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Terrorists on Friday stormed a popular cafe in the diplomatic area of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, and took a number of hostages, the BBC reports. Several foreigners are among those being held by eight or nine armed men in the city’s Gulshan district, officials told the British network. Two police officers have been killed in…

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, responded on Friday to the Middle East Quartet’s report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The report condemned Palestinian terror, criticized the continued incitement in the Palestinian Authority, but also blasted Israeli over its “settlement construction” in Judea and Samaria and said it was an obstacle to peace. “The Quartet’s…

Netanel Epstein, born and raised in Jerusalem by British Olim, has a natural talent for drawing comics. As a child, he dreamt of creating an internationally popular comic book series on the scope of Tintin and Astrix. Netanel’s goals and very life perspective changed when his close friend, Yoni, was murdered in a terror attack.…

This week saw a significant contrast between the view of large sections of the Israel public and the government – in their evaluation of the agreement with Turkey.  It is perceived by many as a defeat, but by our government as a victory.  This program discusses this in great detail. We have also welcomed in recent days…

Palestinian Arab incitement to terrorism must stop, but so should Israel’s “settlement construction”, the Middle East Quartet said in its report released on Friday. The United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations – which comprise the quartet — said that Israel’s construction of homes in Judea and Samaria, demolition of Palestinian homes and…

Jewish Home chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday presented a plan to stop the latest terror wave against Israelis. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that the Security Cabinet will convene on Saturday night at 10:00 p.m. following the shooting attack south of Hevron. Bennett’s plan for stopping the terror is as follows: 1.…

As the wave of terrorism against Israelis in Judea and Samaria continues, so does the Palestinian incitement. On Friday, hours after Michael Marc of Otniel was murdered in front of his children in a shooting attack south of Hevron, a clip was posted to YouTube threatening MK Yehuda Glick (Likud) with murder. The animated video…

The “Red Alert” rocket siren was heard on Friday night in the Sderot and the Shaar Hanegev area of southern Israel. A rocket fired by Gaza terrorists exploded a short time later in an empty kindergarten in the city of Sderot. There were no injuries, but the building sustained damage. Rocket and mortar fire from…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Office on Friday replied to the Quartet report on the Middle East peace process which was released earlier in the day. In a statement, the PMO welcomed the fact that the report called out the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) continuing incitement to terrorism, but rejected the report’s assertion that Israel’s so-called “settlement…

An Israeli family is missing in the Crimean Peninsula, it was reported Friday. According to Channel 2 News, the five members of the family – a grandfather, grandmother and their three grandchildren – have not yet contacted their relatives since arriving in Crimea and have not checked into their hotel. The five members of the…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday condemned the terrorist attack near Hevron in which 40-year-old Michael “Micki” Marc of Otniel was murdered in front of his children. “Yet another terrorist attack today in Israel — a father, shot at by a Palestinian terrorist, was killed while driving his car, and three of his children…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu paid a condolence call on Hallel-Yaffa Ariel’s family in Kiryat Arba on Friday morning. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) joined Netanyahu, along with Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) and Kiryat Arba-Hevron council head Malachi Levinger. Netanyahu spoke with Hallel’s parents and listened to stories about their 13-year-old daughter who was…

Tens of thousands joined pro-Palestinian rallies in Tehran on Friday, as the annual Quds Day protests take on broader meaning for a region mired in bitter disputes and war. Israel and its perceived supporters in the United States and Britain are still the main bogeymen of the Quds (Jerusalem) Day protests, which saw thousands more rally across Iran and in…

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) has responded to calls from women’s and rabbinical organizations to appoint Zionist religious judges and not to “give in” after the haredi parties used a veto in the committee for appointing judges. “I have received many appeals from various organizations asking me not to help disqualify Zionist religious judges. I…

A Palestinian family is suing the French company Exxelia Technologies for selling weapons parts to Israel. Ynet reports that the Shuheibar family from Gaza City filed the suit through the Ancile-avocats law firm and with help from the Christian organization ACAT. The lawyers claim that Exxelia is complicit in war crimes and manslaughter. According to the suit, an Israeli missile hit the…

A Syrian air force pilot was captured by Islamist rebels after his plane crashed near Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The aircraft crashed in the mountainous region of Qalamun, northwest of the Syrian capital, the Britain-based monitoring group said. “It is not known whether it crashed due to a technical…

One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting attack at the Adorayim Junction south of Hevron in Judea. The fatality has been identified as 40-year-old Michael “Micki” Marc from the nearby town of Otniel, who was traveling in his car with his family when it was targeted. His wife Chavi was seriously wounded in the attack,…

Three Border Police officers were lightly wounded by Muslim rioters at Qalandia checkpoint near Jerusalem on Friday afternoon. The officers were struck by rocks hurled by Arab rioters, who were waiting for permission to enter Israeli territory from the Palestinian Authority, on their way to the Temple Mount’s Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Security forces…

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has condemned the “heinous murder” of a 13-year-old Israeli girl stabbed to death in her sleep by a Palestinian terrorist Thursday. “I am shocked by the heinous murder of 13 year old Hallel Yaffa Ariel, who was attacked by a Palestinian terrorist while she was sleeping in her bedroom,”…

Esther Mirom, the director of the Harikud dance national studio in which Hallel-Yaffa Ariel participated, told Arutz Sheva about her talented student who was viciously murdered on Thursday. “Hallel was an amazing dancer. She studied here for five years. What characterized her was her very strong and meaningful quietness. She was graceful and an amazing dancer. She came…

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has announced that transgender people will be allowed to openly serve in the US military. “We have to have access to 100 percent of America’s population for our all-volunteer force to be able to recruit from among them the most highly qualified — and to retain them,” he said. Trans…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke the US embassy’s Independence Day celebration on Thursday. “This night of celebration comes after a day of tragedy. In Kiryat Arba, near Hevron the city of our forefathers, the young Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13-year-old, was murdered lying in her bunk bed. What makes someones slit the throat of a child? It’s not the…

An Arab terrorist tried to stab people by the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron before being shot by nearby IDF and Border Police forces. The terrorist reportedly approached a Border Police post at an entrance to the site and pulled out a knife before she was shot. No one else was harmed. The IDF and…

A professional poker player is denouncing what she considers widespread anti-Semitism in the in professional poker. hails from the Midwest and says that most people don’t initially suspect that she is Jewish. Thirty-one-year-old Jaclynn Moskow, who is also a doctor of osteopathic medicine, recently talked to New York Daily News about her first appearance on the popular…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu paid a condolence call on Hallel-Yaffa Ariel’s family in Kiryat Arba on Friday morning. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) joined Netanyahu, along with Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) and Kiryat Arba-Hevron council head Malachi Levinger. Netanyahu spoke with Hallel’s parents and listened to stories about their 13-year-old daughter who was…

A new survey from Rasmussen Reports has found that Donald Trump has taken the lead from Hillary Clinton in the US presidential race. The poll, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, questioned 1,000 people both by telephone and online. It has a 3 percent margin of error and 95 percent level of confidence. Analysts found that 43 percent of…

Tens of thousands joined pro-Palestinian rallies in Tehran on Friday, as the annual Quds Day protests take on broader meaning for a region mired in bitter disputes and war. Israel and its perceived supporters in the United States and Britain are still the main bogeymen of the Quds (Jerusalem) Day protests, which saw thousands more rally across Iran and in…

Of all the failures of Man, the error of the Meraglim (Spies) ranks high on the list. Unfortunately, the Spies have not left us and live on in many forms. Parshat Shlach offers many insights and lessons for Modern Israel. The bottom line is very simple; strive to be like Caleb Ben Yephuneh and Yehoshua…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening thanked the United States for its friendship with Israel and for its military support as well, but also for “making the world a much better place”. Netanyahu’s comments were made at a Fourth of July event at U.S. Ambassador Daniel Shapiro’s residence. Netanyahu began his remarks by mentioning…

Canada has lodged a formal complaint with the Palestinian Authority over its chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s recent accusations against Israel, The National Post reported. The move came after Abbas alleged in a speech to the European Parliament in Brussels last week that Israeli rabbis had plotted to murder Palestinians by poisoning their wells. “Just a week…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (JTA) – Taking a seat on the dugout bench of the Portland Sea Dogs, Nate Freiman politely dismisses the premise that he pines to return to the major leagues. Maybe it’s a defense mechanism now that he’s two seasons and three organizations removed from his last appearance in the bigs. But Freiman, dripping…

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is hinting that Western nations, including Australia, are secretly doing deals with his country despite openly criticizing him and calling on him to step down. Assad made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Australia’s SBS News. He accused Western countries of “double standards” for openly criticizing his government, in public,…

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A group of Israeli lawmakers and Latin American diplomats launched an initiative to prevent the closure of the Israeli embassy in San Salvador. “I believe that Israel, instead of getting distant from Latin America, should get much closer and water the relationship as a plant,” said El Salvador Ambassador to…

At least 70 regime and rebel fighters have been killed in 24 hours in a government assault and a jihadist-led counterattack in northern Syria, a monitor said Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 30 regime soldiers and 39 rebel fighters had been killed in battles around Al-Maleh, north of Aleppo, since Wednesday afternoon.…

MK Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Joint List party, on Thursday contacted Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and demanded he open an investigation against Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on suspicion of incitement to violence after he called MK Hanin Zoabi “a terrorist”. “Yesterday, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman published a post on his Facebook page with these words:…

Iranian officials continue to verbally attack Israel and wish for its destruction. On Thursday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they envisage a Jerusalem in 25 years from now when “no Israel would be present on the map,” Haaretz reported. The Iranian military organization made the remarks in a statement quoted by Iran’s Mehr news agency. The…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his support for Israel and said that, as President, he would “protect Israel 100 percent”. Trump’s comments, quoted by The Washington Free Beacon, came in response to a question by an anti-Israel man who attended his New Hampshire rally. The man took the microphone during the question-and-answer…

This morning, she was sleeping in bed. Tonight, she sleeps in the earth. Thousands escorted Hallel Ariel to her final resting place. Just 13 years-old, she was stabbed more than a dozen times this morning by a 17 year-old terrorist, as she lay sleeping. Hallel’s mother kisses her bier. “You didn’t want anything.” she chokes…

The United States has ramped up refugee processing and is now likely to meet the administration’s goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees by October 1, a senior official told Congress Thursday. Citing the humanitarian crisis triggered by Syria’s brutal civil war, President Barack Obama had called for a dramatic increase in the number of Syrian…

Silvan Shalom resigned his post as Interior Minister in November of 2015 following several allegations of sexual assault. Now the charges against him are being dropped. Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit announced this evening (Thursday) that the investigation of former Minister Shalom, following allegations of sexual assault, has ended, and no indictment will be filed. Several women accused…

Hallel-Yaffa Ariel, the 13-year-old Israeli girl stabbed to death as she slept by a Palestinian terrorist, was a US citizen, an American government official has said. Associated Press’s chief diplomatic correspondent Matt Lee said the official had informed him of Ariel’s status as a citizen. The US State Department later confirmed that report. The State…

A CCTV camera captured the chaotic moments an Arab terrorist went on a stabbing spree at Netanya market. The footage shows pedestrians going about their daily business before suddenly, just off-camera, the terrorist strikes. After initially fleeing to safety, dozens of passersby then turn to face the terrorist, chasing him until he was finally shot…

The backlash against British Labor party leader Jeremy Corbyn for comparing Israel to ISIS has continued, with condemnations and mockery being expressed in equal measure on social media.  Corbyn’s comments today, said against the backdrop of an internal investigation into anti-Semitism in his party, sparked a round of denouncements from Israeli officials across the political spectrum.  What is probably the best…

The mother of the Arab terrorist who murdered a 13-year-old Israeli girl in her sleep has praised her son’s actions, hailing him as a “martyr” and expressing hope that others will follow in his path. 17-year-old Mohammed Nasser Tarayra of the Palestinian village of Bani Naim, near Hevron, stabbed Hallel-Yaffa Ariel to death after breaking into her house in…

This morning a terrorist sneaked into the bedroom of a 13-year-old girl, Hallel-Yaffa Ariel. He murdered young Hallel in cold blood. A picture of her blood stained room is almost too hard to see. There’s a teddy bear still on her bed, a red beanbag chair, some pictures on the wall, shoes tightly packed in…

President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday evening stressed Israel’s commitment to its special relationship with the United States, in comments at the Fourth of July celebration at the home of the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro in Herzliya. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Shapiro also spoke at the celebration. “We are proud to share with…

The father of 13-year-old Hallel-Yaffa Ariel, who was murdered in her sleep by a Palestinian terrorist Thursday morning, has spoken of his gifted girl’s dreams of becoming a dancer. “Last night she came back from a dance performance,” Amichai Ariel recounted. “She was an amazing girl.”  “She worked very hard for years to become a dancer. She…

Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is in hot water again, this time over a speech in which he appeared to compare Israel to the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group. Ironically, Corbyn’s controversial remarks were made in an address concerning the party’s recent anti-Semitism saga, over which dozens of politicians were suspended for anti-Semitic…

Lapid referenced this morning’s (Thursday) murder of 13-year-old Hallel-Yaffa Ariel by a Palestinian terrorist in his statement, saying: “It is inconceivable that on such a tragic day for Israel, on which an innocent girl is murdered by an evil terrorist lowlife simply for the crime of being Jewish, the head of the opposition in Britain will draw an equivalence…

The Brexit saga continues to produce twists in the tale. In a surprising announcement, former London Mayor Boris Johnson, one of the most visible and vocal proponents of the “Leave” campaign in the Brexit referendum, and one who’d been tabbed by many as the overwhelming favorite to be the next Prime Minister of Britain, has…

Turkey’s state-run news agency reported that police have detained at least 22 people in connection to the terror attack on Ataturk Airport. Officials identified three as ISIS fighters, originally from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Dagestan, a region in the south of Russia. Dagestan has been suffering from guerrila terror since 2000. All three areas are predominantly…

A group of army reservists has petitioned the Supreme Court to block the payment of “reparations” to the families of terrorists. One of the provisions of the newly signed Turkey reconciliation agreement obligates Israel to transfer millions of Dollars to the families of the terrorists killed on the Mavi Marmara in the Gaza flotilla incident of…

Thousands of mourners have gathered in the Judean town of Kiryat Arba near Hevron on Thursday afternoon, for the funeral of Hallel-Yaffa Ariel, the 13-year-old girl murdered in her sleep by an Arab terrorist. The funeral procession began with eulogies outside the Ariel family home in the  Ramat Mamre “Charsina” neighborhood at the edge of Kiryat Arba, and…

Ahead of today’s Security Council meeting, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon called on the Council to condemn the murder of Hallel Ariel, the 13-year-old Jewish girl stabbed to death in her bed by a Palestinian terrorist. The ambassador made a connection between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ claim in the European Parliament…

At least one person has been seriously wounded in a stabbing attack in the coastal Israeli city of Netanya. According to initial reports the attack took place in Netanya market. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics who arrived at the scene said they found a 30-year-old male victim in serious condition. The victim was given emergency first-aid…

Former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks furiously condemned Jeremy Corbyn’s comparison between Israel and ISIS. In wake of the Chakrabarti Report, which raised questions about anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party, Corbyn tried to placate critics by claiming “our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel…than our Muslim friends are for…

Israel’s Mission to the United Nations on Wednesday called for the return of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) peacekeepers to the Israel-Syrian border in the Golan Heights, amid fears Iran and the ISIS terror group are looking to gain a foothold on the Syrian side of the prized strategic area. The UNDOF force, which…

MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint Arab List) on Thursday morning justified her recent claims that Israeli naval commandos “murdered” the passengers of the Mavi Marmara while she participated in the 2010 “Gaza flotilla”, which attempted to break Israel’s security blockade on Gaza. “Hanin Zoabi does not have the freedom and right to express her political views,”…

Residents of Gush Etzion together with the men and women of the Women in Green grassroots movement, set out to renovate and restore the Gush Etzion Junction in Judea, a site of frequent attacks in recent months. As part of the “Revitalizing Gush Etzion Junction” project to improve the appearance of the place, activists adorned…

A US publisher of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi manifesto announced its decision to donate all proceeds to a local organization that works directly with aging Holocaust survivors, according to a Boston Globe report. The move comes after Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston-based publisher of one of the English translations of ‘Mein Kampf’, recently received criticism for…

A teenage girl was killed Thursday morning in Kiryat Arba when a terrorist broke into her home and stabbed her dozens of times as she lay in bed. A second victim, who responded to the terror attack, has been seriously wounded. The terrorist has been eliminated. MDA emergency responders were called to the scene at…

Hevron activist Baruch Marzel responded Thursday morning to the terror attack in Kiryat Arba that left Hallel-Yaffa Ariel dead and one injured. Blasting what he called the government’s “passive” approach to terrorism, Marzel called for the army to “uproot” terrorism in order to prevent future attacks. “The state’s policies have failed. This is a classic…

An MDA volunteer who received an emergency call this morning discovered that one of the two victims was husband, a member of the local security squad who was wounded while responding to the terror attack in the Ramat Mamre (Givat Harsina) neighborhood of Kiryat Arba on Thursday. The attack, which took place in the Ariel…

A look into the room where an Arab terrorist murdered Hallel-Yaffa Ariel. This video contains disturbing images that may not be appropriate for all viewers.

The bereaved mother of the 13-year old girl murdered in Thursday’s terror attack in Kiryat Arba spoke to Arutz Sheva at the Shaarei Tzedek hospital, where her daughter was evacuated after being stabbed dozens of times by an Arab terrorist. “My daughter was just sleeping – tranquil, relaxed, happy – when a terrorist came to…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed that Israel is behind all the conflicts in the Arab world, and called on all Muslims in the world to take part on Friday in various activities as part of Al-Quds Day, which takes place on the final Friday of Ramadan and is used by Iran to spread…

PARIS (JTA) — France’s highest court affirmed a one-year prison sentence for a professor who questioned the Holocaust’s veracity. The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal last week of Vincent Reynouard, who has since fled the country and is presumed escaped. It was the last of several appeals by Reynouard to the sentence imposed last…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday night blasted the IHH organization which was behind the May 2010 flotilla to Gaza that sparked the crisis between Israel and Turkey. “Did you ask me before you set sail? Did you ask my permission,” Erdogan said at Wednesday’s iftar meal, according to Haaretz. The attack came after…

German prosecutors on Wednesday said they are dropping their investigation of a former SS officer suspected of war crimes in Italy, The Associated Press reported. Prosecutors in Stuttgart said a criminal prosecution is no longer possible because the man, 94-year-old Wilhelm Kusterer, is unable to stand trial for health reasons. Kusterer was sentenced in absentia…

Diaspora Jews have still yet to catch up with Israel in terms of the weekly Torah reading, which for them is now Shlach, the reading about the spies and their rejection of the Land of Israel. Turns out, they found out the hard way, they had rejected far more than a new home land, and…

(JTA) — Chabad of Morocco joined a Christian-Jewish fellowship and a local Muslim group in an interfaith effort to provide food at Ramadan for thousands of needy Muslim families in the country. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and the Muslim group Mimouna, along with Chabad, teamed to deliver 1,500 boxes of food worth…

CIA Director John Brennan said on Wednesday that the terrorist attack on the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, in which 41 people were killed and hundreds more were wounded, bore the grim hallmarks of the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group. Speaking to Yahoo News, Brennan warned that the fanatically violent Islamic terrorist group wants to conduct…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday met with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, part of his first official visit to Ramallah since being appointed to the position. According to Anadolu news agency, Shoukry also met with his PA counterpart, Riyad al-Malki, for talks which centered on Israel-PA peace negotiations and the…

The Joint List party on Wednesday stood behind its MK Hanin Zoabi and blasted what it called the “fascist attack” against her by MKs from both the coalition and opposition during the Knesset debate on the reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey. A shouting match erupted on the floor of the Knesset during an address…

During a recent visit by United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon to a Gaza school run under the auspices of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), a map erasing the State of Israel was hidden from view, covered with a long white cloth. The official Palestinian Authority…

The fight over the Tender Years Clause, which gives divorcing mothers automatic custody over children under six years old, grew more vocal and bitter than ever Wednesday after Coalition Chairman David Bitan (Likud) announced that he intends to ignore the government’s decision to support a bill that would cancel the clause. Activists who support the…

With Turkey reeling after Tuesday’s massive terror attack that left 41 dead and more than 200 wounded, Israelis present in the Istanbul airport at the time are returning home after the harrowing experience. On Wednesday Arutz Sheva caught up with some of the Israeli survivors of the carnage. Menachem, who was inside the airport at…

The family of Mohammed Said Ali, who was shot dead after he stabbed a Border Policeman at Damascus Gate on October 10, celebrated his 20th birthday with an unusual birthday cake. A photograph showing the moment of the stabbing had been printed on the cake’s icing, and the writing on the cake said: “Mohammed Ali…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke Wednesday afternoon with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit regarding the possible expulsion of Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi from the Knesset. “With her actions and lies she crossed every line and she has no place in the Knesset,” Netanyahu said. Earlier on Wednesday Zoabi caused an uproar on the Knesset floor…

Israel’s chief rabbis, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef and Rabbi David Lau, told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday that under no conditions may the Reform movement be allowed to gain ground, especially at the Western Wall. Also attending the meeting were Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, and the heads of the haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism…

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman responded sharply on Wednesday to comments made by Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi in the Knesset labelling IDF soldiers “terrorists” and condemning Israel for committing “murder”. “The soldiers of the IDF will continue to fight terrorists on land, sea, and air, including terrorists sailing on the sea [in flotillas], and who…

A constitutional court in Belgium ruled on Wednesday that traditional Jewish shechita is permitted under Belgian law and will be allowed to continue unimpeded. “Restrictions on kosher shechita”, the judge ruled, “contradict basic human rights laws and religious rights in Belgium.” In recent months some members of the Flemish parliament have proposed bans on kosher…

A group of nine Israelis on Wednesday evening had to be rescued from the Palestinian Arab city of Ramallah, after locals attacked one of their vehicles. The Israelis reportedly willingly entered the city. Locals who noticed them hurled rocks and firebombs at one of their cars, which caught fire. All nine escaped without injury. Eight…

David Lev and Dr. Sam Minskoff have a lively discussion over the question of holiday makers coming to Israel and making a contribution towards the Jewish homeland, and their own association with connecting with it in a meaningful way. Loading… Click here to download the podcast

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev (Likud) spoke with Knesset Chairman Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday, urging him to remove MK Aida Touma-Suleiman (Joint List) from her position as chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality following her refusal to hold a committee meeting regarding women in the IDF. “This is…

An Orthodox Jewish woman and her six-year old child were attacked by stone-throwers in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon, narrowly escaping injury. The incident took place on Nostrand Avenue near Avenue J at approximately 5:00 p.m. Witnesses say two African American teenagers threw stones at a vehicle driven by an Orthodox Jewish woman while yelling anti-Semitic slurs.…

The Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) pushed back an offensive by US-trained Syrian rebels on a key route linking jihadist territory in eastern Syria to Iraq, a monitor said Wednesday. The New Syrian Army, backed by US-led coalition strikes, had advanced overnight on ISIS territory near the Albu Kamal border crossing and adjacent town. The…

Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is angering neighbors with the privacy settings he’s building at his Hawaii vacation property. Zuckerberg is building a six-foot-tall wall around his waterfront property on the island of Kauai, and neighbors say it is blocking their ocean views and breezes, West Hawaii Today reported Tuesday. Zuckerberg, 32, is the sixth richest person…

A shouting match erupted on the floor of the Knesset on Wednesday during an address by Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi following the government’s ratification of a reconciliation deal with Turkey. Zoabi, who is known for her outspoken opposition to Zionism and support for pro-Hamas activities, participated in the 2010 “Gaza flotilla” which attempted to…

French police are probing new threats against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the target of a jihadist attack in January 2015 that left 12 dead, a legal source said Wednesday. The publication has received a series of threatening messages on its Facebook page since June 8, and on June 22 a hand-written letter was posted to…

Speaking at a protest tent outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, Tzur Goldin – brother of slain IDF soldier Hadar Goldin – called on Jews around the world to help bring his brother’s body home, and told Arutz Sheva the government needed to “change the equation” in dealing with kidnappings. IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and…

Knesset Members from the Likud party responded with outrage on Wednesday to comments by MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List), including demands her critics apologize, claiming the recently signed deal normalizing relations with Turkey validated her participation in a 2010 pro-Hamas flotilla. Deputy Knesset Speaker Nava Boker (Likud) called for the anti-Zionist MK to be expelled…

MK Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) announced yesterday at the 9th Ramle Conference that he will be forming an official Knesset lobby on behalf of the family structure. (A Knesset lobby is a group of MKs seeking to enlist support for a cause or policy within the Knesset and government.) The announcement dovetailed nicely with the…

Leaders from across the political spectrum called upon embattled Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn to resign on Wednesday, following last week’s Brexit vote. Despite having supported a break-up with the European Union for decades, Corbyn campaigned on behalf of ‘remain’. While Prime Minister David Cameron (Conservative) resigned following the referendum, Corbyn has refused to step down…

For many years Joseph Hirt, 91, would go around schools, academic institutions and other lecture venues to talk about his experiences from Auschwitz, the Nazi extermination camp. Thousands of listeners sat glued to their seats hearing about the horrifying experiences Hirt and the other inmates went through, and he became one of the most popular…

In the Ponary woods, near Vilna, scientists have made an emotional and exciting discovery. Using x-ray technology a team of researchers has found a tunnel dug by concentration camp prisoners to escape the Nazis. For decades this tunnel remained hidden, but advances in technology have revealed its exact location. During the holocaust, over 100,000 residents of…

Turkey’s Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, said Tuesday night that 41 people and three suicide bombers died in the attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport. 140 people were wounded in the attack at the airport, which is located just outside of Istanbul. Yildirm said that so far all indications point to the Islamic State (ISIS) group being…

“The family structure in Israel is endangered by a Communist plot.” So said journalist and men’s activist Gil Ronen at a conference on the topic of “the family” on Tuesday, causing some predictably irate responses. Ronen did not give in. The conference, organized by the Komemiyut and Hotam organizations, and co-sponsored by the Ramle municipality,…

A 23-year-old Israeli Arab from Umm el-Fahm was indicted Wednesday morning for attempting to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, after he was stopped at Ben Gurion Airport earlier this month on his way to Syria, it has been cleared for publication. Ibrahim Hassan Yousef Agbariya was arrested as part of a joint Shin Bet and Israel Police…

NEW YORK (JTA) — Eve Goldberg’s son, Isaac, was in a panic. He had to get out of college. Isaac Goldberg Volkmar had been at the University of Rhode Island for less than a semester in 2009 when he called his mother desperate to escape. He had joined a fraternity, where his brothers got him to…

The International Quartet will today (Wednesday) release their long-awaited report into the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Tomorrow the UN Security Council will meet to discuss this report. Yisrael Hayom cites a senior Israeli official who claims a significant victory for Israel. The report will not discuss the legality of the communities in Judea and Samaria. “By leaving this…

The Select Committee on Benghazi released a shocking report yesterday, detailing the bumbled efforts to save the American diplomatic team while politicians worked to protect their own backyards. The report, whose full contents can be found here, was written to be “worthy of the American people’s respect, and worthy of the memory of those who…

The Ninth President of Israel Shimon Peres condemned the terrorist attack that took place last night in Istanbul at the Ataturk Airport and said: “This morning, my heart is with the Turkish people who experienced yesterday an unbearable terrorist attack – the murder of dozens of innocent civilians in cold blood by fanatic extremists. Whosoever…

Channel 10 news reporter Avishai Ben-Haim, who works very closely with the haredi community (but is not haredi himself), thinks the press has committed a grave injustice in its coverage of the suicide of Esti Weinstein, saying that “basically everything you’ve heard about haredi wickedness in this matter is untrue.” Weinstein was found dead in…

David, an Israeli who was at the Ataturk Airpost in Istanbul during of Tuesday’s suicide bomb attacks, recalled what he saw in a conversation with Channel 10 News. He said that the group to which he belonged heard gunshots, when suddenly there was a big explosion. “The whole incident happened just as we landed. We…

Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar praised the reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey which was signed today. “Renewal of diplomatic ties without removing the Gaza blockade is the greatest strategic move,” he said. “Through tactical negotiations, we have reached reconciliation with a regional power. We have paid a high price [by not insisting on…

Turkey’s Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, said Tuesday night that 36 people and three suicide bombers died in the attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport. 140 people were wounded in the attack at the airport, which is located just outside of Istanbul. Yildirm said that so far all indications point to the Islamic State (ISIS) group being…

This week Yitzchak Reuven is alone at the mike as Rabbi Richman finishes up his speaking tour in Texas, and Yitzchak shares his thoughts about the spies who lost their nerve, about Korach, whose sharp mind, smooth tongue and unbridled ambition lands him and his privileged followers deep in the bowels of the earth till…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump responded on Tuesday to the terrorist attacks on the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, calling on the world to realize what is going on and saying that such terrorist attacks must be prevented from happening in the United States. “Yet another terrorist attack, this time in Turkey. Will the world ever…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday night that the suicide attack on Istanbul’s main international airport was aimed at undermining Turkey through the killing of innocent people. “It is clear that this attack is not aimed at achieving any result but only to create propaganda material against our country using simply the blood…

24 Syrian civil society groups enlisted by the United Nations to support peace talks threatened to quit Tuesday over the failure to halt fighting in the five-year war. The non-governmental organizations wrote in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that the mounting death toll meant their presence at the peace table was “not only…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to take what he termed “courageous steps” toward peace and blasted Israel’s “occupation” of Judea and Samaria. Ban spoke as he made a farewell visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. He visited the Gaza, met Netanyahu and later held talks with PA…

The United States on Tuesday night issued a statement in which it said it “condemns in the strongest possible terms” the terrorist attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport.  “Ataturk International Airport, like Brussels Airport which was attacked earlier this year, is a symbol of international connections and the ties that bind us together,” the statement…

The family of Hadar Goldin, the IDF soldier whose body continues to be held by Hamas in Gaza, on Tuesday night sent a letter to the members of the Security Cabinet ahead of the Wednesday’s discussion in which the Cabinet is expected to approve the reconciliation agreement with Turkey. The family, along with the family…

US-backed rebel fighters in eastern Syria said they launched an offensive on Tuesday to sever a vital supply route of the Islamic State group to neighboring Iraq. The New Syrian Army’s fighters are first aiming to cut the route before targeting Albu Kamal, a town in the oil-rich eastern Deir Ezzor province mostly held by…

Three separate terrorist cells were broken up recently by security forces in the Palestinian village of Beit Fajjar, near Gush Etzion in Judea, it has been cleared for publication. 19 terrorist cell members – several of whom were younger than 18 years old – have already been indicted on terror charges. The wave of arrests came after…

The US-led fight against the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq and Syria could be completed within 14 months, a senior US official told skeptical lawmakers Tuesday. Some 65 countries are engaged at varying levels in trying to defeat the ISIS group in its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, under a campaign that began…

In the wake of the Brexit vote and the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron, it is not only the Conservative Party who are in disarray. British Opposition MPs held a vote of no-confidence in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today (Tuesday) – and the non-binding resolution passed by 172-40. However, Mr. Corbyn has said the ballot had…

One of the biggest problems facing young adults today is student loan debt and the cost of higher education. David Carlson, founder of the millennial personal finance blog Young Adult Money and author of Hustle Away Debt, discusses whether debts incurred by tuition fees are really worth it.  Find out how to get out of…

(JTA) Only a week ago, Jeremy Corbyn seemed to have survived his biggest public relations debacle as the leader of Britain’s Labour Party: the proliferation of anti-Semitic rhetoric among its members. Yet this week, the British vote to leave the European Union achieved what Corbyn’s opponents failed to do in their attacks against him over anti-Semitism.…

Burak Turan, the Turkish prosecutor representing the armed IHH Turkish jihadists who were killed on board the Mavi Marmara, claims that it is impossible to end the civil action suit against the IDF soldiers who took part in the raid. This is despite the huge compensation that Israel is expected to pay to the families of…

Footage has emerged showing the moment a deadly explosion ripped through Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more. Turkish authorities say two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the attack. The terrorists were fired upon by police in an attempt to stave off the attack, possibly avoiding a far greater…

At least 28 people were killed and at least 60 more wounded in a terrorist attack at Ataturk Airport, located just outside of Istanbul in Turkey, on Tuesday evening. The Foreign Ministry in Israel said that it is examining whether there were Israeli casualties in the attack, but at this stage there is no indication that…

Police believe that the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group was behind suicide bomb attacks at Istanbul’s international airport that killed 28 people on Tuesday evening, Reuters reports, citing the Turkish Dogan News Agency. Dogan cited police sources as saying: “ISIS is behind the attack” at the Ataturk Airport. A Turkish official, however, said it was…

Turkey and Israel will “start the process of ambassador appointment” this week after the former allies signed a deal to normalize ties following a bitter row six years ago, Ankara said.   Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin, making the announcement, also said Turkey and Russia’s foreign ministers would meet in the Russian resort of Sochi on…

“[PA District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh] Dr. Laila Ghannam during her participation in the celebrations of the Palestinian Scout Association’s full membership in the international organization (i.e., World Organization of the Scout Movement), which was held by the [Palestinian Scout] Association with the participation of scout [associations] from Arab and world states, under the…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to work towards freeing Israeli citizens held by the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza. Speaking at a joint press conference with the UN chief, who is in Israel on his last tour of the Middle East before handing over to his successor, Netanyahu…

Police have completed their initial investigation into Perah Lerner, a former close advisor on Knesset affairs to Prime Minister Netanyahu who is suspected of committing fraud, breach of trust and other offenses. The investigation began in July 2015 at the request of the Government Attorney. She is suspected passing on to her husband internal information…

Education Minister Naftali Bennett visited the Jerusalem Beis Malka women’s seminary of the Belz Hasidim today (Tuesday) and received a very special welcome. Bennett was accompanied by MK Yisrael Eichler, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Tzvika Cohen and Head of the Jerusalem Education Administration, Moshe (Kinley) Tor-Paz. Bennett toured the classrooms and learned about the Hasidic…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle, suspected of using ill-gotten gains to build a real estate empire in France, has been charged with corruption, an anti-graft group said Tuesday. Rifaat al-Assad, 78, who was Syria’s vice president in the 1980s, was charged on June 9 with embezzlement and money-laundering, the Paris-based Sherpa group said in a…

The leader of the largest political party in Poland took part in ceremonies commemorating the burning of a synagogue in Bialystok during the Holocaust. In his speech at the Great Synagogue of Bialystok, Jaroslaw Kaczynski stressed German responsibility for the Holocaust, the dangers of anti-Semitism, and the need for cooperation with Israel. “The Holocaust was the fault…

On Monday night’s episode of “American Ninja Warrior,” Orthodox rabbinical student Akiva Neuman competed with his yarmulke, tzizit and a T-shirt that showed a muscular rabbi lifting a Torah over his head. “Usually ‘rabbi’ goes along with ‘pot belly,’ so I’m gonna try and change that,” Neuman, a resident of the Queens borough of New York City…

The Jews of France have no future in their country because of Arab immigration and deep-seated anti-Semitism, said Natan Sharansky, the head of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Sharansky made the declaration on Monday in Paris, where he was attending a Jewish Agency board of governors meeting held in the French capital  for the first time…

Prime Minister Netanyahu met today (Tuesday) with the families of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, whose bodies are being held by the Hamas terrorist organization, and with the family of Israeli civilian Avera Mengistu who is being held by Hamas in Gaza. The meeting came after increased protests by the families and the…

MK Yehuda Glick, in response to the violence on the Temple Mount and the decision to temporarily bar Jews from it, has called for a more resolute stance, in a statement released by his spokesman. “The Public Security Minister and the Israel Police have shown in the past year that they know how to fight unflinchingly against the…

The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday an appeal filed by Jack Teitel, who was convicted in 2013 for the murder of two Palestinian Arabs, dismissing claims the killer suffered from temporary insanity and was thus not responsible for his actions. Teitel, a 43-year old American-born immigrant, confessed to murdering an Arab taxi driver and a…

A 73-year old Jewish woman who came to pray at the Western Wall was wounded Tuesday morning by Arab stone-throwers on the Temple Mount above the Western Wall Plaza. The woman, who was lightly wounded, was treated on the scene before being evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital. Police are still searching for the…

The Southern District Police Commander, Major General David Bitan, has established a committee to investigate why police who arrived at the beach in Ashdod following a call about a suspicious vehicle failed to leave their police cruiser to inspect the car and didn’t even write down its license plate number.  Last Saturday a citizen reported a suspicious vehicle on the…

62% of the Jewish public in Israel and 71% of the non-haredi population think Reform and Conservative conversion should be allowed to use public mikvehs, compared to 38% of the general public who are opposed. Among secular Israelis the margin of support is even greater, with 86% saying they support the use of public mikvehs…

Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze’ev Elkin, spoke with Arutz Sheva on Tuesday regarding the planned evacuation of Amona, calling upon the Justice and Defense ministries to do everything in their power to find a solution for the embattled community. Amona, a small town located near Ofra in Samaria, is slated for destruction, after the Supreme Court…

The definitive book of photos showing the history of Americans in the Holy Land will be published shortly. Here are two never-before-seen pictures from the book showing Jews boarding and disembarking from the USS Tennessee after their expulsion by the Turks in 1915.  Stay tuned for information on the book’s publication. Jewish refugees boarding and registering in…

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) spoke out Tuesday morning regarding the recent crises involving the Reform movement, especially those regarding the Western Wall and mikvaot (pools for religious purity). In his opinion, Prime Minister Netanyahu has to choose between the desires of Reform Jews outside Israel, or those of haredim in Israel. “I’m…

Tzlil Turgeman, a reservist medic from the Givati reconnaissance battalion which fought back Hamas terrorists who killed Hadar Goldin and took his body into captivity, blasted Israel’s reconciliation deal with Turkey, saying that the agreement abandoned those being held by Hamas and wasted a “golden opportunity” for their return. “About two year ago we took…

A senior Palestinian Authority official said yesterday (Monday), that if he saw an Israeli he’d ‘slit his throat’. The official is Fatah Central Committee member and adviser to PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Sultan Abu al-Einein.  In an interview with the Donia Al Watan site discussing the matter of normalization of relations with Israel and the talks currently ongoing…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday night addressed the reconciliation agreement his country signed with Israel, saying Turkey would seek to improve the living standards of the people of Gaza following the agreement. Speaking to tradesmen at an iftar dinner in the Presidential Complex in Ankara and quoted by the Daily Sabah newspaper, Erdogan…

(JTA) — A monument to the victims of the Holocaust-era ghetto of Lviv in western Ukraine was vandalized in what police suspect is an anti-Semitic incident. Unidentified vandals on Friday threw several gallons of green paint on the memorial, which was erected in 1992 in memory of tens of thousands of Jews who were kept…

Jordanian intelligence officials stole weapons that the CIA and Saudi Arabia had supplied for Syrian rebels, then sold them on the black market, The New York Times and Al Jazeera revealed on Monday. The military equipment had been shipped into Jordan as part of the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret program to train and equip moderate…

A new wave of suicide bombings struck a Lebanese village near the border with war-ravaged Syria where similar attacks killed five people only hours earlier on Monday, a security source said on Monday evening. In the latest violence, three suicide bombers riding motorcycles blew themselves up in the center of the mainly Christian village of…

(JTA) — A Jewish lawmaker in Britain’s Parliament has joined more than 20 Labour Party members in resigning from the opposition’s shadow cabinet — part of the fallout from the British vote to leave the European Union. Luciana Berger, the most senior Jewish member of the shadow cabinet, according to the Jewish Chronicle, stepped down…

Former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday night called on Israeli ministers to stop what he termed the “bad agreement” with Turkey. Under the agreement, officially announced by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu earlier on Monday, Israel will provide $20 million in compensation to the families of jihadists killed aboard the Mavi Marmara ship, which in…

Gazans on Monday voiced their disappointment with the reconciliation deal between Turkey and Israel, due to the fact that does not stipulate that Israel should stop the naval blockade on Gaza. A Hamas official who spoke to the Chinese Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity said that Hamas leaders are unhappy with the details…

A week after allowing watermelon imports from Israel for the first time in eight years, Gaza’s Hamas rulers have decided: No more. Gaza’s Ministry of Agriculture announced on Monday that the imports of watermelons from Israel would stop after local farmers agreed to lower their prices by the end of the week, according to the…

Bondy, a municipality located near Paris, passed a motion declaring a boycott of Israeli “settlement goods” and vowing further research and labeling on other products from the Jewish state, JTA reported Monday. The council of Bondy passed the resolution with only five objections. The vote took place on June 23, according to JTA. The mayor…

Tel Aviv Family Court ruled this afternoon (Monday) that Esti Weinstein, a mother of 7 who left the Gerrer Hassidic community and religious observance several years ago, will be given a secular Jewish burial as per her request in her will.  Weinstein took her own life in her car in Ashdod, after years of estrangement from her…

MK Yair Lapid, Chairman of the Yesh Atid party, and MK Mickey Levy from the same party, toured Ir David, the City of David, on Monday. The Director of Ir David, David Be’eri, guided the two MKs through the historical site, explained about the digging process and told them about the discoveries, including the underground water duct system from…

Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home), who serves as both the Minister of Education and Minister of the Diaspora, unveiled plans for a program to strengthen Jewish identity across the Diaspora and foster closer ties between Jews overseas and the State of Israel. Bennett unveiled the program during a meeting of the Aliyah, Absorption, and Diaspora Committee…

Nationalist MKs looking to save the embattled Samarian community of Amona are examining the possibility of using absentee property laws to protect the town from demolition. Amona, which is slated for evacuation by year’s end, was the site of a violent confrontation between security forces and demonstrators in February 2006, after a Supreme Court order…

A shopping mall less than two miles away from the Nice stadium where England will play Iceland in tonight’s (Monday) European Championship knockout round match has been evacuated by police.  A local spokesman has claimed that a suspicious package was checked out and cleared by security officials. “They did what they had to do in these circumstances,” he…

Less than 24 hours before the planned signing of a reconciliation agreement which would normalize relations between Israel and Turkey, a poll publicized by Channel 10 reveals that a majority of Israelis oppose the deal, which includes a $20 compensation fund for Turkish Hamas supporters killed after they attacked IDF soldiers in 2010. The agreement,…

New Mk Yehuda Glick continues to establish himself in the Knesset. Glick, the “Yesha region” representative in the Likud, visited the Yesha Council assembly meeting in the Knesset today (Monday), in which he outlined his activities and took part in discussions with council members about issues on the current agenda. The council was informed that Glick had…

The UK’s scandal-ridden Labour Party inches closer to open insurrection against party chief Jeremy Corbyn following the Brexit referendum vote last Thursday. Nearly three dozen shadow ministers have resigned, demanding Corbyn step down as party leader, following the failure of the ‘remain’ campaign. Corbyn, who had for four decades supported Britain’s departure from the UK,…

Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared with Hilary Clinton at a rally for the first time today (Monday) at a campaign rally.  Warren, wearing a blue suit nearly identical to Clinton’s, played her usual role of Donald Trump attacker in her speech, calling the presumptive Republican nominee “a small, insecure money grubber” who would “crush you…

Leah Goldin, mother of IDF soldier Hadar Goldin whose body is being held by Hamas in Gaza, on Monday expressed the family’s disappointment over the fact that Israel’s reconciliation agreement with Turkey did not include the return of her son’s body. “I was told that Hadar was the victim of a ceasefire rather than the…

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Israelis and Arabs not to prevent an escalation in violence in the region, as he arrived as part of a Middle East tour. “Do not allow the extremism on either side to fuel the… conflict,” he said in remarks at Tel Aviv University. “Palestinians and Israelis leaders must…

A Singapore Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Changi Airport following a warning that oil was leaking in the engine. On the tarmac, the right wing became an inferno. “I just escaped death!” Facebook user Lee Bee Yee said in a post. “After reaching Changi Airport, as the plane was landing, the engine burst…

Russian president Vladimir Putin has received a letter from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which Erdogan apologized for the death of the Russian pilot who was shot down over the Syrian-Turkish border last November, the Kremlin said Monday. Erdogan expressed readiness to restore relations with Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to RT.…

As Israeli and Turkish leaders revealed the details of a much-anticipated reconciliation agreement in Rome on Monday, families of two soldiers believed to have been killed during Operation Protective Edge lambasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for “abandoning” the servicemen. Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin were attacked by Hamas terrorists during the 2014 operation, and were…

Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan, speaking at a conference today (Monday) shared some projections of what a future conflict in Lebanon would bring to the home front in Israel’s heartland. “In the 2nd Lebanon war, 70 tons of explosive warheads hit Israel. Let’s estimate the next war will bring four times that and round…

As Jews living in Samaria suffer from an ongoing water shortage, MK Bezalel Smotrich has accused the army’s Civil Administration, which governs Area C in Judea and Samaria, of neglecting the needs of Yesha residents. Speaking with Arutz Sheva about how water shortages have affected his hometown of Kedumim, Smotrich shared an anecdote from his…

A reconciliation agreement reached between Turkey and Israel on Monday that includes a $20 million Israeli compensation package for pro-Hamas Turkish citizens killed in 2010 is expected to face opposition in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet later this week. The agreement, which is set to be signed on Tuesday, will likely be brought to the cabinet…

The controversial “NGO” or “Transparency” bill calling for the exposure of the foreign interests behind operating in Israel is now one step closer to being adopted as law.  The bill, promoted by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home), has passed in the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and will be submitted for second and third readings…

Three yeshiva students have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into Israel. The students, including two 25-year old residents of Bnei Brak and a 22-year old from Beitar Illit south of Jerusalem, have been accused of flying to Germany, purchasing ecstasy pills, and attempting to sneak them into Israel, concealing them in cigarette packs. The…

The US Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 on Monday to strike down a 2013 Texas law regulating abortion clinics. The court’s four liberal justices – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Elana Kagan – were joined by Reagan appointee Anthony Kennedy, who is considered a swing vote. The three conservative justices all…

After Iraqi forces took full control of the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s bastion of Fallujah, what’s next in the battles against the jihadists, not just in Iraq but in Syria and further afield? The loss of Fallujah is the latest in a series of defeats shrinking the “caliphate” that the group proclaimed two years ago…

TechCrunch’s annual “Pitch-Off” event took place in Israel for the first time earlier this month, in yet another nod to Israel’s position as one of the world’s leading hi-tech hubs. The event saw 10 companies given 60 seconds to pitch their product on stage, as well as speakers including former Israeli President Shimon Peres. It was held in cooperation…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has arrived in Israel for a two-day visit. In the course of his visit, he will meet President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. In addition, he will meet what are described as “senior security officials” who will give him a briefing on Israel’s policies in Judea and Samaria. The…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has defended Israel’s normalization agreement with Turkey, saying the deal will have “immense” implications for the Israeli economy. Speaking in Rome, where he is set to formally announce the deal at a noon press conference Monday, Netanyahu said he had updated US Secretary of State John Kerry on the developments.…

When top Hezbollah terrorist Mustafa Badreddine was killed in an explosion in Damascus on May 10, Hezbollah initially blamed Israel, then pointed the finger at Sunni militias. However, Iran now believes that the US was behind the assassination, according to The Daily Beast. The US had more of a motive than anyone else to exact…

An El Al flight departing Ben Gurion Airport last week almost took off with no security agents on board. The airliner has launched an internal investigation regarding the incident. According to Channel 2, the airline’s regulations specify that a number of security agents must be on board every flight. However, for reasons still being investigated, the…

Clashes erupted on the Temple Mount Monday morning, after Islamists attempted to violently prevent Jews from visiting. Dozens of Muslim extremists – many of them masked – had barricaded themselves in the Al Aqsa Mosque since last night, and had actively stockpiled rocks and other projectiles for use against security forces and Jewish visitors. They also set…

Extortion, aggravated fraud, blackmail and obstruction of justice. These are the charges against a Jerusalem Arab named Nader Isawi, 32, as of yesterday. The Jerusalem District Prosecution filed the indictment in the Jerusalem District Court. The indictment states that for the past 14 months, Isawi engaged in posing as an ill Israeli woman who needs…

Four suicide terrorists blew themselves up early this morning in a mostly Christian town on the Syrian-Lebanese border, killing at least six civilians. No organization has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Hezbollah has accused ISIS of carrying it out. Just yesterday, ISIS took responsibility for last week’s suicide bombing that killed seven Jordanian soldiers on the…

Cabinet Minister Tzahi Hanegbi (Likud) said today that Israel’s payment of millions of dollars to the families of the Turks who were killed on the Mavi Marmara is justified. “If Israelis were killed,” Hanegbi told Army Radio this morning, “Turkey would have had to compensate them. Since it was Turks who were killed, the compensation…

The members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Sunday visited Judea and Samaria, which has been targeted by terrorist attacks in the latest wave which began on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. Committee chairman MK Avi Dichter (Likud) and MKs Omer Bar-Lev (Zionist Union), Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid), Motti Yogev (Jewish Home),…

(JTA) — Britain’s Jewish leaders had mixed reactions to the country’s surprising vote in favor of leaving the European Union, with few offering an opinion on whether or not leaving the EU is a good idea. Several praised Prime Minister David Cameron, who announced after the vote that he would resign, for his record on…

MK Itzik Shmuli (Zionist Union) on Sunday evening criticized the reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey, and attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for caving in to Turkey’s demands. “The relations with Turkey are important to Israel but Netanyahu went too far when he agreed to an all-inclusive package for families of terrorists who attacked Israeli…

(JTA) — A Pennsylvania man who for years traveled the country giving speeches and media interviews about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor acknowledged that he had been lying and apologized. In a letter published June 23 on the LancasterOnline news site, Joseph Hirt, of Lancaster County said he lied not for personal gain but…

Hamas is blaming the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA), led by chairman Mahmoud Abbas, for the closure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza. Speaking to Hamas’s Palestine newspaper on Sunday, Gaza’s Deputy Minister of Interior Kamel Abu Madi called on those responsible for the closure of the Rafah crossing to open it on…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A paid consultant for Boeing advocated for the Iran nuclear deal without revealing his ties to the aircraft maker and its vested interest in the deal’s success. Thomas Pickering, a former ambassador to Israel, was one of the most persistent advocates for the sanctions relief for nuclear rollback deal, testifying before Congress…

MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List), who participated in the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla which ultimately resulted in the cutting of ties between Israel and Turkey, on Sunday night said the reconciliation agreement between the two countries was a clear “admission of murder” by Israel. “Israel’s agreement to transfer 21 million shekels to the Turks constitutes…

The Islamic State (ISIS) group on Sunday published a video showing the execution-style killing of five Syrian citizen journalists they kidnapped eight months ago in the east of the war-torn country. The victims seen in the footage — which was posted on the blog of the group’s Al-Bayan radio — were all from the city…

(The following is a redaction of a report by Itamar Marcus. The report in its original form can be found here.) The Palestinian Authority has revived the medieval blood libel that Jews are poisoning the wells of non-Jews. The PA even named a nonexistent rabbi and rabbinical council as being responsible for this call to…

The family of MIA Oron Shaul Hy”d erect a protest tent outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem Sunday, to press home its demand that no deal be signed with Turkey unless their son is returned to them from Gaza. Shaul is presumed to have been killed in action but his remains are in Hamas’s…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hopes to announce that he has succeeded in cobbling together a deal for reconciliation with Turkey, to end the crisis between the countries that began after Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 and worsened after the Mavi Marmara flotilla crisis. The deal will reportedly include normalization of relations with Turkey and a…

Seven people were wounded on Sunday when a rollercoaster at the MD theme park in Motherwell, Scotland derailed, careening off the tracks and onto a ride for small children. Witnesses say the “Tsunami” rollercoaster flew off of the track, hurdling some 30 feet downwards before colliding with a toddlers’ ride. It appears that the rollercoaster’s…

After what political pundits described as Hillary Clinton’s “best 10 days ever”, the likely Democratic nominee has maintained a modest lead over Manhattan mogul and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. But given Trump’s recent missteps – including his controversial attacks on a judge of Mexican heritage assigned to hear a class action lawsuit against Trump…

Israel and Turkey reached a deal on Sunday aimed at ending years of acrimony and restoring normalized ties that soured after a 2010 flotilla to Gaza. The highly anticipated agreement comes six years after a Gaza-bound ship departed Turkey in an attempt to break Israel’s anti-Hamas blockade. When Israeli forces boarded the vessel, they were…

Americans and Israelis face “exactly the same” threat from radical Islam, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said on Sunday, arguing that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump would do much more for American security – and Israel – than Barack Obama. America’s most popular cable news host spoke with Israel’s Channel 10 Sunday evening, addressing the…

Professor Dror Wahrman, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on Sunday discussed an interview with Arutz Sheva the vote by British citizens to leave the European Union (EU) and what implications, if any, it would have on Israel. “I think a lot of the voters who voted in favor…

At least five people were stabbed in a riot involving neo-Nazis that broke out on Sunday at the California capitol building in Sacramento. The victims had stab wounds that required critical medical care, a spokesperson for the local fire department told CNN. Their conditions were not immediately known. The spokesperson told the network said the…

JTA – Following efforts by representatives of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the Democratic National Committee has altered the party’s platform to reflect “Palestinian aspirations”, but rejected language demanding Israel end its “occupation” of Judea and Samaria and halt construction in Jewish communities over the Green Line. According to an Associated Press report emailed to reporters…

The Shabak internal security agency arrested a man suspected in a May 10th bombing attack north of Jerusalem that left one IDF officer badly injured. The attack, which took place on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron), targeted Israeli soldiers near the village of Hizma, just north of the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood in…

Over the past decade, Ramat Beit Shemesh has transformed itself into one of the country’s fastest-growing religious Anglo communities. A myriad of real estate projects continue to lure potential new immigrants and investors from English-speaking countries. In an effort to increase the visibility and accessibility of Ramat Beit Shemesh’s bustling real estate market to the Anglo community across…

With a black velvet kippah, tzitzit, and Hebrew name, Avihai Shanti looks like any other Orthodox Israeli Jewish man. But Shanti’s outward appearance belies his unique story and his journey as an Arab convert from Islam to Judaism. Raised in the southern city of Beer Sheva, has been forced to flee his parent’s home, after…

Two were wounded Sunday evening in a pair of stabbings in a commercial building on David Saharov Street in Rishon LeTzion. The two victims are reportedly in stable condition. While the background of the incident remains unclear, police now say the stabbings were most likely not connected to terrorism as initial reports had indicated. The…

The most serious scenario that the IDF is currently preparing for on the southern front is a multi-pronged “surprise attack by about 100 Hamas men coming out of several terror tunnels simultaneously,” said a military source Sunday. “We are preparing for this all the time and putting our greatest efforts into it,” he added. The…

Despite efforts by members of Zaka, Israeli police, and thousands of volunteers, the search for a missing mother of seven ended in tragedy on Sunday. Esti Weinstein, who disappeared six days ago, was found dead I her car near an Ashdod beach. Given the condition of her body, it is estimated that Weinstein died days…

JTA – An Israeli high-resolution imaging satellite will strengthen security during the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games to take place in Rio in August and September. The announcement was made last week by Brazilian Defense Minister Raul Jungmann, who said the satellite will allow very detailed inspections of the city during the sporting events, reported the G1…

JTA – Israel is set to deliver this week thirteen drip irrigation systems to Paraguayan small farmers. The handover is the result of a technical collaboration process between the Jewish state and Paraguay’s local Federation of Production Cooperatives. Agricultural producers of the Friesland and Volendam colonies, both located in the San Pedro province, will be…

A new study has found that harassment of Jews worldwide continued to increase in 2014, the most recent year studied, even as government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion decreased modestly. The Pew Research Center’s annual study of 198 countries, released Thursday, also found an increase in religiously-motivated terrorism, with 82 of the…

A 4-year-old boy was tragically killed in an accident involving a firearm on Saturday morning. The boy’s older brother, 6, was playing with a gun belonging to the children’s mother when the accident occurred. The boys were in their home in East Orange, New Jersey. The child underwent surgery for a head wound at University Hospital…

In the lead-up to the Brexit referendum, supporters of the “Remain” camp had expressed concerns that a vote to leave the EU would compromise the United Kingdom’s own integrity. Rumblings from Scotland seem to be confirming this prediction.   In a poll published Yesterday (Saturday), results show 59% of Scottish citizens now want to leave the United Kingdom, a…

In the wake of the Supreme courts’ strong criticism of the Kashrut supervision system in Israel, the Chief Rabbinate is devising a new plan which promises to bring about substantial reforms. The plan calls for a privatization of Kashrut supervision, with the Rabbinate to relinquish its former total control over the industry in order to allow private Kashrut supervision…

The Jerusalem Police arrested four Muslim youths Sunday morning inside the Temple Mount Compound, on suspicion of disturbing the public peace and interfering with police. The arrests were carried out after a group of Muslim youths, some of them with their faces covered, began shouting at Jews who ascended the Mount. The incident took place…

Five months ago, a knife-wielding terrorist entered a clothing store in the town of Tekoa in Gush Etzion, and stabbed the pregnant Michal Froman in her upper body. She was evacuated to Jerusalem’s Sha’arei Tzedek hospital in moderate condition. Yesterday (Saturday), she gave birth to a healthy baby daughter. Froman is the daughter-in-law of the…

The family of Israeli citizen Abera Mengistu, who is being held by Hamas after he crossed the border into Gaza in late 2014, held a protest outside the Prime Minister’s Office Sunday. They demanded that no agreement be signed by Israel with Turkey until a sign of life is received from him. The agreement with…

Finance Minister and head of ‘Kulanu’ party Moshe Kahlon spoke at the opening of the cabinet meeting today (Sunday), addressing concerns about the potential negative effects of Brexit on the Israeli economy.  “Over the weekend, I’ve had meetings with the Prime Minister, the Governor of the Bank of Israel, and other senior economic officials,” Kahlon…

Yishai Schlissel, the man recently convicted of the murder of 16-year-old Shira Banki and six more counts of attempted murder, all perpetrated at the Pride Parade in Jerusalem on August 2015, has been sentenced to life in prison and 31 more years. In addition to the prison sentence, he has been ordered to pay monetary compensation to the tune of…

As Israel prepares to sign a deal with Turkey normalizing relations between the countries, the relatives of the IDF MIAs and the Israeli citizen being held by Hamas have been demanding that any deal include repatriation of their loved ones. Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan said Sunday morning that the ministers who are members…

United States Secretary of State John Kerry left Washington on Saturday and headed to Rome, where he will meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday and Monday, AFP reported. Some reports have suggested Kerry will use the meeting to assess the possibility of reviving the stalled Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace process, but many believe the…

The families of Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, the two IDF soldiers whose bodies have been held by Hamas since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, on Saturday evening criticized the impending reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey, which does not include a requirement for Hamas to return the two soldiers’ bodies. Shaul’s parents held a press…

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, one of the many supporters of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, criticized President Barack Obama in an interview with the Israel Hayom newspaper on the weekend. In the interview, Giuliani said he agreed with Trump’s stance that Obama shows weakness and warned that this weakness will lead to…

Former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon blasted coalition chairman David Biton (Likud) on Saturday, condemning comments aimed at leaders of Israel’s security establishment as “dangerous incitement”. Yaalon’s criticism came following comments Biton made earlier on Saturday, suggesting that the Shabak and Mossad have institutional inclinations towards the Israeli left, and were “turning their chiefs into left-wingers.”…

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attempted to walk back controversial statements made during a recent address to the European Union parliament in Brussels, claiming on Saturday that he opposed “any attack on any religion”, after having accused Israel of “poisoning Palestinian wells”. “Palestine is the cradle of the three monotheistic faiths. We stand strongly against…

Arab vandals removed a mezuzah from the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron on Friday, while the holy site was used by local Muslims for Ramadan prayers. The mezuzah, which adorned the main door of the Tomb, is believed to have been desecrated by the vandals. A storage shed used by the Tomb’s maintenance staff…

Despite having lost Thursday’s vote on a ‘Brexit’, millions of supporters of the campaign to keep Great Britain in the European Union are refusing to concede defeat, with more than two million calling for a do-over. By Saturday over two million Brits signed onto a government petition demanding a new referendum. Traffic on the UK’s…

A senior Trump advisor on Friday attacked one of America’s oldest Jewish newspapers, slamming its editor for declaring a 24-hour ban on Trump-related articles, or what has been dubbed a “Trumpatorium”.   Jason Greenblatt, a long-time advisor to Donald Trump who has become one of the GOP presumptive nominee’s closest campaign aides, excoriated the left-leaning…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday welcomed the vote by UK residents to leave the European Union, saying they “took back control of their country”, according to Reuters.  The presumptive Republican nominee, who is in Scotland, was asked about the British vote and replied, “They took back control of their country. It’s a great…

U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the British vote to leave the European Union in separate phone calls on Friday with British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the White House said, according to Reuters. During his conversation with the British Prime Minister, Obama assured Cameron that the special U.S. relationship with Britain…

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday thanked British Prime Minister David Cameron for his friendship with Israel, following Cameron’s announcement that he would step down in the wake of Britain’s vote in favor of leaving the European Union. “I have great appreciation for Prime Minister David Cameron, a respected leader and a true friend of…

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Friday that his group had lost fighters in Syria, but vowed to continue to be involved in the war there. Speaking in remarks broadcast on the Shiite group’s Al-Manar television and quoted by AFP, Nasrallah said that the offensive on the city of Aleppo was the “greatest battle” in…

Senator Bernie Sanders, who ran for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, told CNN on Friday he will likely vote for his rival Hillary Clinton for president in November. While this was the strongest expression of support yet from the Vermont senator, he left the door open that he could change his mind. “In all likelihood,…

Israel and Britain’s relations will not change once Britain leaves the European Union (EU), British ambassador to Israel David Quarrey said on Friday. Speaking to Channel 2 News after UK residents voted to leave the EU in a referendum and Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation, Quarrey said, “The relationship between Britain and Israel…

Amid reports that Israel and Turkey will announce a deal on normalizing ties this coming Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday met Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Istanbul. According to the Turkish Anadolu news agency, the two discussed ways to resolve the disagreements among Palestinians as well as Turkish humanitarian assistance. A source…

Born and raised in Gibraltar, a British colony on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, life for Yitzhak Attias was an idyllic combination of pride in being Jewish and positive relations with the world at large. At age 16, Yitzhak’s love for music drew him away from his studies, and eventually to an Israeli kibbutz. He followed…

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) has signed an ordered banning the Arab media channel Musawa, which is funded by the Palestinian Authority and operates within the State of Israel. “I will not allow any attack on the State of Israel’s sovereignty or a Palestinian Authority foothold inside of the country,” he said. About a year…

Yediyot Aharonot journalist Ben-Dror Yemini has criticized the decision to allow a home for Jews to be built in Kfar Shiloah, on land that was purchased by Ateret Cohanim in 2005. In his weekly column, Yemini wrote: “We are shocked by the regular attacks. And rightly so. Let me cry out over the crawling attack. Only two…

In one of the most immediate effects following the UK referendum to leave the European Union, the British pound has taken a strong enough hit to reduce the Britain’s economic standing in the world. Express reports it is now the sixth largest economy by GDP, having been surpassed by France. Alongside this, Standard and Poor’s Rating Services has…

Two of philanthropist Motti Zisser’s children eulogized their father during his funeral procession in Tel Aviv’s Kiryat Shaul Cemetery. “We will continue to love, to be friends and stay united,” said David, who also promised that the siblings would continue caring for their mother, Dr. Bracha Zisser. “We will embrace her and we will be with…

A Jewish Israeli couple in their 50s were lightly injured in a car ramming attack at the entrance to the town of Kiryat Arba, next to Hevron. The victims were treated at the scene by paramedics before being transferred to hospital for further treatment. The terrorist – a Palestinian woman – was shot dead at the scene by alert soldiers.…

A 15-year-old boy from the Jewish town of Yitzhar in Shomron (Samaria) has been ordered to leave his parents’ home and live in an isolated farm in southern Israel. His family says he’s not going anywhere. The saga began early this month when the minor received two administrative orders: one banning him from entering anywhere…

Several years after a wave of Religious Zionists left Bnei Brak, leaving it to slowly turn into a haredi city, Religious Zionists are now refusing to give up their last foothold in the city: Ulpanat Tzvia. Ulpanat Tzvia is a leading institution located near the historic centers of Bnei Brak’s Religious Zionism: the Bamberger Home, the Bnai…

Around 3:00 a.m. on Friday, a large force comprised of police officers, detectives and the Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the Shin Bet or Shabak) raided a Yitzhar home to arrest a 15-year-old for violating the terms of an administrative order. The teen’s relatives say that the security forces broke into the home…

Prime Minister David Cameron announced his plan to resign following yesterday’s “Brexit” referendum, in which the UK public declared its desire to leave the European Union. “The will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered. It is not a decision that was taken lightly,” he said. “There can be no doubt about the…

Born and raised in Gibraltar, a British colony on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, life for Yitzhak Attias was an idyllic combination of pride in being Jewish and positive relations with the world at large. At age 16, Yitzhak’s love for music drew him away from his studies, and eventually to an Israeli kibbutz. He followed…

= A man calling himself WIld Bill described his support for Israel in a video that is going viral. “We all know that Islam is giving the world a lot of things that will be long remembered. They invented the fine art of skyjacking, suicide bombers and taqiya – the art of lying to infidels,” he…

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) has signed an ordered banning the Arab media channel Musawa, which is funded by the Palestinian Authority and operates within the State of Israel. “I will not allow any attack on the State of Israel’s sovereignty or a Palestinian Authority foothold inside of the country,” he said. About a year…

The State of Israel upon its founding in 1948 chose the Menorah to represent the Jewish People. The reasoning may have had more to do with the fact that the Arch of Titus in Rome depicts the Jews carrying the Menorah into captivity with them. The Founding Fathers of the State of Israel saw the…

Regavim has offered its congratulations to the UK for voting in favor of leaving the European Union. Regavim is  an NGO focused on “ensuring responsible, legal, accountable and environmentally friendly use of Israel’s national lands and the return of the rule of law to all areas and aspects of the land and its preservation.” It has strongly criticized the EU…

The most populous state in the U.S., California, is considering strong legislation against the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement. BDS calls for boycotting and sanctioning Israel. Twenty-one states and the largest township in America have already passed similar legislation against BDS. The California Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote next week on the California Combating BDS Act…

Omar Mateen, the terrorist who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, has been buried at a Muslim cemetery in southern Florida, Reuters reported on Thursday. A state death certificate lists Mateen’s burial site as the Muslim Cemetery of South Florida in Hialeah Gardens, a city in Miami-Dade County, according to the Orlando…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two delegates to the Democratic Party’s platform drafting committee — one appointed by Hillary Clinton and the other by Bernie Sanders — said the platform must reflect the hardships faced both by Israelis and Palestinians. “Israelis today live in fear of acts of terror that can turn peaceful marketplaces and neighborhoods into…

Senator Marco Rubio has cited the need to kill the Iran deal as one of the reasons for him seeking reelection to the Senate. Rubio sought the Republican presidential nomination but dropped out of the presidential race soon after losing to Donald Trump in his own state of Florida. In a statement released Wednesday in which…

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, who is visiting Israel where she hosted the Genesis Prize award ceremony on Thursday, has expressed support for Israel and rejected efforts to boycott it, The Associated Press reported. Mirren on Wednesday showered Israeli artists with praise and said she opposed both the efforts by pro-Palestinian groups to boycott them and…

A Lebanese parliamentarian for Hezbollah openly called for Israeli civilians to be kidnapped in a future war with Israel. The MP, Walid Sukkarieh, made the comments during an interview last week with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV. The remarks were translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Hezbollah’s missiles, he boasted in the interview, “can…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday blasted Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas after he claimed in a speech to the European Parliament that Israeli rabbis called to poison Palestinian water and accused Israel of carrying out mass murders of Palestinian Arabs. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement that Abbas “interspersed claims of…

Initial attempts to download information from the flight data and voice recorders of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month have failed, The Associated Press reported Thursday. Due to the failure, key parts of the recorders are being sent to France for repairs, Egyptian and U.S. officials said. The “electronic boards” of…

Results continue to pour in in the referendum on whether Britain will leave the EU or remain in it, and the ‘Leave’ camp continues to gain on the ‘Remain’ camp. As of 6:30 a.m. Israel time, with 200 of 382 results declared, the ‘Leave’ camp had a lead of 51.7% over ‘Remain’. At 3:45 a.m.…

Rookie Likud MK Anat Berko tore into MK Ahmed Tibi Tuesday in a one-minute speech from the floor of the plenum. Berko, a former IDF intelligence officer, began her speech by noting that Tibi has blocked her on Twitter. Tibi studied gynecology, she said, “but instead of concentrating on helping to bring Arab and Jewish…

Diplomatic officials have confirmed to Arutz Sheva that the ministers will be asked to approved the reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey during a Cabinet meeting next week. Reports from Ankara indicate that the two sides will meet on Sunday for a final discussion. While there, they will declare that relations are normalized again. The countries have been at…

Since the start of the swimming season, which began approximately six weeks ago, Magen David Adom (MDA) personnel retrieved a total of 111 people from beaches, pools and various water reservoirs across the country. According to MDA figures, 18 people drowned to death, 4 were critically injured, 6 were seriously injured, 9 were moderately injured…

Financial expert Peter Schiff returns to The Goldstein on Gelt Show with some advice for the 2016 president-elect on the American economy. Whether Clinton or Trump is elected, the American president must take America out of the current recession and restore America’s greatness. In his message to the president-elect, Schiff explains the effects of a…

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has called on European leaders to condemn Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the European Parliament, in which he claimed that Israeli rabbis called to poison Palestinian water and that global terrorism will end if the Israel-Palestinian conflict is resolved. “It is unconscionable that a foreign leader proudly…

Major General Yair Golan, the IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, who caused public outcry when he compared Israel to Nazi Germany on Holocaust Memorial Day, does not seem to be sorry about what he did, if one is to judge by a speech he made Thursday evening. Golan, who never apologized for what he said, spoke to…

Assistant Commissioner Guy Nir, the head of the Intelligence Section in the Israel Police’s Investigations Department, is seen as the culprit in a series of damaging leaks and will be sacked, according to news site Mako. The decision was approved by Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, according to the report, after it became apparent that the…

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi David Lau on Thursday condemned Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the European Parliament, in which he claimed that Israeli rabbis called to poison Palestinian water. “The Israeli Rabbinate and the thousands of rabbis serving the cities of Israel, from all ethnic groups and circles, love peace…

David Friedman, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s co-adviser on Israeli affairs, believes that Trump would support Israel annexing parts of Judea and Samaria, should he be elected. In an interview with Haaretz, Friedman said that Trump would not adopt the stance that a Palestinian state is in the United States’ national interest, which was adopted…

Nigel Farage, head of the UK Independence Party  (UKIP) said on Thursday night that it “looks like Remain will edge it” as polls closed in the referendum on whether Britain will leave the EU or remain in it. Speaking to Sky News, the UKIP leader said it had been an “extraordinary” campaign and it looked…

May Golan, the CEO of Hebrew City, appeared on Fox News in order to discuss the social problems she sees in Israel and to announce that she will run for a seat in the Knesset. “What Hillary Clinton is saying here in the US is exactly what’s been happening in Israel with the left radical organization,” she…

Former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko of the Ukraine has added to the backlash against the current heavyweight champion, Britain’s Tyson Fury, after the latter made anti-Semitic comments on an online rant last month, saying “the Zionist, Jewish people…own all the banks, all the papers, all the TV stations.”  Klitschko was talking about Fury in anticipation…

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Students of Ulpanat Tzvi in the Samaria town of Revava, went on a journey to commemorate two years since the murder of Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Sha’ar – the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. The 9th grade girls class participated in the “Journey for the Three” which incorporated a…

The head of the Knesset’s Internal Committee, MK Dudi Amsalem (Likud), has commented on a recently-revealed police document that includes intelligence information on Knesset members and ministers. “I asked to convene the committee because it seems there’s something wrong,” he said. “I want to hear what motivated the police to put together such a document and…

A masked and armed man opened fire in a movie theater near the western German city of Frankfurt. He has since been shot and killed by a special police unit. Local media initially reported that up to 50 people were injured, but that has been proven incorrect. “We believe that there were no injured people, and that the…

On Thursday, the Randburg Magistrate’s Court will rule on whether or not Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the 78-year-old head of the Shuvu Banim sect, will be released to house arrest. This comes after reports surfaced that Berland was cooperating with the court and signed a documents agreeing to his extradition to Israel, however at the last…

Family court judge Assaf Zagury said Thursday that “in 99 percent of the polygraph tests to which I sent the two sides in requests for restraining orders, the woman turned out to be lying”. Judge Zagury is the Deputy President for Family Matters in the Northern District Magistrates’ Court, which is based in Nazareth. He…

On Thursday, the funeral of Ahmed and Mohammed Assadi, aged 3 and 4, took place in Deir al-Asad, the Arab town in the Galilee region of Israel, near Karmiel, according to feports. The boys died as a result of being forgotten inside the family car by their father, Kassem Assadi, who described the tragic event.…

A hoped-for first meeting between President Reuven Rivlin and Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas under EU auspices in Brussels failed to materialize, diplomatic sources said Thursday. European Parliament head Martin Schulz on Wednesday tried to arrange an meeting between the two leaders, who were in Brussels for talks with top EU officials trying to kick-start stalled Israel-Palestinian peace talks. “There was no…

Motti Zisser, a prominent Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and member of the national-religious community, passed away overnight following a long battle with cancer. Zisser is survived by his wife, Dr. Bracha Zisser, and the couple’s five children. A long-time resident of Bnei Brak, Zisser later relocated to the Bat Ganim neighborhood of Petah Tikva. A member…

Kibbutz Nahal Oz spokeswoman Yael Paz-Lahiany spoke on Arutz 7 about the new decision to sound the “Tzeva Adom” siren in cases of terrorists penetrating Israeli territory through tunnels, as well as rockets fired from the Gaza strip. “Operation Protective Edge was the first time there was a fear of tunnel attacks here, though in…

More than a week after ISIS supporter Omar Mateen opened fire at an Orlando nightclub, leaving 49 dead and 53 wounded, congressional Democrats have dramatically ramped up the rhetoric against Republicans over gun control, accusing the GOP of arming Islamic terror groups. A week after Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy conducted a 15-hour speaking filibuster, House…

Actress, singer, and reality TV show host Tila Tequila Nguyen utilized classic anti-Semitic canards during an online rant against Jews and Jewish actress Sarah Silverman this week. Responding to a Twitter comment which said that “Jesus will come back too just don’t tell the Jews about it,” Nguyen wrote that “We should at least tell…

A committee of ministry officials appointed by the government to discuss the operation of businesses in Tel Aviv on Shabbat, and which is supposed to forward it’s recommendations to the government in two weeks, seems to be in a state of deadlock.  According to reports first published at Behadrei Haredim, no compromise seems forthcoming because committee…

Israelis are fed up with the country’s political leadership and would dramatically change the composition of the Knesset if elections were held today, says a new Teleseker TNS poll. While roughly half of the public felt incumbent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was best suited for the position ahead of the 2015 election, only 23% gave…

The US military is wary of cutting Internet connections to Islamic State (ISIS) strongholds such as Raqqa in Syria, even though the Pentagon is waging cyber-war against the jihadists, officials said Wednesday. Cyber Command – better known as CYBERCOM – officially started attacking the tech-savvy ISIS group in April, in what was the command’s most important offensive since…

(Kveller via JTA) — It’s a truth universally acknowledged that if you have a child, random strangers will talk to you. They will comment on your child’s looks or behavior or on your parenting skills, or they’ll tell you about their own children, or they’ll offer unasked-for advice. Sometimes the best response is to politely…

Following the hard-fought election of Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon to the Chair of the UN Legal Committee (known as the ‘6th Committee), a US delegation member offered some surprising words of support.  David Pressman, who is the US Ambassador to the UN for Special Political Affairs, congratulated Danon on his appointment and commented on the difficulty…

(AFP) When a bomb destroyed his workshop in war-ravaged Syria, silversmith Levon Keoshkerian followed other Armenians heading with a heavy heart for their ancestral home in the Caucasus. He now lives with his elderly mother in Yerevan, where he goes every morning to the outdoor flea market to sell the silver ornaments he rescued as he…

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders acknowledged on Wednesday that he will likely not be the party’s presidential nominee, but did not suspend his campaign. “It doesn’t appear that I’m going to be the nominee,” Sanders told C-SPAN in an interview, though he reiterated that he and his team are “negotiating almost every day” with members…

BERLIN (JTA) — A right-wing lawmaker in Germany accused of anti-Semitism in his writings has avoided being expelled from his party, at least for now. Dr. Wolfgang Gedeon will remain a voting member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament with no party affiliation after temporarily waiving his rights on Tuesday to represent the anti-immigrant Alternative for…

President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday delivered a special address before the plenary of the European Parliament, in which he said that the French peace initiative “suffers from fundamental faults.” “The attempt to return to negotiations for negotiations’ sake, not only does not bring us near the long-awaited solution, but rather drags us further away from…