, his face covered with the black-and-white keffiyeh iconic of arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat, promises to continue the terror war against Israel. “We’re going to keep throwing rocks at soldiers,” he said near an IDF security checkpoint near Ramallah in Samaria, where Arab terrorists have been gathering daily to riot and attack the soldiers. Showing how the Palestinian Authority (PA)…

The United States admitted on Tuesday that a recent Iranian missile test was a violation of a UN resolution, but said that would not affect the implementation of the nuclear deal signed with world powers. Speaking to reporters and quoted by The Associated Press (AP), White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there are “strong indications”…

Anti-Israel sentiments continue in South Africa, where the ruling party has recommended to citizens not to travel to Israel. The African National Congress’ (ANC) National General Council recommended on Sunday that travel to Israel be discouraged unless it promotes solidarity with the “Palestinian struggle”, according to the International Online news website. There was strong consensus…

Military commanders from Russia and the United States will hold another round of talks Wednesday on how to stay out of each other’s way in the skies over Syria, American Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Tuesday. Carter announced the latest “de-confliction” talks as jets from both countries pounded targets in the war-torn Middle Eastern…

NASA and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) signed an important new civil space agreement on Tuesday, significantly increasing the cooperation between the two bodies. Menachem Kidron, director general of the ISA which is a division of the Science Ministry, signed the agreement with NSA Administrator Charles Bolden. “This is an important day between the United States and…

This week’s Temple Talk welcomes in the new month of Mar Cheshvan, the month of Noah’s flood and the future Holy Temple. But the new month starts against the backdrop of the heinous murders that have taken place all over Israel, and today’s horrific casualties from two terror attacks in Jerusalem. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi…

The Security Cabinet on Wednesday approved the suggestion of Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) not to return the bodies of Arab terrorists who are killed while conducting attacks to their families. The Cabinet is likewise considering Erdan’s suggestion to bury the terrorists at cemeteries belonging to the IDF that are located at the extreme edges of the…

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee began his visit to Israel – the first ever official visit by an Indian president – on Wednesday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. President Reuven Rivlin hosted the visiting dignitary, and the two held a review of a guard of honor before being welcomed by a wide array of Israeli and visiting…

A gag order on the identity of the second victim of the lethal terror attack in Jerusalem’s southeastern Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, which took place Tuesday, was lifted on Wednesday. The murdered man was identified as 51-year-old Alon Guverg. He lived alone in the neighborhood.  His funeral is to be held at 5 p.m., leaving from the…

A day after two lethal attacks rocked Jerusalem and left three Jews murdered, the IDF is preparing to implement the decisions of the Security Cabinet and reinforce the police presence in the capital. Throughout the day on Wednesday, six entire military companies consisting of over 1,000 IDF combat soldiers are due to arrive in Jerusalem to…

A serious case of anti-Semitic violence occurred on Tuesday in London’s Stamford Hill, which is home to a large Jewish population, amid a day of verbal assaults targeting Jews in the British metropolis. The Campaign Against Antisemitism reported that the first incident of the day occurred when “young Asian men,” a term often used for Muslims, shouted anti-Semitic…

Two top officers in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) were killed while taking part in the bloody fighting in Syria, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported late Tuesday. The two officers, named as Maj. Gen. Farshad Hasounizadeh and Brig. Hamid Mokhtarband, were said to have been killed on Monday while fighting Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists. The Iranian…

Haim Habib, 78, has been named as one of two fatalities in the stabbing and shooting attack on a bus in the capital’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on Tuesday.  Habib’s wife, Shoshana, remains hospitalized in serious condition in Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.  Police concluded on Tuesday evening that two Israelis were killed and seven more…

An ISIS spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday the killing of the jihadist organization’s second in command in a US air strike earlier this year, AFP reports. “America is rejoicing over the killing of Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi and considers this a great victory,” Abu Mohamed al-Adnani said in an audio recording posted on jihadist websites. “I will…

The IDF has issued a new set of procedural guidelines for soldiers as Israel continues to battle a latest wave of violent Arab terror.  Originating in the Tel HaShomer base, the directives have also circulated to a number of additional military bases in the Jewish state.  Commanders at the Tel HaShomer base in central Israel have…

The United States condemned on Tuesday the latest round of deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians by Arab attackers. The US State Department issued a statement after two Israelis were killed when two terrorists attacked passengers with knives and a gun on a bus in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood.  In a separate attack, also in Jerusalem, another Israeli was killed…

To understand what Israelis are doing practically, however, Walla! News spoke to several ordinary citizens arming themselves with what they have.  “I decided to keep with me an iron crowbar, a tool to save myself or to rescue others, what can be done to save the people of Israel,” Yihezkel Cohen, 29, stated to the daily. Cohen,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave a speech in the Knesset special session in memory of Minister Rehavam Ze’evi, who was killed by a Palestinian Arab terrorist in 2001 – and made it clear that significant decisions will be made Tuesday.  “Today we decide on a series of bold steps to further our war against incitement and terrorism,” he…

The terrorists who shot and stabbed Jews on a bus in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv on Tuesday were Fatah and Hamas terrorists previously involved in attacks, the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) cleared for publication Tuesday.  Baha Alian, 23, a resident of Jabal Mukhaber, was a Fatah terrorist who had previously…

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein called on the government to unite amidst a fresh flurry of terror attacks across Israel on Tuesday.  “Many citizens have been crying out for days and weeks since this wave of terror began,” Edelstein declared during a Knesset address, before urging opposition parties to join the government.  “This is the moment of truth for…

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday slammed Washington for refusing to share intelligence with Russia on Syria, accusing it of muddled thinking. Late last month Moscow launched a bombing campaign in Syria, saying it needed to target Islamic State jihadists before they cross into Russia, which has a large Muslim population. But the United States and its allies blasted Russia’s intervention in…

Channel 10 released on Tuesday night the testimony of the driver of the bus attacked by two Arab terrorists in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood earlier in the morning.  The driver described to Israel Security Agency and police investigators the first initial moments of the attack and how he miraculously survived after the terrorists opened fire and began stabbing passengers. “Two passengers…

The Islamic State (ISIS) group vowed on Tuesday to attack Russia and defeat it, as Moscow announced it had intensified its air campaign against jihadists in Syria. “Russia will be defeated,” ISIS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani said in a recording posted online and quoted by AFP, calling on “Muslims everywhere to launch jihad against the…

Hours after his spokesman condemned the latest round of terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians, Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday evening reiterated the condemnation and urged calm. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms possible the terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians,” Kerry told reporters, according to the AFP news agency. “Naturally, we mourn…

After a flurry of deadly attacks across Israel on Tuesday morning, the security cabinet has gathered in Jerusalem since 3:00 p.m. to discuss the deteriorating security situation.  Resolutions proposed to deter attacks include destroying terrorists homes with 72 hours of the attack and the revocation of permanent residency status for families of terrorists in eastern Jerusalem.  Police forces patrolling Arab neighborhoods…

Hamas and Islamic Jihad bribed a Bedouin holding Israeli citizenship with thousands of shekel to infiltrate the IDF, an indictment filed Tuesday reveals.  In 2011, a Bedouin Israeli left Israel with a permit to cross into the Sinai desert, then made his way into the southern Gaza city of Rafah via a terror tunnel.  While there,…

French authorities have asked their US counterparts to help identify a person who appears to have given orders to one of the jihadist gunmen during the Paris terror attacks in January that left 17 dead, a source said Tuesday. The mystery person contacted Amedy Coulibaly – who shot dead a policewoman and killed four shoppers in a Jewish supermarket –…

Supreme Court Justices Yitzhak Amit, Daphne Barak-Erez and Anat Baron decided Tuesday to reduce the sentence of a convicted Hamas terrorist in charge of the “civilian branch” in Jerusalem.  The justices ruled that, contrary to the decision given in Jerusalem District Court, terrorist Fouad Hamdiyeh will be sentenced to four and a half years instead of five…

A general strike was declared by Arab citizens of Israel for this Tuesday, as they decided to go out and demonstrate in support of the recent wave of Arab terrorism sweeping the state. In response, a campaign has arisen calling on Jews to send pictures of the Arab stores that are closed as part of…

Three mortar strikes landed in the northern Golan Heights on Tuesday morning, in what appears to be stray “spillover” fire from the internecine war taking place just over the border in Syria. The mortar shells fell on the Israeli side near the border with Syria. Initial details of the incident indicate that the fire was not…

Waves of forced displacement and home demolitions carried out by Kurdish forces operating in Syria’s north and northeast amount to “war crimes,” a rights group said on Tuesday, according to AFP. Amnesty International said a fact-finding mission to 14 towns and villages in northern and northeast Syria “has uncovered a wave of forced displacement and…

Representatives of the Middle East Quartet who were set to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah this week have canceled the trip at the request of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Haaretz reported Monday. The delegation, representing the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations, was meant to discuss an end to the unrest as…

Almost half of American Democrats want Vice President Joe Biden to challenge front-runner Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Monday found. The results come as speculation surrounding Biden’s intentions has intensified, with reports having him close to a decision. The declared Democratic presidential candidates, including Clinton and U.S.…

The head of Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate has issued bounties worth millions of dollars for the killing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the head of powerful Shiite militant group Hezbollah. In a voice recording released late Monday, head of Al Nusra Front Abu Mohamed al-Jolani said he would pay “three million euros ($3.4 million) for…

The head of the Syrian rebel group Al-Nusra Front, an offshoot of Al-Qaeda, on Monday urged insurgents to escalate attacks on the strongholds of President Bashar Al-Assad’s minority Alawite sect, in retaliation for what he said was the “indiscriminate killing” of Sunnis by invading Russians, Reuters reports. The audio message from Abu Mohammad al-Golani, posted…

The Hezbollah terrorist group on Monday buried a leading commander in southern Lebanon, after he was killed “performing his jihadist duties in Syria”, as the group put it. “The Islamic Resistance (armed wing) is celebrating a leader from its heroic, sacrificing forces, the martyr Hassan Hussein al-Hajj… who died while performing his jihadist duties in…

Loading… Three people have been killed and as many as 17 others injured – some of them seriously – in two near-simultaneous terrorist attacks in Jerusalem. In the first incident, a 60-year-old man was killed and 15 others wounded, eight seriously, in a shooting attack on a Number 78 bus traveling along Gallows Street in Armon Hanatziv. Magen David Adom and…

Police and border police personnel scrambled to respond to a suspected shooting attack at the Rabin Terminal, along the Israeli-Jordanian border. No casualties were reported. Soon after, police clarified that the gunshots heard occurred inside Jordan, and fire does not appear to have been directed into Israel. However, due to the sensitive security situation the…

Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi on Monday slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech in the Knesset, in which he sharply criticized Arab MKs for inciting Arabs to violence against Jews and against the state. “ Netanyahu is in hysteria, so he needs an enemy,” said Zoabi. “He is looking for excuses for his failures.” Speaking…

An Arab terrorist attempted to snatch an IDF soldier’s gun near Chords Bridge in Jerusalem on Monday evening, before being neutralized by security forces.  Loading… Initial reports suggest the terrorist got on the 185 Superbus bus, then attempted to snatch the gun from a 20 year-old soldier there after attempting first to strangle him. He…

In a strongly-worded speech, Opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog demanded that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “go home,” and take with him Education Minister Naftali Bennett, whose “policies have failed, and are leading us to another Masada,” isolated from the world and “forever living on its sword.” Herzog made the remarks at the opening gathering of the…

In his comments at the opening of the Knesset’s winter session, Education Minister and Jewish Home head Naftali Bennett said that Israel needed to take much tougher steps against the Palestinian Authority (PA). “In recent days we have gone to the homes of mourners whose family members have been murdered in terror attacks,” he said. “What…

Russia’s security services said on Monday it foiled a terrorist attack on Moscow’s public transport system by a group of Islamist terrorists, some of whom were trained by ISIS jihadists in Syria. A statement by the federal security service (FSB) said they had detained a group of people in Moscow and seized bomb-making materials they were…

Palestinian Authority and Fatah officials continue to praise terrorist murderers as “martyrs” and “heroes,” Palestinian Media Watch reports Monday, amidst an unending string of terror attacks.  “More resistance and escalation against the occupation everywhere,” he stated on his Facebook page. “Let us make the country a hell for the enemies and tell them clearly, in a way that…

A Jewish refugee from Yemen who arrived in Israel just a few days ago tells that the government of Yemen recently issued a foreboding proclamation to all Jews in the country: “Either get out of Yemen, or convert to Islam.” The information was related by the refugee to Israel’s Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation, Likud…

United States-led coalition forces have parachuted ammunition to rebels fighting Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in northern Syria, a military spokesman said Monday, according to AFP. The move follows the Pentagon’s announcement last week that it would halt its much-criticized program to train moderate rebels, and instead focus efforts on equipping pre-screened rebel leaders from groups…

Two UN-funded teachers are under fire on Monday, after they prominently featured a cartoon glorifying and romanticizing stabbings in their Facebook profiles.  United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) teachers Hiba M. Miari of Lebanon and Sawsan M. Nasser of Gaza made the cartoon their cover photos, Elder of Ziyon reports, amid an explosion of violence against…

After he was chastised in front of the country Sunday by Nazareth Mayor Ali Salem, Join List head Ayman Odeh had his chance to respond Monday. Speaking on Channel Two, which on Sunday showed Salam yelling at Odeh for “ruining Nazareth,” Odeh said that when Salem criticized him he had plenty to say, but decided…

High Court for Justice President Miriam Naor, and Justices Hanan Meltzer and Uzi Fogelman rejected outright Monday the petition of the Rabbi of the Givat Ze’ev Local Council, Rabbi YosefToledano, who wanted to prevent the destruction of the Ayelet Hashahar synagogue.  In his petition, Rabbi Toledano asked the court to grant the synagogue protection provided by international law…

The Knesset on Monday evening approved the first reading of bills toughening the punishment for rock throwers and imposing fines on parents of minors who have committed such offenses. The two bills have been transferred to the Knesset’s Constitution and Law Committee for preparation for their second and third readings. The first bill seeks to…

The northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel made more threats against Israel on Monday, defying a promise from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to blacklist the group and ignoring several major Israeli political statements.  “You should know that Netanyahu is leading you into a religious war,” Shiekh Kamal Khatib, deputy head of the movement,…

Dozens of Gaza Arabs stormed the border fence in southern Israel Monday night, attempting once again to break through to Israeli territory. IDF soldiers were able to keep the hordes back without incident. It was the fourth night in a row that groups of young Gaza Arabs attempted to enter Israel. Over the past several…

Loading… A border police officer been wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem. After some initial confusion and reports of a second casualty, police and paramedics clarified that the single victim was evacuated to hospital with light injuries, after managing to fend off the terrorist and shoot her. The terrorist who carried out the…

The heads of four regional councils in the Gaza Belt region on Sunday called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) and Prime Ministesr Binyamin Netanyahu to immediately advance stalled plans to build a barricade the entire length of the Gaza border. The local leaders, who represent the Sha’ar Hanegev, Eshkol, Sedot Negev and Hof Ashkelon regional councils,…

Iraq’s security services were attempting Monday to confirm reports that Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wounded in an Iraqi strike on his convoy. “We are still collecting and cross-checking information to reach an accurate assessment,” interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan told AFP. Iraq’s security forces said in a statement Sunday that Iraqi warplanes had struck Baghdadi’s convoy as it was…

Alla Raeed Ahmed Zayud, 20, the Arab terrorist and Israeli citizen from Umm El Fahm who on Sunday night wounded four Israelis in a terror attack, appeared in court on Monday with a smile on his face, and pretended as if his murderous attack never happened. Zayud ran over two soldiers, and then got out of his car…

EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini warned Monday that Russian intervention in Syria was a very high-risk “game-changer,” as the international community continues to seek an elusive political solution to the internecine war. “It is for sure a game-changer, it has some very worrying elements…it has to be coordinated, otherwise it risks being extremely dangerous, not only from a political point of view but…

When Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman declared last April that he would not be joining Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition, many commentators saw it as the final, vengeful act of a political has-been. “A political suicide bombing” was how some in the Israeli press described it, noting how in the process of ostensibly making…

Syria’s leading Kurdish militia and several Arab rebel groups that have fought alongside it have formalized their alliance in a new group called the Syrian Democratic Forces. The formation of the alliance comes after Washington said it was abandoning a plan to train and equip rebels to fight the Islamic State group (ISIS), and could…

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Silvan Shalom paid a visit Sunday to the protest tent erected by the head of the Samaria Regional Council across from the Prime Minister’s residence, and spoke about the latest terror incidents. In his words: “At the moment, the public really wants to see the government handle this wave…

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday about the possibility of a political solution in Syria, where Moscow has been conducting airstrikes since late September, AFP reports. The two huddled in the southern Russian city of Sochi and were joined by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and…

Israel has been besieged by an unprecedented number of terror attacks over the past two weeks, with attacks on Jews from Kiryat Arba to Afula. As the Israeli public struggles to keep up with the frequency of the attacks, one nonprofit has taken the news to an all-new level on Tuesday – by mapping them on…

Arab Joint List Head Ayman Odeh denounced tonight’s (Sunday) attack near Gan Shmuel, in which four people were injured. “I denounce this terrible attack on civilians and the very fact that there were children among the wounded breaks my heart,” said MK Odeh. “We are facing horrible days that the irresponsible and brutal government has…

The Islamic Movement is likely to be declared illegal, after ministers met again Sunday night to discuss the latest round of terror attacks, and Israel’s reaction to them. Among the decisions made in the meeting, reports said, was to move towards making membership in Israel’s Islamic Movement illegal. A separate report said that Prime Minister…

Jeremiah Wright, President Barack Obama’s former pastor, this past weekend claimed that “Jesus was a Palestinian” during a speech at an event hosted by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, reports The Daily Caller. In his speech, Wright drew parallels between the struggles of Native Americans, African-Americans and Palestinian Arabs, which he said have all…

Syria’s key opposition National Coalition said on Sunday it would boycott talks proposed by UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura over concerns about his plan and Russia’s airstrikes in the country. The National Coalition has “decided not to participate in the consultative working groups and considers adherence to the Geneva communiqué and (UN) Security Council…

Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is in an Israeli jail serving five life sentences for his role in planning suicide terror attacks in Israel, is blaming Israeli “occupation” for the ongoing terror wave in Israel. “The current escalation in violence did not start with the killing of two Israeli settlers, it started a long while ago…

As Israel is in the midst of being rocked by an unending onslaught of terror attacks, parents of children at an obligatory kindergarten in the Negev town of Ofakim located roughly halfway between Be’er Sheva and Gaza told Arutz Sheva about a surprising new threat their children were exposed to. The parents decided to launch a strike…

An Iranian judiciary spokesman said Sunday that a verdict has been reached in the case of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, the newspaper reported. No further details were offered and it was uncertain what the verdict is and whether there is a sentence. Rezaian, a joint American-Iranian citizen and a correspondent for The Washington Post,…

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned on Sunday against the escalation of violence in the Palestinian territories in separate phone calls to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas. “(I) talked now with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas on escalation of violence. Need to stop acts of terror…

Sergeant Major Moshe Chen, a police officer in the Judea-Samaria District Traffic Police who was injured Sunday in an attempted suicide bombing just outside Ma’alei Adumum, recounted his ordeal to the press Sunday afternoon.  Police initially stopped the terrorist’s car after it began smoking.  “She was suspicious, she was wearing a kerchief on her head, she spoke…

Deputy director of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Dr. Ofer Merin, spoke with reporters on Sunday afternoon about the conditions of several terror victims in the care of the Jerusalem hospital.  “Six individuals injured in recent events have been hospitalized here,” Dr. Merin said, first describing the condition of Sergeant Major Moshe Chen, the police officer wounded in…

Judea-Samaria regional leaders have decided to continue their constant vigil in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, they announced Sunday, despite calls to support Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as terror attacks on Israelis continue.  The chiefs even escalated the stakes somewhat, calling on the general public to protest en masse.  “On Tuesday, we…

Major General Yoav Mordechai, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), agreed to an interview with Al Jazeera in an effort to fight the lies disseminated by the Arab world against Israel. During the interview, Mordechai asserted that the recent wave of terror is the result of radical Islamic elements and that talks of Israel’s…

Human Rights Watch on Sunday accused Russia of being behind the use of new advanced cluster munitions in Syria, by dropping them from its warplanes or supplying them to the Damascus regime. The New York-based group said that photographs it obtained showed that the cluster munitions were dropped on Kafr Halab, a village southwest of Syria’s second city of Aleppo, on…

Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday warned Israel against “foolishness” after an IAF airstrike, which was retaliation for rocket fire, killed a pregnant woman and her toddler, AFP reports.  “This shows the occupation’s desire to escalate,” said Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. “We warn the occupation against continuing this foolishness.” The IAF struck Hamas terror targets…

A rocket was fired Sunday evening from Gaza with the intention of striking within Israel, but fell short and landing inside of the Gaza Strip. The rocket did not come close enough to set off Red Alert sirens in nearby communities. It is not yet known if the rocket caused any casualties or damage to Gazans. Channel 1 television reported…

Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak, the colorful but controversial religious figure known for his mass “conversions” of secular youth to hat and kippah-wearing believers, is at it again. On Sunday, Yitzchak said that the recent wave of stabbing attacks against Jews by Arabs was an expression of divine wrath – over the lack of care in keeping…

Palestinians last week badly damaged an ancient cave in the Gush Etzion area. The cave, which was dated from the days of Bar Kochva – some 1,900 years ago – was effectively destroyed, officials of the Gush Etzion Field School said. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Yaron Rosenthal, head of the Field School, said that in…

President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia would not deploy ground troops to Syria, where it has been conducting air strikes against what it says are ISIS targets. “We are not planning on doing this (conducting a ground operation), and our Syrian friends know about this,” Putin said in an interview broadcast on state-run Rossiya-1…

An Iranian general killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo had taken part in 80 missions in the war-torn country, mourners were told at his funeral in Tehran on Sunday. Hossein Hamedani of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards Corps became its highest-profile casualty of the effort to shore up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad when he…

A Jordanian security official last week forbade a group of religious Israeli tourists to bring in tefillin, the ritual phylacteries that Jewish men wear every weekday. The official, a report on Israel Radio said, told the group that bringing in such objects was not permissible, and demanded that they surrender the phylacteries before crossing the…

Residents in Ashkelon report hearing an explosion, then rocket sirens. The IDF reports that one rocket was fired from Gaza towards Ashkelon, but was intercepted by an Iron Dome battery. No one was harmed and there was no damage from the falling debris. Security forces are currently searching the area. More information will be updated…

A new survey has found that Israelis are strongly disappointed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership during the ongoing wave of terror attacks. Almost three quarters of respondents said that they are either “dissatisfied” (35 percent) or “very dissatisfied” (38 percent) with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s handing of the security situation. Instead, 22 percent said that…

The US and Russia made “progress” in discussions Saturday designed to avoid accidents between them in the increasingly crowded air space over war-torn Syria, the Pentagon said, and more talks are planned. Washington expressed alarm this week after Moscow failed to quickly answer proposals made during previous talks, even as Russia launched cruise missiles from…

US Secretary of State John Kerry shared his “deep concern” Saturday over the recent wave of terror in Israel, though he made efforts to treat the two sides as equally culpable, AFP reports.Kerry called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA President Abbas separately “to express his deep concern over the recent wave of violence and…

Following the recent wave of terror, people across the country have come together in protest tonight (Saturday). Hundreds of demonstrators in Haifa called for the government to take immediate action against Arab leaders who either remain silent or continue to incite against Jews. A number of local Arabs tried to approach the protesters, but police…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the mobilization of thirteen Border Police reserve companies as a “preventive and deterrent measure” following the recent wave of terror attacks. This is in addition to three companies that have already been called up. Last night (Friday), Prime Minister Netanyahu told US Secretary of State John Kerry to ensure…

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has announced that schools in the capital will go on strike tomorrow (Sunday) starting at 1:30 pm. An official statement reads:“Due to the fact that the Israeli government has not yet solved the security crisis in Jerusalem’s educational institutes, the Jerusalem Municipality, the Parents’ Association, and the City Youth Council have…

Two suicide bombers killed at least 86 people in Turkey today (Saturday). The attack, the deadliest bombing in modern Turkish history, occurred during an anti-government rally in the capital of Ankara. According to Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu, 62 people were killed at the scene while another 24 made it to hospitals before perishing. Another 186…

The Jordanian parliament on Saturday accused Israel of “state terrorism” against the Palestinian people after Israeli troops shot dead seven Gazans who tried to breach the border fence and infiltrate Israel, AFP reported. “The Israeli enemy, sapping the rights of the Palestinians on their own lands… and over their holy places, is exercising state terrorism…

In what is Israel’s United Nations Ambassador Ron Prosor’s last act, he implored the UN Security Counsel to issue condemnation over the wave of Arab terror that has swept Israel in recent days.  “In 72 hours alone, 11 terror attacks have taken place in cities across Israel. . . . Israelis are being attacked and murdered in…

Israel Police reported early Sunday morning of an explosion heard on the main road to Ma’ale Adumim, a few miles east of Jerusalem.  Police officers from the Ma’ale Adumim precinct noticed a suspicious vehicle being driven by a female Arab driver and signaled for her to stop the car for an inspection about a half mile ahead of the al-Zaim checkpoint.  The…

Kiryat Arba resident has lit the internet on fire over the weekend, after footage surfaced of him placing what he says is a piece of pork on the body of a dead terrorist killed by Israel Police during an attack on Israeli civiilians Friday.  In the video, Magen David Adom (MDA) medics can be seen performing resuscitation…

Education Minister and Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett said on Saturday night that if opposition chairman MK Yitzhak Herzog plans on joining the coalition, he will have to accept the coalition’s guidelines which say that there will be no Palestinian state. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Bennett said, “If Herzog wants to join the government…

France intends to advance a United Nations Security Council resolution on Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, senior officials in Jerusalem and Western diplomats told Haaretz on Saturday. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius made a comment to that effect ten days ago, at a meeting in New York of the foreign ministers of…

Yosef Gerson, a 29-year-old medical student in New York, has been found, the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol announced early Sunday morning, after being missing since early this week. “Missing Yossi Gerson from Lawrence just found alive and well!” the RNSP announced on Facebook. “Please do not discuss any details or rumors out of respect for Yossi…

The Palestinian Bar Association decided on Saturday that it would give an honorary lawyer’s degree to Mohannad Halabi, the terrorist who last week murdered Rabbi Nehemia Lavi, 41, and Aharon Banita Bennett, 21, in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. The Palestinian Bar Association described Halabi as a “heroic martyr” in announcing its decision to give…

Demonstrations in Gaza turned into a major security issue this evening (Saturday), after protesters broke through the fence between Israel and Gaza. The IDF says that at least 10 people crossed into Israel, near Kibbutz Kissufim. Soldiers on the scene managed to push them back and arrested four.

The heads of the Judea and Samaria local councils have called for taking down the protest tent in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house, and instead to show support for the government’s actions against terror. The supporter for the move include Beit Aryeh Council Head Avi Naim, Jordan Valley Council Head David Elhiani, Ariel…

Police shot dead a 16-year-old Arab who stabbed two haredi men in Jerusalem’s Haneviim street Saturday. The terrorist lunged at the two men, aged about 60, and stabbed them, yet they were able to get away and called out to a two-man police team that was standing nearby. The policemen made out the terrorist, with…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the mobilization of three Border Police reserve companies as a “preventive and deterrent measure” following the recent wave of terror attacks. Last night (Friday), Prime Minister Netanyahu told US Secretary of State John Kerry to ensure that the Palestinian Authority stops its incitement against Jews and Israelis, which Netanyahu…

ISIS fighters advanced Friday to the outskirts of Syria’s second city Aleppo, despite 10 days of Russian air strikes that Moscow says are aimed at routing the jihadists. Moscow announced on Friday that its raids had killed several hundred ISIS fighters and hit more than 60 “terrorist targets” in Syria over the past 24 hours,…

Three police officers from the Yasam riot-control unit were wounded this afternoon (Saturday), near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City. Two of the officers noticed the attacker as he approached them and demanded that he identify himself. Instead of cooperating, the terrorist pulled out a knife and stabbed them. Other officers at the location…

More than 100 Arabs in Ramle rioted this afternoon (Saturday), throwing stones at security forces. Police forcefully dispersed them and arrested about ten. Soon afterwards, clashes broke out between Arabs and police in Nazareth. Once again, masked rioters threw stones and blocked central streets in the city. Yasam riot police subdued the protests and arrested…

Russia’s air force hit more than 60 “terrorist targets” in Syria over the past 24 hours, Moscow’s military said Friday, significantly stepping up its bombing campaign in the war-torn country. “Sixty-seven sorties have been carried out from the Hmeimim air base,” the deputy head of the Russian General Staff, Lieutenant General Igor Makushev, was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. “Su-34M…

Oriya Dagan, the wife of the head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan, and their three children were lightly wounded on Friday afternoon in a car accident near the village of Shilo, which was caused after the car was pelted by rocks. Two other people in a second vehicle suffered light wounds as well.…

Germany and Spain on Friday urged Washington and Moscow to work together to help unlock a political solution to the Syrian war, after Russian air strikes there raised tensions. “The current priority is to seek agreement between the United States and Russia,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Madrid.  “We will not manage to launch a political process (in…

Three Palestinians rioters were killed and 17 wounded during clashes Friday near Gaza’s border, according to Gazan medical sources. The clashes came as Hamas’s leader in Gaza hailed the recent terrorist violence against Israelis as an “intifada,”  and urged further attacks. Ahmed al-Hirbawi, Shadi Dawla and Abed al-Wahidi, all aged 20, were killed when soldiers responded after…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) personally removed Islamist flags from a tree at the side of the highway on Friday, amid rampant incitement against Israeli Jews in Judea, Samaria (Shomron), and across Israel.  Bennett was returning from a visit to Peduel Friday morning, after attending morning prayers with the community; the parents of Naama…

Islamic State (ISIS) group fighters advanced Friday to the outskirts of Syria’s second city Aleppo, despite Moscow’s announcement that its raids had killed hundreds of jihadists in just 24 hours, AFP reported. With Moscow in its 10th day of strikes, the United States announced it would halt its troubled program to build up Syrian rebel…