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Rioting in Israel’s Arab towns continued into Sunday evening, in the fifth straight day of mayhem sparked by the murder of Muhammad Abu Khder, 16, of Shuafat. “Since the events began, more than 100 suspects have been arrested,” said Police Commissioner Lt. Gen. Yohanan Danino Sunday. “We still have no completed the arrests, and we…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) must locate the terrorists who abducted and murdered three Jewish teens on June 12, just as Israel located and arrested the suspected murderers of Arab teen Mohammed Khder of Shuafat in just a few days. Netanyahu was visiting the Frenkel family in Nof Ayalon.…

The secular town of Ro’i in the Jordan Valley has chosen a unique way to mark its 37th birthday: by building its first synagogue. With the help of the Ayelet HaShachar organization, the synagogue was up and running this past Friday, just  in time for the first Sabbath of its 38th year. It was dedicated to the…

Chaos continued in Jerusalem Saturday night, as attacks on Israeli Jews escalated in neighborhoods near Arab rioting. A group of Arabs hurled rocks at a young couple outside Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday night, Walla! reports. The husband took out his gun and fired in the air, causing the assailants to flee; his wife suffered light…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas spoke to the chairman of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, on Sunday, and asked him to calm the situation in Gaza. Abbas asked Meshaal to avoid escalation of the situation, which would give Israel an excuse to launch an operation in Gaza.  Meshaal reportedly told Abbas that he…

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (HaTnua) made a surprising statement regarding Israel’s security situation Sunday, calling for Israel to crush Hamas in Gaza after news surfaced that 110 rockets have been fired in a four-day period.  “First of all, according to the international community’s view against Hamas, we must act forcefully,” Livni stated, in an IDF…

President Shimon Peres addressed the tense security situation across Israel on Sunday, vowing both to bring the perpetrators of the abduction and murder of an Arab teenager to justice and to push for deterrence against Hamas.  “Mohammed Abu Khder was murdered horribly,” Peres began. The 16 year-old’s body was found last week in the Jerusalem…

The average salary in Israel in April 2014 was NIS 9,271, with 3,226,000 people employed, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Sunday. The average salary during the period was up 0.8% over the figures for the same period in 2013, the data showed. Out of those employed, the data showed, 2.1 million (65.1%) were employees…

The Israel Air Force (IAF) on Saturday night launched airstrikes on ten targets in Gaza, in retaliation for the endless rocket attacks by Gazan terrorists on southern Israel. According to a statement from the IDF, the targets included concealed rocket launchers and a weapons manufacturing site. “The IDF is prepared to defend the citizens of…

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 36 other supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi got life sentences Saturday in Cairo, CNN reported. The defendants are accused of inciting violence. An additional 10 defendants sentenced to death in June have had their sentences upheld by Egypt’s Grand Mufti, who, by law, must review capital punishment…

A third possible suspect in the abduction and murder of Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha’ar (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) was arrested Sunday, after a news expose revealed the man’s connection to the case.  Undercover police officers arrested Hamas member and suspect Hussam Dufash early Sunday morning, Walla! News reports, after the news agency reported Friday that…

A total of 110 rockets have hit Israel over the past 5 days, the Home Front Command and IDF announced Sunday, bringing the total this month to 135.  Of those, 21 were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, according to AFP.  Statistics on the deluge of rocket fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza surface just days…

Jewish Home Chairman and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett blasted Israel’s “weak” policy toward rocket fire from Gaza on Saturday night, in the wake of escalation of the attacks and a near-miss in Be’er Sheva.  “The strategy of ‘we will answer quiet with quiet’ harms Israel’s deterrence and allows Hamas to grow stronger from round to…

The United States said Saturday it was “profoundly concerned” over reports that a US citizen detained in Israel was “severely beaten” by police whilst taking part in a violent riot in Jerusalem. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States “strongly condemn(s) any excessive use of force,” in the wake of Tariq Khdeir’s case.…

Former military intelligence chief  Amos Yadlin rejected criticism over a lack of deterrence against Hamas on Saturday, insisting that the only reason rockets have not reached Be’er Sheva and Tel Aviv is due to the threat of IAF retaliation.  “It is not true that there is no deterrence,” Yadlin stated. “Hamas can fire hundreds of…

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) sharply criticized Israeli government policy on Saturday, insisting that it is responsible for the current salvo of rocket fire from Gaza.  “The policy of all governments since Hamas took power in Gaza is the wrong policy,” Katz began. “The security system has also become too conservative, and [neither] has come and…

Fifteen rockets and mortar rounds were fired at Israel on Saturday from Gaza, according to IDF sources, lightly wounding one soldier and sending tens of thousands of Israeli civilians into bomb shelters. Most of the rockets fell in the Eshkol region; however, two reached as far as Be’ersheva. Of those two, one was shot down…

Rioting by Arab extremists spread to Israel’s north on Saturday, amid increased rocket fire from Gaza and a tense security situation throughout the country. Saturday afternoon, riots erupted outside the Arab village of Arara (south of Umm-Al-Fahm; just outside 1949 Armistice lines), with a violent mob attacking Israel police forces. Two men were arrested.  In…

France has joined other nations in bolstering security at its airports, in line with a U.S. request to enhance screening for direct U.S. flights, aviation officials told AFP on Friday. The new measures “will be carried out in a way to limit as much as possible inconvenience to passengers, however delays are possible,” the DGAC…

Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) seized an eastern Syrian oil field near Iraq and inched closer to the Turkish border on Friday, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that fighters from the group seized the al-Tanak oil field early Friday. Another group,…

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ordered a senior regional party official to resign after pictures apparently showed him drinking alcohol, AFP reported. Mustafa Celebi, the head of the AKP in a district of the southwestern Mugla province, can be seen in photos posted on social…

Clashes broke out Friday night between masked Arabs and security forces in eastern Jerusalem. The clashes took place in the neighborhoods of Shuafat, Isawiyya, Wadi Joz, Abu-Tor and Umm Tuba. During the clashes in Shuafat, the rioters tried to damage an electricity pole using an electric disc. The forces are using riot dispersal means to…

Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Friday that Israel does not expect world powers to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran by the July 20 deadline. Speaking to the Reuters news agency as Iran and the West gathered for another round of talks aimed at ending the international dispute over Iran’s nuclear…

Norway’s Foreign Minister on Friday warned against an escalation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), and also made sure to point a finger at Israel as “an occupying power”. “The events of the last few days clearly show how quickly the current tense situation could spiral out of control. I urge both the Israelis…

Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft struck three terrorist targets in southern Gaza on Friday evening, the IDF said in a statement. The airstrikes came after terrorists from Gaza fired 17 rockets towards southern Israel throughout the day, of which eight were fired in the afternoon hours. “The IDF is prepared to defend the citizens of…

The United Kingdom drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar Al-Assad, the BBC reported on Thursday. The secret initiative, put forward two years ago, was the brainchild of the then most senior UK military officer, General Sir David Richards. It was considered by Prime Minister David…

The rocket fire from Gaza continued Friday night, as at least six rockets exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel. All rockets exploded in open areas, causing no physical injuries or damages. The latest attack brings the total number of rockets fired from Gaza on Friday to at least 23. Eight rockets were…

Rocket fire from Gaza onto southern Israel continued on Friday afternoon, amid reports that Egypt is mediating a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. At least eight Kassam rockets were fired towards Israel during the course of Friday afternoon, among them two rockets that were intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system over the city…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) released harsh criticism against the government’s response to Hamas on Friday, amid a constant barrage of rocket fire and rumors of peace being brokered through Egypt. “These quiet messages we send to Hamas offering a ceasefire are a huge mistake,” Liberman said Friday while visiting the city of Sderot.…

Czech Police have announced their decision to shelve the investigation into the blast that killed the Palestinian Authority ambassador to the Czech Republic, Jamal al-Jamal, after the investigators concluded that no crime or deliberated assassination was committed. The decision to call off the investigation was made in a joint statement issued by the Czech Police…

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, left the door open Thursday to stepped-up U.S. military involvement in Iraq if the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) poses a threat to the United States. “Assessing and advising and enabling are very different words than attacking, defeating and disrupting,”…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday urged international donors to increase funding for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to aid “Palestinian reform efforts,” indicating the new Fatah-Hamas unity government. IMF mission chief Christoph Duenwald said the PA is “doing a commendable job” of managing its economy, but that the global donor community needs to fill…

An anonymous American Jew has donated a Torah scroll for the merit of the souls of Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16) and Gilad Sha’ar (16), the three Israeli teens abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists on June 12. The bodies of the three teens were found north of Hevron on Monday, and on Tuesday…

The steady escalation of rocket fire from terrorists in Gaza continued Friday morning, despite the IDF’s ultimatum to Hamas the previous night to stop the rocket fire within 48 hours or else it would launch an attack. Five rockets were fired in the morning towards the Gaza Belt area and Sderot. Three of them exploded…

The mother of murdered 16 year-old Arab teen Mohammed Abu Khder is in the spotlight again Friday, this time for supporting “revenge” on Israelis in the form of violent rioting and a barrage of rockets from Gaza.   The mother of the boy said in a newspaper interview that the rise in Arab terror demonstrates “concern…

Egypt is mediating a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Friday, even as terrorists in the Hamas-enclave of Gaza continued its massive rocket barrage on southern Israel.  “There are continuing Egyptian efforts to return calm to the Gaza Strip, but no agreement has been reached yet,” a Hamas official told AFP, on condition of anonymity. Hamas “told the Egyptian…

In addition to the two Hamas terrorists identified by the IDF as being behind the murder of Naftali Frenkel, Eyal Yifrah and Gilad Sha’ar on June 12, another Hamas terrorist has been missing since the night of the abduction, Arab sources reported Friday.  Sources in Hevron told Walla! that the third Hamas terrorist, Hussam Dufash of…

As Israel is engulfed by rocket fire from Gaza and massive violent mob riots in Jerusalem and Shechem (Nablus), another terror front continues to rage on as the daily fires, suspected as being arson attacks, made landfall near Haifa on Friday. A massive fire burst out in a thorn field adjacent to the train tracks between Atlit…

Arab rioters attacked police on the Temple Mount Friday afternoon, unimpeded by restrictions imposed on Muslim worshipers to access Judaism’s holiest site due to ongoing violent riots in Jerusalem.  Police have begun riot control measures on the site, according to Yediot Aharonoth, including using stun grenades to handle the unruly mob. Multiple stun grenade explosions were heard…

Over 15 rockets, part of the roughly 40 that have been fired from Gaza in the last two days, were fired at southern Israel in a salvo Thursday afternoon that, causing two fires to break out. One of the rockets fell right next to a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council area, and another…

Family members of Shelly Dadon, the 19-year-old from Afula who was murdered on May 1, traveled to the town of Elad on Thursday to make a consolation visit to the family of Eyal Yifrah, himself a 19-year-old who was murdered by Hamas terrorists on June 12. The family of Yifrah, who was abducted and murdered…

Palestinian sources cited by Walla reported that Israel has delivered an ultimatum to Hamas to stop rocket fire from Gaza within 48 hours. Otherwise, Israel warned, it intends to launch an attack on Gaza. The sources said that the threat was delivered by Egyptian Intelligence to the head of Hamas’s political bureau, Musa Abu Marzuk,…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction has launched a full campaign calling for a violent “revolution” against Israel, following the abduction and murder of a young Arab resident of Jerusalem on Wednesday. The murder of Mohammed Abu-Khder (16) has been jumped upon by many claiming it was Jewish “revenge” for the murder of…

Footage posted online shows the extent of the rioting yesterday (Wednesday) by Arab extremists in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat, following the murder of an Arab teenager. Rioting continued Thursday. Rioters spent Wednesday clashing with police after 16-year-old Mohammed Abu-Khder was abducted and murdered by unknown assailants. Although police have cautioned that they are yet…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) continues to roll forward, adding to its collection of captured resources the Al-Omar Oil Field, the largest oil field in Syria located in the eastern Deir al-Zour province of the war-torn country, near the Iraqi border. The Islamist group has already amassed great assets during its…

A Kassam rocket fired by Gaza Arab terrorists struck a building in Sderot Thursday morning. No one was injured, but a home suffered extensive damage. The home is being used this summer as the base for a summer day camp. Miraculously, the rocket did not explode, and all the damage was sustained from the impact…

Despite Wednesday’s riots by Arabs in Jerusalem, the IDF continued with its campaign of searching for the murderers of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel, and Gilad Sha’ar, and dismantling the infrastructure of Hamas, the terror group responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the teens. Overnight Wednesday, the IDF said that it had arrested…

The Islamic Jihad terrorist group said on Wednesday that “settlers” were a “legitimate target” for “the resistance”, the Ma’an news agency reported. In a statement, Islamic Jihad held Israeli authorities and the army responsible for what it said were “continuous attacks on Palestinians, their lands and religious sites.” The statement condemned the “crime” of the…

Kassam rocket fire continued to rain down on southern Israel Thursday morning, as at least six rockets fired by Gaza Arab terrorists hit areas within Israel. Two of the rockets fired Thursday morning were deflected by Iron Dome missiles. The others fell in open areas. No injuries or damage were reported. Overnight Thursday, several other…

The UN Security Council on Wednesday night condemned the killing of an Arab teen found in a Jerusalem forest earlier Wednesday. “The members of the Security Council expressed profound sorrow and condemned in the strongest terms the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager from East Jerusalem on July 2,” the 15-nation council said,adding that…

Students at the Technion said Wednesday that they did not accept an “apology” by Murad Abu al-Hija, whose infamous Facebook post praising the murderers of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Gilad Sha’ar (16) got him in into hot water. Technion student Moshe Stern said that there had been “thousands of negative…

The IDF is planning to use a “strong hand” against soldiers it finds out have called for revenge in the wake of the murders of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel, and Gilad Sha’ar. The decision was made Wednesday, after reports emerged that an Arab teen had been killed and hundreds of people had marched…

The Shurat Hadin (Israel Law Center) organization on Thursday sent a letter to Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and to heads of IDF units in Judea and Samaria demanding that they immediately expel Hamas’ top leadership who are located in the region. “All of the Hamas leadership, whether they are Palestinian Authority parliament members, ministers, or…

In a little-noticed report on Channel Two Wednesday night, analyst and reporter Moshe Nussbaum presented information which could upend the police inquiry into the murder of Muhammad Abu Khadr, the Beit Hanina youth whose burned body was found in the Jerusalem Forest early Wednesday. In the report, Nussbaum cites contradictory statements by the youth’s parents,…

Israel carried out a troop deployment towards the Gaza border on Thursday, as rockets from the Hamas enclave continue to fall in a recent escalation of attacks. “We are moving and we have moved forces in order to serve defense activities and forward preparation, but we have no interest in escalation,” IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner…

Four IDF combat soldiers were sent to jail on Thursday morning for posting Facebook pictures of themselves with a written message calling to eliminate terrorists, as part of a massive protest by hundreds of soldiers since the bodies of the three teens were found on Monday. The soldiers, who were all members of the Netzah…

The Arab rioting Wednesday in northern and eastern parts of Jerusalem is likely to have a long-term negative economic impact on the communities where the rioters themselves live. During the course of the rioting, Arabs severely damaged three stations of the light rail system – and officials say it will likely take months to repair them. As…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is increasing security measures at airports overseas amid deepening concerns that terrorists in war-ravaged Syria are trying to develop a new generation of bombs that could be smuggled onto commercial planes, ABC News reported. In a statement Wednesday afternoon, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said his department has been…

The international operation to destroy Syrian chemical weapons entered its final phase on Wednesday, with the stockpile being loaded onto a U.S. military ship equipped to dispose of them. According to AFP, hundreds of tons of mustard gas and ingredients to make Sarin nerve gas were transferred from a Danish freighter in the southern Italian…

Riots continue in Jerusalem on Wednesday, as dozens of Arab extremists are hurling projectiles at Israeli police after three light rail stops ablaze Wednesday morning in outrage over the murder of a 16-year-old Israeli Arab.  The blazes were set in Shuafat, Asa-El and Beit Hanina, prompting the closure of the light rail in the and…

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud) called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to fire Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (HaTnua) on Wednesday and proceed with a full-scale war on terror.  “Netanyahu must dismiss Tzipi Livni and lead the Israeli government in a determined struggle against the real aggressor, Hamas,” Danon declared.   “Tzipi Livni, who still…

A total of twenty rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since early Wednesday, with fifteen fired in the past three hours.  Hamas terrorists have fired 18 mortar shells and two Kassam rocket into the Eshkol and Sha’ar HaNegev regions Wednesday. No damage and no injuries have been reported.  Two additional rockets were fired…

The United States condemned the killing of a Palestinian Arab teenager on Wednesday, assuming that Israelis did kill the teen in an apparent “revenge killing” as has been claimed by the Palestinian Authority (PA).  “There are no words to convey adequately our condolences to the Palestinian people,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement. President Barack…

Rabbi David Lau, the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, on Wednesday called on Israelis to exercise restraint amid calls for revenge on Arabs over the murder of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas terrorists. “The discourse about revenge is wrong morally, ethically and halakhically,” said Rabbi Lau. “We have to trust that the security forces will…

A rocket fired by Gaza terrorists on Wednesday night, shortly before 1:00 a.m. exploded near a home in the city of Sderot and caused it minor damages. The rocket hit a local power line and caused blackouts in parts of the city, but there were no reports of physical injuries. Two other rockets exploded in…

An Arab medical student from the Technion in Haifa published a clarification on Wednesday, after he provoked outrage over a celebratory status on Facebook related to the murder of the three Israeli teenagers by terrorists. The student wrote “3 goals for Palestine without taking part in the World Cup,” along with the photos of the…

Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft targeted 15 terror sites in Gaza on Wednesday night. According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the airstrikes targeted concealed rocket launchers, training compounds and weapons storage sites, all of which belong to the Hamas terrorist group. The statement said that the airstrikes were in retaliation for the latest escalation in…

Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) gave a speech in New York on Tuesday, at an event in honor of Gilad Sha’ar (16), Naftali Frenkel (16) and Eyal Yifrah (19), the three youths abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists on June 12 who were buried side-by-side in Modi’in yesterday. “It is Israel’s right to defend itself, and…

The Deputy Mayor of Elad, the hometown of abducted and murdered Eyal Yifrah (19) which is located to the east of Tel Aviv, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Wednesday about the massive funeral held for him, along with Naftali Frenkel (16) and Gilad Sha’ar (16) the day before. Tzuriel Krispel, the Deputy Mayor, noted “we truly had…

Twenty firefighting teams and six firefighting planes were sent to the moshav of Even Sapir on Wednesday, after another brushfire broke out near the town, which is close to Jerusalem.  The fire began in a plastics factory on the moshav, according to ZAKA, and all residents near the fire have been evacuated.  Firefighting teams have…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is warning Iran that a nuclear deal is still possible, but time is running out. In an editorial piece which appeared in The Washington Post on Monday, Kerry wrote, “All along, these negotiations have been about a choice for Iran’s leaders. They can agree to the steps necessary to…

The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Tuesday seized control of the key Syrian border town of Albu Kamal after a fierce three-day battle with rival fighters, AFP reported. A spokesman for rebels fighting ISIS as well as President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime said the jihadists took the town after pouring in reinforcements…

Israel police said they were investigating reports of a kidnapping and confirmed finding a body, but have refused to say whether the two incidents were connected. “In the early hours of Wednesday morning, police received a report of a person being forced into a car in Beit Hanina,” police spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP, referring to a well-heeled east Jerusalem…

Security forces on Tuesday night demolished the home of Ziyad Awad, the terrorist who was freed in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal and murdered Chief Superintendent Baruch Mizrahi Hy”d in April. Some news reports claim that only a part of the home was blown up. The IDF Spokesperson Unit released in a statement that the…

An Amnesty International report released on Tuesday reveals that Lebanon has been implementing a discriminatory practice, blocking entry for “Palestinians” – descendants of Arab residents who left Israel in 1948 – who are fleeing the bloody conflict in Syria. The report notes that while “Palestinian refugees” from Syria need to meet conditions for temporary residence in or…

Speaking to Arab clerics in their own language, rabbis of the Derech Emunah (“Way of Faith”) organization on Wednesday dispatched a letter in Arabic to about 50 Muslim clerics, heads of mosques and universities in major Arab towns and villages. In the letter, the rabbis described the pain felt by Jews because of the abduction…

A Palestinian Authority (PA) source told a Hamas newspaper that Egypt is in contact with Israel in an attempt to stop the Jewish state from conducting a counter-terror operation in the Hamas enclave of Gaza. Speaking to the Hamas paper Al-Risala, the source said that in recent days Egypt had received requests from PA Chairman Mahmoud…

A 2.5-year-old infant girl who complained to her parents of strong stomach pains was brought late Tuesday night to the emergency room of the Dana Children’s Hospital in Tel Aviv. Upon arriving, the parents related how they tried to feed their daughter and put her to bed, but as time passed and the girl’s pain…

Over 100,000 people visited a memorial tent in New York City for the 20th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Rebbe of Lubavitch, the New York Police Department said Tuesday.  Throngs of both Israeli and Diaspora Jews flocked to the gravesite, or ‘Ohel’, in Queens Tuesday, to give over personal prayers in…

New York State Assemblyman David Weprin has added his voice to the wave of international condemnation following the murder of three Israeli teens. “Over the past three weeks, the nation of Israel, as well as people worldwide, have witnessed an unspeakable tragedy befall three boys, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach,” said Weprin in a…

Just hours after eulogizing Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16) and Gilad Sha’ar (16) at their funeral in Modi’in on Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave another speech in the city, in which he elaborated Israel’s course of action in responding to the murder. “We are united against terrorism firmly and strongly,” said Netanyahu, who…

An IDF Spokesperson statement was released on Tuesday night, summarizing Operation Brother’s Keeper which attempted to rescue the three kidnapped teens whose bodies were found Monday, and who were buried earlier on Tuesday. The statement reports that since the Operation began late on the night of June 12, when Hamas terrorists abducted the teens and,…

The US State Department on Tuesday commented on the murder of three Israeli teens, on the same day the funeral for the three was held in the attendance of hundreds and thousands of Israelis. State Department spokesperson Marie Harf struck a cautious tone over who was to blame for the kidnapping, asserting that “the investigation…

Video footage reveals that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has transferred some of the advanced weaponry it has captured in its blitz conquest of Iraq to Syria – weaponry which includes long range Scud missiles. ISIS, which on Sunday declared itself an Islamic “caliphate” and proclaimed its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as…

Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud Beytenu) on Tuesday said it was time to “change the rules of the game” following the murder of the three Israeli teenagers by Hamas terrorists. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Hotovely said that increased construction in Judea and Samaria and targeted killings of terrorists were no longer sufficient as responses,…

Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated on Tuesday evening as the Security Cabinet was meeting in Tel Aviv, demanding that the government approve an extensive military operation to topple Hamas. “Israel’s power of deterrence has broken down and we must strengthen it again,” said the protesters, among whom were secular and religious Israelis, residents of Tel Aviv,…

The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned on Tuesday the murders of three Israeli youths by Hamas terrorists. “The members of the Security Council expressed their profound outrage at and condemned in the strongest terms the killing of three teenagers,” said a statement released by the Security Council. The members of the Security Council “extended…

The U.S. ship MV Cape Ray arrived on Tuesday in the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro for the transfer and destruction of about 1,300 tons of Syrian chemical weapons, reports The Associated Press (AP). The 648-foot (197.5-meter) U.S. government cargo ship has been fitted with two machines designed to neutralize the most toxic chemicals,…

Terrorists from Gaza launched a salvo of mortar shells towards the Eshkol Regional Council on Tuesday, during the very hours that hundreds of thousands attended a funeral in Modi’in for the three teens who were abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists on June 12. Five mortars were fired from Gaza according to Yedioth Aharonoth, which noted…

South Korea said Tuesday it is considering offers from plane giants Airbus and Boeing as well as Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide air refueling tankers in a deal estimated to be worth $1.38 billion. The Defense Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) said it has accepted the bids from the three companies with a goal to…

While the Obama administration struggles to speed up delivery of U.S. military assistance to the government of Iraq, Vladimir Putin has already delivered not only fighter jets but also the pilots needed to fly them, diplomatic sources told The Daily Beast. On Monday, Russian television reported the arrival of the first five of 12 promised…

Chairman of the Knesset Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defense, MK Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) called for the death penalty for the murderers of Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha’ar (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) Tuesday, as part of efforts to increase deterrence against Palestinian Arab terrorism. Speaking with Voice of Israel public radio Tuesday, Elkin called for the…

Voice of Israel public radio reported Tuesday that the administration at Haifa’s Technion university is considering disiplinary measure against an Arab medical student from northern Israel who posted a celebratory status to Facebook after the bodies of three Jewish teenagers were found Monday. The student wrote: “3 goals for Palestine without taking part in the…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah is reportedly anticipating a large scale Israeli military assault in the wake of the murder of three yeshiva boys, with PA head Mahmoud Abbas attempting to forestall such a move. According to Sky News in Arabic, Abbas has been conducting “feverish” communications with the United States and other countries,…

A new incident involving the alleged abduction of a Jewish victim took place Monday night, shortly after it was announced that the bodies of three abducted yeshiva boys had been found. Police suspect, however, that the alleged victim, a 21-year-old woman, may not have been abducted at all . The police’s 100 hotline received a…

The families of murdered yeshiva boys Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Sha’ar and Eyal Yifrah have agreed to hold a joint funeral for the three and to bury them side by side in Modiin, according to Channel 1. The funerals are expected to take place Tuesday afternoon. Authorities have just announced, as of 10 am Tuesday, that…

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired at least four rockets at southern Israel Tuesday morning, reported Voice of Israel public radio. No one was reported hurt. The Color Red siren sounded in several communities in the Shaar Hanegev, Sderot and Hof Ashkelon regions. The rockets exploded in open, uninhabited areas. One of them blew up at…

As questions linger after the horrific murders of abducted yeshiva students Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha’ar (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) linger, one group of pioneers came up with its own Zionist answer Monday: building more Jewish homes.  Activists from Women in Green joined a group of Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria to form…

Forensic findings on the body of one of the three teenage boys abducted and murdered on June 12 show that the boy put up “meaningful resistance” to his attackers, reported news site Walla on Tuesday, citing a source who was involved in the process of identifying the bodies of the teens. According to an IDF…

The tragic end to the kidnapping of the three Israeli teenagers should also spell the end for Hamas, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud Beytenu) said Monday evening. “This tragic end should also be the end of Hamas!” Danon said, hours after the bodies of Gilad Sha’ar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrah were found. “The…

Gaza terrorists continued their assault on southern Israel on Monday night, firing two mortar shells towards the Eshkol region. One of the shells exploded inside a community, causing damage to a building. One woman was treated for shock. The second shell exploded in an open region, causing no physical injuries or damages. The mortar shell…

Hours after the bodies of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar and Naftali Frenkel were found, some details are emerging as to how security forces were able to locate the bodies. Israeli media reported on Monday that the IDF was assisted in the search operation by local guides who know the region well and who offered their…

The IDF launched extensive airstrikes in Gaza on Monday night, hitting more than 30 targets in the Hamas-controlled region. The IDF said in a statement that 34 terrorist targets throughout the region were targeted in the strikes. The statement noted that the airstrikes were in retaliation for rocket fire on southern Israel. “The IDF will…

U.S. President Barack Obama condemned on Monday the murder of Israeli teenagers Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Gilad Sha’ar (16), but also called on both sides not to take steps “that could further destabilize the situation.” “On behalf of the American people I extend my deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of…

A meeting of the Israeli Security Cabinet on Monday night, in which possible responses to the murder of the three Israeli teenagers were discussed, ended without a consensus. The Cabinet is expected to re-convene on Tuesday morning, reported Channel 2 News. According to the report, during the discussion a dispute arose over the nature of…

A rocket fired by Gaza terrorists exploded on Monday night in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no physical injuries or damages. The attack is the latest in a barrage of rockets fired towards southern Israel in recent days. A total of 15 rockets were fired at Israel by Gaza terrorists…

The IDF demolished overnight Monday the homes of the two main suspects in the kidnapping and killing of three young Israelis, witnesses told AFP. The witnesses said the houses of Marwan Kawasmeh and Amar Abu-Eisha in Hevron were blown up, in what a human rights group said was the first punitive demolition since Israel halted…

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the murders of Israeli teenagers Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar and Naftali Frenkel, while Israel’s ambassador to the UN called on the Security Council to issue a condemnation as well. “The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the murder of the three Israeli teenagers abducted on 12…

The Hamas terrorist group has warned it will “open the gates of hell” if Israel sought to escalate its operation against the Islamist group in response to the murder of the three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found this afternoon. “If the occupiers carry out an escalation or a war, they will open the gates…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released an official response to the murder of abducted Israeli teens Gilad Sha’ar (16), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) on Monday, expressing grief and vowing revenge.  “With a heavy heart, we have found tonight three bodies, and all of the information we have indicates that these are the bodies…

French President Francois Hollande on Monday led foreign leaders in condemning the “cowardly murder” of three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found near Hevron three weeks after they went missing.     Hollande “strongly condemns the cowardly murder of Eyal Ifrach, Naftali Frankel and Gilad Shaer and offers his sincere condolences to their families as…

In a tragic end to an intensive search by the IDF, intelligence services and police, it has been released for publication this evening (Monday) that IDF forces have discovered the bodies of the three teenagers abducted 18 days ago as they hitchhiked home near the town of Alon Shvut in the Gush Etzion region.  Eyal…

IDF forces are currently conducting heavy sweeps of the northern Hevron Hills area, eyewitnesses say, in the ongoing search for kidnapped teens Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha’ar (16), Eyal Yifrah (19). At least one report claims that several Palestinian Arab terrorists have clashed with the large scale IDF forces in the area. Additional information cannot…

Yohai Damai, head of the Hevron Hills Regional Council, emotionally decried the murders of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Gilad Sha’ar (16). The three were found in the area of Halhoul, located in the jurisdiction of the regional council. “They murdered our sons,” Damai said. “We cannot remain silent. These murderers…

In the wake of the discovery of the bodies of three kidnapped Israel teens, business as usual at the Knesset is suspended for the time being. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein canceled all regular Knesset sessions through at least Tuesday morning, and all votes that were scheduled for Monday are to be postponed. Edelstein had already…

MKs have begun to issue reactions to the IDF’s announcement that the bodies of Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha’ar (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) were found on Monday night, with many calling for revenge against Hamas.  “The murderers of children cannot be called ‘human beings’ – we will pursue them until they are destroyed,” Deputy…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued sharp criticism against Israeli Arab leaders Monday, over their failure to condemn the abduction of three Israeli teens – more than two weeks after the fact. “Our effort to return the kidnapped boys home, safe and sound, continues – and we are not sparing any effort [in this regard],” Netanyahu…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked the international community on Sunday to support Jordan in the fight against “Islamic extremism” and to back the independence of Iraq’s Kurds, AFP reports. “We need to support efforts by the international community to strengthen Jordan and support the aspirations of the Kurds for independence,” Netanyahu said in a speech…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday received a letter from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan regarding the kidnapping of the three Israeli teenagers by Hamas terrorists. In the letter, Jonathan condemned the abduction of the three youths and demanded their unconditional release. “On behalf of the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I…

The Obama administration is concerned that terrorists in war-ravaged Syria are trying to develop a new generation of bombs that could be smuggled onto commercial planes, ABC News reported on Sunday. As a result, Washington may ask overseas partners to enhance security measures at airports and is weighing whether to do the same at home,…

A total of 15 rockets were fired at Israel by Gaza terrorists overnight and on Monday morning, marking the latest recent missile barrage since the abduction of three teens by Hamas terrorists on June 12. In the early morning eight rockets fell in uninhabited areas in the Eshkol Regional Council area; no injuries or damage…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded Monday to the barrage of 15 rockets since Sunday night, which Israel said were fired by Hamas terrorists for the first time since the 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense. Speaking in a Security Committee discussion, Netanyahu said “we are defending ourselves from the (rocket) firing attempts and firing towards Israel; yesterday…

As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, further restrictions have been imposed on Jews wishing to ascend the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. On Sunday morning, police announced that the Mount would only be open for a few hours in the morning for Jews and tourists to visit, with the rest of the day…

Europe’s top rights court will rule Tuesday whether France’s controversial burqa ban is “degrading” and a breach of religious freedom in a case brought by a woman described as a “perfect French citizen”. The 24-year-old university graduate has requested anonymity because of concern over the reaction to her lawsuit in France, where the law banning…

Hadas Mizrahi, the widow of slain Commander Baruch Mizrahi hy”d, defended the State of Israel’s decision to demolish the home of her husband’s murderer at a Supreme Court hearing Monday afternoon.  “We are talking about suicide,” she said, referring to a petition to prevent the demolition. “Look at us. We are innocent people who are…

US President Barack Obama warned that “battle-hardened” Europeans who embrace jihad in Syria and Iraq threaten the United States because their passports mean they can enter the country without a visa. Nearly 800 French citizens have spent time fighting in Syria’s civil war, most of them fighting for the radical Islamic State of Iraq and…

An IAF drone aircraft fired a missile Sunday evening at a terror cell that was making final preparations to launch a rocket at Israel, the IDF Spokesman said. “The IDF will continue to act with determination, and to any extent necessary, against every element, until quiet and routine life is restored to the citizens of…

Terrorists from Gaza fired two rockets towards the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel on Sunday night. The rockets exploded in open areas, causing no physical injuries or damages. The “Red Alert” siren was heard in the region before the rockets exploded. The attack is a continuation of the recent escalation in rocket attacks on…

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Sunday warned that the crisis in Iraq could affect the entire region, reports the Jordan Times. Speaking with a delegation of lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives, the King renewed Jordan’s keenness on the territorial integrity of Iraq and its call for a comprehensive political solution to the ongoing…

Ahmed Abu Khattala, the Libyan charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy Saturday a federal courtroom in Washington, The Associated Press (AP) reports. In a 10-minute hearing held amid tight security, Abu Khattala spoke just two words, both in Arabic. He replied “yes” when asked to swear to tell the truth…

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a $90 million dollar socio-economic development plan for Jerusalem which focuses on increased security and police presence in the area, the municipality said. “One of the main goals of the plan that was approved is to bring about a significant decline in violence by means of integrated activity to…

Gaza terrorists peppered southern Israel with rocket fire aimed at the town of Netivot Sunday evening. No one was hurt and no damage was reported. Two of the rockets, reported to be Grad Katyushas, were intercepted by Iron Dome batteries stationed near the town. The four others fell in uninhabited and empty areas and did…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), the jihadist group which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria, on Sunday declared itself an Islamic “caliphate” and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, Reuters reported, citing a statement posted on Islamist websites and Twitter. According to the report, the group has shortened…

Hamas Deputy Leader Moussa Abu-Marzouk revealed that despite the talk of a Fatah-Hamas unity government, Hamas remains firmly in charge of Gaza, and is giving the terrorists raining rockets on Israel a free hand. Abu-Marzouk, deputy to Hamas’s political bureau leader Khaled Mashaal and the man tasked with the reconciliation with Fatah, clarified on his Facebook…

A UN report leaked over the weekend claims that the Klos C weapons ship seized by Israel earlier this year indeed came from Iran, as Israel claimed – but that its weapons were destined for Sudan, not Gaza. The report did not specify why the special UN panel investigating the matter concluded that the weapons…

Rachel Frenkel, mother of Naftali, one of the three Israeli teens kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, said that she was deeply moved by the army’s efforts to find her son, along with Eyal Yifrah and Gilad Sha’ar, the other two kidnap victims. Speaking on IDF Radio Sunday, Frenkel said that she was encouraged by the ongoing…

Israeli firefighters responding to a call on the Golan Heights Sunday morning were fired upon by forces on the other side of the Syrian border. No one was injured. IDF soldiers removed the firefighters safely. The army has not yet responded to the fire. The incident occurred in the area of Ein Zivan, a kibbutz…

The two Gazan terrorists eliminated in an Israeli Air Force (IAF) precision strike on Friday were members of a jihadi terrorist cell linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS, according to senior Salafi sources inside Gaza. The IDF said the two terrorists, Osama Hasoumi and Mohammed Fatsih, were…

Agile and highly versatile, CombatGuard is the next generation of combat vehicle, engineered to tackle even the most rugged terrain. Developed by Israel Military Industries (IMI), CombatGuard can be used for anything from operational missions, urban warfare and counterterror operations, to border patrols. Creators say the vehicle is “characterized by agility, speed and lethality.” Watch:

Hours after two rockets were fired from Gaza towards the Sderot area, setting a factory on fire and burning it down, two more rockets were fired by terrorists in the Hamas stronghold on Saturday night. The rockets fell in open ground in the Sha’ar Hanegev and Sedot Negev Regional Council areas. No damage or injuries…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed sharp criticism against the European Union on Sunday, following a wave of directives from France, Italy, and Spain advising citizens abroad to prevent conducting business in Judea and Samaria. “At a period when Israel is confronting heightened threats from Hamas and other terrorist elements, the search for the abducted Israeli teens, ongoing…

Students at the Amit Strauss Technological high school in Kfar Batya, outside Raanana, recently held a major science fair, with hundreds of visitors from the town. Among the projects – a life-size simulation of the spacecraft the SpaceIL organization plans to send up into space next year. The SpaceIL craft, being built as Israel’s entry…

The government on Sunday authorized issuing an additional 500 work permits for Jordanian citizens to work in hotels in Eilat. The 500 would join about 1,000 workers who are already employed in Israeli hotels in the southern resort city. The increase is subject to approval by the Finance Ministry. Eilat hotel owners and managers have…

As more and more world leaders are becoming frustrated over the unchecked growth of radical Islam in the UK, the Obama administration has taken the unusual action of sending intelligence agents to Britain to take matters into their own hands and evaluate the threat posed to the west from UK-based extremists, according to the Daily Mail.…

Israel is “ready” to expand its operations in Gaza, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Sunday after the air force struck 12 targets overnight following a surge in terrorist rocket fire. Speaking to ministers at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said the almost-nightly military strikes on Gaza could be expanded should the need arise. His remarks…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) on Friday executed and crucified one of its own men for corruption in Syria, a watchdog and jihadist sites said, according to AFP. Photographs posted on websites showed the body and bloodied head of a bearded man with a placard reading: “Guilty: Abu Adnan al-Anadali. Sentence:…

Saudi Arabia on Thursday threatened to expel non-Muslim foreigners who eat, drink or smoke in public during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which begins this weekend, AFP reports. The interior ministry urged non-Muslims to “respect the feelings of Muslims by refraining from eating, drinking or smoking in public places, streets and at work.” “They…

The United States has started flying armed drones over Baghdad to protect U.S. civilians and military forces in the Iraqi capital, a Pentagon official said Friday, according to The Associated Press (AP). A handful of Predators armed with Hellfire missiles are being used for the mission, the senior defense official said on condition of anonymity…

The United Nations’ human rights office on Friday urged Israel and its adversaries to “exercise restraint” amid the IDF’s Operation Brother’s Keeper to search for three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped by Hamas. “Clearly these boys need to be found, that’s totally understandable, but the scale of operations and the number of people they are…

In the wake of the violent clashes that broke out during a protest by Israeli Arabs in north-central Israel, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch (Yisrael Beytenu) warned on Friday evening that there has been a radicalization among the Israeli Arab public. “These are serious statements attesting to radicalization,” said Aharonovitch, after the protesters who gathered…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed on Friday that special Middle East envoy Martin Indyk has tendered his resignation. In a statement, Kerry said that Indyk would return to his position as vice president and director of foreign policy at The Brookings Institution think-tank in Washington but would continue to serve as special adviser…

The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system on Friday evening intercepted two rockets that were fired from Gaza towards the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council in southern Israel. The attack on Hof Ashkelon followed a barrage of three rockets that were fired by Gaza terrorists and exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council. All three rockets hit open…

The United State’s special Middle East envoy Martin Indyk has tendered his resignation, after failing to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Indyk will continue to serve as an external adviser on the “Israeli-Palestinian peace process” to the Obama administration, but will return to his former position at the Brookings Institute,…

A demonstration by Israeli Arabs against the IDF operation to locate three kidnapped Israeli teenagers turned violent on Friday afternoon, as five people were injured. The protesters, who gathered in the Wadi Ara region in north-central Israel, waved Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flags and blocked roads, while calling for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and…

Over three months have passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean, setting off an international search effort and raising serious concerns over air safety around the world. But on Thursday, an official report from the Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) theorized it was a lack of cabin pressure, not the work…

The owner of a club on Jerusalem’s popular shopping street, Yafo Street, and an another man were poisoned on Friday morning. Firefighting crews were called to the scene on the main street of the capital city, responding to reports that the two had lost consciousness. A search of the environs revealed a high concentration of…

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon met Friday afternoon with the parents of the three kidnapped teens Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar and Naftali Frenkel at his Tel Aviv office, to update them on progress in the hunt for their children. Yaalon was joined by IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and head of the Israel Security Agency…

An Israeli air strike targeting a car in the Gaza Strip killed two terrorists Friday, medics said, hours after a bomb exploded near troops manning Israel’s security fence. Gazan medical sources said the raids struck near the home of Ismail Haniya, former Hamas “prime minister” who stepped down June 2 when the PA and Hamas…

Five more Hezbollah fighters were killed fighting in Syria, according to a statement by the Shia terrorist group Friday. Lebanon’s Yalibnan said four of the men were identified as Hassan Adnan Al Hammadi, Mohammad Qasim Sulaiman, Sajid Hisham Hamad and Fadi Abdallah Masarrah. The fifth casualty was not identified. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah has come under considerable strain;…

An explosive was detonated on Friday morning on the security barrier right by Kibbutz Nirim, located in the Eshkol Regional Council just outside of the Hamas-enclave of Gaza. The blast went off as an IDF patrol passed through the area, in what apparently was a targeted attack. IDF reports that no soldiers were injured, although…

Both Spain and Italy published advisories on Friday warning their citizens against doing business with “settlements,” just days after a similar advisory was published in the French-language section of the French Foreign Ministry website.  The advisories warned against business in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and Jerusalem, all areas liberated from Jordanian and Syrian occupation in…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday warned against the impending nuclear deal between Iran and the West. Speaking at the at the Israel Air Force pilots’ course graduation ceremony, Netanyahu compared the Iran agreement with the project in Syria to remove its chemical arsenal. “Above all, we have to prevent the forces of radical Islam…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he was willing to resume peace negotiations with Israel. Abbas, who spoke at a ceremony at the Russian Diplomatic Academy in Moscow where he received an honorary degree, once again placed preconditions on the resumption of talks. According to a statement that was published on the…

The Obama administration has proposed a $500 million program to train and equip the moderate opposition fighting in Syria, officials said Thursday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The increased spending is part of the administration’s annual request for supplemental funding for the Afghan war and other overseas operations, the report said. Current U.S. training…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday rejected the apology from British actor Gary Oldman, which he had sent to the ADL after remarks he made against Jews were exposed. In an interview with Playboy magazine, Oldman had defended controversial remarks about Jews made by actor Mel Gibson, claiming that “we’ve all said those things”. “He…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia on Friday for talks with King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz about the crisis in Iraq, AFP reports. Speaking on the sidelines of talks at NATO on Wednesday, Kerry announced the extra stop on his current tour, saying he would stress “the great urgency” of…

A pilot who refused to fly his scheduled United Airlines flight to Israel was arrested – with 300 passengers stuck on the plane for hours while airline officials scrambled to find another pilot. The United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv was set to leave early in the week. Usually a non-stop flight, passengers…

At least 21 people were killed on Wednesday when a suspected bomb tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour, according to Reuters. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the blast and no one claimed responsibility. However, the Boko Haram terrorist group has increasingly targeted civilians…

Germany on Wednesday extradited a man suspected to have joined Islamic terrorists in war-torn Syria to his native France, AFP reported. The 30-year-old, who was wounded in Syria, had been detained 10 days earlier at Berlin’s Tegel airport where he had arrived from Istanbul. The suspect, who also allegedly took part in a militant video…

Sweden launched an investigation against Israel on Thursday, over the IDF’s defense of its legal maritime blockade on the terrorist group Hamas’s enclave of Gaza in 2010 and 2012. The 2010 incident was the Mavi Marmara flotilla’s attempted breach of the maritime blockade; in 2012 the Estelle, a ship bearing a Finnish flag, was stopped…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that, with the IDF announcement of the identities of two Hamas terrorists behind the kidnappings of three Israeli teens, he expected Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to officially break his unity agreement with Hamas. “We said all along that it was Hamas that was behind the kidnappings,…

The IDF said Thursday evening that it has held discussions on toughening the conditions of terrorists who were re-arrested in recent days, who had been released in the deal to free Gilad Shalit three years ago. According to the deal, Israel agreed not to re-arrest the released terrorists if they did not engage in terror…

After a long renovation process two Jewish sites have undergone a comprehensive restoration and renovation process in the last years, as part of the “Ten stars” project launched by the Czech Ministry of Culture. As part of the project, aimed to revive the Jewish heritage of the Czech Republic, ten Jewish heritage sites will be renovated…

A woman and three children were killed Thursday in a crash between a bus and a private car on Highway 784 between Hanaton and Kafr Manda in the lower Galilee. The woman is the mother of two of the children, and the third child is reportedly a relative. A Magen David Adom (MDA) helicopter and…

Outgoing President Shimon Peres received the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday at the US Congress, in his farewell appearance as he steps down from his post next month. The gold medal, which features a portrait of Peres, has engraved on it a quote by the president reading: “you are as great as the cause you…

The IDF on Thursday evening authorized for publication the identities of two Hamas terrorists being hunted for being “deeply involved” in the kidnappings of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Gilad Sha’ar (16). The two, Marwan Kawasmeh and Amar Abu-Eisha, are well-known Hamas terrorists operating in the Hevron area. Security forces are…

The IDF’s elite special forces Duvdevan unit, with aid from General Security Services forces, arrested a Hamas terrorist on Wednesday in Bethlehem, Judea. An IDF source said Thursday evening that the terrorist was involved in the shooting attack last Sunday near Har Gilo, located just south of Jerusalem and to the north of Bethlehem. The terrorist…

The large brushfire near Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem neighborhood has been contained, firefighters stated Wednesday night, but stated that firefighting would continue well overnight.  “Much of the fire has been contained, and there are very few flashpoints left,” Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino told Walla! News Wednesday. “There were several times over the past few hours where it looked…

Iraqi officials accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces of taking advantage of the crisis near Baghdad Wednesday, saying that Syrian warplanes struck several border areas in Anbar province Tuesday.  At least 57 Iraqi civilians were killed and 120 wounded in the attacks, local officials told CNN, in cities controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and…

Operation Brother’s Keeper will continue at full force, the Security Cabinet declared Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after it announced that the search for three yeshiva students kidnapped by Hamas would be scaled down out of concerns for both Ramadan and Israel’s international standing.  The decision, a stunning about-face, surfaces just hours after the…

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A group of American victims of terror and family members of those who have been injured or killed in attacks sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) have moved to attach and seize the internet licenses, contractual rights and domain names being provided by the United States to the extremist regime in Tehran.  The…

Palestinian Authority (PA) officials have successfully pulled off a scheme designed to dupe the US into continuing to give aid to the Hamas-Fatah Unity government – all because of a simple name change.  According to one report earlier this month, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – the terror group behind the PA and Fatah –…

Former Arkansas governor and GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee visited the town of Tzufim in Samaria Wednesday, for a tour on life in Judea and Samaria (Shomron).  Chairman of the Samaria Regional Council Gershon Mesika briefed Huckabee on a survey of Jewish communities in Samaria, as well as plans for the future.  Afterwards, Huckabee expressed…

An Egyptian court has sentenced a Coptic Christian man to six years in jail for “insulting Islam” and stirring up sectarian strife in his village, his lawyer told AFP on Wednesday. Egypt’s constitution outlaws insults against the three monotheist religions recognized by the state – Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Kirollos Shawki, 29, was convicted Tuesday…

A large brushfire has spread Wednesday afternoon near Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem neighborhood.  Fire Department spokesman Yoram Levy told Arutz Sheva that the department has yet to contain the fire as of 4:30 pm Wednesday.  Twenty firefighters and six firefighting planes are at the scene.  Residents of Blumenfeld, Levin, and Hanetka streets have been asked to evacuate…

The United States on Tuesday expressed its support for Israel in the wake of its airstrikes on Syria Sunday night. Deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters, “We support Israel’s legitimate right to self-defense in response to unprovoked assaults” adding that “we, of course, believe that countries have the right to defend themselves.” “Recent…

Gary Oldman has apologized for defending controversial remarks about Jews and gays made by fellow actors Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin. “I am deeply remorseful that comments I recently made in the Playboy interview were offensive to many Jewish people,” Oldman wrote in an open letter to the Anti-Defamation League late on Tuesday. “Upon reading my…

The IDF will be holding a drill in the Gaza Belt, as the region of communities surrounding Gaza is known, on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. As part of the drill, there is to be heavy traffic by security vehicles and aircraft, and the sounds of explosions will likely be heard, reports Walla!. The public is…

Economics Minister and Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett announced Wednesday that he intends to lead an effort to stop Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) from continuing the policy of payment of generous monthly salaries to convicted terrorists jailed in Israeli prisons. “Did you murder Jews? Have you abducted children? Get up to 12,000…

Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor on Thursday released a report, revealing how anti-Semitic hatred fueled the Presbyterian Church USA’s vote last Friday to join the boycott against Israel. The decision by the Church to divest from three companies that provide supplies to Israeli security forces and Jews living in Judea and Samaria was led in part by the…

Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar on Tuesday issued a direct threat against Israel. Al-Zahar, who spoke at a memorial ceremony for terrorists who died in a “work accident”, declared that Hamas has rockets that can hit any city in Israel. He further said that during Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012, Hamas held a “dry…

An elevated network of hover cars is to be built in Tel Aviv, the BBC reports. A 500m loop will be built on the campus of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) followed by a commercial network, according to skyTran, the company that will build it. Two-person vehicles will be suspended from elevated magnetic tracks, as an…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening addressed participants at a Taglit-Birthright event in Caesarea, calling on them to “tell the truth” about Israel in their home countries. Netanyahu also vowed that Israel will not rest until it finds the three teenagers that were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. “We have three teenagers, they’re probably more…

Two rockets were fired back-to-back by terrorists in Gaza on Tuesday evening, only to be shot down by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system. A later rocket landed in a local community, but did not cause any damage. “Color Red” missile warning sirens were sounded twice in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council after the rockets…

Terrorists from the Boko Haram Islamist group in Nigeria have kidnapped more than 60 more women and girls in the northeast of the country, just months after abducting hundreds of schoolgirls in the same area. One of the leaders of a local vigilante group set up to counter Boko Haram’s rampage said the abductions took place…

The Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes on terrorist targets in Gaza on Tuesday night. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement that the airstrikes targeted five concealed rocket launchers in northern Gaza, a terrorist center in central Gaza and a weapons manufacturing site in southern Gaza. Direct hits were identified, the statement said, adding…

Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Tuesday criticized the United States’ release of five Taliban terrorists in exchange for kidnapped soldier Bowe Bergdahl. Speaking to Arutz Sheva at the end of his visit to Israel, Huckabee said, “These guys weren’t [jailed] for stealing bicycles or snatching gum off the counter of a…

63 Palestinian Arab prisoners have suspended the hunger strike which they have observed in Israeli jails since late April, one of their lawyers said Tuesday, according to AFP. “The strikers, who have reached an agreement with the Israeli prison authorities, have decided to suspend their action with the approach of (the Muslim holy month of)…

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) National Director Abraham Foxman spoke to Arutz Sheva at the Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem on Monday, explaining the current face of anti-Semitism in global media.  Antisemitism “is, unfortunately, a reality [. . .] it is not a fact of history, it’s a current event – and hopefully the media will cover it as a…

The IDF searched 120 more homes in the Hevron area for abducted teens Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha’ar (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) overnight Monday, bringing the total number of buildings searched so far to 1,800.  “The main effort is finding the boys, and we do everything with this in mind,” a senior IDF official…

Nearly two weeks after Gilad Sha’ar (16), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, over 15,000 IDF soldiers have conducted nightly raids in the Hevron area, arresting some 360 terrorists in a relatively short time.  But while the nights are long and the days can grow tense, soldiers on the…

A suspected car bomb blew up outside a café near a Lebanese army checkpoint in Beirut late Monday, security sources told The Daily Star. The sources said a suicide bomber blew himself up near an army checkpoint in Tayyouneh, at one of the main entrances into the capital’s southern suburbs. According to the sources, the…

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said on Tuesday that military forces loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were behind a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager.  “We received all the analyses and intelligence: it was clear that it was Syrian authorities,” Lieberman told IDF Radio.  “Assad’s forces fired at the Israeli civilian, on the vehicles that had stopped…

The International Committee For the Land of Israel and Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva (Torah academy) held a gala dinner in honor of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee Monday, in gratitude for his tremendous support for and activism on behalf of the State of Israel.  Huckabee referred to his visit at the home of kidnapped teen Naftali…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded to Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal’s blessing toward the abductors of three yeshiva students Tuesday, calling the terror organization out on the difference between its face to the international community and its statements to the Arab world.  “Last night we heard Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Hamas, praise and defend the…

The final stockpile of Syria’s chemical weapons has been shipped out of the country, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Monday. CNN quoted Ahmet Uzumcu, the chief of the international watchdog organization, as having said the weapons were loaded aboard the Danish ship Ark Futura and departed the Syrian port of…

Iran is moving to finalize plans with Russia to build at least two more nuclear power plants on the Islamic Republic’s southern Gulf shores, AFP reported on Monday, citing Iranian media reports. The announcement came as Russia’s Rosatom deputy chief Nikolai Spassky arrived in Tehran for a two-day visit during which he will meet senior…

Jewish American financier and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam have donated $5 million for the continued development of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ariel University. The couple intend to donate $20 million more, once the necessary approvals are received for development of additional programs in medical science. About 1,200 students…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said earlier Monday that the state intends to demolish the home of the terrorist who murdered Mizrahi. “I wish to commend the Israel Security Agency, the IDF and the Israel Police for the quick solution of the murder of the police officer Baruch Mizrahi of blessed memory,” he said. “I have…

The IDF stands by its assessment that the three Israeli teens kidnapped by Hamas terrorists are still alive, and officials are hopeful that the “golden clue,” the piece of data that leads to their discovery and rescue, will come in at any moment. One of the reasons officials are hopeful that the youths will be…

Security forces on Monday night arrested Samar Iwassy, a 35 year old resident of an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem. He was arrested on a variety of security charges. Iwassy was released from an Israeli prison in 2012 as part of the deal to release captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. He had been serving a 30…

The Palestinian Authority really isn’t cooperating with Israel on finding three kidnapped Israeli teens – or on anything else, according to Rami Hamdallah, the PA’s Prime Minister. Appointed last month, Hamdallah was a compromise candidate agreed to by Fatah and Hamas to head the PA’s new government. There is no security cooperation between Israel and…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sounded the warning bell about a nuclear-armed Iran on Sunday, while speaking at the first Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem. The greatest historical challenge today, said Netanyahu, “is that a militant Islamic regime does not get its hands on weapons of mass destruction.” The prime minister called this the “number one imperative…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIS) takeover of Iraq earlier this month took the world by storm, as the successive fall of several major cities in the Sunni-dominated northwest left Iraqis fleeing and world leaders shaken.  But what if the blitz military conquest could have been prevented altogether? Kurdish intelligence reported news…

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential primary candidate Mike Huckabee arrived in Israel on Sunday. On Monday, Huckabee, who is also a television host, spoke at the Knesset. ​Huckabee’s appearance at the Knesset comes in the framework of The World Committee For The Land of Israel, a Zionist American Jewish organization. The former presidential candidate…

A media gag order was lifted on Monday, revealing that the murderer of Chief Superintendent Baruch Mizrahi Hy”d in April was a released terrorist who had gone free in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap. The terrorist, Ziyad Awad, was arrested a month ago by Yamam special forces, along with his 18-year-old son in Tarkumiya, a village…

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday named the caves of Beit Guvrin-Maresha, located in central Israel, a World Heritage Site. The caves are the eighth Israeli site to be named as such within the 1948 armistice lines. Bet Guvrin-Maresha National Park encompasses approximately 5,000 dunams (1,250 acres) of rolling hills in the area south…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Monday morning commented on the IAF airstrike in Syria Sunday night, a strike which came in retaliation to an attack from the Syrian side of the Golan Heights Sunday morning that killed one Israeli. “We see the regime of (Syrian President) Bashar Assad and the Syrian army as responsible for what is…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned Israel’s close ally, the United States, against working with arch-foe Iran in the effort to pull Iraq back from the brink. Israel has consistently voiced fears that a swift jihadist offensive led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that has swept up swaths…

Brigadier General Moti Almoz, the IDF Spokesman, held a press briefing Sunday in which he spoke about the ongoing search for the abducted yeshiva boys: “According to the information in our possession,” he said, “our working assumption is that the boys are alive.” Almoz said that the political echelon and security forces are making “a…

  Mike Huckabee – television host, former Arkansas governor and former Republican presidential primary candidate – landed in Israel Sunday and went directly to visit the Frenkel family, whose son, Naftali, has been abducted by Hamas. He said he had come to show solidarity with the Frenkel family, and noted that Naftali Frenkel is an…

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck nine targets belonging to the Syrian army in the Golan Heights on Sunday night. In a statement, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed the airstrikes and said they were in retaliation for Sunday morning’s explosion on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights. The explosion, which targeted a passing vehicle,…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday visited Cairo, becoming the highest-ranking American official to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since he came to power earlier this month. According to AFP, Kerry pressed Egypt’s leaders to allow greater political freedoms, as Washington unlocked some $572 million in military aid for Cairo and hurried the…

The IDF is seeking to expand the number of people searching for three teens kidnapped ten days ago by Hamas terrorists – and is turning to volunteers who are familiar with the Hevron area for help. The army hopes that the volunteers will help in the discovery of clues that could indicate where the teens…

Immigration to Israel was up 55% this past year, Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky said Sunday. The increase was due largely to increases in immigration from France and Ukraine. Sharansky was speaking Sunday at the opening plenary of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors’ June meetings in Jerusalem.…

France’s Jewish community on Sunday elected the Jewish chaplain of the French army as its new Grand Rabbi, as it grapples with rising anti-Semitism. Haim Korsia, 51, was elected to a seven-year term by members of the Central Consistory, the top Jewish religious authority in France, defeating Olivier Kaufmann, the head of a rabbinical school,…

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud Beiteinu) on Sunday evening visited the family of kidnapped teen Naftali Frankel in the town of Nof Ayalon. Danon was accompanied by former Republican presidential primary candidate Mike Huckabee. Frankel is an American citizen, the family told Danon and Huckabee. Few in the international community have outright condemned the…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday expressed “solidarity” with the families of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, but also hit out at Israel for arresting Hamas terrorists as part of its operation to locate the three teens. In a statement outlining Ban’s conversation with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the day before, the UN chief stressed…

A terrorist was caught carrying a grenade near the Gaza border early Sunday morning, the IDF announced, between the Jewish communities of Yated and Sde Avraham.  The terrorist, who presumably crossed over through the Gaza security fence, is now under interrogation.  The Eshkol Regional Council lashed out at the Home Front Command (HFC) over the…

Racist and anti-Semitic incidents at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil continued Saturday, according to Yahoo! News, when a Nazi sympathizer rushed the field during the Ghana-Germany game. No security attempted to stop him, eyewitnesses said, as he took off his shirt to reveal a Nazi message. A photo of the incident shows a man standing…

Currently, there is no law in Israel against the sale of food products whose sell-by date has passed, but that is set to change. The Ministerial Law Committee on Sunday approved a proposal by MKs Yariv Levin (Likud) and Amnon Cohen (Shas) that will require stores to remove expired products from their shelves. Anyone who…

The murder of 19-year-old Shelly Dadon Hy”d of Afula is close to being solved, according to a report on Channel 2‘s Mako website. “Elements directing the investigation” in the Israel Police’s northern district told the website that they believe the investigation is close to fruition. Dadon’s body was found in the industrial area at Migdal…

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Saturday night launched airstrikes on several targets in Gaza, in retaliation for rocket fire on southern Israel. According to an IDF statement, the airstrikes targeted three centers of terrorist activity in southern Gaza, and another terrorist center in central Gaza. Direct hits were identified, and all aircraft returned safely…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday and told him that the information in Israel’s hands unequivocally indicates that Hamas is responsible for the abduction of three Israeli teenagers last week, adding that this needs to be expressed in actions on the ground. According to a statement from the Prime…

Ten days after Gilad Sha’ar (16), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, the IDF has widened its search beyond Hevron to include most of Judea and Samaria.  But the IDF front has not just expanded through the Hamas underground, IDF officials revealed Saturday night; it has also extended deep…

President Shimon Peres met with Esther Pollard – the wife of longtime prisoner and Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard – and the Chairmen of the Knesset Caucus to release Jonathan Pollard, MKs Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) and Nachman Shai (Labor) Sunday, shortly before leaving for Washington to meet with US President Barack Obama.   Esther Pollard…

As Israeli security forces continue their search for kidnapped teens Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Gilad Sha’ar (16), dozens of Jews and supporters of Israel staged an angry demonstration outside the PLO embassy in France. The demonstrators slammed the support that they said the Palestinian Authority was giving to the kidnappers of the…

A Syrian infant who was treated for the last two months for a heart problem is to be returned to her home country this week after being treated at Rambam Hospital in Haifa. The infant, about a year old, underwent a bypass operation at the hospital after she was brought there by her grandmother. She…

The IDF has intensified Operation ‘Brothers’ Keeper,’ IDF officials reported Sunday morning, and have searched in 1,400 different sites total since last week in an effort to locate three kidnapped teenagers.  As of Sunday, the IDF has shifted its focus to the northwest of Hevron, for a period of approximately 48 hours, they said. While…

The IDF’s mammoth effort to locate the three abducted yeshiva boys who have been missing for 10 days was concentrated in western Hevron on Saturday. A senior officer said Saturday night that three infantry brigades – the Paratroopers, Nahal and Kfir – are now concentrating their efforts on Highway 35 and Highway 60 in the…

Israeli security forces have arrested 10 more terror suspects as they press their search for three teenagers kidnapped by Hamas, the army said Saturday. “Ten people were arrested overnight, bringing to 330 the number of wanted Palestinians arrested since the beginning of the operation,” a spokeswoman said. Israel accuses Hamas of kidnapping two 16-year-olds and…

The nearly 1.9 million member Presbyterian Church USA voted Friday after a contentious debate to divest from three companies that provide supplies to Israeli security forces and Jews living in Judea and Samaria.   The 310 to 303 vote at the Protestant denomination’s meeting in Detroit, Michigan, means the group will pull financial investments out…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman is demanding the eviction of UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry from Israel, on suspicion that he has been trying to assist Hamas. Liberman intends to declare Serry persona non grata, the most serious form of censure which a country can apply to foreign diplomats. Channel 2 reported that the Foreign…

Iranians interviewed by Israel’s Channel 2 at the soccer World Cup expressed opinions very different from their leadership, regarding the Jewish state. Clearly intoxicated by the World Cup spirit, the reveling fans said “Israel is good,” and “we love Israel.” Iran was defeated 1:0 by Argentina on Saturday. The Iranians may face trouble at home, as…

Iran has sent “small numbers” of operatives into Iraq to bolster the Shiite-led government in Baghdad, but there is no sign of a large deployment of army units, the Pentagon said Friday, according to AFP. The comments by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby marked Washington’s first public confirmation that Iranian operatives had crossed into Iraq, where…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will prevent a third Arab intifada (uprising), the PA’s foreign minister declared on Friday, speaking to Reuters in an interview. “I can assure you that as long as President Abu Mazen is in charge, there will be no third Intifada,” said the minister, Riad al-Malki, referring to Abbas by…

An Amsterdam antiques gallery owner has been charged with putting up for sale a copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”, banned in the Netherlands, AFP reports. Prosecutors have charged gallery owner Michiel van Eyck with inciting racial hatred and discrimination following a complaint from a Jewish group last year, the report said. “Police issued him with…

The United Nations’ Middle East envoy, Robert Serry, on Friday spoke out against Israel’s operation in Judea and Samaria to locate the three teenagers who were kidnapped by terrorists. While Serry called for the release of the three, he expressed “deep concern” over Israel’s arrest of wanted terrorists. “The United Nations understands that these security…

A senior U.S. official said on Friday that it is unclear whether Iran is ready to take the steps necessary to assure the world its nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful, Reuters reports. The comments by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who has been leading the U.S. team in the negotiations with…

Iran has acted to eliminate virtually all of its most sensitive stockpile of enriched uranium gas, a report assessing compliance with an interim deal showed on Friday, according to Reuters. The monthly update by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has a key role in ensuring that Iran lives up to its part…

Iran informed the six major powers on Friday it would not accept their “excessive demands” after the latest talks on a permanent nuclear deal ended with no breakthrough, Reuters reports. Iran and the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany are striving to turn an interim deal signed in November into a comprehensive settlement…

The search for the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers is intensifying, and on Friday evening the IDF sent reinforcements to the area just north of Hevron, Channel 2 News reported. The move, the report said, was due to a series of new developments in the region. The IDF has declared the area a closed military zone.…

Finance Minister Yair Lapid on Friday praised Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for his “courageous” comments on the kidnapping of three teenagers, but also said that Israel had to “break Hamas”. “Abbas sits in the Arab League and says in Arabic that the abduction is a terrible thing. This is a brave stance, because…

The terrorist organization Hamas claims that the IDF destroyed the Samaria home of a Hamas leader living in Turkey on Thursday night. The claim comes after an IDF source on Thursday revealed that the leader, Salah al-Arouri, likely is behind the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens last week. Al-Arouri, who lives currently in Turkey…

In the wake of last week’s abduction of three kidnapped yeshiva students, much criticism has been lobbed at Israel’s longtime policy of releasing terrorists in exchange for captives, or within the framework of peace talks.  But on Friday, a rare word of criticism toward the policy came not from within Israel, but from within the…

Mothers from across Gush Etzion in Judea held a “Bring Back Our Boys” protest on Thursday, at the bus stop near Alon Shvut where three yeshiva students were kidnapped last week.  Shlomit Pearl, Gush Etzion Mayor David Pearl’s wife, spoke at the rally.  “During these difficult times we all unite and become stronger for our…

Israel will receive its first delivery of oil from a disputed pipeline in Kurdistan, in a sign of growing relations between the Jewish state and the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq. On Friday the SCF Altai tanker approached the city of Ashkelon in southern Israel, and is scheduled to dock sometime Saturday. The…

An Iranian court has convicted two men on charges of spying for Israel and the UK on Friday, according to Iranian state media. One of the men was sentenced to 10 years for passing on information to four separate British intelligence agents. The British “spy” was “very active during the sanctions era, giving advice and collaborating with…

The IDF arrested another 25 terrorists overnight Thursday, officials stated Friday morning, on the eighth day of Israel’s search for kidnapped yeshiva students Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Sha’ar, and Eyal Yifrah. Overnight, the Nahal Brigade raided the town of Dheisha just outside Bethlehem in Judea; the Paratroopers Brigade raided Dura, which is south of Hevron; and…

The radical Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) continues to ride high in Iraq, where it has captured large portions of the country in a blitz advance since toppling the second-largest city of Mosul last Monday. After capturing Iraq’s largest oil refinery, and becoming the “world’s richest terrorist organization” by looting 500 billion Iraqi dinars…

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird called on Thursday for the Palestinian Authority (PA areas of Judea-Samaria) and Gaza to be demilitarized. Writing in an op-ed in the Canadian The Globe and Mail, Baird noted that the day after the “shocking” kidnapping of three Israeli teens last week, Gaza terrorists fired rockets at Israel, hitting “an area of…

A rocket fired by terrorists in Gaza never made it to its target, landing in the Hamas-enclave of Gaza, reports Yedioth Aharonoth. ‘Color Red’ rocket warning sirens were sounded early Friday afternoon in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council area warning of the rocket attempt, which comes just hours after a rocket aimed at Ashkelon was shot…

Arab rioters threw rocks and bottles at police at the entrance to the Temple Mount on Friday, when Muslim visitors hold regular prayer services on the holiest site to Judaism.  Police forces dispersed the rioters Friday morning, arresting two of the youths. There were no casualties in the incident, as prayers on the Mount had…

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie and 13 others to death over violence that killed 10 people in Cairo last summer, AFP reports. Since the army ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July of 2013, hundreds of his supporters and Badie himself have been sentenced to death in speedy mass…

Yet another Canadian citizen has been observed fighting as a Jihadist in the Middle East. Farah Mohamed Shirdon, from Calgary, was seen in a video showing members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) preparing to go into battle in Iraq. Shirdon, who is seen in the video released about two months ago, was…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Thursday evening that Israel will extract a heavy price from Hamas over its kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. Ya’alon spoke at an event honoring the 101st birthday of Brig. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Pundak. He noted that Israel is in the midst of an extensive intelligence and operational effort “in…

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he is sending up to 300 troops to Iraq to help Iraqi military forces deal with an onslaught by radical Islamist terrorists, reports The Washington Post. However, Obama stressed the troops would not be combat troops but would instead operate as “advisers” to the Iraqi forces. “American…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday that although the three teens kidnapped by Hamas terrorists last week have yet to be found, Israel is closer to discovering their whereabouts. “Our first and most important task is to bring the boys home safely,” Netanyahu said Thursday at the IDF Judea Command Center. “All Israelis are united…

A Facebook group called in Arabic “Three Shalits,” a reference to Gilad Shalit, has been removed after posting pictures of impressionable young Arab children making a hand gesture extending three fingers – in celebration of the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers last week. Despite the page being removed, examples of the pictures can still be seen at…

A senior IDF source said Thursday that the search for the three Israeli teens kidnapped by Hamas terrorists last Thursday suggests that Hamas leadership abroad, and particularly in Turkey, is behind the abduction. The source told Walla! that in particular Salah al-Arouri, a Hamas leader living in Turkey, has been a key source behind terror attacks in…

The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system shot down a rocket Thursday night as it was in the air from Gaza, on its way towards the coastal city of Ashkelon. Right before the Iron Dome shot down the rocket, “Color Red” warning sirens were heard in the city. The rocket attack comes after another missile was fired…

Israel on Thursday released an official condemnation of the terror attacks in Kenya, which began Sunday and left 58 people dead. “Israel strongly condemns the two recent terror attacks in the coastal area of Kenya in which dozens of innocent people were killed,” read a statement from the Foreign Ministry.  “Israel denounces in the strongest possible…

MK Moti Yogev (Jewish Home) has proposed, along with several other MKs, a bill that would mandate a sentence of life imprisonment to terrorists convicted of abduction, an offense that currently carries a maximum sentence of 20 years. According to the explanatory notes that accompany the bill, “In view of the abduction of the three…

Johann “Hans” Breyer, 89, of Philadelphia, was ordered held without bail Wednesday on a German arrest warrant charging him with aiding and abetting the killing of 216,000 Jewish men, women and children while he was a guard at the Auschwitz death camp. Breyer was arrested by U.S. authorities Tuesday night and spent the night in…

Denmark’s largest purpose-built mosque, including the country’s first minaret, opens on Thursday in Copenhagen’s gritty northwest district after receiving a 150 million kroner (20.1 million euros, $27.2 million) endowment from Qatar, a chief backer of the Muslim Brotherhood. The longstanding political influence of the anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party (DPP), as well as the row over…

Following the tragic kidnapping of three Israeli teens, Israel’s United Hatzalah emergency service has created a special app to prevent kidnappings. The app, aptly called “SOS”, is an emergency alert app which allows users to immediately dispatch a distress call and their precise location to both United Hatzalah and the Israeli police. The LifeCompass technology behind…

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Thursday signed an order declaring the Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) group illegal. Based on the order, the organization can no longer raise money or distribute money in Israel or anywhere in Judea and Samaria. IRW, said Yaalon, is a chief fundraising front for Hamas. Posing as a “charity,” the organization…

Five Hamas terrorists were killed due to an explosion that occurred in a terror tunnel in Gaza on Thursday morning. The explosion took place to the east of Gaza City, close to the security fence separating Israel and the Hamas-enclave of Gaza, according to Arab sources referenced by Yedioth Aharonoth. Hamas reportedly denies that there were…

The United States called on Cuba on Wednesday to allow imprisoned contractor Alan Gross to travel home to attend his mother’s funeral as a humanitarian gesture, AFP reports. Gross, 65, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cuba in 2011 after being convicted of “acts against the independence or territorial integrity of the state”…

Operation Brothers’ Keeper, the search for three abducted yeshiva students, has entered its seventh day. The IDF continued to carry out arrests of Hamas members and other terrorists. There is still no sign of the condition or whereabouts of the three boys, Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Sha’ar. A senior IDF officer said that…

Outgoing President Shimon Peres hosted the parents of abducted teenagers Gilad Sha’ar, Eyal Yifrah and Naftali Frenkel in the Presidential Residence Thursday. President Peres embraced the families and heard from them about their experiences over the past days. Commenting on the nationwide solidarity for the plight of their sons, the President said such national unity…

The United States on Wednesday called on both Israel and the Palestinian Arabs to “show restraint” as Israel tightened their grip on Hamas hunting for three kidnapped teenagers, AFP reports. “We recognize this is an incredibly sensitive and difficult circumstance on the ground, and we feel all sides should exercise restraint,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters. Israeli troops have pressed their biggest…

Gaza terrorists fired two rockets towards southern Israel on Wednesday evening. Both rockets exploded in the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council. One of the rockets hit a building and caused it minor damage, and the second exploded in an open area. There were no physical injuries. The “Red Alert” rocket siren was sounded in the region,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was unimpressed by Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s remarks on Wednesday against the terrorists who kidnapped three Israeli teens, saying Abbas will be judged by actions and not by words. Abbas accused the terrorists who kidnapped the three of trying to “destroy us,” meaning the PA. He defended the cooperation…

Iran and world powers have started drafting a comprehensive nuclear agreement but still face many sticking points, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday, according to the AFP news agency. “Today we have slowly begun to draft the final agreement… but there are still many differences” over the text, the ISNA news agency…

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched airstrikes on several targets in Gaza on Wednesday night. According to the IDF, the airstrikes targeted a concealed rocket launcher and two terrorist centers in northern Gaza. Two terrorist centers in central Gaza were targeted as well. Direct hits were identified, and all aircraft returned safely to their bases,…

An 89-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested on charges of aiding and abetting the killing of 216,000 Jews while he was a guard at the Auschwitz death camp, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday. The man, Johann “Hans” Breyer, was ordered held without bail on a German arrest warrant, the report said. Breyer, a…

A short time ago, terrorists attempted to attack an IDF post near Bethlehem Wednesday night. According to reports, Palestinian Arabs in a passing vehicle attempted to run over IDF soldiers stationed near the Palestinian Arab city. The IDF fired at the vehicle; no injuries or damage to the IDF were reported.The vehicle’s trunk was damaged…

Hundreds attended a prayer rally for the safety of kidnapped teens Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Sha’ar, and Eyal Yifrah on Wednesday afternoon, in an event at the Cave of the Patriarchs also attended by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau.  Rabbi Amram Yifrah, the grandfather of Eyal Yifrah, spoke briefly at the event, in an emotional expression…

A short time ago, terrorists attempted to attack an IDF post near Bethlehem Wednesday night. According to reports, Palestinian Arabs in a passing vehicle attempted to run over IDF soldiers stationed near the Palestinian Arab city. The IDF fired at the vehicle; no injuries or damage to the IDF were reported.The vehicle’s trunk was damaged…

The IDF search-and-rescue mission to find three yeshiva students kidnapped by Hamas continues for its fifth straight day on Wednesday – but the IDF has done more than simply look for the teenagers. “Following the abduction, we have been able to arrest several Hamas terrorists that we have been chasing for a long time,” a…

MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) explained Wednesday that many of the terrorists released in the Shalit deal and re-arrested in the last few days will have their pardons anulled and will go back to jail, to serve out the remainder of their sentences. “We are starting to change the equation so that abductions do not…

Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) spoke on the kidnapping of three yeshiva students on Wednesday, at the US-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) conference at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem. “You are visiting us during difficult times,” Lapid stated. “Three of our sons have been kidnapped by terrorists. Eyal, Gilad and Naftali weren’t…

The Toronto Jewish community continues to express its solidarity with the families of the three boys who were kidnapped by Hamas last week, as a series of prayer rallies have been arranged for the boys’ safety, according to Shalom Toronto.  Dozens of people gathered outside the Israeli consulate in Toronto Monday for the latest prayer…