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Egyptian security forces cleared away anti-US protesters in Cairo as riots entered a fourth day on Saturday. One person was killed and dozens more wounded in the melee. Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in Tahrir Square overnight Friday and into Saturday as they tried repeatedly to reach the United States Embassy. The police blocked…

Amid all the cacophony of protest and violence across portions of the Middle East and North Africa, there has been little serious effort to look for deeper meanings or explanations. To be sure, the contemptible attacks on American diplomatic persons and premises were animated by the usual array of Islamist fears and Jihadist goals. The…

On Friday, 1,200 rabbis appealed to US President Barack Obama to release long-imprisoned Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard. The request came during a conference call Obama held Friday with rabbis and Jewish community leaders in advance of the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashannah – the Jewish New Year. At the start of the call, a…

Hundreds of Arabs protested Saturday in Israel in solidarity with Muslims around the world against an amateur video produced in the US that satirized the life of the Prophet Mohammed, founder of Islam. Approximately 100 protesters demonstrated peacefully in Nazareth, and about 250 other Israeli Arabs protested in other locations, according to police spokeswoman Luba…

WASHINGTON – The Jewish public in the United States seems to have taken Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel, as well as his dramatic statements about Jerusalem, in stride, as a recent poll revealed that the majority of Jewish voters in the US still support US President Barack Obama. A recent Gallup poll…

At least three people were hurt on Friday as dozens of armed terrorists, affiliated with the Salafi movement of Islam, stormed the international peacekeeping force base in the Sinai Peninsula, near the Gaza-Israel border. They were protesting the controversial film mocking the prophet Mohammed which has resulted in protests throughout the Arab world. Channel 10…

The White House has asked YouTube to review an anti-Muslim film posted to the site that has been blamed for igniting the violent protests this week in the Middle East. According to a report in the Washington Post, Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council, said the White House has “reached out to YouTube…

Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on Friday slammed President Barack Obama over his foreign policy and particularly his treatment of Israel, with Ryan saying that Obama treats Israel “with indifference bordering on contempt.” The Washington Post reported that Romney told New Yorkers at a fundraiser on Friday morning that “the president’s decision not…

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute on Friday to four Americans who were killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The two spoke at a ceremony as the bodies of U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three of his colleagues were returned to the United States. “Four…

Pope Benedict XVI issued a call for reconciliation between Christians, Jews and Muslims on Friday at the start of a three-day visit to Lebanon, as a deadly Islamist protest marred his arrival, AFP reported. Stressing the key element of his visit, he urged religious leaders in the Middle East to work to “root out” fundamentalism,…

President Barack Obama rejected, during his phone conversation with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, an appeal by Netanyahu to spell out a specific “red line” that Iran could not cross in its nuclear program, a senior administration official has told The New York Times. The official said this deepens the divide between the allies…

New York attorney Mark Langfan, a staunch supporter of Israel and a regular op-ed contributor to Arutz Sheva, challenged a U.S. Senator this week after she sent an angry letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He received no response. On Wednesday, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent…

Former Kadima chairwoman and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had harsh criticism for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday, over his sparring with U.S. President Barack Obama earlier this week. “Israel’s greatest allies, those to whom the security of Israel is important, now see Israel as isolated in the world,” Livni, who returned from meetings in…

At least three people were hurt on Friday as dozens of armed terrorists, affiliated with the Salafi movement of Islam, stormed the international peacekeeping force base in the Sinai Peninsula, near the Gaza-Israel border. They were protesting the controversial film mocking the prophet Mohammed which has resulted in protests throughout the Arab world. Channel 10…

Britain is reportedly “poised’ to evacuate its diplomats from the Middle East as mob violence against western targets continues, with an independent anti-Muslim film made in the U.S. serving as pretext for the rioting. According to the Mail Online, “Emergency plans are in place to evacuate UK diplomats and their families.” Security has been “reviewed”…

A man who claims to be the producer of an anti-Islam movie that has sparked violent protests across the Arab world and in several Muslim-majority countries says he has no regrets about making the film. “No, I do not regret it. I am saddened by the killing of the ambassador but I do not regret…

A group of Israeli hikers were attacked Friday while touring the Hevron region. Around 20 Arab men from the nearby Palestinian Authority town of Dura threw rocks at the 150 hikers, Tatzpit reports. The hikers are all members of the Facebook group Amitim L’Tiulim (Hiking Together). IDF soldiers were guarding the hikers, but were outnumbered…

Enraged Muslims in the Sudanese capital Khartoum stormed the German embassy there, setting it partially on fire and raising an Islamist banner. The British embassy was also attacked, according to the BBC. The German foreign ministry confirmed all its staff in Khartoum were safe. One person was killed in Lebanon, and five were hurt in…

A “big advance” has been made in the probe into the attack on the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city Benghazi, Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur told AFP in an exclusive interview Thursday. “We have made a big advance,” Abu Shagur said, in his first interview since his election as premier on Wednesday night. “We…

The UN atomic agency’s board approved on Thursday, with a crushing majority, a resolution criticizing Iran, AFP reported. The resolution expresses “serious concern that Iran continues to defy” UN Security Council resolutions for it to suspend uranium enrichment, a process which can be used for peaceful purposes but also in a nuclear weapon. It also…

The White House had to do some damage control on Thursday, after President Obama hinted that the U.S. no longer considers the Egyptian government an ally. Obama, who spoke during an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo, added that at the same time “we don’t consider them an enemy.” The interview was held less than…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas called President Shimon Peres on Thursday evening and wished a “happy holiday and a Happy New Year to you and all the people of Israel.” Peres thanked the Abbas for his greetings in honor of Rosh Hashanah and added, “I know that the past year was a difficult year, but…

U.S. Treasury officials on Thursday imposed sanctions on Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah and two other members of the organization, for their alleged role in aiding the Syrian government in its crackdown on opposition forces. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Treasury Department formally charged that Hizbullah has been supporting President Bashar al-Assad’s forces by…

Canada has temporarily closed its embassy in Cairo because of rioting over an anti-Muslim film, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told the Toronto Star Thursday. “As a security precaution, and to ensure the protection of Canadian staff, we have closed our Embassy in Cairo for the day,” Baird said in an email statement to the…

Several dozen Muslims from the Islamic Movement in Israel held a quiet protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv Thursday. Meanwhile, Arab members of the Israeli Knesset joined the Islamic choir of condemnation against a U.S.-made film that depicts Muslim prophet Mohammed in a negative light. Nationalist MKs warned that the Arabs are trying…

One protester has been shot dead and five others have been wounded by Yemeni police trying to control a mob attempting to storm the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a. Rioters chanting “O Messenger of Allah, O Mohammed…” launched a second assault on the American compound following an attack rebuffed by security forces earlier in the day.…

Rioting has continued at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo for a third day, with 6 police officers and 13 protesters injured in the melee thus far. Demonstrators have been hurling rocks and firebombs at police and at the American embassy compound. Security personnel have been trying to disperse the mob, which gathered near the embassy in…

Israel’s ties with the United States remain strong despite differences with Washington over how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday. Israel and Washington have publicly disagreed on the way forward in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program, which much of the international community believes masks a weapons drive,…

The U.S. Embassy in Jordan has issued the following message to U.S. citizens: “In light of attacks yesterday against official U.S. facilities in Cairo and Benghazi, The Embassy is carefully monitoring the security situation in Amman and throughout the country.  At this juncture, there is no information indicating that similar, violent actions will take place…

The United States is evacuating most of its diplomatic staff from Libya and flying them to Germany, after an attack on its Benghazi consulate that left four dead, U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday. All diplomatic missions around the world have also been ordered to review their security, a senior U.S. official told journalists. He added that…

Russia and China on Wednesday joined Western powers in rounding on Iran at the UN atomic watchdog, AFP reported. According to the report, after days of haggling, the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany hammered out a resolution criticizing Tehran, at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors in…

In addition to the U.S. ambassador, two marines and a communications officer were also killed in the strike in the city of Benghazi by an Islamist mob, according to media dispatches. Meanwhile, U.S. officials said that one destroyer, the USS Laboon, has moved to a position near the coast of Libya, and the USS McFaulis is…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday evening with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and thanked him for his decision to expel Iranian diplomats from his country and to withdraw Canada’s representatives from Iran. “Your decision constitutes an example of leadership and morality. It is an example of the correct message that the international community…

U.S. sources told CNN on Wednesday they do not believe the attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, were in reaction to the online release of a film mocking Islam. “It was not an innocent mob,” one senior official told the news network, adding, “The video or 9/11 made…

France on Wednesday joined a chorus of nations urging a peaceful solution to the Iran nuclear crisis, as French President Francois Hollande urged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to favor diplomacy. AFP reported that Hollande made the comments in a telephone conversation with Netanyahu. A statement from the French President’s office stated that Hollande stressed France’s…

Apple on Wednesday introduced its new iPhone 5, a lighter, thinner and more powerful version of its iconic mobile device. Apple chief executive Tim Cook called the launch “the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since the iPhone.” The company called the iPhone 5 “the thinnest smartphone in the world,” with an anodized aluminum body…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed Israel’s grief Wednesday over the murder of the U.S. Ambassador in Libya and three consulate workers. “Today we were informed of the tragic murder of the American Ambassador in Libya and the murder of three consulate workers in the American consulate in Benghazi,” he said. “The people of Israel grieve…

Reports and pictures from Benghazi indicate that Libyan security men may have been complicit in the murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens. According to CBS News, Wanis al-Sharef, a Libyan Interior Ministry official in Benghazi, described what happened when as angry mob fired guns and burned down the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. “He…

Prize-winning journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic doubts the veracity of the reports that a film mocking Mohammed was made by an Israeli Jew named Sam Bacile. A long trailer for the film has sparked savage rioting in Arab countries. Goldberg wrote Wednesday that he has spoken to a man named Steve Klein – “a…

US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in Libya Tuesday in an attack by Muslim extremists on the US Consulate in Benghazi. The protesters said they were angry over a film they said ridiculed the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed.The film was produced by an Israeli-American real estate developer, with expatriate…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the West of deliberately enacting a sinister plot to destroy his country’s rain clouds in an effort to bring about a damaging drought in the Islamic Republic. “Today our country is moving towards drought, which is partly unintentional due to industry and partly intentional, as a result of the…

A number of critical shortcomings in America’s network of early warning systems and missile interceptors could put the United States at risk of a potential missile attack, according to a new report by the National Research Council. The council has recommended that President Obama adopt a more aggressive missile defense strategy, similar to the one…

Libya’s head of its national assembly formally apologized Wednesday for the killing of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats in a savage attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi Tuesday night.   Mohammed Magarief told a news conference broadcast live on the Al Jazeera pan-Arab television news network, “We confirm that no…

Israeli families dropped whatever they were doing and raced for shelter once more Wednesday, as shelling from Gaza resumed in the south. Palestinian Authority terrorists sent mortar shells flying at a town not far from the Gaza border at around the time that children were arriving at school, and their parents arriving at work.  The…

The White House told Israel Tuesday that there would be no meeting later this month between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Barack H. Obama. The two had been set to meet in the days after both Obama and Netanyahu spoke at the UN General Assembly, but on Tuesday, Israeli officials said that the meeting…

Just hours after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu essentially rebuffed the Obama administration over its refusal to set a “red line” for Iran on its nuclear program, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday night that the U.S. was Israel’s chief ally, and that Israel could rely on Washington. Barak, who was holding meetings on sensitive security…

Due to the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered on Tuesday the transfer of a 250 million shekel advance to the PA from tax revenues collected by Israel. A statement from Netanyahu’s office said he consulted on the issue with Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz. The directive was communicated via Netaynahu’s special envoy,…

Alon Davidi, a member of the Sderot City Council expressed hope on Tuesday that all residents of southern Israel will be able to observe the upcoming High Holy Days in peace and quiet, despite the continuing rocket fire from Gaza. “In the shadows of the heavy threat from Iran, we should remember that everything depends…

The White House is playing down reports in the Israeli media that President Barack Obama refused to meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu because of a dispute on Iran. National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor dismissed Tuesday’s reports that Obama did not agree to meet with Netanyahu during the opening session of the United Nations General…

An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday and set fire to the building, AFP reported. One American official was killed in the attack, witnesses and officials said. Libya’s deputy interior minister Wanis al-Sharef told AFP, “One American official was killed and another injured…

An Associated Press report that new intelligence reveals Iran is moving closer to nuclear capability strengthens Israel’s position and could not come at a worse time for United States President Barack Obama. The news agency said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded that Iran has made progress in calculating the destructive power of…

Media mogul and investor Rudolph Murdoch, who is not Jewish, told an “Innovate, Invest Israel’ conference in New York City, “What was right for King David is right for me. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.” The conference is jointly sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. Murdoch also said, “Twenty years ago my company invested in…

On the anniversary of the September 11 Al-Qaeda attacks on the U.S. that killed some 3,000 people in 2001, Egyptian rioters attempted to invade the U.S. Embassy in Cairo Tuesday, tearing down the American flag and burning it. At least 2,000 people stood at the foot of the walls surrounding the embassy as about 20…

The Egyptian General Intelligence Service warned that a radical jihadi group is planning to launch terrorist attacks against the US and Israeli embassies in Cairo, the Egypt Independent reported. Israel has accused the group, dubbed Global Jihad, of being responsible for the August 5 attack in Sinai against Egyptian border guards, which left 16 dead.…

Peppers spice up the Holy Land with searing performance Adi Rubenstein Even though a bit older, and after a delay of 11 years, the Red Hot Chili Peppers still rock Tel Aviv • More than 45,000 fans get their money’s worth, accompanied by some appropriate Hebrew remarks from the band. The Red Hot Chili Peppers do…

The Afghan Taliban vowed on Monday to do everything in their power to kidnap or assassinate Britain’s Prince Harry, who has just begun serving a four-month tour of duty as a chopper pilot in Afghanistan. Prince Harry, known as Captain Wales in the British Army, is stationed at Camp Bastion in Helmand province, where he…

Iran is set to unveil a “domestically produced” cruise missile capable of being launched “from land, sea, and air” and reaching major Israeli cities, including Jerusalem, Iranian media reported. Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Mehdi Farahi announced the existence of the long range Iranian missile, dubbed “Meshkat,” over the weekend, the Mehr News Agency reported. According…

The Jewish population in Israel numbers about 5,978,600 – just 21,400 short of the symbolic six million mark, which it is expected to pass by the end of 2012. According to census stats released for the Jewish New Year, the total population of Israel, not including illegal immigrants, stands at about 7,933,200 people. Of these,…

The Nazareth Magistrates’ Court sentenced Sheikh Nazem Abu-Salim to three years in jail for incitement to terrorism and violence, and of support for a terror organization. Salim, 47, is a popular preacher who often addressed thousands with his Friday sermons. Prosecutors said his ideology is identical to that of Al-Qaeda. He was arrested in October 2010,…

Abe Zelmanowitz stayed behind to help his wheelchair bound co-worker. Daniel Lewin attempted to thwart the airline hijackers. They are among the numerous heroes of September 11 of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds.   Abraham Zelmanowitz, a kippa wearing Jewish-American, was memorialized by President George W. Bush, who said in a speech, “And we have seen our national…

The Obama administration says it will “make the case” at the United Nations for Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) talks when PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas bids for recognition of the Palestinian Authority, U.S. State Department spokesman Olivia Nuland told reporters Monday. Asked if the United States is “trying to dissuade” Abbas from making another appeal to circumvent…

President Barack Obama’s support among Jews continues to drop although most polls show his standing is n the rise among the general population. A survey by TIPP, which says it was the most accurate presidential pollster in the 2004 and 2008 elections, show that only 59 percent of likely Jewish voters will vote for the…

President Barack Obama joking poked fun at a 260-pound pizza owner, who promptly got the last laugh, bear-hugging the helpless president and lifting him one foot off the ground. Obama was campaigning in Fort Pierce, Florida, a “swing state” that could be critical in the final election tally in November. He dropped into a pizza…

The turmoil in Syria is convenient for the United States, according to Prof. Zaki Shalom, a specialist on policy, security and international relations. Prof. Shalom spoke to Arutz Sheva on Monday, and tried to explain why the Americans are remaining relatively silent as President Bashar Al-Assad continues to slaughter his own people. He said that…

Israel and the United States sparred on Monday over remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about setting “red lines” for Iran regarding its nuclear program. Israel was not thrilled with Clinton’s remarks that the Obama administration has no “deadline” for Iran. She told Bloomberg Radio that negotiations still are “by far the…

One of the most important projects in Jerusalem, the conservation and rehabilitation of the Old City walls and gates, is complete. In a statement released Monday, Israel’s Antiquities Authority said the work of preserving and stabilizing the Lions Gate in the Old city’s eastern wall has never been completed. The impressive gate is the last…

Palestinian Authority Arabs have been busy attacking IDF soldiers in various areas around Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron) on Monday, beginning from the early morning hours. An IDF soldier was wounded in a rock attack late in the afternoon by a rioting PA Arab during a demonstration in Hevron. The soldier was hit in the…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to address the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, September 26, which also happens to be Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu recently said that he will leave for New York after the conclusion of Yom Kippur. He is scheduled to meet…

Pentagon officials are calling the recently released book that provides a firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden inaccurate, after contacting other members of the SEAL team to re-confirm the details. According to CNN, Adm. William McRaven, chief of U.S. Special Operations Command, contacted the SEAL members after the book titled, “No…

Hevron Arabs firebombed IDF soldiers at a guard post early Monday. The soldiers were unhurt and shot one attacker, who was evacuated by IDF medics to Hadassah’s Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem in stable condition, AFP reported. A military spokeswoman told Arutz Sheva that the 6 a.m. attack by Palestinian Authority Arabs was on a…

The sooner the West draws a red line that Iran will not be allowed to cross, “The greater the chances that we won’t need other types of action,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Sunday night. “Iran will not stop unless it sees clear determination by the democratic countries of the world…

Lior Farhi, the security officer from Shaarei Tikva who was intentionally run over by an Arab driver Sunday morning, will be laid to rest in the military section of Segula Cemetery Monday at 2:00 p.m. Farhi left behind a pregnant wife, Naomi, and three children. New details have emerged about the circumstances of Farhi’s death. Yisrael…

IAF aircraft struck several terrorist sites in Gaza on Sunday night. According to a statement released by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the aircraft targeted a weapon manufacturing site, a center of terrorist activity and a terrorist tunnel in northern Gaza, as well as a smuggling tunnel in southern Gaza. Direct hits were detected and all…

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized his opponent, President Barack Obama, on Sunday, saying that Obama’s biggest failure is the way he dealt with Iran’s nuclear program. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet The Press”, Romney responded to Obama’s remarks during his speech at the Democratic convention last week. Obama said that Romney and his running partner…

Jews and Muslims gathered in Berlin on Sunday to demonstrate against a controversial circumcision court ruling, Deutsche Welle reported. According to the report, some of the protesters said they could not live in Germany if the practice is outlawed. “The ‘yes’ to circumcision must be secured in law,” said Lala Süsskind, who chairs a Berlin-based…

I would like to congratulate Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for taking a daring and moral step and showing leadership on Friday, and thereby sending a principled and important message to the entire world, that the dark regime cannot have nuclear weapons. I call on the entire international community, or at least on its responsible…

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Sunday that a nuclear-armed Iran was “not an option” as he called on Tehran to hold “substantial negotiations” over its controversial atomic program. “We share the Israeli concerns about Iran’s nuclear program,” Westerwelle said at the beginning of a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem.…

An August 6 opinion article by Dr. Joe Tuzara on Arutz Sheva (Israel National News) regarding Israel’s possible use of an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) bomb against Iran has triggered a chain reaction, allegedly influencing U.S. intelligence sources who have since been quoted in several publications, including the New York Post. The latest in the chain of…

Noam Gershoni, who won a gold medal in wheelchair tennis at the London Paralympics Saturday, thinks bringing honor to Israel may be more important to him than having been wounded for it in the Second Lebanon War six years ago. “I am not sure what influences me more – this, or having been wounded for…

A security officer “paid with his life” trying to stop illegal Arabs from reaching Tel Aviv, Gershon Mesika, the leader of the Samarian Regional Council, told Arutz Sheva Sunday. Police think the hit-and-run was intentional. The victim was identified as 40-year-old Lior Farchi, age 40. A Palestinian Authority driver was spotted by the security officer…

The U.S. State Department on Friday officially designated the Pakistan-based Haqqani a terrorist organization. The move by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton followed lengthy debate within the Obama administration, with many officials worried that the designation would make it more cumbersome to negotiate a peace settlement with the Haqqanis and their Taliban allies. Negotiations,…

“You win some and you lose some” is the tally for nationalists in the Cabinet, which approved on Sunday Ariel University as well as a leftist  deputy Attorney General. After a long struggle against leftist and Israeli universities vying for a larger slice of the economic pie, the Cabinet put the stamp of approval on…

President Shimon Peres has extended his New Year’s greetings to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora. “As we stand poised on the threshold of the New Year, it is my distinct pleasure to convey my heartfelt good wishes to all the Jewish communities around the world, in my name and on behalf of your brethren…

Tens of thousands of students sat home on Sunday again, due to missile attacks on southern Israel, fired by Palestinian Authority terrorists from Gaza. Among the cities canceling classes were the port city of Ashdod, and the “capital of the Negev,” the city of Be’er Sheva, where rocket attacks over the weekend prompted officials to…

Salafist terrorists’ claim of launching missile attacks on southern Israel Saturday night exposes a growing difficulty for Hamas to maintain control over the Gaza Strip. One house suffered a direct hit from the Gran missile and sustained heavy damage. Another rocket landed in an open area in Be’er Sheva, Israel’s seventh largest city. Be’er Sheva…

The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has begun moving chemical agents in the country’s arsenal to the port city of Tartus. According to diplomatic sources quoted in an interview published in the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper, the regime is attempting to create a “safe zone” for top leaders and their families. It is not clear,…

“This was a miracle,” said Grad missile attack survivor Pinny Azoulai, who was saved by an early-warning siren and a quick escape from his bedroom. The rocket slammed into one home and damaged a neighboring house. Azoulai told Army Radio Sunday he was sleeping at the time of the attack. “I heard the siren and jumped…

European Union nations waved the threat of new international sanctions against Iran over its contested nuclear drive on Saturday, as Russia complained such measures harm its interests, AFP reports. With frustration mounting over the lack of progress in talks between global powers and Iran, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Tehran has made no “substantial…

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two Grad missiles at southern Israel on Saturday night. One of the missiles hit a home in the city of Netivot. A second missile, fired at the city of Be’er Sheva, exploded in an open area of the city. Magen David Adom treated seven people who suffered injuries from the…

Egypt’s armed forces have killed 32 “criminal elements” in an ongoing operation against Islamists in the lawless Sinai peninsula, a military spokesman said on Saturday, according to the AFP news agency. Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Ali said 38 people including “non-Egyptians” had been arrested during “Operation Sinai,” which was launched on August 7, days after gunmen…

The main obstacle to Israeli-Arab peace is the Palestinian nationalist movement’s fanaticism and refusal to compromise, historian Benny Morris has said. Morris, who was once numbered among Israel’s most staunchly left-wing academics, told Haaretz, “The decades of researching the conflict… left me with a feeling of deep despair,” he said. “I’ve written enough about a…

Chabad of Midtown Manhattan has closed on its purchase of a building on 509 Fifth Ave. for just under $40 million, The New York Post reported on the weekend. According to the report, the 60,000-square-foot building sandwiched mid-block between E. 42nd and 43rd streets near Grand Central, was purchased from Norman Sturner’s Murray Hill Properties.…

Israel’s Paralympic team scored another victory Saturday with men’s tennis player Noam Gershoni taking gold in the singles tournament. Gershoni, 29, beat first-ranked wheelchair tennis player David Wagner of the United States 6:3, 6:1. Gershoni served as an IDF pilot. He was badly wounded in a helicopter crash during the Second Lebanon War. Prime Minister…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has named a date for the PA’s next statehood bid. Abbas said Saturday that he will ask the UN General Assembly to recognize a “state of Palestine” on September 27. The date is just over one year after Abbas’ first statehood bid, in which the PA sought recognition of statehood…

Hundreds of Palestinian Authority Arabs have been assaulting a Jewish village in the Binyamin region since Saturday afternoon, Tatzpit reports. Residents of the Jewish village of Esh Kodesh reported that the assault began when three men from the community were walking in one of the town’s vineyards on Saturday afternoon, during the Jewish Sabbath. The…

The European Union is considering imposing a ban on products from Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), a Greek diplomat said Friday. According to a Channel 10 News report, the diplomat said that the EU is currently considering the possibility of stopping imports of products that were manufactured beyond the Green Line.…

After nearly 18 months of dealing with an uprising in his country, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is having trouble sleeping at night, according to a Syrian journalist who previously worked at the presidential palace. The journalist, Abdallah Omar, said in an interview quoted by Channel 10 News that Assad “can sleep for only an hour…

Canada announced on Friday that it is closing its embassy in Iran and would be expelling Iranian diplomats from Canada. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said in a statement, “Canada has closed its embassy in Iran, effective immediately, and declared personae non gratae all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada. “Canada’s position on the regime…

Billionaire Haim Saban took a swipe at the even-wealthier Sheldon Adelson in an article he penned for the New York Times this week. The article was devoted to explaining why he sees Barack Obama as being better for Israel than Mitt Romney. Saban rejected Romney’s campaign claim that Obama “thrown allies like Israel under the…

Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague on Friday urged the European Union to place the military branch of the Lebanese-based Hizbullah on its list of terrorist organizations, AFP reported. “I would like to see the EU designate and sanction the military wing of Hizbullah,” Hague was quoted as having said in response to a question on…

European Union nations are exploring a new raft of sanctions against Iran as exasperation mounts over blocked talks on the country’s contested nuclear program, several EU ministers said on Friday. “We might have to decide soon a new round of sanctions in the European Union,” AFP quoted German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle as having said…

Syria accused Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi on Friday of “signing the death warrant” of a contact group trying to solve the nearly 18-month conflict by calling for regime change, AFP reported. “Syria looks positively on any initiative seeking to contain the crisis and permit a return to normal life,” Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad said…

Not everybody has been home for the political conventions. Retiring Senator Joe Lieberman, together with Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain, are touring the Middle East and have found themselves – fortuitously or not –  in Iraq in a period of tension between the United States and the predominantly Shiite regime of Nouri al-Maliki. After…

Israel’s status at the United Nations received a rare boost Thursday with the appointment of Israeli jurist, Professor Yuval Shani, to an advisory committee at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Shani is the dean of the Hebrew University’s law department and an expert on international law. Israel’s UN delegation, led by envoy Ron…

Even the staunchest advocates of President Barack Obama conceded that his acceptance speech was a bit of a letdown. They had heard better speeches from Obama and better speeches at the convention. Maybe it was difficult to see Obama come down from the Olympian heights of 2008 and now asking for more time for handing…

An Israeli-made Formula type race car, designed and developed by students of Bezalel Academy and Ben-Gurion University, raced around a  track in central Israel Thursday with flair, speed and success as students, lecturers, sponsors and friends watched with excitement and anticipation. The highly-specialized, powerful race car is a collaborative effort of the Mechanical Engineering Department…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was “at wit’s end” over the United States approach to Iran in a recent meeting with the U.S. ambassador, Representative Mike Rogers (R-Mich) has confirmed. U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro had denied earlier reports of a heated argument with Netanyahu. “It was very, very clear that the Israelis had lost their patience…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has instructed officials in his ministry to examine the possibility of a new law which would allow security officials to close Israel’s border with the Sinai Peninsula whenever there is an alert of a possible terror attack or kidnapping in the area. Barak’s instructions were made following recent assessments made by…

Western spy agencies suspect the Syrian government has dispersed several hundred tons of chemical weapons and precursor components across as many as 20 sites across the country, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The sites are being monitored, but officials told The Washington Post there is growing fear that the monitors have not identified every…

Senator John Kerry defended President Barack Obama’s foreign policy at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night. Kerry, who was the Democrats’ presidential candidate in 2004, said that he believes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s word over that of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “Barack Obama promised always to stand with Israel to tighten sanctions on…

A top Democratic official said on Thursday that a decision to ditch a party policy naming Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, later ordered reversed by President Barack Obama, was not deliberate. According to a report by AFP, the official weighed in on a row which rattled the first two days of the Democratic National Convention in…

The United States is ready to “face the challenge on every level” concerning Iran’s nuclear drive, Defense Minister Ehud Barak claimed on Thursday after meeting with the deputy U.S. military chief. “We face a common challenge but the clock is ticking at a different pace for each of us,” AFP quoted Barak as having said…

A Syrian general in charge of operations in west Aleppo has told AFP that Europeans are exhibiting “blindness” in supporting the rebels against President Bashar Assad’s regime. Assad’s forces are “the last dam that is holding back the flood of Islamists in Europe,” he said. In an apartment on the west side of Aleppo, a…

An Israeli motorist was wounded late Wednesday in a potentially lethal road terror attack while driving near a town in Samaria, north of Ramallah. Palestinian Authority Arabs hurled rocks as they passed the vehicle with Israeli license plates, in a drive-by attack from the vehicle they were riding in. The attack occurred near the village of…

A large rock-hewn water reservoir dating to the First Temple period was discovered in the archaeological excavations that are being conducted in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden, at the foot of Robinson’s Arch near the Western Wall Plaza. According to archaeologists, the reservoir and a channel leading into it may be one mentioned in the Book…

More than 200,000 Syrians have fled the savage civil war ripping apart their homeland over the past year, with 10,000 waiting to enter Turkey. Over the past month alone, at least 100,000 fled the country, according to the United Nations – comprising 40 percent of the total number of refugees since the conflict began. Up…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the three Israeli medalists of the London Paralympics on Wednesday, saying they have the “spirit of champions.” The Prime Minister met with Doron Shaziri, who won a silver medal in shooting, as well as Noam Gershony and Shraga Weinberg, wheelchair doubles tennis players, who won a bronze medal. “You are doing splendid work, congratulations to you,”…

A ceremony was held in Germany on Wednesday to commemorate the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who were brutally murdered by ‘Palestinian’ terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics Games. About 600 guests attended the ceremony at the Fuerstenfeldbruck air base, west of Munich, where Black September terrorists carried out the attack against the Israeli sportsmen.…

A study by the Central Bureau of Statistics shows that the cause of death for one in four Israelis is cancer, making the disease the number one killer in Israel. The CBS report analyzes numbers through 2010; in that year 10,380 of the 39,418 Israelis who died that year expired from cancer-related causes, far more…

The absence of Jerusalem’s status as the capital of Israel in the Democratic Party platform was no oversight, and not the result of a “bureaucratic snafu,” as some Democrats tried to claim in the face of the embarrassing flip-flop on the matter at the party’s convention Wednesday night, Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin said Thursday. The…

Iran has established a Hizbullah terrorist training base in northern Nicaragua, according to a report by local media there. Operatives are being trained at the base to attack Israeli and U.S. targets in the event of a raid on Iranian nuclear installations, according to a report quoting the media, broadcast Thursday on Israeli radio. Some 30…

On Thursday morning, hundreds of PA Arabs blocked roads and burned tires in the Ramallah area, protesting the high price of products in the PA. The Thursday protest was the latest in a series of demonstations in PA controlled area over high prices. On Wednesday, hundreds of residents of Shechem gathered in one of the…

IDF soldiers blocked an attack by Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists early Thursday morning along the border with Gaza. The terrorist cell was engaged in planting a bomb near the security fence along the northern area of the region when IDF soldiers spotted their activity. The Givati battalion targeted the cell in an operation cooperating with…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz once again stressed on Wednesday that the IDF is capable of dealing with any challenge or threat. The two spoke at a graduation ceremony for captains at the naval base in Haifa. “I look at this wonderful group which is standing here and the…

After facing sharp criticism from Mitt Romney and Republicans, the Democrats reinstated on Wednesday the language that recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel into their party platform. According to a report in CBS News, the party has also brought back the words “G-d-given” that were removed in this year’s platform. The party reinstated the 2008 language…

The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued on Wednesday a travel warning to various destinations around the world. The warning comes ahead of the Tishrei holidays, during which many Israelis travel abroad. The warning stressed that “in the wake of the string of attacks and attempted attacks that occurred this year, Iran and Hizbullah are…

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi called on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to step down on Wednesday. Morsi spoke at the annual meeting of the Cairo-based Arab League. The session was jointly headed by Morsi and Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour. According to a report in Al-Ahram, Morsi in his speech asserted that it was “time for…

President Barack Obama was the one who on Wednesday ordered his Democratic party to reinsert references to G-d and Jerusalem in their party platform, AFP reported. The report hinted that the move was not too pleasing to party members. A campaign official told AFP that the president, who has been hammered by Republicans who see…

Hundreds of protesters gathered on Wednesday in the main square in Shechem (Nablus), calling for the ouster of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The protesters held up signs which read, “Go away Fayyad” and “Abbas and Fayyad, your government does not represent us.” The protesters were also joined by Hamas parliamentarians. PA Arabs have…

No one since Hitler – except for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – has publicly declared a desire to destroy an entire people and eliminate a country, President Shimon Peres told visiting Italian Foreign Minister Dr. Giulio Terzi Wednesday. The world is in a unique era in history, the elderly President said. “Since Hitler, no head…

Europe is slipping into a recession, according to data revealed by the European Central Bank on Wednesday. Releasing figures ahead of a key ECB meeting scheduled for Thursday, the bank instead reported data that showed the euro zone appeared to have slipped back into recession in the current quarter. The private sector has contracted for…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has labeled the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad a ‘terrorist state” that conducts massacres against its own people. Erdogan made the statement to reporters at a news conference Wednesday following a meeting with his ruling AK Party (Justice and Development) in Ankara. “Syria is not an ordinary country to…

The German city of Berlin has made new laws for people who want to circumcise their sons – and traditional Jewish mohels don’t meet criteria. The move comes following a recent court ruling that said the religious rite, observed by both Jews and Muslims, amounts to “grievous bodily harm.” Berlin’s top justice official, Thomas Heilmann, said…

Buildings were evacuated and sappers were called to check out two suspected car bombs near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels on Wednesday. The two suspected vehicles both contained gas bottles, according to a Belgian Defense Ministry spokesperson. “As far as I know, there are two suspect vehicles, one close to the American Embassy, and one…

The PLO reiterated on Tuesday its determination to approach the United Nations and ask for recognition of ‘Palestine’ as a non-member state. The PLO’s Executive Committee held a special meeting to discuss the political situation, at the conclusion of which it released a statement which warned against developments that endanger the implementation of a two-state…

Terrorists slightly changed their mode of attack in August, coming at Israel from the Sinai Peninsula rather than Gaza, the Shin Bet reported Wednesday. Twenty-one attacks were launched from Gaza in August, compared to 28 in July. Two attacks originated in Sinai, one of them a major infiltration attempt in which terrorists killed 16 Egyptian…

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday criticized the Democrats over a platform which fails to mention that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. “It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” Romney said in a statement quoted by The Wall Street Journal. He…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted on Tuesday that his country has “problems” exporting its oil, but said his government was determined to overcome that and other challenges posed by Western economic sanctions. “There are some problems in selling oil and we are trying to manage it,” AFP quoted the Iranian President as having said in…

Facebook cancelled an online “event” on Friday celebrating the fifty-second birthday of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese media reported. According to the Assafir newspaper, around 7,000 users had signed up to “attend” the event with 52 apparent Hizbullah supporters writing on the event’s page extending their birthday wishes. “Congratulations to us that we were born…

The much-anticipated memoir of a Navy SEAL involved in raid that killed Osama bin Laden has gained public attention to such a degree that pre-orders have already propelled the book to placed No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller list. However, the book titled, “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin…

Just days after a report that the U.S. was sharply cutting its participation in a military exercise scheduled with Israel, U.S. planes landed in Egypt Tuesday for a joint exercise, the first since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Code-named “Eagle Arena 2012,” the exercise will include air and naval forays by US and Egyptian planes…

The Democratic party’s election platform includes the usual “unshakeable commitment” to Israel, without any mention of Jerusalem or the “peace process.” With polls showing Republican nominee Mitt Romney running virtually neck-and-neck with President Barack Obama, if not leading by a small margin, the platform focuses on domestic issues to the extent that an Associated Press…

The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has extinguished the last flame of Jewish life in the country. The magnificent Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, where a synagogue has stood since Hellenistic times, will not hold Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services, because authorities have banned them.  This spells the end of Jewish life…

Iran, which has balked at UN demands for inspecting its nuclear sites, is “playing ball in Lebanon” and can help solve the problems in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the Ayatollah at last week’s Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Tehran. Ban told Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the highest authority in…

Iran’s leadership has publicly stated that it would crush any Israeli offensive against its nuclear facilities, but Iran’s ordinary citizens appear to feel otherwise, Channel 10 News reported on Monday. The channel spoke with several Iranian citizens who, without revealing their identities, said that there is great tension and fear among Iranians over a possible…

The United States may supply Israel with advanced Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-buster bombs that can penetrate through up to 60 feet (almost 20 meters) of reinforced concrete, reports Maariv Tuesday. This is part of a deal being worked out between the countries, which also includes the supply of refueling jets. This equipment will make…

A congregation in New Jersey is offering a reward for information leading to the safe return of an Englewood teenager who disappeared last month. According to a report in the Teaneck Patch, 18-year-old Touro College student Caroline Starkman went missing after visiting a friend in Brooklyn over the July 4 weekend. She also goes by…

The new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said he is deeply pessimistic at his chances of restoring calm to the war-torn country. “I know how difficult it is – how nearly impossible. I can’t say impossible – nearly impossible,” Brahimi, an Algerian diplomat said in an interview with the BBC. “And we are…

Jerusalem’s Hebrew University is marking 40 years since the publication of Prof. Jacob Bekenstein’s groundbreaking paper on black hole entropy, proposals about black holes, entropy and thermodynamics that were originally contested by renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. The world-famous physicist later admitted, however, that Bekenstein was correct, and further affirmed the Israeli scientist’s ideas, with his own…

A Palestinian Authority Arab approached an IDF checkpoint Monday afternoon and threw a bag with four homemade bombs at soldiers, and then fled before the armed forces could catch him. No one was injured. The soldiers did not know that bombs were inside the bag until sappers checked the satchel. They safely neutralized the explosives.…

The Israeli Foreign Ministry, in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress and the Pensioners Affairs Ministry, has launched a new campaign aimed at bringing attention to the thousands of Jewish refugees who were expelled from Arab countries following the establishment of the State of Israel. While the international community continues to bemoan the Arab refugees,…

Fatma Nabil became the first news anchorwoman to read the news on Egyptian state television, appearing on air Sunday wearing an off-white hijab, or headscarf. Under the rule of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, veiled news anchors were not permitted to appear on state TV, as the government wanted to portray a vision of “modernity.”…

The Palestinian Authority has granted jailed terrorists hefty pay hikes for murdering Israelis, with salaries higher for those with Israeli citizenship. Israel’s Channel 2 television reported Monday evening. The PA, which has been screaming for foreign funds to stay solvent, spends  6 percent of its annual budget to pay $4.5 million a month to jailed terrorists and…

While publicly announcing that it “will not be complicit” in an Israeli strike and telling Iran it will not join such an attack, the U.S. may declare certain “red lines” that would trigger a U.S. attack if crossed by Iran, according to The New York Times. The Obama Administration is trying to put pressure on Iran…

The Salafi terror organization Majlis Shura Al-Mujahidin on Sunday claimed responsibility for three rocket attacks at Israeli targets on Saturday and Sunday. A statement published by the organization and translated by Arab affairs expert Dalit Halevi claimed responsibility for firing a rocket at Ashkelon on September 1 at 10:30 p.m., firing a Grad missile at…

Senior officials in the Obama Administration sent a message to Tehran in the past few days, according to which the U.S. does not intend to join Israel’s side if it decides to attack the Iranian nuclear installations on its own, reports Israel’s second-largest paper, Yediot Aharonot. According to the report, the U.S. sent the message…

MK Danny Danon (Likud) is set to launch a new book which explains in very clear terms his positions against the two-state solution and about Israel’s rights to its land. The book, “Israel: The Will to Prevail”, can already be bought from Amazon.com. Arutz Sheva’s Yoni Kempinski sat down with Danon to hear about the…

(AFP) – The city of Brussels officially recognized Sunday its complicity in the deportation of thousands of Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II. At a ceremony attended by Israel’s ambassador and Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Joelle Milquet, Brussels mayor Freddy Thielemans acknowledged the key role the city’s register of Jews played in…

Israeli Cabinet ministers played down the tensions between Israel and the United States over a possible strike in Iran, as they responded to questions by reporters about statements made last week by the U.S. military’s top officer. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said on Thursday that an Israeli attack…

An IAF aircraft struck a terror activity center in northern Gaza on Sunday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. According to the statement, direct hits at the target were detected and the aircraft safely returned to its base. The attack is a response to high trajectory fire into Israeli territory, said the statement. “The IDF…

The largest-circulation newspaper in the United States, the Wall Street Journal, has penned a scathing editorial against the Obama Administration’s handling of the crisis with Iran, saying that its attitude is pushing the Jewish state to strike Iran on its own.   Following Gen. Martin Dempsey’s statement that “I don’t want to be complicit” if…

Atef Salem, Egypt’s new ambassador in Israel, arrived in his country’s Tel Aviv embassy Sunday. Salem, who served as Egypt’s consul in Eilat, will replace the outgoing ambassador, Yasser Rida, who completed a four-year term last month. Salem is to present President Shimon Peres with his accreditation papers in a few weeks’ time, and begin…

Hundreds of people took part in a pro-Israel rally in the central square of Stockholm on Sunday. Etan Bachar, Spokesman for the World Zionist Federation, was pleased at the high attendance rate and said: “Between 1,200 and 1,500 people came to the conference. This is the first time in 10 years that a rally of…

The Indian government has arrested more than a dozen terrorists in a sting operation from groups planning attacks on nuclear facilities. At least 16 operatives were arrested on suspicion they planned to blow up nuclear energy plants in the country. They were caught in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Karnataka. Police said they believe there will be…

An emergency bomb drill was held at a Jewish school in Antwerp, Belgium, in an effort to prepare individuals and rescue organizations in the city for a potential attack. The mock-emergency procedure involved gunshots by people acting as terrorists, a car bomb explosion and children covered in fake blood, as well as stretchers and ambulances…

Israeli motorists once again faced the challenge of dodging potentially lethal mini-missiles on the roads of Judea on Sunday afternoon in a fresh round of road terror, after more than 2,000 such attacks this year alone. Palestinian Authority Arabs hurled large, irregularly shaped, sharp-edged rocks at vehicles with Israeli license plates traveling along Highway 60 near…

A high-level European Jewish Union (EJU) delegation traveled to Montenegro last week to help re-establish Jewish life. The delegation, led by EJU Vice President Vadim Rabinovich and EJU Chief Executive Officer Tomer Orni, met with the country’s political leadership and representatives of the recently established Jewish community in the tiny southeastern European country. The visit…

A senior official in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards threatened the United States and its allies on Saturday that the Islamic Republic would respond harshly to a “stupid” attack on Syria. The quotes, which were published on an official government-linked news agency, were removed a few minutes after being posted, but not before the BBC’s Persian-language…

The spokesperson for Egypt’s President, Yasser Ali, said on Friday that the meeting Thursday between President Mohammed Morsi and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned summit in Tehran, did not address the issues of bilateral relations or raising the level of diplomatic representation between the two countries. Ali told the…

Britain will not suspend financial aid to the Palestinian Authority if the latter submits a new application to the UN seeking recognition of Palestine as a non-member state of the General Assembly, a British official confirmed Friday. The PA recently announced its intention to turn to the UN General Assembly for recognition as a state. In September…

A rabbi was attacked over the weekend in Vienna, Austria, by local soccer fans. According to local media reports, the fans, who were on their way to a game, met Rabbi Schlomo Hoffmeister and screamed at him, “Move, Jew – Jews out, Heil Hitler.” According to the rabbi, they also saluted with the Nazi salute.…

Minister of Intelligence, Dan Meridor, said in an interview Saturday that Iran is refraining from making a breakthrough to a nuclear weapon because it fears the world’s reaction. Speaking on Channel 2 television’s Meet the Press, Meridor said: “The Iranians are not breaking through toward [nuclear] weapons because they are afraid of the international campaign…

Iran announced Saturday that it intends to hold a large scale military exercise in October, involving all its air defense systems. Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force, said that the exercise would be a joint drill by the army and the Revolutionary Guard, and that it would simulate a large number…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. drones fired a barrage of missiles at a vehicle and a house in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least five suspected militants, Pakistani officials said. The strikes in the North Waziristan tribal area were the first since news that a top commander of the powerful Haqqani…

A meeting last week between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and a visiting U.S. lawmaker ended on a sour note over the Iranian nuclear issue, the Hebrew-language daily Yediot Aharonot reported on Friday. The report quoted officials who attended a meeting between Netanyahu and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI). The sources said that Netanyahu strongly criticized U.S.…

Bedouins found a severed head near Egypt’s border with Israel on Friday, security officials told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency. The officials indicated that jihadi groups in the Sinai were behind the murder. Security sources said the head, found near the al-Ouja crossing with Israel, most likely belonged to Mnayzel Barikat, who disappeared two days…

Syrian opposition forces in the northern province of Aleppo have declared the formation of a “Revolutionary Transitional Council” as future umbrella for all the opposition groups battling to bring down the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. “[The Revolutionary Transitional Council] includes all those working in the revolution; civilians, politicians and military men,” one member of…

The White House rejected on Friday comments made by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who heavily criticized President Barack Obama and accused him of throwing Israel “under the bus.” Romney, who accepted the Republican party nomination for President in Florida on Thursday night, also warned in his acceptance speech that “every American is less secure…

Washington has greatly reduced the scale of U.S. participation in a massive joint military exercise with Israel, sources told TIME Magazine on Friday. The drill was postponed seven months ago just as concerns were brimming that Israel would launch a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It was later rescheduled for late October. The officials told…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas asked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to help establish a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 borders, PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said Friday. The Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported that Abbas and Ahmadinejad met in Tehran on Thursday for what Erekat described as “frank and productive” talks. Erekat told Ma’an that Abbas…

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday attacked Israel once again. A day after he called Israelis “ferocious Zionist wolves who digest the Palestinian people”, Khamenei slammed Israel and the United States which he claimed “are behind the tragedy in Syria.” Khamenei made ​​the remarks during a meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi…

They say lightning doesn’t strike the same spot twice, but that is certainly not true when it comes to terrorist rockets. The home of the Timsit family in the town of Sderot was struck by a rocket Friday morning, five years after the first time a rocket hit it. No one was physically hurt but…

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, said in an interview published Friday that he does not believe President Barack Obama will order an attack on Iran, now or in the future, and urged Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear program on its own. Speaking to Maariv‘s Tzach Yoked, Bolton said that “there is no…

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Thursday described the two countries as “strategic allies,” PressTV reported. According to the report, during a meeting with Morsi in Tehran, Ahmadinejad referred to Egypt as “Iran’s strategic ally” and expressed the interest of the Iranian nation and government in enhancing cooperation and friendly relations…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon repeated his call to Iran’s leaders to stop threatening Israel on Thursday, but Iran’s Supreme Leader nevertheless called Israelis “ferocious Zionist wolves who digest the Palestinian people. Ban remained seated throughout the duration of Khamenei’s speech. During his speech at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, Ban said, “I urge…

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney accepted the Republican party nomination for President on Thursday night in Florida. In his acceptance speech, Romney heavily criticized U.S. President Barack Obama’s foreign policy. He accused Obama of throwing allies like Israel and Poland “under the bus.” “Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty,” he promised. Romney…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman strongly condemned on Thursday the remarks made by Iran’s leaders at the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Israelis “ferocious Zionist wolves who digest the Palestinian people” during the summit. Speaking during an event attended by Japan’s ambassador to Israel, Lieberman termed the…

The 13th annual European Day of Jewish Culture will take place on September 2 in cities and countries across Europe. On this day, Jewish communities, synagogues and museums organize exhibitions, concerts, lectures and debates related to a given topic, in an effort to strengthen and provide a more comprehensive understanding of Jewish life and culture. The…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad admitted to his nation Wednesday night in a televised interview the civil war will “take time to resolve.” However, in the same odd, disconnected manner that characterized an interview on American television months earlier, Assad appeared to leave no room for doubt that he still believes the government will win the…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini claims the country has no interest in producing nuclear weapons. However, he told the Non-Aligned Movement summit for heads of state on Thursday, Iran will continue to pursue its nuclear technology development program. Khameini insisted Iran’s nuclear activities are aimed at developing peaceful atomic energy. “Our motto is nuclear energy…

Intelligence officials in Turkey have discovered an Iranian spy ring in the country’s eastern province of Igdir, bordering Iran. A written statement issued by the office of the governor of the province announced Wednesday that police had arrested eight Turkish citizens in a sting operation on charges of spying for Iranian intelligence. The move came almost…

“Turkey bears direct responsibility for the blood being shed in Syria,” the network quoted Assad as having said in an interview with the pro-regime local television channel Ad-Dounia. He added that the talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory was unrealistic and that the situation in his country was “better.” “Talk of buffer…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran’s leaders to stop threatening Israel, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Ban, who arrived in Iran on Wednesday for the Non-Aligned Movement Conference, had a series of meetings with Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, spokesman Martin Nesirky said. Ban also held talks with the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attacked the participants in the Summit of Non-Aligned States being held in Iran. “70 years ago, six million members of our people were annihilated in a genocidal act,” he said. “Today, representatives of over 120 states are in Tehran, where the regime denies the Holocaust and is acting to destroy the…

Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor sent a letter on Wednesday to the UN Secretary General and the Security Council, slamming the international body’s failure to condemn the recent barrage of rocket attacks on Jewish communities in southern Israel, launched by terrorists in Gaza. “How many rockets have to fall on the children…

The only Jewish day school in New Zealand’s capital of Wellington has been forced to close its doors at the end of the year. Citing lack of resources as the main reason for the school’s closure, president of the Wellington Jewish Community Centre Claire Massey told J-Wire that the news “wasn’t a complete surprise,” as…

Egyptian soldiers killed 11 terrorists in the Sinai and confiscated weapons, according to Egyptian television, quoted by Voice of Israel government radio. The report, which also stated that 23 terrorists were captured, along with Israeli-made ammunition, was confirmed by the defense ministry. Only one day earlier, an Egyptian newspaper reported that President Mohammed Morsi, of…

Iran has publicly confirmed that its government has sent elite Revolutionary Guards to support the troops of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in that country’s civil war. Commander Gneral Salar Abnoush told a group of volunteer trainees during a speech delivered Monday, “We are involved in fighting every aspect of a war – a military one…

French prosecutors on Tuesday opened a murder inquiry into the death of former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat in 2004, the BBC reported. Arafat’s family launched a case last month over claims that he was poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive element. French officials said prosecutors had agreed to begin a murder inquiry, but they have…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tehran Wednesday to attend the “heads of state summit” at the Non-Aligned Movement Conference in Tehran.  The United States and Israel had both called on Ban not to attend. “We have no doubt that the Iranian regime will use the conference to cover up its crimes,” Israeli officials…

Turkey’s European Union minister has swayed from Ankara’s anti-Semitic stance to fight the ban on religious circumcision in a German province. Turkish media have published and telecast numerous anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic films and programs since the “flotilla clash” between the IDF and Turkish IHH terrorists two years ago. A Cologne judge imposed the ban several…

The Supreme Military Council of the Syrian rebels released on a statement on Tuesday which said that the rebel forces took control of an army missile base in Damascus, in which ten ready-to-launch missiles were found. Some of the missiles, according to the statement, were converted to carry non-conventional warheads. “During the successful operation, the…

Gaza-based terrorists continued to fire rockets and mortars at southern Israel on Tuesday evening. Two rockets were fired at the Eshkol region shortly after 10:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday night. The rockets exploded in open fields. No physical injuries or damages were reported. Earlier in the day, terrorists fired mortar shells toward southern Israel,…

A new Holocaust exhibit opened at the National Infantry Museum over the weekend in honor of Aaron Cohn, who served during World War II for the U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry and participated in the liberation of a concentration camp in Austria. “He was a wonderful hero,” said the late judge’s daughter Gail Cohn at the…

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), brought nearly 40 students from across the United States and Canada to participate in its second annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference.  The conference, which took place August 19- 21 at the Boston University Hillel, was aimed at instilling courage and empowering students to…

An anarchist;s terrorist cell plotted to kill President Barack Obama, while serving in the U.S. Army, prosecutors said in his murder trial of another anarchist and his girlfriend. Isaac Aguigui also planned to seize an ammunition control site and take over Fort Stewart, Georgia and bomb a location in the city of Savannah – all…

The Republicans are covering themselves religiously, turning to an orthodox rabbi to open the convention and a Cardinal to close it. Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik, nephew of the late modern Orthodox Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, said, “It is an extraordinary privilege to deliver an invocation at a cherished ritual of American democracy.” He is to deliver…

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is quoted Tuesday as saying that his country’s military operation in Sinai is being carried out in a way that fully honors international agreements. In an interview with Reuters that was quoted by Voice of Israel government-sponsored radio, Morsi said that Egypt threatens no one, and that its forces’ presence in…

A Haifa court ruled Tuesday morning that Rachel Corrie caused her own death by intentionally remaining in front of an IDF bulldozer. Her lawyer said he will appeal the decision in the civil lawsuit. Judge Oded Gershon supported the IDF claim that the driver of the bulldozer could not see Corrie, who was protesting the…

The IDF has captured an axe-wielding Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist who attacked and wounded a Jew in the community of Maaleh Levona Tuesday morning. The attack occurred at the entrance to the community, located in Samaria. Medics treated the victim for light-to-moderate wounds in chest and evacuated him to Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem. Security personnel…

IAF aircraft struck two sites in northern Gaza in which weapons were produced and stored on Monday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. According to the statement, direct hits were identified and all Israeli aircraft returned safely to their bases. The attack is a response to high trajectory fire into Israeli territory,…

What may be the world’s largest mezuzah was affixed at the gate of the upper entrance to the Kotel plaza Monday. The mezuzah was contributed by philanthropist Shmuel Flato-Sharon. While the mezuzah is being touted as the world’s largest, it should be noted that a mezuzah said to be the world’s largest seems to pop…

If you’re a motorist in Israel, better fill up the tank while you can. Prices at the pump are set to rise again, this time to an all-time high. The price of gasoline is set to skyrocket at midnight Friday, hitting NIS 8.26 per liter – about $7.80 per gallon at the current foreign currency…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas frequently refers to the “alleged” Jewish Temple, but if it was not Jewish, there is no basis for Christian belief, as written in the New Testament in Matthew (21:12), that Jewish “moneychangers” chased Jesus from the Holy Temple. However, Christians so far have not reacted to the implicit denial of…

An Egypt court convicted 76 people on Sunday, on charges of attacking the Israeli embassy last year. During the attack, parts of the embassy were lit on fire and documents thrown from the windows. According to a report in Bikya Masr, the court handed 75 of the Egyptians one-year suspended sentences, while one of the…

Little Moshe Holtzberg miraculously survived the Muslim terror attack on Mumbai’s Chabad Center four years ago. He already has begun Grade One, and 2 million other children joined him on Monday, the first day of the school year. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with Moshe, whose parents, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were murdered in the…

Gaza terrorists fired a Kassam rocket on the Sderot area minutes after students arrived at their classes for the first day of school. Sderot area students began their lessons by responding to the Color Red siren, which gives them 15 seconds to run for cover before the incoming missile explodes. Monday morning’s Kassam exploded in…

Taliban insurgents beheaded 17 civilians, including two women, in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, the nation’s Interior Ministry said Monday. According to reports, people had reportedly gathered for a celebration and were playing music and dancing. Insurgents, who did not approve of the event, beheaded those involved. Helmand provincial government spokesman Daoud Ahmadi said the attack…

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer has been named, for the second year in a row, one of the world’s top central bankers “during one of the toughest years on record.” The Global Finance magazine publishes the list annually, grading the world central bank leaders. Its publisher Joseph Giarraputo said, “During one of the toughest…

Egypt has deployed U.S.-made surface-to-air missiles and tanks near the border with Israel, in a breach of the 1979 peace treaty, reports the World Tribune. Western defense sources said the Egyptian Army has deployed “a range of assets supplied by the United States.” They cited main battle tanks (MBTs) and surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), particularly in the…

Terrorists in Gaza fired a Kassam-type short range rocket at Israel Sunday evening. No one was hurt and no damage was reported. The rocket struck the Eshkol region between Beer Sheva and Ashkelon. A Salafist terror group took responsibility for the rockets fired Sunday morning at Israel from Gaza. In a statement it put out,…

Australian authorities announced Sunday that they will be reopening the investigation into the 1982 bombing of the Israeli consulate in Sydney and the Jewish Hakoah Club in Bondi. In the first such Australian counter-terror case ever to be reopened, detectives interrogated Jordanian-born ‘Palestinian’ Mohammed Rashid, local media reported. Australian detectives believe that Rashid, 65, who…

A senior Pakistani Taliban leader was killed in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan’s northern Kunar province, the NATO announced Saturday. Maulawi Dadullah was one of several insurgents killed Friday, according to a statement released by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Dadullah, also known as Jamal, was responsible for moving fighters and weapons through…

Jewish Democrats slammed Republicans for planning a tribute to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) at the GOP national convention. Paul, a libertarian who sought the GOP presidential nomination this year, has repeatedly condemned Israel for taking actions of self-defense, has opposed foreign aid to the Jewish state and has denied that Iran is building nuclear weapons.…

Gaza terrorists fired three Kassam rockets on the Western Negev Sunday, one of them damaging a building in the industrial area near Sderot, located less than one mile “as the rocket flies” from northern Gaza. One person was lightly wounded and a second was treated for shock.   Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza have continually attacked the…

Nearly 450 people died Saturday on the bloodiest day of the savage civil war fought by Syrian Army troops and opposition forces. Approximately 440 victims, mostly civilians, were killed in the clashes centered in the capital city and in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city. Fierce fighting between government troops and the Free Syrian Army left…

The bodies of at least 79 victims of an execution-style slaughter were discovered Saturday in a town near Damascus. Many were young men, according to opposition activists, who said the victims appeared to have been murdered by Syrian government troops. They were found in apartment buildings near a mosque in the southwestern Damascus suburb of…

Republicans have canceled the first day of their national convention with the looming threat of Tropical Storm Isaac heading for Florida’s coast. In a statement issued late Saturday, Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said the opening day of the convention was simply not as important as the lives of people in the…

Venezuela’s largest oil refinery went up in flames Saturday, leaving 26 dead and some 80 people wounded, officials said. Among the dead was a 10-year-old boy and 17 members of the National Guard, who are stationed at a post at the Amuay complex. The refinery is one of the biggest in the world, producing 645,000…

Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who became the first human being to set foot on another world, has died. He was 82. In a statement his family said Armstrong had passed away following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. .Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.  He…

An Israeli woman was killed Friday in a jeep expedition when her vehicle flipped over in the high Himalayan mountains of India. The woman, 63-year-old Shoshana Maizel-Reva, was a resident of Gedera. She and three other women were traveling in the jeep as part of the annual Desert Queen expedition, a women-only event that travels…

Egypt and Iran won’t be reinstating normal diplomatic relations any time soon, presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali told the London-based Asharq Al-Aswat on Friday. The statement comes in the wake of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s visit to Tehran this month, after a 32-year break in ties between the two Muslim countries. Morsi plans to attend the…

The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that more than 200,000 Syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries as the conflict has intensified. According to a BBC report, the UNHCR said the figure was already more than its projection of 185,000 for the end of this year. About 30,000 arrived in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon…

Shortly after the court in Norway sentenced Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 people just over a year ago, to 21 years in prison, he apologized for not having murdered more people. Asked whether he intends to appeal the sentence that was handed down to him, Breivik said, “Since I do not recognize the authority…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman criticized on Friday the decision makers from the past decade, saying they failed to adopt the necessary policy and thus allowed the Iranians to reach the capabilities they have today. “I talked about this back in 2001, when the Iranian nuclear facilities were not underground and scattered as they are now,”…

Another round of talks in Vienna between the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency and Iran regarding its nuclear program ended without progress on Friday, according to a senior UN official. The official said that that no further talks were scheduled between representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran. “The representatives of Iran…

Hundreds of Egyptians hit the streets on Friday, to demonstrate against President Mohammed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood. It was the first and most significant anti-Morsi rally since he was elected. The biggest demonstration took place in Tahrir Square in the capital Cairo, where Morsi’s opponents, who are mostly from Egypt’s liberal stream, clashed with…

A court in Norway handed down its verdict Friday in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 people just over a year ago. Breivik carried out a bomb attack in Oslo, then entered a youth camp on Utoya Island and began shooting. Breivik was found sane and guilty. In an unusual twist, prosecutors…

Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah al-Sisi spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Ehud Barak, on the phone Wednesday, and stressed that Cairo is committed to the peace treaty with Israel, according to an Arabic newspaper. The paper, Al Hayat, which is published in London, cites senior Egyptian sources as saying that there are understandings between Israel…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Friday with US Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), who is visiting the Middle East and told him, “Just yesterday, we received additional proof of the fact that Iran is continuing to make accelerated progress toward achieving nuclear weapons while totally ignoring international demands.” Netanyahu was referring to a news item in…

Iran has accelerated its activities at the Fordo underground nuclear facility near Qom, international diplomats said Thursday. The information is of concern to Israel, which fears Iran is developing a nuclear weapon. The information revealed by the diplomats comes several days before the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is…

The Brit Mila, or circumcision, “is a Jewish custom that has been a central tenet in our nation’s Jewish identity for thousands of years, and it is characteristic of the Jewish people ever since the first commandment that G-d gave to Abraham our Forefather,” President Shimon Peres wrote in a letter to his German counterpart,…

The United States made it clear on Wednesday that it believes there is still time for diplomacy on the Iranian nuclear issue. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland made the remarks when asked by reporters whether the State Department feels pressure from Israel on Iran. “Our view on the situation with Iran is not changed today,”…

Egyptian police have identified 120 individuals in North Sinai who are allegedly wanted for attacking police stations and killing policemen, a security source in the area said on Wednesday. The source told the state-owned MENA news agency that most of the wanted individuals follow “takfiri” ideology, a term for extremists who excommunicate other Muslims who…

The Penguin publishing company announced Wednesday that it has plans to release a book that provides a detailed, first person account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Fox news reported. The book, “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden,” which is written under a pseudonym by…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend Iran for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit next week, defying objections from Israel, the United States and Jewish groups worldwide to boycott the event. A statement issued by his office said Ban “looks forward” to the summit and working with the visiting leaders, “including the host country,” in…

Where is Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa? This question continues to evade the Arab media. The Jordanian newspaper Country News reports that according to sources in the Free Syrian Army, contact with the Syrian Vice President has not been established  for the past several days. It has been speculated that al-Sharaa was killed during a random bombing…

Thousands of Palestinian Authority Arabs flocked to the beaches of Tel Aviv on Monday as they marked the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which is celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The Arabs came from places such as Shechem, Balata, Kabatia, Bidia, Ramallah, Deir Ammar, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and even from PA Arab refugee…

The South African government announced on Wednesday that it has instructed that products made in Judea and Samaria not be labeled as products of Israel. According to a report on Kol Yisrael radio, South Africa’s Trade Minister will direct importers to label every product that came from one of the Jewish communities in Judea and…

The United Nations has accused Iran of supplying the Syrian government with weapons, which it is aiming at its own population. The accusation by U.N. Political Affairs Chief Jeffrey Feltman came Wednesday as Syrian Army tanks encircled Damascus and shelled the capital city. According to a U.N. Security Council panel of independent experts that has…

Iran’s Supreme Ayatollah has ordered the feared Revolutionary Guards to escalate its worldwide terror to punish the West for backing the war against Assad, The London Telegraph reported Wednesday. The report based on Western intelligence sources, said that Ayatollah Ali Khameini issued the order to the elite Al Quds Force unit after discussion of a…

The Syrian Army is shelling its own capital city, which is also being bombarded by the country’s Air Force helicopters, as members of the Free Syrian Army continue to secure sections of Damascus. Opposition activists told reporters Wednesday the Damascus neighborhoods of Kfar Souseh, Daraya, Qadam and Nahr Aisheh were under government fire by heavy…

Federal agents in Washington state have arrested an armed man accused of making threats against President Obama via e-mail. Federal agents took Anton Caluori, 31, into custody on Tuesday afternoon, Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said. Caluori reportedly came to door with a shotgun but was taken into custody without injury, Leary said. Secret Service Assistant…

An underground explosion at the Second Avenue subway project at 72nd Street in Manhattan sent a wave of panic down the streets of New York City on Tuesday, as windows were shattered above ground and a thick later of debris covered the area. The blast occurred at around 1:00 p.m., at which time work at…

IDF bases and outposts are being beefed up with “Special Forces” of former and current Hesder yeshiva students who will blow the shofar and help lead High Holiday prayers. Former Beit Orot Hesder yeshiva students Sarel Shapir and Nadav Malcha said former and current Hesder students will be deployed throughout the country to make sure…

President Obama’s re-election campaign announced yesterday the launch of Rabbis for Obama, an initiative aimed at rallying Jewish support for the president in the upcoming elections. The group of over 600 rabbis from across the country seeks “to engage and mobilize grassroots supporters,” as its website indicates. The members of the group “represent themselves and do…

The leader of Peru’s far-right political group, which is currently attempting to gather enough signatures to be registered as a political party, said he seeks to expel the country’s small Jewish population because “they control the global economy.” Martin Quispe Mayta, the leader of the Andean Peru National Socialism movement, is a self-proclaimed admirer of…

Qadri Jamil, Syria’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said on Tuesday that Syria was ready to discuss the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad as part of a negotiated settlement to 17 months of bloodshed. “As far as his resignation goes – making the resignation itself a condition for holding dialogue means that you will…

The Parti Quebecois in Quebec, Canada is planning to forbid employees in public institutions from wearing religious headgear. The ruling would affect Jews, Muslims and Sikhs, who would be forbidden to wear kippahs, hijabs, and turbans. Necklaces, including the crucifix, would still be allowed, if worn “discreetly.” The ban would be part of what the…

After the conviction and two-year sentence imposed on the punk band Pussy Riot, the mood amongst Russian dissidents is oscillating between satisfaction and despair. The good news is that the Putin government has discredited itself in foreign opinion by a sham judicial trial in which the deck was stacked against the defendants and condemnations are…

Deputy Attorney General Yehoshua Lamberger announced Tuesday that the state is dropping charges against former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a case in which Olmert allegedly made appointments for improper reasons while serving as Minister of Trade and Labor. “It’s too little, too late,” said Olmert’s publicist, Amir Dan. “The heavy damage has already been…

“Honor Killings,” essentially legal murder because of loopholes in Palestinian Authority law, have sharply risen in the Palestinian Authority, along with more U.S. aid “designed to support strong institutions” of the PA. The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights has reported 29 women were killed over a four period ending in 2010 but nearly the same number…

Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan today criticized GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas, who, it has been revealed, went skinny-dipping in the Kinneret last year during an official trip to Israel. “I think it’s reprehensible,” Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, told WMUR-TV in New Hampshire.  “I think it’s another terrible mistake by individuals.”…

Descendents of Nazi SS officers, together with Holocaust survivors and their offsprings, began a week-long march on Monday across Poland and through the sites of former Nazi death camps. The symbolic march began at Auschwitz, near Krakow, in southern Poland and will end on Friday at Treblinka, 65 miles north-east of the capital Warsaw. At…

Federal officials in the United States said on Monday that they had seized $150 million as part of a crackdown on a money laundering scheme linked to the Hizbullah terror group, CNN reported. The seizure came following a complaint filed in December of last year alleging that the now-defunct Lebanese Canadian Bank laundered money for…

At least eight people were killed and dozens of others wounded Monday night in Turkey after a car exploded in the southeastern town of Gaziantep. The car was apparently was packed with a bomb and was set off by remote control, officials said. It was situated near the Gaziantep police station when it exploded, according…

The Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica and its owner illegally discriminated against a group of young Jews, a jury in a California Superior Court found on August 15. The Jewish Journal reported that the jury in the case found that the hotel and its part-owner, Tehmina Adaya, had violated California state law when Adaya and…

In Gaza, young children were sent Monday to approach the border with Israel to bring sweets, cakes and chocolates to Islamic Jihad terrorists stationed at various strategic outposts. The little boys brought the candies and other goodies to the terror organization’s fighters in celebration of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of…