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Winter in Israel may be awhile off but temperatures continued to cool on Thursday and will remain unseasonably low until early next week.  Local rain is anticipated to continue as well, particularly along the coastal plain. Skies will be cloudy and partly cloudy across the country.  Israel was blessed with its first rains early on Wednesday,…

The brother of terror victim Rabbi Eitam Henkin wrote a harshly worded letter this week to US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro attacking the Obama administration’s foreign policy. Rabbi Henkin, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was brutally shot dead along with his wife Naama in front of their four children in Samaria exactly a week ago. A five…

As security concerns continues to rise in Israel, high schools in Jerusalem have called a strike on Thursday, as parents and school administrators decry the limited security supplied by the Education Ministry at schools. Security guards, according to parents and administrators, have been going off duty before the end of classes, leaving children vulnerable to…

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder on Wednesday expressed concern over the rising tide of Palestinian terror, after a day of violence saw at least three terrorist attacks against Israeli Jews. The ongoing Arab violence, which began before Rosh Hashanah and has continued every since, on Wednesday saw three stabbing attacks in one…

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has moved to reassure supporters of Israel of the government’s “unshakeable commitment” to the country, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday. Speaking in front of a packed audience at the Conservative Friends of Israel event at the Tories’ annual conference, Hammond began his address by making light of Labour leader Jeremy…

The gunman who killed nine people at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, last week died at the front of the classroom where he committed most of the carnage, police officials said on Wednesday, according to The New York Times. The gunman, Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with officers while…

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday banned any further negotiations between Iran and the United States, Reuters reported. Khamenei, the highest authority in the Islamic Republic, already said last month there would be no more talks with the United States after the nuclear deal, but until now has not declared an outright ban.…

A large majority of Russia’s military airstrikes in Syria have not been aimed at the Islamic State (ISIS) group or jihadists tied to Al-Qaeda, and have instead targeted the moderate Syrian opposition, the State Department said Wednesday, according to AFP. “Greater than 90 percent of the strikes that we’ve seen them take to date have…

Going one better than fellow Arab MK Ahmed Tibi, Jamal Zahalka (United Arab List) didn’t wait for Friday to challenge Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s declaration that no MKs, Jewish or Arab, would be allowed on the Temple Mount. Zahalka presented himself on Thursday afternoon at the entrance to the Mount – after Tibi had said…

Ahead of his upcoming concert in Jerusalem on Saturday night, American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu sat down with Arutz Sheva to discuss what it means to him to be performing in Israel.  “Being in Israel is great,” Matisyahu said. “For me it’s a special place obviously. It’s had a big part in my history in terms of making music, in…

Despite the 1979 peace accord between the two countries, and a long history of security and intelligence coordination since then, many Egyptians still view Israel as an enemy state. But attitudes are changing somewhat, if at a snail’s pace, as Egypt continues to find common cause with its Jewish neighbor in its struggle against Islamist terrorism…

A 25-year-old yeshiva student was seriously injured and another man lightly injured in a terror attack early Thursday afternoon at the Jerusalem light rail station in front of national police headquarters near Ammunition Hill.  Magen David Adom teams on scene at Haim Bar Lev Road treated the seriously injured man and brought him to Shaare…

The Palestinian Liberation Organization’s executive committee has called on the UN Secretary-General to take all legal measures to provide Palestinians living in Judea-Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and Gaza with international protection.  The PLO also urged Ban Ki-moon to apply the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and force Israel to comply with “international law” and withdraw from…

To protest Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s declaration that all MKs, including Arab ones, are barred from visiting the Temple Mount until tensions calm, several Arab MKs will attend Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.  After initially implmenting a ban on Jewish MKs from visiting the site on Wednesday, Netanyahu extended the ban to Arab MKs following outrage…

A terrorist attempted to run over IDF soldiers at the A-Za’im checkpoint near Maalei Adumim, just outside Jerusalem, but was neutralized by alert soldiers. According to initial reports the terrorist attempted to break through the checkpoint with his car and to hit one of the soldiers standing guard in the process. Seeing the immediate threat…

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely held an emergency meeting with the Foreign Ministry’s administrative department on Wednesday, amid a string of major attacks on Jews erupting throughout the country.  Officials discussed practical measures to combat increasing Palestinian incitement, and presented a presentation which included a comprehensive review of all the propaganda senior Palestinian Authority (PA)…

Is showing support for a terrorist grounds for being fired – as happened just this week? Prominent labor lawyer Yael Dolev says it most certainly is, though not in every case. It was reported yesterday that an Arab employee of the Pelephone cellular phone company published on Facebook the photo of a terrorist who just hours earlier…

BBC once again led its coverage of a terrorist attack against Israelis with news of the terrorist’s death on Wednesday. The article reports on an attack in Kiryat Gat, in which a terrorist stabbed an Israeli soldier snatched his gun, and ran into an apartment building with intent of killing more Jews. But instead of leading with the innocent…

Loading… An Arab terrorist has injured at least one person in a knife attack on passersby outside Petah Tikvah’s central mall close to Beilinson Hospital, in the third stabbing attack in a single day Wednesday. The attacker reportedly drew his knife and ran towards a crowd of civilians as he and his victim left the city’s #1…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged the Israeli public to be resilient on Wednesday, after no fewer than three major terror attacks in a span of hours.  “We’re still in the midst of a wave of terror,” Netanyahu said. “We’re acting firmly against terrorists, against lawbreakers and against incitement. We increased our security forces and we are…

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday warned against religious incitement on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, saying Israel and the Palestinians were “sitting on a volcano.” Rivlin, whose post is mainly ceremonial, made the comments as unrest has spread in recent days, particularly in Jerusalem and Judea-Samaria.   Clashes have also rocked Temple Mount, which is Judaism’s…

Four Russian warships fired 26 missiles into Syria from the Caspian Sea on Wednesday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated to Russian President Vladimir Putin on live television, destroying 11 targets from a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) away.  “Intensive work of different intelligence services over the last two days has made it possible…

Hamas is accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA), led by chairman Mahmoud Abbas, of being responsible for the capture of the five terrorists responsible for the brutal shootings of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin last Thursday night near Itamar. The five members of Hamas were arrested by Israeli security forces following a complex security and intelligence…

This evening’s terrorist stabbing attack in Petah Tikvah injured one person – but it could have been a lot deadlier were it not for the courageous actions of Renaddi Kasau, who helped tackle the knife-wielding attacker without any thought for his own safety. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Kasau recounted how the victim of the stabbing –…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s powerful speech in the United Nations last week was largely upstaged by the murderous Palestinian terrorist attack wave that began less than two hours later. However, two announcements by the Zionist Organization of America have returned the speech – during which he glared at the General Assembly delegates from around the…

The White House on Wednesday expressed “deep concern” over the escalating violence in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Speaking at a news briefing, White House spokesman Josh Earnest urged Israelis and Palestinians “to restore calm” after the recent attacks. “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms violence against Israelis and Palestinian civilians,” Earnest said,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has barred all ministers and MKs from visiting the Temple Mount, according to a report Wednesday evening. The decision will be in effect until further notice, a source in the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed to Arutz Sheva, and comes as Israel seeks to calm tensions with Jordan over the holy site,…

The French Embassy has barred mayors in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) from being invited to an official ceremony, on account of them running Jewish communities across 1949 Armistice lines.  The Legion Award Ceremony is being held Thursday night at the French ambassador’s home in Yafo (Jaffa). Ariel mayor Eli Shaviro, Ma’ale Adumim Benny Kasriel, Jordan…

During the Shemini Atzeret holiday on Monday Jews changed to the prayer for rain, and it appears as if those prayers have been answered without delay – late on Tuesday night around 2 a.m. heavy rains watered the Holy Land. The precipitation marks the first full rains of a dry year, in which this season an official…

The Tishrei holiday season has concluded and this week, we start to the read the Torah all over again, parashat B’reishit, from the beginning of creation, just as we believe that G-d constantly renews creation…and each one of us. This week’s intense edition of Temple Talk starts the year off raucously, as Yitzchak Reuven and…

Iran will introduce over 50 new oil exploration and production contracts in the near future, the head of the country’s oil contracts re-negotiation team told a conference in London on Tuesday, according to AFP. Seyed Mehdi Hosseini, whose country is seen as a major untapped energy producer, announced a “new chapter of cooperation” with the…

Heads of the Yesha council and various regional councils in Judea and Samaria met for several hours late Tuesday night with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, but according to them their demands for a response to the wave of Arab terror went unanswered. Following the meeting at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, the regional heads…

Arab violence extends far beyond Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman said on Tuesday night, following a violent demonstration by Israeli Arabs in the city of Yafo (Jaffa) in which several police officers were wounded. “The riots this evening in Yafo make it clear to all those who thought that the…

A Saudi blogger who has been jailed and flogged for “insulting Islam” was awarded a major free-speech prize on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. The blogger, Raif Badawi, shares the PEN Pinter Prize with British poet James Fenton. Badawi is serving a 10-year sentence after being convicted of insulting Islam and breaking Saudi Arabia’s…

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have confirmed in writing to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon their commitment to UN resolutions aimed at ending the country’s conflict, the BBC reported on Tuesday, citing a letter sent to Ban and seen by the network. In the letter, Houthi representatives pledge to adhere to a seven-point peace plan brokered by…

A female customer service representative at the Pelephone cellular phone company was dismissed by the company after posting on her Facebook page a photo of the terrorist who stabbed a Jewish teen in Jerusalem early Sunday morning, along with the words “shahid” (martyr) and, “my love”. According to a report in the Globes financial newspaper,…

On early Wednesday afternoon an Arab terrorist stabbed an IDF soldier and tried to steal his gun in Kiryat Gat, located east of Ashkelon on the coastal plains. The incident took place on Lakhish Road, and in the attack the soldier was moderately injured, with stab wounds to his upper body. According to investigators, the Arab terrorist arrived…

The one-day trip was scheduled for tomorrow, and was to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. While there, the Prime Minister and several Cabinet members would have met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Today has seen a notable increase in attacks, both in number and their severity. Near Tekoa, Arabs attacked…

The family of the female Arab terrorist who on Wednesday stabbed a Jew at the Lion’s Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City shortly afterwards clashed with Border Patrol officers at the hospital where she is being treated. The terrorist, aged in her 20s, had sneaked up on a 36-year-old Jewish man at the gate located on the eastern…

Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) on Wednesday visited the protest tent set up in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem last Friday, which is calling for decisive action against the recent wave of lethal terror attacks. “I came here to strengthen the residents of Samaria and the government in its struggle…

A female Arab terrorist stabbed and moderately wounded a Jewish man, aged 36, at the Lion’s Gate in the Old City, on the eastern side of the Temple Mount, Wednesday morning. The man shot the terrorist, who is in serious condition. Police sources said that the stabber sneaked up from behind the man and stabbed…

Arab MK Basel Ghattas (Joint List) defended on Tuesday the Arabs who mocked, kicked, and hit Adelle Banita-Bennett as she staggered wounded through the streets of Jerusalem’s Old City during a stabbing attack on Saturday, in which an Islamic Jihad terrorist murdered her husband and another Jew, and wounded her young child.  “I cannot judge them, because…

American Jewish billionaire Paul Singer has established a non-profit to promote Israel’s high-tech industry in a bid to lure international investors and counter the anti-Israel boycott movement, Bloomberg reported. Founder and CEO of the hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation, Singer has long been involved in philanthropical ventures. He invested some $20 million in the foundation to be called Start-Up…

Israel and India have long been key allies in a connection that has been growing particularly in terms of military cooperation, but that alliance is set to take an important leap forward next week with the first ever official visit to Israel by an Indian president. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is to make an official visit…

A police force operating in eastern Jerusalem on Tuesday required rescue after being attacked by a mob of Arab rioters.  The attack occurred in the Shuafat neighborhood of Jerusalem, near a house of mourning for the terrorist responsible for a stabbing attack in the capital on Saturday night.   The rioters cried “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is greater)…

MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Arab Joint List, refused Tuesday to speak out against the ubiquitous phenomenon of roadside terror in which Arab assailants hurl rocks at Jewish motorists. “There is no doubt that the occupied nation has a right to fight the occupation within the 1967 borders. I do not place red lines before…

A 23-year-old Jewish resident of Samaria was banned this week from entering Judea and Samaria for a period of six months.  The administrative order, signed by IDF Central Command chief Roni Numa, mandates the young man remain in Modi’in Illit or elsewhere within the 1949 Armistice Lines until April 1. In addition, should he choose to stay…

The Jewish Home party, a member of the coalition government, is holding a special faction meeting in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday, where they are to discuss the wave of terror attacks not far from the site where two Jews were stabbed to death Saturday night. At the start of the meeting the MKs were…

The largest agreement of its kind was signed on Tuesday in Be’er Sheva, with the participation of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, to build, develop and market no fewer than 20,000 housing units by 2019. The NIS 1.5 billion contract is the largest “roof agreement” ever signed in Israel with a local authority. That is, never…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Israel on Tuesday to conduct a full-scale investigation into recent clashes in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria.  He also criticized the demolitions carried out by Israeli security forces on Tuesday of two homes belonging to Palestinian Arab terrorists. Ban said a “prompt and transparent” probe of the recent clashes between IDF forces and Arab rioters in Bethlehem on Monday in…

In the context of its investigation of the Hamas terrorists involved in the brutal murder of a young couple last Thursday, the Israel Security Agency (ISA) has seized the murder weapon – even as a senior officer reveals the terrorists didn’t resist arrest at all. The weapon, a short M-16 semi-automatic assault rifle with an advanced…

Israel will lift temporary restrictions on Muslim worship at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, imposed after the weekend murder of two Israelis nearby, police said Tuesday. “So far the decision is to return to normal procedures, with no restrictions on entry of worshippers,” spokeswoman Luba Samri said in astatement, warning the decision could change if security concerns dictated it. The easing is due…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed during a late-night emergency Cabinet meeting on Monday strong opposition to calls from Jewish Home and Likud ministers to expand construction in Judea and Samaria in response to recent terror attacks. According to a Channel 2 report on Tuesday evening, Netanyahu explained to the ministers that such an action would place Israel in a…

Over 1.5 million Israelis visited Israel’s national parks and nature reserves, the Israel National Parks Authority revealed late Monday night, since the Sukkot holiday began last Sunday.  The most popular parks for the 2015 High Holiday season were the Caesarea National Park; the Eshkol Park; the Yarkon-Afek National Park; the Beit Guvrin National Park; the Ashkelon National…

Thousands took part Monday evening in a rally of protest and pain, combined with hakafot shniyot dancing, outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem. The protesters demanded that Israel take off its gloves in the fight against Arab terrorism, following a wave of savage and murderous attacks in recent days. Welfare Minister Haim Katz (Likud)…

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and MK Mickey Zohar (Likud) became the latest public figures to announce opposition to the demolition of a Givat Ze’ev synagogue on Tuesday, days before an October demolition date. “This place here is a place of Torah and keeps the Givat Ze’ev community safe; we must not allow the demolition of the synagogue,…

Security forces destroyed the homes of two terrorists overnight Monday/Tuesday, following an emergency Cabinet meeting in which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu demanded legal leeway to enforce measures against terrorist murderers.  The homes of two of the terrorists were slated to be destroyed nearly one year ago, but were held back due to diplomatic red tape.  Among them: Mohammed…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sought to impose tougher measures against terrorists late Monday night, in a late-night emergency Cabinet meeting held in light of an escalation in terror.  During the meeting, Netanyahu assigned Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) to establish a mechanism which would significantly shorten the legal process to allow the State of Israel to…

United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon urged Iran on Monday to pressure its ally Syria to reach a peaceful resolution of the brutal civil war there, AFP reports.  During a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Ban “reiterated that there is no military solution to the conflict and asked Iran to exercise its influence in promoting a political solution,” his…

Tens of Palestinian Authority (PA) documents reveal that Ramallah pays salaries to convicted Hamas terrorists, Reshet Bet revealed Tuesday afternoon.  Among them:  Abdullah Barghouti, who was was arrested in March 2003 and sentenced in 2004 to 67 life sentences for his role in the murders of Israelis in a string of suicide bombings;  Ibrahim Hamad, the Judea and Samaria…

NATO held an emergency meeting late Monday, after Russia violated Turkish airspace twice in two days during airstrikes on Syria.  In the first incident, an SU-30 fighter aircraft had entered Turkish airspace “for a few seconds” because of bad weather, Moscow stated Saturday.  However, since then, yet another incident has been reported, a Turkish foreign…

Israel can handle the sudden spike in terror activity since the High Holidays began, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon insisted Tuesday.  “We are in the midst of a wave of terror and incitement which continues, and continues to fan the wave of terrorism and therefore we are taking steps to suppress that wave,” Ya’alon said, speaking from…

Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat urged the State of Israel to crack down on incitement on Tuesday, in the wake of a string of attacks of Israeli Jews in the capital.  “This wave of violence is unequivocally due to wild incitement, which is based on disinformation,” Barkat stated to Army Radio. “I advised the Prime Minister and…

Russian military officials were to hold talks with their Israeli counterparts in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after the countries’ leaders agreed to establish a mechanism to avoid accidental clashes in Syria.   Israel’s military confirmed the two-day meeting on “regional coordination,” which comes after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks…

The Defense Ministry has finally finished building “smart fences” around 12 Gaza Belt communities, it announced on Tuesday, over one year after Operation Protective Edge ended. The 30 million shekel ($7,751,539) project includes tens of meters of “smart fence” reinforced with security cameras and coverage for three years’ worth of maintenance.  Communities now protected including Holot,…

MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) was called out for incitement on Tuesday, after he portrayed one of the Palestinian Arab terrorists behind Saturday night’s stabbing attacks as a “victim” being “chased by settlers.”  Tibi posted a photo Monday night expressing support for terrorist Fadi Alwan. The picture contains a watermark saying “I acknowledge apartheid exists” and is…

Iran has threatened to boycott next week’s Frankfurt Book Fair because organizers have invited the author Salman Rushdie, who still has a fatwa against him, as a guest speaker, AFP reports.  Rushdie, a British citizen who now lives in the United States, was made subject of the fatwa – a religious edict that called for his murder – in 1988, when his fourth…

Thanks to near-complete video camera coverage in Jerusalem’s Old City, the identities of Arabs who mocked, kicked, and hit Adelle Banita-Bennett as she staggered through the streets of Jerusalem’s Old City are known, and they will be prosecuted, Israeli officials said. A Channel 2 report Monday night said the identities of the Arabs who thought that Banita-Bennett’s…

Thursday night’s brutal murder of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin left four orphans – but they may only have been spared due to one terrorist’s bumbling.  The ISA cleared for publication that five Hamas terrorists responsible for the murder have been arrested. During the course of their interrogation, one – Karam Lutfi Fathi Razek – revealed that…

Hundreds of people marched to the site of the murders of Rabbi Nehemia Lavi, 41, and Aharon Banita Bennett, 21, who were murdered in a terrorist attack Saturday in Jerusalem’s Old City. Carrying Torah scrolls, the marchers danced with the Torahs and performed the hakafot celebration that is traditional on the holiday of Simchat Torah. The…

After a complex security and intelligence operation, Israeli security forces have caught the terror cell responsible for the brutal shootings of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin last Thursday night, it was cleared for publication Monday.  Five terrorists were arrested, all of whom are Hamas terrorists from Shechem (Nablus), via a joint operation between the Israel Security Agency…

IDF troops entered the village of Sudra, located north of Ramallah, and raided the home of the terrorist who murdered Rabbi Nehemia Lavi, 41, and Aharon Banita Bennett, 21 in a stabbing and shooting rampage Saturday night. The troops were met with rocks and firebombs, thrown at them by residents of the village. The soldiers did not demolish…

US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to demonstrate calm after violent clashes in the Old City of Jerusalem, and to “avoid further escalation.”  Kerry was speaking at an event at Chile’s Congress in Valparaiso after Israel banned Palestinians from Jerusalem, as part of measures to ensure the security of…

A court in Jordan on Monday sentenced a veterinary surgeon to three years’ hard labor for plotting a suicide car bombing outside the Israeli embassy in Amman. The verdict was handed down by the state security court, an AFP journalist at the hearing said. The 54-year-old was arrested in September 2014 after his car exploded…

The Israeli army shot dead two Arab rioters over the past 24 hours, as violence continued to spike in Jerusalem and Judea-Samaria. In the first incident an 18-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Tulkarem late on Sunday night; he was later identified as Huzeifa Othman Suleiman. On Monday, a 13-year-old rioter was…

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted airstrikes on terror targets in Gaza overnight Sunday/Monday, hours after a rocket struck the Eshkol region.  The IDF spokesperson’s office confirmed Monday that the strikes were a direct response to the rocket attack, and that Hamas terror targets in northern Gaza were eliminated.  Shortly after 11:00 pm Sunday night,…

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called for calm, saying Israel was “benefiting” from Palestinian violence, and has ordered Palestinian Authority security forces to arrest rioters and prevent the outbreak of violence in PA villages. The reason, he told members of his cabinet, had nothing to do with cooperating with Israel, but to prevent Israel from “taking…

In the wake of the horrific stream of Palestinian terrorist murders, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor told the UN Security Council that while these horrific killings and the recent escalation of attacks against Israelis were condemned by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, “the Security Council remains silent, as always.”  “Palestinian terrorists are trying to turn the holiday season…

After a long, hot summer, rain is set to arrive in Israel on Wednesday, after Jews throughout Israel prayed for a wet winter on Monday. Temperatures are set to fall significantly over the next day, and a storm should bring the first rains to Israel by late Tuesday. Rain will intensify late Tuesday and continue throughout…

A synagogue in the town of Mevasseret Tzion, west of Jerusalem, burned down Sunday night. The fire was severe enough to destroy the building’s frame and the structure collapsed. The Torah scrolls were rescued from the building, although several were damaged in the fire. Initial investigations indicate that the fire was caused by an electrical…

Islamists have hacked the graphic design website of murdered Israeli Naama Henkin, in a gross display of disrespect for the dead.  Five Hamas terrorists murdered Naama and Rabbi Eitam Henkin on Thursday night in front of their four children, as the family drove between the Samaria communities of Itamar and Elon Moreh.  Days after the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited Hadassah Medical Center and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Monday to meet with the three individuals wounded in two separate stabbings on Saturday night.  Adelle Banita Bennett was seriously wounded in a brutal stabbing attack attack in the Old City on Saturday, as was her two-year-old toddler (pictured above with Netanyahu).…

Israeli Arabs protested across Israel on Monday, in a show of support for Palestinian Arab terrorists in the wake of several shooting and stabbing attacks on Israeli Jews last week.  On Monday evening, dozens of people demonstrated near the Ba’ana Intersection near Carmiel and the Beit Rimon junction near Kafr Kana, waving Palestine Liberation Organization…

The Hamas terror cell responsible for the murders of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin last Thursday night had planned to carry out more murders, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon stated Monday night.  “I want to commend the IDF, the Israel Security Agency and Border Police, for their quick detective work and on capturing the suspected Hamas terror…

Israel has purposefully remained silent while Russia amasses forces near its northern border and works intensively to help Bashar Assad’s regime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained in a recent interview with CNN. When asked why Israel hasn’t condemned the Russian invasion to Crimea, Netanyahu replied that Israel has enough problems and it wasn’t interested in…

Five Palestinians and members of a Hamas cell in Nablus were arrested over the weekend and on Sunday for a shooting attack last Thursday that killed two Israelis, Eitam and Na’ama Henkin, in front of their four children. According to the Shin Bet, who announced the arrests Monday evening, the five admitted to the deadly…

The BBC on Sunday admitted that its initial headline on Saturday’s stabbing attack in Jerusalem was wrong, but refused to apologize for using it. Following the attack, the network posted a headline reading, “Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two”. The headline shocked and angered many readers who took to social media to vent…

An Australian mosque reportedly visited by a 15-year-old boy before he shot dead a civilian police employee in an “act of terrorism” has been raided, police said Sunday, according to the AFP news agency. New South Wales state police said the mosque in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta, close to the scene of the…

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Sunday urged Russia to direct airstrikes at Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists alone in Syria, as the West raises concerns Moscow will target moderate rebel groups opposed to Syria’s president. Speaking to journalists on a visit to Japan and quoted by AFP, Valls said Russia should not “get the wrong…

The calm of the holiday was disturbed in the Gaza Belt on Sunday evening when, shortly after 11:00 p.m., the “Red Alert” incoming rocket siren was heard in Nahal Oz, Alumim and the area. Two rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel, but the first one missed the target and exploded on the Gazan side…

The Al Jazeera network on Sunday issued an apology over a tweet it posted after Saturday’s stabbing attack in Jerusalem and which outraged its viewers. “Palestinian shot dead after fatal stabbing in Jerusalem; 2 Israeli victims also killed,” read the tweet, which was posted after the attack in which Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Banita…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening ordered security forces to speed up the process of demolition of terrorists’ homes and to continue to use administrative detentions against terrorists. The directive came following a security assessment held by Netanyahu upon his return to Israel from New York, in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks…

MK Nava Boker (Likud) arrived in Jerusalem on Sunday to visit the sukkah set up by Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, outside of the Prime Minister’s Residence.  Boker expressed confidence in Israeli police and security forces to return quiet to Jerusalem and its surrounding areas as well as her faith that Prime Minister Binyamin…

21 year-old Aharon Banita Bennett was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Givat Shaul, in the presence of thousands of mourners.  Bennett, along with Rabbi Nehemia Lavi, were murdered in a stabbing attack from a Palestinian Arab terrorist in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday night.  The same attack injured his wife and son;…

After blasting the temporary ban imposed on Palestinians from entering the Old City of Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority (PA) released another statement on Sunday slamming the deaths of two terrorists in the capital. The PA, however, neglected to mention anything about the fatal stabbing attacks perpetrated by those same terrorists.  “The Authority condemns Israeli escalation in Jerusalem and the…

Kulanu party MK and former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren praised Prime Minister Netanyahu’s performance at the UN late last week – and said his dramatic 45-second silence had the desired impact. “I don’t think I ever recall anything like it in the history of this organization, and I saw how it impacted…

Terror victim Adelle Banita will be reunited with her child before the start of the Simchat Torah holiday on Sunday night, after surviving a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City in which her husband Avraham and Rabbi Nehemia Lavi were killed.  Arutz Sheva spoke with Shaare Zedek Medical Center’s Director, Prof. Yonatan Halevy, who recounted the difficult night…

The United Nation’s inordinate focus on Israel “is not just a bias, it’s an obsession,” according to prominent US Rabbi Shmuley Boteach – and American Jews are not doing enough to fight anti-Israel bias. Speaking to Arutz Sheva last Thursday following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN General Assembly, Rabbi Boteach praised Netanyahu’s…

A panel of Iranian MPs said Sunday that the inspections regime underpinning the country’s nuclear deal with world powers represented a security threat – but the agreement should go ahead anyway. The 15-member committee spent weeks reviewing the text of the July 14 agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), for what it said…

15 year-old Moshe Malka is on the mend after being stabbed near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday night – and he regards his survival as nothing more than a miracle.  “I thank God that I was saved by a miracle; I could have died,” Malka recounted Sunday morning to Arutz Sheva, speaking from…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening ordered security forces to speed up the process of demolition of terrorists’ homes and to continue to use administrative detentions against terrorists. The directive came following a security assessment held by Netanyahu upon his return to Israel from New York, in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks…

A Jordanian parliament member has said he learned from media associated with the Islamic State (ISIS) that his son carried out a suicide attack in Iraq, three months after dropping out of medical school and joining the extremist group, The Associated Press reported Sunday. The case highlights the continued grassroots appeal of ISIS ideas in…

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is not ruling out stepping down if the situation in Syria requires it. Assad’s comments were made in an interview which aired Sunday on Iranian Khabar TV and which were tweeted out by his official account: He also said a coalition between Syria, Russia, Iran and Iraq must succeed “or else…

Loading… While right-wing groups have been protesting throughout Sunday demanding that the government get tougher on terrorists, the youth group of the left-leaning Zionist Union (Labor Party) protested outside the Prime Minister’s Office as well. According to the protesters, the recent terror wave in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria is the fault of Prime Minister Binyamin…

He’s said it before, but this time, Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman hopes that the powers that be will pay attention, in light of the deterioration of the security situation in Israel. “The incitement by Palestinian media and Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas proves for once and for all that we have no partner for…

Prominent mainstream media journalists are laying the blame for the recent terror spate in Jerusalem on Yehuda Glick – a central activist for Jewish rights on the Temple Mount, who survived an assassination attempt last year – and other Jewish Temple activists. “There is no doubt that everything that has been going on in Jerusalem…

Unrest throughout Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria continued Sunday afternoon, as Arab rioters continue to throw rocks at Israeli vehicles, and to attack police and security forces. On Sunday, a terrorist threw a firebomb at security forces at the Tomb of Rachel outside Bethlehem. A Border Guard officer was injured in that attack. Security forces were searching…

Amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem following this evening’s deadly stabbing and shooting attack in the Old City, border police gave chase after spotting a suspicious Arab man in the neighborhood of A-Tor. During the chase the suspect drew a knife, and was promptly tackled and arrested by police. Elsewhere, in the Arab neighborhood of Issawiya,…

Spontaneous protests broke out in Jerusalem on Saturday night after two Israelis were murdered and two others wounded in a stabbing attack claimed by Islamic Jihad. Hundreds took to the streets by the light rail near Zion Square, close to the municipality building, and marched towards the Old City’s Yafo Gate. Loading… Leading nationalist activists…

The Islamic Jihad terrorist group has claimed responsibility for sending the 19-year-old Arab terrorist who murdered two Israelis and wounded two others in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday night. The terrorist was named as Mohannad Shafik Halabi, a resident of Al-Bireh located adjacent to Ramallah in Samaria. “Mohammed Shafik Halabi, 19,…

Not only did the Martyr Abdul-Qader al-Husseini Brigades – an “armed wing” of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction – claim responsibility for the murder of a young couple last Thursday, now they’re openly celebrating the “commando operation.” The Brigades gloated over their responsibility for the murder of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin in front…

IDF soldiers reported on Saturday night that Arab terrorists opened fire at their military post in the town of Beit El, located just north of Jerusalem in the Binyamin region of Samaria. The soldiers say they returned fire at the terrorists, and IDF forces were deployed to the scene. Currently the forces are checking the accounts…

President Reuven Rivlin responded on Saturday night to the stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City in which two people were murdered. In a statement, Rivlin offered condolences to the families of the victims and called for government cooperation to return security to Israel. “We are facing a difficult, daily, and ongoing struggle,” RIvlin noted. “We have always known that the…

The Israel Police have limited access to the Old City of Jerusalem for Sunday and Monday, following a string of terror attacks against Jews Saturday night. “Following the terrorist attack in the Old City of Jerusalem which claimed the lives of two Israelis and left two others injured, the proposals of the security services and…

The Jewish festival of Sukkot is called by several names: the Harvest festival, the Joyous festival, and the festival of Booths.  Jewish families construct temporary huts — Sukkot — where they eat and some even sleep for the week-long holiday.  Jews traditionally pray during the holiday while holding a citron fruit and branches of myrtle, palm and…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says Israel wants to avoid an adversarial relationship with Moscow and is unsure how Russia’s recent military intervention in Syria will affect the situation there. Netanyahu’s comments were made in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, which will air on Sunday and of which Reuters quoted excerpts on Saturday. In the…

The United States on Saturday night condemned the stabbing attack which killed two people and injured two others in Jerusalem’s Old City. Washington “strongly condemns all acts of violence, including the tragic stabbing in the Old City of Jerusalem today,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement quoted by AFP. “We are very…

In the coastal town of Lod on Shabbat eve this Friday night, Arab gunfire reportedly wounded a five-year-old child as he was in a sukkah, the festive booth Jews are commanded to dwell in during the holiday of Sukkot – the same night a girl was shot in a sukkah north of Jerusalem. Several gunshots were fired…

Loading… Two people have been killed and three others wounded in a terrorist attack near the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday night, shortly after the end of Shabbat. Several of the victims are members of the same family.  The 40-year-old father was hospitalized at Jerusalem’s Shaarei Tzedek hospital in critical condition with multiple stab wounds, but was…

On Saturday security forces arrested the terror cell that murdered Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin last Thursday night, according to security sources. The young couple was gunned down in front of their four children as they drove in their car just outside Itamar in Samaria, in an attack that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction…

Around the same time on Saturday night after Shabbat as a fatal terrorist attack took place in Jerusalem’s Old City, a shooting attack took place in the eastern neighborhood of Nof Tzion in the capital. An Arab terrorist opened fire at a sukkah, a festival booth Jews are commanded to dwell in during the Sukkot…

A senior Hamas official Saturday called on Palestinian Arabs to take up arms to “defend” Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, calling for a further escalation in violent Arab riots at the site in which explosives have been throw at police. “The only solution to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to prevent Israelis from carrying out their plans there…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday met in New York with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and expressed his dismay over the fact that Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas has not condemned Thursday’s terror attack in Samaria in which Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin were murdered in front of their children. At the…

Israel Police and the IDF arrested Palestinian Arabs across Israel Friday, after hundreds participated in terror against Israeli military forces and civilians.  Over 200 Palestinian Arabs waited for police forces at Rachel’s Tomb in Beit Lehem (Bethlehem) Friday afternoon, throwing rocks and firebombs and burning tires at the Jewish holy site.  In Hevron, an angry Arab…

Roger Waters has returned to singing his old anti-Israel chorus on Friday, this time sending a finger-pointing letter to Jon Bon Jovi for daring to perform in Israel on Saturday.  Bon Jovi announced the concert in June after cancelling years ago due to leftist pressure.  Yet, just 24 hours before the concert, Waters penned an open…

Spain said Friday it was speeding up applications for 4,300 Sephardic Jews seeking Spanish nationality under a new law to atone for their expulsion five centuries ago in the Inquisition, AFP reports.  The law allowing dual citizenship for descendants of Jews who were forced to flee Spain in 1492, known as Sephardim, was approved by the Spanish parliament in June and came into…

Protests erupted nationwide calling to end Arab terror and boost Israel’s deterrence on Friday, after Fatah terrorists murdered Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin in front of their four young children.  On Friday afternoon, at least 150 people from Netivot and Sderot near Gaza blocked major intersections to protest the terror, waving Israeli flags and calling to strengthen…

The murder of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin in front of their children in Samaria has crossed a red line, Rabbi Haim Druckman, head of the Bnei Akiva yeshivas and a leading religious-Zionist figure, stated in a special interview with Arutz Sheva on Friday.  “This is an extremely shocking event,” Rabbi Druckman said tearfully. “How can it be that…

The “armed wing” of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction initially claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s brutal murder of a young couple right in front of their four children, but now a senior Fatah official has confirmed that claim. Senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul, who is a member of the Fatah Central Committee, was…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu informed the United States administration that his speech on Thursday at the UN General Assembly, in which he dealt extensively with the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, would be his swansong on his public fight against the accord, senior American officials told Haaretz on Friday. “They told us…

Border Policemen on Friday evening shot a young Palestinian Arab man in the leg in the Issawiya neighborhood of Jerusalem, after he approached them with a firebomb in his hand and tried to throw it at them. The suspect, who apparently was unharmed, fled the scene and the troops are searching for him. The incident…

French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he had told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin he must strike at “Daesh (the Islamic State or ISIS) and only Daesh” during Russian military action in Syria, the Al-Arabiya network reports. Hollande was speaking after meeting Putin on Friday and ahead of talks on the future of Ukraine,…

Investigators found 13 weapons connected to the man who killed nine people on Thursday at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives said on Friday at a news conference. Six weapons were found at the college, where the shooter died Thursday after a gun battle with police, the Bureau’s…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Benjamin Netanyahu next Thursday for talks, as part of a regular annual meeting of the two countries’ cabinets, AFP reported Friday. The two leaders will hold bilateral talks before joining a plenary with ministers from both sides, in what would be the sixth such meeting.…

The “armed wing” of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction claimed responsibility for the horrific murder of a young couple outside Itamar in Samaria on Thursday night, but an Israeli response to Abbas has yet to be formulated by the government. The Martyr Abdul-Qader al-Husseini Brigades, associated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and likewise affiliated with…

New facts have emerged in the mass shooting that took place on Thursday at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, indicating that the shooter specifically targeted Christians for murder. The 26-year-old gunman Chris Harper-Mercer murdered nine people and wounded at least seven others before being killed in a shootout with police, according to official updated figures. “The…

The Taliban claimed early Friday morning that it had shot down an American C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan. NATO had previously reported the crash, revealing that 11 people were killed including six US soldiers, but did not release details as to the cause of the fatal crash, reports AFP. US Army Col. Brian Tribus said the non-soldiers were…

The Israeli government must take action in the wake of the continued terrorist attacks, Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman said on Thursday night, following the murderous attack in Samaria. “There are no words to console the poor children for the terrible tragedy. Only a harsh and decisive reaction against the murderers, their dispatchers and…

A senior European Union official on Thursday warned of rising anti-Semitism in Europe as attacks and threats against Jews continue in EU member countries, reports The Associated Press (AP). European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said that “in the last couple of years you’ve seen this age-old monster come up again in Europe.” Speaking before…

Iran on Thursday threw its support behind Russia’s airstrikes in defense of their common ally, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, describing it as a step to solving “the crisis” in the region. Iran’s foreign ministry said it supported the move that was “based on an official request from the Syrian government to the Russian Federation”, reported…

Acutely aware of Republican fury over the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced a plan that helps prevent Tehran from cheating on its obligations under the agreement and boosts security for Israel, AFP reported. The measure is sponsored by nine Democrats, including senior Senators Ben Cardin and Chuck Schumer, who both opposed the…

Both the Fatah and the Hamas organizations on Thursday night praised the terrorists who carried out the attack in Samaria, in which Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin were murdered in front of their four children. According to Kol Yisrael radio, a Hamas spokesman said the group “welcomes the heroic attack and calls for more quality…

A security official said on Thursday night that the terrorists who carried out the attack in Samaria verified that the victims, Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin, were dead before fleeing the scene. The official estimated that the terrorists did not see the couple’s four young children in the back of the car, which is why…

European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on Friday released a condolence statement over the horrific murders of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin late Thursday night, but not without calling on both Israelis and Palestinian Arabs to impose “calm” despite the crime.  “Today we mourn once again the loss of human lives,” Mogherini said. “The killing…

The “armed wing” of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction initially claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s brutal murder of a young couple right in front of their four children, but now a senior Fatah official has confirmed that claim. Senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul, who is a member of the Fatah Central Committee, was…

Jewish Home MK Yinon Magal joined dozens of Israelis who visited the site near Itamar in Samaria where Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin were murdered late Thursday night in front of their four children.  “It is time the Arabs to learn from history,” Magal stated Friday morning. “If no Jews would be here, those who would be…

Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir and Lehava director Bentzi Gopshtain protested against President Reuven Rivlin on Friday morning, advancing towards his motorcade and shouting at him as he left the funeral of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin in Jerusalem. The two nationalist leaders demanded that Rivlin apologize for two months ago saying “my people chose the path of terror,” after the…

Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin, the young couple murdered Thursday night in front of their children by Arab terrorists near Itamar in Samaria, were laid to rest on Friday morning. Thousands of people attended the ceremony, which began at 11 a.m. at Har Hamenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem, located near the western entrance to the capital city. The…

A shooting attack took place just after 9 p.m. on Thursday night, with initial reports indicating two people were killed in the gunfire. MDA volunteers said that the victims were a man and a woman and that they were dead when the volunteers arrived on the scene. Four children who were in the vehicle were…

During a donor nation conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) engaged Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in a sharp exchange over the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. At the conference, Hotovely criticized Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s call…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took the podium on Thursday at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, speaking at the UN headquarters just a day after Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced he was no longer bound by the 1994 Oslo Accords, from the same platform.  Watch full speech: He began his speech…

Lebanese sources revealed on Thursday that hundreds of Iranian troops have entered Syria in the last ten days, and are planning a major ground offensive together with Syrian regime forces and Iran-proxy Hezbollah terrorists. The ground offensive against rebel forces in northwestern Syria will be supported by Russian airstrikes, according to two Lebanese sources familiar…

While the hostilities between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama have long been an open secret, the depth of the breakdown in relations between the two was demonstrated on Wednesday, as it was revealed Obama twice refused to veto a UN resolution establishing a Palestinian state. Politico revealed Thursday that Democratic Senate Minority…

The IDF Givati Brigade Commander decided on Thursday to dismiss the first lieutenant responsible for a unit which last Friday was caught on film breaking the cameras of foreign journalists during a violent Arab riot in Beit Furik, an Arab town outside Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria. “The commander of the force acted in a manner unbefitting an IDF…

Hillary Clinton accused the Jewish state of “always” sounding “cocky” during a major 2010 feud between the Obama Administration and Israel over Jerusalem construction, according to an email she sent to an aide. Clinton was secretary of state at the time. The Washington Free Beacon reported that the email had been “recently disclosed” and featured…

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem on Thursday rejected the request of the police to distance nationalist activist and attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir from the Temple Mount for 15 days, and likewise ordered his immediate unconditional release. Ben-Gvir had been arrested on Wednesday during the intermediary days of the Sukkot holiday on the Temple Mount, the…

Up to 13 people were killed and at least 20 were wounded on Thursday in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. According to the BBC, a 20-year-old gunman opened fire in a classroom before later being killed himself in a shootout with police. The motive of the gunman is not known, although police…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded on Thursday night to the murder of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin near Itamar, saying it was the direct result of Palestinian Arab incitement against Israel. Netanyahu, who is in New York where he earlier gave a speech at the UN General Assembly, said, “This is a difficult day for…

President Reuven Rivlin responded on Thursday evening to the deadly terrorist attack near Itamar, in which parents were murdered in front of their four children. “Tonight, bloodthirsty murderers claimed the lives of a mother and a father, leaving their young children orphaned. The heart breaks at the magnitude of such cruelty and hatred,” the President…

Joining the standard responses of the politicians to Thursday night’s horrific murder of a young couple just outside Itamar in Samaria was that of Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau. The young couple, aged in their thirties, were shot to death by Arab terrorists while driving in their car with four of their children, who fortunately survived…

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder and WJC CEO Robert Singer wrote to the King of Saudi Arabia to express the condolences of the wider Jewish community in the wake of last week’s lethal stampede in Mecca. A total of 769 Muslim pilgrims were killed in the stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage, in…

Israeli ministers lost no time in condemning the Arab terror attack just outside of Itamar in Samaria on Thursday night, connecting it with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s UN speech the day before in which he announced the PA is abandoning the Oslo Accords. In the attack a young couple in their thirties were murdered in…

A shooting attack took place just after 9 p.m. on Thursday night, with initial reports indicating two people in their 30s were killed in the gunfire. MDA volunteers said that the victims were a man and a woman and that they were dead when the volunteers arrived on the scene. They had suffered wounds in…

The monthly salaries of Israeli Knesset members are expected to rise once again in early January 2016, unless the MKs volunteer to forgo the annual increase.  The gross monthly salary for a Knesset member stands currently at 39,000 shekels ($10,100). If the wage increase is implemented, their salaries will be raised to approximately 44,000 shekels ($11,250) a month.  Knesset committee…

Thursday’s Jerusalem March will mark the 60th year the event has been held – making it the biggest and oldest parade in Israel. To celebrate, parade organizers have recruited dozens of Israelis who were soldiers during the 1967 Six Day War, and participated in the liberation of Jordanian-occupied parts of the city. This will mark the…

At a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in New York on Wednesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his frustration with the Palestinians’ continued refusal to enter into peace talks with Israel – and the continued assertions by the international community that the fault is Israel’s, not the Palestinian Authority’s. “I have called on…

Two pro-Palestinian groups issued searing reports on Wednesday accusing Israel advocacy groups of “stifling dissent” and infringing on their critics’ right to free speech on college campuses.  Both Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) with Palestine Legal blasted pro-Israel groups like Stand With Us, The David Project and Zionist Organization of America for so-called…

The “Quartet” of Middle East peace mediators announced on Wednesday it had decided to give new impetus to trying to get Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume peace talks, this time with the help of key Arab states, Reuters reported. “We have decided to work together … on concrete steps on the ground in…

Congresswoman Nita Lowey (Westchester/Rockland), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, condemned on Wednesday what she termed the “provocative” declarations made by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly. “Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ provocative declarations today at the United Nations…

In what appears to be a challenge to his leadership, top officials of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation (PLO) Organization terror group are demanding that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas make good on his declaration that the Oslo Accords are no longer binding. Speaking on Palestinian radio Thursday, Rassan a-Shaka, a member of the PLO’s…

Loading… A group of Arab rock-throwers attacked Israeli vehicles on Thursday near the Tekoa community of Gush Etzion.  A mother and her six-month-old son were lightly injured by the rocks. They were treated on site and did not require hospitalization. Two additional Israelis also suffered shock.  Israel Police are currently conducting a search in the area for…

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is seeking to open an investigation against several leftist non-profits responsible for harassing IDF troops and disseminating propaganda suggesting that they abandon their posts and refuse to serve in Judea and Samaria, Walla! News reports. The groups, Shaked believes, have been receiving contributions from foreign organizations and governments but have failed to report theirs relationships with…

A delegation of 22 parliamentarians from countries across Europe, Africa and South America vowed support on Thursday for the Jewish state and resolved to defend Israel against boycotts.  As part of the Israel Allies Foundation Jerusalem Chairman’s Conference this week, the MPs met with senior Israeli officials and toured the country, specifically several sites in Judea and…

Iran rejected as “propaganda” on Thursday claims that a seized fishing boat loaded with weapons heading to Yemen was Iranian, the official IRNA news agency reported. The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday that it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea loaded with weapons and destined for Shiite rebels it is fighting in Yemen. A coalition statement said 14…

British Prime Minister David Cameron offered US President Barack Obama a pointed clarification after the latter told world leaders that violent extremism is not limited to any one religion.  “Violent extremism is not unique to any one faith, so no one should ever be profiled or targeted simply because of their faith,” Obama said Tuesday…

Israel Security Agency (ISA, Shin Bet) and police forces thwarted in August a terror attack against an IDF base that was being planned by three Arab youths from the northern Yafia Council affiliated with the “Islamic State” (ISIS) terrorist organization. The three suspects have been named as: Mohammad Ihab Sharif, 22; former security prisoner Mohammad Hamad…

Shortly after Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced on Wednesday at the UN Headquarters in New York that he is abandoning the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian delegation raised the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag for the first time at the UN HQ. The flag raising comes after a motion was passed earlier in the…

Israeli Ministers and MKs from the government and opposition alike rushed to condemn Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s UN General Assembly address, during which he compared Israel to Nazi Germany and announced the PA would no longer be abiding by the 1994 Oslo Accords. Israeli Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett slammed…

Just minutes after Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced at the UN in New York on Wednesday that the PA is abandoning the 1994 Oslo Accords, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office issued a sharp response. “Abu Mazen’s speech was deceitful and encourages incitement and lawlessness in the Middle East,” said Netanyahu, using Abbas’s nickname…

Two IDF troops, one an officer and one enlisted, were struck by rocks and injured today (Wednesday). The officer is in moderate condition, while the enlisted soldier’s condition is unknown. Both have been taken to a Jerusalem hospital. The incident occurred at Beit Ummar, near Hevron, where Arabs rioters continue to throw stones and Molotov…

Russia conducted its first airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday as part of an operation allegedly targeting Islamic State (ISIS), but apparently the actual targets were US-backed “moderate” rebel groups fighting ISIS. An unnamed American official revealed that the Russian strikes didn’t hit ISIS at all, reports Reuters. He did not specify which particular groups were targeted in the airstrikes. Meanwhile Khaled…

Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the PA is no longer committed to the 1994 Oslo Accords. In his UN General Assembly address Wednesday evening, Abbas wasted no time attacking Israel from the podium in New York. He began by repeating calls for a “two-state solution,” and condemning Israeli “settlements” in Judea and Samaria,…

A conference of leading rabbis at Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim in Jerusalem on Tuesday warned that the IDF Rabbinate is in danger of army budget cutbacks, and Arutz Sheva was on hand to hear just why the potential budget cut is so problematic. Rabbi Mordechai Tzion of the yeshiva explained that when addressing the issue, first of all one must understand the…

French comedian and convicted anti-Semite Dieudonne M’bala M’bala has been evicted from a French theater despite working there for the last 15 years. The Main-D’or Theater in Paris claims that Dieudonne broke a clause in the lease against subletting. He appealed the eviction in court but did not show up to the trial. In its…

A Palestinian Arab on Wednesday night tried to stab an IDF soldier who was stationed at a checkpoint near the Shomron community of Einav. The Arab was detained by the soldiers as he arrived at the checkpoint, when he pulled a knife and tried to stab one of them. The fighters were able to neutralize…

Venezuela’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Rafael Ramirez, told Arutz Sheva on Wednesday that his country welcomes the raising of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag at UN headquarters. “We are happy because it’s a step towards the resolution of the conflict between Israel and Palestine,” he said, adding that “a huge majority of the…

Israeli universities rank among the top in the Middle East as well as worldwide, the 2015 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking poll revealed Monday.  Six of Israel’s nine universities made THE’s top 800 universities list.  Of those, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ranked highest at #178 worldwide, followed by Tel Aviv University (TAU) in the 201-250…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday after the latter announced at the UN headquarters in New York that he is abandoning the 1994 Oslo Accords – but that’s just the start of Netanyahu’s response. It has been made known to Arutz Sheva that sources close to Netanyahu say he will use his…

A Jerusalem district police officer arrested a Jewish minor on the Temple Mount on Wednesday during the intermediary days of the Sukkot holiday, on suspicion that the youth mumbled a silent prayer at the holiest site in Judaism. Compounding the arrest on the site where the Jordanian Waqf continues to enjoy de facto control and has banned…

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has apparently taken a page from the book of Palestinian Arab terrorists, threatening to go on a hunger strike if his conditions in jail aren’t improved. Breivik said he’s been held in isolation since September 2 and only allowed out of his cell for one hour a day, according to…

Arutz Sheva spoke with, UK Conservative Party MP Mark Pritchard on Tuesday, who is attending the Israel Allies Foundation’s annual Jerusalem Chairman’s Conference. 22 parliamentarians from 18 countries are attending the conference, which is sponsored by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ).  Pritchard maintained that the Iran deal has potential – in the event the…

At the sidelines to the massive anti-Rouhani demonstration held across from the UN on Monday, in an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva, Amb. Bill Richardson, a life-long Democrat, former American Ambassador to the UN, and former Governor of Arizona, came out strongly against Obama’s Iran deal. He also stated that Syrian strongman Bashar Assad “is…

Besides the sukkah which is a main feature of this joyous festival of Sukkot, there are the four types taken during morning prayer which are a prominent feature of this holiday. The lulav (palm branch), citron (etrog), hadasssim (myrtle twigs) and aravot (willows branches) are all held together in both hands and waved in six…

The Israeli Air Force overnight Tuesday attacked four terrorist infrastructures belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesman said. According to the statement, the airstrike took place in response to the rocket fire towards southern Israel on Tuesday night. The Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted the rocket over the city…

French authorities have launched a criminal probe of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime for alleged war crimes committed between 2011 and 2013, sources told the AFP news agency. Paris prosecutors opened a preliminary war crimes inquiry on September 15, a source close to the case told the news agency on Tuesday. A diplomatic source confirmed…

Emergency sirens went off in the southern coastal city of Ashdod on Tuesday evening at around 10:48 p.m. One rocket that was fired towards the city from Gaza was intercepted by an Iron Dome missile over nearby Ashkelon, the IDF said. No injuries or damage have been reported.  Video: Eli Edri The rocket fire from…

“I want to say the result of the vote was a unanimous approval of the Russian president’s request,” Sergei Ivanov, who heads Putin’s administration, stated. “Importantly: this is specifically about Syria. I want to underline that this is not about any kind of political objective or ambitions that we have been accused of by our western partners. It is…

Yehonatan Levy, the haredi father who was assaulted and humiliated by an Arab mob in Jerusalem’s Old City Monday, described the ordeal in a television interview Wednesday morning, on Channel 20. The video that shows Levy and his two sons emerging from an alleyway has been widely circulated and photos of his sons crying in…

About 50,000 people have visited Israel’s nature reserves and national parks on Tuesday and Wednesday alone, the National Parks Authority announced Wednesday, in honor of the intermediate days of the Sukkot holiday.  The most popular parks and reserves have included Ein Gedi, Masada National Parks, Nahal Prat, Caesarea, Tzipori, Beit Eshkol, the Nahal Snir, Banias,…

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) has a clear vision for Israel’s future vis-a-vis Hamas, he revealed in an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva on Wednesday – and it does not include restarting peace talks.  “What they [the Left and international community – ed.] are talking about involves concessions and other handovers of territory, which will certainly not improve the security…

The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Sea of Oman loaded with weapons destined for Shiite rebels it is fighting in Yemen, AFP reports.  A coalition statement said that the vessel was intercepted on Saturday and that 14 Iranians and weapons including anti-tank shells were found on board. It said that papers found on board the…

Residents of Ashdod woke up to an atmosphere of tense quiet Wednesday after Gaza fired a Grad Katyusha missile at their coastal city Tuesday night. The missile was intercepted by two Iron Dome rockets from a battery that was deployed near the city in the course of the last few weeks. Asher, a haredi resident…

“I want to say the result of the vote was a unanimous approval of the Russian president’s request,” Sergei Ivanov, who heads Putin’s administration, stated. “Importantly: this is specifically about Syria. I want to underline that this is not about any kind of political objective or ambitions that we have been accused of by our western partners.…

Culture and Sports Miri Regev (Likud) accused the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) of incitement on Wednesday, after a question on an exam for a course in “Damages Law” painted the Likud party in a negative light.  On the exam, for Dr. Uri Hershtein’s class, an example question used the name “Shiri Regev” to describe a…

The head of the House Oversight Committee in the US Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), accused Planned Parenthood on Tuesday of spending more than $40 million in US federal dollars on “lavish” travel, theme parties and a luxurious Manhattan office, according to The Hill. Chaffetz (R-Utah) grilled Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, who appeared before…

The IDF Military Advocate General has agreed not to extend the administrative detention of former hunger-striking security prisoner Mohammed Allan, the Palestinian Prisoners Society announced Tuesday.  The Defense Ministry confirmed the report to Haaretz, noting that the release is conditional on Allan not renewing his hunger strike.  Allan, an Islamic Jihad terrorist, was placed under administrative arrest nearly a year…

Noam Avnon, a 45-year-old Israeli tour guide, was killed on Monday after he fell during a trip to the Fagaras Mountains in central Romania.  Avnon, a veteran tour guide, was apparently trying to help up one of the tourists in his group. At a certain point, Avnon lost his balance, and fell off a mountain from a…

A female tourist, reportedly from Japan, suffered a head injury Tuesday during riots in Hevron. She was near the so-called Hashoter Checkpoint at the time. Medical teams treated her on the location and evacuated her to a Jerusalem hospital. She can be seen in the embedded video, crouching after the injury and being directed to…

A rare Byzantine-era floor mosaic discovered in Israel that depicts streets and buildings on a “city map” of a place in Egypt will be presented to the public Thursday during the “Factories from Within” festival after having been restored. The mosaic of about 3.5 meters (11.4 feet) by 3.5 meters served as the floor of a church that no longer exists, the Israel…

Radical MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) stressed Tuesday that Arab “resistance” to Jewish activity on the Temple Mount will continue, while also hinting that Israel’s policies paralleled the Nazi regime.  “It’s rude and bullying to compare the demand to defend Muslims’ right to pray at their holy sight to the Nazi regime. Everyone knows who is closer to the…

Loading… Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein was on Tuesday night a guest, along with thousands of Likud activists, at the sukkah of Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz in Kfar Ahim. In a conversation outside the sukkah with Arutz Sheva, Edelstein addressed Joint List MK Jamal Zahalka’s earlier provocations on the Temple Mount. Zahalka, in video footage sent to Arutz Sheva, can be seen personally harassing Israeli police…

US Republicans said Tuesday they were introducing legislation that would use frozen Iranian assets to pay American victims of Iranian terrorism before billions of dollars are returned to Tehran as part of the nuclear deal. Congressional Republicans are furious over President Barack Obama’s landmark accord with world powers that aims to rein in Iran’s nuclear program, in exchange for an easing of…

Former minister MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening as he made his way to New York ahead of an address before the United Nations. “The UN General Assembly presents an opportunity for an Israeli prime minister to connect the world to Israel and our interests as well as to…

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh pushed for Palestinian Arabs to rededicate themselves to resisting the “Zionist Occupation” on Sunday, in a speech in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha.  In his speech, Haniyeh claimed that Israel was attempting to “Judaize” Jerusalem, as well as Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount.  “The occupiers want to change the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Monday talked up ties between their two nations at a UN summit dominated by Moscow’s push on the conflict in Syria, AFP reports.  Russia and Iran both back the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and the Kremlin is pressing the West to side with him and Tehran in its fight…

The World Bank warned of the “high risk” of renewed Israel-Palestinian conflict if the political and economic status quo between the two sides persists, in a report released Tuesday. “The persistence of this situation could potentially lead to political and social unrest,” it said. “In short, the status quo is not sustainable and downside risks of further conflict and social unrest…

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev (Likud) sharply criticized the conduct of Arab MKs on the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning, after footage surfaced of MK Jamal Zahalka (Joint List) berating Israeli Police over allowing Jewish visitors to Judaism’s holiest site.  Regev attacked the List’s Balad faction.  “Take a dose of hatred, incitement to add wildness,…

Israel is willing to help the Palestinian Authority (PA) build two new cities in northwest Judea-Samaria, Lebanese media reported Monday – this, in addition to the city of Rawabi, which is already under construction.  Coordinator of the Goverment Activities in the Territories (COGAT) commander Major General Yoav Mordechai, PA “Prime Minister” Rami Hamdallah and PA…

Death camps during the Holocaust were “summer camps” for Jews, a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member insists emphatically in a new TV documentary.  “Adolf Hitler was one of the smartest men there ever was,” KKK member James states in film for BBC‘s “KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy.”  “At these death camps they gave the so-called…

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday, breaking a year-long silence between the two.  Syria dominated the 90-minute meeting, with the two agreeing to hold talks to prevent clashing in the embattled country as the US sides with Syrian rebel forces and Russia backs Syrian…

Loading… Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman has called on Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein to prosecute MK Jamal Zahalka (Arab Joint List), over footage which shows him joining in with Islamists harassing and cursing Jewish visitors and police on the Temple Mount. “The law enforcement agencies must respond to these attacks, which are part of an effort by Joint List MKs to escalate…

Among the steps Israel plans to take to curb Arab violence on the Temple Mount is increasing its use of administrative detention against rioters. According to a report on Channel Two Monday, security officials have determined that the main body of rioters consists of 30 to 50 “professionals” who spend many hours on the Temple…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday called for a united front to fight extremists in the Middle East and said Tehran was ready to help “bring about democracy” in Syria and Yemen. Making his first address to the UN General Assembly since the historic nuclear deal was reached, Rouhani waded into the intense diplomatic debate over fighting jihadists and pushing for regime…

The IDF will continue to defend Israel from all threats, including Syria, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Monday night after the IDF responded Sunday night to a missile that was fired at the Golan from Syrian territory. In a statement, the IDF attributed the rocket fire to an errant mortar shell fired by Syrian rebel groups…

A new pro-Israel European Christian advocacy group called the Forum for Cultural Diplomacy (F4CD) deserves credit for the Tashlich ceremony that was held at the UN Headquarters in New York City last week, for the first time ever. Dozens of top ambassadors, and even the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, attended the ceremony in the…

Hundreds of Israelis stayed up late overnight Sunday/Monday, to watch the “blood supermoon,” a rare celestial event combining a lunar eclipse and a supermoon. For about one hour early Monday, the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth lined up, painting the moon an orange-red color to spectators on the ground. The result: from about 5:11 am…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will leave for the U.S. on Tuesday, in advance of his expected appearance at the United Nations General Assembly Thursday. In his speech, Netanyahu is expected to discuss the dangers of the U.S.-Iran detente and the agreement between Tehran and Western powers that allows Iran to develop its nuclear program. Netanyahu,…

Police have resorted to putting up barriers toward the entrance to the Temple Mount, Channel 2 reports Monday, to help combat the constant rain of rocks and firecrackers being lobbed at security forces at Judaism’s holiest site.  Early Monday, dozens of terrorists barricaded themselves on the Mount to attack police, ahead of expected riots in honor of…

(AFP) In an industrial zone among the hills of Galilee in northern Israel, a ponytailed sociologist with an intolerance for gluten explained what he was up to: beer made with chickpeas and dates. “It’s a very Middle Eastern food,” 52-year-old Bryan Meadan said of his gluten-free beer made with chickpeas, familiar to most through hummus and…

Clashes between police and Palestinians broke out at the Temple Mount on Monday morning, the second day in a row. Police said a group of rioters barricaded itself inside al-Aqsa Mosque and placed obstacles to block entry. Following attempts at negotiations, police entered the Temple Mount area at 6:45am. Masked Palestinians who had been throwing…

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday that its Curiosity rover has found evidence of liquid water on the planet Mars. NASA held a special press conference to reveal its findings. Water is a necessary precondition for the existence of life. Mars is the planet most similar to Earth in our solar…

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano says that there is no need for a second visit by the agency’s inspectors to Iran’s Parchin military facility. Amano last week was granted brief access to the underground Parchin facility, which the West suspects has been a key site used to test nuclear detonators, during…

Tehran will work to free three Americans from its prisons if the United States releases jailed Iranians, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday, according to AFP. “If the Americans take the appropriate steps and set them free, certainly the right environment will be open and the right circumstances will be created for us to do everything…

In October of 2012, IDF Captain Ziv Shilon was seriously wounded in a Hamas attack near Gaza and lost his arm. On Sunday, almost three years after the incident, Shilon participated in the 42nd Berlin Marathon. He crossed the finish line after 42 kilometers (26 miles) and four hours of running. Speaking to Channel 2 News after…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday claimed that United States support for rebel forces in Syria is “illegal and ineffective”, Reuters reported. Speaking in an interview with U.S. networks recorded ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama, Putin claimed American-trained rebels were leaving to join the Islamic State (ISIS) with weapons supplied by Washington.…

The IDF on Sunday evening used artillery fire against two targets belonging to the Syrian army in the Golan Heights, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced. According to the statement, the attack was in retaliation for the spillover of the Syrian civil war into the Israeli side of the border over the past two days. “The…

Iraq, Russia, Iran and Syria have agreed to set up an intelligence committee in Baghdad, a spokesman said Sunday, a further sign of Moscow’s growing role in the region’s conflict. Iraq welcomed the creation of the cell as a chance to help harmonize often competing efforts in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist…

Nearly one-third of American adults, if alive during the Holocaust, would refuse to shelter a Jew from the Nazis, a recent poll found.  According to the Hollywood Reporter, the poll was conducted as part of a unique marketing ploy to promote the digital release of Return to the Hiding Place which tells the story of a group of Christians who hid…

“Peddling religion is the greatest crime of all, and I have vowed to dedicate my life [to] fighting this,” he began.  Al-Din Al-Hilali noted that, in his view – and through a close reading of the Koran and knowledge of Muslim history – modern Muslims calling to die to defend holy buildings are actually bypassing…

Opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog launched his latest attack on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government on Sunday, demanding the coalition resign over the shortage of basic food products in supermarkets.  “Today, we will place the four species in the sukkah, decorate it and bless the fruit of the land,” Herzog wrote on his Facebook page. “But Israeli citizens shopping in supermarkets…

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush unveiled on Friday a Jewish support team to help raise funds and garner backing for his campaign from within the American Jewish community.  Announcing the team of prominent US Jews, Bush vowed to “confront anti-Semitism wherever it exists” and “restore our alliances around the world, especially with the brave and democratic…

Economy Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) holds the sole responsibility for banning work on Israel’s trains on Shabbat, officials from the Ministry of Transport confirmed late Saturday – a move which may see thousands of soldiers and civilians stranded before and after the weekly day of rest.  “The Ministry of Economy, headed by the Minister Deri,…

Two left-wing Israeli NGOs have petitioned the High Court to indict a rabbi from Samaria, over an article he wrote six years ago which they allege advocates violence against Arabs and IDF personnel. Rabbi Yosef Elitzur teaches at the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in Yitzhar, northern Samaria, an institution known as a hub of some particularly radical views,…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved the publication of the name of one of the prime candidates for the Chief of Police on Sunday: Roni Alshich, deputy head of the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet). Alshich is a father of seven and grandfather of seven and a resident of Givat Shmuel.  Alshich, 52, previously lived…

A school in central France has hailed back to the Middle Ages this week, after forcing Jewish and Muslim students who do not eat pork, as well as vegetarians, to wear red and yellow discs around their necks.  The Piedalloues primary school in Auxerre, in Burgundy, forced eighteen students to wear the discs, in order…

As Arab violence on the Temple Mount continued with yet another attack on Israeli police Sunday, several Arabs movements in Israel have urged Muslims to go and defend the compound from Jews.  The radical northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel and the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee (HAMC), which represents Arab communities in Israel, called on Muslims across…

For the second time in as many days, fighting from the civil war in Syria has spilled over into the Israeli side of the Golan Heights. A mortar shell from Syria exploded on the Israeli side of the border on Sunday evening, around 8:30 p.m. local time, as Israelis were celebrating the start of the…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that he is ready to discuss a “plan of action” for Syria’s post-war future after the Islamic State (ISIS) group is defeated, reports AFP. Iran, which along with Russia is allied with President Bashar Al-Assad in the war, has until now been kept out of UN diplomatic efforts…

The Israel Police announced on Sunday afternoon that, following the ongoing riots by Arabs on the Temple Mount, it would impose tighter restrictions on Muslim entry to the compound, effective immediately. According to the new instructions, only Muslim men over the age of 50 will be allowed to enter the Temple Mount area. Muslim women…

Loading… Police had their hands full Sunday as Arabs rioted and threw firebombs, fireworks, rocks and other objects at them on the Temple Mount. In a statement, police said that “the conduct of Muslim worshippers and masked rioters made it clear that they were more interested in attacking security forces than in the holiness of…

The Palestinian Authority has been curiously silent over a major fire at a Christian church in Bethlehem. In its sole statement, the PA said that the fire at the St. Charbal church in the city was caused by an “electrical malfunction” – a description that is at odds with an account by Israeli Christian Arab…

In the run-up to the Iranian-American demonstration against the UN visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, to be held 11 AM Monday at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC) has published a letter by over 100 Iranian-American scholars to President Obama, alleging that Rouhani’s regime has engaged in what Amnesty International has…

The Foreign Ministry sent Israel’s diplomatic representatives worldwide instructions Sunday on how to deal with criticism of Israel if and when violence on the Temple Mount continues on Monday, during the Sukkot holiday. The instructions are an indication that Israel expects the rioting to spill over into the holiday. Ambassadors and consuls are expected to…

The Israeli government welcomed Sunday Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s call for other countries in the Middle East to make peace with Israel. “The Government of Israel welcomes Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi’s call to expand the peace with Israel to include additional Arab countries,” a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office read. In a comprehensive interview with Associated…

The Canadian government has revoked the citizenship of Zakaria Amara, one of the senior members of a Toronto terror group that was exposed in June 2006. The National Post reports that he has also been sentenced with life in prison. The law, which Prime Minister Stephen Harper pushed through parliament, allows authorities to cancel Canadian…

The tenth anniversary of the death famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal takes place this September and as part of the Special Commemorative Series memorializing the legendary figure, there will be screenings of “The Lessons of Survival, Conversations with Simon Wiesenthal” ( Finland, 2014), a film produced  by internationally acclaimed European film director, writer and philanthropist Inna Rogatchi.…

An angry mob of Muslims killed at least five and wounded dozens in a Christian neighborhood in Bangui, the capital of the Central Africa Republic (CAR). The violence was sparked after a Muslim man was killed and his body dumped in the street. Eyewitnesses offered conflicting accounts of the today’s incident, with some saying as…

Minister for Public Security Gilad Erdan (Likud) has requested permission to publish the name of the new nominee for the position of police commissioner. The candidate, currently serving as the deputy commander of the General Security Service (GSS, also known as Shabak or Shin Bet), is only known as R. Erdan publicized the request over…

Two Egyptian soldiers were killed and 16 wounded by a roadside bomb today (Saturday), Associated Press reports. A northern Sinai branch of ISIS has taken responsibility for the attack. The interior ministry states that the explosion occurred in the provincial capital of el-Arish, when a parked car blew up as a vehicle carrying soldiers passed.…

A racially-motivated fight between Jewish soccer fans and Arabs led to gunshots tonight (Saturday). Police say that the incident occurred about two hours before a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa began. Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv arrived at the grassy area near the Tirat Hacarmel stadium and came into conflict with about…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday pressed calls for an investigation of the Saudi hajj stampede, in an address to the United Nations that highlighted Tehran’s alarm over the tragedy, AFP reports. Addressing a UN development summit, Rouhani expressed his “regret over the heart-rending incident” in Mecca on Wednesday as the death toll climbed to…

Warsaw is summoning the Russian ambassador after he claimed that Poland was partially at fault for World War Two. During an interview on TVN24 last night (Friday), Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreyev said that Poland bore part of the responsibility for being invaded by Nazis because it had prevented the creation of an anti-Berlin…

Givati Brigade soldiers defended their comrades involved in the alleged assault of two foreign journalists in Beit Furik, telling Arutz Sheva the truth is different than what was presented in Israeli and foreign media over Shabbat.  According to official reports, during a demonstration in the Palestinian town near Shechem on Friday, IDF soldiers hit two journalists from Agence France-Presse (AFP) and broke their…

Hamas criticized the works of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas this week, after he warned Israel against “risk[ing] an intifada” (i.e. terror war – ed.) for defending the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, from violent Arab mobs.  The PA misrepresents Palestinian interests, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri insists; the Palestinian Arab world…

Dozens of Muslim rioters attacked the Israel Police on the Temple Mount on Sunday, ahead of the Sukkot holiday beginning Sunday night. A police statement said young Palestinian Arabs “threw rocks and fireworks at police and border police forces,” who responded with “riot dispersal means.”  No injuries were reported.  The perpetrators were apparently part of the Mourabitoun, Muslim women…

US Secretary of State John Kerry has blocked a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, senior Palestinian and Israeli officials say. During a meeting with four retired Israeli ambassadors in Paris last Monday, Haaretz reported, Abbas said that despite his willingness to meet with Netanyahu, “a third party who is not Israeli”…

Saudi Arabia on Saturday night firmly rejected Iran’s criticism of its handling of the hajj pilgrimage, after Tehran demanded an inquiry into a stampede that killed at least 769 people. “I believe the Iranians should know better than to play politics with a tragedy that has befallen people who were performing their most sacred religious…

The youth movement of the Im Tirtzu organization has put together a petition calling on Education Minister Naftali Bennett to act to dismiss a high school teacher from Haifa who allegedly referred to IDF soldiers as “murderers”. “We, high school students from across the country and from all sectors of society, call on the Minister…

The annual Wiki Loves Monuments international photographic competition is taking place this month and until October 13. The contest, organized worldwide by the Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates across the globe, asks participants to take pictures of local historical monuments and heritage sites in their region, upload them to Wikimedia…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Saturday said the security measures taken by his country along the border with Gaza were not aimed at “harming” Palestinians, AFP reports. “The measures taken by Egypt to secure its eastern borders are in full coordination with the Palestinian Authority and cannot have the aim of harming our Palestinian…

Syria is going to give 75 Russian tanks to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai reports. The tanks are models T-55 and T-72 and intended to help Hezbollah create an armored division, supposedly to fight against al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups. In addition, Russia has approved a plan for 100 Iranian officers…

A second French jihadist, Salim Benghalem, has been named as a possible captor of Western hostages in Syria, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday. Benghalem was named along with Mehdi Nemmouche, who carried out a fatal attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels last year, as suspected “jailers” for the Islamic State…

Five Arabs attacked a haredi man near the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem last night (Friday) before running off towards the New Gate. The victim reportedly did not need medical attention. Police reviewed security footage and located the perpetrators, still in the Old City. All five were quickly arrested and have been…

IDF forces handling a demonstration near Shechem allegedly attacked two foreign journalists, according to a report in the British Guardian. The report claims that the soldiers hit two reporters from Agence France-Presse and broke their equipment, all without provocation. The reports are named as Andrea Bernardi and Abbas Momani. MK Nachman Shai (Zionist Union), a…

US and Western diplomats scrambled to cobble together a diplomatic strategy to end the war in Syria on Saturday after the latest humiliating blow to their military plan. Secretary of State John Kerry and his European counterparts reached out to traditional foe Iran on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.  …

It has been released for publication that Israeli security forces have arrested four Arab residents of Tzur Baher in eastern Jerusalem on suspicion of the murder of Alexander Levlovich, the 64-year-old grandfather killed when Arab rock-throwers ambushed his car on the first night of Rosh Hashanah. All four hold Israeli “resident” status. They have been named as:…

Israeli security forces say that fighting from the Syrian civil war spilled over into Israel this evening (Saturday). Rocket alarms did not go off and there were no reported casualties or damage. Earlier in the afternoon afternoon residents in the northern Golan Heights claimed they had heard loud explosions. The IDF spokesperson unit says that…

Iran demanded on Friday that it and other affected countries be represented in the Saudi investigation into the stampede that killed more than 700 pilgrims, including 131 Iranians, at this year’s annual hajj pilgrimage. “Countries such as Iran, which have suffered so much, should be represented in the inquiry to determine the causes of the…

One of the two children who were found abandoned in a hot car near Beit Shemesh passed away in hospital on Friday afternoon. The two children, aged three and five, were found in their booster chairs in Moshav Zanoach, and were taken to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, where one of them later…

Pope Francis threw his support behind Iran’s accord with major powers as he backed a goal of global abolition of nuclear weapons, AFP reports Friday.  The Iran agreement “is proof of the potential of political goodwill, exercised with sincerity, patience and constancy,” Francis said in an address to the United Nations. “I express my hope that this agreement will be lasting…

Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum joins Ira and Rod to discuss the identity of those from the Nations experiencing an awakening towards True Torah Judaism. Who’s who, and could they be captive children? Click here to download the podcast

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent greetings for the Muslim and Druze holiday of Eid Al-Adha, which was celebrated on Tuesday night and Wednesday.  “My brothers and sisters, members of the Druze community in Israel and the region, I would like to wish all of you a happy holiday on the occasion of Eid Al Adha,”…

House Speaker, Republican leader, and Ohio congressman John Boehner will step down in October, he announced Friday, amid tensions within the US’s conservative political arena over his leadership.  Boehner reportedly told a Republican meeting Friday morning that he did not want to be “the issue” at hand amidst conservative infighting. The Guardian reports that the Speaker…

Two children aged 3 and 5 were found abandoned Friday afternoon in their booster chairs in Moshav Zanoach, adjacent to Beit Shemesh.  MDA crews performed CPR on both children and transferred them to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem. The 3 year-old boy is in critical condition; the 5 year-old, in serious condition.  “When I got to…

Algeria should obtain nuclear weapons to “tell the Jews to leave Palestine,” a former minister stated this week.  A clip surfaced on the internet of a speech by Former Algerian Minister of Urban Development and former head of the FLN party Abderrahmane Belayat Sunday, advocating using the nuclear threat to force the establishment of a Palestinian…

Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said on Friday that the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers “could have been better”, but urged for a look at the positive aspects of a deal. Speaking at a conference in Washington in memory of former Haaretz journalist Ze’ev Schiff, Gantz noted he believed that the…

The Obama administration is ready to open a dialogue with Iran about the situation in Syria, the top American negotiator for the Iranian nuclear deal said on Friday, according to The Associated Press (AP). Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman said she expected the topic would be on the agenda when Secretary…

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday welcomed Russia’s military buildup in Syria in support of common ally President Bashar Al-Assad, saying it was the “failure” of a the United States’ campaign against Islamic State (ISIS) that had forced Moscow’s hand, Reuters reported. Speaking in an interview with the group’s Al-Manar TV, Nasrallah said that increased…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday said that “conditions are ripe” for implementation of the nuclear agreement between his country and the six world powers. Speaking to reporters in New York, where he arrived in order to take part in the UN General Assembly, Rouhani said the implementation of the deal could begin by November…

This coming Monday at 11 a.m. local time, Iranian-Americans from all over the United States will congregate at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in front of the United Nations HQ in New York City to denounce the rapidly deteriorating state of human rights in Iran at the hands of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The protest’s organizers…

A female student at a school in Haifa has accused her teacher of slandering IDF soldiers as being “murderers.” Complaints from the student and her classmates indicate that when she asked the teacher to take back what she said and apologize, the teacher removed her from the classroom. The Hebrew-site 0404 News published a post that the student put…

Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday sharply criticized the leaders of his party, accusing them of surrendering to the Democrats on the Iran nuclear deal and Planned Parenthood. According to Cruz, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have given up on the key issues by not…

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has stirred up controversy due to his anti-Israel comments and by calling Hamas and Hezbollah his “friends”, has accepted an invitation to speak at Labour Friends of Israel’s (LFI) reception next week’s, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Thursday. He will be joined by Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, the…

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have laid terrorism charges in absentia against a man from the city of Calgary who was seen burning his Canadian passport and threatening U.S. President Barack Obama in an Islamic State (ISIS) propaganda video, The Canadian Press reported on Thursday. The man, Farah Mohamed Shirdon, 22, faces several offences,…

President Barack Obama has no plans to meet Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during the UN General Assembly next week in New York, the White House said Thursday, according to AFP. “We currently do not have any plans for a meeting with President Rouhani and we are really not expecting one,” said Ben Rhodes, a senior…

Tzvi Fishman had achieved the American dream: he had made it in Hollywood as a successful screenwriter, had a beautiful beachfront home, a spiffy sports car, and more money than he knew what to do with. But he felt empty. He sold another script for more money and bought a nicer car, but it didn’t…

One of the candidates in the upcoming federal election in Canada is reaching out to local Jews after telling a newspaper this week that she had not heard of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Alex Johnstone, a candidate for the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the Ontario district of Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, is reaching out to rabbis,…

A rare 3,000 year-old seal dating to the period of kings David and Solomon of the 10th century BCE was recently discovered at the Temple Mount Sifting Project in Jerusalem. According to Dr. Gabriel Barkay, co-founder and director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, the seal is the first of its kind to be found…

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog on Thursday night dismissed the Cabinet’s approval of new measures that would impose harsher punishments on rock throwers as “too little, too late”. “Once again Netanyahu is talking instead of doing,” charged Herzog, who added, “The problem is not the means. The Netanyahu government is a failure when it comes…

The Jerusalem regional council and “Meetchabrim (Connecting) – Building a future together” organization are preparing to host their third annual march “Connecting on the Way to Jerusalem,” set to take place during the intermediary days of Sukkot next week. In the march, around 10,000 children and adults both religious and secular will make their way on…