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Hamas, outlawed by the United States as a “terrorist organization,” has pledged to Egypt it will combat terror in Sinai, while Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi vows to stand with Hamas “as one.” De facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told Cairo the terrorist party will cooperate with Egypt to overcome the anarchy of terrorism…

Jewish identity runs strong in Russian-speaking teens, counselors discovered at a camp organized by the Jewish Agency and the Genesis Fund. Close to 300 Russian-speaking teens from around the world gathered in Israel this summer for Project Rimon, a two-week effort to instill Jewish identity within the campers. Using Israel as the common denominator, the project…

The Victims of Arab Terror International organization (VAT) has launched a “Fight Back” campaign against Disney’s divestiture of Israeli products. The campaign comes in response to an announcement last month by Abigail Disney, daughter of Disney co-founder Roy Disney, saying that she was renouncing her share in profits from Israel’s Ahava cosmetics firm and would…

According to a report on Voice of Israel government-sponsored radio, Egypt has moved anti-aircraft missiles into the Sinai Peninsula. The radio station’s Arab affairs analyst, Eran Zinger, reported Saturday that Egypt has deployed both anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles near Israel’s border in the Egyptian Sinai, without Israel’s permission. Such equipment is prohibited in Sinai by…

The BDI business information firm estimates that a war with Iran could cost the economy $42 billion (167 billion shekels) in direct costs and damages over five years. The estimates are based on the cost and resulting damage to the economy from the 34-day Second Lebanon War in 2006, and BDI assumes that a war…

The Shin Bet, together with the IDF and Israel Police, have exposed a PFLP terror cell that planned shooting attacks and abductions for negotiating the release of terrorist prisoners. The cell’s members were arrested before they could carry out their plans. Weapons were also found in the course of one of the arrests. The arrested…

Almost a year after IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was released from Hamas captivity, the IDF will update the captivity training it provides to soldiers in its elite units. According to reports on Sunday, the captivity workshops provided to soldiers in combat units and to air force pilots have been updated based on information Shalit provided…

Israel and the United States view the Iranian nuclear threat differently, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said on Sunday. Dempsey, who spoke to reporters as he began a visit to Afghanistan, said that Israel and the U.S. have a different interpretation of the same intelligence reports regarding Iran’s nuclear…

United Nations observers have begun to leave Syria as their mission officially expires Sunday night at midnight. At least six of the monitors headed to Beirut, sources told reporters, with the remainder of the 100-member mission set to be gone by August 23. The mission, which began in April, was extended by one-month intervals several…

Israel has the third highest price in the world for gasoline and the situation is unlikely to improve in the near future, according to a new Bloomberg survey. The price of self-service 95 octane gasoline, which is government controlled, could rise from the current NIS 7.70 per liter to as much as NIS 8.25 per…

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi is to visit Tehran this month after a 32-year break in ties between the two Muslim countries and only three weeks after hosting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Morsi plans to attend the so-called Non-Aligned Movement meetings Aug. 30, according to Egypt’s official MENA news agency. Egypt currently heads…

Fears of an attack on Iran are putting off people who might otherwise be inclined to move to Israel, says Natan Sharansky. The Jewish Agency Chairman said in an interview with Voice of Israel government radio on Sunday that numerous aliyah immigrants have delayed their flights over fears of war with Iran. Many would-be immigrants…

Terrorists have struck the Libyan capital of Tripoli, in a triple attack leaving at least two young men dead and three others wounded. The three car bombs exploded near the Interior Ministry, according to a Libyan security officer who spoke with a Reuters photographer. The explosions also struck a former women’s police academy, where the…

The Israeli government has asked Egypt to withdraw the armored vehicles it deployed in Sinai ten days ago, in contravention of the peace treaty between the two nations, according to Al-Quds Al-Arabi, which quotes Israeli sources. Israel said that the deployment of armored forces in the EL Arish area was only reported to it retroactively…

A report by Britain’s Department for Education and Skills noted that an increasing number of schools are ceasing to teach the Holocaust in history lessons in order to avoid offending Muslim students. The report, titled “Teaching Emotive and Controversial History,” also observed that many educators are reluctant to teach other topics that may contradict what…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who it was believed had disappeared, has surfaced briefly in a Damascus mosque. The country’s state-run television network aired footage of the elusive president performing the prayers for the Eid al-Fitr holiday that concludes the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Sunday’s appearance is Assad’s first in public since a July 18 Damascus…

President Barack Obama wished Muslims around the world “Eid Mubarak” for the festival marking the end of the month of Ramadan. “Michelle and I extend our warmest wishes to Muslim communities in the United States and around the world as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr,” Obama said in a statement released by the White House. “For…

United States presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized the Obama administration’s police on Iran this weekend as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to threaten Israel. Speaking after Ahmadinejad called Israel a “cancerous tumor that must be excised,” he said Obama had failed to prevent Iran from moving forward with its nuclear program. “America must lead the…

A 19-year-old Jewish man was arrested on Saturday following a brawl Thursday night in which a young Arab man was badly injured. Witnesses have given conflicting versions of events. The fight took place on Ben Yehuda Street in downtown Jerusalem late at night. Police said it was still not clear why the fight broke out.…

Samaria (Shomron) is ready to do its part in case of war, Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika announced this weekend. He told senior Home Front officers that his region is prepared to absorb tens of thousands of civilians in case of war. The plan to use Samaria as a refuge was developed some time…

The New York Times has dedicated its Saturday Profile this week to Danny Dayan, Chairman of the Yesha (Judea and Samaria) Council. Dayan, 56, is described as “passionately ideological yet profoundly secular.”   The article focuses in part on Dayan’s pragmatic approach to the issue of Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria, with even opponents…

A new Israeli television show finds entertainment value in the Chabad Lubavitch movement’s renowned worldwide outreach. The show, Kathmandu, focuses on the fictional story of a young Lubavitch couple doing outreach in Nepal. Actor Michael Moshonov, who plays the part of the husband, said he got into the character by speaking to the brother of…

Seven years ago, Israel destroyed the Jewish communities of the Gaza Strip, known as Gush Katif [the Katif Bloc]… Gush Katif disappeared with its beautiful hothouses, orchards, flowers, red roofs, streets, factories, crops, schools and synagogues. The horrible uprooting of the Jewish residents in order to attain “peace” with the Arabs has been one of…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A missile launched from a U.S. drone struck a suspected militant hideout in a tribal region in northern Pakistan where allies of a powerful warlord were gathered Saturday, killing five of his supporters, Pakistani officials said. The strike in North Waziristan against allies of Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a militant commander whose forces…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sharply criticized Iran’s supreme leader and president on Friday, describing their latest verbal attacks on Israel as “offensive and inflammatory.” Many thousands of Iranians shouted “Death to America, death to Israel” during state-organized protests on Friday and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told them there was no place for the Jewish state in…

Israelis living in Judea and Samaria are familiar with the following situation: you have ordered a new appliance, or furniture, or internet service. But then, either during the sale, or before delivery, or when a problem arises, you hear the following from customer service, “Where is that? Oh, in Samaria. We don’t go there.” The…

The Tal Law recently expired with no replacement, leaving the IDF struggling with how to handle the thousands of full-time Torah students who suddenly became obligated to enlist. Now a three-pronged plan has been revealed that would see the hareidi community – the primary beneficiary of the Tal Law dispensation for Torah scholars – able…

As the anarchy in the Sinai Peninsula continues, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group with branches in Gaza and in Sinai claimed responsibility on Thursday evening for firing Grad missiles on the city of Eilat on Wednesday. The group, Ansar Beit al-Makdas, said in a statement it published: “Allah was successful through your brothers the Mujahideen from…

An archive of documents and artifacts relating to Anne Frank will be auctioned off on Nov. 5 at the New York Doyle auction house. The archive has an estimated value of $20,000 to $30,000 and was assembled by Joseph Schildkraut, the actor who portrayed Otto Frank, Anne’s father, in the 1955 stage and 1950 film…

President Shimon Peres undermined Israel’s aggressive position on the matter of Iran in an interview with Channel 2 News held on  his 89th birthday. Asked if he trusts President Barack Obama is sincere about his intention of preventing Iran from achieving nuclear weapons, he said: “I am convinced that it is an American interest, I am…

A passenger jet flying from New York to Moscow made an emergency landing in Iceland on Thursday after a caller claimed there was a bomb on board, a spokeswoman for Russian airline Aeroflot said, according to Reuters. “There was an anonymous call saying that there was an explosive device on the plane, which was already…

Designed to indoctrinate children and the Western world with a reverence for jihadi terrorism, Hizbullah has built a multi-million dollar theme park that espouses “martyrdom” against Israel. The newly created “Hizbullah theme park,” located in the Lebanese city of Mleeta, features barbed wire, tanks, rockets, archive video footage and an assortment of guns and other…

The convicted mastermind of a jihadist plot to blow up jet-fuel supply tanks and a pipeline at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is suspected of having conspired to murder his “Jewish attorney,” among others, while in jail, according to a letter unsealed in Brooklyn federal court. Russell Defreitas, 68, was sentenced to…

An unknown organization calling itself the “Salafi Sinai Front” issued a statement on Thursday morning in which it claimed responsibility for firing rockets at the city of Eilat on Wednesday evening. The organization also claimed responsibility for the repeated attacks on the gas pipeline which carries natural gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan. The…

A Syrian air strike on a rebel bastion on Wednesday flattened a string of houses and killed 31 people including children, the Al-Arabiya network reported. The strike took place in the in the town of Aazaz, according to the report. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 31 people were killed in the attack by…

Two powerful explosions were heard in Eilat Wednesday evening. Security forces suspect that Grad missiles were fired at the southern port city in another terror attack emanating from Sinai. The IDF is combing the area after dozens of residents reported hearing two large explosions. Eilat has been the target of missile attacks from Sinai in…

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, once again expressed hope on Wednesday that Israel would be wiped off the map. The Iranian Mehr news agency quoted Khamenei as having expressed confidence that the “Palestinians” will eventually retake control of their motherland. “The light of hope will shine on the Palestinian issue, and this Islamic land…

Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, said that Iran was planning to attack the Israeli embassy in the U.S. Last year, Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen holding both Iranian and U.S. passports, was arrested at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and charged with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador…

Journalists are scratching their heads to figure out why Israeli and American leaders are leading a daily chatter of a military attack on Iran, but the flow of words may be a ruse to give Iran a double jolt as its deep fear that a cyber war can knock out its nuclear program prompts Tehran…

Two synagogues in Manhattan are among the “Sacred Sites” in New York State that have received grants for physical repairs from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, The Jewish Week reported. The Stanton Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side will receive a $30,000 Jewish Heritage Fund Grant that will help pay for repairs on the…

Two of the most senior officials in the United States attempted on Tuesday to play down a possible Israeli attack in Iran. The two, General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, spoke to reporters at the Pentagon. “I might not be aware of all…

A criminal court in Egypt on Tuesday sentenced 14 members of a terrorist group to death, the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm reported. The 14 attacked a police station in the city of Arish in July of last year and killed army and police officers. The incident occurred on July 29, 2011, when the terrorists attacked…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Minister of Sport Limor Livnat held a reception Tuesday for Israel’s delegates to the Paralympics, which will open next month in London. Israeli athletes will compete in nine events: road cycling, rowing, sailing, wheelchair tennis, table tennis, shooting, swimming, equestrian, and athletics. Netanyahu told the athletes he admires them, particularly…

Reuters – Former Libyan rebels and snipers who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi are beefing up the Free Syrian Army to try to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. Libyan-Irish fighter Hussam Najjar, who goes by the name “Sam,” told Reuters he is a trained sniper who was part of the rebel unit that stormed Gaddafi’s…

Twenty United States Congressmen have written to the German ambassador expressing “deep concern” over a recent court ruling banning circumcision of children. The court in Cologne ruled that circumcision violated a child’s right to be protected from bodily harm. Letter-writers Congressmen Howard Berman (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) termed the decision “an…

Vessels from the Chinese fleet anchored at the port of Haifa in northern Israel Monday. The vessels and their crewmen arrived in Israel to visit the Israeli Navy and were welcomed by Haifa base commander, Brig. Gen. Eli Sharvit. The vessels from the Chinese fleet, led by deputy commander of the northern Chinese fleet Rear…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed 350 new immigrants from the United States and Canada Tuesday morning telling them, “The truth is you all come from one place – Israel.” Flanked by two bodyguards, the Prime Minister said in English, “I was given a list of the places you come from – California, New Jersey, Ohio…

Al-Qaeda has been kidnapping children in Somalia and brainwashing them to launch future attacks on the West, the Daily Mail reported. The “terrorist schools” reportedly chain children, as young as seven-years-old, to beds while they are taught an extreme version of Islam. The children, all of whom are under ten years of age, were also…

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will discuss, in coming days, making changes in the Camp David Accord signed with Israel. The changes will allow Egypt “to implement its full sovereignty over the Sinai Peninsula.” Morsi’s advisor told an Egyptian newspaper, Al Masri al Youm, that despite the fact that Al Masri dismissed the entire top echelon…

Dozens more people have died since twin earthquakes struck the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on Saturday. From an initial death toll of 250, the numbers have now reached as high as 306, including 219 women and children. More than 3,000 people were injured in the 6.3 and 6.4-magnitude…

New details were revealed Monday about last week’s terror attack in the Sinai Peninsula, in which 16 Egyptian officers were killed and seven were wounded. Among the details published by the Bawaba al-Ahram website were also the names of some of the terrorists who carried out the attack. The report identified the following terrorists: Hatem…

Major General (res.) Uzi Dayan, nephew of former Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and formerly the head of the Israeli National Security Council, is a leading candidate to replace Matan Vilnai as Home Front Defense Minister, Channel 2 News reported on Monday. Vilnai is leaving his position in order to become Israel’s…

Twenty American Jewish volunteers visited “the other side of the IDF” and learned the IDF’s policy of helping those in need, even halfway around the globe. The visitors represented the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and met with commander of the IAF airborne medical unit, Lt. Col. Yuval, who shared with them his experience as…

It’s been one year since Jewish American contractor Warren Weinstein, 71, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda terrorists on August 13, 2011 from the home where he stayed in Lahore, Pakistan. His whereabouts and conditions are still unknown, despite an intensive probe of the abduction by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Rockville, Maryland resident’s…

There will be one Israeli returning from the 2012 London Olympic Games with a medal. The only problem is that he was playing for the wrong team. David Blatt, Israeli- American coach of the Russian men’s basketball team, won a bronze medal for leading his team to victory, beating Argentina 81-77 in a third-place playoff…

The Hizbullah terror leadership claimed Monday that its missiles can now reach all of Israeli territory. Speaking at a ceremony in southern Lebanon, Nabil Ka’uk announced from the podium that “Hizbullah rockets can reach all Israeli settlements,” referring to Israeli towns and cities. The reference by Ka’uk, who is deputy director for Hizbullah’s terror activities, included…

The apparently good news that the United States intends to give the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt more aid to fight Sinai terror is a bad sign, based on a history of American aid to Islamists, according to former senior IDF officer and Algamor Terror Victim chairman Meir Indor. “The agreements with Islamist elements are…

Israel has received assurances from the administration of Barack Obama, as well as the camp of Republican presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney, that the United States will join a war against Iran on Israel’s side, if such a war breaks out. The daily newspaper Maariv reported Monday that the assurances were delivered in secret messages to…

The 2012 JCC Maccabi Games kicked off Sunday night in Rockland County, N.Y., as over 1,250 Jewish athletes from 36 delegations began competing in an array of Olympic-style sports events, while also celebrating Jewish values, culture and history. Over the next week, athletes from the United States, Israel, Canada, Latin America and Europe will test…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will present a multi-sector aid plan to lift the PA out of its financial crisis when he addresses the Organization of Islamic Countries this week, a PA minister told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency on Sunday. The plan “needs hundreds of millions of dollars to be implemented, and we hope…

The Foreign Ministry on Sunday assisted Israeli tourists who had been stranded in Rome after local airline Wind Jet went bankrupt and cancelled their flight. Under the instructions of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the stranded tourists will return to Israel on a special flight on Sunday night. This was also made possible thanks to the…

Two hundred and fifty Israel Police officers visited Poland in recent days to tour and learn about the Holocaust. The delegation was the largest police group to leave the country in Israel’s history. The trip was led by Southern District Commander Yossi Pariente. “Our presence here today, on the ground of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp,…

Three weeks after the murderous terror attack against Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, Israeli tourists in Europe are receiving police protection. There have been reports from different sources that Bulgaria has been assigning both uniformed and undercover police to protect groups of Israeli tourists who travel in the country. In some cases, hotels that house…

The IDF recently purchased over 2,000 Hummer vehicles from the U.S. Army surplus, in a deal that will significantly expand the Ground Forces’ fleet of combat vehicles, writes the official IDF Website, which adds that the sale “reflects the strong relationship between the IDF and the U.S. Army.“ The acquisition will take place in stages over…

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has sacked the entire leadership of the country’s defense establishment.   Among the officials and officers fired are Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Chief of Staff Sami Anan. Morsi appointed Abdul-Fatah al-Sessi as Defense Minister and Lieutenant-General Sidki Sayed Ahmed as Army Chief of Staff. A judge named Mahmoud Mekki was…

Television personality Joan Rivers created a disturbance last week at a Costco wholesale superstore in California, likening the company to the Nazi party for not carrying her new book “I Hate Everyone… Starting With Me.” Rivers caused a commotion by chaining herself to a shopping cart and shouting into a bullhorn. “They have no right; the…

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent the weekend in talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu over the escalating civil war in Syria, and working on the creation of a new working group to deal with the threats of chemical warfare and terrorism emanating from the country. “We need to get into the real details…

Seven terrorists have been killed by Egyptian soldiers following raids on hideouts in a northern Sinai village. Security officials said military forces had targeted the villages of al-Ghora and al-Mahdiyah near El Arish. Speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media, officials said an anti-aircraft missile, landmines and heavy machine…

Three Egyptian police officers were killed early Sunday in a high speed chase after “armed criminals” in the Sinai Peninsula. Four other security personnel were injured in the accident when the car flipped over while chasing the group of criminals, according to the Egyptian state news agency, MENA. The “armed criminals,” who were not identified, were…

A US guided missile destroyer collided Sunday with an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, the US Navy said in a statement. No one was injured. The USS Porter was on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, when it collided with the M/V Otowasan oil tanker at approximately 1:00 a.m.…

The tension in the Sinai Peninsula continued on Saturday night, as a group of armed men opened fire at peacekeeping troops near the border with Israel. A security source in Sinai told Reuters that the attack “happened in Um Shyhan area in the middle of Sinai but no one got injured.” The incident came just…

Tanzania said on Saturday that a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country’s knowledge and approval, Reuters reported. According to the report, Tanzania said it was now in the process of de-registering the vessels after an investigation into the origin of the ships concluded…

The United States is considering imposing a no-fly zone over Syria, which would prevent Syrian aircraft from bombing rebel outposts and forces in the country. A similar no-fly zone in Libya is said to have greatly advanced the fall from power of former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. The possibility of such a move was broached…

President Shimon Peres appears to be leading a coalition of government officials, MKs, and public figures who oppose Israeli action against Iran’s nuclear program. A report on Channel 10 Saturday said that Peres has not only been expressing his opinion against a strike – he has been spreading his opinion at every opportunity, including at…

At least 185 people were killed and some 1,300 injured in two major earthquakes that hit Iran on Saturday. The earthquakes occurred in the East Azerbaijan district of the country, in northwestern Iran, about 40 miles from the district capital of Tabriz. Hundreds of buildings collapsed in the quakes, which measured 6.2 and 6.0 on…

Cairo sources say Egypt has evidence suggesting Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades facilitated Sinai terror attack. Egypt’s Morsi visits troops in peninsula, promises to use ‘grip of steel’ to crush terrorists Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi visited the city of el-Arish in North Sinai Friday, as his military continued to hunt down the terrorists responsible for the…

White House spokesman Jay Carney sought to reassure Israel on Friday when he said in a press briefing that the U.S. has real-time information on the Iranian nuclear program. “We have ‘eyes’ inside the nuclear facilities and we will know in real time when and if Iran decides to cross the threshold and develop nuclear…

Fighting involving armored vehicles broke out on Friday between Jordanian and Syrian troops at a border region that has been used as a passage for refugees fleeing Syria, a Syrian opposition activist who witnessed the incident told Reuters. The fighting occurred in the Tel Shihab-Turra area after a number of Syrian refugees attempted to cross…

Israeli sources told Reuters on Friday there is evidence that Egypt’s north Sinai region is becoming not only a rallying point for terrorists but a firing range for Gaza’s rocket builders. It was soon after the 2011 revolt in Egypt toppled President Hosni Mubarak that Israeli rocket radars began to spot unusual launches from the…

The Egyptian army has captured six people it regards as “terrorists” in the Sinai, following this week’s attack on a police station that killed 16 border guards near the border with Israel, Reuters reported on Friday. The report quoted a military source as having told state television that six militants had been captured in the…

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Friday that the financial system is preparing for an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and for a possible downturn in the economy which may result. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Fischer said, “The primary responsibility of each country is to maintain its security. It is possible…

The United States imposed a new round of penalties against Syria on Friday that targeted state-run oil company Sytrol, Reuters reported. The U.S. also said it was exposing the Hizbullah terror group for providing support to President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The Lebanese terror group, designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization in…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, and told him that his anticipated trip to Tehran this month is a major mistake, even if it is being made with good intentions. Ban is planning to visit Iran for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. Netanyahu criticized Ban’s visit, telling him that he…

Lawyers for James Holmes, who killed 12 people in a Colorado movie theater, have made the argument in court that their client is mentally ill. Attorneys were arguing over disclosure of information in the case. Defense attorney Daniel King argued that the defense team “cannot begin to assess the nature and depth of Mr Holmes’…

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz warned on Thursday that despite the IDF and the Shin Bet’s ability to foil this week’s terror attack near the border with Egypt, there are no guarantees that Israel would have similar intelligence that will allow it to thwart similar attacks in the future. Speaking during a ceremony marking…

Amit Ivri swam in the London Olympics and became the first female Israeli swimmer to make the semi-finals. She spoke to Arutz Sheva after returning home and reported that the competition was “a lot of fun.” “It was a unique experience,” she related. Ivri, who won bronze in the European championships, said she was not…

Israeli gymnast Alex Shatilov spoke to Arutz Sheva on Thursday after returning from the London Olympics, where he placed sixth in the men’s floor exercise finals and 12th in the individual all-around final. Shatilov said he was disappointed by his floor routine performance, but overall, is satisfied despite coming home without a medal. Getting to…

Hagai Dotan, the commander of the Coastal District of the Israeli Police, ordered on Thursday evening the establishment of a special investigative unit to look into the circumstances surrounding the recent fires. Dotan said that the fires, which have raged in several areas in Israel in recent days, are a new form of terrorism. “The…

The terror group Army of Islam is behind Sunday’s terror attack in the Sinai Peninsula, a Qatari website reported on Thursday. According to the report in the Bawaba Ash-Sharq website, Egyptian security forces investigating the attack in which 16 Egyptian officers were killed, have concluded that Army of Islam members carried it out. Army of…

The Israeli Cabinet voted on Thursday evening to approve an Egyptian request to send in helicopters to the Sinai Peninsula. The approval was given for a period of several days and allows five aircraft to enter the region. The move is designed to assist Egypt in its military operation against terrorist elements in the Sinai.…

Residents of El Arish in northern Sinai reported Thursday that the Egyptian military has sent reinforcements of “unprecedented” size into the peninsula, according to the Egyptian Al Ahram newspaper. The forces reportedly include 60 tanks on 30 tank-transporters, 12 armored personnel carriers, 15 additional armored vehicles, more than 20 armored jeeps and 10 Military Police…

The Shin Bet has discovered a terrorist cell operating in the Ramallah area, north of Jerusalem. Members of the cell were arrested in June, but the affair was kept under wraps until Thursday. The heads of the Hamas-affiliated cell were the top coordinators for Hamas terrorism in the entire Binyamin region. Two of those arrested…

Brooklyn’s first Holocaust museum, which will also be the first Holocaust museum in the world to focus exclusively on Orthodox Jews, is expected to open next spring, The New York Daily News reported. David Layman, who is also the co-creator of the National September 11th Memorial Museum, is currently laying out the groundwork for Kleinman Family Holocaust…

The Islamic fanaticism that has overtaken many Bedouins of the Sinai desert – and the resultant terror attacks – are a direct result of Israel’s 2005 Disengagement from Gaza, according to veteran Middle East analyst Ehud Ya’ari. Interviewed on IDF Radio, Ya’ari explained that the Bedouins were never particularly pious Muslims. He quoted Naoom Shukeir,…

Arab arson season is in full bloom in Israel: sources in the fire department and the Zevulun precinct police told Arutz Sheva that the fires set Thursday are the result of arson. Several blazes broke out Thursday. One, near Sha’ar HaAmakim, in the southeastern approach to Haifa, was spreading toward Tivon in the afternoon. The…

The pro-Israel education and advocacy group StandWithUs is launching a new program aimed at training teenagers from around the United States to become leaders on their future college campuses. While StandWithUs has been working with high school students since its founding in 2001, the new StandWithUs-MZ Teens Internship Program will break new ground by taking…

Left-wing commentator and reporter Ari Shavit admitted Thursday that he was wrong about giving the Golan region to Syria. Shavit revealed his change of heart in an opinion column in Haaretz. “No one likes to admit they were wrong. I don’t, either,” Shavit began. “But sometimes you have no choice.” If Israel had given the…

Saudi Arabia has informed Israel in recent weeks that it will shoot down any Israeli planes that fly over its airspace on their way to or from Iran. A report in Yediot Achronot Thursday said that the Saudis have made it known that they will not allow their airspace to be used for any attack…

An Israeli strike on Iran would happen only with the authorization of the government, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday, speaking to Reshet Bet. “The media portrayal, as if two people are sitting and plotting an attack, is utterly absurd,” he said. Barak noted that the United States and Israel are approaching a common assessment…

Fearing an Iranian attack on strategic and essential oil and military facilities in the Middle East, the United States is helping Gulf countries build a missile defense system, which will include advanced radar missile detection systems, and Patriot missiles to shoot down incoming Iranian rockets. Among the countries to be included in the plan, a…

Sheldon G. Adelson, the billionaire casino owner who has emerged as one of the largest Republican donors, filed a $60 million libel lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday against the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), saying the group had falsely accused him of condoning prostitution in his Macau casino properties. The NJDC published an article…

Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron) are the most active reservists in Israel, according to data published by the IDF on Wednesday. The data was published ahead of Reservists’ Appreciation Day, which will be marked on Thursday. The statistics found that while only five percent of the soldiers who are eligible for…

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday that the terror attack on the Israel-Egypt border “reminded us once again of the dangers inherent in instability in the Middle East.” “This attempt, like the ones before it, was quickly foiled by the IDF with the aid of precise intelligence and a ready and…

A hackers’ site bearing the name of Hizbullah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in 2008, published on Wednesday databases that were stolen from the Israeli storage company Webgate and which include personal information and credit card numbers of Israelis. Channel 10 News reported that, in addition to the credit card numbers, photos of checks…

Seventy years ago, on August 8, 1942, the World Jewish Congress representative in Geneva, Gerhart M. Riegner, sent a telegram to British and American diplomats providing them with reliable information about Hitler’s plans to annihilate millions of European Jews. The telegram was the first authoritative word that the Nazis actually had a coordinated extermination plan.…

A Swiss laboratory said on Wednesday it will help investigate the 2004 death of former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat only if it receives guarantees its findings will not be used for political purposes. A committee looking into the Arafat’s death has asked the Swiss Radiophysics Institute, which found traces of polonium on Arafat’s clothing…

Israeli communities in Samaria (Shomron) had an unusual visit this week as longtime far-left activist attorney Kathleen Peratis toured the region. Peratis has worked with organizations such as Peace Now, and was among the founders of J Street. Shomron Liaison Office guide Ron Jager showed Peratis the Barkan Industrial Zone, where Israelis and Palestinian Authority…

Two fires described as “huge” broke out Wednesday afternoon near Jerusalem and Haifa. Four Arabs have been arrested in connection with the blaze near Jerusalem. While there are no reports yet regarding the suspected reasons for the fires, Arab arson is likely, having apparently become the most common reason for fires in Israel in recent years. The…

The Egyptian army struck terrorist camps in the Sinai over the course of Tuesday night, killing an estimated 20 terrorists. The strikes followed a large-scale attack near Gaza on Sunday, where terrorists attacked Egyptian army posts and then attempted to enter Israel, and a shooting attack late Tuesday night in Al-Arish. The army used combat…

Terror attacks sponsored by Iran are a major strategic challenge for Israel and other Western countries, MK Yitzchak Herzog (Labor) said on Tuesday. Herzog made the comments during a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr. The meeting was held at Carr’s request. The two discussed a variety of issues. Herzog spoke about Sunday’s terror…

In yet another attempt at breaching Israel’s borders and endangering the national security of the Jewish state, Scandinavian anti-Israel activist groups launched an “aid ship” destined for Gaza on Tuesday. The flotilla is hoping to challenge the “Israeli blockade” and draw international attention to the conflict in a move reminiscent of the 2010 “Freedom Flotilla”,…

Former President Jimmy Carter has been granted a prime-time speaking slot at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, despite objections from liberal Jewish groups over his history of anti-Israel activism. The Democratic National Convention Committee announced Tuesday that Carter would address the convention by video on Sept. 4. “A lifelong champion of human rights and investments…

Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi said on Tuesday that the country will honor all international treaties it signed while at the same time work to support the national interests of the country. Bikya Masr quoted Yasser Ali, Morsi’s spokesman, as having said the president “stresses the country’s respect for international agreements.” Ali was speaking with reporters…

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad won a pledge of support on Tuesday from regional ally Iran, Reuters reported. Seeking to restore his authority after suffering grave setbacks in the 17-month-old uprising against him, culminating in the defection of his prime minister on Monday, Assad was shown on television meeting a senior Iranian official. The report noted…

Armed men opened fire on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s Al-Arish city in the Sinai Peninsula late Tuesday night, state media said. The official MENA news agency reported that exchanges of gunfire continued late into the night but there were no immediate reports of injuries. “Unknown armed men opened fire on a checkpoint on the…

The head of Egyptian intelligence said on Tuesday that Egypt had received intelligence about Sunday’s attack on the Egypt-Israel border before it took place. Mourad Mowafy told a Turkish news agency that “Despite the detailed information about the attack, we never imagined that a Muslim would kill a Muslim during the meal to end the…

King Abdullah II of Jordan expressed his concern over the situation in neighboring Syria, and especially over the potential use of Syria’s chemical weapons. In an interview with Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning,” Abdullah was asked if Syrian strongman Bashar Assad would use chemical weapons against his rivals. “I hope to God that he…

The 13th year of Haifa University’s archeological digs at the Susita site just east of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) has yielded several surprises, including what experts believe is a portrait of a local man from the 3rd century CE, carved into a basalt gravestone. Susita – as it is known in the Aramaic version…

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has discovered an industrial olive press from the Byzantine-Muslim era (6th – 8th century CE).  The site was found near Hod HaSharon in the course of IAA digs conducted in preparation for the paving of a new road.    Excavation team leader Durar Masarwa said: “We discovered the surface on…

The Muslim Brotherhood blames Israel for Sunday’s terrorist attack, but the U.S. State Dept. said that President Mohammed Morsi “is saying the right things.” Morsi did not directly blame Israel, leaving that for his party’s officials while he vowed to avenge the deaths of 17 Egyptian soldiers killed by a group of approximately 35 terrorists.…

Four of India’s top naval warships docked in Haifa this week as part of a four-day visit to Israel to “strengthen service-to-service linkages” and celebrate 20 years of diplomatic ties, the Economic Times reported. The warships, which are equipped with advanced electronic sensors and missile systems, show “the importance India attaches to the growing Indo-Israeli relations, Indian…

Mitt Romney has rejected pleas from campaign benefactor and billionaire Sheldon Adelson to call for freeing Jonathan Pollard from prison, according to the Daily Beast. Romney has taken a strong pro-Israel stand, but the issue of Pollard is extremely sensitive for Americans, particularly for conservatives such as Romney. However, at this point it is not…

Prominent Jewish philanthropist Sami Rohr passed away Sunday in South Florida at the age of 86. Rohr, who lived a life committed to the Jewish people, donated tens of millions of dollars to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to establish branches in the former Soviet Union, on college campuses and throughout the worlde. “There are those who…

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Monday that it will soon hold the first full-scale test fire for the Arrow-3 missile, the Israel Defense website reported. According to the report, the test-fire will see the Arrow launched at a target simulating an advanced long-range ballistic missile, similar to advanced projectiles whose interception is more complex.…

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi visited north Sinai on Monday night to offer his condolences to Egyptian soldiers stationed at the border. According to a report in the Egyptian-based Al-Masry Al-Youm, Morsi vowed to avenge the deaths of the 16 soldiers who were killed in Sunday night’s terror attack in the region. Morsi was accompanied by…

The Jewish community in Romania has expressed anger over the decision to appoint Senator Dan Sova, who has made anti-Jewish statements on a number of occasions, as the government liason to the parliament. Sova, a member of the Romanian Social-Democratic party (PSD), said in a television interview earlier this year that “no Jew suffered on…

The Egyptian military has stationed jet fighter planes at the El Arish airbase in Sinai following the combined terror attack Sunday, Egyptian media reported Monday. Israeli sources deny this. According to the Egyptian reports, the jets have been stationed in Sinai in order to assist in the effort to chase down the terrorists who carried…

IDF generals revealed Monday that soldiers and planes engaged Sunday night’s terrorists in several clashes before wiping them out in 15 minutes. Lt. Gen Gantz and Southern Command Major General Tal Russo toured the Kerem Shalom crossing area Monday morning, less than 24 hours after a gang of jihad terrorists carried out a well-planned attack…

An Israeli was the victim of yet another carjacking by PA Arabs in Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron) overnight Saturday. The victim this time is a resident of the Binyamin region community of Kochav Hashachar, whose vehicle was stolen at 2:30 a.m. The victim’s son told Arutz Sheva on Sunday that the incident took…

Israeli intelligence prevented a catastrophe by forewarning soldiers of Sunday night’s terrorist attack, which was foiled at the border. “We were not surprised,” said IDF spokesman Brigadier General Yoav Mordechai. He pointed out that the IDF was prepared for an imminent attack and that soldiers had increased patrols along the border with Gaza. The Air…

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s prime minister Riyad Hijab fled to Jordan Monday and declared, “As of today, I am a soldier of the Free Syrian Army,” while Syrian President Bashar Assad escalates his onslaught in Aleppo. Three other ministers also fled. Jordan confirmed Hijab’s asylum, but the Syrian regime immediately announced that he was fired,…

Arutz Sheva met with the people behind the BioHug Vest, an Israeli technology meant to lower the stress levels of people both with and without autism. The creators of the BioHug Vest presented their innovation at the 2012 International Autism Conference in Jerusalem. As Andrew Schifmiller, the CEO of BioHug Technologies, explained, “The Bio Hug…

Egypt “locks the barn door” after the chickens escape and sends helicopter gunships to the Sinai in search for the global jihad terrorists who killed 17 Egyptian border soldiers and tried to attack Israel Sunday night. Al Qaeda-linked terrorist gangs, Bedouin terrorists and drug smugglers, and terrorists from Gaza have turned the Sinai into a…

Three Iranian leaders were quoted Sunday as saying that Israel’s plans to attack their country are no more than psychological warfare. Defense Minister Gen. Ahmed Wahidi told local reporters that Israel’s reported plans to attack are an impossible dream. “The Zionist regime knows full well that the idea of attacking in Iran is an unattainable…

The Palestinian Authority has been forced to cancel a planned meeting of envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement in Ramallah after Israel refused to admit four attendees from states with which it has no diplomatic relations. Israel barred the foreign ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia, along with ambassadors from Cuba and Bangladesh, from crossing from Jordan…

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi called for an urgent meeting with the country’s military council on Sunday night, the Muslim Brotherhood party said on its Facebook page. The urgent meeting came after an attack on a police station in north Sinai killed at least 15 Egyptian policemen. Reuters reported that Egyptian security sources said the attackers…

Police say at least seven people, including a gunman, were killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee Sunday. The shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in the suburb of Oak Creek took place just after 10:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, when several dozen people were gathering for a service. Greenfield Police…

IDF forces foiled an attempted inflitration by Gaza terrorists Sunday evening in the Kerem Shalom area. The IDF reportedly hit one vehicle from the air and the terrorists in it were killed. Initial reports from Gaza said that members of an extremist Islamic group attacked two Egyptian army posts in the Egyptian part of Rafiah with anti-tank…

An Islamic jihadist group, the Al Nusra Front, has taken responsibility for kidnapping and murdering a Syrian television news anchor. The journalist, anchorman Mohammed al-Sa’eed, was abducted from his home in Damascus province on July 19, according to communiques posted by the group on jihadist forums.  Sa’eed, who worked as a broadcaster for Syria’s state-run television, was…

The IDF Spokesperson’s Office has confirmed that a surgical air strike by the Israel Air Force early Sunday successfully eliminated at least two terrorists in a targeted terror cell in southern Gaza. The strike, coordinated between the IAF and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) was aimed at an Al-Qaeda-linked Global Jihad terror cell located…

The 2012 International Autism Conference concluded Thursday in Jerusalem with organizers laying out a detailed plan for ICare4Autism to lead the global movement to help those on the autism spectrum. After two days of intense panels and plenary sessions that included a thousand participants from over twenty different countries, ICare4Autism announced that it will focus…

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced Sunday that it has been awarded a contract in “many dozens of millions of dollars” for supply of a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to an unspecified client in South America. The UAVs will be supplied over a period of two years. The contract is for the supply of Hermes…

The 48 Iranian “pilgrims” kidnapped by Syrian rebels Saturday are none other than Iranian Revolutionary Guards, rebel leaders allege. Egypt’s Al Arabiya network reported Sunday that it obtained footage of a Free Syrian Army officer displaying the Guards and stating that they were on a reconnaissance mission in Damascus. “During the investigation, we found that…

Two terrorists were reportedly killed Sunday in an air strike on Gaza by the Israel Air Force, according to local Palestinian Authority sources. One dead operative was a member of the Popular Resistance Committees terror organization. No further information was available. A senior Hamas terror official said over the weekend that the connection between Gaza…

Israel is getting tough with Arab countries that do not recognize Israel and bars them from crossing Jordan to Ramallah. The Foreign Minister explained that diplomats from Cuba, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh are not being allowed to attend a mini-Non-Aligned Movement conference in the Palestinian Authority headquarters because their governments do not have diplomatic ties…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s most recent call for the destruction of the State of Israel is particularly “ominous” in light of Tehran’s continued quest for nuclear capability, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) warned Thursday, after the Iranian leader excoriated American candidates and elected officials for “kissing the feet of the Zionists” while meeting with their counterparts…

The fractious civil war in Syria has reinvigorated the country’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is supplying rebels with arms, according to the London Telegraph. Arutz Sheva reported last week that the Muslim Brotherhood’s deputy leader vowed that Syria will become an Islamic state after the presumed fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Now,…

Five Israelis were wounded on Saturday night by rocks that were thrown by Arab residents of east Jerusalem at an Israeli bus traveling to the Western Wall. Army Radio reported that all five were evacuated to local hospitals in light condition. The report said that the incident began when Border Police arrested two Arabs on…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces used artillery, planes and a helicopter gunship to pound rebel positions in Aleppo on Saturday night, witnesses told Reuters. The report said that Syrian forces struck at Aleppo’s Salaheddine district, a gateway into the city of 2.5 million people that has become the frontline of the conflict that has killed…

If the Obama administration still vehemently opposes an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities for fear of hampering Obama’s chances for reelection, the latest Debka’s report claims that Teheran is closer than ever to an atomic bomb. “The months of negotiations with the six world powers were happily used by Iran for great strides toward bringing its…

Battles between Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebel armies raged in Damascus over the weekend. On Thursday, fighting hit Al-Yarmouk, a Damascus neighborhood that serves as an unofficial camp for roughly 150,000 people registered as Palestinian refugees. At least 21 people were killed in the camp as Syrian troops used heavy fire to beat back…

Organizers of two “social justice” protests in Tel Aviv were disappointed Saturday night when just thousands turned out for the rallies. The evening was also marred by violent fights as some participants in one rally, held in Kikar HaBima, fought with security personnel at the other, held at the Tel Aviv Museum. One even attempted to…

Border police evicted Jews from the Mitzpeh Avichai outpost in the Hevron region on Saturday, residents of the area report. The outpost has been destroyed and rebuilt dozens of times. Homes have sometimes been destroyed in the middle of the night, and on at least one occasion, residents say, an Arab demolition crew stole valuables.…

A Syrian man attempted to infiltrate northern Israel on Saturday. The man disguised himself as a shepherd in order to get close to the border fence, then attempted to cut through the fence. Soldiers spotted the man and fired warning shots. When the man did not respond, they fired at his legs. The would-be infiltrator…

Syrian President Bashar Assad has transferred a battery of advanced missiles to the al-Masna border crossing, which is the central route used to transfer equipment and weapons to the Hizbullah terror group, Channel 10 News reported on Friday. The report cited members of the Syrian opposition who said that one of two major chemical arsenals…

The reported brutality in Syria’s biggest city, Aleppo, where forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels continue to face off in bloody clashes, may amount to crimes against humanity, the UN chief said on Friday. “As we meet here, Aleppo … is the epicenter of a vicious battle between the Syrian government and…

Aharon Ze’evi-Farkash, former head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate, predicted on Friday that an Israeli attack on Iran could take place in the near future. “It could happen within weeks or months,” Ze’evi-Farkash said in an interview with Channel 2 News. “There is a need to stop Iran’s nuclear program,” he clarified, adding, “I…

The government of Russia released a report on Friday denying previous reports that Russian warships were scheduled to dock in Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the reports were incorrect, according to Yedioth Ahronoth news which quoted the Reuter news agency. Numerous international media outlets reported Friday afternoon that Russia was planning to dock three…

Russia condemned a resolution on Syria which the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted on Friday as “harmful,” complaining that it was tantamount to a show of support for rebels fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Reuters quoted Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin as having told the 193-nation assembly that the Saudi-drafted resolution “hides blatant…

The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau’s serious warning against travelling to the Sinai Peninsula was prompted by the release of an Al-Qaeda operative from a prison in Gaza and his return to Sinai. Thursday’s warning said that “From information at our disposal, it arises that terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and additional elements are…

United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was in Israel this week to talk with Israeli leaders about Iran’s nuclear program. Now the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot is reporting that Panetta shared America’s contingency plan in case talks with Iran fail to halt its nuclear program. Panetta may have shared the plan to assuage Israeli…

July saw a significant decrease in the number of terrorist attacks, according to figures released by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Thursday. The figures showed that 64 terrorist attacks took place in July, as opposed to 165 in June 2012. The decrease was most prominent in attacks originating in Gaza: 28 attacks from…

Israel took steps this week to boost the Palestinian Authority economy by tying it more tightly to Israel’s own economy. Among other things, Israel will help build pipelines to transfer petroleum products to the PA and will use its advanced technology to monitor the flow of goods, helping the PA to enforce its tax laws.…

Chief negotiators for the EU and Iran agreed on Thursday to hold more talks about Tehran’s nuclear work, Reuters reported, but the European Union gave no sign progress was imminent in the dispute. Six world powers, represented by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, have sought to persuade Iran to scale back its nuclear program…

There are no reports of any United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) sponsored summer camps in Gaza in 2012 as opposed to previous years, according to the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. The Amit Center released a report stating that the majority of summer camps for children in the Gaza region are run…

The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria said on Thursday that the country post-Assad will be an Islamic state. Speaking to the Al-Arabiya network, the movement’s deputy leader, Ali Al-Bayanouni, said, “You cannot deny the fact that Syria is an Islamic Arab country because most of the people who live in the country are Arab and Muslim,…

The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau (NSCCTBCTB) issued on Thursday a serious warning against travelling to the Sinai Peninsula, and called on Israelis vacationing in the area to leave immediately. “From information at our disposal, it arises that terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and additional elements are actively planning to perpetrate terrorist attacks, especially…

Israeli swimmer Yakov-Yan Toumarkin, an IDF soldier, finished in seventh place Thursday in the men’s 200-meter backstroke event in the London Olympics, with a time of 1:57.62. On Wednesday he set a new Israeli record with his time of 1:57:33 in the semi-finals.  Israeli judoka Arik Ze’evi lost his first fight in the Olympics on Wednesday in under a…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once again called for the annihilation of Israel, which he labeled “the axis of unity of the world hegemonic powers.” Speaking in advance of International Qods Day, set this year for August 17, Ahmadinejad repeated his annual litany of hate for the Jewish State in a meeting with ambassadors and…

Hungarian lawmaker from the far-right Jobbik party has resigned from his seat in the European Parliament after he had tried to cover up his Jewish ancestry for as long as two years. Csanad Szegedi was revealed last month to be the grandchild of an Auschwitz survivor named Magdolna Klein. “When Csanád’s maternal Jewish heritage came…

A bipartisan bill that would ensure recognition of the plight of 850,000 Jewish refugees displaced from Arab countries since Israel’s War of Independence in 1948 has been introduced to the U.S. Congress. The legislation, proposed by Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Howard Berman (D-CA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Bob Turner…

Israel this week will open a new embassy in Albania, a NATO member nation with a Muslim population of 70 percent. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman left Israel on Wednesday to attend the historic event. He is meeting in the capital city of Tirana with President Bujar Nishani, Prime Minister Sali Berisha, Foreign Affairs Minister Edmond Panariti,…

Days after returning from his trip to Israel where he declared Jerusalem to be the undivided capital of the Jewish state, Mitt Romney formed a Jewish American coalition in an effort to bolster his bid for the presidency. “The Jewish community has made contributions to American society that stand in amazing disproportion to its numbers,…

Spanish police have arrested three suspected terrorists, Spanish media reported Wednesday. The three have been linked to the international Al-Qaeda terror organization. Al-Qaeda issued a warning in July saying that Spain may be attacked by “lone wolf” terrorists. The three were in possession of explosives and poison, and are believed to have been planning an…

President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The sources said that Obama’s order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence “finding,” broadly permits the CIA and other…

A spokesman for the White House seemed to agree with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, when he admitted that Iran has not yet decided to abandon its nuclear program despite the sanctions being imposed on it. “We agree with Netanyahu’s assessment that Iran has not made a decision to abandon its nuclear program,” spokesman…

An Egyptian official said on Wednesday that President Mohammed Morsi had indeed sent a letter to Israeli President Shimon Peres and that it was not appropriate that Morsi’s spokesman denied the letter had been sent. Morsi’s letter, which came in response to a letter Peres sent to Morsi, thanked the Israeli president for his Ramadan…

Egypt’s prime minister has drawn on bureaucrats and Islamists for the country’s first Muslim Brotherhood-led administration, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Prime Minister-designate Hisham Kandil’s appointment of at least two Brotherhood politicians, including one as education minister, marked a major break with the past. But the cabinet’s heavy reliance on civil servants also smacked of the…

It was a good day for Israel at the 2012 London Olympic Games on Wednesday, as Israeli athletes made history both on the tennis court and in the swimming pool. Israeli tennis players Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich stunned the audience and in fact all entire tennis world, as they defeated the gold medalists from…

A visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp by an official in the Palestinian Authority has sparked outrage among Hamas’ terrorist rulers in Gaza. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translated PA media reports about the visit as well as the angry reactions to it. The visit by Ziad Al-Bandak, an advisor to PA Chairman…

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta assured Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that America will prevent Iran from “ever acquiring a nuclear weapon.” Speaking to reporters at a joint news conference prior to their meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the two leaders discussed the threat posed by Iran’s continuing race towards nuclear weapons. The…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has informed US Defense Secy Leon Panetta that Israel will make its own decisions on how to deal with Iran. The two men discussed the issue at a special reception held at the Defense Ministry’s Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on Wednesday before taking a tour of an Iron Dome…

Six IDF soldiers are “fighting” in the London Olympics – competing as part of the Israeli Team in swimming, Judo and rhythmic gymnastics. Corporal Yakov-Yan Toumarkin, age 20, is in the Israeli Air Force. He also previously has won a gold medal in the LEN European Aquatics Championships 100m backstroke, and he was a FINA…

A neo-Nazi motorcycle gang created by an undercover law-enforcement unit to investigate white supremacists and racist bikers has helped overthrow two domestic-terrorism groups in Central Florida, The Orlando Sentinel reported. The original investigation began in 2007, when an undisclosed agent traded emails with August Kreis III, a leader of the Aryan Nations hate group who…

Israeli soldiers were caught in apparent crossfire between Egyptian soldiers and drug smugglers Wednesday morning. No Israeli injuries were reported. Egyptian soldiers spotted and shot at drug smugglers trying to cross into Israel, and several bullets hit an Israeli bus carrying soldiers. Assuming they were under a terrorist attack, the Israeli soldiers fired back and…

Nearly five months after an Israeli diplomat’s car was bombed in New Delhi, the Delhi Police on Tuesday indicted Indian journalist Syed Mohammad Kazmi of conspiring with foreign elements and others for the terror strike. According to a report in the Press Trust of India (PTI), the charge sheet filed in a local court contained…

President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday new U.S. sanctions against foreign banks that help Iran sell its oil, Reuters reported. Obama said the measure would increase pressure on Tehran for failing to meet its international nuclear obligations. The decision, in an executive order, came ahead of congressional votes on new sanctions intended to further strip…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used an interview on Tuesday with Israel’s major television channels, Channel 2 and Channel 10, to reiterate that he will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. In the Channel 2 interview, Netanyahu responded to reports that he has already decided to attack Iran, despite the opposition of senior defense officials.…

Two Israelis were lightly wounded on Tuesday night as Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists launched an attack on a vehicle that was driving past the Yitzhar junction in Samaria (Shomron). According to a report by the Judea and Samaria Division of the Israeli police, the driver of the vehicle, a resident of the community of Kedumim,…

Egypt denied on Tuesday evening the reports that President Mohammed Morsi had sent a letter to Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres. Dr. Yasser Ali, Morsi’s official spokesman, denied the reports which appeared in the Israeli press and which said that Morsi thanked the Israeli president for his Ramadan greetings and said he is looking forward to…

Whether bluff or bluster, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for a total halt to cure oil exports, a move that could be economic suicide but also could cause a worldwide depression. Iran relies on oil for approximately 80 percent of its foreign income, which Ahmadinejad needs to continue his race for nuclear capability. Iranian…

The IDF will begin to implement a mammoth technological project Wednesday, as its entire cellphone network is migrated from the current provider, Mirs/Motorola, to Cellcom. The process will take several months. The IDF Website reports that IDF officers and other eligible soldiers will begin receiving their new phones at eight allocation centers located throughout Israel,…

It’s been 10 years since Palestinian Authority terrorists murdered students and staff at Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus, during the 2002 Second Intifada, also known to some as the Oslo War. A memorial service was held Tuesday in the Nancy Reagan Plaza near the scene of the bombing to mark the somber occasion. The ceremony,…

An Iranian-funded religious academy in Iraq is training approximately 1,500 recruits from Arab countries worldwide to use “combat weapons” and engage in “street fighting,” The Gulf Daily News reported. Iran has spent $1 million to establish and fund the camp, according to the report. Training reportedly began over the weekend. According to a report in…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, whose rating in Israel has slipped to some extent, enjoys a favorable image in a recent Gallup poll in the United States, Of the 60 percent of the respondents who said they were familiar enough with him to give a rating, 35 percent had a positive view of him compared with…

American Jewish gymnast Aly Raisman, known by her nickname Aly, reached the Olympics women’s artistic gymnastics finals, beating teammate and world champion Jordyn Wieber. She not only stunned spectators by grabbing one of the two spots in the all-around individual finals for the U.S., but she did it while performing a floor exercise routine to…

“Obama genealogy” has become even more of a popular hobby than Jewish genealogy. Now, ancestry.com says his white mother’s third generation ancestor may have been a black slave. The website’s team of genealogists ignored the usual route of tracing the ancestry of Obama’s black father, from Kenya, and instead researched the background of his late…

The IDF Engineering Corps is testing a new “instant bunker” that infantry units can build for protection in the field, with little or no help from heavy machinery, reports the IDF Website. “A maneuvering force in the field that has reached its destination and intends to stop for some time needs defenses against the fire…

The White House criticized Mitt Romney on Monday for adopting a policy on Jerusalem that is different from previous administrations’. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee declared in Jerusalem that the city is the capital of Israel, while the Obama administration and predecessors have refused to do because it includes areas of the city unrecognized by…

August Kowalczyk, the last remaining survivor from a group of prisoners who escaped the Auschwitz death camp in 1942, passed away on Monday, a spokesman for the Auschwitz Museum announced. Kowalczyk was sent to Auschwitz in December of 1940. Two years later, in June of 1942, he took part in an attempt by 50 Polish…

A discrimination case brought by a group of young Los Angeles Jews, affiliated with a pro-Israel organization, against the Muslim owner of a prestigious resort hotel in Santa Monica began in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 26. The plaintiffs, including more than a dozen young adults affiliated with the nonprofit Friends of the Israel Defense…

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists fired five mortar shells on Monday afternoon at an IDF force that was operating near the Kissufim crossing in central Gaza. The IDF Spokesman said that there were no physical injuries or damage. The soldiers fired shots towards suspicious areas after the attack. The terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza have upped their…

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney supports a two-state solution to solve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, he told CNN during his visit to Jerusalem. In an interview with the American news network, which took place in Jerusalem on Sunday, Romney was asked if he saw the starting point for negotiations as…

The convoy of Lieutenant-General Babacar Gaye, head of the United Nations observer mission in Syria, was attacked by government forces over the weekend. Only the vehicles’ armor protected them from injury, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement on Monday. “Yesterday the convoy of General Gaye was attacked by army tanks,” Ban told reporters…

The Justice and Development Organization for Human Rights in Egypt has called to release Gaza from under the rule of Hamas, which violently seized power in a 2007 coup. The organization released a statement on Monday in the city of Minya, in which it argued that Hamas is an illegal entity and is the main…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday, “No element in the world would dare attack Israel with chemical weapons.” He added that “Nothing will happen” and said that he, himself, is prepared to hand back his personal gas mask and protective kit – in a statement meant to show how little credence he lends to the…

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta flies to Israel this week after starting a week-long Middle East trip in Tunisia with optimism that Syrian President Bashar Assad will fall. Coming on the tail of Mitt Romney’s headline-making visit to Israel, Panetta spoke optimistically on Israel, insisting that “the U.S.-Israel defense relationship…is stronger today than it…

Anti-Semitism is alive and well in the United States too. Four American teenagers and a 21 year old were arrested last week for terrorizing a Jewish camp in Pennsylvania. The gang went racing through Camp Bomin in a white Ford pickup truck while shouting vicious anti-Semitic epithets, according to a police criminal complaint.  In one incident,…

Autism experts from around the world are expected to arrive Tuesday in Jerusalem to exchange updated research about the condition at the International ICare4Autism Conference. The two-day conference, “Autism: A Global Perspective” will be held at Jerusalem’s International Conference Center (Binyanei Ha’Uma) on Wednesday and Thursday. Opening remarks to kick off the program will be…

Mitt Romney left Israel for Poland and a meeting with Lech Walesa Monday after raising more than $1 million from 40 supporters at a breakfast. Poland is the last stop in his three-country tour that began in Britain and is designed to win him support from those opposing President Barack Obama’s foreign policies, especially towards…

One of President Obama’s key liaisons to the Jewish community has opted to sit out the 2012 election campaign, The Daily Beast reported. Dennis Ross, a longtime diplomat and a key architect of the Oslo peace process under President Clinton, who worked or the Obama campaign during the 2008 Democratic primaries, has stated that he won’t…

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani recently called President Obama “the least supportive president” of Israel in history and claimed the idea that Obama is a friend of the Jewish state to be “the biggest joke” he’s ever heard. In a video published on YouTube this week, Giuliani is asked a number of questions…

Iran’s controversial nuclear program was at the center of a meeting on Sunday between Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Shimon Peres. During the meeting, which took place at the presidential residence in Jerusalem, Romney told Peres, “I came today to the president’s residence in Jerusalem to hear from you and learn from you.…

Republican candidate for president Mitt Romney said Sunday that the U.S. has “a solemn duty and a moral imperative” to block Iran from having nuclear weapons, and that it should lead the efforts to stop Iran from achieving that capability. He began his speech by saying that it was “a moving experience to be in…

Slovakia’s Jewish community has called for alleged Nazi-era war criminal Laszlo Csatary, who was detained in neighboring Hungary, to stand trial on Slovak soil for alleged crimes he committed against Jews in a former Hungarian province, the European Jewish Press (EJP) reported. Csatary is accused of organizing the World War II deportation to their deaths…

Both Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his host, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, took part in a delicate ballet. The Israeli prime minister does not want to appear to be playing favorites in the tight presidential race in the United States, while Mitt Romney had committed not to break new United States foreign policy…

The Italian Olympic team at the London Olympic Games made a noble gesture Sunday and stood in silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team, in memory of the 11 athletes slain in the Munich Olympics 40 years ago, Voice of Israel radio reported Sunday. About 30 Italians were present at the ceremony, including Italy’s…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told American GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday that sanctions and diplomacy has done nothing to change Iran’s headlong rush towards nuclear capability. Prior to entering a meeting between the two men in Jerusalem Sunday, Netanyahu and Romney spoke with reporters for a few minutes, and both referred to the…

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said in an interview with Bloomberg’s Al Hunt that she believes Republican Jews are “being exploited,” alleging that they are using Israel as an “excuse” to divert the public from their tax-cutting agenda. Pelosi’s comments came in response to a question posed by the interviewer as to whether Jewish voters…

The identity of the terrorist who blew himself up near a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last week, killing five Israelis, remains a mystery as a Bulgarian news website published photos of his body on Friday. The website, Bivol, reported that the terrorist was unaware that he was going to explode and that the…

Just days after U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon announced the traditional Olympic Truce, which calls for people and nations to “set aside their differences” during the international Games, news emerged that the one Iranian athlete likely to face an Israeli in competition has withdrawn due to a “gut infection,” CNS news reported.  While Iran and a…

An Israeli woman suffered physical injuries in a Sabbath rocket attack on the city of Sderot. Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired at least four rockets towards the city throughout the day on Saturday. Three of them exploded in open areas outside the city and the fourth exploded in an open area inside the city. A…

Olympic officials were forced to erect a screen between Lebanon’s and Israel’s judo fighters on Friday after the Lebanese refused to train on the same mat, the Israeli Olympic team said on Friday. The incident arose after Lebanon’s two judokas found themselves next to the five Israelis during practice at the official training venue in…

For the 18th year in a row, thousands marched around the ancient walls of the holy city of Jerusalem Saturday night in an event held by the Women in Green movement. Participants began the march by reading the Book of Lamentations in front of the American Consulate on Agron Street in Jerusalem, and then proceeded…

Despite the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) refusal to hold a minute of silence to commemorate the 11 Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered 40 years ago at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, NBC sportscaster Bob Costas led his own, improvised, tribute as the 2012 Israeli athletes walked into Olympic Stadium Friday. “There have been…

Channel 2‘s veteran Middle East analyst Ehud Yaari, who is back from a trip to the U.S., said Friday night that an Israeli attack on Iran can be expected in October. “I will give you an impression,” he told anchorman Danny Kushmaro on Channel 2 TV’s Ulpan Shishi, “and this is just an impression, but…

Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, landed in Israel Saturday night for a short visit. Romney’s itinerary will include meetings with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. He will also meet Salaam Fayyad, of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Romney’s visit is seen…

Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of Av in the Hebrew calendar, is a sundown-to-sundown fast, a day of mourning marking the destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples in Jerusalem, the subsequent exile from the Land of Israel, as well as other historical calamities that befell the Jewish People on the same date. This year…

Illegal Infiltration into Israel through Sinai has plummeted sharply in last two months, according to official statistics. The number of illegal immigrants who have crossed the border thus far in July is 244. In June, the number of infiltrators was 928. In May it was 2,031. This means the rate of infiltration has dropped by…

Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz said in an interview broadcast Saturday that a premature attack on Iran “could be disastrous.” Mofaz argued that Iran will not develop a nuclear bomb until its supreme leader decides to do so. “We need to ask ourselves… two questions,” the former defense minister said. “Will an early attack by Israel…

Two Qassam rockets fired from northern Gaza Strip on Saturday night exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported. Earlier, two rockets landed in an open area near Sderot, causing no harm. A 29-year-old woman was lightly injured while running to a shelter. She was taken to…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he was “deeply” concerned about reports of the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria, and demanded the government state it would not use them “under any circumstances.” “I remain deeply concerned about the reports of the possible use of chemical weapons,” Ban was quoted by Reuters…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that international steps must be taken to deal with President Bashar al-Assad’s military build-up around the Syrian city of Aleppo and his government’s threat to use chemical weapons. “There is a build-up in Aleppo and the recent statements, with respect to the use of weapons of…

A Swedish national of Lebanese descent arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of plotting to attack Israeli tourists in the country will stand trial on September 12, authorities said on Friday. Reuters reported that the man, who has not been identified, faces nine charges of security-related offences related to tracking the movements and areas frequented by…

A group of British Islamists called off a protest planned for outside the London Olympic Park on Friday, Reuters reported. The group, led by some of Britain’s most prominent Islamist figures, had intended to gather outside the gates to the park ahead of the opening ceremony to denounce what they called “the evil of the…

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two rockets at southern Israel on Friday night, shattering the calm of the Sabbath. Both rockets exploded in agricultural areas in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no physical injuries or property damage. On Wednesday, a rocket was fired into Israel from Gaza, striking an open area in the Hof…

Six years after the Second Lebanon War, the pan-Arab satellite television network Al Mayadeen broadcast on Friday exclusive footage showing the incident that began the war: the kidnapping of IDF soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser. Regev and Goldwasser were kidnapped by Hizbullah terrorists near Israel’s border with Lebanon on July 12, 2006. In response,…

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge refused to answer a question posed by the families of the slain Israeli athletes as to whether he denied their request to hold a moment of silence in their memory due to the fact that they were Israeli, The Jewish Chronicle reported. Ankie Spitzer and…

Arabs continue to attempt carjackings in Judea and Samaria, and they continue to target female drivers, as they have in the past. The latest incident took place Thursday night. Rabbanit (Rebbetzin) Ofra Schmidt, whose husband is the rabbi of Shavei Shomron and heads the hesder yeshiva there, too, drove eastward out of Karnei Shomron at…

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney evaded a question at Thursday’s press briefing regarding which city the U.S. considers to be the capital of Israel. Carney refused to disclose whether the U.S. officially believes Jerusalem or Tel Aviv to be the capital of Israel. Persistently questioned for about a minute, an uncomfortable Carney only responded…

The Arab League has released a statement warning Israel to stay away from the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The mosque is located on the Temple Mount, which Judaism teaches is the holiest site in the world. Surprisingly, the Arab League statement termed the mosque “the holiest of the Arab and Islamic holy sites.” Normally, Mecca is considered…

Israel deserves better treatment than it has received from United States President Barack Obama, presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said, speaking to Yisrael Hayom. Romney told the daily paper that he, unlike Obama, would not make disputes with Israel’s leaders a public affair. “I cannot imagine going to the United Nations, as Obama did, and…

Five people are facing charges in an incident in Pennsylvania, in the United States, that left Jewish campers fearing for their lives. The five are charged with attacking Camp Bonim in Wayne Country, and with targeting a counselor outside the camp. The group, led by 18-year-old Tyler Spencer, drove into the camp three times in…

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will meet Egypt’s new President Mohammed Morsi next week and hold talks with the country’s top general during a trip to the Middle East and North Africa, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Reuters reported that in addition to Egypt, Panetta will also travel to Israel, Jordan and Tunisia next week.…

Gaza’s de-facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh met Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Thursday in an official visit that signaled a shift in Cairo’s stance toward Hamas after the election of a Muslim Brotherhood head of state in Egypt. An official from Gaza told Reuters that the head of Egyptian intelligence had promised measures to increase…

The Hizbullah terror group has affirmed its allegiance to Syria and has offered to place itself at President Bashar Assad’s disposal. According to a report on Thursday in Lebanon’s Al-Joumhouria newspaper, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah “placed all of Hizbuulah capabilities at al-Assad’s disposal, in the event of the Syrian regime requiring urgent assistance.” The newspaper…

Dovid Efune, the editor of the Algemeiner newspaper and a frequent op-ed contributor to Arutz Sheva, has criticized the ads which recently appeared in New York train stations and which insinuate that Israel steals Arab land. Billboards on Metro North train stations in Westchester County include four maps of Israel and show Israel growing at…

The Pentagon has reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin Corp on a $450 million program to enhance electronic warfare equipment on the F-35 fighter jet, and integrate Israeli-unique systems beginning in 2016, sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Thursday. According to the report, the deal, to be finalized in the coming weeks, marks…

Israel reinforced its Syrian frontier on Thursday as fighting between rebels and the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad intensfied on Thursday. Israeli troops were put on “very high” alert, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “There are also more planes and more snipers.” He denied the move was linked to fears…

Russia on Thursday charged that calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down are blocking efforts to end 16 months of unrest in the country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned such calls — made by the United States, several European and Arab governments and Turkey — were fanning the flames of violence. He also reiterated…

The Simon Wiesenthal center urged the Swiss government to protect the religious rite of circumcision following news that hospitals in Zurich and St. Gallen have suspended the practice on Jewish and Muslim boys in wake of a similar ban in Germany ordered by a judge in Cologne. In a letter to Swiss Ambassador to the…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Wednesday that Jerusalem is “committed to doing everything it can in order to stop Iran from going nuclear.” I am “fully aware of the difficulties and complexities involved in preventing Iran from attaining nuclear weapons,” Barak told graduates of the IDF National Security College. Israel is facing “difficult and fateful…

A 20 year old Arab woman was arrested in Hevron Thursday in what police say was an attempt to stab soldiers. The woman was arrested when she tried to spray pepper spray at Border Police at the Tzalbanit checkpoint, near the Cave of Patriarchs. A knife was then found in her bag. In her initial…

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon slammed the Palestinian Authority for terming a moment of silence during the Olympics for Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 games in Munich as “racist.” “No, the murder of Israelis because they are Israelis is racist, not the request to dignify and honor them,” Ayalon wrote on Facebook. “On the…

Reports began circulating on Thursday that Iran’s nuclear facilities have been hit with a computer virus that plays the hit song “Thunderstruck” by Australian heavy metal band AC/DC. Workers allegedly have to endure the song being played unexpectedly at full volume, sometimes in the middle of the night. There has been no official confirmation of…

A short ceremony commemorating the 11 Israeli athletes who were murdered at the 1972 Munich Games will be held at Israel’s embassy in London starting at 10:45 a.m Friday, July 27, followed by a global minute of silence at 11:00 a.m. The worldwide event, which will be streamed online at Minute for Munich, will take…