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If you’re an Israeli citizen looking for help on a personal matter from a Knesset Member, ask MK Shelly Yechimovich of the Labor party. According to a study by Channel 2’s late night news program, the results of which were published Sunday night, Yechimovich is the most accessible MK in the Knesset. The least accessible…

Sweden said Monday it will not open an embassy in Ramallah even though it has officially recognized “the state of Palestine”, the first major EU nation to do so.   “Nobody has opened an embassy in Ramallah, and we think that this can be managed by the consulate in Jerusalem, which is a satisfactory solution…

President Reuven Rivlin launched the 2014 ‘Shmitta project’ on Sunday, which aims to use the values of the traditional Sabbatical year to aid poor families in need nationwide.  During the course of the project, which was initiated by MK Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid), five thousand families deep in debt will work closely with the government to…

In the wake of allegations that bus driver Yusuf Hasan al-Ramuni was killed by “Israeli settlers”, Palestinian terror organization Hamas called for an escalation [of violence] against Israel, Walla! News has reported.  Al-Ramuni, an Egged bus driver from the A-Tur neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, was found hanged on Sunday night in his bus at the Har Hotzvim industrial zone bus depot…

The Qatari executive committee for the rehabilitation of Gaza announced Monday that they have begun to transfer raw construction materials to the Hamas-controlled territory via Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing. According to the “Minister of Civil Affairs” for the Palestinian Authority (PA), Hussein al-Sheikh, an agreement on the transfer had been reached with Israel over the raw…

First Lieutenant (Reserve, US Army), Dan Nadel received a notable honor Sunday. He was chosen by the International Young Israel Movement (IYIM) to donate a Sefer Torah to an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) unit in a special ceremony at the base.  Nadel, a 94-year-old resident of Jerusalem, is a five-time decorated hero of World War…

Israel’s Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau paid a visit to Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick in hospital Monday, as he continues to recover from an assassination attempt last month which left him fighting for his life. “I’m not in hospital because I have appendicitis, I’m not here because they shot me for being ginger,” the…

Knesset Finance Committee chairman MK Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home) warned at the start of the committee meeting in which Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) presented the 2015 budget on Monday that “we won’t be a rubber stamp to pass the budget.” “If needed the debate on the budget will continue even into January,” Slomiansky continued,…

When Islamist terrorist Mu’taz Hijazi shot Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick four times at point-blank range he was aiming to kill. Only by a miracle did Glick survive, although he still has a long road to recovery ahead of him. But Hijazi was not just trying to kill Glick. As Likud MK Tzipi Hotoveli…

The French Interior Ministry on Monday admitted there is a “very strong probability” that one of the ISIS terrorists who committed the beheading of US aid worker Peter Kassig and at least 18 Syrian soldiers is a French citizen. “There is a very strong probability that a French citizen was directly involved in these despicable…

This article is the second in a series exploring the “status quo” on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. For Part One click here. It is very popular to demand nowadays that Israel “maintain the status quo” on the Temple Mount – but barely anyone can say exactly what that “status quo” is. In fact, the rules instituted…

The CIA and other intelligence services have estimated the fighting strength of Islamic State (ISIS) to be no more than 31,500 terrorists – but according to a senior Kurdish officer, that number is actually at least 200,000. Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of Iraqi Kurdish Region President Massoud Barzani, told the Britain’s The Independent that ISIS’s…

A Hamas-affiliated member of the unity government that was formed between Hamas and Fatah, on Sunday accused the Fatah movement and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, of thwarting reconciliation between the rival parties. Speaking to the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, Yahya Mousa accused Abbas of “thwarting reconciliation in favor of investment projects, security coordination with Israel…

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzahi Hanegbi (Likud) on Sunday ruled out the possibility that elections will be held within the coming year. Speaking to the Knesset Channel, Hanegbi pointed out that the elections are currently scheduled for November 2017. “They will likely be held before that for a variety of reasons”, he added, but it will…

The parents of Peter Kassig, the American aid worker who was beheaded by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists, said Sunday night they were “heartbroken” by the death of their son. “We are heartbroken to learn that our son, Abdul-Rahman Peter Kassig, has lost his life as a result of his love for the Syrian people and…

Yaakov Hagoel, head of the Department for Combating Anti-Semitism at the World Zionist Organization, told Arutz Sheva on Sunday that he was not surprised by the stabbing of a Jewish man in Antwerp. “Unfortunately, we are receiving reports about incidents such as this all the time,” he said, noting that there has been a substantial…

Finance Minister Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, sought to calm tensions on Sunday, amid reports that the tensions in the coalition are great and that elections are imminent. “I never threatened to leave the government, so this threat is not serious,” Lapid told Channel 10 News, adding, “People with interests, members of…

Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar declared on Sunday that the terrorist movement is planning to develop its capabilities to carry out terror attacks against Israel from Judea and Samaria, and that it intends to continue to lead the Palestinian camp which advocates for armed struggle until Israel is destroyed. Al-Zahar, who spoke in Gaza, said…

Gulf leaders agreed Sunday on the return of Saudi, Emirati, and Bahraini envoys to Qatar after an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh, promising an end to eight months of tense relations, according to AFP. The agreement “promises the opening of a new page that will present a strong base, especially in light of the sensitive circumstances…

“I didn’t believe that it could be happening to me,” Batel recounted. “I gave birth to my firstborn son exactly one year earlier, and it didn’t seem logical that I was pregnant again. I grew exceedingly stressed. It was my last chance to apply for work-funded schooling, a course that could potentially upgrade my salary…

American aid worker Peter Kassig may have struggled to the end with his captors, experts have speculated. Kassig, who reportedly converted to Islam while in captivity and took on the name Abdul Rahman, is the fifth western hostage to be executed by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in recent months. A video released by…

Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, Egypt’s deadliest terrorist group which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), claimed responsibility for a suicide attack last month that killed 30 soldiers, AFP reported on Saturday. The group made the claim in a video posted on social media, according to the report. Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis has killed scores of…

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog, head of the Labor party, predicted on Saturday that elections will be held within a year, and also said that he believes he is capable of being Israel’s next prime minister. “Realistically, the current Knesset can topple the government, but I do not know if an alternative government is possible,”…

The British government on Saturday said it had received reports that “Jihadi John”, the British-accented Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist apparently responsible for the beheading of western hostages, had been injured in a U.S. airstrike, according to AFP. The Foreign Office could not confirm reports published in the Mail on Sunday that the masked executioner, who…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood and local affiliates as terrorist groups, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing state news agency WAM. The Gulf Arab state has also designated the Syrian based Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State (ISIS), whose fighters are battling Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, as terrorist organizations, along…

In his meeting on Saturday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas blamed Israel for the ongoing tensions in Jerusalem. According to the WAFA news agency, the PA’s Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki, who spoke at a press conference following Abbas’s meeting with Steinmeier, said, “President Abbas briefed the…

Eight former employees of Bank Leumi tried to blackmail the bank’s management by threatening to make public the details of some one million credit cards, it was cleared for publication on Saturday night. Police have released the names of five of the suspects in the blackmail attempt: Ziv Drin, Avraham David, Assaf Mor, Elad Abulafia…

Islamic State (ISIS) has beheaded US citizen and aid worker Peter Kassig, according to video footage posted on social media – even though the hostage converted to Islam.  Kassig, who had converted and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman Kassig, is the fifth Western hostage to be murdered in ISIS’s brutal social media campaign against the West. …

Israel will never agree to limit its construction activity in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said on Sunday. “We won’t accept any limitation on building in Jewish areas of Jerusalem,” he said at a news conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, insisting that Israel would never accept construction in the city’s eastern sector as “settlement building.” “It must be clear…

The United States has expressed deep concerned about anti-Semitism in Turkey, Ira Forman, the State Department’s special envoy for combatting anti-Semitism, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an interview Friday.  Forman spoke from Berlin, where he was attending a high-level meeting on anti-Semitism with other American diplomats and leaders, which was organized by Organization for Security and Cooperation…

MK Miri Regev (Likud) welcomed on Sunday morning, reports that the Ministry of Defense will be raising the salaries of IDF soldiers in 2015, but expressed disappointment with the Minister for dragging his feet on the matter.  “Unfortunately, the Defense Minister’s announcement to raise salaries stems mostly from large public pressure, and the Supreme Court…

Jordan’s tough stance towards Israel over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount reflects a determination to preserve its custodianship of the flashpoint site as well as its own stability, analysts say. By recalling its ambassador to Israel, the Hashemite kingdom sent a message that deploying police inside the mosque compound had “crossed a red line” and put their…

The 31 year-old victim of an anti-Semitic stabbing attack in Antwerp was released from hospital late Saturday night – and is now speaking to the media about his brush with death.  Yehoshua Malik, a Belz hassid, was walking to a local synagogue in the city’s Jewish Quarter when he was attacked.  “At about 9:00, I…

Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, one of Egypt’s deadliest terror groups, published images Saturday, showing some of their jihadists carrying ISIS’s recognizable black flag onto one of the guard towers located near the border between Israel and Egypt.  On Wednesday, Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis pledged its allegiance to ISIS in Iraq and Syria, in a bid to boost recruitment and…

The controversial ‘Jewish State Law’ will be brought before the Ministerial Committee on Legislation for approval Sunday. The law, which has been frozen for some time, is now being promoted by MK Ze’ev Elkin (Likud), with the support of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.  The bill, opposed both by Yesh Atid and Hatnua, was transferred by…

Thunderstorms rage across Israel Sunday morning, prompting flood warnings for several coastal cities.  Rain began Saturday night in the North, from Haifa to the Western Galilee, and caused several flash floods in southern Lebanon.  Heavy rain, thunder, and lightning continue across the North, the Central District, Judea and Samaria, and Jerusalem Sunday morning, but is…

Over 41 people were injured in violent clashes that erupted between Druze and Muslims Friday night in the Arab village of Abu Snan in the Western Galilee.  The clashes appeared to be a result of ongoing tensions in Israel between security forces and Arabs in the week since police shot Hir Alhamdan, who lunged with a knife at…

Prominent religious-Zionist Rabbi Dr. Benny Lau has added his voice to growing calls to allow Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount. Rabbi Lau, who had previously opposed Jewish prayer there due to concerns over ritual purity, said that the events of the past few months had forced him to reconsider his stance. “Enough is enough,”…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed support Sunday for the US fight against Islamic State terrorists, but cautioned against any softening toward Iran. “We want them both to lose. The last thing we want is to have any one of them get weapons of mass destruction,” Netanyahu said in an interview with CBS Face the…

The Jewish Home party has lashed out at its left-wing coalition partners, in particular Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnua), as a coalition crisis over the “Jewish State bill” appears to be coming to a head. Senior Jewish Home party officials reacted with fury to Livni’s attempts to postpone the key ministerial discussion on pushing the…

The white supremacist who murdered three people during a killing spree at Kansas Jewish Community Center and nearby Village Shalom care center on April 13 gave his first interview Saturday. F. Glenn Miller Jr told of his “exhilaration” while carrying out the bloody rampage, but also his surprise and regret at not having managed to kill any Jews.…

Meretz Chairman Zehava Gal-On responded acidly to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s declaration of support for the ‘Jewish State Bill’ on Sunday, claiming that officially consecrating Israel as the Jewish homeland rejects Israeli Arabs.  “This bill combines the democratic system and the legal system under [MK Ze’ev] Elkin’s Jewish nationalism,” Gal-On fired. “[It] states that Arabic…

Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, has cancelled a visit to London scheduled for this week.  The visit was set to feature a series of engagements including a Friday night dinner organized by the Center for Jewish Life. The cancellation comes after weeks of escalating tension between Palestinians and Israelis, as well as a slew of…

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) fired back at MK Ahmed Tibi (Balad) Sunday, after Tibi stated that Muslims were the “true owners” of the Temple Mount. “[Tibi] is cocky, a traitor and a liar,” Katz stated Sunday. “The Temple Mount has been a Jewish historical site for nearly 3,000 years, and is under Israeli sovereignty.”…

The International Network Against Cyber Hate and the Paris-based International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism released a report Wednesday documenting the explosion of online anti-Semitic hate speech generated during the summer war between Israel and Hamas.  The two groups presented the report, which chronicles the online activity of 10 European countries, at a meeting on anti-Semitism in…

Islamic State (ISIS) has beheaded US citizen and aid worker Peter Kassig, according to video footage posted on social media – even though the hostage converted to Islam.  Kassig, who had converted and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman Kassig, is the fifth Western hostage to be murdered in ISIS’s brutal social media campaign against the West. …

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Jerusalem Sunday, where he clarified Israel’s positions on its security and peace talks.  The President began by congratulating the German foreign minister, “I am pleased to welcome you in Jerusalem, capital of Israel,” Rivlin said. He then addressed the security situation. “We have…

Cuba has reportedly rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offer to build the country’s first mosque. Erdogan’s offer came during a speech in Istanbul to Muslim leaders from Latin America, in which he made the bizarre claim that Muslims discovered America nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus. “Muslim sailors arrived in America from 1178,” Erdogan…

A leading Iranian cleric has threatened to “raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground” if Israel attacks the country over its nuclear program. Speaking in a televised public sermon in the capital Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Movahedi-Kermani boasted that “the Sejjil ballistic missile can hit and raise to the ground any place in Israel, as…

This article is the first in a series exploring the “status quo” on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Though “maintaining the status quo” on the Temple Mount seems to be a universal goal, no one is quite sure what it is. Those who believe it means that Jews must not pray there should take note that the…

It is somewhat of a longstanding political practice in Israel for companies to strike to identify with political causes, such as the Ben-Gurion airport strike several months ago in solidarity with the Israel Postal Workers’ Union – much to the frustration of consumers and businesses alike. But that practice may change Sunday, after the Ministerial…

Israel’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell in the third quarter of 2014 because of the summer conflict in Gaza, officials said Sunday, representing the first such drop in over five years. A Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) statement said GDP was down 0.4 percent between July and September compared with the previous three months, citing the effect on the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has turned to the hareidi parties once again, officials from United Torah Judaism (UTJ) revealed Sunday night, in yet another attempt to replace Yesh Atid in the coalition following increased tensions over the past week. Netanyahu reportedly turned to UTJ and Shas, sources said – and was so desperate to maintain…

A Jewish man was stabbed by an Arab terrorist in Jerusalem on Sunday night, on Haneviim street – the latest in a string of terrorist attacks to hit the capital.  The perpetrator, a 32-year-old Arab man, fled in the direction of the Damascus Gate (Sha’ar Shechem). Jerusalem police forces have set up roadblocks and begun…

A sharp confrontation took place on Sunday afternoon in the Knesset Ministerial Committee for Legislation after committee head Justice Minister Tzipi Livni removed the discussion on the Jewish State bill, that seeks to define Israel as the State of the Jewish People, from the agenda. Several of those who attended the meeting told Arutz Sheva…

We have often stressed in these posting the huge dimensions of World War I in Palestine.  The armies, battles and casualties were often on the same scale as those on the “Western Front” in Europe.  The war raged from the Suez Canal to Damascus and Iraq. The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement that carved up the Middle…

The security establishment decided Saturday evening to put Construction and Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) under the protection of a 24-hour security detail. The decision was reached after terror organizations threatened to hurt the minister, in view of his active support for the idea of Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, and for Jewish…

Hours after a hassidic Jew from the Belz sect was stabbed in the neck in Antwerp, Belgium, a friend of his told Arutz Sheva the injury was not as bad as initially reported. He has been released from the hospital to his home and his condition is good, said the friend. The identity of the suspect…

Following the demand by neo-Nazi ‘Die Rechte’ party, the mayor of the German city of Dortmund asked authorities to ban the party The party reportedly demanded that the mayor send a list of the city’s Jews, a request that the mayor promptly refused, news site Ynet reported Saturday. According to various reports, the party, known…

Intense searches over the weekend for a ten-year-old boy from the hareidi town of Kiryat Sefer (Modiin Illit) ended Saturday morning when he was found wandering the streets in Bnei Brak. A police investigation found that on Friday at 12:00, the boy got off the school transportation vehicle that took him home, together with his…

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in talks in Ramallah on Saturday hailed the recent easing of Israeli-Palestinian tensions in Jerusalem, for which he credited the intervention by his US counterpart. “We welcome the meetings in Amman… which led to an improvement in the situation, especially around the mosques compound,” he said, quoted by the Palestinian…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus claimed the discovery in the name of Spain. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus,” the…

Morocco arrested five people Saturday in the southern city of Marrakesh on suspicion of seeking to join jihadists in Iraq and Syria and of aiding terrorist activities, the interior ministry said. Three of those arrested, whose identities were not given, were “preparing to join terrorist organisations in Syria and Iraq, in particular the Islamic State…

A photo of Thursday’s three-way meeting in Jordan between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Jordan’s King Abdullah and US diplomat John Kerry may have carried a subliminal message threatening Netanyahu. The photographer was positioned in a way that placed Netanyahu’s head squarely at the tip of several long ornamental swords that hang in the king’s palace…

CRIF, the umbrella group representing France’s Jewish community, warned on Friday that the French government’s upcoming vote on recognizing “Palestine” may fuel anti-Semitism. “This resolution is not conducive to the establishment of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, it may generate new tensions on the ground if it was voted and supported by the government,…

The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group is continuing with its policy of beheading, but this time has executed one of its own members. AFP reported on Friday that the group executed a senior member who was accused of embezzling funds and theft. “The Islamic State executed a senior leader in the group of Syrian nationality,…

Germany’s foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will travel to Israel and the Palestinian Authority on the weekend for talks with leaders on both sides amid surging tensions, a spokesman said Friday, according to AFP. Steinmeier aims to get a first-hand picture after recent clashes between Palestinian Arabs and Israeli forces, a situation in which the “peace…

The feud between IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Yoram Cohen is over. Gantz and Cohen met on Friday afternoon and agreed to cooperate with one another, days after Gantz wrote Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu complaining of mistrust between the IDF and the Shin Bet. An emotional conflict…

The family members of Abdelrahman Shaludi, the terrorist who last month carried out an attack near the Jerusalem Light Rail and murdered two people, on Friday received an order informing them that their home is to be demolished. Shaludi plowed his car into pedestrians at the Ammunition Hill station of the Jerusalem Light Rail, killing…

Mads Gilbert, a Norweigan doctor with a long record as an anti-Israel activist, has been banned by Israel from visiting Gaza for life for reasons of security after almost 30 years of frequenting the terror stronghold. Gilbert told the Norweigan NRK that during Operation Protective Edge this summer he worked at Shifa Hospital in Gaza, which Hamas used…

The Jerusalem District Court has ordered author Naomi Ragen and Keter Publishing to pay author Sudy Rosengarten 73,000 shekels ($19,124) for copyright infringement, distortion, camouflage and literary copying of “substantial and significant” portions of Rosengarten’s story, “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” into Ragen’s novel The Sacrifice of Tamar. Rosengarten, 82, a Bobov hassid, was shocked…

The Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) is cracking down at Ben Gurion International Airport – not on terrorists, but on religious nationalists.  Right-wing activists told Walla! News Friday that they and their families are being specifically targeted at Israel’s only international airport when they return from abroad by ISA agents, who have placed them under…

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnua) warned on Thursday that she is considering leaving the government, after Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz of her party last Saturday announced he is quitting the coalition. Speaking at a conference of the radical leftist OneVoice Movement which has tried to bribe Israelis to support “peace,” Livni spoke about the…

Jewish-American comedienne Sarah Silverman will be visiting Israel in December, Yediot Aharonot reported Thursday, to attend the gala screening of her Emmy-winning stand-up show, “Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles.” Silverman will be in Israel on the 16th, according to the daily, to attend the screening at the Jewish Film Festival in Jerusalem. The festival, under the direction…

Israel on Thursday ordered the demolition of the home of a terrorist who carried out a tractor attack in Jerusalem this past summer, raising the ire of the United States. The terrorist whose home is to be demolished is Mohammed Jabis, who slammed his tractor into a bus in Jerusalem in August, killing Rabbi Avraham…

Lt. Col. (ret.) Meir Indor, Director of the Almagor terror victims organization, raised numerous security failures in a sharp letter to the Israeli Security Cabinet on Tuesday. In light of two fatal terrorist attacks that occurred on Monday in Tel Aviv and Gush Etzion, Indor presented “a compilation of failures and proposals for putting an end…

Thousands of people have begun the yearly pilgrimage to Hevron Friday, in honor of the Shabbat in which the Torah portion of “Chayei Sarah” (lit. “The Life of Sarah”) is read, discussing the Biblical matriarch.  Crowds typically gather in the city to visit the Cave of the Patriarchs for the Shabbat, and many Torah academies…

As daily Arab riotous violence continues to engulf the capital city of Jerusalem, police appear to have started enforcing a stricter crackdown on one of the key hotbeds of Arab terrorism – the neighborhood of Issawiya. Issawiya, located near Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus, has been the source of near daily riots for many long…

A long-term ceasefire deal with Hamas is in order, Eshkol Regional Council head Haim Yelin stated in a special interview with Arutz Sheva on Friday, in order to postpone another war for as long as possible.  Yelin acknowledged that as long as a ceasefire deal is signed, the issue of another war becomes a “matter of time” –…

MK Yifat Kariv (Yesh Atid) left many shaking their heads last week when she made the following claim on her Facebook page: “over 3.2 million students are victims to bullying.” There’s just one problem with the assertion – the figure is almost 50% than the number of students in Israel. According to Knesset figures published…

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that steps were agreed at talks in Amman to lower tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians. After talks with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Kerry said “firm commitments” had been made to maintain the status quo at holy sites in Israeli-annexed east…

A car bomb went off early Thursday outside the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli, causing some damage to the building but no injuries. A Libyan security official told the Associated Press news agency that shortly after the blast, another car bomb was discovered near the embassy of the United Arab Emirates. It is unclear why that…

Anti-racism activists in Norway have refused to participate in a Holocaust commemoration because members of the Jewish community were also invited to it, according to a Norwegian blog cited by the International Business Times (IBT). According to blog “Norway, Israel and the Jews,” Norwegian organization New SOS Racisme – which claims to act against racism…

The bi-weekly paper The Capital City, which is distributed with the official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, featured a cartoon Thursday portraying Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick as a venomous snake. Terrorist Mutaz Hijazi, who attempted to murder Rabbi Glick on Oct. 29, is seen trying to strangle Rabbi Glick while saying: “You make…

Farmers in Israel’s north and south came under attack in October and November in several incidents of theft that volunteer organization Hashomer Hachadash say are part of a spike in such crimes that is linked to the general tension between Arabs and Jews. Earlier this week, Arabs attempted to steal a water pump from a…

Canada’s top court refused Thursday to hear a university professor’s final plea to halt his extradition to France, effectively ensuring he will face trial for the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue. The decision brings to an end 60-year-old Hassan Diab’s six-year legal battle to avoid what he said would be an unfair prosecution in…

After Islamic State (ISIS) reported on Sunday that an airstrike the day before had wounded its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and amid speculation that the terrorist may have been eliminated, ISIS on Thursday released an audio recording of him speaking to dispel the rumors that he was taken out. In the recording, which was distributed…

Hamas terrorist Ibrahim Al-Akari of the Jerusalem neighborhood Shuafat murdered two Israelis and wounded over 13 others in the capital last Wednesday – four days later, the UN- and EU-funded Al-Quds University in Jerusalem honored him by naming a tournament after him. Al-Akari murdered Druze Border Patrol captain superintendent Jadan Assad and 17-year-old yeshiva student Shalom Ba’adani…

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) unity government Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Thursday visited the mosque in Al-Mughayir, a village north-east of Ramallah in Samaria, which Arab locals claim was the target of a Jewish arson attack.  The mosque fire came the same night a firebomb was hurled at the ancient synagogue of Shefar’am in the Galilee causing…

As Israel’s security establishment warns of more attacks amid a recent spike of Arab terrorism, and soldiers are faced with more and more legal red tape in combating the threat, the nationalist group SOS Israel has come up with their own way to ensure the security of Israelis. The group, which also goes by the name…

Amid concerns that its citizens may join jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq and then bring terrorism back to their home country, Britain is announcing new measures against radicalized locals. Prime Minister David Cameron, who is visiting Australia, on Friday (local time) outlined plans to seize passports from radicalized Britons and stop them returning from…

One of Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s close associates has in recent days hinted to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s associates that Lapid is considering quitting the coalition and forming an alternate government, Channel 2 News reported Thursday. “If you keep this up, we will establish an alternative government headed by Lapid in the current Knesset,” is…

Spain is following in the footsteps of several other European countries, and its parliament plans to hold a vote next week on a resolution to recognize a Palestinian state, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday. The non-binding, largely symbolic resolution, presented by the Socialist opposition party, will be debated in parliament on Tuesday, and…

The leaders of the Islamic State (ISIS) and Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, have agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday. A high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander told the news agency that the agreement was made in…

The so-called “military wing” of the Hamas terrorist group warned Thursday of renewed violence unless Israel allows the reconstruction of Gaza, AFP reported. “We are saying to all sides  — if the siege on Gaza and the obstacles for reconstruction remain, there will be a new explosion,” said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Izz…

Police announced on Thursday evening that, unlike in previous weeks, they will not limit the entry of Muslim worshippers into the Temple Mount on Friday. Tensions and intelligence information about planned riots have in recent weeks caused the police to limit entry to the Temple Mount to men over the age of 35. However, this…

Arab support for the jihadist Islamic State (also known as ISIS) is highest among Palestinian Arabs, according to a recent survey. A poll carried out by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha gauged opinion on the Arab street regarding the current US-led campaign to “rollback” and ultimately defeat ISIS in Iraq…

The United States Army is denying Israeli media reports that it has purchased Iron Dome – the US funded missile-defense system that boasted a 90-percent hit rate in the recent Gaza conflict, Operation Protective Edge. “News reports about a sale of Iron Dome to the Army aren’t true,” Dov Schwartz of Army Public Affairs told Watchdog.org…

Three and half months after 5 soldiers were killed near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in a Hamas terrorist infiltration during Operation Protective Edge, their families came to the scene Wednesday to commemorate and say goodbye to their loved ones.   The guard stand near the Kibbutz was attacked on July 28, when a group of Hamas terrorists…

Yaakov Wieder, a member of the Likud presidium who chairs the party’s hareidi-religious task force, warned that if police and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) do not take responsibility for harsh incitement against hareidi soldiers, the result could be murders. Wieder stressed: “There is a phenomenon of extremists raising their heads and stirring the streets against these…

A 17-year-old Palestinian from Ramallah was arrested late Wednesday night at HaParsa Junction, near Dolev in Binyamin, on suspicion of planning to stab a bus driver in Jerusalem.  Police officers from Modi’in Illit patrolling in the area noticed the suspect and stopped him to search his bag, where they found a large knife and a…

US President Barack Obama has asked his national security advisors to determine a new strategy for the war against Islamic State (ISIS).  The key issue is Syria, senior US officials and diplomats told CNN, as the President has realized it may be impossible to defeat the terrorist organization without a political transition in Syria and the…

One of the ZIM shipping company’s cargo ships was attacked by pirates Wednesday afternoon in the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, adjacent to Somalia.  Security guards stationed aboard the transport ship repelled the attack by the group of pirates who attempted to abduct the ship while in the middle of open waters.  The incident occurred as the Israeli…

Congressional lawmakers are warning President Barack Obama they will work to increase sanctions on Iran if the administration makes what they consider a bad deal over Tehran’s nuclear program, USA Today reports. “We believe that a good deal will dismantle, not just stall, Iran’s illicit nuclear program and prevent Iran from ever becoming a threshold…

The Iranian military on Wednesday released a video of what it claimed was the successful maiden voyage of a drone it copied from an American unmanned aircraft that crashed in Iran three years ago, ABC News reported. Officials in Washington, however, downplayed the Iranian showcase. The footage, broadcast on Iranian state television, shows an aircraft…

Israeli do-it-yourself website construction platform Wix is set to advertise during the Super Bowl XLIX, writes Jewish Business News. The company will air a 30 second spot in the fourth quarter of the game, which will be broadcast on NBC on February 1st. Seth Winter, Executive VP-sales and sales marketing, NBC Sports Group and NBC Universal News Group,…

US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold three-way talks with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Jordan’s King Abdullah II Thursday night to discuss growing unrest in Jerusalem, officials said. “They will focus on ways to restore calm and de-escalate tensions in Jerusalem,” Kerry’s deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said. The talks will follow a…

The scent of possible early elections has not caused a meaningful shift in the public’s poilitical preferences, according to the latest Knesset Channel poll by Panels Politics. The poll gives Likud 22 seats, leaving it as the largest party. It is followed by the Jewish Home under Naftali Bennett, with 17 seats. In third place…

Israel should not be complacent about the threat posed by as Iranian-backed Shia militias in Iraq and Syria, an Israeli expert has warned. While much of the world’s attention has been focused on the Sunni Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and its bloody campaign through both countries, analysts are increasingly warning of the growing threat…

Temple activist Yehuda Glick posed Thursday for his first photo since he was shot point blank by a would-be assassin two weeks ago. He is seen in the photo with his wife, Yafi. “Praise G-d, Yehuda’s condition continues to improve,” Yafi told the press. “We are experiencing miracles every day and we see, before our…

Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich said Thursday that he believes the current wave of violent terror attacks will continue. “I assume there will be more attacks and incidents in the near future,” Aharonovich told the crowd at the inauguration ceremony of the new Jerusalem District Commander.   “I have noticed though a decrease in the number of…

A young Frenchman whose father is Jewish died last month while fighting for terror organization Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, according to a Tuesday report in Israeli daily Maariv – illustrating the diverse nature of recruits streaming to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamist group. Raphael Amar, 22, was killed in October during fighting in Deir…

US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan on Thursday for talks aimed at calming a wave of violence gripping Israel. The meeting in Amman came hours after fresh clashes broke out in Jerusalem where Israeli police fired tear gas, percussion bombs and rubber bullets to disperse Arab rioters…

Mayor of Efrat, Lt. Col. Oded Revivi, does not believe sending additional forces into Judea and Samaria is the solution to the deteriorating security situation.  “These are difficult days, but remember increasing [tension, violence] is not only happening in Gush Etzion, but also in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem,” Revivi noted in a radio interview with Arutz…

Thousands of Jewish Israelis were expelled from their homes during the 2005 Disengagement – but soon, some of them may have a chance to return. MKs Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) and Orit Struk (Jewish Home) have drafted a bill to restore Homesh and Sa-Nur to its former Jewish residents, Walla! News reports Wednesday night, as well as to…

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is to meet Washington’s top diplomat to discuss the upsurge in violence in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, his spokesman told AFP on Wednesday.   The meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry will take place in the Jordanian capital at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) on Thursday, Nabil Abu Rudeina…

A university professor accused of the deadly 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue will learn Thursday whether Canada’s Supreme Court will hear his final plea to avoid extradition to France, AFP reports Wednesday.  Canada’s highest court is expected to decide Thursday morning whether it will hear Hassan Diab’s appeal of a lower court ruling and a government order to extradite him. The 60-year-old Diab, who…

A mosque allegedly torched in a “price tag” attack near Shiloh may have been staged, one reporter revealed Wednesday.  On Wednesday night, a Channel One reporter visited Al-Mughayir, the village where the entire first floor of a mosque was allegedly targeted in a revenge attack against Arabs by “settlers,” as international media reported early Wednesday.  After visiting, the correspondent…

Israel has reportedly prevented members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) panel, set up to investigate “war crimes” allegations following last summer’s Operation Protective Edge, from entering the country. According to Channel Two, three members of the Schabas commission were refused entry into Israel from Jordan on their way to Gaza. The three UN-appointed…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened a special meeting in his office between Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, and Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) chief Yoram Cohen Wednesday afternoon, after Gantz wrote Netanyahu complaining of mistrust between the IDF and ISA. Netanyahu instructed all parties to cease…

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Ukraine, Russian officials have insisted over the past several months – but local Jewish leaders say that life for Ukrainian Jewry is actually “safer and easier” than in the West.  Shmuel Kaminetsky, a rabbi in Dnipropetrovsk, noted that anti-Semitism in Ukraine is much lighter than in Britain or France,…

MK Ahmed Tibi (Raam-Taal) on Wednesday once again verbally attacked an MK. This time, the target was MK Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home). The argument between the two occurred during a special discussion about last weekend’s incident in the Arab town of Kafr Kana, when 22-year-old Hir Alhamdan was shot and killed by police  after he lunged…

Emergency crews on Wednesday rescued two window washers who were trapped on a hanging platform dangling perilously at the 68th floor of the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan, CNN reports. Rescue workers used a diamond saw to tear through three layers of glass panes — the thickest nearly two inches —…

An Iranian official on Wednesday commented on recent reports that U.S. President Barack Obama had sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to the Al-Monitor news website, the official said that not only had Obama written letters to Khamenei, but that some of the letters were replied to. “The letters of…

The Egyptian military said one of its navy vessels came under a “terrorist” attack in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, leaving eight servicemen missing at sea, according to AFP. The military said in a statement that four boats used by the assailants were destroyed and 32 of the suspected militants were arrested. The Egyptian government is…

U.S. President Barack Obama has announced 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including three Jewish civil rights workers killed by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Mississippi in 1964, according to the Mississippi-based Clarion-Ledger. “From activists who fought for change to artists who explored the furthest reaches of our imagination; from scientists who…

Border Police officers were able to foil an attempted stabbing attack near the Cave of the Patriarchs on Wednesday night. The officers identified a suspect approaching them. They called on him to stop and found a commando knife in his possession. The man, an Arab resident of Hevron in his 20s, was arrested and taken…

The United States Wednesday sharply condemned Israeli plans to build 200 new Jewish homes in Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood, according to AFP, warning such moves would only “exacerbate” spiraling tensions in the city. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki also denounced the alleged torching of a mosque blamed on suspected Jewish extremists calling it a “hateful and provocative” act and urging officials to investigate.…

A Border Police officer was arrested Tuesday after new evidence in a six-month-long investigation indicated that the officer used live fire instead of a rubber bullet, to shoot a 17-year-old Palestinian Arab rioter, Nadim Nuwara, during this past year’s Nakba Day (lit. “Day of the Catastrophe,” a reference to Israel’s founding) demonstrations.  The officer will…

Channel 2‘s main investigative news program, Uvda, has vindicated Economics Minister and Jewish Home Chairman Naftali Bennett, who has claimed that the operation the IDF launched against Hamas’s terror tunnels was largely a product of his insistence. Uvda’s report determines that it was Bennett who repeatedly raised the subject of the tunnels at cabinet sessions…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas does not want to take responsibility of the Gaza Strip, because he is afraid of entering into a conflict against Hamas, accuse senior Israeli officials.  One of the officials told Walla! News Monday that “Abu Mazen is afraid to take responsibility for Gaza. The international community’s great hope that Fatah will come…

An Arab video propaganda video that has been circulating on the internet since Tuesday shows an IDF jeep driving away as a mob of Arab youths descends upon it. The incident took place at Nebi Saleh, according to news site 0404. The site initially reported that the video shows the soldiers behaving in a disgraceful way.…

MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) told a Knesset committee Tuesday that in two weeks, she will submit a bill based on the US’s Foreign Agent Registration Law, in an effort to make it more difficult for hostile NGOs to operate inside Israel. The bill would mandate greater transparency on the part of NGOs that are funded by foreign governments, and cancel…

Danny Magner, Chairman of the Student Association (ASAT) at the Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, spoke with Arutz Sheva about ongoing Arab student protests – outside the gates of the campus.  “The Technion is an apolitical institution and it usually very calm and quiet here, except for during major events such as Operation Protective Edge…

Last week, I spoke to King Abdullah of Jordan, and I reiterated Israel’s commitment to maintain the religious status quo on the Temple Mount. I will continue to make every effort to restore calm, to restore quiet and security, so that all may enjoy the religious freedom guaranteed by Israeli law. But I regret to…

Senior police sources told Channel 2 News Tuesday night that in their estimation, “the riots will end soon.” Arab riots erupted and spread across the country in the wake of the police shooting 22-year-old Hir Alhamdan in Kafr Kana in the Galilee. Alhamdan was shot after lunging at a police car and making stabbing motions toward the car’s…

Following a reported act of arson against a mosque, Arabs are rioting at the entrance to Al-Mughayir, a village near Ramallah, and preventing police from entering the village. Arab sources blame “settlers” for setting the mosque on fire. According to AFP, Palestinian security officials said that “Israeli settlers started a blaze in a mosque… overnight, setting the…

The Canadian-Israeli woman who volunteered to fight ISIS – at least, according to Voice of Israel public radio – is Jill Rosenberg, aged 31. She made aliyah in 2006 and served in the IDF’s Home Front rescue unit. She was arrested in 2009 and extradited to the US, after being charged with taking part in…

Judea-Samaria residents have registered their discontent over recent changes to the bus system, Arutz Sheva has learned Wednesday, noting that the routes which lead to Jerusalem purposely stop on the outskirts of the capital city, forcing them to travel through areas where much of the recent violence by Arab extremists has taken place.  Representatives from several communities…

Two radical anti-Israel activists have been banned from entering the German parliament building for chasing a senior left-wing politician into a lavatory after he cancelled a meeting with them. The pair – American Max Blumenthal and Canadian-Israeli David Sheen – were invited to the Reichstag by members of the socialist Left party. But the party’s…

Senior IDF officers met Tuesday with senior Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials, to discuss measures aimed at easing tensions in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. According to the Hebrew-language Walla! news site, PA officials expressed a desire to bring calm to Judea-Samaria and Jerusalem – but also warned that they would “find it difficult to cope” if…

The Committee for Planning and Building in Jerusalem approved 200 apartments for construction Wednesday afternoon in various neighborhoods – including some beyond 1949 Armistice lines.  This is the first stage of the three to finally greenlight 600 units. In addition – possibly to ‘balance out’ the construction tenders – tenders are also due to be…

Deputy Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) has accused right-wing MKs who voted for the “Israel Hayom” bill this morning of hypocrisy. The bill passed its first Knesset reading this morning by 43 votes to 23, with nine abstentions. It has been criticized by many MKs and analysts as being undemocratic, given that it is essentially tailor-made to…

Director Suha Arraf was ordered to return a grant of 600,000 shekel ($157,115) she received from the Economics Ministry for the production of the film ‘Villa Touma,’ on Wednesday, after introducing the film at international film festivals as being from “Palestine.”  The decision to retract the grant money was made by the Economics Ministry, under…

Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving several successive life sentences in Israeli prison, was transferred to solitary confinement Wednesday, following his attempts to inflame the situation in Judea and Samaria and encourage terrorism from behind prison walls. The Israeli Prison System internal court sentenced him to seven days in solitary confinement and a fine of…

The Ku Klux Klan – once the foremost hate group in America, known distinctly for their white hoods and cross burnings – have stepped up a leafletting campaign distributing racist fliers throughout neighborhoods in the United States  It is a maneuver that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is calling an attempt to camouflage their declining stature…

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has decided to cancel plans to fire numerous “ravashatzim” – the plural form of the Hebrew acronym “ravshatz” that stands for “military security coordinator” – who serve the Gaza Belt communities as security officers. The Defense Ministry had planned to fired numerous ravshatzim and reduce others to part-time employment. Chief of…

The Knesset plenum approved Wednesday in a preliminary vote the “Israel Hayom bill” that would shut down the nation’s largest circulation newspaper, which is distributed for free.  The bill was proposed by MK Eitan Cabel (Labor) and a group of MKs, including Ayelet Shaked of the Jewish Home. The bill passed by a 43:23 majority…

Border Policemen apprehended a 17 and a half year old Arab teen in Jerusalem’s Old City Tuesday night, after he was caught carrying a knife.  The suspect was interrogated and generally made threats against police, saying “ISIS and Hamas will take care of you.”  Hours earlier, a Molotov cocktail was thrown from Issawiya onto a…

Almost 40% of the Jewish population in Israel believes in changing government policy surrounding Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount – even at the cost of bloodshed, according to a survey by the “Peace Index” published Monday by the Guttman Center at the Israel Democracy Institute and the Evens Program for Solution Conflict Resolution at…

A resident of the town of Neve Tzuf in the Binyamin region complained that an Israeli appliance chain refused to provide promised service – because their service personnel refused to “cross the line” into Samaria. The customer, who calls himself S., had purchased a washing machine from the Machsanei Chashmal chain. Cognizant of the well-known…

Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj apologized Tuesday and denied any Nazi sympathies after she came under criticism for imagery that resembled the Third Reich in a video, AFP reports.  In the video for new song “Only,” Minaj is portrayed as a powerful totalitarian dictator with a massive army – like Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Third Reich – with all…

Police on Tuesday arrested 42 Palestinian Arabs who were in Israeli illegally. Of the detainees, 21 were shipped back to PA controlled areas, while the rest were held for questioning. The detainees were arrested as part of the new “no-tolerance” policy on PA Arabs in Israel illegally, in the wake of the murder of IDF…

Arab students protested outside Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) on Tuesday, in a demonstration of support and solidarity with the terrorists who carried out several rock-throwing attacks near the Mount Scopus campus, which is near Shuafat.  The demonstration was held under tight security and included calls for “the liberation of Palestine” and against police and…

Hackers claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous and other international organizations have declared Friday as a “day of attack” against Israeli web sites. A post on a site belonging to the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian Information Center said that November 14 would “be another round in the cyber-war against Israel.” The information about the attack was reported…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a statement on the current security situation in Israel on Tuesday, 24 hours after Palestinian terrorists killed 20 year-old IDF soldier Almog Shiloni and 26 year-old Dalia Lemkos hy”d in two separate stabbing attacks.  “We find ourselves facing a wave of incitement and terror which we have faced since the…

According to Forbes, ISIS tops the list with a $2 billion annual income and is the world’s richest terrorist organization – and the richest in the history of modern terrorism.  Experts estimate that ISIS currently controls 60% of oil reserves in Syria, and was able to take by force or negotiate with the seven major oil and gas reserves in…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership is threatening to take individual Israelis to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. Speaking on Tuesday to the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, the PA’s envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, declared that the PA would take this action if it fails in passing its UN resolution calling for…

Is it for real this time? A Sinai-based jihadist group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), a week after denying that it had done so. According to The Associated Press (AP), Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the jihadist organization that has carried out numerous attacks targeting Egyptian security forces, pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Israelis and Palestinians to do everything they can to reduce the simmering hostilities and continue, through dialogue, on the path to peace. Ban’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said the Secretary-General expresses his deep concern about the upsurge in violence and killings over the past few days in Israel…

The Almagor terror victims’ organization on Tuesday called on Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch to take legal and administrative measures against arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, following his letter in which he called for “armed resistance” against Israel. In the letter to mark 10 years since the death of PLO leader Yasser…

In its latest showcase of military powers, Iran on Tuesday unveiled a new home-made long-range radar system, reported the semi-official Fars news agency. According to the report, Iran claims the new system, named Sepehr (Sky), has the capability of detecting satellite and space objects’ trajectories. “The Sepehr radar system covers a range of over 2,500…

Iran is not a friend of the United States and the sanctions against it should be maintained, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. Speaking by video to the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, Netanyahu opened by responding to Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks at the same conference that he and…

While a fall in the price of oil is welcome to consumers around the world – and to consumers in Israel – it might not be all that great for Israel’s security, warn experts. That’s because the low price of oil is likely to drive Russia to make deals with countries that do not have…

Police and the IDF have beefed up their presence in Judea, Samaria and the rest of Israel Tuesday, following two stabbing attacks Monday that have left two Jews dead and others wounded. On Tuesday morning, a Jewish man was lightly hurt when Arabs ambushed him as he drove his car on Highway 60 past Beit…

Monday’s deadly stabbing attack in Tel Aviv – the first of two such attacks in a single day – in many ways marked an escalation in the recent campaign of Arab violence that has been simmering since the summer. Though all previous such attacks in recent months had taken place either in Jerusalem or the…

Arutz Sheva got the chance to speak with Nate Leipciger, an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor who was honored on Sunday for his dedication to Holocaust education and spreading awareness about racism. Leipciger was given the first “Upstander Award” by Facing History and Ourselves, an organization that he says is dedicated to “tikun olam,” the Jewish concept of repairing…

One Palestinian was killed and two others injured Tuesday when a fuel truck exploded at the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing in southern Gaza, medics said. “One worker was killed in the fuel area of Kerem Shalom and two others were injured, one seriously,” emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP. He said the victim was…

The Honenu legal aid organization has been leading the fight to defend IDF soldiers who face legal action for defending themselves in the line of duty, in addition to their representation of Judea and Samaria residents arrested for acts of self-defense, and nationalist activists who are wrongly accused by the courts. Now Honenu has launched…

At least 46 students have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a school assembly in Potiskum in the northeastern region of Nigeria. The suicide bomber was dressed up as a student, said police, when he blew himself up at a boys’ school in Yobe state. According to the BBC, police said that Islamist terror…

Between secret letters and revelations made by American officials, there is a good amount of evidence suggesting US President Barack Obama’s administration is moving closer to Iran as part of an attempt for coordination against Islamic State (aka ISIS). To make sense of the complicated situation, Arutz Sheva spoke with Dr. Emily Landau, head of the Arms Control and Regional Security…

First Sergeant Almog Shiloni hy”d, who was murdered Monday by a terrorist in Tel Aviv, had always wanted to be a combat soldier. In an interview for the IAF website upon his induction to the military, Shiloni said: “I always wanted to be a fighter. I trained ahead of the enlistment, and ran for fitness.…

Mohammad Al Momani, Jordan’s Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications, says that official media in his country is dedicated to “extensively” covering Israeli “violations”, and that this coverage generally takes up to 70% of the reports, says official Jordanian news agency Petra. Momani met on Saturday with top officials of the political parties…

Large IDF and police forces are fanning out in Israel’s large cities to head off “a very large terror attack” that the genocidal Islamist Hamas organization is believed to be planning against Israel. The Israel Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet) is also trying to prevent it by locating possible terrorists. Minister of Public Security,…

The Chief Rabbi of Holland, Binyamin Jacobs, was miraculously saved from being run over by an unknown driver. The incident occurred when Rabbi Jacobs exited his vehicle at a gas station to fill up. The Rabbi said that he was being watched by two youths “of Mediterranean extraction,” with one returning to his own vehicle…

The subcommittee for the Judea-Samaria’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee met Monday to discuss the demographic situation in the region – after studies revealed that it is unclear, exactly, how many people live in Judea-Samaria in total.  Panelists included representatives from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), representatives from Coordination of Government Activities in the…

A Health Minsitry poll showed that while the large majority of Israelis are satisfied with the care they get in hospitals, about a quarter are not – because the staff, the feel, does not treat them properly. The poll of 500 representative Israelis was conducted by the Ministry between May and July of this year,…

Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership to give its backing to “armed resistance” against Israel in a letter published Tuesday as a wave of violence surged, according to AFP.  The call came after months of clashes in and around Jerusalem and a growing number of deadly terror attacks by lone individuals. So far, the Palestinian leadership has been…

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday accused the Islamist movement Hamas of trying “to destroy” efforts to broker “national unity” through a series of bomb blasts in Gaza last week. Hamas quickly hit back, describing the allegations as “lies, insults and disinformation.” In a speech marking the 10th anniversary of the death his predecessor Yasser…

The defense establishment is preparing for a scenario in which rockets will be fired from Gaza into Israel in identification with the terror attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Security officers in the Gaza Belt communities have been briefed, as have Iron Dome battery operators, and Iron Dome batteries have been deployed in…

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman reacted to Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas’s comments at a rally marking 10 years since the death of Yasser Arafat, saying the two PA leaders are very similar – but that Abbas is “more dangerous.” During his speech in Ramallah, Abbas declared that “the Muslim world will not accept Israel’s…

US Vice President Joe Biden addressed the annual General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America Monday, and took the opportunity to try to smooth over tensions between Jerusalem and Washington following the infamous “chickensh**” comments made about Israel’s prime minister by a senior Obama administration aid. Although he didn’t address the specific article in The…

MK Basel Ghattas (Raam-Taal) attacked Economics Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett Tuesday, after Bennett said that the Israeli Arab who was shot dead by police at Kafr Kana after lunging at them with a knife was a terrorist. Ghattas blamed the man’s death on Minister of Public Security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, who said…

Renowned Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz made it clear that the case must not be closed regarding the Obama Administration officials who personally attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with various epithets. The insults were widely reported in the international press after having been first reported in the New Yorker. Speaking with Newsmax TV this past…

Yishai Katz, the 50-year-old man lightly injured in the stabbing attack in Gush Etzion Monday spoke to press several hours later about his ordeal.  “I realized I was in mortal danger, and I realized that I should run. I defended myself with my bare hands,” Katz, a resident of Alon Shvut told Walla! News Monday.…

At a Knesset discussion of the state budget MK Ahmed Tibi (Raam-Taal) lashed out at Jewish Home Chairman and Minister of Economy, Naftali Bennett. Tibi ranted: “Even Uri Ariel has testified that the fiery Naftali Bennet has in his room pictures of leaders and members of the Jewish underground, terrorists, suicide bombers – he calls…

Almog Shiloni, the 20-year-old IDF soldier who was critically wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack at the entrance to Tel Aviv’s Hahagana train station on Monday, has died of his wounds. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics tried to resuscitate the victim at the site before sending him to Tel-Hashomer Hospital where he was brought to…

Only hours after a firebomb was hurled at a kosher restaurant in the 17th district of Paris, a group of French teenagers assaulted a Jewish boy outside of his school.  The attack took place Thursday in the 3rd district, outside of private high school Progress – known for having a large number of Jewish students.  The…

The young woman murdered Monday evening has been identified as 26 year-old Dalia Lemkos from Tekoa in Gush Etzion.  She will be laid to rest Tuesday morning at 10;00 a.m., in Tekoa. She was stabbed to death and two other people were wounded in a terrorist attack at a hitchhiking station outside the town of Alon Shvut…

An Israeli woman is making world headlines after she joined the Kurdish fighters in Iraq. “I have decided to contribute my share to the Kurdish national effort,” the woman told Voice of Israel public radio. She has been identified as a 31-year-old olah (immigrant) from Canada who served in the IDF. She told Voice of…

Israeli officials have reacted strongly to the two terrorist stabbing attacks that occurred Monday – the first in Tel Aviv and the second in Gush Etzion – with MKs calling on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to truly fight Arab terrorism. In an official statement, President Reuven Rivlin urged national unity in the face of ongoing…

India and Israel Monday successfully tested the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) in Israel, an official statement said. The test was done by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in the presence of scientists of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and officials of the Indian armed forces. The LRSAM system has been jointly…

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed a five-member panel to investigate Israeli strikes on UN shelters during the Gaza war, as well as the discovery of Hamas weapons at UN sites. Ban announced plans to set up a probe during his visit to Gaza last month after describing the three alleged Israeli shellings…

Shocking footage has emerged showing the moment an Islamic Jihad terrorist launched a murderous attack on a group of civilians waiting at a bus stop outside the town of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion. The video shows how Maher Hamdi al-Hashalmoun first drove his car into the bus stop, knocking over and injuring his victims. Chillingly,…

Dr. Craig Spencer, who was diagnosed with Ebola in New York City last month, is now free of the virus and will be released from the hospital Tuesday, city officials said Monday, according to CNN. “Dr. Spencer poses no public health risk and will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow,” the New York City Health…

There were conflicting reports on Monday regarding FIFA’s position on Qatar’s hosting the 2022 World Cup. While the German newspaper Der Spiegel reported that FIFA president Sepp Blatter told members of the Norwegian FA that “the 2022 World Cup won’t take place in Qatar” during a dinner held in October, the international federation later denied…

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Monday that a UN envoy’s proposal to implement a ceasefire in the embattled northern city of Aleppo was “worth studying,” reports The Associated Press (AP). The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, first raised the idea of small-scale, localized and negotiated truces in Syria at the United Nations in New York…

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, on Monday urged the international community to condemn the latest terrorist attacks against Israelis, saying that ignoring terrorism is the same as supporting it. “I will be perfectly clear: Ignoring incitement and terrorism is similar to supporting terrorism,” Prosor told reporters in New York, hours after two…

An Iranian official said on Monday there was no progress in two days of nuclear talks with the United States and the European Union in Oman, Bloomberg reports. Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, said that “after hours of talks we are still not in a position to say we have made progress and we…

The United States on Monday condemned the two stabbing attacks in Tel Aviv and in Gush Etzion, while urging both Israelis and Palestinian Arabs to ease rising tensions. “We strongly condemn the stabbing today in the West Bank, and we deeply regret the loss of life,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, in a statement…

The Knesset approved on Monday night the first reading of the state budget for 2015. 58 MKs voted in favor of the proposal, and 46 voted against. No one abstained. The budget is to be taken to the various Knesset committees which will discuss it and prepare it for its second and third readings, but…

Rapper Nicki Minaj is under fire Monday, after the racy video for her latest song “Only” that features rappers Lil Wayne, Drake and Chris Brown was revealed to be peppered with Nazi symbolism.  In the video, Minaj is portrayed as a powerful totalitarian dictator with a massive army – like Adolf Hitler, the leader of…

Gaza’s “marine intifada” has escalated further, AFP reports Monday, after the Israeli navy apprehended six fishermen who were smuggling weapons into Gaza from Egypt.  The Israeli navy fired on two boats off the coast, officials from the Hamas-run security services told the news agency, leaving two fishermen wounded and four missing. It was not immediately clear whether the four…

Residents of the Givat Assaf community in Samaria objected to the IDF’s conduct toward them Sunday, after the defense establishment allegedly ignored a serious threat to the Jewish residents from Arab terrorists.  The community, which has warned that the government has recently betrayed its position on recognizing it, received a report last Friday afternoon that…

In a sign of the continually flagging security situation, an explosive was found on the side of the road Tzir Hazevel just north of Jerusalem in Samaria, which leads between Psagot and Beit El. The bomb was located by IDF forces who were conducting a brigade drill in the area. The road was closed to…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the International Criminal Court (ICC) have made headlines again Monday – but this time, it is Israel who is being vindicated on the global scale.  Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center, an Israeli based civil rights organization announced today that they filed an unprecedented war crimes complaint against…

An Arab terrorist in Kafr Kanna, located in the Galilee just north of Nazareth, on Saturday night attacked a police car with a knife and tried to stab officers – after succeeding in forcing their way out of the vehicle, the officers shot him dead. The terrorist, 22-year-old Hir Hamdan, was brought to a hospital…

A day of widespread violence by Israeli Arabs was capped Sunday night by a serious incident at the Arab town of Taibeh in central Israel. Rioters near the Taibeh bridge forced a car, in which a resident of Netanya was driving, to stop, and proceeded to set it on fire. The driver received treatment in…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday took part in a memorial service for former PA Chairman and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorist leader Yasser Arafat, and promised to move the latter’s grave to Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the sovereign capital of the Jewish state of Israel where the PA has no rights to operate,…

When Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharonvich arrived at the scene of Monday’s stabbing attack in south Tel Aviv, residents and onlookers responded less than kindly.  Angry citizens cried out: “Go console people at the homes of terrorists,” and “We have no security in south Tel Aviv.” Some citizens also chanted “Death to terrorists”, and someone…

A young woman was stabbed to death at a hitchhiking station in Gush Etzion, according to Channel 2. She was stabbed in the neck. There are conflicting reports about her age, ranging from 14 to 26. A 26-year-old man who was also stabbed is in light to moderate condition and a 50-year-old was hurt in…

Yehuda Glick, the Temple Mount activist who was shot at close range a week and a half ago, continues to recover at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem – and has told fellow activists to “stay strong.”  Glick still cannot talk, but he now corresponds with family and friends visiting by writing on a whiteboard.…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s advisors are sending contradictory messages to the Palestinian public.  Abbas’s political advisor Nimer Hammad denounced recent violence in a statement broadcasted on official PA TV. In the statement, Hammad emphasized, “Abbas is making sure that our people are not drawn into a cycle of violence and counter-violence, according to…

In an effort to counter the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) and its effect on her borders, Jordan has imposed new rules on Muslim clerics.  In a mandatory meeting held at an auditorium in Zarqa and attended by hundreds of Muslim clerics, Jordan’s Minister of Islamic Affairs, Hayel Dawood, ordered imams to preach moderate…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an official response to Monday’s stabbing attack on an IDF soldier in Tel Aviv, stating at a Likud faction meeting that he will not let terrorists succeed. “Terrorism directed against us has no limits, it is directed to all parts of the country equally,” Netanyahu stated. “The terrorists want…

Reactions are beginning to surface after Monday’s shocking stabbing attack on an IDF soldier, with many fuming that the State needs to establish deterrence – now.  MK Moti Yogev (Jewish Home) fired at the fact that the assailant – a 25 year-old from Shechem (Nablus) – allegedly entered Israel illegally for work.   “The bill I spearheaded…

Jewish organizations in the European Union (EU) on Sunday sharply criticized an initiative promoted by human rights groups and political parties calling on the EU to take action against Israel. The initiative would have the EU force Israel give a report on its actions in Operation Protective Edge, by threatening to suspend the Association Agreement…

The mass emigration of Russian Jewry has brought great blessing to the State of Israel, with roughly a million Jews having been added to its population. Had the Russian doors remain closed, it is likely that most of them would have been lost to the Jewish Nation forever. Similarly, some 750,000 Russian Jews now reside…

The State of Israel’s “building freeze” in Judea and Samaria may be drastically closer to breaking permanently, IDF Radio revealed Monday – as it has an elaborate contingency plan in place to improve the entire road infrastructure in the region, across a 300 kilometer (186 miles) span.  The plan has been formulated over more than two…

Singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel says he is not anti-Israel, but that he is “against occupation”. Gabriel, who originally rose to fame with the band Genesis, contributed songs to a new compilation album titled “2 Unite All”, proceeds from which go to humanitarian organizations aiding Palestinian Arabs in Gaza, reports i24news. “I am certain that Israelis and…

Jewish American philanthropist Sheldon Adelson said on Sunday that the United States must toughen its stance on Iran. Adelson, a key Republican funder and a close associate of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, spoke at the inaugural conference of the Israeli-American Council (IAC), in which he shared a stage for the same time with Haim Saban,…

The head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, will travel to Russia Tuesday to sign a construction deal for two nuclear power plants on Iran’s southern Gulf shores, AFP reported on Sunday. Salehi’s visit will cap months of negotiations between Iran and Russia, and comes as the Islamic republic faces a November 24…

The United States has no information at this point to indicate that the commander of the Islamic State (ISIS) was wounded near the Iraqi city of Mosul, or if he was even in the convoy that was targeted, U.S. officials said on Sunday, according to Reuters. Earlier, an ISIS spokesman confirmed that the group’s leader,…

Unknown assailants killed five nuclear engineers on Sunday while they were on a bus just north of Damascus near the research center where they worked, AFP reported on Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of sources on the ground for its reports, later told AFP four of the…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday once again reiterated that incitement is behind much of the tension in Jerusalem and the region, and that the bulk of this incitement comes from the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its chairman, Mahmoud Abbas. “We are witnessing increasing efforts in recent months and days to incite violence and terror,…

Syrian insurgents, including fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, seized a key city and other areas of Syria’s southwestern Deraa province on Sunday after five days of fierce battles, fighters in the area told Reuters. A source close to government forces confirmed the advance and said the army had pulled out of Nawa city.…

U.S. President Barack Obama admitted on Sunday that a “big gap” remained between Iran and the six world powers, as held high-level talks were held in Oman on a nuclear deal, reports AFP. Secretary of State John Kerry met Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Oman, with the November 24 deadline to turn an…

This  article is one of a series of testimonies showcasing the life-saving work of Efrat. “While going about my daily routine, I received a phone call from a good friend of mine. She told me that she had spent the day walking around Jerusalem and when she visited the Kotel (Western Wall), she overheard a…

Hundreds of British and Commonwealth citizens who have made aliyah to Israel gathered at the Ramle Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery on Sunday to attend  the annual ceremonies commemorating the servicemen killed in the two World Wars, held this year in the shadow of the 100th anniversary of the commencement of the First World War in…

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) called to outlaw the Islamic Movement in Israel on Sunday, noting that the group is responsible – at least in part – for the escalation of rioting in Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount. “The first step to curb the wave of incitement and violence on the Temple Mount and…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu proposed a far-reaching bill on Saturday, which – if passed – would see citizenship revoked for any Israeli who calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. The bill is actually the revival of a similar motion proposed by Yisrael Beytenu which was blocked in 2008. That proposal would have…

Hillel International, the largest Jewish student organization in the world, distributed manuals last week to college students on how to identify and prevent security threats.  Hillel sent copies of the student safety manual to various college and university campuses around the country. Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), a prominent national Jewish fraternity will also be distributing the…

MK Yoni Chetboun’s (Jewish Home) “Judges Law” will be brought to discussion Sunday before the Ministerial Committee on Legislation. Under the proposal, the Minister of Justice, with the consent of the president of the High Court, will determine the necessary amount of judges for each region and city in the country, with respect to population…

The Likud Central Committee will meet Sunday night and will discuss the date of the primaries and the introduction of changes to the party constitution, against the backdrop of tensions between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Chairman of the party’s Central Committee, MK Danny Danon. Netanyahu wants to hold a vote, during which the…

The lawyer representing a police officer who shot dead a knife-wielding Israeli Arab attacker who interfered with an arrest operation in Kafr Kana has defended his client’s actions, saying he felt his life was in danger. “There is an attempt to stigmatize and gain political capital, but he believes that he acted appropriately because (the…

Sweden’s ambassador to Israel said that his country’s decision to recognize a “Palestinian state” was not meant to be an “anti-Israel” move. The Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Isaac Bachman, was recalled over a week ago following the Swedish government’s decision to officially recognize “Palestine” as a state on October 30.  Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman responded harshly to…

The Canadian government, under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, continues to take a hard stance against Islamist extremism – including its laws against women’s rights and freedoms. Dubbed the “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act,” the Canadian Parliament released new laws last week targeting “violence against women or girls, including spousal abuse, violence in the…

Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino held a meeting Saturday to assess the security situation following the death of Hir Alhamdan, 22, and the ensuing riots and rock-throwing attacks in the Galilee, Samaria and Jerusalem, that broke out.  The conclusion of those attending the meeting was to to raise the alert level in the country to Gimmel…

Residents of the mostly Jewish community of Upper Nazareth on Sunday circulated a petition demanding that the government build a bypass road that will allow them to avoid driving near Kafr Kana, which has become a hotspot of Arab violence. The Arab town has been a center of unrest all weekend after 22-year-old resident Hir…

Deputy Transport Minister, MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud), and MK Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home), rode the Jerusalem Light Rail Sunday after getting on at the Shimon Hatzaddik station, where an Arab terrorist ran over innocent civilians last week. They found that passengers are now crowded behind large concrete obstacles that have been brought to the stations…

“Never Again” applies not only to Jews, Jewish leaders are beginning to declare, but also to the ISIS-besieged Yezidis in Iraq and northern Syria. Rabbi Eliezer Melamed of Har Brachah and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, are two public Jewish leaders who have come out…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday praised the courageous citizens who peacefully brought down the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, calling the momentous day proof that “dreams can come true”. Merkel, who grew up in the communist East, was speaking at a memorial site to the 138 people killed in Berlin alone as they tried…

The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel praised the government for approving for legislation a law that would extend Israeli legal jurisdiction to Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria. In a statement, the Forum said that passage of the law would alleviate what has until now been a major source of discrimination for residents…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that one of the keys to solving the “price crisis” in Israel was to remove import duties on many kinds of imported food products. Doing so, he said, would increase competition and force Israeli food manufacturers to make do with less profit. Israel has relatively high import duties…

Talk of impending recession has apparently not reached the ears of car buyers in Israel; this October, they plunked down nearly twice as much money as last year to buy new vehicles. According to import statistics, 23,829 cars were sold in Israel in October 2014, compared to 11,634 in October a year earlier. Importers and…

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement said Sunday it is cancelling this week’s Gaza ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death due to security concerns. Gaza-based Fatah spokesman Fayez Abu Eita told AFP that Hamas said it could not guarantee security at the memorial events scheduled for Tuesday.   The announcement comes…

The Ministerial Law Committee on Sunday authorized for legislation a law that would extend Israeli legal jurisdiction to Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria. Among the laws that would apply in Judea and Samaria if the measure is passed are those requiring workers to receive sick pay, minimum wage laws, and other workplace-related measures. According…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacted Sunday to threatening statements made on Saturday by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s ‘supreme leader,’ and said that the crisis over Iranian nuclear ambitions was at a critical moment. “Only yesterday,” he told the Likud central committee convention, “the leader of Iran again called for the destruction of Israel. We hear…

A three year old who was injured when Arabs threw rocks at a vehicle he was riding in on Saturday night has miraculously recovered. The child was released from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital Sunday. The mother of the child told Arutz Sheva about the incident, in which the family’s vehicle was stoned near Shiloh, on…

Ruling party Likud’s Central Committee gathered Sunday evening to vote to approve a date for holding primary elections. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Likud Central Committee Chair MK Danny Danon decided Sunday that the primaries will be held on January 6. On December 24, a vote will be held on changing the Likud constitution so…

Vandals desecrated headstones in the Jewish section of a cemetery in Hertfordshire, UK. Witnesses said that seven headstones were toppled over, and two others were damaged. The Hertfordshire cemetery is a universal one, with sections marked off for different religions and communities. The Jewish section of the cemetery is small, and local community leaders said…

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon took part Sunday in an event honoring the civilian arrays in the Gaza Belt and spoke about the issue of the ravashatzim – a Hebrew acronym that means “military security coordinator” – who serve the communities as security officers. The Defense Ministry had planned to fired numerous ravshatzim and reduce others…

The leader of the Islamic State (aka ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was “critically wounded” when a U.S.-led air strike targeted the western Iraqi border town of al-Qaim at week’s end, tribal sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday. ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani confirmed Sunday that al-Baghdadi was hurt, but said he was not…

New York’s Senator Charles Schumer is seeking to get the Israeli government to lower its tariff on grape juice – in order to enable Kedem, one of the largest producers of kosher grape juice in the world, to export more grape juice to Israel. According to Schumer, Israel is “not being fair,” because the US…

A firebomb was thrown at a kosher Jewish restaurant in the 17th district of Paris at week’s end. Several minutes earlier, some young Muslims who walked by the restaurant threatened the diners inside and called them “dirty Jews.” The diners did not react. A few minutes passed, and a loud smash was heard when a…

Clashes and demonstrations took place across Israel Sunday as police raised alert levels nationwide amid a wave of violence. More than 20 rioters were arrested. Arabs threw rocks at a bus that traveled down Highway 1, near the Abu Ghosh junction. No one was hurt and there was no damage. With shops, schools and business…

In response to FOX News’ Judge Jeannine Pirro’s question concerning Obama’s nuclear concessions to Iran, real estate mogul and former US presidential candidate Donald Trump said last week, “Probably, maybe from the beginning, there has never been a greater enemy to Israel than Barack Obama. It’s incredible.” Trump then added, “The way he treats them.…

If you have a pet dog, it might be best not to go to Iran. New legislation proposed by local parliamentarian would impose severe penalties on dog owners for walking their pets in public, the BBC reports. 32 MPs have submitted a bill to parliament which proposes a punishment of 74 lashes for people caught…

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is intent on going through with his unilateral plan to have the United Nations (UN) Security Council set a deadline for Israel to “end the occupation”. According to the Ma’an news agency, Abbas said Saturday that the PA leadership would submit its resolution to the UN Security Council this…

Iran sees no alternative to a diplomatic settlement with six world powers on its nuclear program and believes both sides are resolved to reach a deal by a self-imposed November 24 deadline, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, was quoted by Reuters as having said Saturday. “No middle solutions exist and all our thoughts are…

An American airstrike on Saturday destroyed an Islamic State (ISIS) convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul, but U.S. officials are unclear whether the group’s top commander, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been in any of the 10 targeted vehicles, according to Reuters. Colonel Patrick Ryder, a Central Command spokesman, said the U.S. military had reason…

Minister of Environmental Protection, Amir Peretz (Hatnua) announced Saturday evening that he does not intend to remain in the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. “Netanyahu has reached a point at which he does not prove his right to continue to be prime minister,” Peretz told Channel 2. “Netanyahu has brought the state of Israel…

A three-year-old baby boy was among several Israelis injured Saturday evening in a string of rock attacks by Arabs. The baby was taken to hospital with “light” wounds when the car he was traveling in was targeted by rock-throwing Palestinians close to Shiloh Junction in southern Samaria’s Binyamin region. Magen David Adom medics provided first…

Arab extremists have stepped up a campaign of rock-attacks against Israeli motorists Saturday night. Two people were lightly wounded Saturday evening when rock-throwing Arab rioters attacked a bus traveling along Route 65 near the Iron region (Wadi Ara) police station in northern Israel. Later Saturday evening three people were lightly wounded when the bus they…

Palestinian Arab social media is aflame with graphic violence laced tweets urging Palestinians to run over and/or kidnap Jews, directly referencing a “Car-Intifida” in Arabic. The posts mix the messages that the Temple Mount is under attack by Jews and that Palestinians should attack Jews. The posts were exposed by Mudar Zahran, who describes himself…

Shaare Tzedek Hospital told reporters Saturday evening that the condition of Yehuda Glick, who was shot point blank by an Arab terrorist ten days ago, continues to improve. “Glick is communicating with his surroundings and recognizing his relatives,” the hospital said. “There has also been an improvement in weaning him from the artificial respirator and…

In a stunning press release, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and the NYC Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC) announced that the number of individuals in New York City who are being “actively monitored” for the Ebola infection has jumped to 357 people from 117 people the prior week.  That…

Jewish Home Chairman, Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, issued a call Saturday night to support the policeman who shot dead an Arab from Kafr Kana in the Galilee, after the man repeatedly lunged at a police car with a knife in his hand. “A crazed Arab terrorist attacked our policemen’s vehicle with a knife, in an…

An Arutz Sheva investigation indicates that the Israel Security Agency (ISA, aka Shin Bet) was aware that freed terrorist Mu’taz Hijazi was employed at the Begin Center, which often hosts the nation’s top dignitaries, but did nothing about it. A month after an ISA team saw Hijazi’s name on the employee list, Hijazi shot Temple…

The top EU diplomat appealed Saturday for the establishment of a “Palestinian state” as the killing of an Arab-Israeli by police fanned tensions following violent clashes in Jerusalem. Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s new foreign affairs chief, said the world “cannot afford” another war in Gaza, after donor states once again poured billions of dollars…

Hamas announced the creation of a “popular army” in Gaza on Friday, AFP reports, saying it was ready for any future conflict with Israel, particularly over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. At a ceremony at the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza, a spokesman for Hamas’s “military wing”, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said 2,500 recruits would form…

Iran is failing to answer questions about its nuclear program just weeks before a deadline for a deal with world powers, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says in a new report seen Friday by the BBC. The IAEA says Iran is complying with an agreement to curb uranium enrichment, but also notes it has…

In new recordings revealed on Friday by Channel 10 News, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is heard claiming to his close aide, Shula Zaken, that former Defense Minister Ehud Barak was “taking millions in bribes”. The recordings that were published Friday are of conversations with Olmert that Zaken had recorded and which prosecutors allege contain…

Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s national security advisor, made clear on Friday that the United States is not engaged in military coordination with Iran in countering the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Middle East, Reuters reported. Rice, at a White House briefing, responded to a report that Obama had written a letter to Iran’s Supreme…

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Friday that MKs and Cabinet ministers who visit the Temple Mount at this time are “fueling” Arab incitement. In an interview with Channel 10 which will air in full on Saturday night and of which excerpts were published on Friday, Ya’alon said, “You cannot ignore the fact that some…

MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud) on Friday leveled sharp criticism on the Jewish Home party, and presented his own plan to end the “silent intifada” of Arab terrorism sweeping over the capital city of Jerusalem. Speaking to Galei Yisrael public radio, Feiglin was asked how he would act to put down the current wave of violence if he…

A series of explosions were heard overnight in Gaza, Palestinian Arab media said Friday – allegedly at the homes of senior Fatah representatives in the Hamas-controlled region. Despite the mysterious blasts no casualties were reported, but suspicions remain high that Hamas is behind the attack, in order to deter Fatah supporters from attending next week’s…

An interview with Lee Young-Guk, a bodyguard for ten years to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, provides a rare look into the brainwashing and fear surrounding the dictator revered as a god – and indicates current leader Kim Jong-Un may be even worse. Speaking to CNN in Seoul, Lee said before guarding Kim Jong-Il during…

The Jerusalem police are gearing up for another potential day of clashes on Friday, ahead of the usual round of rioting on the Temple Mount. Jerusalem District Police Commander Moshe Edri announced Thursday that to help prevent uprisings, access to the Mount would be restricted to Muslim men over 35 and all Muslim women. Regardless,…

If you’re on your way to Syria or Iraq to wage jihad Islamic holy war for the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization, why not do it in style in a cruise ship? Apparently that’s what more and more foreign jihadists are thinking, with many of them coming from seaside resort tourist attractions. Interpol officials revealed…

The topic of conversion to Judaism in Israel is still controversial on Friday, six days after a Conversion Bill easing restrictions on the process and removing Chief Rabbinate supervision of it was amended and became a Cabinet administrative decision instead of a Knesset law, as he had originally planned.  Many in the national-religious world have…

Bar-Ilan University and the Adam V’Adama Institute for Zionist Law held the first annual anti-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) conference on Thursday. The event was attended by several noted public figures, including Economics Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home), head of NGO Monitor Professor Gerald Steinberg, and Attorney Nistana Darshan-Leitner, head of rights group Shurat Hadin. …

A second fatality has arisen from the lethal car attack committed by a Hamas terrorist in Jerusalem this Wednesday. Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital has announced that Shalom Ba’adani hy’d, a 17-year-old teen yeshiva student, has died of the critical wounds he sustained in the attack at the Shimon Hatzadik light rail station. Ba’adani is the…

A “color red” missile siren was heard in the early hours of Friday morning in the Eshkol regional council just outside of Gaza, after a rocket was shot down after being fired on the same region just a week ago last Friday. The rocket has yet to have been located in Israeli territory, meaning it…

A new poll released on Thursday and conducted from October 15-28 among the Arab population in eastern Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and Gaza reveals half anticipate the current tensions in Jerusalem will lead to a war with Israel. The poll was conducted by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) in Beit Sahour, just to the…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered officials to demolish the homes of Arab terrorists residing in Jerusalem who carried out attacks on Israelis, an official told AFP on Friday. “Last night, at a consultation with security officials a number of possible measures to restore calm in Jerusalem were discussed,” the official said on condition of anonymity. “Among those discussed was the…

Avi Naim, head of the Beit Aryeh council in western Samaria, called to mobilize reserve forces to stabilize the security situation in Jerusalem on Friday, in a special interview with Arutz Sheva.  “The situation is explosive and sensitive,” Naim stated. “There is the guiding hand of [Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud] Abbas there, who wants to…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with the European Union’s new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini in Jerusalem on Monday, where he made a partial push for Jewish religious rights that fell short of prayer at the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. “The Temple Mount is the site of the Jewish temple; it’s the site of…

Shalom Ba’adani, hy”d, the 17-year-old teen who was fatally wounded in Wednesday’s rampage in Jerusalem, has been laid to rest in Jerusalem’s Har Hamenuhot cemetery on Friday morning shortly after he passed away.  Ba’adani is the grandson of a member of the Council of Torah Sages of the Shas party, Rabbi Shimon Ba’adani. Jerusalem Mayor…

Police in the Binyamin region of Samaria arrested three nationalist activists on Friday; their “crime” – posting fliers on hitchhiking stations for the annual memorial event of former MK Rabbi Meir Kahane hy”d that is to be held next Tuesday. The three also were posting fliers for an event encouraging Jews to visit the Temple…

The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini warned Friday of a new wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence if there is no progress towards peace talks. Speaking in Jerusalem on her first visit to the region since taking up the EU’s top diplomatic post, Mogherini said there was a real “urgency” to pick up and advance the moribund peace process. Talking…

One person was killed on Thursday evening in a hazardous substances event in the Emek Hefer region, in north-central Israel, as ammonia gas leaked from the Hod Hefer slaughterhouse. The ammonia is used for cooling, and it is believed that pipes in the plant cracked or were cut. A total of 16 people were injured,…

Economics Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) said Thursday evening that Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas is “addicted to terror.” Bennett, who also serves as the Jerusalem Affairs Minister, also came out fiercely against the policies of the government that he himself is a part of, and warned that unless it goes on the offensive, it…

In Detroit on Wednesday the immigration fraud trial began for Rasmieh Odeh, a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist who spent ten years in an Israeli jail for lethal bomb attacks before becoming a US citizen in 2004. In 1969 Odeh was part of a PFLP attack planting a bomb at a…

The Chief Rabbinate’s kashrut (Jewish dietary law) division has issued a warning to the public against several locations that have forged kashrut certificates or displayed kashrut certificates that have not been confirmed. “Non-kosher bakeries are suspected of distributing pita bread in the packaging of other bakeries that have kashrut certificates,” read the warning. “The pitas…

A US airstrike in Syria appears to have killed a key French jihadist who is part of the terrorist Khorasan Group, a U.S. defense official said Thursday morning according to CNN. The strike took place overnight Wednesday near Idlib according to the official, who reportedly has access to the latest information about the strikes. The…

Senior sources have revealed that US President Barack Obama secretly wrote to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in mid-October, and urged Iran to reach a deal on its nuclear program and join the US coalition against Islamic State (ISIS). The letter, revealed by Wall Street Journal, told Khamenei that cooperation on ISIS depends on an agreement…

Hundreds of nationalist activists held a march on Thursday night under the title “Our Jerusalem,” leaving from in front of Begin Heritage Center where Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick was shot last Wednesday, all the way to the gates of the Temple Mount. Near the Mughrabi Gate, the lone entrance to the Temple Mount allowed…

Last week, Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Iranian Human Rights, issued a scathing report on the state of human rights inside of the Islamic Republic Of Iran. This is the same Islamic Republic of Iran that P5+1 and US President Barack Obama are actively negotiating with concerning Iran’s “break-out” ability to build…

Senior Egyptian officials both from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government and the army have contacted their Israeli counterparts in the last two days, threatening that the tensions over the Temple Mount may cause “regional deterioration.” The covert communication, which was revealed to the Hebrew-language site Walla!, included a warning regarding Jordan’s move to pull its ambassador…