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Standard Poor’s (SP) Ratings Services on Friday affirmed its ‘A+/A-1’ long- and short-term credit ratings for Israel, with a stable outlook. “The ratings are supported by Israel’s prosperous and diverse economy, strong  external balance sheet, and flexible monetary framework. The ratings are constrained by Israel’s high debt and interest burden and significant security and geopolitical…

Despite being freed from his administrative detention by order of an Israeli court, Palestinian Arab journalist Mohammed al-Qiq will keep up his 10-week hunger strike, his lawyer said on Friday. The 33-year-old television reporter, who still cannot leave hospital without permission as per the court’s ruling, is “determined to continue his fast until he is…

Days after he appeared to express sympathy for Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took a softer tone on Friday, saying he was “ashamed” at the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. “I feel guilty, ashamed of the lack of progress,” he was quoted by AFP as having told an event organized…

Anti-Semitism again strengthened across the continent – and this time the goal is to create a direct link between what is Jewish and Israeli, to denounce it. Jay Shapiro thinks that the countries on the continent which consistently claim that they are fighting the phenomenon must do more and talk less. Click here to download the…

The IDF on Friday returned to the Palestinian Authority (PA) the bodies of the three terrorists who carried out the attack at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem this week, in which Border Police officer Hadar Cohen was murdered and a second Border Police officer was moderately wounded. The bodies were then transferred to Kabatiya, the…

Russia on Friday curtly rejected Western accusations that it had sabotaged Syria peace talks in Geneva by militarily backing the Damascus regime’s offensive in Aleppo, AFP reported. “It’s in bad taste. This is not a good time for recriminations,” Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters as the UN Security Council was about to begin closed…

In a packed program this week, Walter talks about the foul-mouthed Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and his anti-Israel bias; and how the French suck up to their militant Muslims to prevent more of their terror attacks, while at the same time making hypocritical statements to placate the Jews. Then there is…

Rabbi Ari Shvat and Rabbi Zev Shandalov each speak about the place of Aliyah to the Land of Israel within the context of living life as a Jew. Both give a variety of reasons and encouragement, plus relate to the challenges involved in the move. Don’t miss this powerful show. Click here to download the podcast

IDF and Civil Administration forces on Thursday night handed out orders warning of the imminent demolition of seven homes of terrorists who conducted recent lethal attacks. In Hevron a warning order was distributed to the home of the terrorist Ihab Masoudi, the murderer of Ganedi Kofman in a stabbing attack adjacent to the Cave of…

Combat soldiers in the Golani Brigade’s patrol battalion conducted arrests on Thursday night, in the Arab village of Deir Balut adjacent to the towns of Peduel and Alei Zahav in Samaria, just east of the 1949 Armistice line. In recent months a cell of Arab criminals from the town broke into Jewish groves and stole over a ton…

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that Russia’s air strikes in Syria targeting rebel forces are “undermining” efforts to find a non-military solution to the war. “What we have seen is that the intense Russian air strikes mainly targeting opposition groups in Syria are undermining the efforts to find a political solution to the conflict,” Stoltenberg said as he arrived for talks…

Iraqi lawmaker Mishaan al-Jubouri appeared last week on satellite TV, where he admitted to receiving bribes to close corruption cases, and revealed that the “whole government is corrupt…including me.” “I received bribes to close a corruption file, but I didn’t close it. I took a few million dollars but didn’t close the case,” Jubouri told Aletejah TV, claiming…

As yet unidentified gunmen launched an assault on a UN peacekeeping base and a Malian army checkpoint Friday, on the edges of Timbuktu in Mali’s north. Residents and military sources reported the attack to Reuters, noting that several bodies were lying on the ground near the UN base. Nigerian forces are based at the UN compound.…

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) on Friday morning called on Israeli citizens to file complaints to the Knesset Ethics Committee against the three Arab MKs who met this week with the families of terrorist murderers. The three MKs are Hanin Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka and Basel Ghattas of the Joint List party’s Balad faction. “I call…

The Christian aid group Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) has published a new “Prayer Map” highlighting countries where Christians face violent persecution at the hands of Islamic extremists around the globe. The organization says the primary purpose of the map is to “encourage people to pray for persecuted Christians.” A quick review of the map…

Ramle Mayor Yoel Lavi spoke to Arutz Sheva on Friday, a day after two 13-year-old female Arab Israeli terrorists conducted a stabbing attack at the city’s mall adjacent to central station. In the attack the two Arab citizens stabbed and lightly wounded a security guard. One later admitted to police: “we came to kill Jews.” But Lavi…

It is very important to point out that G-d, Almighty will constantly defeat the enemies of Israel. Parshat Mishpatim could not be clearer on the subject. “I shall send MY FEAR before you and I shall confound the entire people among you shall come; and I shall make all of your enemies turn the back…

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went head to head in a televised debate on Thursday night, ahead of the New Hampshire primaries next week. Polls published ahead of the debate found that Sanders has a 20% lead over Clinton in New Hampshire, where he is considered to have “home field advantage” due to him being…

Australia’s opposition Labor Party is mulling a proposal by pro-Palestinian lawmakers to ban its members from participating in sponsored trips to Israel, Haaretz reported Thursday. The motion by Labor Friends of Palestine, which will be moved at a state conference in Sydney beginning February 13, has triggered a bitter backlash with local Jews, the newspaper…

Canada will not rush to lift sanctions against Iran, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, according to Reuters. He added that the country would be cautious on making such a move despite calls to scrap the measures quickly so Canadian companies can compete for contracts. “We’re going to be very careful and thoughtful, working and…

We’ve got 54 sedras in the Torah and 14 of them pair off to form the seven double-sedras that are read either together or separately, when necessary for our yearly cycle to end and begin anew on Simchat Torah. Although Yitro and Mishpatim are not one of the seven pairs, we would like to make…

The devastating economic impact of the war in Syria and its spillover into nearby countries stands at $35 billion and climbing, the World Bank said Thursday. The estimate, included in a quarterly World Bank report on the Middle East and North Africa, was released on the same day that world leaders in London pledged more than $10 billion through 2020 to help…

Amnon Sofer, a resident of the Gaza Belt region and head of the news department on Radio Drom, is working to collect testimony from residents who hear the sounds of underground Hamas tunnel digging from their homes on a daily basis. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Sofer explained that he took it on himself to raise the issue…

Transcriptions of the interrogation proceedings in the lethal Duma arson case were released on Thursday night, revealing that one minor suspect was forced into making a false confession due to the brutal torture used against him. The transcriptions were received by Channel 10, and revolve around the case of A., a 17-year-old from Samaria. Under torture he…

Recent days have brought with them a welcome relief of warm weather from the wintry storms, but this weekend is expected to throw Israel back into winter mode as temperatures drop and the rains move in. Friday night is anticipated to be partially cloudy with strong winds in the north and mountainous regions. Alongside the cold,…

Documents were revealed for the first time on Thursday from the investigation into the lethal arson at Duma last July, and they fall in sharp contrast to the denials of torture against the Jewish suspects made by officials and numerous politicians. The torture claims made by the suspects were given a level of confirmation in late December, when…

An Italian-British student who was reported missing in Egypt 10 days ago has been found dead with apparent torture marks on his body, after being dumped on the side of the highway that leads from Cairo to Alexandria. Giulio Regeni, 28, who is from Italy but was studying at Cambridge University in Britain, was first…

MK Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union) and MK Amir Ohana (Likud) joined together to file an official complaint to the Knesset Ethics Committee Thursday, after three MKs of the Arab Joint List party met this week with the family members of Arab terrorists The complaint states that “the issue is not a matter of left or right,…

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation will vote Sunday on a bill submitted by MKs Yoav Kisch (Likud) and Yifat Shasha-Biton (Kulanu), which would revolutionize the way child support payments are divided among divorced Jewish parents. The bill is based in whole on the recommendations of a government-appointed committee of experts that was headed by Prof.…

In light of the decision by the government to create a new egalitarian prayer space for Reform and Conservative Jews at the Western Wall (Kotel), a letter from the 1970s on the topic by the leading rabbis of the previous generation was published on Thursday evening. The new prayer space adds to a previous non-Orthodox space…

In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Thursday evening announced they would file a personal complaint with the Knesset Ethics Committee against the Arab MKs who met with family members of terrorists who murdered Israelis. The three MKs in question are Jamal Zahalka, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas…

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are leading the way in New Hampshire, days before the primaries in that state, polls released Thursday have found. According to an NBC News poll, Sanders has a significant double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. The poll found that Sanders gets the support of 58 percent of likely…

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush had an awkward moment during a campaign event this week in New Hampshire, where the next round of the primaries will be held. Bush, who spoke at a town hall event in Hanover, New Hampshire, had to ask the audience to clap after he failed to rile them up. “I…

Micha Avni, son of 76-year-old Richard Lakin who was murdered in a knife and gun attack in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in October, expressed outrage on Thursday over the meeting between three Arab MKs and relatives of one of the terrorists who murdered his father. The three MKs in question are Jamal Zahalka, Hanin Zoabi…

Russia’s defense ministry on Thursday accused Turkey of actively preparing to invade Syria as recriminations flew following a bitter breakdown in Syrian peace talks. “We have serious grounds to suspect Turkey is in intensive preparations for an armed invasion of the territory of a sovereign state – the Syrian Arab Republic,” the ministry said in a statement. Tensions between Moscow and Ankara have been…

Erlau Rebbe Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, 93, was hospitalized Thursday at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem over concerns of developing pneumonia. Close acquaintances say that the Rebbe, the head of the Erlau hasidic dynasty, has been feeling ill in recent days, and family members on the advice of his doctors requested to hospitalize him today. Despite his…

The Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has praised the three terrorists who murdered 19-year-old Border Policewomen Hadar Cohen, in a shooting and stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Wednesday. Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports that Fatah published a picture of the three terrorists, Ahmed Abu Al-Rub, Ahmad Zakarneh, and Mohammed Kmeil from…

The news this week is that there has been a breakthrough on the contentious issue of prayer at the Kotel for non-Orthodox minyanim, so to speak. Upon closer examination, however, despite the Israeli government decision to recognize the religious legitimacy of egalitarian services at the Western Wall, it seems that little is changing. Yet, according…

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart of Peshischa (1765–1827 CE), who was one of the key leaders of hasidic Judaism in Poland, made a mark on the Democratic Party debate between presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Wednesday. The town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire, broadcast live and moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, came six…

World leaders pledged over $10 billion (9 billion euros) Thursday to help conflict-hit Syrians at a London conference overshadowed by the breakdown of peace talks in Geneva. The European Union, Germany, Britain and the United States were among the biggest donors to provide food, education and job opportunities for Syrians in their homeland and neighboring countries where they have fled. But hopes that…

Three MKs of the Arab Joint List party met this week with the family members of Arab terrorists, including terrorists who have murdered Israelis during the recent wave of attacks, in a meeting met with condemnation from the Knesset on Thursday. The three MKs are Hanin Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka and Basel Ghattas of the Balad…

An Iranian general has been killed by jihadists in Syria, reports say, the latest high-profile casualty of Tehran’s efforts to prop up President Bashar al-Assad.   Brigadier General Mohsen Ghajarian of the elite Revolutionary Guards was killed in the northern province of Aleppo, according to the Fars news agency, which is close to the Guards.…

Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau held a special visit to Hevron and Kiryat Arba in Judea on Thursday, where he took part in a discussion with leaders of the community. In the talk Rabbi Lau together with heads of the local religious council and Hevron and Kiryat Arba heads spoke about ways to strengthen the Jewish hold…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has established a new embassy in Brasilia, a first of its kind in first in the Americas. PA ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben led the opening event on Monday, and flag-raising ceremony on Tuesday. The events were attended by left-wing Brazilian government officials, the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, representatives of Arab countries and members…

US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded Thursday that Russia stop bombing the Syrian opposition, implicitly blaming Moscow for the collapse in peace talks. Speaking in London ahead of a conference on the Syrian humanitarian effort, Kerry said he had called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for a “robust” discussion. In Geneva on Wednesday, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura suspended attempts…

A poll conducted by Arutz Sheva surveying the national religious community who voted for the Jewish Home party during last year’s election found that a large majority of the voters are dissatisfied with the party’s policies and actions regarding Judea and Samaria.  In the poll, voters were asked what their opinion was regarding the actions…

State Department spokesman James Kirby refused on Wednesday to let Arab reporter Said Arikat maneuver him into condemning slain Border Policewoman Hadar Cohen as being part of an “occupying force.” Cohen was killed Wednesday when three armed Arab terrorists mounted an attack on her and three other Border Police near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old…

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced on Thursday one of the minors convicted of murdering Mohammed Abu Khdeir to life in prison, and a second minor to 21 years in prison.  In November 2015, the two teens were convicted of murdering Abu Khdeir, the 16-year-old Arab youth from the Shuafat neighborhood of Jerusalem, in July of 2014. Yosef Haim Ben-David,…

The Israel Water Authority (IWA) plans to declare a drought for northern Israel this year, for the third year in a row. The declaration comes due to not having received enough rainfall during the winter months up until and including January in the Kinneret drainage basin. The IWA announced that, including the rainfall received in January, only…

The Givati Brigade’s elite Tzabar Battalion will pull out of Hevron on Thursday after six months of intense and challenging activity in the city which falls under the military jurisdiction of the Judea Regional Brigade.  The battalion entered Hevron as part of an operational activity at the start of August 2015 – one of the quietest…

A Jewish-owned business in Seattle, Washington has been attacked with anti-Semitic graffiti twice in a period of six months, JTA reports Thursday. Swastikas were scrawled in front of Sleepers in Seattle, a store located in The Junction business district of the West Coast seaport city for the past 25 years.  The anti-Semitic symbols were found on the sidewalk in front…

The Help Center for Victims of Sexual Assault has reportedly fired Naila Awad from her position as project coordinator in Nazareth, following scandalous allegations she made in a lecture at Oranim College on Monday. About 30 students walked out on Awad after she claimed that IDF soldiers sexually harass and rape Arab women in Judea…

Hadar Cohen, the 19-year-old Border Police officer killed Wednesday in a shooting and stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, was brought to rest Thursday afternoon at the Yehud military cemetery.  Hundreds attended the funeral, including Ravit Mirilashvili, Hadar’s comrade who was also injured in the attack. Earlier on Thursday, she attributed her life to Hadar’s heroism. Cohen’s father…

Two rabbis are betting for their communities, their charities and their favorite teams to win the Superbowl on Sunday.  Rabbi Judith Schindler of Temple Beth El in Charlotte and Rabbi Joe Black of Temple Emanuel in Denver have brokered a wager that will help people in need from both of their communities benefit from the Superbowl. The rabbis decided…

MK Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid) on Wednesday called for homes of terrorists who carried out attacks against Israelis to be blown up, not demolished. In a post on Facebook following the attack at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, where a Border Police officer was killed and another seriously wounded, Levy called for harsher measures against…

What is the best way to invest an inheritance so that its value can grow? Doug answers this question as well as giving tips on how to save money by automating your savings. And today’’s guest is legal expert Timothy Sandefur. Find out what the status of “eminent domain” is and if local governments are…

Donald Trump, who lost the Iowa caucuses to Senator Ted Cruz, on Wednesday accused Cruz of “stealing” the caucuses, CNN reported. Trump called for either new voting in Iowa or for the results to be nullified. “Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take…

Major General Yoav Mordechai, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), on Wednesday night gave an interview to the Palestinian Arab Ma’an news agency, in which he discussed Hamas’s terror tunnels. The interview took place in the wake of the recent collapses of several of Hamas’s tunnels. On Wednesday night, a tunnel collapsed in…

Sandwiched between last week’s wintry weather and renewed rainstorms to begin on Saturday will be two warm spring-like days.  Skies on Thursday will be sunny to partly cloudy and temperatures will increase slightly. Strong eastern winds will be felt in the mountains in the evening, but it will remain pleasant along the coast.  Temperatures on Thursday will…

The European Union (EU) has built over 200 illegal structures for Palestinians in Area C of Judea and Samaria in the last several years, Army Radio reports Thursday. According to the report, the supervisory unit of the Civil Administration has located ten such structures in the past two weeks and even caught a truck carrying disassembled parts…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened an emergency security meeting with the chiefs of the IDF, Shin Bet and police on Wednesday night following a deadly shooting and stabbing attack in Jerusalem.  Overnight Thursday, the IDF carried out a series of arrests in Kabatiyah – the hometown of the three Arab terrorists behind the attack.  The closure imposed…

Six Israeli citizens along with four other Holocaust survivors have filed a class action lawsuit in the United States against the Hungarian government and the Hungarian national train corporation, MAV, for their cooperation with the Nazi regime. The lawsuit accuses the two defendants of cooperating to deport over 500,000 Jews during the Holocaust from Hungary and…

Amiram Ben Uliel, the suspect who has been charged with murder in the Duma case, was taken to the Arab village and told to reenact the event to be recorded as part off the evidence in the case. The Israel Security Agency (ISA) agents and police officers who took Ben Uliel instructed him to point…

Allow Yourself to Have More Fun than Ever Before An amazing and simple tool that will help you maintain a happy relationship is to do enjoyable activities together.  Cultivating the maximum number of positive experiences will automatically improve the climate of any relationship. These positive experiences can be quick moments, such as a warm smile…

As the investigation into the deadly shooting and stabbing near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Wednesday continues, a fuller picture has emerged of the Border Police officers’ heroism in preventing a worse attack.  A team of four police officers, two men and two women, spotted two Arabs sitting on a bench. When they approached and demanded to see…

Palestinian television aired footage Wednesday in which IDF engineering forces are seen digging near the security fence with Gaza, and – at least according to the report – searching for Hamas tunnels that reach into Israel. The terror group claimed that it has dug deep tunnels into Israeli territory, and boasted that it continues to…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held an emergency meeting on Wednesday night following the deadly shooting and stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate earlier in the day.  The IDF has imposed a closure on Kabatiyah in northern Samaria – the Palestinian town from which the three Arab terrorists arrived. Several other military options are also being considered by Netanyahu,…

A monitor will be appointed to oversee the voting process in a tiny New York village where Hasidic Jewish residents claimed they were being kept from voting, and filed suit. A court-approved settlement determined that the county will pay over $25,000 to the plaintiffs, and $550,000 in attorneys’ fees. The New York Post reported Tuesday that 10 residents…

Soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda battalion, also known as Nahal Haredi, helped thwart a major terror attack after seizing a cache of weapons during a security operational activity earlier this week.  The soldiers discovered the assault rifles, grenades and combat vests inside a vehicle parked in the village of Gilazun, adjacent to the Jewish town of Beit El in…

Israel Police chief Roni Alsheich on Wednesday night visited Ravit, a Border Police officer who was wounded in the terrorist attack at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem while she and other officers physically blocked the terrorists and preventing an even bigger attack. A second officer, Hadar Cohen, was critically wounded in the attack and later…

Physics is becoming very sophisticated in its ability to explain reality and the origin of the universe. Ironically, physicists think that their conclusions preclude a Creator when in fact it is evidence of His very existence. For the person who already believes, it does even more than this – it provides an interesting explanation of…

Accusations were flying back and forth on Wednesday, after talks aimed at securing peace in Syria were suspended. “I have indicated from the first day I won’t talk for the sake of talking,” UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura was quoted by AFP as having said in Geneva after failing over several days to get…

For the second time in as many days, and for the third time in a week, a Hamas terror tunnel in Gaza collapsed on Wednesday night. According to a report on Army Radio, Wednesday night’s collapse took place in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza. It is unclear as of yet whether there were any casualties.…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denounced on Wednesday a slew of recent attacks on Reform Jews from members of his coalition.  The attacks were made in the wake of a government decision on Sunday to allow non-Orthodox denominations of Judaism an expanded site for prayer at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem.  “I reject the recent disparaging and divisive…

Once upon a time, cavemen carved rocks and tusks into shapes and hung them on pieces of animal sinew around their necks. Ancient Egyptians created extravagant pieces crafted from gold and semi-precious stones which were so highly prized, they were buried alongside their wearers. When they weren’t building legendary empires, the Romans and Greeks advanced…

The female Border Police officer critically injured with a gunshot wound to the head in the shooting attack near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Wednesday afternoon has succumbed to her wounds.  She has been identified by the Israel Police as Hadar Cohen, a 19-year-old resident of Or Yehuda in central Israel.  According to an initial investigation into…

Israel’s chief rabbis, Rabbi David Lau and Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, have joined efforts to pressure Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to stop the transfer of the Jewish Consciousness department from the IDF Rabbinate to the personnel directorate.  The letter signed by the rabbis states that, “The Jewish Consciousness department in the IDF works for all Israeli soldiers, reinforcing…

MK Yisrael Eichler of United Torah Judaism (UTJ) gave a fire-and-brimstone interview to The Jewish Press Tuesday, in which he stated that Israel is “rotten from the inside” and that the danger of an “ISIS holocaust” is greater in Israel than anywhere else. Asked why haredim are content with living a relatively insular existence, instead…

The anti-Zionist and ultra-leftist organization Zochrot intends to hold an event in March dedicated to “realizing the right of return of Palestinian refugees” at the Eretz Israel Museum in Ramat Aviv, a neighborhood of Tel Aviv. The provocative invitation to the event calls the location of the museum “Sheikh Munis” – the name by which a part…

In an interview with foreign correspondents on Wednesday, the head of the IDF’s Operations Directorate declared that Israel considers Islamic State (ISIS) one of its enemies.  Major General Nitzan Alon stressed that Israel is actively engaged in the fight against ISIS, although the terror organization has not yet launched an attack on the Jewish state.  “Iran remains…

One of the three Arab terrorists behind the deadly shooting attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Wednesday announced his intentions to carry out a terror attack nearly a month ago.  Channel 2 reported Wednesday evening that Ahmad Zaharana posted a status on Facebook last month outlining his plans to conduct a multi-weapon attack against Jews.  He wrote that he intended to…

While Israel’s nominally right-wing leadership maintains a policy of largely passive containment in the face of daily murderous attacks incited by the Palestinian Authority, anger and frustration boiled over on Facebook Wednesday in posts by popular nationalists, after a young Border Policewoman was knifed to death. Ivgeni Zarubinkski, the owner of an Haifa advertising office…

Hamas on Wednesday buried two of its terrorists killed in a tunnel collapse, amid growing concerns in Israel over the rebuilding of underground attack tunnels for use against Israeli civilians.  The Islamist terror movement that runs Gaza said the two men killed in Tuesday night’s tunnel collapse belonged to its armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. Hundreds of men, many armed and…

Opposition head MK Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) on Wednesday afternoon met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome, and in the course of the meeting presented his “separation” peace plan involving a regional effort to create a Palestinian state in Israel. During the meeting, which is the fourth between the two in the last…

The Facebook application as well as the Facebook messenger application has be shown in recent studies to eat up more than 20% of the battery life of an android phone, and to slow down other apps from opening by over 15%. While checking Facebook has been known to eat up one’s time, this new discovery may make android users…

One day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international state of emergency due to the Zika virus that has hit South America particularly hard, the first case of the virus being transmitted in the United States was reported. The latest case of the virus was reported in Texas by local health officials. Zika has usually been transmitted by…

Israel’s Supreme Court began hearings Wednesday on a contentious natural gas deal aimed at tapping major reserves in the Mediterranean that could lead to important shifts in the region’s energy supplies. The deal between the Israeli government and a consortium including US firm Noble Energy, pushed forward by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has been criticized by those who say it overly favors the…

An indictment was submitted Wednesday to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court by the state attorney’s department for the investigation of officers, charging Border Police officer Matan Amichai with harming privacy and misusing his post. The accusations against Amichai refer to an incident half-a-year ago, when during a routine mission to identify crimes adjacent to the Shiloach (Silwan)…

Brandon Astor Jones, 72, was executed on Wednesday in the state of Georgia, after being sentenced to the death penalty a full 36 years ago. Jones, together with Van Roosevelt Solomon, were convicted of robbing an Atlanta store in 1979 and killing the store manager Roger Tackett during the heist. Solomon was executed back in 1985,…

Three life sentences have been handed out to the terrorist Bilal Abu Ganam who murdered three innocent civilians in a terror attack that took place in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon HaNatziv on October 13th, 2015. Abu Ganam was found guilty of three counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder for the attack. …

The city of Homs in western Syria has been wracked by years of conflict, having stood at the epicenter of the uprising and subsequent civil war against dictator Bashar al-Assad. It is Syria’s third-largest city, but even after the last rebels pulled out of Homs in December, few of the tens of thousands who fled…

An historical moment of note took place on Wednesday in the IDF: the first commando brigade training session came to a close. The training session was conducted over four consecutive days in which elite forces carried out missions and eliminated targets without pausing. They continuously moved from one target to the next in an exhaustive…

Two female border police officers aged 19 and 20 have been seriously wounded in a shooting attack close to Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. Both officers have been evacuated to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Mount Scopus hospital. One of the casualties is in critical condition and on a respirator, while the condition of the second victim has stabilized somewhat and…

A bill that would make it easier to dismiss a Deputy Knesset Speaker due to inappropriate behavior suffered a setback on Tuesday when the Knesset rejected its first reading. The bill, which has been nicknamed the “Oren Hazan Law” after the controversial Likud MK, failed to pass its first reading despite the fact that it…

The FBI has launched a Facebook page in Farsi to solicit tips on the whereabouts of former agent Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran nine years ago, AP reported on Tuesday. The new site, which went live in the last few weeks, is part of a broader effort to appeal directly to the Iranian…

The UN’s special envoy on Tuesday warned that all hope to resolve Syria’s civil war would be lost if the latest attempt at peace talks failed, after the opposition said Russian airstrikes threatened to derail the discussions before they had begun. The main opposition umbrella group attending the talks said Russia’s “unprecedented” bombardment near Aleppo…

Iran has no problem with American companies investing in its economy and creating joint ventures, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The comments came as Rouhani called for foreign investment and diversification away from oil, following the lifting of sanctions last month under a nuclear deal with world powers. Several major multinational…

Peace agreement notwithstanding, Israeli culture symbols are apparently still not welcome in Egypt. An Egyptian parliamentarian is demanding that his government investigate how an Israeli book was allowed into an international book fair taking place in Cairo, Haaretz reported on Tuesday. The book in question, “Arabian Nights.Com,” was written by Jacky Hugi, an Arab affairs…

The damage to farmers across Israel due to the stormy conditions and frost from last week is upwards of 14 million shekels (just over $3.5 million). The number was reported by Kanat, the Insurance Fund for Natural Risks in Agriculture.  Since Thursday, the insurance fund has received over 700 phone calls from farmers regarding damage to their…

The religious leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has expressed fierce opposition to the new decision of the Israeli government to expand the non-Orthodox mixed prayer section of the Western Wall (Kotel). PA Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Hussein reissued claims that the Kotel is a Muslim site belonging to the Islamic Waqf, referring to it as “Al-Buraq” Wall,…

As part of operations to destroy Hamas smuggling tunnels from Gaza, Egyptian security forces recently found a large rigged tunnel in northern Sinai. An Egyptian security source revealed the find, as reported by the Egyptian Al-Bawaba cited on Wednesday by Channel 10. According to the source, terrorists were hiding in the tunnel with explosives ready…

A new poll has found that just under half of the Jewish public in Israel supports the annexation of Judea and Samaria, indicating that the notion of establishing a Palestinian state in Israel’s Biblical heartland in a “two-state solution” is being shelved. The poll was conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute, and found that 45% of Jewish…

MK Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid), Chairperson of the Knesset Lobby for Students and Higher Education, told Arutz Sheva during an interview that Israel fell asleep on the job with respect to guiding the education of the next generation. “We find ourselves reacting far too slowly to the changing world that is developing before our eyes. The professions…

A member of Hamas’s “military arm,” the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, has died after an underground tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip Tuesday. The terrorist was identified by Hamas’s Al Aqsa TV station as 23-year-old Khaider a-Zahar. His death was formally announced after numerous Palestinian media outlets reported that one person was missing and eight others injured…

After the intensely spiritual experience of the Sinai Revelation that we read about in last week’s Torah portion of Yitro, this week’s Parashat Mishpatim serves to ground us and instructs us as to how we can make God’s presence a part of our everyday reality. This week’s edition of Temple Talk features a beautiful analysis…

Police are leaning towards recommending the criminal investigation against former Interior Minister Silvan Shalom be closed, according to Channel 10. Shalom resigned as a minister and as a Likud party MK in December, after a string of anonymous allegations by former employees, who claimed he had sexually harassed them. Shalom has consistently denied the allegations, and…

All around the world, parents and Jewish teens seek to balance the need for an affordable quality education and the desire for Jewish expression. Jewish parents look for ways to provide their children with a solid Jewish identity and a quality education. For many, the cost of full-time Jewish education is prohibitive, yet a public…

Syria’s Red Crescent on Tuesday delivered aid to a town under government siege outside the capital Damascus, aid workers and a monitor said, according to AFP. “The Syrian Arab Red Crescent today entered Al-Tal, and delivered 14 trucks of aid provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross,” said ICRC spokesman Pawel Krzysiek. He…

Hamas on Tuesday claimed that it arrested an intelligence agent who had provided information to Israel for 14 years. A website affiliated with Hamas’s internal security agencies in Gaza claimed that the agent, who was only identified by the initials MS, assisted in providing information which led to the elimination of terrorists and in the bombings…

Secretary of State John Kerry will announce “significant new contributions to support relief efforts” for Syrian refugees later this week, the White House said on Tuesday, according to the Reuters news agency. According to the statement, Kerry’s announce will come on Thursday at an international donor conference in London. In addition to the aid, the…

A top UN official said on Tuesday he was “alarmed” by the condition of a Palestinian Arab journalist on hunger strike in Israel over his detention without trial, AFP reports. Robert Piper, United Nations coordinator for humanitarian assistance and development aid in the “occupied Palestinian territories”, raised concern for the fate of 33-year-old Mohammed al-Qiq,…

Transform your identity as an addict to a leader by changing your story. Esther is a food addict. She has created a story in her mind, and depending on the circumstances, she repeats to herself one or more of these statements, all created as justifications for her behavior. I really should take control of my…

An Israeli court on Tuesday postponed a hearing to determine whether the leader of a Jewish gang that burned a Palestinian teenager alive is sufficiently sane to be held responsible. The closed-door hearing was put off until February 11 to allow more time for a psychiatric review of Yosef Haim Ben-David, according to the lawyer…

With an unusual choice of language, US Secretary of State John Kerry waded into Islamic theological debate on Tuesday when he branded the Islamic State terror group “apostates.”   The United States affords its citizens religious freedom and does not consider apostasy a crime, but Kerry chose the term to rubbish the jihadists’ claims of…

Discoveries in an Israeli cave dating back 200,000 years show that early humans ate turtles alongside plants and large game animals, the Tel Aviv university said on Tuesday.   Turtle specimens found around the Qesem cave, some 12 kilometers (seven miles) east of Tel Aviv, also indicated the methods used to prepare them.   “Until…

A few days ago, the Police Department’s 100 emergency hotline received a report that a Mercedes truck was stolen in Ashkelon. According to GPS settings, the truck had departed Ashkelon and was headed towards Be’er Sheva. Police officers, together with the “Ituran” GPS service, succeeded in locating the stolen truck near the Meitar security checkpoint. The suspect,…

An eight-year-old girl collapsed and died in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Atta, apparently after breathing in helium from a balloon. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics were called to an address in the city, which is just east of Haifa, after reports a young girl had collapsed in her home. Paramedics who arrived at…

A Berlin court has sentenced a 28-year-old Albanian man to 8.5 years in prison for the murder of an Israeli man in October last year. 22-year-old Yossi Damari, originally from Petah Tikvah, met his killer at the hostel they shared in the German capital. Damari was murdered after an argument broke out between the two men, the court heard.…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has pulled out of the annual Jerusalem Conference, his office announced suddenly on Tuesday. The conference is sponsored by Arutz Sheva and its sister paper Besheva, and is seen as one of the major events of the national camp. Sources close to the defense minister told Arutz Sheva his decision to…

Mendy Rivkin, the Israeli man stabbed and seriously wounded by an Arab terrorist last Wednesday night, has told of his terrifying ordeal and miraculous recovery. Rivkin was out with his wife in Givat Ze’ev, Jerusalem, when the terrorist stabbed him twice in the back; he was lucky to survive. “I feel much better every day,”…

If Iowa is going to be an example of what is to come in the Democratic primary election, than Hilary Clinton has a lot to worry about. In a very small margin, the former Secretary of State pulled out a victory in the first primary election by a almost unidentifiable 0.4 percent over Senator Bernie…

A total of 1,318 Turkish hotels along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts have been put up for sale, due to Russian sanctions on Turkey and security concerns, reported Turkish and Russian media Tuesday. Today’s Zaman said that 410 hotels are listed for sale at the Mediterranean resort area of Anatalya, at a total sale price…

The Peace Index, the monthly survey conducted by Tel Aviv University and the Israeli Democracy Institute, have come up with some notable results. Regarding the French proposal for an international conference, 70 percent of Israelis support a meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and Binyamin Netanyahu, while 27 percent oppose it. Even among right-wing voters, 46 percent…

The non commissioned officer (NCO) of religion on the Ramat David Base is set for a court martial this Thursday following his refusal to participate in the ceremony commemorating the end of his term. The soldier was to receive an honor for exemplary service during the recent term. He is a haredi man and is…

The United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that an international sting operation has cracked a money laundering operation spearheaded by Hezbollah. The Shi’ite terror organization was caught laundering millions of dollars for drug cartels operating out of Central America and using the profits to finance their activities in Syria and Lebanon. During the raid four Hezbollah…

The Tax Authority has produced new regulations, declaring that rabbinical and “kabbalistic” services will now be taxed, Globes reports. This includes leading prayers, weddings, circumcisions, and consultations, as well as selling mystical talismans. The new rules were put together following a report by the State Comptroller on tax liabilities for people offering religious serices. It…

The first prototypes of Russia’s next-generation S-500 long range air defense system will reach completion and begin pre-tests in 2016, according to state-run Sputnik News. The new generation system will be capable of destroying aerial offensive targets, as well intercontinental ballistic missiles and targets near space. The S-500 “not only combines the best feats of the…

Syria’s government has condemned alleged cross-border shelling by Turkish forces on Monday as a “blatant breach of international law”, state media reported. Late Monday, state news agency SANA quoted a source in the Syrian Foreign Ministry as condemning the reported artillery fire into northern Latakia province. The source said Damascus considered the shelling “a blatant breach of international law and a crime against…

Dov Weisslgass, Ariel Sharon’s personal consultant and confidant, has revealed that the destruction of the communities in Gush Katif was requested by the Palestinian Authority and its head, Mahmoud Abbas. During an interview with Army Radio, Weissglass explained that, contrary to the public feeling in Israel and around the world that the disengagement was carried…

The Foreign Ministry, in conjunction with the Israel Export Institute (IEI), has put together a system to protect businesses in Judea and Samaria that may be hurt by the EU’s product labeling program. Deputy Foreign Minister Tzippi Hotovely met with Foreign Ministry Economic Department Director Yaffa Ben Ari as well as IEI Director Ramsey Gabbai and IEI…

Voting polls do not always tell the whole story. As of Monday morning business mogul Donald trump was expected to win the Republican Iowa caucus primaries by a margin of more than 5 percent of the vote. However, following the voting late Monday night, victory went to his closest competitor US Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz ousted Trump by a similar…

Voting polls do not always tell the whole story. As of Monday morning business mogul Donald trump was expected to win the Republican Iowa caucus primaries by a margin of more than 5 percent of the vote. However, following the voting late Monday night, victory went to his closest competitor US Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz ousted Trump by a similar…

The head of the IDF’s Central Command, General Roni Numa, has ordered the block on Ramallah and the nearby village of Beit Ur al-Tahta to be lifted. The decision to seal off the city was announced yesterday (Monday) morning. Throughout the day, only residents were allowed to enter the Palestinian Authority’s de facto capital. This caused serious traffic congestion due to…

The head of the IDF’s Central Command, General Roni Numa, has ordered the block on Ramallah and the nearby village of Beit Ur al-Tahta to be lifted. The decision to seal off the city was announced yesterday (Monday) morning. Throughout the day, only residents were allowed to enter the Palestinian Authority’s de facto capital. This caused serious traffic congestion due to…

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has admitted to two counts of obstructing justice as part of a plea bargain. The two charges deal with the Holyland and Talansky affairs. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to demand that the punishment for the Talansky case not be added to the Holyland sentence, but rather consist of half a…

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has admitted to two counts of obstructing justice as part of a plea bargain. The two charges deal with the Holyland and Talansky affairs. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to demand that the punishment for the Talansky case not be added to the Holyland sentence, but rather consist of half a…

The Knesset Assembly has approved the first reading of the Law to Prevent Infiltration (Offenses and Jurisdiction) (Amendment Number 5 and Temporary Order), 2016. The bill calls for a temporarily rule that illegal immigrants would be placed in a holding facility for no more than 12 months, a reduction from the current period of up…

The Knesset Assembly has approved the first reading of the Law to Prevent Infiltration (Offenses and Jurisdiction) (Amendment Number 5 and Temporary Order), 2016. The bill calls for a temporarily rule that illegal immigrants would be placed in a holding facility for no more than 12 months, a reduction from the current period of up…

Comprehensive financial planning includes cash-flow, investments, and insurance. Are you properly insured? Doug answers a letter from a listener who asks about private insurance policies. How can you determine the most appropriate insurance policy, and make sure your pension plans are properly set up. Don’’t forget the legal implications of your financial planning and insurance decisions.…

Comprehensive financial planning includes cash-flow, investments, and insurance. Are you properly insured? Doug answers a letter from a listener who asks about private insurance policies. How can you determine the most appropriate insurance policy, and make sure your pension plans are properly set up. Don’’t forget the legal implications of your financial planning and insurance decisions.…

An internal Russian probe has determined that Israeli fears of Russia passing arms to the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah are baseless. The Israeli ambassador to Moscow, Zvi Heifetz, relayed the findings to a Knesset committee and added that the relations between the two countries “are flourishing in an unprecedented manner.” The assurance came following a few weeks of concern by…

An internal Russian probe has determined that Israeli fears of Russia passing arms to the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah are baseless. The Israeli ambassador to Moscow, Zvi Heifetz, relayed the findings to a Knesset committee and added that the relations between the two countries “are flourishing in an unprecedented manner.” The assurance came following a few weeks of concern by…

Ten terrorists were arrested early this morning (Tuesday), as part of an extensive operation involving both the IDF and Border Police. The operation focused on the eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods of Abu Dis and Azaria. Due to increased incidents of Arabs throwing rocks, placing explosives, and shooting fireworks as weapons, authorities decided to take the offensive.…

Ten terrorists were arrested early this morning (Tuesday), as part of an extensive operation involving both the IDF and Border Police. The operation focused on the eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods of Abu Dis and Azaria. Due to increased incidents of Arabs throwing rocks, placing explosives, and shooting fireworks as weapons, authorities decided to take the offensive.…

The main Syrian opposition umbrella group will “strive to join the political process” on ending the country’s civil war, a spokesman said Monday after receiving “positive messages” from the UN special envoy. “We will strive to join the political process,” Salem al-Meslet said after a first formal meeting between UN envoy Staffan de Mistura and the High Negotiations Committee in Geneva. “We…

Eshkol regional council head Gadi Yarkoni on Monday addressed reports that Hamas is ramping up its terror tunnel construction, and several attack tunnels have already crossed underneath the border. Yarkoni said that the IDF has checked the complaints of residents of the region adjacent to Gaza who said they heard the sounds of digging underneath their homes,…

Dr. Avihai Mandelblit entered office Monday as Israel’s new Attorney General, a position that is combined, in Israel, with the role of Legal Adviser to the Government. The dual role makes the AG an extremely powerful figure, and critics of the outgoing AG, Yehuda Weinstein, accused him of riding roughshod over democratic principles in overruling the…

Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya called on more Palestinian Authority (PA) Security Force members to follow the example of Amjad Abu-Omar, the terrorist who conducted a shooting attack adjacent to Bet El in Samaria on Sunday. Abu-Omar, a member of the PA Security Forces and formerly the personal bodyguard to the PA’s Attorney General, shot three IDF soldiers wounding two of…

The British newspaper The Independent has vigorously denied charges of anti-Semitism over the use of an image showing an alleged child abuser wearing a kippah.  The article published in January revolved around the late Lord Greville Janner, who was Jewish, and the charges of sexual child abuse leveled against him.  Several readers complained about the image of Janner in…

About 30 students walked out of a class Monday at Oranim College, near Haifa, after lecturer Naila Awad claimed that IDF soldiers sexually harass and rape Arab women in Judea and Samaria. According to news site NRG, after Awad showed a film on the status of Bedouin women, a student remarked that in Biblical times, Jewish…

Syria’s government agreed on Monday to allow aid into several besieged areas, including the starvation-struck town of Madaya, the UN said. The move is an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks between warring factions in Syria. “The government has in principle approved convoys…to Madaya and simultaneously to Kafraya and Foua,” said Jens Laerke, spokesman…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency. The virus is suspected of being responsible for nearly 4,000 cases in Brazil of microcephaly, a birth defect in which infants are born with brains of a smaller-than-normal size. On Monday WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said in a…

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) was joined by Gush Etzion Regional Council head Davidi Perl on Monday in a visit to the region of Judea south of Jerusalem. The visit began at the Oz vaGaon Nature Preserve where Hotovely met with Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover, the leaders of the Women in Green movement.  The Deputy…

Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University’s archaeology institute spoke to Arutz Sheva about the government’s new decision to expand the non-Orthodox mixed prayer section of the Western Wall (Kotel), in the southern part of the Kotel. Mazar warned that the decision to construct yet another prayer section for Reform Jews, in an expansion of a similar space built…

In the aftermath of the mass groping and raping of European women by Muslim infiltrators on New Year’s Eve, a channel that belongs to Finland’s national public broadcasting company has put out a video purportedly educating women on how to defend themselves. However, for viewers who are still in touch with the real world, the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu rejected on Monday criticism of government-backed legislation requiring greater transparency for NGOs funded by foreign governments.  “Try to imagine a situation in which Israel would fund the separatist movements of the Basques or the Corsicans, or other places,” Netanyahu declared at the Likud faction meeting. “There would be a terrible outrage.” Netanyahu argued…

A four-month-old baby girl from Bnei Brak passed away at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer on Monday, after losing consciousness at the home of her nanny.  The infant was rushed to the hospital in critical condition where doctors were forced to determine her death.  Abba Wilman, one of the United Hatzalah volunteers who evacuated…

Security is at record levels for the upcoming Super Bowl in southern California this Sunday, and the San Jose Police Dept. will investigate up to 20 threats a day in the coming week. News reports and police announcements are replete with terms such as threats, SWAT team, bomb technicians, explosives – but the one term that is…

The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) last month exposed that Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas detention centers in Judea, Samaria and Gaza regularly employ torture to force suspects to make potentially false confessions. The revelation, the latest in an exposure of the PA’s serious human rights abuses, was published by the independent Palestinian Ma’an News…

A four-month-old baby girl from Bnei Brak passed away at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer on Monday, after losing consciousness at the home of her nanny.  The infant was rushed to the hospital in critical condition where doctors were forced to determine her death.  Abba Wilman, one of the United Hatzalah volunteers who evacuated…

The V-neck T-shirts IDF combat soldiers customarily purchase upon finishing training courses may be getting a massive overhaul.  Brigadier General Rachel Tevet Weisel, the Women’s Affairs adviser to the IDF Chief of Staff, sent a letter to IDF soldiers on Sunday demanding they refrain printing shirts that may be construed as sexist or chauvinistic.  “Lately offensive shirts have…

Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, the US commander in charge of the coalition fighting Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, said Monday that carpet bombing the terrorists would be “inconsistent with our values.” The remark is seen as being aimed at Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). In December, Cruz pledged to “utterly destroy…

The Defense Ministry and Israeli Security Agency (ISA) announced Monday that nationalist activist Evyatar Slonim’s administrative detention will not be extended, and he will be released in the coming days, although administrative limitations will remain in place against him. Slonim was the subject of a draconian administrative arrest when he was detained without trial, charges or evidence last…

The Defense Ministry and Israeli Security Agency (ISA) announced Monday that nationalist activist Evyatar Slonim’s administrative detention will not be extended, and he will be released in the coming days, although administrative limitations will remain in place against him. Slonim was the subject of a draconian administrative arrest when he was detained without trial, charges or evidence last…

Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid in an interview Monday morning strongly criticized Israel’s political behavior and projected that the government will collapse by the end of the year. “Israel’s international situation is the worst since the establishment of the state,” Lapid said to Yediot Aharonot, “Since nothing is being taken care of, the political…

Israeli security forces on Monday blocked entry for non-residents to the city of Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority is based, after a shooting attack the previous day that wounded three soldiers, the army said. “In accordance with situation assessments following yesterday’s shooting attack in Beit El, security measures have been taken in the area and only…

The Jerusalem District Court is holding Monday morning the trial of terrorist Khaled Kutina who ran over and killed the Shalom Sherki and seriously injuring another young woman. About 150 family members and friends showed up, answering the call of Sherki’s siblings and parents to attend the hearing and protest against the terrorist’s attempt to…

The Tel Aviv Criminal District Attorney announced on Monday that the case against former Jewish Home MK Yinon Magal is being officially closed.  The case was closed following a recommendation of the police and with the agreement of the Attorney General.    The District Attorney said that at the end of the investigation conducted by the police,…

A British mother who took her toddler to Syria and joined the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday after becoming the first British woman to be convicted after returning home. Tareena Shakil, 26, was found guilty by a court in Birmingham, central England of ISIS membership and encouraging…

Among the MKs, party officials and activists at last week’s Likud party mock party primaries – known as the “Likudiada” – was Nadia Matar, Co-Chair of the Women in Green organization (WiG). Over the past half-decade WiG has led a campaign for Israeli to annex and apply full Israeli law in Judea and Samaria. Known as the “Sovereignty Initiative”,…

Knesset Attorney General Eyal Yinon has rejected an appeal by the head of Peace Now to remove a memorial to the Jews of Gush Katif from the Knesset. Yariv Oppenheimer received a letter from Yinon explaining the reason for the rejection. Yinon explained that the term “permanent monument” – which is the technicality Oppenheimer based his…

A new survey published by the University of Jordan raises a startling statistic which challenges quite a few deeply-rooted fundamental assumptions surrounding the Temple Mount. The survey, conducted among 6,000 Jordanian students, asked only one question: What is al-Aqsa Mosque? The result: More than 60 percent of the students did not know how to answer.…

It is well-known that Israeli-developed products are in wide use throughout the world – but how many know that Israel also provides ongoing aid and services in dozens of countries? The fact is that the massive Israeli aid has barely been on the map – until now. Israel21c has prepared a map showing the many locations that…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday gave out medals to Iranian Navy commanders who recently detained 10 American sailors in Persian Gulf, the Tasnim news agency reported. Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi and four other commanders who made a “courageous and timely” move in the recent capture of American boats and sailors…

An Egyptian cartoonist whose work is occasionally critical of government figures was arrested in Cairo on Sunday, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The man, Islam Gaweesh, will be charged with running a webpage without a license, the country’s Interior Ministry said. In custody, Gaweesh was told that the only charge actually against him so far…

The Hamas terrorist group which controls Gaza on Sunday hinted at the prospect of exchanging an Israeli soldier declared dead in 2014 war in return for Palestinian prisoners, AFP reported. At the same time, Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida also declared that the group would continue to boost its military powers in preparation for a war…

IDF soldiers shot and wounded a terrorist who was wielding a knife near the city of Tulkarem in Samaria. The terrorist was apparently attempting to carry out an attack in the nearby Jewish town of Salit. Aside from the terrorist, no injuries were reported.  Upon conducting an investigation it was revealed that the terrorist had cut through…

A statement issued by the Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt called to close the mosques of radical preachers and imams and prevent them from accessing social networks. “I believe that the 21st century has reverted back to the religious wars of the middle Ages. The rise of Daesh (Islamic State) happened 15 years after the September 11 World Trade…

Jewish Home faction Chairman and member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Shulamit “Shuli” Mualem-Rafaeli, conducted held a tour of Hebron on Sunday. The tour was initiated by former MK Orit Strook, in order to study the complexity of the security of the Jewish community in the heart of a hostile population.…

Residents from the Haifa bay area together with environmentalists joined a massive protest against the air pollution that has been adversely affecting the area for years. While many people had been convinced that the air pollution caused by the myriad of factories near the Haifa port has been causing cancer in many of the residents,…

Rabbi Yossi Nachshon, who serves as an emissary to Chabad communities in the Hebron Hills, was ambushed on Sunday by rocks thrown at him by masked Arabs. Rabbi Nachshon, who resides in Kiryat Arba, was on his way to help IDF soldiers put on Tefillin, when several Arabs started hurling rocks and cinderblocks at his…

A spokesperson for Shaarei Tzedek hospital updated the press regarding the well being of two recent victims of terror attacks.  Mendi Rivkin, who was injured in the stabbing attack outside of Givat Ze’ev has regained consciousness and is expected to be released from the ICU today. He will be transferred to a regular ward in Shaarei…

An illegal infiltrator from an Arab village in Judea and Samaria broke into a Jewish home in Herzliya two weeks ago, robbed and threatened the woman who lives there, then tried to blackmail her husband – an act that led to his arrest. The Arab, Hosni Abu Rahma, aged 22, knocked on the door of the…

Israel’s United Nations (UN) Ambassador Danny Danon participated Sunday evening at the “Modern Anti-Semitism: BDS” conference, hosted by the Department for Combating Anti-Semitism of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). Danon spoke to the dozens of attendees at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, revealing to them that “unfortunately I experienced anti-Semitism and BDS every day, every…

The US administration has tried to brush off outrage over its January 23 “reissuing” of orders to importers to label all products from Judea and Samaria as not being from “Israel,” but a legal group argues the announcement signals a policy shift. The US Customs announcement was defended by US State Department spokesman Mark Toner last Thursday, who…

Companies and scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine as concern grows over the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to severe birth defects and is spreading quickly through the Americas. Present in 23 countries and territories, Brazil alone has recorded 3,700 cases of the devastating birth defect called microcephaly. The Geneva-based World Health…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening responded to the threat of Hamas rebuilding its terror tunnels into sovereign Israeli territory, by essentially confirming the criticism leveled at him by Opposition head MK Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) earlier in the day. “We are working methodically and with level-headedness against all threats including the threat from Hamas,…

Hamas was unhappy on Sunday with remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who a day earlier expressed concern by Hamas’s announcement that it intends to continue developing its terror infrastructure in Gaza in order to continue attacking Israeli civilians. In a statement posted on its website, the group said it “slammed” Ban’s remarks regarding Hamas’s terror…

Saudi authorities have arrested nine American citizens among 33 “terror” suspects rounded up over the past week, AFP reported Sunday, citing the Saudi Gazette newspaper. Four Americans were arrested last Monday and five others over the past four days, the paper reported, citing an unidentified source. Washington, a strong ally of Riyadh, confirmed it was…

Saudi authorities have arrested nine American citizens among 33 “terror” suspects rounded up over the past week, AFP reported Sunday, citing the Saudi Gazette newspaper. Four Americans were arrested last Monday and five others over the past four days, the paper reported, citing an unidentified source. Washington, a strong ally of Riyadh, confirmed it was…

Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, on Sunday blasted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s comments last week in which he appeared to express sympathy with Palestinian Arab terrorist attacks against Israelis. “The Secretary-General’s comments regarding the terror attacks in Israel are unacceptable,” Danon told Arutz Sheva at the “Modern Anti-Semitism: BDS” conference, hosted by the Department for…

US President Barak Obama will make the first visit of his administration to a mosque in Baltimore County, White House officials announced Saturday. Amid concern about hostility directed toward Muslim Americans, Obama is pushing to promote religious tolerance against rhetoric linking Islam with terrorism. The President will hold a round table with the Islamic Society…

The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday partially acceded to the request of the police to ban radical leftist activists Ezra Nawi and Guy Butavia of the Ta’ayush group from Judea and Samaria. While police had requested a 60-day ban, the court distanced them from the region for 14 days, reports Haaretz. The decision overrules the…

A right-wing German politician has said that police should be ready to shoot illegal immigrants to prevent them entering the country, causing a political ruckus. Frauke Petry, head of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told the Mannheimer Morgen regional newspaper that border guards “must prevent illegal border crossings and even use firearms if necessary.” “It’s in…

President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday spoke at a conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he spoke about France’s threat last Friday that it will recognize “Palestine” if peace talks do not begin. Addressing Israeli ambassadors, counsels and diplomatic delegation chiefs, Rivlin said, “Israel is today a strong country. The Israel Defense Forces, and security services…

Women of the Wall (WoW) held a press conference Sunday at the Western Wall (Kotel) Plaza, following the government’s decision to expand the non-Orthodox mixed prayer section, which was established back in 2013. Anat Hoffman, chairperson of WoW, said that “for the first time in the history of the State of Israel, a Prime Minister handed the keys of…

Matan Peleg, Chairman of grassroots Zionist group Im Tirtzu, suspended himself Sunday following criticism of a Facebook post that targeted artists who are active in radical-left groups. The controversial post was a follow-up to the “foreign agent” (or “planted”) campaign that focused on subversive Israeli organizations working against IDF soldiers and against the state of Israel,…

Families of 18 of the victims killed in the current Arab terror wave, in which 29 people have been murdered since last September, sent a joint letter on Sunday calling on the government to take decisive action to stop the rampant attacks. The letter, translated from the original Hebrew, is as follows: We, family members of Jews…

Border Police officers on Sunday morning nabbed a truck smuggling illegal Arab infiltrators into sovereign Israeli territory, and were shocked to find no fewer than 41 Arab illegals crammed into the cargo of the truck. Intelligence information was received on Friday morning tipping the forces off to a commercial truck suspected of transporting in the illegal…

British Police have launched an investigation over anti-Semitic abuse on a London bus According to reports, a man of Middle Eastern appearance travelling with a young child hurled anti-Semitic abuse at three victims in their early 20s. According to a female victim, while the group were exiting the bus on their stop, the man uttered “these f***ing Jews.”…

New “payment ethic” guidelines to small and medium-sized businesses was approved by the government on Sunday. Brainchild of the Ministry of Economy and Industry’s Small and Medium Businesses Agency, the new guidelines seek to provide a solution for one of the acute problems with which small businesses grapple: the widespread practice of delaying payment. According…

In an unanimous vote by the European Council of Rabbis, Rabbi Caleb Kralin and Rabbi Shimshon Daniel Isaacson have been selected as the new chief rabbis of Lithuania and Vilna. Following the appointment, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said that the organization would help he newly appointed Rabbis set up Torah classes and institutions throughout the Jewish communities in…

President Reuven Rivlin paid a condolence call in Shadmot Mehola on Sunday to the family of Shlomit Krigman, 23, who was murdered in a stabbing attack at a local grocery in Beit Horon last Monday.  “It is so difficult to speak of Shlomit in the past tense, after all that I have heard about her so…

Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, denounced on Sunday a French initiative to jumpstart the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority through the convening of an international peace conference.  The initiative was introduced Friday by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who also leveled a threat, saying France would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts to…

Amira Hass, one of the most extreme-left columnists for Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, is no stranger to controversy. Among many other things, she has in the past defended Palestinian terrorism, and specifically deadly rock-throwing attacks against Jews, which she described as no less than an Arab “duty”. But in a recent talk at an anti-Israel event at England’s University of Kent,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the French proposal to renew peace talks with the Palestinians Sunday morning during the cabinet meeting.  “You certainly heard of the proposal being raised in certain quarters in France, to convene an international conference with the threat at the end that if it is unsuccessful, then France will – to a…

Following a long and intense year-long debate, the cabinet voted in favor of establishing a section of the Western Wall for mixed prayers. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the issue at the beginning of the Cabinet meeting on Sunday, noting that, “last year at my behest, [there was work] to try and reach a solution on…

The Israeli film “Sufat Chol” (Sand Storm) was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Saturday.  Writer-director Elite Zexer’s debut feature film was presented the prestigious award in the World Cinema dramatic competition.  The film follows the story of two Bedouin women, a mother and a daughter, after a devastating tragedy shatters…

An Arab terrorist attempted a car-ramming attack on Sunday afternoon at the Maccabim security checkpoint near Modi’in on Route 443.  According to first reports, there are no injuries in the incident.  The terrorist reportedly broke through the security checkpoint and attempted to run over Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired on the terrorist, injuring him critically.  Earlier…

At least 45 people were murdered and 110 wounded on Sunday in three bomb blasts near the revered Shi’ite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab outside the Syrian capital Damascus, state media said. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group shortly afterwards. State news agency SANA said the first blast was caused by a car bomb that detonated at a…

Syria’s main opposition body threatened on Saturday to quit UN-mediated peace talks before they even get going as the rising death toll from starvation highlighted the dire humanitarian situation in the country, AFP reports. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) begrudgingly bowed only late Friday to American and Saudi pressure to at least show up in…

Iran remains unfazed by the United States sanctions imposed on it over its ballistic missile program and is continuing its anti-American rhetoric. In fact, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Saturday said that Iran has actually stepped up the process of boosting its missile capabilities since the United States asked to…

A man who was found to be carrying two handguns and a Koran as he tried to enter a hotel at Disneyland Paris will go on trial on charges of possessing and transporting weapons and ammunition, prosecutors said on Saturday, according to AFP. The 28-year-old man was detained on Thursday after the weapons, ammunition and…

Israeli and Turkish officials are expected to meet within two weeks as the countries continue talks on restoring ties, Channel 2 News reported Saturday night. According to the report, the meeting was made possible following a conversation on Friday between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Biden called Netanyahu after meetings…

Hamas has officially announced that it is rejecting France’s new initiative to convene an international conference to renew negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas official, told the Turkish news agency Anadolu on Saturday night that calls for the resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are “unacceptable”…

A rabbi wanted in Israel for the alleged indecent assault of women and hiding out in South Africa has issued a death threat against the country’s chief rabbi, Warren Goldstein.  According to the Johannesburg Sunday Times, the threat was made by followers of Rabbi Eliezer Berland in his name and on his website. It came after South African Police Service…

Israeli and Turkish officials are expected to meet within two weeks as the countries continue talks on restoring ties, Channel 2 News reported Saturday night. According to the report, the meeting was made possible following a conversation on Friday between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Biden called Netanyahu after meetings…

In the wake of Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein’s decision to demolish 100 illegal homes, Israeli Arab leaders have threatened to unleash a further wave of violence in response.  The Attorney General’s decision follows the recommendations of the Interior Ministry’s committee of illegal building which suggested these homes be demolished as the first step in dealing with the rampant illegal building within…

For the first time since World War II, the German education ministry has included the study of Jewish law and the Hebrew Bible as part of their matriculation exams. According to the new reform, private schools in Germany may now include a variety of new subjects together with those that traditionally appear on matriculation tests. The…

After a stormy week of rain, snow and bitter cold, the forecast for the upcoming week in Israel appears much more pleasant.  Skies on Sunday will be clear to partly cloudy. There will be a mild rise in temperatures bringing them up closer to the seasonal norm.  Monday will see partly cloudy skies with no significant change in…

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman has once again attacked Israel’s government, slamming Sunday morning its lack of response to Hamas’ assertions it is rebuilding its terrorist tunnel infrastructure. Hamas deputy leader Ismail Haniyeh publicly confirmed Friday the group is developing its military capabilities and rebuilding the underground tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel in preparation for a future…

After a stormy week of rain, snow and bitter cold, the forecast for the upcoming week in Israel appears much more pleasant.  Skies on Sunday will be clear to partly cloudy. There will be a mild rise in temperatures bringing them up closer to the seasonal norm.  Monday will see partly cloudy skies with no significant change in…

The Israeli government is expected to discuss how to handle prayer at the Kotel tomorrow, after Reform groups demand space of their own. One of the suggestions provided by a team of experts was to divide the Kotel into two sections; the northern part would be under the responsibility of the Kotel rabbi, while the southern…

Israel is still responding angrily to France’s proposal yesterday to call an international peace conference with Israel and the Palestinians – and to unilaterally recognize the state of “Palestine,” should the conference fail to bring peace. Political officials told Arutz Sheva that they wonder “whether France will propose an international conference with ISIS, after it armed and…

Suspected Russian air strikes killed at least 10 civilians Saturday in a village held by ISIS in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three children were among those killed in the raids on Al-Hisan in the western part of the province. Much of oil-rich Deir Ezzor is controlled by…

A member on the Ra’anana municipality, Adit Diamant, is using the Facebook page for Meretz to call for a boycott against a restaurant that recently became kosher and now is closed on Shabbat. The post reads: “Beginning this weekend, the River Restaurant in Ra’anana became kohser and closes on Friday and Saturday. From what I…

The 17-year-old Jewish youth who was stabbed in a terror attack near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate spoke with reporters from his hospital bed. Though his name has not been released, he is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He made aliyah last month in order to join the army and is currently studying in a pre-military academy next to Jerusalem.…

One of the terrorists who carried out Saturday evening’s stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem turned himself into police overnight Saturday. Police said the terrorist, a 16-year-old Arab from eastern Jerusalem, turned himself in once he understood that investigators were closing in on him. Police continue searching for a second terrorist who was…

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday welcomed a French initiative to jumpstart the peace process between Israel and the PA through the convening of an international peace conference.  Speaking at a summit of African countries in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and quoted by Haaretz, Abbas called on African nations to support the…

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, has responded to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement allegedly denouncing Hamas’s continued tunnel building. “Hamas is a murderous terror organization and its denouncement by the Secretary-General is a necessary step in reality,” said Danon. “The UN must be a significant factor in the fight against terror and the…

A 17-year-old Jewish boy was wounded in a stabbing attack by two Arab terrorists just minutes before the end of Shabbat in Jerusalem. The attackers fled immediately after committing the attack, which took place near the Old City’s Damascus Gate. Magen David Adom paramedics quickly arrived at the scene providing first aid to the victim.…

A modern metropolis rising from the Negev desert stands on the frontline of a global war against hacking and cyber crime, fulfilling an ambition of the country’s founding father. David Ben Gurion famously said he wanted to make the Negev bloom. Today, in the streets of Be’er Sheva, a city of 200,000, his dream is taking shape in…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Russia it will “face consequences” after Ankara accused Moscow of a new violation of its airspace. “Russia will have to face consequences if it keeps on such violations against Turkey’s sovereignty rights,” Erdogan told reporters at an Istanbul airport before leaving on a Latin America tour. “Such irresponsible steps do not benefit…

“If he thinks that the two state solution is not relevant, then he is not relevant and must immediately resign,” said MK Ayman Odeh, the head of the Joint List, about Opposition head Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union). “Bougie [Herzog] is not fit to be the head of the opposition because the essence of this position…

The Likudiada, the Likud party’s conceptual committee, took place in Eilat’s Club Hotel over the weekend. For the first time, the event included mock primaries to judge the popularity of the party’s MKs and ministers a year after the elections. All elected officials took part, along with central activists from around the country. All attendees…

Kerry, Lavrov to discuss Syria peace talks on Feb 11: Moscow Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov will meet his American counterpart John Kerry on February 11 to review progress in the Syria peace talks, his office said Saturday. The announcement came as key players in the Syrian conflict gathered in Geneva for indirect talks in a fresh effort to end the bloodshed,…

Belgian police on Saturday arrested four people on suspicion they planned to go to Syria and Libya, the federal prosecutor’s office said, as the nation remains on high alert following the Paris attacks. Officials believe around 500 Belgians may have gone as foreign fighters to Syria, joining up with jihadis from ISIS, which claimed the November attacks on the French capital. And with…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is ‘alarmed’ by a Hamas announcement that it intends to continue developing its terror infrastructure in Gaza in order to continue attacking Israeli civilians. “The Secretary-General is alarmed by recent statements from the Hamas leadership in Gaza about the group’s intention to continue building tunnels and firing rockets at Israel,” an official…

A 101-year-old man from a western Galilee kibbutz died of hypothermia today (Saturday). By the time he reached the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, he was already in critical condition and had a body temperature of 30.7 Celsius (87.7 Fahrenheit). Doctors did their best to save him, but were unsuccessful. Dr. Beni Raviv, the head…

Hamas is no longer denying that it is rebuilding its terrorist tunnel infrastructure. On Friday, Hamas deputy leader Ismail Haniyeh publicly confirmed the group is developing its military capabilities and rebuilding the underground tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel in preparation for a future conflict, reported Haaretz. Haniyeh made the comments as part of his…

Iran flew a surveillance drone over an American aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf and took “precise” photographs of it as part of an ongoing naval drill, state media reported Friday, according to The Associated Press (AP). The U.S. Navy said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near a French and American carrier earlier this month,…

The grassroots Zionist movement Im Tirtzu on Friday issued an apology over its campaign calling out “foreign agents” in the Israeli cultural scene. The apology came after the campaign caused an uproar in Israel and was condemned by those in both the political left and right. “Dear friends. We were wrong,” wrote Im Tirtzu CEO Matan…

Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are continuing their diplomatic offensive against Israel and are waging a new campaign at the United Nations to revive peace prospects, the PA’s UN envoy Riyad Mansour declared on Friday, according to AFP. The first step to this campaign, he said, is a Security Council resolution condemning Israeli communities in Judea…

Menachem Mendel Rivkin, who was stabbed and seriously wounded on Wednesday night in a terrorist attack in Givat Ze’ev, has been disconnected from artificial respiration, the Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem announced on Friday evening. The hospital also said that Rivkin regained consciousness and was communicating with his surroundings. At the same time, the hospital also stressed that…

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius declared on Friday that his country would recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts in coming weeks to try to break the deadlock between Israelis and Palestinians fail. “France will engage in the coming weeks in the preparation of an international conference bringing together the parties and their main partners,…

May Golan, chairman of the Hebrew City NGO and a long time champion of the rights of residents in southern Tel Aviv which has been plagued by illegal immigrants, went down to Eilat on Thursday to spread her message to the Likud committee event Likudiada. Golan spoke with Arutz Sheva about the materials she was passing around…

Menachem Mendel Rivkin, who was stabbed and seriously wounded on Wednesday night by an Arab terrorist at a restaurant adjacent to a gas station just outside Givat Ze’ev to the northwest of Jerusalem, continued to improve on Friday. Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem announced on Friday morning that Rivkin is still in the intensive care unit,…

In a highly sensitive secret operation, Israel on Thursday night managed to get a vulture returned to it by Lebanese villagers – after they took it captive for being an “Israeli spy vulture.” Israel Nature and Parks Authority on Tuesday confirmed reports that the Israeli vulture had been captured in the south Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, four…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has recruited thousands of Afghans, many by coercion, to fight in Syria’s war alongside forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. “Iran has not just offered Afghan refugees and migrants incentives to fight in Syria, but several said they were threatened with deportation back to Afghanistan unless they did,” said Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director…

All or most of the first part of Parshat Yitro is out of place (not in chronological order).  Certainly, for those who accept the opinion that one of the things that Yitro heard was Matan Torah – Revelation at Sinai, the whole Yitro portion is out of sequence. And even if you accept that Yitro…

Iranian state TV on Friday gloatingly claimed that an Iranian surveillance drone flew over an American aircraft carrier and photographed it during recent naval drills. The TV report did not specify when the fly-by happened, did not name the US vessel, and did not even show any of the alleged images, reports Associated Press. Iran’s state-run IRNA said…

Samaria regional council head Yossi Dagan responded sharply on Friday to reports the day before, revealing that the US reissued its orders to importers not to label products from Judea and Samaria as being from “Israel.” US State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Thursday defended the instructions, saying that they were not a new policy. The…

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) responded on Friday to the morning’s report revealing that the US and UK have infiltrated Israeli intelligence for the past 18 years, hacking into the video broadcasts of Israeli drones conducting sensitive missions in the region. Steinitz, who served as Intelligence Minister in the last government, said he was disappointed by…

Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Oren Hazan (Likud) had a spat with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) on Friday, at the party’s Likudiada committee event in Eilat. The background for the verbal fisticuffs, in which Hazan took to Twitter to condemn Ya’alon for his speech at the event, is the Defense Minister’s eviction of 200 Jews last Friday from…

Pope Francis is expected to visit the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during his visit to Poland in July, the Vatican said Thursday, according to Reuters. The report quoted the Vatican spokesman, speaking during the presentation of a book by a 90-year-old Italian Holocaust survivor, who said the visit was “highly probable”. Reports of the…

State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Thursday confirmed the United States is requiring products from Judea and Samaria to be labeled differently, but insisted this was not a new policy. Speaking to reporters, Toner explained the decision to reissue the policy had been taken after complaints that some Judea and Samaria products had been mislabeled…

With Donald Trump boycotting the Fox News Republican presidential debates on Thursday night, the stage was set for an epic clash between Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), and the two did not disappoint. Cruz early on was asked to “address the elephant not in the room,” and said, “I’m a maniac, and everyone on…

The European Court of Human Rights’s (ECHR) annual report, released on Thursday, revealed that in 2015 Turkey led the Council of Europe member states with the highest number of violations of freedom of expression. Of the 28 cases in 2015 in which a violation of freedom of expression was determined, ten of them were committed…

4 WAYS TO REVIVE YOUR MARRIAGE Marriage can be challenging and if you don’t make a conscious effort to work on the relationship, it can become downright painful. As couples begin to push each other’s buttons, trading jabs and emanating negativity, they eventually choose to emotionally disconnect to protect themselves from further pain. Despite the…

A shocking revelation on Friday morning shows that the US and Britain have infiltrated Israeli intelligence for the last 18 years, spying on imagery sent by drones on sensitive missions in the Middle East back to their home bases in Israel. The revelation comes from documents and images exposed by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward…

Yitro, Father-in-Law of Moshe Rabeinu was one of the most fascinating men ever to have walked on Planet Earth. We are told in the first Posuk of Parshat Yitro (18:1) he was the “Kohen of Midyan”. Rabbi Yissochar Frand comments that this fact is highlighted to show that not only was he a Gentile but…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has become the sixth richest person in the world. The 31-year old Jewish billionaire is the youngest in the list of top ten richest people in the world, according to Forbes. Zuckerberg’s net worth increased $4.85 billion to $46.25 billion, as the social network announced that it made over $1 billion in quarterly profit…

A trial will be held this coming Monday at the Jerusalem District Court for Khaled Kutina, the Arab terrorist who murdered Shalom Yochai Sherki last April in a horrific car attack. Sherki, the son of famous national religious Rabbi Uri Sherki, was murdered in the attack as he waited at a bus stop in Jerusalem’s…

Media and real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman announced this week a new $100 million science scholarship program that would give grants to American postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math, who want to study with faculty at four Israeli institutions. The four institutions are Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,…

A new Pew Research Center survey on faith and politics reveals how religion is shaping the 2016 Presidential campaign. According to the figures, only 10% of Americans are less likely to vote for a presidential candidate because he is Jewish, while 20% said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is…

Deputy Minister of Regional Development Ayoub Kara (Likud) told Arutz Sheva on Thursday about his efforts to have Arab villages that produce terrorists receive collective punishment, as a deterrent measure to crush the current terror wave. Kara, himself a Druze, also called to expel the families of the Arab terrorists from Israel. “Unfortunately they still haven’t found…

The five terrorists who in 2013 threw rocks at the car of the Biton family and critically wounded two-year-old Adelle, ultimately resulting in her death two years later, were on Thursday sent to 15 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter rather than murder. It was reported in December that the terrorists’ attorneys signed a plea…

The United States Treasury on Thursday added two Lebanese men it said laundered money for Hezbollah to its sanctions blacklist, AFP reported. The two are Mohamad Noureddine and Hamdi Zaher El Dine, who the Treasury said worked through Noureddine’s Beirut company Trade Point International to move money for Hezbollah-linked businesses and individuals already on American…

The United States said Thursday that the Syrian opposition has made “legitimate” demands for aid to besieged areas but nevertheless urged it to attend planned peace talks, AFP reported. The call came hours after the main Syrian opposition coalition announced it would not attend UN-brokered talks in Geneva until a deal is struck to supply…

The United States has backtracked somewhat on its previous assessment of North Korea’s recent nuclear test, CNN reported Thursday. While Washington originally expressed skepticism over Pyongyang’s claims that it tested a hydrogen bomb during the January 6 test, it now believes North Korea might have attempted to test components of a hydrogen bomb after further review…

Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, Head of the Tzomet Institute for Halacha and Technology, criticized stabbing victim Michal Froman’s statements following the attempt to murder her ten days ago. After being stabbed in the back in the community of Tekoa near Hevron, 30-year-old Froman, who is pregnant, said that the attacker had seemed “confused and scared.” She added:…

During Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Rome, he was asked a question about human rights in a press conference on Wednesday, and decided to answer by leaving the room. Adam Smulevich, a reporter from the Jewish-Italian newspaper Pagine Ebraiche asked the Iranian president, “How do you think we can trust your words and your propaganda…

A senior adviser of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has promised that the current Arab terror wave, which has left 29 murdered since last September, will soon move from stabbings to shootings. Sultan Abu Al-Einein, Abbas’s adviser on NGOs and a member of the Fatah Central Committee, praised the “popular uprising” in an interview published two…

Author and Jewish educator Lori Palatnik, Founding Director of the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP), has come to the conclusion that Jews living in the United States need to start packing and move to Israel. JWRP’s flagship project is Momentum, an “eight-day transformational experience in Israel.” However, in a video uploaded last week, she seemed…

Dozens of friends and acquaintances of Genadi Kofman, who passed away on December 30 after being stabbed and critically wounded in Hevron three weeks earlier, took part in a moving memorial for the terror victim to mark 30 days since his passing. The memorial took place at the ancient cemetery in Hevron, and also included…

Famed singer David D’Or expressed his support Thursday for Culture Minister Miri Regev, who has proposed a bill that would allow her ministry to stop state funding of cultural institutions that denigrate the State’s symbols, describe Independence Day as a day of mourning or put its flag to shame. Speaking on Radio 103FM, D’Or said: “I actually support…

The UN’s Syria envoy warned peace talks due to be held in Geneva must not fail, but members of the fractious opposition said they would miss the start on Friday. Delegates from the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee said late Thursday that discussions in Riyadh over whether to attend the UN-brokered talks would continue the next day. But organizers of the Geneva negotiations said…

A 28-year-old man was arrested while trying to enter a hotel near Disneyland Paris, after two guns were found in his bag along with a Koran. His bag set off the X-ray machine at Hotel New York, according to French radio. No one was wounded in the incident. Later a woman said to be his…

A mail from the Cargo Systems Messaging Service of the US Customs and Border Protection dated to this Saturday, and revealed by Channel 1‘s “Mabat” show on Thursday, shows the US is now required products from Judea and Samaria to be labeled differently. In new instructions on marking requirements sent out to American importers, goods from…

Hundreds of protesters on Thursday condemned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to France, with a female activist dramatizing a surge in executions in Iran by staging a mock hanging on a bridge near the Eiffel Tower. “Welcome Rouhani, executioner of freedom,” read a banner on the Paris bridge from which the woman was suspended in a mock noose. Across the city, some…

As part of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish World War II veterans were awarded with medals and certificates in recognition for their efforts in the war. While more Jewish soldiers fought in the Allied armies than in the Russian army, the long-overlooked American Jewish WWII veterans finally received homage last year at the 70th anniversary…

Hamas has confirmed Thursday that seven members of its “military wing” were killed when a tunnel collapsed this week in the Gaza Strip. “Al-Qassam Brigades declare seven Qassam members were martyred in a tunnel collapse in the Gaza Strip,” a statement on Twitter from the group said Thursday. A Hamas source also confirmed the figure to AFP news…

The stepsister of perhaps the world’s most famous Holocaust victim Anne Frank has asserted that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is “acting like another Hitler.”  In an op-ed published in Newsweek on Wednesday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Eva Schloss denounced Trump’s rhetoric against Syrian refugees.  “If Donald Trump become the next president of the US, it would be…

Plans for the third light rail line in Jerusalem have been approved by the city’s planning committee. The approval came on Wednesday for the new “blue” line which will run from Gilo to Ramot bisecting the city center on its path. The line will be broken into two segments. The first will begin in the Gilo…

Anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonne was being held at Hong Kong airport Thursday after flying in to give performances in the city, with his production company saying he was likely to be deported. The comedian, who has been repeatedly convicted in France for anti-Semitic remarks, arrived in Hong Kong early Thursday and had been held for seven hours by immigration officers at the airport,…

Is the Israeli public disappointed with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon? According to a poll released Thursday morning, the answer is a resounding yes.  According to the poll published on Non-Stop Radio, if elections were held today, Kahlon’s centrist Kulanu party would drop drastically down to four seats from its current ten.  The poll, conducted by Prof. Yitzhak Katz…

French companies have begun to take the opportunity provided by the removal of sanctions against Iran to do some big business with the Iranian companies. PSA Peugeot Citroën signed a deal worth 400 million euro on Thursday with Iranian counterpart  Khodro, an automotive company that is partially owned by the government. Peugeot Citroën will start…

Following the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks in France, the head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan traveled to France to invite French Jews to move to Samaria. While on the trip – a joint effort of the absorption NGOs run by Rabbi Joshua Zuckerman and Rabbi Shalom Vach – Dagan noted, “there is a sharp rise int…

Follow leftist outrage over the Im Tirtzu video attacking “foreign agents” from the Israeli culture scene, politicians from the right-wing Jewish Home party have voiced their own criticism over the campaign.  The clip was released on Wednesday night in an effort to boost support for Culture Minister Miri Regev’s (Likud)  intention to make government funding for cultural endeavors…

Loading… The IDF and the engineers behind the “merkava” class of tanks have begun field tests on the new armored personnel carrier (APC) which is based on the same systems as the merkava.  The new APC is being code named “tiger’ (namer) and boasts the “windjacket” defensive system, as well as other classified systems.  The…

Libyan former intelligence official Ahmad Qadhaf Al-Dam recently said that the Islamic State (ISIS) and other terrorist groups had gotten hold of the chemical weapons that had remained in Libya from the regime of former dictator Muammar Qaddafi. The comments by Al-Dam, who is a cousin of Qaddafi, were made in an interview with the…

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday took advantage of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to deny that the Holocaust ever occurred. A video titled “Are The Dark Ages Over?” was posted on Khamenei’s official website. Against the backdrop of images of the Auschwitz death camp, the video says that “speaking about the Holocaust and…