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One person was killed when a bus carrying dozens of people overturned on Wednesday night as it was traveling on Highway 77 near the Arab town of Zarzir, located near Nazareth in northern Israel. Paramedics who were called to the scene treated more than 30 people who were lightly injured in the accident, and two…

Roi Harel, who was lightly wounded by terrorists who broke into his home in the Binyamin region town of Eli, was released on Wednesday evening from the Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem. The two terrorists who carried out the attack, both 17-year-olds from a nearby Palestinian Arab village, were killed by security forces shortly afterwards.…

A Palestinian Authority investigatory commission arrived in Bulgaria on Tuesday to examine the circumstances regarding the death of a convicted PFLP terrorist on the grounds of a PA embassy in Bulgaria. Last Friday, employees at the Palestinian Authority embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria found Naif Hassan Omar Zaid lying dead in the embassy garden. Zaid, an…

Avraham Naguisa (Likud), the head of the Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee, lambasted the bureaucratic barriers immigrants to Israel face, asserting that restrictions on academic achievements abroad were preventing skilled Diaspora Jews from immigrating to Israel. “As a country that absorbs immigrants, we must remove these obstructions and prevent the immigrants’ return to their countries…

Two terrorists approached a military post near the community of Har Bracha in Samara. They stabbed two IDF soldiers and escaped. One soldier is moderately wounded, while the other is lightly wounded. A military helicopter was sent to bring them both to a hospital. Security forces are at the scene and searching for the perpetrators. Early reports indicated that…

An assassination attempt was made Wednesday against an influential Saudi preacher, who visited the Philippines. The gunman was killed and two suspects were arrested. According to Al Jazeera and AFP, preacher Sheikh A’ed ِAl Qarni was shot and wounded as he left a university auditorium in the southern port city of Zamboanga, where he had been…

A group of maintenance workers trying to fix a gas pipe at the Plaszow concentration camp uncovered human bones that are believed to have belonged to a Jewish inmate. Tadeusz Jakubowicz, the president of the Jewish community in nearby Krakow, told Polish media that he received an anonymous phone call about workers uncovering buried human…

Members of Jewish Voice for Peace disrupted an event at a Northbrook synagogue on Sunday, in which Chicago Representative Bob Dold addressed local Jews, as well as federal and state legislators. Dold is the primary sponsor of the Combating BDS Act. A video credited to JVP-Chicago member Michael Deheeger shows the disruption and the anger that ensued.…

A top-level Israeli delegation that included a senior political figure visited Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago, according to Channel 10. The channel’s Arab affairs expert, Tzvi Yehezkeli, said that he cannot reveal everything that he knows about the visit due to military censorship, and that there have been additional visits, which he cannot report…

Emunah, the National Religious Women’s Organization, is a fantastic enterprise. This week, the organization held an evening to celebrate the eighty years since its founding, decades in which its leaders, workers and dedicated volunteers established 140 day care centers for working women, 5 children’s homes that provide nurture and warmth for at-risk youngsters including one for…

Weapons factories producing makeshift firearms are becoming more common, Reuters reports. Israeli security officials have seen a rise in the number of weapon factories in Judea and Samaria, while experts familiar with the Palestinian Authority black market note the flood of locally produced of guns. While an authentic M-16 assault rifle costs upwards of $18,000…

Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov has announced that he is supporting a professor accused of anti-Semitism. Joy Karega, an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition, has claimed that Jewish bankers control the world’s economy and have been behind every war for centuries, that “Zionist” orchestrated both the 9/11 attacks and the terror attack on Charlie Hebdo,…

The McGraw-Hill Education book publisher said Wednesday that it would temporarily stop selling one of its college world politics textbooks, after it had been alerted to the fact that it contained a previously discredited series of maps. “Pending a review, we are placing a hold on sales of the book,” Catherine Mathis, chief communications officer…

“The terrorists who carried out this morning’s attack in Eli had Facebook pages full of anti-Israel incitement.” So said this morning Yigal Dalmoni, the Deputy Head of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria. “I call on Facebook to wake up and put an end to this,” Dalmoni said. Just yesterday, Public Security…

Six Gulf nations led by Saudi Arabia on Wednesday formally declared the Lebanese Iran-proxy Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. A statement by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stated the declaration is being made due to hostile acts by the Shi’ite terrorist group within its member states, reports Associated Press. Those hostile acts were listed as including…

Anti-Israel activists on Tuesday night projected hostile messages on the walls of the British House of Parliament, a day before Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) was to address the parliament on Wednesday. The pro-BDS activists targeted Edelstein in their messages projected on the walls, calling to “arrest illegal occupation Edelstein,” and writing “Israel’s racist leader Edelstein not welcome,”…

Jordan said Wednesday that a raid near its border with Syria that killed seven suspected jihadists had foiled attacks being plotted by the Islamic State group (ISIS) in the kingdom. ISIS had planned “attacks against civilian and military sites in order to destabilize national security,” Jordan’s intelligence services said in a statement. An officer in the…

Around three years ago Seattle rap star Damian Black – now Nissim Black – found Judaism and converted, and now he has completed the process by making Aliyah with the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization to Israel. Black, who recently collaborated with Israeli singer Gad Elbaz, arrived in the Holy Land last Thursday with his wife Adina and…

Reports of cooperation between Hamas in Gaza and ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula are nothing new, but a recently-obtained letter from one ISIS jihadist reveals just how deeply those ties stretch – and that not all of Islamic State’s supporters are particularly enamored with it. A letter posted to social media by a Gaza-born ISIS…

During recent months amid a wave of Arab terror the incitement on Palestinian TV has been working overtime, to the point that for many, the site of TV hosts, children or cartoon characters inciting to murder Jews is no longer remarkable. But a new global campaign by Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center seeks to revolutionize the counter-terror…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu turned Wednesday to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, to explore the legal viability of expelling the families of terrorist murderers to Gaza. The potential measure has long been advocated by some officials – including members of the government from the Jewish Home and Likud parties – as a means of deterring terrorists.…

Members of the synagogue in the city of Orgiev, in Moldova, were shocked on Wednesday morning to find their Torah scroll thrown to the floor of the synagogue, and other religious objects desecrated on the floor as well. Leaders of the Jewish community submitted a complaint to the local police, and an investigation was launched…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) has signed his approval for the urban building plan of Hemdat, a town in the Jordan Valley that has had its construction frozen for the past 19 years. Shalom Kuperman, a member of the Hemdat secretariat and one of the most long-standing residents of the town, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Wednesday…

A verbal confrontation broke out on Tuesday between the head of the Israeli delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Union, MK Erel Margalit (Zionist Union), and the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) representative Zuhair Sandoka. Sandoka attacked Israel at the conference and called for the expansion of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump are emerging as the big winners in Super Tuesday voting. Trump so far has been projected as the winner of Republican contests in Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Massachusetts, Vermont and Tennessee, while Clinton scored wins in Texas, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Massachusetts and Virginia, according…

Former Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden left a personal fortune of around $29 million “for jihad”, his will shows. The will is among a trove of documents released to the media on Tuesday and quoted by the BBC. The will was seized in the 2011 American assault on Bin Laden’s hideout in Abbotabad, Pakistan. Bin…

Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) has agreed to implement a law allowing himself and the police chief to recommend granting a decoration of valor to a citizen or officer who acted bravely in fighting terror. Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) passed along a request to Erdan asking to grant a decoration of valor to Rabbi Nehemia…

The holiday of Purim is one of the most celebrated of Jewish holidays by religious and secular Jews alike. Hey, it’s not often that we’re actually told to drink wine, and a lot of it. That talks to a lot of people. What does not get through though is the specialness of the holiday, and the…

Israel has been enjoying some early spring weather, and the wave of warm weather is expected to reach a peak on Wednesday. The heat wave, accompanied by clouds and haze, is to peak through most of the country, with strong eastern winds anticipated in the north. Then on Wednesday night the heat wave will break, as…

Two terrorists broke into the community of Eli, located in the Mateh Binyamin region, early Wednesday morning, where they attacked one of the local residents with a knife and clubs before fleeing the scene. The lightly wounded man was evacuated to the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem with cuts in the head. Security forces who…

US State Department spokesperson John Kirby was put on the spot Tuesday during a press briefing, when asked if the State Department would finish its review of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Cilnton’s 22 top-secret emails by the elections in November. Clinton, who has been leading the Democratic race and on Super Tuesday strongly outpaced Senator…

Roi Harel, the resident of the Hayovel neighborhood of Eli in the Binyamin region of Samaria who fought off two Arab terrorists who broke into his house and attacked him on Wednesday morning, later described the attack. The two 17-year-old terrorists from the adjacent Arab town of Karyut were waiting outside the door and forced…

The European Commission on Tuesday approved €252.5 million ($274 million) of aid for the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian refugees, in the EU’s first assistance package of 2016, reported Bethlehem-based news service Ma’an. The package includes €170.5 million ($185M) that are to be channeled directly to the PA – especially to its health and education…

A 36-year-old mother was run over and killed in front of her two children in a shocking hit-and-run accident in central Israel on Tuesday evening. According to police, the woman had exited her car along Route 6 near Horshim Interchange after being involved in a serious traffic accident. For reasons as yet unknown, while driving…

The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement harms Palestinian Arabs just as much as it does Israelis, if not more, Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein warned on Tuesday. The comments came in Britain, where he and a delegation of MKs met Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. Edelstein is being accompanied by MKs Yoav Kish (Likud),…

It’s Super Tuesday and Democrats are holding primaries in 12 states, while Republicans vote in 11. Lead Republican candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Marco Rubio to drop out of the 2016 presidential race if he doesn’t do well on Tuesday. “I think he has to get out,” Trump told Fox News in a telephone…

(*Names have been changed) Leah shared the following story with me:* “I was very upset when my husband told me that he took Ritalin as a child. But recently my mother-in-law told me a part of the story that was unknown to all involved until now.” This is her mother-in law’s story: “During my son’s…

With the month of Adar II just around the corner, this Shabbat is the first of the four “special Sabbaths” that precede Passover, featuring a special Torah reading. This Sabbath is “Shabbat Shekalim,” commemorating the half-shekel donation to the Temple that was given by all of Israel at this time of year. This week’s rousing…

Last update: 8:35 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is projected to win the primaries in Georgia and Virginia, while her rival Bernie Sanders will win Vermont, initial results from Super Tuesday voting has found. On the Republican side, Donald Trump is projected to win in Georgia, with Ted Cruz and Marco…

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia not to collectively punish Lebanon’s people just because Riyadh disagreed with the Shiite movement’s policies, AFP reports. In a televised address on his group’s Al-Manar network, Nasrallah said Saudi Arabia does not have “the right to sanction the Lebanese people because one particular party took…

Waze, the Israeli-developed driving app now owned by Google, found itself linked to controversy Tuesday after two Israeli soldiers who were using the app mistakenly entered a Palestinian town, sparking bloody clashes. The company said the soldiers were at fault, with a setting that tells the app to avoid “dangerous areas” having been turned off…

Immigration and Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) has doubled down on comments he made Monday, in which he said the collapse of the Palestinian Authority is not a question of if, but when. The PA swiftly denied it is facing an imminent collapse, dismissing it as wishful thinking on the part of Israeli officials, despite its rising unpopularity…

Dramatic footage has emerged showing IDF soldiers during an operation to rescue two comrades stranded in the hostile Arab town of Qalandiya, as they found themselves under attack by Palestinian terrorists. An initial investigation revealed the two soldiers, who were traveling in a civilian car from the town of Bet El to an IDF base…

Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, responded on Tuesday evening to statements made by Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, who called to countries across the globe to deny entry to Jews who live in Judea and Samaria. “These remarks are pure anti-Semitism and must be treated as such.  Such statements are reminiscent of dark…

Eight protestors were arrested on Tuesday evening during a demonstration of members of the Ethiopian community and other supporters, outside the Police Department’s National Headquarters in Jerusalem. The police announced that some of the protestors rioted, blocked roads and threw bottles at police officers on site. The demonstration was held in light of the state…

Four Israel Air Force fighter jets had a close call with a Ryanair civilian airliner which was heading to Ovda Airport in southern Israel Tuesday afternoon. The close-shave occurred at 27,000 feet, as the IAF jets were taking part in a training exercise over the skies of Israel. The Ryanair flight took off at 2:09 p.m. from…

Brian Levin, a Jewish academician and activist, is being credited with saving three Ku Klux Klan members from severe injury at a rally Saturday in Anaheim, California, when the event turned into an extremely violent confrontation between Klansmen and counter-protesters. Klansmen stabbed three of the counter-protesters but the police have placed most of the blame…

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has accused the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad of using chemical weapons against civilians on several occasions since the current ceasefire began in the war-torn country. “The Syrians used military grade chemical weapons and lately have been using materials, chlorine, against civilians, including in these very days, after the supposed ceasefire,…

Top NATO General Philip Breedlove on Tuesday warned US lawmakers that Russia is helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turn the refugee crisis into a “weapon” against the West. Breedlove, the supreme allied commander in Europe for the 28-member military alliance who also heads the US military’s European Command, said the massive flow of migrants from…

A brigadier general in the IDF has been suspended from his position for two weeks over an accusation that he committed a sexual crime. Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan spoke with the officer, whose name has not been released, and informed him of the suspension. Whether the general will return to his role will be…

New information has revealed that last night’s incident in Qalandiya was worse than initially reported. Two IDF soldiers mistakenly reached the refugee camp while following Waze directions from Beit El to the Mitkan Adam base just north of Jerusalem. They were quickly confronted by Arab rioters armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails. By the time…

The Hamas terror group is acquiring anti-aircraft weaponry, the Al-Masdar news agency reported on Monday. A Soviet-built Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 anti-air heavy machine gun was reportedly spotted during a Hamas military parade in Gaza last week. The weapon is believed to have been smuggled into the Gaza Strip via the Sinai Peninsula by ISIS cells operating…

A review of dozens of Palestinian Authority educational books for the 2015-2016 school year found that the PA education system continues to encourage terror against Jews and completely ignores the Holocaust in history books discussing World War II. In addition, this year’s textbooks continue to systematically erase the State of Israel from maps and texts. Gal…

MK Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union) has commented on the controversial comparisons between the families of terror victims and those of their murderers. “People who find themselves in a violent struggle act in violent ways and this is true for our people as well. We remember the incidents that led up to the creation of the State…

After being trounced in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, Vermont Senator and self-declared socialist Bernie Sanders is on the ropes ahead of the 12-state Super Tuesday vote. The path to a Sanders nomination is rapidly narrowing, and the senator desperately needs to perform well on Tuesday for his campaign to remain viable. Despite being neck-and-neck with…

As part of the investigation into the 402 bus crash that killed six people, four senior Egged officials were called in for investigation by police. Channel 2 reports that the four are suspected of causing death through negligence. Among the suspects are the director of the company’s Jerusalem district, the district’s safety officer and the…

Dr. Mahmoud al-Habash, a PA minister and senior adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas, has canceled his planned participation in a Hebrew University panel today (Tuesday). The panel was to focus on the political process and include MK Ofer Shalah (Yesh Atid). Without Habash, though, organizers say that they are canceling the event. “This follows notification…

How would a Hillary Clinton presidency relate to Israel? Recently released emails between the former Secretary of State and her top foreign policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, shed light on the kinds of demands Clinton would make on both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. In the list of “steps” Clinton’s office expected the PA to take…

Google-owned traffic app Waze hit back on Tuesday at suggestions its directions led Israeli soldiers into a Palestinian village where they were attacked, sparking bloody clashes. Two Israeli soldiers were said to be using the app when they mistakenly drove into Qalandiya overnight, sparking clashes as security forces deployed to rescue them that killed one…

Egypt’s parliament on Monday voted in favor of suspending a parliamentarian who met Israel’s ambassador to Egypt for 10 plenary sessions, the Al-Ahram newspaper reported. According to the report, the MP, Tawfik Okasha, was suspended for insulting the House speaker and not for his meeting with the Israeli ambassador, though another special ‎committee had been…

What is the best way to invest when there is a strong dollar? In today’’s show, Doug answers a listener’’s question about the best way to invest when there is a strong dollar and you are an American citizen living abroad.  Learn the difference between “reference currency” and “living currency.”  Today’’s guest, Mark Divine, a…

Israel and Turkey may announce a reconciliation agreement within days, Turkey’s Foreign Minister said on Monday, according to the Hurriyet daily newspaper. The newspaper said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired a nine-hour meeting of the Turkish cabinet last week which dealt, among other issues, with Ankara’s bilateral relations with Israel. Turkish Foreign Minister…

A series of reforms undertaken by the Republican National Convention following the messy nomination battle in 2012 are likely to benefit New York real estate mogul and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. The changes, which were intended to make it easier for a Republican frontrunner to quickly seal up the nomination, were made with Mitt Romney’s…

MK Oren Hazan (Likud) met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last night (Monday), to warn that he would leave the coalition unless his punishment is lifted, Channel 10 reports. This would leave the coalition without a majority in the Knesset and could quickly lead to the government collapsing. Hazan was suspended from the Foreign Affairs…

Yehuda Glick, the head of the Temple Mount Faithful group, went up to the Temple Mount this morning (Tuesday). This is his first visit to the site since a member of Islamic Jihad tried to assassinate him in October 2014. Last week, a court acquitted Glick of assault and removed his ban from the Temple…

The French government says that it is sending demolition units to the northern port of Calais to take apart improvised shelters housing migrants. The area is known as the “Jungle” and primarily inhabited by people from the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan. It has also been the site of numerous clashes between migrants and police.…

The family of a mentally ill Israeli man who has been held by Hamas since going missing in September 2014 after crossing into Gaza appealed Monday to the international community to help bring him home. Avraham (Avera) Mengistu, a 29-year-old Ethiopian Jew, was deeply depressed and suffering from mental health problems when he wandered unarmed across…

Starting tomorrow on Tuesday, police will let Palestinian workers again enter Ma’ale Adumim to the east of Jerusalem, after they were banned from entry after an Arab worker conducted a horrifying ax terror attack against a Jewish security guard at the town’s mall. In the attack last Thursday 21-year-old Saadi Ali Abu Hamad, who was employed at the mall,…

Hamas is looking to the ruins of Jewish communities in Gaza to settle its longstanding debt to public sector employees. The Hamas employees, who were hired without the consent of the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah, have remained a sticking point in relations between Hamas and Fatah. Despite the formation of a unity government, the…

A suicide bomber struck a Shi’ite funeral northeast of Baghdad Monday, killing at least 24 people, including militia commanders, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) group, officials said. The blast in Muqdadiyah, which also wounded dozens of people, threatens to spark another round of revenge attacks against Sunni Muslims in the area, like those carried out after bombings in…

The Knesset held a special session on Monday, two years after the death of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took to the plenum to remember Sharon, offering both praise and criticism. Addressing Sharon’s lengthy military career, Netanyahu lauded his service heading the elite Unit 101 commando group during the 1950s.…

Clashes broke out on Monday evening between Palestinian Arabs and IDF soldiers in Qalandiya, after two IDF soldiers accidentally entered the Palestinian Arab village, located north of Jerusalem. The two soldiers were attacked by dozens of Arab rioters who threw rocks and firebombs and sent their military vehicle on fire. The IDF called reinforcements into…

Defense ministers from the international coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) group, led by the United States, discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago, an aide to Saudi Arabia’s defense minister quoted by Reuters said on Monday. He stressed, however, that a decision on the issue has not yet been made.…

The Pentagon is expanding its cyberattacks against the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s computer networks, senior defense officials said Monday as they claimed to have seized the momentum in the 18-month-old fight against the jihadists. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and the U.S. military’s top officer, General Joe Dunford, told reporters the United States was determined to…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday met the new Egyptian ambassador to Israel, Hazem Khairat, several days after he presented his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin. “Welcome to Israel, Mr. Ambassador!” Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page following the meeting. Netanyahu’s office released a statement, saying the meeting dealt with relations between Israel and Egypt…

A European Union (EU) spokesperson for the EU ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen told Arutz Sheva on Monday he was shocked by a recent video made by nationalist activists, which took aim at Faaborg-Andersen for rampant EU-funded illegal Arab construction. The video by the Jerusalem Periphery Forum portrayed the EU official wearing the face muzzle of Hannibal Lecter, the cannibalistic…

US Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Israel next Sunday, and the Obama administration is launching an all-out effort to prevent a repeat of the diplomatic flare-up that marred his previous trip in 2010. In what is likely to be the Obama administration’s last state visit to Israel, Biden’s visit closes out a…

Arutz Sheva was on hand late Monday morning to greet five women from the ancient Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng, as they made Aliyah to Israel and returned to their homeland after thousands of years of exile. The five women, Gao Yichen (“Weiwei”), Yue Ting, Li Jing, Li Yuan, and Li Chengjin (“Lulu”), were aided by the Shavei Israel organization…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu bashed his former ally and one-time protégé, MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beitenu), on Monday, during a Likud party meeting. Netanyahu mocked former Foreign Minister Lieberman’s “emergency” meeting with MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) on Monday regarding Israel’s foreign relations, dismissively addressing the meeting while labeling the two as leftists. “The coalition…

An official Palestinian Authority (PA) TV host and Muslim preacher taught in his weekly education program about Islam on Saturday that due to Jews, “humanity will never live in comfort” – but in spewing his anti-Semitism he showed a distinct lack of creativity by falling back on old trope. In his Saturday show on official PA…

The FBI has launched a new website to counter extremism – devoid of any references to Islam or Islamist extremism. Titled “Don’t be a Puppet,” the site originally had a significant emphasis on the main terrorism scourge plaguing today’s world – namely, extremist Islam. However, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) – self-billed as “America’s largest Muslim…

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, whose stunning 2008 win in the GOP Iowa caucus catapulted him into the national spotlight, fared poorly in this year’s crowded field, placing ninth with less than 2%. Huckabee’s poor performance was explained in large part by the presence of other, newer anti-establishment candidates who managed to capture the same…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had his lawyer file a complaint against pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtas, accusing him of “insulting” the president. The indictment cited parts of Demirtas’ speech at a HDP meeting in the southern province of Mersin on Saturday, in which he said Erdogan “wants to be the caliphate of Islam.…

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals are putting increasing pressure on the New York billionaire to release his tax returns ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday vote on March 1st. Both Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Trump’s leading competitors in the race for the Republican nomination, released their tax returns on Sunday and…

The Hamas terrorist organization held a show of strength with thousands of participants last Friday at Rafah in southern Gaza, in a demonstration of full support for the current Arab terror wave against Israel. Deputy Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh was the main speaker at the event, where he said the brutal intifada expresses “the culture…

Israel’s first right-wing TV channel, which began broadcasting in 2014, has been ordered to portray the Reform Movement in a more positive light, raising questions about media censorship. The Cable and Satellite Council chair, Dr. Yifat Ben Hai Segev, has sent a letter to the heads of the Heritage Channel, Channel 20. The letter was in response…

Police in Moscow have arrested a Muslim woman who was spotted brandishing a child’s decapitated head near a metro station in the Russian capital. According to numerous Russian media outlets, the woman – dressed in a black burqa – was heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” and “I am a terrorist.” Video footage from the scene shows her…

The IDF, along with the Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the Shin Bet or Shabak) and Israel Police have arrested a number of terrorists from Hevron, including two brothers, who were involved in a number of attacks. Over recent months, the group shot at civilians and soldiers in the area and wounded four Israelis…

The Reform storm is still raging: Although the government recently expanded the “non-Orthodox” prayer section at the Kotel, members of the Women of the Wall entered the women’s plaza Monday morning. The group smuggled in with them a Torah scroll, and according to eye witnesses, they generated provocation. The witnesses said that the women were wrapped…

Runaway bride: One wife of the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, fled from the territory controlled by the jihadist group in Iraq, according to Iraqi media reports.  German Diane Kruger disappeared under mysterious circumstances from the terrorist camp, along with two female assistants. Following the disappearance of his wife, Al-Baghdadi ordered…

Pope Francis said Monday that “devastating” Islamist and other violence in the Middle East and Africa had brought different churches closer, as he met the Ethiopian Orthodox leader. It was a theme he raised in talks with the Russian Orthodox patriarch in Cuba earlier this month where he spoke extensively about church unity and the attacks faced by Christians in the Middle East…

The Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee has given its approval to MK Nissan Slomiansky’s (Jewish Home) bill to allow the Knesset Assembly to remove members with a majority of 90 votes. The proposal was initiated after three Balad MKs visited the families of terrorists. The committee debate was heated, as a number of members described…

President Reuven Rivlin on Monday morning visited the family of Eliyav Gelman, the IDF reserve officer killed by errant gunfire during a stabbing attack by a Palestinian terrorist last Wednesday. “You know how heavy is the price we pay, and how horrific is the loss” the President told Eliyav’s family, who are currently sitting the…

The US embassy in Iraq has released evacuation recommendations it said could help save up to 1.5 million lives at risk from a catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam. Concern has grown in recent months over a possible collapse of Iraq’s largest dam, which would unleash a wave that would devastate second city Mosul and flood much of the capital Baghdad.…

Iran’s judiciary chief on Sunday blasted the reformists, who are headed towards victory in the country’s elections, of working with Westerners to block hardliners In a statement quoted by Reuters, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said reformists had coordinated with “American and English media outlets” to prevent what he called some servants of the people from…

Iran is planning to withdraw its entire fighting force from Syria, which includes 2,500 fighters, Israel’s Channel 2 News reported on Sunday. The report appears to confirm remarks made last week by Secretary of State John Kerry, who told lawmakers that Iran had withdrawn a “significant number” of its Revolutionary Guards troops from the Syrian…

A Jordanian team arrived in Israel on Sunday, with the goal of installing surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount in the coming days, Jordanian Waqf Minister Hail Daoud told Jordanian media. The Jordanian Minister said that technical teams have already arrived at the Temple Mount in order to carry out technical and operational testing and…

Has German Chancellor Angela Merkel given up on the “two-state solution”? The answer is no, according to several senior German officials. The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Sunday that the German officials are accusing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of distorting Merkel’s positions on the two-state solution. The officials, who were quoted by the German newspaper…

IDF Spokesman Brigadier General Moti Almoz has commented on the issue of soldiers with beards, following updated instructions on how soldiers can receive exemptions from shaving. According to the new orders, a soldier must ask for permission from the military rabbinate, the unit commander, and the adjutant officer of the command. “There is no desire…

The second of ten bodies of killed terrorists from eastern Jerusalem was returned Sunday night. Musab al-Ghazali, who was eliminated in December after trying to stab a policeman at Jerusalem’s IDF Square, was buried in the cemetery adjacent to the Lion’s Gate under strict terms set by the police. The funeral attended by about thirty…

An event was held at the Begin Heritage Center last night (Sunday) to mark 100 years since the birth of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. The speakers included President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Shamir’s son, former Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir, told Arutz Sheva that collecting the materials that were presented on his father’s life…

Dr. Soli Shahvar, the head of the Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, does not see the pro-reformist election results in Iran as a particularly dramatic event. “There is nothing surprising in the people choosing the reformists,” he told Arutz Sheva. “The people want a change and the only place there is any change is…

MK Yisrael Eichler (United Torah Judaism) on Sunday accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and additional ministers of being bribed by the Reform movement in the US. Eichler’s accusations come as the government has made several moves towards recognizing the Reform movement, such as creating a second non-Orthodox prayer space at the Western Wall (Kotel) and removing…

New IDF orders to come into force Wednesday will make it very difficult for soldiers to gain permission to grow their beards for religious reasons, but the religious website Srugim has dug up photos of senior IDF personalities who grew beards themselves. Among these is a young Moshe Ya’alon, seen in the photo receiving a commendation from…

After Arutz Sheva‘s editorial board decided on Sunday not to air footage of the brutal terrorist attack last Thursday night which left a security guard fighting for his life, Arutz Sheva Editor-in-Chief Uzi Baruch spoke to Army Radio later on Sunday explaining the decision. The gruesome footage of 48-year-old Tzvika Cohen being hacked repeatedly by an ax-wielding Arab terrorist at around…

Abu Bakr al-Baghdad, chief of the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, has reportedly appointed a female Saudi to head up a new battalion in northeastern Syria, according to a report by Al Arabiya News. Nada al-Qahtani, who joined the terror group in 2013 and used to lead the Khansa battalion in ISIS’s de facto capital…

Rapper and nationalist icon Yoav Eliasi, aka Hatzel, has been receiving numerous death threats but the police deny him the right to bear a weapon in self-defense. Eliasi displayed some of the threats he has received, which include threats to rape his wife in front of his young son and “empty 120 bullets” into him. In…

The death toll from a double suicide bombing in a Shiite district of Baghdad on Sunday reached 70, with more than 100 wounded, according to police, medics and morgue sources cited by Reuters. ISIS claimed in a statement online that two suicide bombers had detonated explosive belts in Sadr City. According to police sources who…

A court in San Diego, California, has ruled that victims who were wounded in a 1997 terrorist attack on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem will be compensated by Iran. The ruling, which was handed down on Friday after 15 years of litigation, says the victims will be given $9.4 million using Iranian money that was…

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on Sunday endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump for president, becoming the first senator to endorse the first-time candidate and billionaire businessman, Fox News reported. The Alabama Republican endorsed Trump at a campaign rally in Mobile. “The American people are not happy with their government. So some say we should forget it,…

Canada has met a self-imposed deadline to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees fleeing their country’s civil war, officials said, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “25000 reasons why Canadians should be proud today #WelcomeRefugees,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum tweeted after a charter flight carrying refugees touched down in Montreal on…

The High Court on Sunday night approved the demolition of the home the terrorist who carried out a car ramming attack at the Halhoul junction, near Hevron, last November, in which Border Police officer Binyamin Ya’akobovitz was murdered. The three judges in the case rejected the petition of the terrorist’s family against the demolition of…

Supporters of the Iran-proxy Hezbollah terrorist organization began rioting around Beirut and east Lebanon on Saturday after Saudi-owned MBC television aired a comedy skit poking fun of the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah. The skit featured a man impersonating Nasrallah, assuring his audience of Lebanon’s independence while simultaneously kissing the hand of Iran and making fun of…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Sunday said direct payments by Iran to the families of terrorists killed in a five-month wave of Palestinian terror would not be received – unless they went through the PA’s auspices. Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Fathali last Wednesday said that Tehran would offer $7,000 to the families of each Palestinian terrorist killed in what he called the “Jerusalem…

Greek officials and the UN have pointed to a growing humanitarian problem along the border between Macedonia and Greece, where up to 70,000 people who fled or otherwise emigrated from the Middle East and beyond will apparently remain stuck. A NATO plan to crack down on smugglers of people may cut down that number, however.…

The Awdah TV channel of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction recently aired an interview showing most Palestinians condemn terror incitement in the media – an ironic point, given that the channel itself incites terrorism. A majority of Palestinians told the channel they oppose children participating in stabbing and other terror attacks – most said they oppose…

As Israel continues to struggle against a seemingly unrelenting wave of Arab terror, frustration and questions about what more the government can or should be doing to end the attacks on innocent Israelis is growing. Arutz Sheva recently sat down with Education Minister Naftali Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party, who has been outspoken…

Roseanne Barr, the famous American comedian and actress, has recently become a leading advocate of Israel, and on Saturday night she revealed she may be moving to the Jewish state. Speaking before around 200 Jewish supporters at the Conservative synagogue Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, California, she said, “I’m going there (to Israel) for Purim,…

Beit Aryeh regional head Avi Naim has demanded for several years that the government complete construction of the bypass road from Beit Aryeh to the western Binyamin region in Samaria, after paving abruptly stopped just two kilometers before it finished. So far, 250 million shekels ($63 million) has been invested in the road, yet it remains unfinished for…

A woman who abducted her daughter and disappeared for four years will pay the girl’s father 650,000 shekels in damages in addition to extra compensation, a Tel Aviv court ruled. The father is a citizen of France and Israel, and the mother was born in Turkey to a rich and influential family, reported News1. Their…

A police officer was seriously wounded on Sunday night by a car that ran him down at a junction in Nazareth, an Arab Israeli city in northern Israel. The car fled the scene, and police are currently trying to clarify whether the hit-and-run was an accident or a car ramming attack conducted by an Arab…

Avi Roeh, head of the Yesha Council in Judea and Samaria, on Sunday called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to implement Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria precisely during the current Arab terror wave. Roeh was paying a visit to the protest tent outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, which was established by the Women in Green grassroots…

New IDF orders to come into force Wednesday will force soldiers to navigate an apparently purposefully impossible obstacle course of bureaucracy, in order to gain permission to grow their beards for religious reasons. The new orders have caused consternation and anger among national-religious soldiers and leaders, who say it is part of a concerted attempt of secularization by…

Vermont Senator and self-declared socialist Bernie Sanders has tapped retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson as a foreign policy adviser for the dark horse candidate’s presidential campaign. Wilkerson, who served as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff, emerged in the years following the 2003 invasion of Iraq as an outspoken critic of the…

Nationalist activists have set up a protest vigil outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, calling on the government to act to end the wave of deadly Arab terrorism which has swept Israel since last year. The vigil, organized by the Women in Green grassroots activists group, will go on for 33 hours – one hour for each…

Israeli authorities have extended a ban on Palestinians entering the town of Ma’ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, following a brutal ax attack on a Jewish security guard by a Palestinian worker last Friday morning. Arab workers from the Palestinian Authority were initially banned on Friday after the attack overnight Thursday, which left father of four Tzvika Cohen in…

After a ceasefire negotiated by the US and Russia went into effect Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu offered tempered support for the halt in the fighting during remarks at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting. “We welcome the efforts to achieve a stable, long-term and genuine ceasefire in Syria. Anything that stops the…

Israeli authorities have extended a ban on Palestinians entering the town of Ma’ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, following a brutal ax attack on a Jewish security guard by a Palestinian worker last Friday morning. Arab workers from the Palestinian Authority were initially banned on Friday after the attack overnight Thursday, which left father of four Tzvika Cohen in…

Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has received two high-profile endorsement from prominent anti-Semites over the weekend. On Friday, leading American White Supremacist David Duke – a former leader of the Klu Klux Klan – announced his support for Trump, warning supporters against supporting any other candidates. “Voting for these people, voting against Donald Trump at…

The UK’s Labour Party is being accused of an organized cover-up of evidence of left-wing anti-Semitism at Britain’s prestigious Oxford University, after an internal report into allegations has been quietly shelved. Labour initially launched an investigation after the head of the head of Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) resigned, blaming rampant anti-Semitism within the student Left. Alex Chalmers,…

How did Naif Hassan Omar Zaid die? That’s the question on the minds of Bulgarian police, friends of the now-deceased PFLP terrorist, and the relatives of the man he murderer in 1986. Zaid, a member of the radical left-wing Arab terror organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, murdered yeshiva student Eliyahu Amadi…

How did Naif Hassan Omar Zaid die? That’s the question on the minds of Bulgarian police, friends of the now-deceased PFLP terrorist, and the relatives of the man he murderer in 1986. Zaid, a member of the radical left-wing Arab terror organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, murdered yeshiva student Eliyahu Amadi…

Moshe Cohen, the brother of security guard Tzvika Cohen who was critically injured in an Arab ax attack in Ma’ale Adumim last Thursday night, has spoken of the family’s double anguish at both the attack itself, as well as the publication of disturbing footage from the incident which has since gone viral. In an interview with…

In the wake of revelations earlier this month as to the extent of the European Union’s involvement in promoting illegal Arab construction in Judea and Samaria, the Knesset’s Land of Israel Lobby issued a sharp condemnation of the EU, demanding it respect Israeli law. The lobby, which includes 20 MKs from the Likud, Jewish Home,…

Major General Yoav Mordechai, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), stressed on Saturday that Israel is not conducting any negotiations on the establishment of a seaport in Gaza. “There are no negotiations or dialogue with anyone regarding the construction of a seaport in Gaza,” Mordechai told the Saudi Elaf news website. He…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his main ally were the front-runners Saturday after early counting of votes cast in Tehran in elections to Iran’s powerful Assembly of Experts, AFP reports. Rouhani and Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, himself a former president, held second and first place respectively in the capital for the 88-member committee of clerics…

Algerian authorities have jailed a man with dual Algerian and Belgian citizenship over his links with the ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a court statement quoted by Reuters said on Saturday. The court in the Algerian city of Bejaia said 29-year-old Zahir Mehdaoui, a resident of Brussels, had been charged with belonging to…

Three people were stabbed, one of them critically, and 13 others were arrested in California on Saturday when a Ku Klux Klan rally erupted into violent clashes with counter-protesters, witnesses and police said. The white hate group had planned the rally for 1:30 Saturday afternoon in an Anaheim park. By 11 a.m., however, dozens of…

A group of Egyptian parliamentarians are planning to ask to sanction one of their colleagues over his meeting with Israel’s Ambassador to Egypt last week, the Al-Ahram newspaper reported Saturday. Tawfik Okasha came under fire last week after inviting Israeli ambassador Haim Koren to dinner, where the two reportedly discussed issues pertaining to Israel and…

The terrorist responsible for Thursday’s attack on a mall in the city of Ma’ale Adumim is in custody. On Thursday evening, an ax-wielding terrorist attacked Tzvika Cohen at the entrance to a mall where Cohen worked as a security guard.   On Sunday morning, Israeli police revealed that the man responsible for the attack, Saadi…

In preparation for the upcoming visit of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Minister for Religious Affairs, Mahmoud al-Habash, to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researchers at Palestinian Media Watch have put together a number of quotes from the man. During the event, which many have been demanding be canceled, al-Habash will take part in a panel…

After the head of the coalition, Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud), kicked MK Oren Hazan (Likud) out of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Hazan has announced that he will resign his membership in his other committees: the Finance Committee and the State Oversight Committee. “A situation has been created in which there is a coalition of 61…

Earlier this afternoon, police received reports that a man in Taybeh had stabbed two people, including his wife. They located the suspect after an extended search but, when they tried arrest him, he fought back and struck one officer in the head with a sharp object. In response, the officers shot and killed the suspect. Speaking with…

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, gave a talk to students at Florida International University (FIU) yesterday (Friday). A group of pro-Palestinian activists walked out in protest while Danon was speaking about the situation in Gaza. “Hamas in Gaza is planning for the next conflict with Israel, building attack tunnels and purchasing weapons…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, according to projections by several American networks. “To South Carolina, to the volunteers at the heart of our campaign, to the supporters who power it: thank you,” Clinton tweeted as CNN, MSNBC and Fox News all called the vote in her favor at…

Two Palestinian terrorists attempted a drive-by shooting on an Israeli car near Maalei Adumim, east of Jerusalem, late Saturday. For reasons as yet unknown the terrorists were prevented from opening fire, and fled the scene. No one was injured in the incident. Security forces are currently staging an extensive manhunt for the pair. The terrorists…

An administrative officer in the IDF has refused to allow a married, religious career officer to keep his beard. For years, the religious officer received permission from the rabbi of his base to be exempt from having to shave, but recently he was told to ask for written permission from the command’s administrative officer. The officer…

Labor party MK Omer Bar-Lev spoke at a Be’er Sheva event today (Saturday) and stated that Israel stands behind its targeted strike on Samir Kuntar in Damascus about two months ago, Channel 2 reports. Until now, Israel has refused to officially comment on its role in the incident. During a 1979 terror attack, Kuntar and his…

The Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the Shin Bet or Shabak) has acknowledged that Mohammad al-Qiq, a Palestinian journalist who is affiliated with Hamas, will be released on May 21. This is the final date of his current sentence. Al-Qiq is being held in administrative detention and has been on a hunger strike…

The 48-year-old security guard was attacked by a Palestinian terrorist with an ax at a mall in Ma’aleh Adumim on Thursday night underwent surgery at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, but doctors say that his condition is worsening. He is currently sedated and on a respirator. The guard was not armed at the time of the attack.…

MK Avi Dichter (Likud), the former head of the Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the Shin Bet or Shabak) commented on proposals to create a port in Gaza, warning that “all those focused on a port in Gaza or any other ideas to make it a separate entity are repeating the same mistake from the…

During a “Shabbat culture” event at the Herzliya Cinematheque, Deputy Knesset Speaker Nurit Koren (Likud) spoke about the Arab terror that has runn rampant throughout Israel over the past few months. “The policy needs to be that, for every terror attack, we create a new community. I hope that this policy would make the Palestinian Authority immediately…

Security forces say that they arrested three Palestinians who crossed the fence bordering Gaza this morning (Saturday), under the cover of heavy fog. An early investigation found that the three did not intend to perpetrate and attack on Israelis. They told their interrogators that they were escaping the Gaza Strip due to the difficult situation…

Because many listeners found last week’s program particularly informative and a great help to counter the anti-Israel argument and to explain why Arabs have no right to our country, Walter talks this week among several other items about the reasons why the Palestinian Arab point of view has been so successful in persuading a great…

Days after suspending his own presidential bid, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday offered a surprise endorsement to Donald Trump, CNN reports. Christie explained the move by saying there is no one better prepared to lead the country or defeat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should she become the Democratic nominee. “I am…

Hamas’s leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh on Friday welcomed the upcoming release of terror suspect Mohammed al-Qiq, hours after Israel agreed to release him following a 94-day hunger strike. Speaking in Rafah, Haniyeh also vowed that the “intifada” will continue. “Al-Qiq’s victory is proof that defeating the occupation is realistic,” said Haniyeh, who was quoted…

The head of Al-Nusra Front, Syria’s powerful Al-Qaeda branch, on Friday urged opponents of President Bashar Al-Assad to reject a ceasefire due to begin at midnight and instead intensify attacks on the regime. “Beware of this trick from the West and America because everyone is pushing you to go back under the thumb of the…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is dismissing remarks by other candidates that he could be detrimental to Israel and is declaring that he is “Israel’s biggest friend”. Trump’s comments came in an interview with Israel Hayom’s Boaz Bismuth, which was published on Friday and conducted this past week after his victory in Nevada. In the…

A Palestinian Arab terrorist on Friday afternoon tried to stab Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the town of Beit El in the Binyamin region. The IDF said it “thwarted the attack, firing towards the assailant, resulting in his death.” The Palestinian authorities did not immediately announce the identity of the attacker, according to the…

Though the world media paints a nasty picture of Israel—and of the Jewish residents of “Yesha” (Judea and Samaria, referred to as “The West Bank” by Israel haters) in particular—Nati Rom knows that many people around the world actually support Israel and the Jews of Yesha. “How could we be the West Bank? We are…

Iran briefly exceeded a limit set by its deal with major powers under which sanctions against it were lifted, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday, according to Reuters. However, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stressed that Tehran then came back within the permitted bounds. Under its July deal with the United States, Russia,…

Arutz Sheva recently got the chance to speak with Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who served as a Middle East expert on the National Security Council under former US President George W. Bush. Doran, who had spoken about “US Policy Towards the Eastern Mediterranean” at a Begin Sadat Center conference at Bar Ilan University…

In retrospect it is inconceivable that after Freedom from Egypt, “Splitting Of The Sea,” and the Ten Commandments that the Jews could fall into the abyss and make a “Golden Calf.” How did it happen and what are the lessons for today? Unfortunately, if we don’t learn those lessons we could, G-d forbid, fall prey to…

The family of Eliyav Gelman, the IDF officer in reserves who was tragically killed by friendly fire during an Arab terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction in Judea on Wednesday, spoke about his heroism on Friday. Gelman’s widow Rinat is sitting shiva (the traditional seven-day period of intense mourning) at their home in Karmei Tzur, with many visitors…

Fateful elections are taking place in Iran on Friday, as nearly 55 million citizens out of a total of 81 million select new members of parliament as well as clerics for the Assembly of Experts. The vote, which began at 8 a.m. local time and is to continue till 6 p.m. unless it is extended…

Russian warplanes carried out intense air strikes on rebel strongholds in Syria on Friday hours before a ceasefire was due to come into force, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. Russia dismissed the reports and said it was continuing strikes on “terrorist organizations” ahead of the truce. The partial ceasefire between regime forces and non-jihadist rebel fighters is due to…

Wanted Arab terrorist Naif Hassan Omar Zaid was found dead at the Palestinian Authority (PA) embassy in Bulgaria, local media reported Friday morning. His family confirmed to Palestine News Network that he was “assassinated” at the embassy in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Zaid, 51, was convicted of murdering yeshiva student Eliyahu Amadi in Jerusalem’s Old City back…

The Jerusalem district attorney’s office on Friday morning submitted an indictment to the Jerusalem District Youth Court against a 14-year-old female Arab terrorist from the capital’s southeastern neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber. She was charged with attempted wounding with serious intent and illegal possession of a knife, but not with attempted murder, for her thwarted attack…

Jailed Palestinian terrorist Mohammed al-Qiq is to end his 94-day hunger strike, after Israel agreed to release him. His relatives held a press conference Friday at Haemek Hospital in Afula where he is hospitalized, and announced that according to an agreement with the state he will be released on May 21, instead of June 21.…

The winner of the 2016 Tel Aviv marathon has already been determined, but in what is becoming an annual tradition, a number of participants have come down feeling ill, with no fewer than 14 requiring hospitalization. Magen David Adom (MDA) forces together with medical teams from Ichilov Hospital gave medical treatment to the 14 runners…

As many as four people were killed and up to 20 injured in a series of shootings Thursday in Hesston, Kansas, officials said, according to Fox News. Some outlets reported as many as seven dead. Hesston is located about 35 miles north of Wichita. Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said there were “four to five”…

JNF Canada on Thursday issued a statement clarifying its position with regards to a Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration in Vancouver, in which Israeli singer Achinoam Nini was scheduled to perform. JNF cancelled its financial support for the celebration in Vancouver, reportedly because of fury by Jewish Canadians following Nini’s recent leftist statements. The Israeli Embassy in…

Apple on Thursday argued in court against a ruling ordering it to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino shooters, Reuters reports. The company argued that such a move would violate its free speech rights and require it to devote significant resources to comply. The FBI…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who arrived in Israel for a short visit. Netanyahu told Nadella during the meeting that there will be as few restrictions as possible on cyber technology exports and said that the prosperity of the industry is very important for Israel. The two men…

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Thursday blasted Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for touring “illegal settlements” during his visit to Israel this past week. Kenyatta, who met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during his visit, visited eastern Jerusalem and an Israeli community in the Jordan Valley. The PLO Executive Committee condemned the visit and, in…

A 48-year-old man was stabbed and seriously wounded overnight Thursday in a terrorist attack at the entrance to a shopping center in Ma’ale Adumim, located to the east of Jerusalem. The man, who worked as a security guard at the shopping center, was taken by Magen David Adom paramedics to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in…

In a CNN hosted Republican presidential debate on Thursday night in Houston, Texas, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) accused his opponent Donald Trump of showing an “anti-Israel” stance. Rubio, along with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), referenced Trump’s comments from a week ago on Wednesday, when he promised to be “neutral” and “unpredictable” in pressing peace talks on Israel and…

Marking thirty years since he won in his struggle for freedom and was released from jail to make Aliyah, former Prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky, now Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency, held a special event on Tuesday recalling his fight against the Soviet regime. Arutz Sheva was on hand at the event at the David…

In the first Aliyah from the ancient Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng in the last seven years, five women from the community are scheduled to arrive in Israel next Monday, returning to the Jewish homeland after thousands of years of exile. The women, Gao Yichen (“Weiwei”), Yue Ting, Li Jing, Li Yuan, and Li Chengjin (“Lulu”), have been intensively studying Hebrew…

Former Israeli ambassador to the United States, Zalman Shoval, assessed Donald Trump’s overwhelming support in the primary elections as the result of disappointed Americans who are fed up with the ventures in both parties. “This is definitely a phenomenon and a big surprise,” Shoval said of the billionaire’s rapid rise within the GOP. “Trump may…

How to bring more love and joy into your own marriage. Happiness in a relationship takes a daily conscious effort and healthy habits. Avoid these negative behaviors and attitudes and see how you can bring more love and joy into your own marriage. 1.They don’t complain about their spouse to their friends or family. Happy…

A US court is giving a second chance to Arab terrorist Rasmieh Odeh’s claim abuse in an Israeli jail caused her to lie to US immigration authorities about her terrorist past. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday remanded her 2014 immigration fraud conviction back to district court to reconsider whether a psychologist’s testimony about…

The sooner Israel and the US sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on strategic cooperation and agree on a post-Iran deal security package, the better it would be for both countries, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday. “We are working on it now; we are in negotiations. We have never, ever put…

A UN draft resolution aimed at tightening sanctions on North Korea would require that countries take the unprecedented step of inspecting all cargo to and from the country, the American Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said Thursday. “For the first time in history, all cargo going in and out of the DPRK would be…

A week after the terror attack at the Rami Levy supermarket in Sha’ar Binyamin, which claimed the life of Tuvia Yanai Weissman, the IDF decided to prohibit entry to Palestinians under the age of 25 without a special working permit inside the Sha’ar Binyamin industrial zone. According reports, Palestinians over the age of 25 may…

An Egyptian TV host and parliamentarian is coming under fire for meeting with the Israeli ambassador to Egypt, the Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Thursday. According to the newspaper, the parliamentarian Tawfik Okasha had dinner on Wednesday with Israeli ambassador Haim Koren and the two talked politics. Okasha reportedly discussed several local and regional issues with…

President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered his national security team to “continue accelerating” the military campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS) “on all fronts”, reports ABC News. Obama made the comments after a meeting with his National Security team at the State Department as diplomats grapple over the details of a cessation of hostilities in…

Allison Josephs features members from the Maccabeats and Naturally 7 to discuss their popular “Shed a Little Light” video collaboration. To listen to previous shows go to N.S.N. – click here Allison Josephs is the founder and director of JewintheCity.com, a site whose mission is to break down stereotypes about religious Jews and offer a humorous, meaningful…

A 40-year-old man was attacked and seriously injured overnight Thursday at the entrance to a shopping center in Ma’ale Adumim, located to the east of Jerusalem. The man was taken by Magen David Adom paramedics to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. The hospital said the victim’s life was in danger and that he…

Senior Israeli and American military commanders took part in a major air defense exercise in Israel over the past several days, underlining the strong – and strengthening – ties between the IDF and the US army. Juniper Cobra (JC-16), a combined ballistic missile defense exercise, comes at a crucial time for Israel in particular. Despite major…

Iran has withdrawn a “significant number” of its Revolutionary Guards troops from the Syrian battlefield, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.   Iran is an ally of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and has sent members of the elite force to act as “advisers” to his forces and to organize militia units with volunteers…

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced three Coptic Christian teenagers to five years in jail for contempt of Islam after they were seen in a video mocking Muslim prayers. A judge in the central Egyptian province of Minya also sent a fourth defendant, aged 15, to a juvenile detention centre for an indefinite period. Defense…

Following British Prime Minister David Cameron’s particularly harsh language against Israel’s presence in eastern Jerusalem, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat released a statement on Thursday questioning Cameron’s knowledge of facts and reality. Mayor Barkat rhetorically asked what exactly “shocked” Cameron in regards to construction in eastern Jerusalem: “The newest, most advanced schools we are building to…

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Council harshly criticized Thursday the conduct of Kotel Rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, for his involvement of dividing the Kotel following the government’s approval for expanding the egalitarian prayer section. Despite clear opposition of the chief rabbis, Rabbi Rabinowitz endorsed the separation framework, without informing the Rabbinical Council. Following a meeting of the…

For the first time, an Argentinian judicial official has confirmed that the former special prosecutor investigating into the 1994 AMIA bombing, Alberto Nisman, was murdered. Ricardo Sáenz, the prosecutor before the Buenos Aires Criminal Appeals Court, demanded that the investigation of the mysterious death of Nisman be handled by federal judicial authorities, and said Nisman…

The IDF Website has published photographs of the IDF’s unique underwater bell chamber, which enables military deep-sea divers to carry out missions at depths of up to 100 meters. The diving bell allows divers from the “Yaltam” Underwater Missions Unit to operate at great depths despite the challenging environment. It allows the diver to communicate…

Jewish student leaders at Oberlin College in Ohio attempted this week to deflate an effort by over 300 alumni to stymie the BDS movement against Israel. “We as students want to have meaningful, nuanced conversations about Israel,” Oberlin students Eli Hovland, Emily Isaacson and Sarah Keller wrote in an op-ed published on the website of the Cleveland…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded to comments made by his British counterpart David Cameron, who in recent comments described as “genuinely shocking” the presence of Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem, which he branded “illegal settlements.” In responding to that statement, Netanyahu noted that Cameron has on the whole been a staunch supporter of the…

The anti-Zionist and ultra-leftist organization Zochrot prepare for their “Nakba” Film Festival at Haifa’s Cinematheque, with the goal of embedding the Palestinian “catastrophic exoduses” as part of Israeli dialogue. The festival is set to begin on Friday despite strong objections by the mayor of Haifa who specified that the festival will not be funded by…

Broshi, former secretary of the Kibbutz Movement and one of Labor’s newest MKs, is one of the founding members of the new “Mainstream Labor” movement. A group of Zionist Union MKs which Broshi claims represent the bulk of the party, Mainstream Labor looks to change the party’s image as a left-wing ideological movement. Broshi blamed…

Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick was acquitted on Thursday of assault and battery charges which police had used for the past 18 months to bar him from visiting the Temple Mount. Glick, who was critically wounded in an assassination attempt in 2014, had been accused by a Muslim woman, Zoya Badrana, of assaulting her…

After signing a bill targeting anti-Israel boycotters, President Barack Obama pledged not to enforce one of the law’s clauses extending the anti-boycott protections to Israeli businesses operating in “Israeli-controlled territories”. The law, which passed with strong Republican support, bars the US government from any cooperation with groups participating in the BDS movement against Israel and…

Arch-terrorist and former Fatah Tanzim chief Marwan Barghouti is planning a run for the Palestinian Authority presidency, his wife told the Amman-based Al-Arab Al-Yawm newspaper on Wednesday. Last September, PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced plans to retire, but failed to offer a time frame for new elections. While the 80-year-old PA leader pledged not to…

Following a series of political victories in Israel, the Reform Movement in Israel welcomed a delegation of 330 North American Reform rabbis. The delegation visited the Western Wall Thursday morning to celebrate the government’s recent decision granting the Reform Movement’s request for a mixed-gender prayer space along the Wall. On Wednesday the delegation were received…

The February 7th stabbing of an Israeli soldier by a Sudanese infiltrator was inspired by the ISIS terror group, Israel’s Shin Bet security force revealed on Thursday. The attack, which took place near Ashkelon’s central bus station, would likely be the first ISIS terror attack on Israeli soil. A 20-year-old soldier was wounded in the…

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday announced that he is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. Speaking to CNN, the Nevada Democrat issued a plea for his party to consolidate behind Clinton, who has struggled to fend off Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont. “I think the middle class would be better served by…

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, on Wednesday sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, demanding that he condemn a statement by Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon in support of Palestinian Arab terrorism against Israelis. “Iran is continuing to sow terror throughout the world and is fueling the flames of Palestinian terror and…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that “terrorism” caused a Russian plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula in October that killed 224 people, AFP reports. “Has terrorism ended? No… Whoever downed that plane, what did he want? Just to hit tourism? No. To hit relations. To hit relations with…

Iranian authorities have arrested the elderly father of an American jailed in Iran since October, the man’s family said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Siamak Namazi, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, was detained by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in October while in Iran visiting family, the report noted. Now Baquer Namazi, Siamak’s father, has been…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Wednesday warned that Iran is building an international terror network that includes “sleeper cells” planning to strike on command in places such as Europe and the United States. Those “sleeper cells” are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives, said Ya’alon. He made the comments during a visit to Cyprus and was…

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a solution to the decades old Israeli-Palestinian conflict so that there can be “hope” for both Israelis and Palestinian Arabs. Obama made the comments during a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah at the Oval Office in Washington. Noting that he and the Jordanian monarch discussed the situation…

On the eve of the last GOP debate ahead of the crucial March 1st “Super Tuesday” vote, when 13 states will hold their primary or caucus, Florida Senator Marco Rubio bashed the Palestinian Authority and hit Trump for his recent promise of “neutrality” vis-à-vis the Arab-Israeli conflict. During a rally in Houston, Rubio rejected neutrality…

Loading… Air Force Reserve Captain Eliyav Gelman was laid to rest Wednesday night in the Kfar Etzion cemetery. The 30-year-old Karmei Tzur resident and father of two was killed Wednesday afternoon in a terror attack at the Gush Etzion Junction, a popular hitchhiking spot south of Jerusalem. The attacker, a mathematics teacher from the Arab…

The Republican establishment is in a panic following New York real estate mogul Donald Trump’s blowout win in Tuesday’s Nevada caucus. Winning nearly 46% of the vote in Nevada, Trump has now racked up three consecutive double-digit victories in a row, beginning with the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. GOP leaders worry Trump’s trifecta…

Almost four out of every five Israeli youths has encountered anti-Semitism on social networks, the Anti-Defamation League found. This is the highest amount in the past three years. The survey, which questioned 500 Israelis between the ages of 15 and 18, was carried out by the Geocartography Knowledge Group. Eighty-four percent of the respondents reported that…

Sixty Canadians have returned home after traveling abroad to join banned terror groups, while another 180 are still engaged with these organizations, Canada’s spy master told a local newspaper. “The total number of people overseas involved in threat-related activities, and I’m not just talking about Iraq and Syria, is probably around 180,” Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) director Michel…

Syria’s main opposition grouping said on Wednesday it would respect a provisional ceasefire in Syria “for two weeks”, ahead of the proposed start of the truce this weekend. “The High Negotiations Committee believes a provisional truce for two weeks would provide a chance to determine the commitment of the other side” to the ceasefire, the…

How do dropping in oil prices, economic changes in China, and inflation affect your financial plan? What is the best way to respond to market volatility?  On today’’s show, Doug discusses what causes market fluctuations, and what economic changes really mean for your financial plan. Also, sample the new financial podcast “4-Minute Money Ideas” with a…

British Prime Minister David Cameron used particularly harsh language against Israel’s presence in eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria which were liberated during the 1967 Six Day War. Speaking at Parliament, Cameron branded Israel’s construction of new communities in these areas as “genuinely shocking”, The Independent reported. The Prime Minister said that though he was a…

Florida’s Senate on Wednesday passed with an overwhelming majority of 112- 2 legislation that opposes the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The StandWithUs organization commended the Florida legislature for passing the bill and urged Governor Rick Scott to sign it. The bill requires the State Board of Administration to identify all companies that…

President Reuven Rivlin has declined Balad head MK Jamal Zahalka’s request to visit and take part in a meeting with Arab leaders. The refusal was due to his and other Balad MKs’ visit to the families of terrorists in order to offer them support. Though Zahalka received an invitation to the meeting, it was sent…

A passenger on an El Al from Poland to Israel was detained Wednesday after he reportedly reacted violently to the immodest nature of the film being screened. According to Israel Hayom, the passenger – who is a 36-year-old man from Bet Shemesh – behaved wildly and damaged equipment on the plane. He was angry at the…

Just hours after a terror attack in Gush Etzion which left 30-year-old air force reserve captain Eliyav Gelman dead, US Secretary of State John Kerry responded by condemning Israeli housing projects in Judea and Samaria. While speaking to a congressional subcommittee hearing on the State Department’s budget request, Kerry answered questions about Wednesday’s attack and…

The first openly gay Likud MK, Amir Ohana, left the plenum Wednesday before votes were held on two bills that would grant added rights to gay people. Both bills failed to get a majority. The first bill, presented by MK Revital Swed of the Zionist Union, would recognize the gay partner of an IDF person…

The residents of Karmei Tzur are trying to process the death of IDF reserve Major Eliyav Gelman, who was killed during a terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction today. Gelman’s friends and neighbors spoke with Arutz Sheva about his character. “He was a special, modest and simple man. Someone who said little and did much. This is…

Freshman Likud MK Amir Ohana is on a mission to loosen Israel’s private gun ownership laws, arguing that current legislation is robbing Israelis of the ability to adequately defend themselves against near-daily Arab knife attacks. While visitors to Israel often note the ubiquitous number of guns carried in public, what most people don’t know is that private gun…

Police were called to a building on Yehoshua Bin Nun Street in Petach Tikva Wednesday evening after residents reported hearing gunshots. Officers responding to the call found two men, both members of the Ethiopian community, dead from gunshot wounds, Yediot Achronot reported. MDA emergency responders were called to the building at 5:52, and declared the…

The Foreign Ministry has declared that “Israel condemns the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon’s announcement that his country will financially support Palestinian terrorists and their families.” The official statement explained, “This is additional proof of Iran’s deep involvement in supporting terror against Israel. After the agreement with the world powers, Iran is allowing itself to continue being a…

The deputy head of the Samaria Regional Council and local Jewish Home director, Davidi Ben-Tzion, has called on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot to fight terror with determination. “For two thousand years we were slaughtered. In Greece and Persia, in Spain and Poland. We did not have our…

The unveiling of a statue of a World War II-era Hungarian politician — seen as anti-Semitic by Hungary’s largest Jewish group — was canceled Wednesday after a protest. Several dozen protesters holding placards reading “Racism out” surrounded the covered statue of Gyorgy Donath, a member of Hungary’s wartime government which was allied with Nazi Germany and brought in anti-Jewish laws. “I…

Police and Border Police officers on Wednesday morning arrested two Arab suspects in Jerusalem, after finding two pipe bombs and handgun ammunition hidden in a food stand at a gate of the Old City. The incident took place at the Flower Gate, also known as Herod’s Gate, which is located on the northern wall of the…

It was released for publication on Wednesday that the Arab terrorist who earlier this month stabbed a 65-year-old Jewish woman as she was shopping in the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev has been caught. The terrorist stabbed and moderately wounded 65-year-old Shlomit Gonen in the neck as she shopped in the southern city’s market on…

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, head of the Jewish Home party’s Tekuma faction, said Wednesday that he would support the establishment of a seaport in the Hamas terror enclave of Gaza if such a proposal was brought before the government. The topic has been raised in earnest recently as it is one of the demands of Turkey,…

(AFP) One is a devout and cheery Saudi, the other a British convert overcome by doubt, the third a Syrian fascinated by the promise of 72 virgins: a new documentary unveils the shadowy world of Syria’s would-be suicide bombers. In a rare, in-depth look at the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, the 58-minute documentary “Dugma,…

Juergen Mathies, chief of police in the German city of Cologne which was an epicenter of massive sexual assaults perpetrated by Muslim migrants in Europe on New Year’s Eve, admitted Wednesday that most of the sexual assailants will never be caught. “The CCTV footage is not good enough to clearly identify sexual assaults. We can see some…

Gush Etzion Regional Council head Davidi Perl spoke to Arutz Sheva on Wednesday at Gush Etzion Junction, where just a short time earlier an Arab terrorist tried to stab an Israeli aged in his 20s, and IDF gunfire intended for the terrorist accidentally hit and seriously wounded the victim. The terrorist was also shot and moderately wounded, and…

In the wake of a stabbing attempt at Gush Etzion Junction in Judea on Wednesday, in which a 23-year-old Israeli was murdered by errant gunfire intended for the Arab terrorist, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) was asked to limit Arab access to the roads. The request was made by Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home), who demanded…

One 23-year-old Israeli victim was critically wounded by errant gunfire during a stabbing attack attempt by an Arab terrorist on Wednesday in the Gush Etzion region of Judea. The victim later succumbed to his wounds and died. He was identified by the Gush Etzion Regional Council as Eliyav Gelman, an IDF officer in reserves and a resident of…

Loading… Leftists from the NGO Ta’ayush, which operates in close cooperation with Rabbis for Human Rights, regularly prod and instruct Arabs on how to steal Jewish land, a new exposé revealed Wednesday. The video, available only in Hebrew at the moment, is the latest in a series of exposés by nationalist group Ad Kan, which…

MK Shuli Muallem (Jewish Home) spoke to Arutz Sheva from the Knesset on Wednesday, in the wake of the Arab stabbing attempt at Gush Etzion Junction in which a young Israeli was critically wounded by errant gunfire from IDF forces intended for the terrorist. The terrorist was moderately wounded but left alive by the forces, and both…

One 23-year-old Israeli victim was critically wounded by errant gunfire during a stabbing attack attempt by an Arab terrorist on Wednesday in the Gush Etzion region of Judea. The victim later succumbed to his wounds and died. He was identified by the Gush Etzion Regional Council as Eliyav Gelman, an IDF officer in reserves and a resident of…

A team of archaeologists, led by Tel Aviv University’s Dr. Erez Ben-Yosef, has found a large collection of fabrics dating back to the era of King David and his son Solomon. This is the first time textiles from that period have been discovered, and they are expected to provide information on the clothes and fashion…

Security personnel at the Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning seized weapons including a hand grenade, ammunition magazines and dozens of assault rifle bullets in the luggage of a female passenger. The passenger, an Israeli resident of Eilat who arrived for the morning flight from Tel Aviv to Eilat, was asked about…

Instagram has shut down the account of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the semiofficial Iranian Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. It was the second time the company has closed Nasrallah’s account without any warning or explanation, the Iranian news agency claimed, adding the account has over 9,000 followers. Instagram first forced Nasrallah off its network…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Finance Shukri Bishara has confirmed that he has met with his Israeli counterpart Moshe Kahlon in Jerusalem in recent weeks to discuss an economic agreement to boost the Palestinian economy, the Ma’an news agency reported Tuesday. Bishara’s remarks are thus in line with a report on Israel’s Channel 10 on…

A Turkish truck driver has lodged a legal complaint against his own wife – for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, AFP reports, citing pro-government media in Turkey. The 40-year-old man, identified as Ali D., married G.D. three years ago and warned his wife repeatedly not to curse at the president when he appeared on television,…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday cited comments by IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot as proof that the nuclear deal with Iran has improved Israel’s security, Haaretz reported. Kerry’s comments came at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, in which he said the deal signed between Iran and six world powers in…

Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King explained on Tuesday night the figures published earlier in the day, according to which Jerusalem is leading the nation is negative migration as Jewish residents leave the city in far greater numbers than they are moving to it. The figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed that in 2014, long…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu currently is the acting Foreign Minister, but in a surprise move, the Israeli Embassy in Canada is to host radical leftist Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) to perform on Israeli Independence Day – despite her longstanding attacks on Netanyahu. The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver (JFGV) announced Tuesday that the Israeli…

Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King explained on Tuesday night the figures published earlier in the day, according to which Jerusalem is leading the nation is negative migration as Jewish residents leave the city in far greater numbers than they are moving to it. The figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed that in 2014, long…

Donald Trump is predicted as having handily defeated his opponents again on Tuesday night local time, taking the Nevada Republican Caucus in his third straight victory in the Republican presidential race. It remains unclear who came in second, with Senator Marco Rubio shown as enjoying a slight advantage over Senator Ted Cruz, although not enough results…

Security personnel at the Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning seized weapons including a hand grenade, ammunition magazines and dozens of assault rifle bullets in the luggage of a female passenger. The passenger, an Israeli resident of Eilat who arrived for the morning flight from Tel Aviv to Eilat, was asked about…

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has not been on the post long, but already has determined that the policy of demolishing the homes of murderous Arab terrorists should be done away with in cases where the families of the terrorist hand them over. Mandelblit’s decision comes with the goal of passing a message that the demolition is…

The international chocolate maker Mars on Tuesday ordered a recall of chocolate bars in a full 55 countries. After an initial lack of clarity it was revealed that Israel is among the 55 countries, and Mars’ official importer in Israel Sids will collect Snickers Mini bars starting on Wednesday. The products listed in the recall…

A new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has revealed that Gulf States have skyrocketed their weapons imports in the last four years since the 2011 “Arab Spring,” spiking the imports by over 200%. The report, published on Monday, indicates that Saudi Arabia and Qatar significantly boosted their weapon imports from the…

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned on Tuesday that Russia and Turkey are headed towards a “hot war,” as she voiced concerns that the growing tensions between the two on the Syrian border risk spilling over into open warfare. Speaking at a debate at the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels, Mogherini said, “we…

This week the people of Israel read the Torah portion of Parashat Ki Tisa, featuring the episode of the Golden Calf. This edition of Temple Talk finds our hosts pondering this difficult and perplexing idea. What was the sin of the Golden Calf really all about, and what are its ramifications today? What is its…

Italy’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it had summoned the American ambassador to Rome over reports of widespread American surveillance of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, among several other European leaders, AFP reports. U.S. ambassador John Phillips was called in “for clarification on the media reports that allege Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi and some of his close associates…

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that State Department officials and aides to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be questioned under oath about whether her private email system was an effort to skirt open records laws, Reuters reports. According to the news agency, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordered that the State…

A 24-year-old Arab citizen of Israel was revealed on Tuesday as having become the latest in a growing number of Israeli Arabs leaving the country to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization. The man, a resident of the “triangle” region in northern Israel that is home to over 300,000 Arab citizens, left for Turkey…

Parents must tune in as kids tune out. The digital world is taking our children away from us. The recent documentary “Web Junkie” depicts teens in China who have become so enamored with their video games they’ve stopped taking breaks to eat, sleep and even use the bathroom. Hours of playing have caused these kids…

Science Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) was given a tour of Samaria on Tuesday by Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan. During the tour Dagan showed the minister the scope of the illegal Arab construction adjacent to Jewish towns in the region – construction which in many cases is funded by the EU, and which the Israeli government…

More than 270,000 people have been killed in Syria’s nearly five-year conflict, a monitor said Tuesday in a new toll released just a day after a ceasefire deal was announced. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a total of 271,138 people have lost their lives in the war which broke out on March 2011. The dead include 79,106 civilians, of…

Hardened after years of war, Syrians are struggling to believe that the ceasefire deal announced for this weekend will put an end to their country’s cycle of violence. From northern Aleppo province through the souks of Damascus to the southern plains of Daraa, a deep-rooted distrust among Syrians could foil the plan announced on Monday. The “cessation of hostilities” proposed by the…

Figures released on Tuesday show a troubling trend, revealing that Israelis – and particularly young Israelis – have been abandoning the capital city of Jerusalem since well before the current terror wave, indicating the housing crisis may be to blame. The Central Bureau of Statistics figures published by Yedioth Aharonoth on Tuesday show that in 2014 Jerusalem…

The international chocolate maker Mars on Tuesday ordered a recall of chocolate bars in a full 55 countries – it is not yet clear if Israel is among them, but indications would seem to be that it is not. The recall was launched after pieces of plastic were found in a Snickers bar in January…

In yet another blow to the BDS movement seeking to stir up an international boycott of the Jewish state, the international singer-songwriter phenomenon Sia announced on Tuesday she will be performing in Israel this August. The Australian pop star announced on Facebook she will be playing at Rishon Lezion’s Live Park on August 11. The…

Who will control your finances if you lose your ability to make decisions? Many senior citizens suffer from memory loss, dementia, and other cognitive disorders as they age. The Alzheimer’s Society recently issued a report about the vulnerability of dementia sufferers to financial abuse and the need to protect them. Today’s show is devoted to…

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday that Washington is considering a “Plan B” to deal with Syria if Damascus and Moscow are not serious about negotiating a political transition. Briefing US lawmakers, Kerry said he had told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin the United States would not wait more than a few months to see whether Moscow’s ally Bashar al-Assad is…

Following the closure of the Syrian-Turkish border and airspace, the Russian military command is receiving up-to-date information on the goings-on on the Turkish side of the border via the most advanced Russian intelligence aircraft which arrived this week at the Latakia air force base in Syria. Latakia is an important port city in northern Syria…

The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset will discuss the newly revised version of the “expulsion law” over the course of Tuesday. The text of the new draft was submitted by Committee Chairperson Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home) who told Arutz Sheva during an interview that “I hope that the entire coalition will vote…

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has signaled on Tuesday its government’s acceptance of the ceasefire declared by the United States and Russia on Monday night. According to a Foreign Minister statement seen by AFP, Syria will participate in the ceasefire recently negotiated by Russia and the United States in an effort to halt the humanitarian crisis…

The GOP caucus in Nevada begins tonight at 5 PM, and the state’s history of electoral unpredictability has the five remaining campaigns on edge. The first-in-the-West state is demographically distinct from the three previous GOP contests, and is almost a polar opposite of last Saturday’s South Carolina GOP electorate. The Nevada caucus is also relatively…

Representatives of Health Ministry have told the Knesset Health Committee that they will soon begin to administer the PREP medication as a preventative measure to people who have a high risk of contracting the HIV virus. Thus, Israel will become only the fourth country in the world (following France, the U.S., and Holland) where this…

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been awarded two new and lucrative contracts, one by Boeing to build the empennage leading edges for the 777X, and one by Lockheed Martin to produce 800 wing sets for the F-35 project. The Boeing project will see IAI help construct the newest passenger aircraft, the Boeing 777x, which is…

Eyal Yinon, the Knesset’s legal adviser, gave his stamp of approval on Tuesday for the controversial “expulsion law” under consideration in the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, NRG reported. Yinon’s approval of the bill is a major blow to its opponents, who have argued that the law constituted a serious threat to Israeli democracy. If…

The Truman Center at Hebrew University in Jerusalem is to host Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash, who serves as the Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and as the Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah Justice. Al-Habbash is being invited to debate MK Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid) regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.…

Representatives of Health Ministry have told the Knesset Health Committee that they will soon begin to administer the PREP medication as a preventative measure to people who have a high risk of contracting the HIV virus. Thus, Israel will become only the fourth country in the world (following France, the U.S., and Holland) where this…

Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) on Tuesday denied that IDF Intelligence Corps head Maj. Gen. Herzl (Herzi) Halevi told the Security Cabinet the Arab terror wave will expand if peace talks aren’t launched with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Halevi appeared at the Security Cabinet on January 24 together with other senior Intelligence Corps officials to deliver…

The Truman Center at Hebrew University in Jerusalem is to host Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash, who serves as the Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and as the Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah Justice. Al-Habbash is being invited to debate MK Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid) regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.…

The Muslim Lawyers Association of South Africa is working to have former Israeli President Shimon Peres arrested during his upcoming visit to the country, Channel 10 News reported on Monday. According to the report, the organization has asked the state prosecutor to issue an arrest warrant for Peres, who is supposed to visit the country…

A UN team of experts tasked with identifying those responsible for chemical attacks in Syria will begin in-depth investigations on the ground in early March, the head of the panel said Monday, according to AFP. Virginia Gamba told reporters after meeting with the UN Security Council that “security permitting”, two teams plan to carry out…

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Monday asked his communications director Rick Tyler to resign, after Tyler distributed a video that falsely depicted another candidate, Marco Rubio, dismissing the Bible, CNN reported. The incident comes a day before the Nevada Republican caucuses and in the wake of accusations from rival campaigns in recent weeks about…

IDF engineering forces in cooperation with the Border Police on Tuesday morning demolished the homes of two terrorists who carried out attacks against Israelis on November 19. The homes demolished were that of the terrorist who carried out the stabbing attack at the Panorama Building in Tel Aviv, and the home of the terrorist who…

Iran and Russia are still holding negotiations on the S-300 air defense missiles, an Iranian official said Monday, according to the Mehr news agency. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jabari Ansari said Iran and Russia’s defense officials have held consultations on the delivery of the missile systems, adding details of the talks will be announced…

As the Canadian Parliament passed a resolution to condemn the BDS movement by a vote of 229 -51 and received bipartisan support for the initiative, the picture on McGill campus in Montreal was the exact opposite. On Monday in a general assembly of the undergraduates association at the university, which has one of the highest…

Police chief Roni Alsheikh on Monday evening appeared to reply to Army Radio host Razi Barkai, who recently likened the bereaved parents of slain IDF soldiers to the families of terrorists. Though he did not directly mention Barkai by name, Alsheikh hinted at his remarks when speaking at a gathering of bereaved families in Eilat.…

Obama’s NSA spy network tapped into phone calls between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and European leaders, Wikileaks reported on Tuesday. A newly released batch of NSA reports uncovered by Wikileaks has revealed that Netanyahu appealed to Europe to intervene with President Barack Obama during their public 2010 spat over a Jerusalem building project. The NSA…

70 years after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls the entire corpus of ancient work, including all of the minute fragments, will be available to researchers as well as the public via the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scroll Digital Library under a new joint project that is being carried out by antiquities researchers and…

After coming in second in the South Carolina primary, Florida Senator Marco Rubio won a flurry of endorsements, making him the undisputed winner of what political insiders call “the endorsement primary”. Support from prominent Republicans helps candidates build momentum and sway the mass of undecided primary voters in their favor. Since the beginning of the…

A haredi Jewish family from Manchester, England was on its way to leave Israel and head back home on Monday after a week-long trip in the Jewish homeland, when tragedy struck suddenly causing them to delay their return. The family was at Ben-Gurion International Airport just about to board a plane taking them back home to…

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) said on Monday he was skeptical that a Syria ceasefire announced for February 27 by the United States and Russia will succeed. He also said that both Washington and Moscow recognize Israeli freedom of action in Syria, where the Jewish state is reported to have carried out a series of raids over the past five years to…

US President Barack Obama called Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss the terms of a ceasefire to take effect in Syria on February 27, the White House said, cautioning that the road ahead would not be easy. “This is a moment of opportunity and we are hopeful that all the parties will capitalize on it,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters as he…

MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) weighed in Monday on the debate over use of lethal force against terrorists and said in the Knesset that terrorists of any age must not return home alive. Smotrich stated that terrorists of any age must be killed and that these are “the ABCs of morality, the ABCs of deterrence…

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad announced on Monday that parliamentary elections are to be held on April 13, state news agency SANA reported. The announcement came shortly after Washington and Moscow announced a ceasefire plan. Assad issued a decree which included seat allocations for each of the provinces in Syria, which last held parliamentary elections in…

The Israeli startup Ravello Systems has been acquired by Oracle, Business Insider reported on Monday. According to the report, Oracle paid $500 million for Ravello, which develops tools for running enterprise workloads in public cloud environments. Oracle confirmed that it had acquired Ravello, but did not disclose the terms of the deal. Ravello Systems had…

The state is discriminating against Ethiopians and converts, ITIM chief Rabbi Shaul Farber claimed on Monday in a notice to the Minister of Religion, David Azulai. Specifically, Rabbi Farber alleges that marriage registration offices run under the auspices of the Ministry of Religion refused to recognize Ethiopians and other Jewish converts for the purposes of…

The Canadian parliament on Monday approved by a large majority a draft resolution rejecting and condemning the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. 229 MPs from both the opposition Conservatives and the ruling Liberal party voted in favor of the resolution. 51 MPs voted against it. The full motion states, “That, given Canada and…

Syria’s main opposition grouping on Monday said it accepted a ceasefire deal announced by the United States and Russia if humanitarian “conditions” were met. The Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee said in a statement that it “agreed to respond positively to international efforts to reach a truce deal”. But its “commitment to the truce is conditional”…