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It has been ten years since the death of Ilan Halimi Hy”d, a handsome and charismatic 23-year-old Jewish man, who was abducted and slowly tortured to death for 24 days by a Parisian Muslim anti-Semitic gang. The horrific murder drove home to whoever needed the proof that the spirit of Nazi sadism is alive and well in…

ZAKA emergency services spokesperson Moti Bokchin was among the first to arrive at the scene of the lethal crash Sunday evening, in which six bus passengers were killed and 11 others wounded when the vehicle collided into a truck at Anava Intersection west of Modi’in. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Bokchin said, “the place looked like a…

In the wake of a pair of important political victories, the Reform Movement in Israel has laid out a path towards complete recognition by the Israeli government – and a total dismantling of the religious status quo. Last Thursday the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in favor of Reform petitioners demanding use of state religious facilities…

Shlomi Katzav, a 45 year old resident of Karnei Shomron, was indicted this morning over his alleged involvement in an ax attack committed last week against an Arab driver near the entrance of Karnei Shomron. The incident, which was widely suspected to be have been a nationalistically-motivated attack, has been described by the defendant as a…

A senior Iranian commander warned Saudi Arabia on Sunday against sending troops to Syria after the gulf kingdom deployed combat aircraft to Turkey, Iran’s state media reported. “We definitely won’t let the situation in Syria to go forward the way rebel countries want… We will take necessary actions in due time,” deputy chief of staff…

Education Minister and head of the Jewish Home faction, Naftali Bennett, has called once again for the unilateral annexation of “Area C” in Judea and Samaria. The statement came during an interview that Bennett held with Yediot Aharonot television Sunday. “My belief is that if someone is coming to kill you, get up and kill them…

The radical Islamic terror organization Hezbollah has deployed advanced air defense systems and is laying the foundation for a comprehensive anti-air network, IDF officials revealed to Walla! News on Sunday.  Defense officials noted that Israeli aircraft are now being tracked by advanced radar systems operated by the Hezbollah terror group.  The revelation signals a dramatic…

The Turkish army struck positions of Kurdish fighters inside Syria for a second day Sunday, claiming it was in response to incoming fire, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. The army hit targets of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) around the Syrian town of Azaz using howitzers stationed on the Turkish side of the border,…

An Arab attacker tried to stab a woman in downtown Jerusalem this afternoon, according to testimony given to Israeli police. The woman was unharmed and the attacker fled the scene. The police are currently interviewing the target of the alleged attack. If confirmed, it would mark the second attempted stabbing attack in Jerusalem today, and the third terror…

Saudi Arabian media reported on Sunday morning that Egypt has cancelled a scheduled visit of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to Cairo.  According to the reports, the reason that Egypt gave for canceling the visit is in order to show their dissatisfaction with recent comments made by the Israeli Minister of Energy Yuval Steiniz, who said that…

A senior figure in the Syrian opposition movement on Sunday criticized the truce deal forged by the US and Russia, saying Moscow was continuing its onslaught on civilian areas. “We have gotten used to conferences and hope put into words but what we need is action, and the action I see is that Russia is killing Syrian civilians,” said Riad Hijab, head of…

(AFP) Israel’s Ehud Olmert on Monday becomes the country’s first ex-prime minister to sit behind bars as he begins a 19-month prison term for separate counts of bribery and obstruction of justice. The 70-year-old will report to Maasiyahu prison in the central Israeli town of Ramle, where former Israeli president Moshe Katsav is also serving a…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79, a government source and a family friend told CNN on Saturday. Scalia reportedly died in his sleep during a visit to Texas. A government official said Scalia went to bed Friday night and told friends he wasn’t feeling well. He did not…

Miri Michaeli Schwartz, Israel’s Channel 10 News correspondent in Europe, has exposed the behavior of passengers on the London Underground who ignore heavily pregnant women and do not give up their seat. Michaeli Schwartz, who is in the ninth month of her pregnancy, took a hidden camera onto the train in order to show the…

Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar vowed on Saturday to remove all the Jews from “Palestine”. Al-Zahar’s comments, quoted by Hamas’s Palestine newspaper, came at a ceremony in memory of a Hamas terrorist who was killed in one of the recent collapses of Hamas’s terror tunnels. He said that the struggle to liberate “Palestine” would not…

A convoy carrying medical aid on Saturday entered the besieged rebel-controlled Douma area, a flashpoint near the Syrian capital, the Red Crescent said. The aid consists of medicines and also milk for children, said Syrian Red Crescent director of operations Hazem Bakla, quoted by state news agency SANA. The United Nations Office for the Coordination…

Today is expected to continue to be sunny and mild with temperatures similar to what Israel experienced over the weekend. High temperatures will reach the low twenty degrees celsius across the country, and the lows over night will remain in the between 10 and 13 degrees celsius depending upon the location. A light fog is expected…

Jakob Denzinger, a Croatian man suspected of having been a guard at Auschwitz, has died at the age of 92, local media reported Saturday, according to AFP. Denzinger, who had been living in the eastern city of Osijek, reportedly died in hospital on Thursday. In 2014, Croatian prosecutors said they had placed him under investigation…

A delegation of Palestinian terror organization representatives met with Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (the Islamic Consultative Assembly) Ali Larijani on Saturday.  Members of the delegation included representatives from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah who were invited to participate in the 37th anniversary of the Iranian revolution.  Various news reports on Iranian media outlets have relayed that Larijani expressed…

One year after a Danish-born gunman killed a filmmaker and a Jewish security guard in twin attacks in Copenhagen, thecountry will on Sunday honour the victims amid tight security. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will on Sunday leave flowers outside the cultural center and the city’s main synagogue. He will then attend an event inside parliament organised by the Finn Norgaard Association,…

Saturday provided a welcome relief from the winter with its moderate temperatures and warm sun, but the weather is to take it up a notch this week and go full summer – although Israel is not out of the woods of winter weather just yet. The warmth on Shabbat coaxed no fewer than 120,000 Israelis…

Families and supporters of the youthful Jewish suspects who were allegedly tortured by the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) as part of the investigation into last July’s lethal Duma arson protested Saturday night in front of the home of Deputy Attorney General Raz Nizri. Demonstrating in front of his home on Hanasi Street in Givat Shmuel, located to…

The Turkish military on Saturday hit targets of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Syrian regime in two separate incidents in response to incoming fire, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. In line with the rules of engagement, the armed forces shelled targets of the PYD around the town of Azaz in Aleppo province, Anatolia said, quoting a military source. The…

Poland is drawing up new regulations to punish use of the phrase “Polish death camps” in reference to Nazi concentration camps on Polish soil, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing Poland’s Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. “This will be a project that meets the expectations of Poles, who are blasphemed in the world, in Europe, even in…

A senior source at the Egyptian forensics authority on Saturday revealed that 28-year-old Giulio Regeni, an Italian student found dead in Cairo last week, was tortured to death in a highly unusual and disturbing manner. The forensics authority on Saturday delivered its final autopsy report to the prosecutor general’s office, which refused to publish the report citing the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office denied on Saturday night that Israel had agreed to cooperate with the process of compiling a European Union report on the freeze in the peace process, Haaretz reported. Previously, EU foreign policy chief Frederica Mogherini had said both Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas agreed to cooperate with…

Russia must change its military targeting as it backs the Syrian regime, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday, as world powers seek a cessation of hostilities in the country within a week. “To date, the vast majority of Russia’s attacks have been against legitimate opposition groups,” Kerry said of Moscow’s air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. “To…

Three Border Police officers were lightly wounded slightly before the end of Shabbat on Saturday evening, after a car driven by several Arab terrorists rammed into them at Metzudat Adumim Junction, near Ma’ale Adumim to the east of Jerusalem. An IDF force that was adjacent to the site of the attack opened fire on the car…

Turkish artillery on Saturday shelled areas of Aleppo province in northern Syria held by Kurdish forces, a monitor said, as Ankara said it could launch a ground assault alongside Saudi troops. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Turkish artillery struck areas of Aleppo, including Minnigh airbase recently taken by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia from Islamist rebels. Ankara considers the…

Yisrael Beytenu head MK Avigdor Liberman, the former ally of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who even formed a joint list with Likud in 2012, came out swinging on Saturday, accusing Netanyahu of being a “political charlatan.” Liberman focused his vitriol on the Prime Minister’s recent controversial law, which allows a member of Knesset who acts…

An ambush by Syrian rebels on pro-regime forces near Damascus this week killed 76 fighters, a monitor said Saturday, in one of the deadliest attacks of its kind since the conflict began. Rebels from the powerful Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group opened fire last Sunday on around 240 government forces that were preparing to storm the opposition stronghold of Eastern…

Maj. Gen. (res.) Avigdor (Yanush) Ben-Gal, former IDF Northern Commander, passed away on Saturday at the age of 80 following a struggle with a serious illness. The former commander leaves behind his wife and seven children. The date for his funeral has yet to be set. Ben-Gal served as commander of the Seventh Armored Brigade…

An initial investigation has revealed some new details in the car ramming attack on Saturday evening, in which Arab terrorists lightly wounded three Border Police officers at Metzudat Adumim Junction, near Ma’ale Adumim to the east of Jerusalem. Officers stationed at an observation point had located two suspects breaching over the security fence and getting into a…

Israel has maintained a policy of not taking sides in the internecine Syrian war but rather only providing humanitarian aid, and as part of those efforts on Sunday the Knesset is to host one of the top Syrian Opposition leaders, Dr. Kamal Al-Labwani. Al-Labwani, named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, has maintained close ties with the…

Maj. Gen. (res.) Avigdor (Yanush) Ben-Gal, former IDF Northern Commander, passed away on Saturday at the age of 80 following a struggle with a serious illness. The former commander leaves behind his wife and seven children. The date for his funeral has yet to be set. Ben-Gal served as commander of the Seventh Armored Brigade…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Friday met with King Abdullah of Jordan, during the security conference in Munich. A statement released by Ya’alon’s office said that during the meeting the two discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries, recent developments in the region and the prospects of promoting the peace process between Israel and…

The foreign ministers of the Quartet – the United States, Russia, EU and UN – decided on Friday at the end of their meetings on the sidelines at a security conference in Munich to formulate a “report” on the situation in Judea and Samaria, according to Haaretz. The report will include recommendations for measures to end…

A man wielding a machete on Thursday stormed a restaurant owned by an Israeli in Columbus, Ohio, CNN reported. The man attacked several people before he was killed by police, authorities said. The suspect was the only one killed. Nobody inside the Nazareth restaurant and deli said they knew him, according to police. The owner…

Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad said he welcomed peace talks to solve the civil war in his country, but also vowed to retake the entire country from “terrorists” – the term he uses to describe all opposition groups trying to remove him from power. Speaking to AFP hours before a new ceasefire plan was announced overnight…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini spoke on Friday and ended a freeze on talks with between Israel and the bloc on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, AFP reports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told journalists that Mogherini said during the conversation with Netanyahu that the European Union’s November decision to…

Jerusalemites, and others in the vicinity who wish to make the trip, have a very special treat to look forward to for the next three weeks, with a new modern musical that is making its Israeli premiere at the Association of American and Canadians in Israel  (AACI)’s J-Town Playhouse Theater project.  The Musical, which is called…

Dozens of residents of the Gush Etzion region of Judea took part on Friday morning in a joint run on the Derech HaAvot course, and joining the run was Tomer Ditor, the jogger who was stabbed while running in the region just this Tuesday. Ditor was running outside the town of Neve Daniel when an…

Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent and analyst of the Jerusalem Post, spoke with Arutz Sheva about the tight US presidential race taking place, and made his predictions for the winner. Hoffman, who has lectured on Israel-US relations in 46 states in recent years, began by speaking about a report a few years ago showing that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “believes he could…

“They shall make a Sanctuary for Me so that I shall dwell among them”(25:8). The Mitzvah of building the Beit Hamikdash is analyzed thoroughly and brilliantly by Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus of Blessed Memory. The Rambam in Hilchot Beit HaBechirah says it is a Positive Mitzvah to build a Beit Hamikdash. He writes, “It is…

For over eight years the Israeli company SodaStream has been dealing with ongoing attacks by the BDS movement, calling to boycott it over its factory in Mishor Adumim to the east of Jerusalem that eventually it was forced to move to the Negev in late 2014. Large economic losses inflicted by the BDS boycott movement forced the company…

A young Israeli woman reported on early Friday afternoon that a Palestinian Arab driver tried to run her over at a bus station at the entrance to Kfar Etzion, in the Gush Etzion region of Judea. No one was wounded in the incident. The report comes just minutes after police arrested an Arab man at Be’er…

The government in the Netherlands attempted to ban the export of dogs to Israel, claiming that the IDF uses them as “weapons,” but was unable to find a legal means to do so. EU Observer reports that Minister for Foreign Trade Lilianne Ploumen investigated the possibility through the European Commission and other supervisory organizations. EU countries can only restrict…

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) took a tour on Thursday in the Binyamin regional council of Samaria, where he was met with a surprise. The regional council heads had decided to give Levin a treat, setting up for him an active experience filled tour as one of a group of tourists. Thursday’s tour began with…

Israel on Friday denied claims it was set to withdraw its nomination of former Yesha Council leader Dani Dayan as ambassador to Brazil after a six-month standoff between the two governments. In a dispute that has soured relations, Brasilia has still not accepted the nomination of Danny Dayan, made by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last August. Brazil’s…

Germany said Friday’s agreement to end hostilities in Syria must be put into action, putting the onus primarily on Russia which Berlin accused of scuppering peace talks through its military offensive. “The words must be followed with deeds. And here the government puts Russia first under the obligation to do so,” said Christiane Wirzt, government spokeswoman. “Through its military action on the side of…

Iranians on Thursday marked 37 years since the Islamic revolution by waving “Death to America” banners and taking selfies with a ballistic missile, AFP reported. Hundreds of thousands converged on the historic Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, where President Hassan Rouhani was set to make a speech. Many demonstrators carried the traditional placards reading “Death…

Iranians on Thursday marked 37 years since the Islamic revolution by waving “Death to America” banners and taking selfies with a ballistic missile, AFP reported. Hundreds of thousands converged on the historic Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, where President Hassan Rouhani was set to make a speech. Many demonstrators carried the traditional placards reading “Death…

The UN human rights investigator for Palestinian territories, who just last month resigned, on Thursday accused Israel of using “excessive force” against Palestinians, Reuters reported. Makarim Wibisono also challenged Israeli authorities to charge or release all Palestinian Arab prisoners being held under lengthy administrative detention, including children. “The upsurge in violence is a grim reminder…

The United States Treasury on Thursday blacklisted three people for working for the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, including a Palestinian Arab accused of trying to establish a foothold for ISIS in Gaza, Reuters reported. The Palestinian Arab in question is Husayn Juaythini, born in a refugee camp in Gaza, the Treasury said. Another of…

The United States Treasury on Thursday blacklisted three people for working for the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, including a Palestinian Arab accused of trying to establish a foothold for ISIS in Gaza, Reuters reported. The Palestinian Arab in question is Husayn Juaythini, born in a refugee camp in Gaza, the Treasury said. Another of…

The UN human rights investigator for Palestinian territories, who just last month resigned, on Thursday accused Israel of using “excessive force” against Palestinians, Reuters reported. Makarim Wibisono also challenged Israeli authorities to charge or release all Palestinian Arab prisoners being held under lengthy administrative detention, including children. “The upsurge in violence is a grim reminder…

The White House on late Thursday issued a statement in which it announced it partially opposes a new bipartisan trade bill, specifying only one part of the bill that calls to strengthen bilateral economic ties with Israel and fight BDS efforts to boycott the Jewish state. The bill, entitled the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015…

Over 1,500 IDF immigrant lone soldiers who are doing their military service without the benefit of having their parents in Israel took part on Thursday in a special event, to help them with administrative matters and save them the trip to numerous government offices. The annual Yom Siddurim (National Personal Planning Day) was held in…

The beautiful song BILVAVI based on the words of the author of Sefer Chareidim (who composed YEDID NEFESH) speaks of making a Mishkan in one’s heart and sacrificing and dedicating one’s unique soul on the Mizbei’ach of the heart. Will the third Mikdash descend in fire from the heavens or will it be built by…

In recent days it has been revealed that two top American pop icons, Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez, are to perform in Israel this coming summer – in response anti-Israel activists have launched predictable efforts to try and shame the two into boycotting the Jewish state. For both singers it will be their first time performing in Israel.…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Security Forces have been revealed to be actively policing in Arab suburbs of the capital city of Jerusalem, in a region classified as Area B in the 1994 Oslo Accords. The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported on Thursday that the PA’s Al-Quds (Jerusalem) suburb police were active in Eizariya, a neighborhood located east of Abu…

British musician Roger Waters has entered the fray regarding an anti-Israeli mural at York University in Toronto, Canada. In response to demands by businessman Paul Bronfman that the mural be taken down, Waters wrote Bronfman: “Happily York University students and faculty members seem to recognize that protest is ok, and that freedom of speech is…

Tomer Ditor suffered stab wounds to his shoulder while jogging in Tuesday’s stabbing attack at the entrance to Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion region of Judea, but that will not stop him from joining the Gush Etzion Running Group on Friday. The group intends to start the run at 9 a.m. outside the entrance of Rosh…

Is it best to manage your money by yourself or to use a money manager? Today’’s show discusses money managers, exploring how you can measure a money manager’s success, and whether you would be better off buying an index fund? One of the biggest worries that investors have is market uncertainty. David D. Holland, radio host, author,…

Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Rabbi Reuven Azman, spoke with Arutz Sheva regarding Jewish community officials’ efforts to defuse the situation in light of MK Yaakov Margi’s (Shas) visit to Crimea. Margi met with President of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, who heads a “puppet government” established by the Russian government following its occupation of the…

Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Rabbi Reuven Azman, spoke with Arutz Sheva regarding Jewish community officials’ efforts to defuse the situation in light of MK Yaakov Margi’s (Shas) visit to Crimea. Margi met with President of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, who heads a “puppet government” established by the Russian government following its occupation of the…

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the Palestinian terrorist who shot Senator Robert Kennedy dead over the senator’s support for Israel, was denied parole this week for the fifteenth time. Kennedy, the younger brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, was shot by Sirhan on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles just after winning California’s…

The Sephardic Chief Rabbi blasted a High Court decision Thursday allowing Reform and Conservative religious courts to perform conversion ceremonies in public mikvehs, or ritual purification pools. According to the decision, the “batei din” of the Reform and Conservative movements will be allowed to carry out their conversion ceremonies in the mikvehs of Be’er Sheva.…

Turkey and Israel are making progress in rapprochement talks, but some issues still need to be resolved, diplomatic sources told Arutz Sheva on Thursday evening. The Israeli team for talks with Turkey, including the prime minister’s envoy Joseph Ciechanover and Acting National Security Adviser Yaakov Nagal returned to Israel earlier, after meeting with the Turkish…

Mikhail Skoblionok, the head of the Jewish National and Cultural Autonomy of Tatarstan, expressed doubts Tuesday that many Jews will accept the Russian president’s invitation to leave Europe and find refuge in Russia. Writing in the Tatar website Realnoe Vremya, Skoblionok noted that many French Jews have been buying up apartments in Israel for the…

The Sephardic Chief Rabbi blasted a High Court decision Thursday allowing Reform and Conservative religious courts to perform conversion ceremonies in public mikvehs, or ritual purification pools. According to the decision, the “batei din” of the Reform and Conservative movements will be allowed to carry out their conversion ceremonies in the mikvehs of Be’er Sheva.…

French lawmakers have formed a commission of inquiry into possible security failings over two major terror attacks in Paris in 2015 that left 147 people dead, a deputy said Thursday, according to AFP. The commission, which was formed at the request of the conservative opposition Republicans party, held its first meeting on Tuesday, according to…

Major world powers agreed overnight Thursday to a plan aimed at breaking the deadlock in Syria, Reuters reported, citing a diplomatic source. According to the source, the plan would introduce a gradual cessation of hostilities and quick humanitarian aid in the country with a view to creating conditions to revive peace talks. “We did not…

It took a century, but the theory from Albert Einstein handwritten neatly on paper that is now yellowing has finally been vindicated. Israeli officials on Thursday offered a rare look at the documents where Einstein presented his ideas on gravitational waves, a display that coincided with the historic announcement that scientists had glimpsed the first direct evidence of his theory. “Einstein devised this…

How to overcome negativity. Are you a complainer? Do you find yourself grumbling when you are stuck in traffic, waiting on line, or facing a weekend with your mother in law? Some people are taking a 21 day challenge: three weeks without complaining. They wear a purple rubber bracelet on their wrist and each time a…

Hamas may be leading the efforts in Gaza to build underground attack tunnels meant for murdering Israeli civilians and soldiers, but the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) has revealed it is busy building its own tunnels. DFLP, one of the main factions in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), published a video from Gaza showing its…

The town of Kochav Yaakov in Samaria inaugurated Wednesday a new neighborhood called “Yishai” to mark the shloshim (thirty-day period following burial) of Yishai Rozales of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, also known as Nahal Haredi, who was killed in a training accident at Tze’elim Base in the Negev. A ceremony funded by the IDF Nahal organization’s…

Interior Minister and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri met Thursday with France’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Joseph Haim Sitruk, and discussed the situation of French Jewry, and the Jewish concerns following the terrorist attacks in the country. Deri prayed and read from the Torah at the synagogue in the Lucia de Hirsch Jewish school in Paris. After…

Saudi Arabia’s decision to send troops to Syria to fight Islamic State (ISIS) is “final,” the spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition force in Yemen announced on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri said that Riyadh is “ready” and will fight with its U.S.-led coalition allies to defeat ISIS in Syria. According to Al Arabiya, however, he said…

Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign defended on Thursday an endorsement from evangelical Pastor Mike Bickle, whose statements regarding Biblical prophecies about the persecution of Jews aroused the ire of some Jewish leaders. In a sermon in 2004, Bickle relied on the Book of Jeremiah (16:16), which says: “‘I’m about to send many fishermen,’ declares God, ‘and they’ll catch them. Afterwards,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday night decided to appoint Nadav Argaman as the new head of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, Shin Bet or Shabak), as the current ISA chief Yoram Cohen is poised to step down. Argaman, 55, is a married father of three, and currently serves as the deputy chief of the ISA, a…

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned Thursday that if Arab forces entered the Syrian war, they could spark a “new world war” and urged ceasefire talks instead. Asked about proposals by some Arab countries to enter the conflict under a US command, Medvedev said, “that would be bad because ground offensives usually lead to wars becoming permanent.” “The Americans and our Arabic partners…

NATO is considering joining the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in Syria and Iraq, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday. “Thanks to the leadership of NATO (head) Jens Stoltenberg we are exploring the possibility of NATO joining the coalition as a member itself,” Carter said after a meeting of the coalition in Brussels to discuss increasing their contributions to the…

After Tourism Minister Yariv Levin asserted US Reform Jews would become “irrelevant” within two generations, the denomination hit back by scrapping a planned meeting between the minister and community representatives.  The Likud minister made the critical remarks in the wake of a government decision last week to allow non-Orthodox denominations of Judaism an expanded site for prayer at the…

Over 4,000 French students attended the Jewish Agency’s Israel education fair at the Hyatt Hotel in Paris this week.  The fair, which was cosponsored by MASA Israel, presented the prospective students with a wide variety of education and absorption programs available for them in Israel.  The youngsters, aged 18-25, have all finished their high school programs and…

A Netzah Yehuda soldier was sentenced Wednesday to seven months in prison for the beating several months ago of two Arab terrorists detained at the Harmash base in Samaria.  He was also placed on six months probation and demoted to the rank of private after three military court judges convicted him of abuse and aggravated abuse. …

In the wake of the recent stabbing attack in Beit Horon which claimed the life of 23-year-old Shlomit Krigman, Israel Police and the IDF investigated the circumstances of the attack. In the report which followed the investigation, the IDF proposed that the security of the town be given over to the authority of the IDF.  According to…

An Israeli parliamentarian has drawn ire and ridicule after suggesting “Palestine” is a borrowed term that Palestinians themselves cannot pronounce. “The letter P doesn’t exist in Arabic, so the borrowed term Palestine is worth debating,” MK Anat Berko (Likud) said during a parliamentary debate on Wednesday night. “There is no ‘puh’ sound (in Arabic),” she repeated several times. In…

Head of the Israeli news agency “Makor Yisraeli”, David Bedein, fiercely attacked the IDF Civil Administration as well as the Ministry of Education for allowing the distribution of schoolbooks that contain incitement against Jews.  “For the past twenty years what has characterized the Palestinian Authority media and their education system is clear incitement to war,” Bedein…

Holocaust survivors expressed outrage Wednesday after an Austrian prosecutor appeared to justify an article in a far-right magazine calling people liberated from the Mauthausen concentration camp a criminal “plague.” An article in the July/August edition of Die Aula contended that a not insignificant number of camp inmates went on crime sprees after they were freed at the end…

70 percent of the Israeli populace believes that primary elections to determine the leader of a political party is a style of party leadership that brings a high level of corruption to the political system. This statistic came from a poll that was conducted in January by the Smith Institute which studies the Israeli public lifestyle…

(AFP) Israeli navy veteran Ami Daniel points at his computer screen and explains why the ship he was tracking should have been stopped and searched. It sailed near the Libyan port of Tobruk and waited four days more than a mile off the coast without ever docking, then moved west to Misrata, which it had…

An indictment was filed Thursday at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court against an unnamed Israeli diplomat accused of beating his daughter. According to the indictment, Channel 10 reports, the beatings took place while the father was representing Israel abroad on a diplomatic mission.  He is accused of beating his underage daughter with a leather belt “as part of the child’s education.” During one…

MK Aida Touma-Suleiman, a member of the Hadash faction of the Joint List party, on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of “deliberate incitement” against the Arab MKs which, she claimed, has been increasing since the elections. Touma-Suleiman made the comments in an interview with Hamas’s Palestine newspaper, after three MKs from her party were…

French lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of measures to change the constitution following the November 13 jihadist attacks on Paris, but doubts remain as to whether the package will be fully adopted, AFP reported. The amendment, including a hotly contested measure to strip convicted terrorists of their French nationality, was passed by the National Assembly…

MK Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home), head of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, vowed on Wednesday to work to remove MKs who support terrorism from the Knesset, one by one. Slomiansky spoke hours after chaos erupted during a discussion by his committee on a bill that would allow for MKs to be suspended from…

Nabil Shaath, a member of the Central Committee of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction, is calling on France and other countries in the European Union (EU) to immediately recognize the “State of Palestine” and to impose significant sanctions on Israel in order to bring an end to the “occupation”. Speaking at a…

A Hamas cleric recently criticized Palestinian Authority (PA) officials who said that they thwarted anti-Israeli terror attacks and declared that “Israeli blood is not on a par with Palestinian blood”. The cleric, Iyad Abu Funun, made the comments during his television show on Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV. The comments were translated by the Middle East Media…

(AFP) A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard will go on trial Thursday for complicity in the murders of tens of thousands of people at the Nazi concentration camp. Reinhold Hanning faces court in the western town of Detmold seven decades after the defeat of the Nazis, charged with at least 170,000 counts of being an accessory to murder in his role at…

Senior officers in the IDF’s Southern Command have begun to express concerns that the security situation along Israel’s border with Gaza is nearing the same levels of strain as during Operation Protective Edge.  However, according to one officer, unlike the 2014 campaign, there is now a possibility of the Israeli army taking offensive action against Hamas’…

Israeli history is about to be made once again, and this time by Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud). Erdan intends to establish an executive administration that will be tasked with enforcing law within the Arab sector and to do that the executive will need to enlist Arab police officers into the Israeli police force.…

After three straight weekends of rain and cold, Israelis finally have some sun to look forward to as the week ends.  Thursday morning’s forecast will see light rain in the north and along the coastal areas. Skies will clear up slightly later in the day, remaining partly cloudy.  From Friday through to Sunday, skies will be clear and sunny…

What’s the idea of building the Holy Temple really all about? Is it relevant for our world today? Who needs it anyway? This week, as we read parashat Terumah with its commandments concerning the building of the Tabernacle – later to become the Holy Temple – the Torah’s intentions for man’s relationship with God begin…

Iranian state TV has released new footage purportedly showing an American sailor crying while in captivity. The footage shows one of 10 US Navy sailors rubbing his eyes and apparently wiping away tears with a tissue, and has already been widely shared by Iranian journalists on social media. It is just the latest humiliating footage…

Iranian state TV has released new footage purportedly showing an American sailor crying while in captivity. The footage shows one of 10 US Navy sailors rubbing his eyes and apparently wiping away tears with a tissue, and has already been widely shared by Iranian journalists on social media. It is just the latest humiliating footage…

Two Republican presidential candidates announced on Wednesday they would be suspending their campaigns, a day after the New Hampshire primaries which were won by Donald Trump. The first candidate to do so was former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina, who announced the decision on Facebook after finishing seventh in New Hampshire’s primary. “While I suspend my…

Two Republican presidential candidates announced on Wednesday they would be suspending their campaigns, a day after the New Hampshire primaries which were won by Donald Trump. The first candidate to do so was former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina, who announced the decision on Facebook after finishing seventh in New Hampshire’s primary. “While I suspend my…

Matti Goldstein of ZAKA International spoke with Arutz Sheva at the Jerusalem Conference on the subject of the organization being recognized as an official adviser and observer organization by the United Nations. The recognition at the UN came after three years of intense work, said Goldstein, and even Iran voted for ZAKA to be recognized.…

Matti Goldstein of ZAKA International spoke with Arutz Sheva at the Jerusalem Conference on the subject of the organization being recognized as an official adviser and observer organization by the United Nations. The recognition at the UN came after three years of intense work, said Goldstein, and even Iran voted for ZAKA to be recognized.…

The United States Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program, human rights record and cyber activities, Reuters reported. The House of Representatives passed a similar bill last month, following a North Korean nuclear test in which it claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb. Since then, North…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah on Wednesday night reacted to the court’s ruling in favor of Manny Naftali, the former Superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence. Naftali complained of extensive verbal abuse by Sarah, alleging among other things that she had turned over a table and broken kitchenware while shouting at employees,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah on Wednesday night reacted to the court’s ruling in favor of Manny Naftali, the former Superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence. Naftali complained of extensive verbal abuse by Sarah, alleging among other things that she had turned over a table and broken kitchenware while shouting at employees,…

ISIS may have lost territory to coalition forces over the past few months, but no fewer than 43 terrorist groups around the world have pledged allegiance – or are offering support – to the extremist Muslim murderous organization. Ban Ki-Moon added that the number of ISIS-supporters is expected to increase in 2016. He said that…

ISIS may have lost territory to coalition forces over the past few months, but no fewer than 43 terrorist groups around the world have pledged allegiance – or are offering support – to the extremist Muslim murderous organization. Ban Ki-Moon added that the number of ISIS-supporters is expected to increase in 2016. He said that…

The Knesset passed in the preliminary reading on Wednesday a bill that would amend the Basic Law regarding the Knesset, so as to make it easier to prevent people who support terrorism from running for the Knesset. The law known as “Basic Law: the Knesset” already forbids a person who negates the existence of Israel…

A Jewish man was stabbed in the back in an apparently unprovoked attack in New York’s Crown Heights neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. The victim is in his 30s, and suffered from stab wounds to his upper back. The attack occurred at a check cashing center at Kingston Ave and Empire Boulevard, according to the JP Updates site.…

A Jewish man was stabbed in the back in an apparently unprovoked attack in New York’s Crown Heights neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. The victim is in his 30s, and suffered from stab wounds to his upper back. The attack occurred at a check cashing center at Kingston Ave and Empire Boulevard, according to the JP Updates site.…

Desperate humanitarian needs elsewhere in the Middle East are increasing “competition” for funding for Palestinian charities, the UN warned on Wednesday. A Palestinian official warned any aid shortage could see the situation “explode.” Bo Schack, Gaza director of UNRWA, which operates a multi-million-dollar network of institutions throughout Gaza, admitted there was concern crises in Yemen, Syria…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening derided opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog’s admission that the two-state solution isn’t currently viable, mockingly “congratulating” the Labor party leader for finally “waking up” to the reality of the Middle East. “A year ago I said that the current circumstances do not seem to allow the realization of a two…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening derided opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog’s admission that the two-state solution isn’t currently viable, mockingly “congratulating” the Labor party leader for finally “waking up” to the reality of the Middle East. “A year ago I said that the current circumstances do not seem to allow the realization of a two…

Political leaders have been holding internal discussions about Israel and Turkey reconciling their relations. According to reports, during the talks, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (Likud) argued that the reconciliation process should include the return of Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin’s bodies. The two soldiers were killed during 2014’s Operation Protective Edge, and Hamas has refused to return them to…

Political leaders have been holding internal discussions about Israel and Turkey reconciling their relations. According to reports, during the talks, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (Likud) argued that the reconciliation process should include the return of Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin’s bodies. The two soldiers were killed during 2014’s Operation Protective Edge, and Hamas has refused to return them to…

International soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo features in a new commercial for Israeli internet provider HOT – triggering a predictable social media back-and-forth. The commercial – which also features three characters from the Israeli TV series “We’re on the Map” – shows a group of Israeli footballers (sporting Ronaldo-ish hairdos) wondering who the newest foreign addition to their team…

Police have released footage showing the moment an Arab terrorist stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli jogger in Gush Etzion, and then fled from the scene. His victim, a Jewish man in his 30s, had been running outside the town of Neve Daniel when he was stabbed and seriously injured. He managed to reach the gate…

International soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo features in a new commercial for Israeli internet provider HOT – triggering a predictable social media back-and-forth. The commercial – which also features three characters from the Israeli TV series “We’re on the Map” – shows a group of Israeli footballers (sporting Ronaldo-ish hairdos) wondering who the newest foreign addition to their team…

Syrian Kurdish separatists on Wednesday opened a representation in Moscow amid a push by the Kremlin to have them included in Syria peace talks despite Turkey’s objections.   “This is a historical moment for the Kurdish people,” Merab Shamoyev, chairman of the International Union of Kurdish Public Associations, said at the opening ceremony for the…

Russian air strikes in and around the city of Aleppo against opponents of the Syrian regime are benefiting the Islamic State group (ISIS or ISIL), a senior US official charged Wednesday.   “What Russia’s doing is directly enabling ISIL,” Brett McGurk, President Barack Obama’s special envoy to the coalition fighting the group in Syria and…

Russian air strikes in and around the city of Aleppo against opponents of the Syrian regime are benefiting the Islamic State group (ISIS or ISIL), a senior US official charged Wednesday.   “What Russia’s doing is directly enabling ISIL,” Brett McGurk, President Barack Obama’s special envoy to the coalition fighting the group in Syria and…

Syrian Kurdish separatists on Wednesday opened a representation in Moscow amid a push by the Kremlin to have them included in Syria peace talks despite Turkey’s objections.   “This is a historical moment for the Kurdish people,” Merab Shamoyev, chairman of the International Union of Kurdish Public Associations, said at the opening ceremony for the…

The annual survey of the Adler Institute in Herzliya has revealed that 48% of Israeli parents admit to barely speaking directly with their children on a daily basis, with 40% of the youths confirming the results. The lack of direct contact appears to be due to the long work days of parents combined with the convenience of…

The Religious Services Ministry on Wednesday morning published figures showing the overwhelming usage of the popular Israeli smartphone traffic application Waze in finding mikveh ritual immersion baths. In 2014 the ministry began contact with Google, which acquired Waze the previous year, about making it easier to use the application to discretely navigate ones way to the nearest mikveh, ritual baths which…

Britain’s The Guardian newspaper twisted a statement made by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday to make it sound as if he had referred to all Arabs in Judea, Samaria and the countries neighboring Israel as “wild beasts.” He had done no such thing. Netanyahu’s exact words were: “At the end, in the State of Israel,…

In open defiance of recent US sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan on late Tuesday told local media that Tehran will soon be rolling out an upgrade of its nuclear-capable medium-range Emad missiles. The “next generation of Emad with improved precision” will be unveiled in the next Iranian year which…

The IDF has for years had protocol in place to maintain extra vigilance and forces ready at weak points on all bases during the foggy morning hours, as it has feared that terrorists would use the fog cover to conduct attacks on bases. Such attacks happened hundreds of times during the IDF’s presence in Lebanon and…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused the United States of creating a “pool of blood” in the region by failing to recognize the main Syrian Kurdish organizations as terror groups. “Hey America…as you have never recognized them (as terror groups) the region has turned into a pool of blood,” Erdogan said in an attack on US policy, referring to…

Palestinian protesters hurled rocks and molotov cocktails at IDF forces amid a protest near the town of al-Arub, which is located just outside of Hevron in Judea. A large group of Arab teenagers and young men held a protest outside of the town which quickly turned violent. Protesters began hurling potentially lethal large rocks and…

The families of murdered terror victims in the recent wave of terror will be attending a High Court of Justice meeting on Wednesday, which will determine whether to destroy the homes of terrorists who carried out attacks or not. Shlomit Fischer, the sister of Yaakov Don, who was murdered in a shooting attack which took place at the…

Former Superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence Manny Naftali on Wednesday won in court, in his lawsuit against the Prime Minister’s Residence and Prime Minister’s Office Deputy Director General Ezra Saidoff. Naftali is to receive 170,000 shekels (nearly $43,000) according to the court decision. The former employee of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had complained of extensive verbal abuse…

A pro-Hamas video that was uploaded to the Internet earlier this week is dedicated to bomb maker Yahya Ayyash, “The Engineer,” who masterminded the first Hamas suicide bombings in the 1990s before being assassinated by Israel by means of an exploding cellphone. The lyrics of the song, sung before the backdrop of a staged Egged bus bombing, are a prime…

The main representative body of Jews in Britain on Tuesday met with opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is known for his controversial past statements in support of terrorism. In a statement, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said its leadership had held discussions with Corbyn “on a range of matters of interest and concern…

The deal between world powers and Iran has delayed Tehran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons by 10 to 15 years, an expert told AFP on Tuesday. “2015 was by and large a decent year for news on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,” John Chipman, the director-general and chief executive of the International Institute for…

Some visitors may be steering clear of the world’s top tourist destination after Islamist terror attacks in the French capital, but for lovers, shoppers and gourmands who dare to go, Paris will always be Paris. Quaint Parisian streets have been a little quieter and lines outside the Louvre museum or under the Eiffel Towel a little shorter since a November jihadist attack…

A Hamas terrorist was killed on Tuesday when a tunnel collapsed in Gaza, the group said, in the fourth such incident over the past few weeks. The latest death brings to 11 the number of Gazans who have been killed in four separate collapses since January 26, noted the AFP news agency. On Monday, a…

Rocker Ted Nugent, a long-time campaigner for right-wing causes, came under additional fire Tuesday from Jewish groups after he alleged a conspiracy behind US gun control efforts in which he called Jews who support gun control “Nazis is Disguise.” The “Cat Scratch Fever” guitarist on Monday listed on Facebook prominent US Jewish politicians who support stricter gun laws and put Israeli…

An IDF appraisal of the current security threats published on Wednesday morning estimates that over 1,000 Hamas terrorists are currently working on digging one central terror tunnel leading deep into sovereign Israeli territory. The estimation, published in Yedioth Aharonoth, shows a sharp break from past activity when Hamas worked on constructing dozens of smaller tunnels simultaneously. Around…

Rabbi Haim Navon responded to comments made by Rabbi Yitzhak Neriah about the religious Zionist community at the 13th Jerusalem Conference hosted by Arutz Sheva on Tuesday. Rabbi Neriah had said that “for every 2,000 people in the national religious community we create one rabbi.” Rabbi Neriah also compared the national religious community to the haredi community…

Pentagon documents released on Tuesday indicate that the 2017 budget requests of the US Defense Department include a total of $145.8 million for Israeli missile defense programs, a sharp drop in financial support amid a standoff over American military aid. The aid, meant for Israel’s missile interceptor programs including the short-range Iron Dome, medium-range David’s Sling…

Israel can look forward to its first dry weekend in over three weeks.  Wednesday’s forecast however will see heavy rains during the day in the center and south of the country. The morning will be cloudy with light showers beginning towards mid day that by nightfall will turn to heavy rain with a chance of thunderstorms…

An Israeli hi-tech firm makes a mobile phone battery last up to 20% longer when the most power-intensive graphical applications are in use. These include chatting, gaming, multimedia browsing and navigating. According to ISRAEL21c, Lucidlogix Technologies developed a software solution called PowerXtend to this end. It debuted in 2013 and has been built into more than…

The Jewish Home party announced Tuesday it will not support a bill backed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu granting the Knesset the power to suspend legislators for misconduct.  The coalition heads, including Jewish Home’s chairman Naftali Bennett, initially agreed to back the bill on Sunday amid widespread outrage over a meeting between three Arab MKs and the families…

The Israeli army locked down a Palestinian village in Judea on Tuesday, as part of efforts to find the Arab terrorist who stabbed a Jewish man from a nearby town.  An army spokeswoman said only “humanitarian cases” would be let in and out of Nahalin, southwest of Bethlehem and a short distance from the Jewish community of Neve Daniel. A 28-year-old…

The investigation into the deadly shooting and stabbing attack last week at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate is ongoing as Israeli security forces continue to try and piece together new information.  According to a Channel 10 report Tuesday night, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) received a tip that the three terrorists prayed at Al-Aqsa mosque before committing the attack which…

What does the average European think about the recent EU decision to label Jewish goods from Judea-Samaria? The Lev HaOlam organization set up shop in a central Amsterdam square to find out.  Equipped with a tray of chocolates produced in Hevron, they group offered the chocolates to passersby and asked if they’d heard about the EU’s controversial decision. …

Three men in their 30s were killed and three others were injured in an accident at the Shoket Junction in the Negev on Tuesday evening. Paramedics who were called to the scene tried to resuscitate two of the victims, who were critically injured at first, but were unsuccessful and pronounced them dead. Two of the…

Israeli and Turkish negotiating teams will meet in Switzerland on Wednesday for another round of talks in an attempt to finalize a reconciliation agreement, Western diplomats close to the talks told Haaretz on Tuesday night. Participating in the talks on the Israeli side will be Joseph Ciechanover, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s representative, and acting National…

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday referred to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as “in a certain way, evil” in a word association game posed by MSNBC’s host Mika Brzezinski. According to a report in CNN, Brzezinski asked the Trump to describe his 2016 rivals in one word. When it came to the former secretary…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu toured on Tuesday the route of the fence being built along Israel’s eastern border with Jordan.  Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and Southern District commander Eyal Zamir also participated in the tour along the route of the anticipated 30-kilometer fence.  So far five kilometers of the border…

A brutal ISIS torturer wasn’t the only jihadist terrorist who traveled with former British MP George Galloway to Gaza, it has been revealed. According to a recent report, Alexander Kotey left the UK on Galloway’s “Viva Palestina” convoy to Gaza in 2009, and from there eventually made his way to Syria to join the Islamic State terror…

Loading… Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Jerusalem Affairs Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) called on Tuesday to promote Jewish construction projects in Jerusalem so as not to lose the Jewish majority in Israel’s capital.  “We’re not taking into account that what is happening in Jerusalem, which has a mix of more haredim and religious people, is also taking…

An Israeli man was moderately injured shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday in a stabbing attack at the entrance to Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion region of Judea.  The man, identified as 28-year-old Tomer Ditor of Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion, suffered stab wounds to his shoulder in the attack.  Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics treated…

The National Jewish Democratic Council has expressed outrage after Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz proudly touted an endorsement from a controversial Christian evangelical leader. Mike Bickle is notorious for his comments suggesting God sent Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to hunt Jews because of their refusal to accept Jesus as the messiah.  The founder and director of the…

A shouting match broke out Tuesday afternoon at the 13th Jerusalem Conference during a session on the “Hilltop Youth” moderated by Arutz Sheva editor Uzi Baruch.  The storm erupted when the moderator turned to ask the opinion of Deputy Attorney General Raz Nazri, one of the attorneys involved in the investigation of the deadly Duma arson.  Several of…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for his plan to surround all of Israel with security fences.  Speaking at a conference of Religious Zionist educators at the Dead Sea, Bennett addressed the community’s role in Israeli society.  “(Our role) is to return the Jewish soul to the people of Israel,” he asserted. “This is our…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were able to penetrate the private computer of a former IDF chief of staff, Channel 10 reported Tuesday night.  According to the report, in the last year Iran’s military launched a cyber attack on dozens of Israeli computers, mostly belonging to current and former senior security officials. The Iranians were able to draw out security-related…

Swiss police on Tuesday launched a manhunt for a Syrian man convicted of rape, after he fled his jail cell along with a female prison guard. The two fugitives may already have left the country. The guard helped the prisoner break out of jail in Zurich on Monday night, police said in a statement that…

At a hearing Monday in the Supreme Court, attorney Avigdor Klagsbald disclosed for the first time that the newspaper Israel Hayom is now owned by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson but by one of Adelson’s relatives. Klagsbald was presenting a petition by Adelson and Israel Hayom editor Amos Regev against a Jerusalem District Court ruling that…

With the Israeli Knesset having passed its first reading on the much-discussed “Transparency Bill”, the NGO Monitor has issued a statement to the press in which it reiterated its proposal to set up, what it calls “mutually agreed funding guidelines.” These guidelines would, according to NGO Monitor, alleviate the problems presented by foreign governmental funding.  The proposal comes in place of…

More than 50,000 children in Somalia face death because of the ongoing drought there, the UN said Tuesday. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said the malnutrition situation is “alarming,” adding that nearly one million Somalis, or one in 12 of the population, “struggle… to meet their food needs”. The drought in…

Representatives from the foreign press services operating in Israel have been invited to a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today (Tuesday) in order to explain how they have been reporting recent events. While Israelis have been criticizing biased news reporting about terrorism for months, a recent CBS headline raised particular ire when it…

With the Israeli Knesset having passed its first reading on the much-discussed “Transparency Bill”, the NGO Monitor has issued a statement to the press in which it reiterated its proposal to set up, what it calls “mutually agreed funding guidelines.” These guidelines would, according to NGO Monitor, alleviate the problems presented by foreign governmental funding.  The proposal comes in place of…

As the New Hampshire primaries get underway today (Feb. 9th) in the United States, former Senator Joseph Lieberman told Israeli Army Radio that “no matter who becomes president the relationship between Israel and the United States will improve.”  “When we go back and listen to President Barack Obama’s Cairo speech in 2009, when he called for…

As the New Hampshire primaries get underway today (Feb. 9th) in the United States, former Senator Joseph Lieberman told Israeli Army Radio that “no matter who becomes president the relationship between Israel and the United States will improve.”  “When we go back and listen to President Barack Obama’s Cairo speech in 2009, when he called for…

Representatives from the foreign press services operating in Israel have been invited to a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today (Tuesday) in order to explain how they have been reporting recent events. While Israelis have been criticizing biased news reporting about terrorism for months, a recent CBS headline raised particular ire when it…

A violent riot by several dozen haredi extremists in Ashdod made headlines this morning, as rioters overturned a police car and attacked officers coming to detain suspected IDF draft-dodgers. But what went largely unreported was that the rioters in question were not from the area, and that locals in fact tried to stop them, according…

A violent riot by several dozen haredi extremists in Ashdod made headlines this morning, as rioters overturned a police car and attacked officers coming to detain suspected IDF draft-dodgers. But what went largely unreported was that the rioters in question were not from the area, and that locals in fact tried to stop them, according…

Police have not given permission for right-wing activists Dr. Michael Ben-Ari, Baruch Marzel, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bentzi Gopstein to hold a protest in the Arab communities of Ara and Arara. The activists claim that they want to hold a march in protest against the effects of disloyalty to the state and of Arab officials even…

Police have not given permission for right-wing activists Dr. Michael Ben-Ari, Baruch Marzel, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bentzi Gopstein to hold a protest in the Arab communities of Ara and Arara. The activists claim that they want to hold a march in protest against the effects of disloyalty to the state and of Arab officials even…

The chief of police, Commissioner Roni Alsheikh, appeared before the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee of the Knesset to commemorate “Salute the Police” day. Among other issues, Alsheikh discussed crime in the Arab sector.  “According to the statistics that the police have, 21 percent of the Israeli population is Arab, however their involvement in criminal activities stands…

Israel marked Family Day on Tuesday, the 30th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, as it has annually since the 1990s. The day is a low-key occasion that does not have a clear theme, and is often marked by discussions about modern changes in family structure, alternative “new families” and so on. In addition, children…

A Jewish activist arrested yesterday for singing the Israeli national anthem on the Temple Mount was handed a 15-day distancing order from the site Tuesday. Avraham Fuah was violently detained by police just seconds after he began singing “Hatikvah,” at the end of a brief speech in which he called on the Jewish people to…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home), together with Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush (UTJ), Director of Independent Schools Rabbi Eliezer Sorotzkin, and the regional head of haredi schools Itzik Zahavi, visited the haredi schools in Yavneh on Tuesday.    Bennett, together with the group of dignitaries, visited numerous schools in the area and sat in on some of the…

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday confirmed for the first time that he is considering a run for president. Speaking to the Financial Times newspaper, Bloomberg criticized the quality of the debate in the ​presidential ​race. He said ​that ​he was “looking at all the options” when asked whether he was considering putting…

Many systems of judgment are based upon the idea that the majority rules. Judaism, though, places a limitation on this idea, and it has historical significance. Also, Donald Trump may being making the upcoming Presidential election more lively, but his involvement in the race teaches an important lesson about life as well. Finally, the next…

Many systems of judgment are based upon the idea that the majority rules. Judaism, though, places a limitation on this idea, and it has historical significance. Also, Donald Trump may being making the upcoming Presidential election more lively, but his involvement in the race teaches an important lesson about life as well. Finally, the next…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the arson attack on a synagogue in the town of Givat Sorek in Gush Etzion, and called for a thorough investigation to quickly bring the perpetrators to justice. At the same time, he also called “on all sides” to refrain from “inflammatory actions or statements”. In a statement…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the arson attack on a synagogue in the town of Givat Sorek in Gush Etzion, and called for a thorough investigation to quickly bring the perpetrators to justice. At the same time, he also called “on all sides” to refrain from “inflammatory actions or statements”. In a statement…

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday confirmed for the first time that he is considering a run for president. Speaking to the Financial Times newspaper, Bloomberg criticized the quality of the debate in the ​presidential ​race. He said ​that ​he was “looking at all the options” when asked whether he was considering putting…

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman on Monday night dismissed the Knesset Ethics Committee’s decision to suspend three Arab Knesset members who met families of terrorists as a “joke”. The committee ruled earlier that MKs Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas would be suspended for a period of four months, while MK Jamal Zahalka would suspended for…

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman on Monday night dismissed the Knesset Ethics Committee’s decision to suspend three Arab Knesset members who met families of terrorists as a “joke”. The committee ruled earlier that MKs Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas would be suspended for a period of four months, while MK Jamal Zahalka would suspended for…

Former Labor party leader and Defense Minister Amir Peretz officially rejoined Labor on Monday, three years after he left the party and joined Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua faction. Peretz’s plan to return to the Labor party was first made public last September, and he confirmed the plan in November when he also hinted that he might…

Former Labor party leader and Defense Minister Amir Peretz officially rejoined Labor on Monday, three years after he left the party and joined Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua faction. Peretz’s plan to return to the Labor party was first made public last September, and he confirmed the plan in November when he also hinted that he might…

The widow of late ISIS financial leader Abu Sayyaf was charged Monday for her alleged role in the death of US aid worker Kayla Mueller last year. Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, a 25-year-old known as Umm Sayyaf, was accused of conspiring to provide support to the violent extremists, forcibly detaining Mueller and other captives in the couple’s homes, where she was…

The widow of late ISIS financial leader Abu Sayyaf was charged Monday for her alleged role in the death of US aid worker Kayla Mueller last year. Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, a 25-year-old known as Umm Sayyaf, was accused of conspiring to provide support to the violent extremists, forcibly detaining Mueller and other captives in the couple’s homes, where she was…

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday launched yet another tirade against the United States and Israel. In his latest remarks, Khamenei dismissed Washington’s claim of support for human rights and democracy and, as proof of his remarks, noted its support for “child killing” Israel as well as Saudi Arabia, Iran’s longtime rival. “The…

Ohad Ben-Yishai, an IDF soldier who suffered a shrapnel wound to the head during Operation Protective Edge, was released on Monday from Sheba Hospital after an 18-month long recovery period. The rehabilitation hospital invited musicians and artists, as well as the victim’s family, to come and participate in a farewell party for Ben-Yishai. The party was organized by two…

Dozens of haredim attacked enforcers assigned with finding deserters from the IDF in Ashdod early this morning (Tuesday). The searchers came to the neighborhood in order to arrest a haredi youth who was skipping his military draft without permission. As they were carrying out their duty, rioters surrounded the soldiers’ vehicles and yelled epithets. They…

MK Professor Yossi Yonah (Zionist Union) spoke with Arutz Sheva about the changes taking place in his party, as Avi Nissenkoren joins its ranks, Amir Peretz returns, and Gabi Ashkenazi considers enlisting. These are in addition to party leader Yitzhak Herzog’s policy speech and Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s (Jewish Home) initiative to include Middle Eastern Jewish history…

MK Professor Yossi Yonah (Zionist Union) spoke with Arutz Sheva about the changes taking place in his party, as Avi Nissenkoren joins its ranks, Amir Peretz returns, and Gabi Ashkenazi considers enlisting. These are in addition to party leader Yitzhak Herzog’s policy speech and Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s (Jewish Home) initiative to include Middle Eastern Jewish history…

A ceremony honoring the Netzach Yehuda battalion was held last week at the headquarters of the Binyamin Regional Brigade. Soldiers of the battalion, who in the past few weeks neutralized several terror attacks in the area, were awarded certificates of merit during a ceremony which was attended by regiment commanders and the soldiers’ families. Col. Israel Shomer,…

Only a few hours before Israel was to deliver the body of the first of ten Arab terrorists it has agreed to return, the Israel Police announced to the lawyer representing the terrorists’ families that the delivery is to be postponed until tomorrow.  Mohammed Mahmoud claimed to Yedioth Ahronoth that police did not disclose the reason for the…

Michael Fragin takes listeners from Iowa to New Hampshire with leading GOP Jewish voices Josh Mandel for Marco Rubio and Nick Muzin for Ted Cruz. To listen to previous shows go to N.S.N. – click here

Using the right credit card to earn you extra cash and free vacations If you had the opportunity to earn extra money by doing almost the same amount of work, wouldn’t you do it? Most people would agree, but when you tell them that the way to earn this money is by opening new credit cards,…

The Knesset on Monday night approved the first reading of the so-called “Transparency Law”, initiated by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked. The bill would require Israeli NGOs who receive more than half of their funds from foreign states to disclose their sources of funding and identify themselves as “foreign agents” when lobbying MKs. 50 MKs voted…

Market volatility leads many investors to make a big mistake when planning their finances. Learn how to avoid the most common investing mistakes.   How can you make time work to your advantage, both in your investment portfolio and life in general? In today’’s interview, Jeff Sutherland, former fighter pilot and author of Scrum: The Art…

Author Leesha Rose, a teenaged Holocaust resistance fighting girl, passed away in Jerusalem this week. Leesha Rose was known for her book entitled The Tulips are Red (Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 1978), telling her story as a Jewish girl who joined the Dutch Resistance during World War II. It also tells much about the hardships of Jewish life in…

A day after being sentenced to six months probation for insulting police officers, MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) on Monday gave an interview to a Hamas-affiliated newspaper and blasted the decision. On Sunday, the Nazareth Magistrates Court sentenced Zoabi to six months probation and a 3,000 shekel fine for a July 2014 confrontation in the…

Canada announced on Monday it will stop participating in air strikes targeting the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Iraq and Syria and bring home its six fighter jets on February 22, thus fulfilling a campaign promise made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Liberal leader had pledged in the run-up to October legislative elections to…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) demanded during  a recent meeting of the Security Cabinet that Israel initiate action against Hamas’s terrorist tunnels which lead into Israel, Channel 2 News reported on Monday. According to the report, both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon rejected Bennett’s proposal. The two later publicly said…

A Bedouin citizen of Israel was indicted Monday at the Be’er Sheva Magistrates Court for attempting to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization in Syria.  A resident of Hura, Najoun Abu Alkianan was recently arrested and questioned by security forces. The Southern District Attorney’s Office is expected to ask the court for remand throughout…

Israel has joined international condemnation against North Korea for defying international warnings and launching a long-range rocket. “Israel condemns the North Korean ballistic missile launch which was carried out against international obligations of its country,” said an official statement by the Foreign Ministry on Monday. The Foreign Ministry continued to express its concern that “with the repeated…

Hamas on Monday denied Israeli accusations that wounded Islamic State terrorists from Egypt had been smuggled through tunnels to receive medical care in Gaza.  IDF General Yoav Mordechai had accused the jihadist group of smuggling wounded fighters from Sinai Province – the ISIS affiliate in northern Egypt – through tunnels into the Palestinian enclave for treatment. “We have reliable information that…

Army Radio commander Yaron Dekel apologized on Monday for a radio host who likened the bereaved parents of slain IDF soldiers to the families of terrorists.  He would not, however, consent to calls to have Army Radio host Razi Barkai suspended or fired for the contentious remark.  “The comparison between bereaved parents and the parents of murderers is gross, painful,…

The Knesset rejected on Monday evening several no-confidence motions submitted by opposition parties the Zionist Union, Yesh Atid and the Joint List.  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu easily dismissed the criticism of his government, instead turning the attack on three Arab MKs who met last week with the families of terrorist murderers.  “I heard the attacks…

Anti-Semitism is a troubling phenomenon in many Dutch schools and especially among Muslim students, a new government-commissioned report has found, JTA reports.  The 55-page report, entitled “Two Worlds, Two Realities – How Do You Deal with It as a Teacher” was published last week by Dutch-Jewish journalist Margalith Kleijwegt at the Dutch Ministry of Education’s request. The report is based on…

President Reuven Rivlin paid a condolence visit Monday to the family of Hadar Cohen, the Border Police officer killed last Wednesday during an attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. The president embraced Cohen’s family – parents Ofer and Sigalit, and brothers Mor and Yarin – and spoke of her heroism and courage. “When you saluted your daughter…

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas met Monday with Arab-Israeli journalists in Ramallah. Abbas asserted the Israeli government should ask itself “why a 13-year-old child is throwing stones and trying to hurt others?”  “The answer,” he argued, “is that these kids saw what happened in Duma with the Dawabshe family and the assassination of Abu Hadir. They…

The Knesset Ethics Committee ruled on Monday night to suspend three Arab Knesset members following a public uproar over their meeting with the families of terrorists who committed murderous attacks against Israelis.  MKs Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas were suspended for a period of four months, while MK Jamal Zahalka was suspended for two months. All three…

The final appeal of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto to prevent his prison sentence from being carried out in full was refused by the courts on Monday. Rabbi Pinto, who has been convicted of corruption, had asked the courts to remand his sentence in light of his deteriorating medical condition. His prison term is set to begin one week from Tuesday.  Pinto’s…

An indictment is to be submitted on Monday, concluding the joint investigation into an Arab citizen of Israel in his 20s from the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva (Tel as-Sabi) located just east of Be’er Sheva. The Bedouin student is charged with having tried to smuggle a Tunisian terrorist into Israel. According to the suspicions, during a…

Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) appears to be leaning to the right recently in his bid to become the next Israeli Prime Minister in future elections. While conducting a string of formal and informal meetups around the country to explain his political policies to constituents, Lapid was recorded during a meetup that took place in Ma’aleh…

A Palestinian Arab died on Monday when an illegal smuggling tunnel he was trying to restore collapsed near Gaza’s border with Egypt, Palestinian medical and security sources said. The death brings to 10 the number of Gazans killed in four separate tunnel collapses in the last two weeks, with the rest of them being Hamas terrorists trying to rebuild the attack tunnels…

Opposition head and Zionist Union chairperson MK Yitzhak Herzog took part on Monday morning in Arutz Sheva‘s Jerusalem Conference, where he presented his “separation plan” from the Palestinian Arabs involving a unilateral division of Israel. Herzog began by noting on the ideological difference between himself and most of the largely national religious crowd, saying, “it is…

On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to unveil new plans for Canada’s role in the international coalition against the Islamic State group, including his pledge to stop involvement in air strikes. Ottawa’s plans to withdraw its warplanes from the US-led coalition targeting IS fighters in Syria is a symbolic blow against allied unity in the fight.…

At the Jerusalem Conference on Monday, hosted by Arutz Sheva, a special panel was held under the title: “Conciliation or clashing – how to deal with the threat of radical Islam.” Taking part in the panel moderated by Danny Zaken was Reshet Bet Arab affairs journalist Eran Zinger, Middle East and Islam expert Prof. Rafi Yisraeli, Rabbi Uri Sherki…

Members of the Arab Joint List party have decided to boycott the discussion held in the Knesset Committee on Monday, regarding the punitive measures to be taken against Balad faction MKs for their visit to the family home of a convicted terrorist. The discussion was prompted by the hundreds of complaints that the Knesset received following the visit of…

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) addressed Arutz Sheva‘s Jerusalem Conference on Monday morning, and laid out actions he said are required to quell the current wave of Arab terror – steps the government currently is not taking. “We must expel the families of the terrorists. That will save lives. We have to find the means to…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett participated in the Jerusalem Conference on Monday that was hosted by Arutz Sheva, and explained his political and social policies.  “We find ourselves at an historical crossroads” the Minister said. “A decade ago the prevailing impression was that the religious Zionist movement was crushed. The message was that ‘love’ would conquer…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday ruled out meeting with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi until death sentences for former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders are lifted, the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper reported. According to the report, Erdogan did give a green light for ministerial level talks between the two countries.…

The United States has “never been an honest broker” and so the Palestinian Authority (PA) would prefer anyone else to oversee peace talks with Israel, Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Shaath said recently. Shaath’s comments were made in an interview with the Palestinian Awdha TV channel which aired on February 1 and was translated by…

Hamas and Fatah leaders met on Sunday in the Qatari capital, Doha, for yet another round of talks about a long-stalled reconciliation agreement. According to Hamas’s Alresalah website, senior Hamas leader Hussam Badran confirmed the meeting, but said no new agreements have been reached. Both factions will discuss the reconciliation dossiers, and strategies to bring…

Talks between Israel and the United States on a new military aid package have become stuck as the two sides try to strong-arm one another, Haaretz revealed on Sunday. The current American aid package to Israel is set to expire in 2017, and in November it was reported that Israel made an initial request for its annual…

Jewish Home chairperson and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday made a proposal for “solving” the scourge of terrorism by illegal Arab workers, by calling to more than double the work permits handed to Arab residents of Judea and Samaria. At the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday a discussion was held on increasing the punishment for…

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s deputy leader and in practice the ruler of Gaza, recently left for a visit to Turkey where he took part on Saturday in a “Together We Will Liberate Jerusalem” conference in Ankara. Haniyeh gave a speech at the conference, in which called on the Arab and Muslim states to renew their actions to…

Prof. Simha Goldin, the father of IDF soldier Hadar Goldin who like Oron Shaul fell in 2014 Operation Protective Edge and whose body is still being held by Hamas in Gaza, on Monday condemned a radio host who likened him to terrorists’ families. Army Radio host Razi Barkai on Sunday had made the comparison in an interview with…

Rafat Alian, the Jerusalem spokesperson of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction, cited UN Director-General Ban Ki-Moon in justifying the attack on the Old City’s Damascus Gate in which Hadar Cohen was murdered. In the attack last Wednesday three Arab terrorists shot dead Cohen and wounded another female Border Police officer, but due to…

At the twilight of one of the most significant United States presidencies for the State of Israel, as the race for the next presidency heats up, and amid increasing turmoil and uncertainty in the Middle East, this year’s Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations leadership mission to Israel could hardly feel more timely. Arutz Sheva sat…

In Or Yehuda, mourning continues for Hadar Cohen who was murdered on Wednesday in Jerusalem, and in Samaria’s Elon Moreh, a newborn has been named in honor of the Border Police officer. Aryeh Arbus, who resides in Elon Moreh with his wife Ruhama, wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday that they wanted to name…

The IDF soldier who on Sunday morning shot dead an illegal infiltrator from Sudan after the latter stabbed a soldier in the coastal city of Ashkelon recounted his harrowing pursuit after the Muslim terrorist. The terrorist, 34-year-old Kamel Hassan of Sudan, stabbed and lightly wounded the soldier at a bus station in Ashkelon before fleeing the scene.…

UN Director-General Ban Ki-Moon spoke at Park East Synagogue in New York on Saturday, in a speech for International Holocaust Remembrance Day – but he was met with boos in light of his recent virulently anti-Israeli statements. Two weeks ago on Tuesday Ban expressed sympathy for murderous Palestinian terrorism in Israel, saying, “it is human nature…

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest rocket launch and promised to take punitive steps, Reuters reported. North Korea had earlier on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket, reported about two hours after an eight-day launch window opened. “The members of the Security Council strongly condemned this…

Jay Shapiro claims that the world enjoys judging Israel by standards that it does not apply to any other nation. Israel must be judged in accordance with its situation as a nation that has been at war with other nations and terrorism since its existence. No other nation is in that situation. Click here to…

Renowned Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy on Sunday evening publicly responded for the first time to recent claims by six women that he sexually harassed them. Speaking at the end of a show in Tel Aviv, Ivgy told the audience that “the reports in recent days have turned my life upside down.” “My family is going…

The Labor party’s Central Committee on Sunday evening officially approved its chairman Yitzhak Herzog’s “separation” peace plan. Herzog’s plan, which he recently discussed with Secretary of State John Kerry, would form a regional security committee consisting of Egypt, Jordan and Israel together with other Arab states in an effort to eventually establish a Palestinian state.…

Guests and participants in the deliberations of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will be identified through a card reader at the entrance, in a revolution of procedures. Continuing on a decision requiring all lobbyists to identify themselves in order to enter Knesset committee discussions, the Knesset’s Director General Ronen Plot decided to raise the bar and require…

Israel is looking to exploit its substantial natural gas reserves with two potential pipeline projects to Turkey and Greece, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) announced Sunday. “If things improve with Turkey…gas could both be sold to Turkey, and to Greece via Turkey,” Steinitz told Kathimerini daily. Israel and Turkey have been working on a rapprochement after falling out over the infamous…

Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon accompanied Leah and Simha Goldin, the parents of Hadar Goldin who was killed during Operation Protective Edge, in a meeting with Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN. The purpose of the meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, which was held last week, was to put…

Israelis who posted Facebook statuses in Tel Aviv during the weekend were surprised to find that according to Facebook, they were not in Tel Aviv – but rather in “Al Mas’Udiya.” The name refers to a town abandoned by Arab residents during the 1948 War of Independence, when the surrounding Arab nations tried and failed…

Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon accompanied Leah and Simha Goldin, the parents of Hadar Goldin who was killed during Operation Protective Edge, in a meeting with Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN. The purpose of the meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, which was held last week, was to put…

The “armed wing” of of the Hamas terror group that rules Gaza said Sunday it had executed one of its members, with sources familiar with the case claiming he was a senior official accused of spying for Israel. “The Al-Qassam Brigades announce that the death penalty pronounced against its member Mahmoud Eshtawi has been applied today at 1600 hours (4 p.m.),” Hamas’s “armed branch”…

Israelis who posted Facebook statuses in Tel Aviv during the weekend were surprised to find that according to Facebook, they were not in Tel Aviv – but rather in “Al Mas’Udiya.” The name refers to a town abandoned by Arab residents during the 1948 War of Independence, when the surrounding Arab nations tried and failed…

New Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Sunday asked the investigation and intelligence branch of the police to gather information on the visit last week by three Arab MKs, in which they met with the families of Arab terrorist murderers. Mandelblit, who entered his new post last Monday, made the request from police to help him investigate whether…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting last Thursday with visiting Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko, in which he made a rare move and took sides in Syria’s civil war by openly supporting Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Russia is currently propping up Assad with an airstrike campaign, and likewise Iran is militarily deployed to keep…

Chairman of the Union of Clerks Arnon Bar David updated Sunday all the heads of the committees of local authorities, letting them know that no progress was made on disputed issues and therefore, on Tuesday night at midnight, a general strike will begin in all municipalities throughout the country. As part of the strike, some 100,000 municipal employees…

A special memorial was held at the town of Yakir in Samaria on Sunday night, marking one year since infant terror victim Adelle Biton died at the age of four, following two years of struggling to survive from an Arab rock attack in 2013. The five Arab terrorists responsible for her murder were sentenced late…

The organizers of the 2016 Academy Awards are giving a luxurious $200,000 gift bag to top nominees – including a first class trip to Israel. The 10-day first class visit to the Jewish state, valued at $55,000, is the most expensive gift in the Oscar “goody bag.” Among the other gift items are a lifetime…

To greet the Jewish month of Adar – on which falls the birthday of slain IDF soldier Hadar Goldin – his twin brother, Tzur, held a special trek for over 150 Israeli tourists traveling in New Zealand.  Hadar Goldin was killed during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014. His body remains in the hands of Hamas terrorists.  A…

The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussed on Sunday a recent decision by IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot to remove the “Jewish Consciousness” department in the IDF from under the auspices of the IDF Rabbinate.    MK Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) attacked the decision during the meeting and exclaimed “the removal of the Jewish Consciousness program from under the auspices…

Sheikh Mohammed Kaiyuan Abu Ali, the chairman of the council of Muslim religious leaders in Israel, spoke with Israel’s Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi David Lau on Sunday after a tent in Givat Sorek housing a synagogue was burnt down.  Located near Karmei Tzur in Gush Etzion, the synagogue’s Torah scrolls were among the holy books burned in…

The IDF is looking to “make a match” with a new generation of young haredi men, challenging stereotypes within the haredi community where some see haredi soldiers as “less desirable” matches. In a new video campaign, the Israeli army highlights the advantages of military service for grooms-to-be and takes aim at the stigmas some in the…

The man who stabbed and lightly wounded an Israeli soldier Sunday morning in the southern coastal city of Ashkelon has been identified as a Sudanese national.  The attacker was shot and seriously injured after fleeing the scene of the stabbing; he later died of his wounds at the hospital.  Police initially believed the stabbing near the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has vowed to do everything in his power to ban from the Knesset MKs who sympathize with terrorists who murder Israelis. Netanyahu’s comments were made in Sunday morning’s weekly cabinet meeting, in response to the public outcry over a meeting between three Arab MKs – Hanin Zoabi, Basel Ghattas and Jamal Zahalkha…

Hamas has never shied away from making wild claims against Israel, accusing the Jewish state – for instance, accusing the Israel of employing dolphin spies off the Gaza coast. But when the Health Ministry in Gaza blamed a rise in cancer rates on Israel, even the Palestinian Authority’s own chief medical researcher balked at the allegation.  Based…

The grassroots Zionist organization Im Tirtzu joined the chorus Sunday of those demanding the parliamentary immunity of three Arab MKs be revoked in the wake of their meeting with the families of terrorist murderers.  MKs Jamal Zahalka, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas of the Balad faction of the Joint List all went to visit last week the…

The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee held a discussion Sunday on the delayed appointment of former Yesha Council chairman Dani Dayan as Israel’s ambassador to Brazil.  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appointed Dayan to the post in August – but Brazil never officially accepted or refused the appointment, preferring to wait until Jerusalem gets the…

A joint police and fire department investigation team confirmed on Sunday that the fire that burnt down the tent housing a synagogue in Givat Sorek was indeed arson.  The town is located on a strategic hill that overlooks the location where the three teenage boys, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar, Naftali Frenkel were kidnapped in 2014.   Residents of the…

North Korea on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The launch was confirmed by South Korean officials about two hours after an eight-day launch window opened Sunday morning. It will be considered a further provocation by Washington and its allies and likely draw more sanctions and condemnation…

Republican presidential candidates gathered in New Hampshire for another debate Saturday night, ahead of the primaries in that state. Once again, the debate became personal as candidates took jabs at one another, with the first back-and-forth taking place between Senator Marco Rubio and Governor Chris Christie. Rubio was asked what successes he has to show…

The mother of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Anissa Makhlouf Al-Assad, died on Saturday at the age of 86, state media reported. The former first lady and widow of ex-president Hafez Al-Assad died in a hospital in the capital Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported. A cause of death was not given by the news…

The United States and Israel will participate in a bilateral military exercise later this month, i24news reported Saturday, citing a statement from the IDF. The exercise, Juniper Cobra, has been in the works since 2014, when the last drill with this name took place, and is designed to improve the cooperation and coordination between the…

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz revealed on Saturday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi flooded some of Hamas’s underground tunnels at Israel’s request. “Flooding is a good solution in that area. The security coordination between Israel and Egypt is better than ever,” Steinitz said during an event in Be’er Sheva. “We do not want another round…

Bat-Galim Sha’ar, the mother of one of three Israeli teens abducted and murdered in June 2014, responded late on Saturday to the arson of a synagogue erected in their names.  Arab arsonists set fire to holy books in the synagogue located in Givat Sorek near Karmei Tzur in the Gush Etzion region of Judea.  Givat Sorek sits atop a hill…

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog claimed on Saturday that the current wave of terror would not have happened if Binyamin Netanyahu was not Prime Minister. “If Netanyahu weren’t Prime Minister there would not be a wave of terror,” Herzog told Channel 2 News’s Meet the Press. The opposition leader referred to his “separation” peace plan,…

An Israeli soldier was lightly injured in a stabbing attack near the central bus station in Ashkelon on Sunday morning.  The attack occurred on Ben Gurion Boulevard – a main thoroughfare in the southern coastal city.  The 20-year-old soldier was evacuated to the city’s Barzilai Hospital with a stab wound to the upper body.  Magen David Adom paramedic Ariel Plaut described…

Dozens of Southern District police officers are continuing the manhunt on Sunday for the Arab terrorist who attacked an Israeli woman in the Bedouin town of Rahat yesterday afternoon.  The terrorist stabbed 65-year-old Shlomit Gonen in the neck as she shopped in the city’s market, before managing to flee the scene.  Police have acquired photographs of…

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) said during an interview on Saturday night on Israeli TV show “Central Channel” said that he will not be joining any other political faction during the next elections. This is in spite of recent polls that show that if Kahlon’s Kulanu party joined together with Yair Lapid and (Yesh Atid)…

The 65 year old woman who was attacked in Rahat on Saturday has been identified as Shlomit Gonen from Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev.  Gonen spoke to reporters about the attack that occurred while she was shopping in the city’s open market.  “I was planning to go into the store and felt a flick on my ear,…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement on his facebook page responding to the arson which burnt down a synagogue in the town of Givat Sorek outside of Karmei Tzur.  Netanyahu said “Last night a synagogue in Givat Sorek, in Gush Etzion, was set on fire by Palestinians. We will prosecute the perpetrators of…

Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau attacked the government’s decision to segregate a section of the western wall for egalitarian prayer on Saturday night.   “We don’t need to fear the High Court of Justice,” said Rabbi Lau, on channel two news during an interview. Rabbi Lau was responding to the suggestion that had the issue…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday night spoke with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and asked him to examine what legal action can be taken against the three Knesset members from Balad who met a few days ago with the families of terrorists who murdered Israelis. On Thursday, it was announced that Netanyahu, along with Knesset…

Gazan mental health experts are claiming that the Israeli blockade on Gaza is causing more cases of mental health disorders in the populace due to the unemployment rate and the continued degradation of the local economy.   The head of the department for the development of health in the Gaza Health Ministry, Hashim al-Mudlal, told the Palestine news…

A 65 year old Jewish woman was stabbed in the neck while she was shopping in the Bedouin town of Rahat on Saturday.   Police have stated that the attack was nationalistically-motivated. The victim was taken by Magen David Adom paramedics who arrived on the scene to Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva. She was in moderate condition.  Following…

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan, and has killed 14 people. The epicenter of the quake was located near the city of Tainan and collapsed at least one high-rise building. Over 340 people have been rescued from the rubble in the city, but over 100 people are still missing.  The quake struck just before dawn…

MK Basel Ghattas of the Arab Joint List party defended his recent visit, along with two other Arab MKs, to the family of a terrorist responsible for the murder of three Israelis in Jerusalem In an interview with Israeli TV late Friday afternoon, Ghattas even went so far as to describe terrorists slain while murdering…

The only fatality in a crane collapse that took place in New York City on Friday has been identified as an Orthodox Jewish resident of the Upper West Side by the name of David Wichs.  The collapse took place at 60 Worth Street, and police officers and EMS who responded to the scene pronounced Wichs, who was 38 years old,  dead…

(AFP) With rebel forces facing the prospect of a crushing defeat by Syria’s Russian-backed regime, their allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey may send in limited numbers of ground troops, analysts say. Riyadh has left open the possibility of deploying soldiers, saying it would “contribute positively” if the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS or…

The European Union on Saturday called on Israel to halt the demolition of illegal Palestinian buildings, some of which are EU-funded, and reiterated its opposition to building Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria. “In the past weeks there have been a number of developments in Area C of the West Bank, which risk undermining the viability…

Traffic police found a lost dog on highway 65 that connects between Hadera and the Galilee on Saturday amid stormy weather. The dog was clearly lost and frustrated and was running back and forth across the highway between cars according to reports by the police. The officers stopped traffic, calmed the dog down and coerced it…

Arab arsonists set fire to prayer books in a synagogue in the town of Givat Sorek which is located in Gush Etzion near Karmei Tzur. The town is located on a strategic hill that overlooks the location where the three teenage boys, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Sha’ar, Naftali Frenkel were kidnapped in 2014. The synagogue is used as…