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Western diplomats said on Thursday that it appears as though Tehran is in its final stages of placing centrifuges in the underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordow. The diplomats, who spoke to the Reuters news agency, noted that for some unknown reason the new centrifuges have not yet been activated. The sources said that they…

Israel carried out an unmanned drone raid on a convoy south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, last month, foreign intelligence sources told the Reuters news agency on Thursday. The sources claimed the strike destroyed 200 tons of munitions, including rockets, that were intended for Gaza. The report comes one day after a huge fire broke…

For the first, time a delegation from the European Jewish Parliament (EJP) made a landmark visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, one of the most dynamic economies in the Middle East, earlier this week. A statement by the EJP noted that the delegation was led by Vadim Rabinovych and Joël Rubinfeld, Co-Chairmen of the European…

Binyamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman announced Thursday evening in a joint news conference that they would join forces in a unified party. Netanyahu explained that Israel would be better off with a strong coalition that leans on a strong party. “We ask the public for a clear mandate to carry out the social and economic…

Hungary’s Foreign Ministry condemned the “desecration of an Israeli flag” outside of Budapest’s main synagogue Tuesday and other anti-Semitic attacks by supporters of the far-right Jobbik party, BosNewsLife reported. The incident reportedly took place during a perceived anti-Semitic rally at the Dohany Street Synagogue, Europe’s largest synagogue, on the day that Hungary commemorated the 56th…

President Shimon Peres was the first to begin a series of memorial ceremonies Thursday as the country marked the 17th anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin by Yigal Amir on November 4, 1995, a day when, as Peres put it, “the arrows of incitement and the spears of hatred, wrapped in…

The Burgas suicide bomber who left five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian driver dead in July had up to five foreign helpers, a government minister said Thursday. The attack, carried out on July 18, blew up two tourist buses in the parking lot outside the Burgas airport. It was planned abroad, and the helpers were…

A mortar shell fell in an area of the Eshkol Regional Council Thursday morning, hours after a cease fire by Gaza terror groups was supposed to come into effect. Southern Israel remained on high alert Thursday after some 80 rockets were fired on Wednesday, with residents spending the night in bomb shelters. The rocket fell…

Israel hit back at Sudan Thursday, after Khartoum on Wednesday accused Israel of attacking a military installation in the country. A top Israeli defense official told Army Radio that Sudan was a terrorist state, and that its accusations that Israel engaged in terrorism against that country could not be taken seriously. “Sudan is a dangerous…

Israel’s Heron UAV has passed its latest flight test, a long-range mission across the Andes. The drone, produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), performed the demonstration last month using satellite communications for control and activation, the firm said. During its flight, the Heron carried a synthetic aperture radar payload, electro-optical/infrared sensor and a communications intelligence system.…

A special ‘Think Israel’ conference organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh and The Jewish Agency for Israel, took place at the UJA-Federation of New York in Manhattan this week. The conference, geared for Jewish students and young professionals, focused on careers and life in Israel, and featured various workshops addressing Jobs in Israel, Higher Education, Building your…

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, sent a strong letter of complaint to the UN Secretary General and to the Security Council on Wednesday evening, in which he called for the international body to condemn the continuing rocket fire from Gaza. Prosor’s letter was sent after Gaza-based terrorists fired more than 80 rockets…

The main suspect in the shooting of Malala Yousufzai, the teenage activist who spoke out against the Taliban, has been identified and arrested, Pakistani police said Wednesday. A group of men who allegedly facilitated the attack against the 15 year-old schoolgirl have also been arrested, police said. Atta Ullah, a 23-year-old chemistry student from the…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) blasted the European Union for its one-sided criticism of Israel regarding the lack of progress in achieving a negotiated resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Last week, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton characterized Israeli construction in the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo as threatening “to make a two-state solution impossible.”   Ashton,…

As part of this week’s meetings of the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG), U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Israeli Finance Ministry Director General Doron Cohen on Wednesday marked the extension of the U.S.-Israel Loan Guarantee program in an event in the Diplomatic Room of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. According to a…

Hamas and other terrorist groups struck back in Round Two of Wednesday’s missile war, causing widespread property damage and prompting President Shimon Peres to question Tuesday’s $250 million check from the Qatari emir. As of 2 p.m. Israeli time Wednesday, southern Israeli residents were pounded with more than 70 mortar shells and rockets since the…

The Syrian government and “most” rebel leaders have reportedly accepted a truce brokered by United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. The ceasefire, which reportedly is to be in effect during this week’s Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, has not yet been signed, however. Syrian Army leaders are “studying the proposal,” they said, and indicated they would announce a…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Gaza terrorists Wednesday that if the rocket and mortar attacks on southern Israel do not stop, “deeper activity” in the region lies ahead. The prime minister issued the grim warning during a visit to the missile-battered south on Wednesday, even as Gaza terrorists were continuing to fire missiles at the…

Donald Trump’s much-touted “bombshell” regarding Barack Obama is a dud. Trump has released a video in which he says that if Obama provides his college records and applications, and if he provides his passport applications and records, Trump will give to a charity of Obama’s choice $5 million. “The check will be given within one…

Four military planes attacked an arms factory in Khartoum where there was a huge fire overnight, a Sudanese minister said on Wednesday, blaming Israel for the air strike. “We think Israel did the bombing,” Culture and Information Minister AhmedBilal Osman told a news conference. “We reserve the right to react at a place and time…

The IDF retaliated — again — against Gaza terrorist rocket and mortar attacks Wednesday morning with tank fire and air strikes, as Defense Minister Ehud Barak vowed to “return the quiet to the south.” Two explosions struck Gaza City, according to Palestinian Authority Arab witnesses in the area quoted by local media. It was not…

Hamas and allied terrorist groups take to heart the Qatari emir’s call for “resistance” and pummeled southern Israel with more than 50 rockets and mortar shells, wounding several people, two of them seriously, and scoring direct hits on three homes. At least two of the wounded were reported to be foreign agricultural workers. An Army…

Thousands of Israeli children were ordered to stay home from school on Wednesday to keep them safe from Gaza rocket fire. School was cancelled in the Eshkol region due to a barrage of rocket attacks in that district, making it unsafe to transport the children on the roads. Classes also were cancelled in the Sdot Negev…

The European Parliament has approved a trade pact with Israel after a two-year delay, and foiling efforts by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign to block it again. The Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA) passed Tuesday in a vote of 379-230. As a result, technical trade barriers will be removed, allowing Israeli pharmaceutical…

As many as 50,000 Americans in Israel, if not more, began voting for president this week, and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is expected to win a majority. The absentee voting precedes the balloting in the United States by two weeks. It is estimated than more than 150,000 people in Israel with American citizenship are eligible…

Jordan’s king on Tuesday said being in power was never for the sake of control and brings “no gain” for his ruling Hashemite family, Al Arabiya reported. King Abdullah II said his goal was to stimulate reform away from “negative” political power struggle, in reference to recent mass protests led by the country’s Muslim Brotherhood…

IAF aircraft struck a terror squad in southern Gaza early Wednesday morning, as it was preparing to fire a rocket at southern Israel, the IDF announced in a statement. The statement said that a direct hit at the terrorists was identified. It was the third time in one night that the IDF retaliated against the…

Despite a wave of public backlash over the shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousefzai, Taliban terrorists in Pakistan are continuing to target schoolgirls. Teenager Hina Khan’s family recently received a phone call warning, “Hina will be next after Malala.” Hina Khan, like Malala Yousefzai, has spoken publicly about the need for girls’ education and women’s rights.…

The emir of oil-rich Qatar visited Hamas-controlled Gaza Tuesday, laden with a new weapon – money. The visit was accompanied by bitter condemnation for Israel while upsetting secular Arabs, particularly the Fatah movement led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. His visit was the first by a foreign leader to Gaza since Hamas overthrow Fatah…

Terrorists from Gaza fired seven rockets at Israel Tuesday night. The rockets came in three rounds – with one round landing in one town in the Eshkol Regional Council, a second round landing in another town, and the third round landing in an open area. No one was injured and no damaged was reported in…

IAF aircraft struck a Gaza-based terror squad that was preparing to launch rockets at southern Israel on Tuesday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. According to the IDF statement, a direct hit at the terrorists was identified. “The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers and will continue to…

The Turkish Foreign Ministry rebuffed an Israeli peace proposal saying there is “no change” in Turkey’s stance toward the Jewish state, The Hurriyet Daily News reported. According to the report, Israeli Foreign Ministry adviser and former Israeli ambassador to Ankara Pinhas Avivi proposed a deal, saying the two countries have to negotiate in order to…

Billionaire Donald Trump said on Fox News that he will deliver a bombshell on President Barack Obama on Wednesday, but he refused to reveal details. He assured viewers the news could change the outcome of the presidential election. Trump has endorsed Mitt Romney after having considered running for president, and he has been one of…

Canada’s top diplomat blasted Iran for human rights violations and religious intolerance at a meeting of world parliamentarians, drawing an angry response from Tehran’s delegation. As the European Union continues to send mixed signals about its stance vis-a-vis Iran, Canada has been consistent in its message – the world needs to stand up to Iran.…

The Simon Wiesenthal Center reiterated its call to President Obama to publicly condemn Egypt’s new President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, after he attended a sermon where the preacher called for the “destruction and dispersal of the Jews.” A video emailed by the center showed Morsi at a mosque in the Mediterranean town of Marsa…

An IDF soldier was moderately wounded on Tuesday morning during an operation in the Gaza area. Soldiers were engaged in counter-terror activity near the security barrier dividing Gaza from southern Israel, when the soldier was hurt. The officer was given medical care in the field then evacuated by helicopter to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva.…

A 75-year-old woman was hit by a car on Tuesday morning on Ussishkin Street in Bnei Brak. Passersby who saw the woman run over took immediate action, lifting the vehicle off her before paramedics arrived. Paramedics from Ichud Hatzalah arrived a short time later and took the woman to a local hospital. The woman was…

Twenty Holocaust survivors belatedly celebrated their coming-of-age Monday in a moving Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall (Kotel). The men had all turned 13 during the genocide of Europe’s Jews and were hard-pressed to survive, let alone celebrate. Dozens of students and soldiers accompanied the men as they publicly showed joy in their obligation…

“The 1980s are calling to ask for their foreign policy back,” was President Barack Obama’s first attack on his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, at Monday night’s third and final fiery presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida. Obama vowed that Iran would not develop nuclear weapons so long as he is president and pledged full support…

Opening his campaign for the Knesset as head of the Hatikvah party, MK Aryeh Eldad told students at the Ma’oz pre-military academy Monday that his “Jordan is Palestine” campaign was Israel’s best policy move at this time. Recognizing the historic fact of the division of Palestine by the British into an Arab state and a…

An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced controversial television presenter Tawfiq Okasha to four months in prison for defaming President Mohammed Morsi, state media reported, according to AFP. The court in the southern province of Luxor sentenced Okasha, who was not present at the trial, to four months in jail and ordered him to pay a…

A year-long investigation by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has found that scores of known radical Islamists made hundreds of visits to the Obama White House, meeting with top administration officials. The organization revealed its findings in a report on its website on Sunday. Court documents and other records have identified many of these…

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter condemned Israel on Monday, saying the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are fading into a crisis. Carter told a news conference in Jerusalem on Monday said the Israeli-PA peace process has reached a crisis point and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was not interested in…

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is in the Middle East, arriving in Israel at midweek for meetings in Jerusalem and Ramallah. Ashton was scheduled to start her five-day tour on Monday with a stop at the Za’atary refugee camp in Jordan, home to some 36,000 Syrians, her office told the AFP news agency.…

Antoni Dobrowolski, the oldest known survivor of Auschwitz, passed away on Sunday at age 108. He died in the northwestern Polish town of Debno, according to sources in Poland. Dobrowolski, who was not Jewish, was captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz for his activities in the Polish underground. He was later transferred to…

The September 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya, targeted more than just a State Department consulate. One of the buildings hit was a covert CIA installation, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday. The now-abandoned American consulate in Benghazi was set a little more than a mile away from the CIA base, the officials said. Up…

The Saudi coast guard has arrested 14 Iranians trying to infiltrate on an Iranian boat. The official Saudi version of the incident denied reports the Iranians were carrying weapons and claimed they got lost on their way to Kuwait. The boat, captained by an Iranian, dropped off 13 passengers on the shore near the northeastern…

The Labor party has hired Stanley Greenberg, a leading Democratic political strategist, to direct its campaign in the upcoming elections for Knesset. The move may be part of a Democratic plan to topple Binyamin Netanyahu’s government and replace it with a leftist one, although there is no proof that Democratic politicians are involved. Greenberg, along…

The Air Force struck at terrorists twice Monday morning, eliminating two Hamas terrorists and hitting a targeted terrorist cell that fired on soldiers Monday morning. Two other terrorists were wounded in the aerial counterterrorist operation in northern Gaza. The IAF also targeted a terrorist cell that fired a mortar shell towards soldiers at the Gaza security…

The IDF continues to escort and provide safe passage for foreign aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza, days after stopping a ship trying to break the maritime blockade. After the boat named “Estelle” was guided to the port of Ashdod, military inspectors discovered that all that was on board the ship were activists, but no aid. Israel…

Ephraim HaLevy, the formerly close-mouthed director of the Mossad, who is a critic of Netanyahu and against striking Iran, continues to make up for lost time and speaks out again on Iran, this time criticizing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for making the Islamic Republic’s nuclear threat an election issue. HaLevy also urged direct Washington-Tehran talks on the…

While the polls have been infuriatingly inconsistent in terms of predicting who is leading in the battleground states and by how much (some differ on the question whether some states are secure or still tossups), in a recent Pew Research Poll , American public opinion appears more decisive on a number of key issues. By…

One of the most important moments in a Jewish man’s life is his Sabbath Chatan, called an “Ufruf” in Yiddish – meaning being called to the Torah. This is an honor given to a prospective groom the Sabbath before his wedding in Ashkenazic synagogues – and the Sabbath following the wedding in Sephardic ones – the congregation…

Irene Pollin, founder and chairman of Sister to Sister, an organization dedicated to preventing heart disease among women, has donated $10 million to Hadassah Medical Organization to establish a cardiovascular wellness institute in Jerusalem. The center will be named in memory of Pollin’s daughter, Linda Joy, who was born with a congenital heart defect and…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the scene of the Turning Point 6 emergency drill Sunday and said that the scenario of a missile attack on central Israel is a “very practical” one. While the drill is supposedly meant to rehearse an earthquake situation, Barak was not trying to hide the fact that he was more…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he is not aware of direct negotiations between the U.S. and Iran on the latter’s nuclear weapons program. “Israel doesn’t know about these contacts and I can’t confirm that they’ve actually taken place,” he said at the weekly cabinet session. “I can say that Iran used the talks…

Jordanian officials uncovered plans for a major combined islamist terrorist attack that would have included a bombing at a shopping center in Amman and assassination attempts on Western diplomats, Jordanian state television reported Sunday. With weapons and explosives smuggled from Syria, an al Qaeda-linked terrorist cell aimed to destabilize the country by carrying out a…

A French female television reporter was sexually assaulted during a protest near Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Saturday. Sonia Dridi, a correspondent for France 24, was surrounded by a group of young men, who began to grope her, during a live television broadcast. The attack lasted several minutes before a male colleague managed to pull her…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu came out swinging on Sunday after the European Union criticized approval for 800 new homes in the southern neighborhood of Gilo, and he told the Cabinet,” We are not imposing any restrictions on construction in Jerusalem. It is our capital.” Last week’s approval for new building in Jerusalem includes construction of…

Israel received a surprise gift with Australia’s winning a temporary seat on the UN Security Council, with the help of spies and candy. Pro-Israel Australia was selected along with Argentina, Luxembourg, Rwanda and South Korea to join the Council for a two-year term starting in January. They replace Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa. A…

Former US Senator George McGovern, who ran for president three times in his life, has died at the age of 90. A spokesman for the family told The Associated Press by telephone the longtime lawmaker had died peacefully at a Sioux City hospice, surrounded by family and friends, early Sunday morning. The South Dakota Democrat…

A Kosher restaurant in Montreal was firebombed on Thursday night, according to a report on the website of the Shalom Toronto newspaper. The report said that, the restaurant, Resto Bar Chops which is located in the city’s Snowdon district, was attacked by two masked men who arrived at the restaurant at four in the morning,…

The IDF has confirmed that there was no humanitarian aid whatsoever on the Estelle, the boat which sought to break Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza. Earlier on Saturday, Israeli troops boarded the boat, which was carrying 17 passengers, among them five parliamentarians from Europe and a former Canadian lawmaker. The IDF said the boarding was…

Lebanese opposition figures on Saturday accused the Hizbullah-led government of involvement in Friday’s car bomb murder of General Wissam al-Hassan, the internal intelligence chief who uncovered a Syria-linked plot to carry out deadly bombings in the north of Lebanon. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told Al Arabiya that “Wissam al-Hassan was killed because he stopped…

Israeli troops on Saturday boarded a boat carrying anti-Israeli politicians and activists seeking to run Israel’s naval blockade on the terrorist enclave of Gaza, the IDF said. The operation, which the military said was concluded peacefully, ended the latest bid by activists to breach Israel’s maritime embargo on Gaza which prohibits all naval traffic in…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, praised the IDF Saturday for its interception of the Estelle, a ship that tried to run the blockade of the Hamas-controlled terror mini-state of Gaza. “Even the people who were on the ship know that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” Netanyahu said. “Their entire objective was to create a…

A Jewish professor in the university in Lviv, Ukraine, was murdered by three Arab students, Arutz Sheva has learned. According to initial details, the three students had failed in their studies and sought revenge for their dismissal from the university. They decided to murder their Jewish professor. These details have not been confirmed by other sources.…

A day after saying it blocked a neo-Nazi account in Germany in a global first, Twitter on Friday agreed to remove anti-Semitic posts in France, a lawyer said, according to AFP. The company did not immediately confirm the move, but the lawyer for a French Jewish student union said that after it threatened legal action,…

In a change of direction from the current situation, a new Arab party being formed for the upcoming elections will support the State of Israel and will not be nationalistically Arab in its nature, Channel 2 News reported on Friday. According to the report, the members of the new party will be well-known public figures.…

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took his first lead in electoral college predictions this week, according to Real Clear Politics. The website shows that Romney has a 206 to 201 advantage over President Barack Obama and that 151 electoral votes left as toss-ups. The toss-up states are Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin,…

An Iranian military official warned Israel on Friday that it should expect more unmanned drones to enter its airspace, such as the one that was shot down by Israel two weeks ago. “Zionists must expect hundreds of other drones in 25 different models with new flying systems that they won’t know how to confront them,”…

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad changed his security team several times in recent months, fearing one of his own security guards may kill him, Western officials told the Al Arabiya network on Friday. According to the officials, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are taking part in guarding Assad, as well as in guarding other senior officials in…

A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded another 78 on Friday in mainly Christian east Beirut, in the first such attack in Lebanon’s capital since 2008, the National News Agency reported. The agency, citing civil defence figures, said the blast was only 200 metres from the headquarters of the Christian party,…

A top security official linked to the anti-Damascus camp in Lebanon was among those killed in a powerful car bomb in Beirut on Friday, officials told AFP. The rush-hour bombing in the predominantly Christian district of Ashrafieh killed at least two other people and wounded 96, Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told reporters at the…

The government does not plan to adopt the Levy Report, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor declared Friday. The groundbreaking report found the Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria is legal by international law. “Ramallah and Hevron are not part of the state of Israel, and I don’t think that Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to change…

The European Union is going ahead with sending a delegation to Iran, despite Israeli efforts to stop it. Kol Yisrael radio reported on Thursday night that after a heated debate in Brussels, the EU parliament decided to send representatives to Tehran on an official visit next weekend. A source in the European parliament was quoted…

Despite ongoing rocket attacks by Gaza-based terrorists at southern Israel, Israel will allow fuel donated by Qatar to be pumped into Gaza via an Israeli crossing starting on Sunday. The information was disclosed by a Palestinian Authority official who spoke to the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency on Thursday. Delivery of Qatari fuel began in July,…

The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists has called on the United Nations to strip an Arab attorneys’ association of recognition following its praise for an Arab suicide bomber who murdered 21 Israelis. The international Arab group honored female terrorist Hanadi Jaradat, a 29-year-old attorney from Jenin. Jaradat carried out the suicide bombing of…

Syrian fighter jets blasted the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan, killing at least 49 people, including 23 children, in a further escalation of violence in the war-torn country, the AFP news agency reports. Amid the bloodshed, UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi pressed for a truce during a key Muslim holiday later this month, while the…

Gaza Arabs fired a rocket at southern Israel late Thursday, which exploded without causing damage or injuries. According to a police spokeswoman, the rocket was fired toward Kissufim, east of Gaza. “It hit an open field,” she said. Early on Thursday morning, the Israeli Air Force attacked a Hamas terror site south of Gaza City.…

A letter from the desk of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is sparking controversy in Egypt leaving people in disbelief that the Muslim Brotherhood leader had actually referred to the Israeli president as a “great friend.” Yet skeptical Egyptians who have called the letter a “Zionist fabrication” have now been silenced, as a spokesman for Morsi confirmed…

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly criticizes the Hizbullah terror group in a new report to the UN Security Council, it was reported Thursday. In the report, Ban wrote that Hizbullah threatens the stability and security of Lebanon. As an example, he cited the drone that Hizbullah recently sent into Israel as an act…

The United States posted a reward of up to $12 million on Thursday for help in tracking down two Iran-based Al-Qaeda financial backers, accused of funneling money to extremists in Syria, AFP reported. The State Department named the men as Muhsin al-Fadhli and his deputy Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi al-Harbi, saying both “facilitate the movement…

Cypriot authorities appear to have foiled an attempt to carry put a terror attack against Israelis, according to the newspaper Alithia, as quoted by Voice of Israel public radio Thursday. The paper reported that security forces in Cyprus have foiled a plot by terrorists to strike Israeli targets – most likely ships carrying tourists. According…

Elance, the leading global platform for online work, is just the latest global tech company to realize Israel’s importance as a premier place for investment and growth.   The company, which aims to form successful online work relationships between global businesses and freelancers, announced Thursday that it is launching a presence in Israel and is…

Fifteen terrorists released in the Shalit deal last year have since been rearrested, according to a senior IDF source in the Judea and Samaria Division quoted by the IDF Website. The unnamed military source said that the concerns that releasing a large number of hardened terrorists into Judea and Samaria would cause a spike in…

Security has been raised significantly around the hospital room in which former Mossad head Meir Dagan is recuperating in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Israeli officials have asked for the increased security, after Belarus President Alexander Lukasehnko revealed on Tuesday that Dagan was in his country, recuperating from a liver transplant he had undergone several…

The IDF is continuing to prepare for an influx of Hareidi soldiers, an influx that has already begun, in the wake of the expiration of the Tal Law in August. There has been an increase in positive response to draft notices sent out to 18 year old Hareidi recruits, and the army expects a similarly…

With all the places in the world for Western tourists to visit, why choose Israel? A study released by the Tourism Ministry indicates that for many people, it’s the positive experience friends and relatives had in a previous visit to Israel. When asked about what the most influential factor was in their decision to visit…

In the ongoing saga of the circumstances of the death of former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, French investigators probing his death have questioned his widow Suha, AFP reported. A source told AFP on Wednesday that Suha, a resident of Malta, had met three investigators back in mid-September in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where…

The Facebook social networking site has removing Hizbullah terrorist pages following a series of articles published by MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute. The publicity campaign was aimed at persuading Facebook to close the terrorist group’s multiple pages. In August, the social networking site closed Hizbullah and Al-Manar TV pages, but the terror group…

One year after more than a thousand imprisoned PA terrorists were exchanged for a single IDF soldier, Arabs say life has returned to “normal.” For some that has meant returning to the families, fields and jobs they had before they were persuaded to join the terror groups that got them into trouble. For others, it…

Iran has added more uranium enrichment centrifuges at its underground Fordow nuclear plant, diplomats report. The facility is buried deep underground in order to minimize the risk of an attack on its operations. A Western diplomat registered with the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this week it is believed Iran continues to…

The Chief of the IDF’s General Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, awarded the Technological Array Prize to ten IDF officers in a ceremony held Tuesday, the IDF Website reported. In the first such ceremony in a decade, the Chief of Staff honored the accomplishments of the prize recipients, all of whom are leaders in technological…

Germany’s Federal Minister of Education and Research recently announced that Germany is read to start contributing 10 million euros this year to the endowment that supports the Minerva Centers, at the opening of the first Minerva German-Israeli Science Festival at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The festival, which showcases the accomplishments of Minerva Centers and…

On Wednesday night, a twenty year old Christian Arab is set to make history, as she becomes the first female Arab commander of an IDF combat unit.  Mona Abdo, who grew up in Haifa, but now lives in Kiryat Haim, will take her place at the graduation ceremony for the IDF commanders training course, where surrounded by family and…

IAF aircraft struck a terror activity center in northern Gaza on Wednesday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced. According to the statement, direct hits at the target were detected. All Israeli aircraft safely returned to their bases. The attack came in response to the ongoing rocket attacks from Gaza into Israeli territory. On Wednesday afternoon,…

Former car salesman Manssor Arbabsiar pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring with the Iranian military to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States, AFP reported. Appearing at the New York federal court where he had been due to stand trial in January, the Iranian-American entered a surprise guilty plea. He faces up to 25…

Some 300 guests and dignitaries attended a ceremony on Tuesday in advance of the grand opening of the Menorah Jewish Community Center and Holocaust Museum in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. The complex hosts an Institute for Jewish Culture and a gallery that features photographs of 40 major synagogues in Dnipropetrovsk before the Nazi occupation, as well as video…

Egypt’s new Ambassador to Israel Atef Salem confirmed Wednesday to President Shimon Peres that Cairo intends to keep its peace treaty with Israel. In a conversation at the presidential residence in Jerusalem, Salem made the point clear upon presenting his credentials to Israel’s elder statesman just prior to Jordan’s new Ambassador, Walid Obeidat. The Jordanian…

An Al Qaeda recruiter who allegedly mentored Toulouse terrorist Mohammed Merah has been killed in Pakistan, the SITE jihadist monitoring service reports. A post on an extremist web forum Monday announced the death of Belgian-Tunisian terrorist Moez Garsalloui, according to SITE. Garsalloui had claimed responsibility for the attack on the Otzar HaTorah Jewish day school by…

Gaza terrorists continued to target Israelis Wednesday afternoon, firing the 506th missile or mortal bomb this year. Missiles or shells have hit at a rate of almost two a day. The rocket fell in an open area in the Western Negev, and no damage was reported. Terrorists, who still are called “militants” by foreign news…

Egypt’s Interior Ministry has raised the alert level for its security forces in southern Sinai due to a warning over possible jihadist operations in the area. The ministry warned local police stations and security personnel Tuesday to be alert to potential attacks on tourists in the area by terrorists from the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group.…

Police evacuated the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm on Wednesday after staff received a letter with “unknown content.” Inside the envelope was “an unidentified white powder,” according to Swedish media. Emergency services and police officials were on the scene, witnesses said. Staff members were allowed to remain on the property, although they were told to evacuate…

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor has asked the international organization to convince pro-Arab activists not to try to sail the “Estelle” boat to Gaza and try to break the maritime embargo on Hamas. Syria is need of the aid, he added. The Swedish ship carrying activists is expected to reach Gaza by…

Apple’s pricey new iPhone 5 is selling like hotcakes in the Gaza Strip despite inflated prices and is being smuggled into the Hamas-ruled enclave even before it has reached Israel. The latest version of Apple’s sought-after iPhone is being sold for almost double its price in the United States, ranging from 4,500 Israeli shekels ($1,170)…

Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a barrage of at least seven rockets at the city of Sderot and the nearby area on Tuesday night. Kol Yisrael radio reported that one of the rockets exploded next to a local kindergarten. No one was physically injured but damage was caused to the building. The other rockets exploded…

On Tuesday, a three-judge bench at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington revoked the conviction of Osama bin Laden’s former driver, Salim Hamdan – who was jailed at Guantanamo – saying material support for terrorism does not constitute a war crime, the AFP reported. The Yemeni citizen’s appeal in civilian court could have “ramifications…

Former Mossad head Meir Dagan has undergone a complicated operation – a liver transplant, to replace the diseased organ that had effectively stopped functioning in his body. The operation took place in, of all places, Belarus. Information about the operation was revealed Tuesday by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, during a press conference. Dagan…

A firebomb was thrown on Tuesday evening towards a bus carrying IDF soldiers near the community of Ofra in Binyamin. No one was injured and no damage was caused to the bus. IDF troops began searching the area to locate the perpetrators of the attack. Earlier Tuesday afternoon, Palestinian Authority Arabs pelted an Israeli vehicle…

A Qassam rocket attack by Gaza Arab terrorists on southern Israel prompted a “red alert” Tuesday evening, Channel 2 reported. The alarm was sounded after terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired an anti-aircraft missile at an Israeli aircraft. Officials said terrorists fired a Strela shoulder-fired missile at an IDF helicopter, however, missed the target. In…

Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza last week fired a missile, smuggled from Libya, at an Israeli aircraft but missed it, the Hebrew-language newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported Tuesday. Military intelligence previously has said that Hamas and other terrorist organizations have stockpiled a large number of anti-aircraft missiles, but have not used them in order not to spark…

A fire seriously damaged a historic synagogue in Connecticut on Sunday morning. Flames consumed the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont in Milford, Connecticut, at approximately 9:30 Sunday morning. No injuries were reported. “It’s massive destruction. The building will have to be totally redone” congregation president Joel Levitz told The Connecticut Post. While the synagogue’s two Torah scrolls…

Egyptian security forces raided the home of a man who planned to assassinate Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during his visit to Alexandria last Friday, the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported Tuesday. The motive for the attempted murder of the Muslim Brotherhood president is not yet known. Police arrested the suspect and confiscated ammunition, explosives, maps…

The New York City Police Department and the Brooklyn district attorney’s office have both launched separate investigations into allegations of police brutality after reviewing video that shows two officers repeatedly beating a young man who was sleeping inside a Jewish community center in Brooklyn, officials said on Monday, according to The New York Times. The…

About 100 residents of the Arab village Beit Ur a-Tachta intermittently blocked traffic Tuesday morning on Route 443, a major highway leading to Jerusalem from Lod and the coastal area. Large police and IDF forces arrived on the scene of the disturbance, near Bet Horon, and dispersed the Arabs, making one arrest. PLO flags that…

The grave of former defense minister Moshe Dayan was defaced before dawn Tuesday. Vandals, whose identity is not known, entered the cemetery at Nahalal, in the Galilee, and used red paint and black spray paint to deface the tomb. They wrote: “The Minister of the Failure – in the name of the fallen.” “The Failure”…

The Palestinian Authority’s bid for statehood at the United Nations next month would jeopardize the peace process with Israel, U.S. ambassador Susan Rice said Monday during a Security Council debate on the Middle East. The United States was able to stop the PA’s bid for statehood last year by threatening a veto at the Security…

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, called the Security Council on Monday to take strong measures against the Hizbullah terror group, after it launched a drone into Israel. “Some countries that are sitting around the Council’s table continue to provide free rein to Hizbullah to raise money as if it were the Red…

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday urged Israel not to launch a military attack on Iran over its contested nuclear program and said sanctions should be given time to work, AFP reported. In a speech to the United Jewish Israel Appeal in London, Cameron said that a military strike against sites in Iran would…

A new cyberespionage tool linked to the Flame virus has been infecting computers in Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere, security researchers said Monday, according to AFP. Kaspersky Lab, which was credited with revealing the Flame virus earlier this year, dubbed the new malware “miniFlame,” and said it was “a small and highly flexible malicious program designed…

Hizbullah is working to bolster Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime and its fighters are part of his “killing machine,” the U.S. ambassador to the UN said on Monday. “[Hizbullah leader Hassan] Nasrallah’s fighters are now part of Assad’s killing machine and Hezbollah leaders continue to plot with Iran new measures to prop up a murderous…

Just days after Lebanon-based Hizbullah terrorists boasted of sending an Iranian drone to spy on Israel, the Jewish State unveiled its new and improved UAV, the “Shoval.” The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and is being used in sea surveillance by the Israeli Air Force and Navy. The announcement…

Security personnel discovered a pipe bomb Monday in an Israel Electric Company installation located in a Jewish town in Judea. Sappers from the police bomb squad unit were sent to dismantle the device, which was found in an IEC installation in the town of Beitar Illit, located barely six miles (10 kilometers) south of Jerusalem.…

An estimated 10,000 Muslims protested outside of Google’s offices in London in an attempt to force the company to remove “Innocence of Muslims,” the anti-Islam film that has gained notoriety for mocking the prophet Mohammed, from YouTube in the United Kingdom, The Telegraph reported. Masoud Alam, the organizer of the London protests, told the newspaper…

The IDF will begin to draft hareidi-religious 16 to 19-year-olds, but “will wait till after elections” for 20 to 28 year olds, says Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The IDF will send out the orders within the next few weeks, summoning about 15,000 hareidi-religious Jews for interviews at induction centers, Barak said at a Knesset committee…

Motorists driving vehicles with Israeli license plates in Judea, Samaria and the Binyamin region are warned to be extra vigilant tonight (Monday): rocks are flying on the roads. Israeli vehicles were targeted by Palestinian Authority Arabs hurling rocks near Talmon in the Binyamin region. Skillful drivers managed to escape the attackers, however; no one was…

Iran’s Air Defense Base Commander has announced it has built an new unmanned long-range drone (UAV) that can carry a bomb. Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili broke the news one week after Iranian-financed Hizbullah launched a drone that entered Israeli air space before it was blown up by a missile from an F-16 jet. Esmaili did…

Two thousand Hadassah members from around the world are arriving in Israel to celebrate the organization’s centennial and will stage a festive parade through Jerusalem on Tuesday, followed by the dedication of the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower, a 19-story state-of-the-art medical facility at the Hadassah  Medical Center at Ein Kerem. Hadassah’s highest award,…

The IDF has drawn lines around land that will be used to absorb a potential flood of Syrian refugees fleeing from the civil war, and prevent a spillover of violence into Israel, Voice of Israel government radio reported. Military sources said the areas were designated “in cooperation with the United Nations and according to human…

Security camera footage at the ALIYA Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, shows police inexplicably pummeling a young Jewish man who had been sleeping at the center, which is a synagogue and outreach center for troubled youth. According to the CrownHeights.info website, on Monday evening, October 8, police were called about a man who was sleeping in the…

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) terror group vowed to retaliate against Israel on Sunday after announcing that two men killed earlier in an IAF air strike were members of the group, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. The group confirmed that Izz Addin Abu Nuseira, 23, and Ahmad Abu Fatayir, 22, were affiliated with its…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel is facing an increasing number of cyber attacks, “just days after Washington issued a veiled warning to Iran over digital attacks on its interests,” reported the AFP. “There have been increasing efforts to carry out cyber attacks on Israel’s computer infrastructure,” Netanyahu said at his weekly cabinet…

Unidentified gunmen seized a vehicle belonging to the Egyptian army in Arish, North Sinai, a security source told the state-run news agency MENA on Sunday evening. The source told the news agency that a group of gunmen in an SUV without license plates stopped the army vehicle in the Gisr al-Wadi district of Arish. After…

Major General Tal Russo, the commander of the IDF Southern Command, referred on Sunday to the latest events in Gaza and predicted that the latest escalation is far from over. In the past week, Gaza-based terrorists have fired dozens of rockets at southern Israel. The escalation in rocket attacks began after an Israeli air strike…

ADF Steel, a Canadian steel company is holding materials “hostage” which are needed to build the antenna on the new World Trade Center for millions of dollars. The move puts hundreds of jobs and the building completion date in jeopardy, according to court papers. The Port Authority’s WTC 1 LLC says that the 1,776 floors…

The Israel Air Force struck targets in the terrorist haven of Gaza for the fourth time in 24 hours Sunday afternoon. The IAF said the target was a terror squad that had fired a rocket at Israel a short time earlier, and was about to do so again. Sources in Gaza reported that two people…

Meir Shovovits was spending a year of Torah study in Israel three years ago. Afterwards, he enlisted and now has been awarded with a citation of excellence from his unit defending Israelis from Gaza terrorists. Staff Sgt. Shovovits told the IDF Website in an interview he had not planned to enlist. “It was very sudden;…

Iran jeered at Israel’s air defenses Sunday while confirming that Tehran had provided Lebanon’s proxy Lebanese militia Hizbullah with the sophisticated drone that passed over the skies of the Jewish state earlier this month. Iran’s “capabilities are very high and are at the disposal and service of Islamic nations,” said Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi when asked…

Topics for the third and final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney were announced by the moderator and debate commission on Saturday.  Bob Schieffer, CBS News anchor and mediator of the debate on issues of foreign policy, has selected five topics, which, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates, are…

Syria’s Foreign Ministry has announced that Turkish aircraft are prohibited from entering the country’s airspace, according to Syria’s official SANA news agency, the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper reported Sunday morning. The ban was formally enacted at midnight Saturday night. The move came in retaliation for last week’s interception of a Syrian plane by Turkey. The Syrian Airbus…

The Israel Air Force struck targets in the terrorist haven of Gaza for the fourth time in 24 hours Sunday afternoon. The IAF said the target was a terror squad that had fired a rocket at Israel a short time earlier, and was about to do so again. Sources in Gaza reported that two people…

The radical Islamic Revolution is encroaching on Israeli cities and scares none other than secular Arabs in the “Triangle” area near Netanya. Arabs with Israeli citizenship in the city of Tira fear it will become a second Umm el Fahm, the home of the radical Islamic Movement’s northern branch and located between Afula and the…

“Cyber terrorists” try to attack Israel’s computer infrastructure on a daily basis, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday. So far, Israel is winning, but more time is needed to build the “high-tech defense system.” “There is an increase in attempts to carry out cyber attacks, and every day there are incidents…

Hizbullah’s CFO has fled to Israel with him large sum of stolen money, classified documents and maps, local news media reported on Friday. According to a report in Now Lebanon, Hizbullah officials said that the 29-year old telecommunication engineer, Hussein Fahs, has crossed to Israel carrying with him $5 million in embezzled money from the…

The international community is practically giving a green light to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to kill hundreds of people every day in his country, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “So what is the source of this attitude? If we have to wait for what one or two of the permanent members…

Last week, Moscow declared it will not be renewing a 1991 agreement with Washington on dismantling chemical and nuclear weapons when it expires next year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, said Wednesday. “The basis of the program is an agreement of 1991 which, by virtue of the time when it was conceived, the way it…

The Israeli air strike on Gaza Saturday night killed a key Salafist leader and a fellow activist, sources in the Palestinian Authority told AFP. The two were identified as Jordanian national Sheikh Hisham al-Saedini, 43, also known as Abu Al-Waleed Al-Maqdissi, of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, and Fayek Abu Jazar, 42. A 12-year-old boy was…

Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades has released a promo for a new movie in which actors reenact the attack in 2006 in which then-IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped. The promo for the movie, which will air later this week, comes as the movement marks one year since Shalit was released in exchange for 1,027…

Israel has warned Finland that it will stop a boat with activists on board by force if it tries to break the blockade on Gaza, a spokesman for Finland’s foreign ministry said Saturday. “The foreign ministry has been informed by Israel that it would intervene if the ship Estelle which is flying the Finnish flag…

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a weekend interview that recent press reports notwithstanding, Israel did not offer Syria the Golan Heights in secret negotiations. The reports, which were also denied by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, appeared in anti-Netanyahu newspaper Yediot Aharonot. Speaking on Channel 2‘s Meet the Press, Barak admitted that there were contacts with Syria.…

Muslim Arab vandals continue to desecrate the tombs at the Mount of Olives cemetery on Jerusalem, despite the supposedly heightened security presence there, according to eyewitnesses. Participants in a funeral procession that took place at the ancient Jewish cemetery at week’s end said that they saw a significant number of recently vandalized tombs at the…

Israeli-American businessman Haim Saban said in a TV interview that Israelis have gotten used to American presidents who exude warmth toward Israel, including Bill Clinton, and that is why they do not feel comfortable with President Barack Obama. “Obama is not a warm person,” he said, but “the claims that Obama has thrown Israel under the…

Two Mujahideen Shura Council operatives who planned to carry out a terrorist attack during Sukkot were killed Saturday in two Air Force strikes in Gaza. One of the terrorists was involved in the firing of a rocket that hit a backyard in Netivot on Friday and the other helped carry out the border attack that…

The calm of the Sabbath was disrupted on Friday evening as two Grad missiles fired by Gaza-based terrorists exploded in the city of Netivot, Channel 2 News reported. At around 7:30 p.m., residents of the city, some of whom were in the midst of their Shabbat dinner, heard the “red alert” siren. Shortly afterwards the…

Iran’s minister of economic affairs and finance on Friday warned that the West would “pay a price” for sanctions on his country, AFP reported. The minister, Shamseddin Hosseini, added that Iran’s foreign exchange reserves are in a “good position”. He echoed Tehran’s regular criticism of the sanctions, saying they were part of an “economic war”…

CBS News and “60 Minutes” reporter Lara Logan has lambasted the Obama administration for pushing what she called the “major lie” that the Taliban has been weakened in Afghanistan by the U.S. military. According to a Fox News report, Logan spoke last week to a crowd of about 1,100 at last the Better Government Association…

The war of words between Syria and Turkey escalated on Thursday, when Ankara said it had found military supplies on a passenger plane it intercepted en route between Moscow and Damascus. AFP reported that the Syrian foreign ministry accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of lying after he said the jet had been carrying…

Nearly a year after he was released from Hamas captivity, Gilad Shalit gave his first interview to Israeli television on Thursday. In the interview, which aired on Channel 10, Shalit recalled that while he was in captivity, he would sometimes draw a map of Israel and of the community of Mitzpe Hila where he lives.…

Torah scholar Zechariya Brashi was born in 1900, and recently celebrated his 112th birthday. He spoke to Arutz Sheva about health, diplomacy, and his hopes for the future. The secret to long life, Brashi said, is proper eating. “Eating just enough,” he said. “One should wake up early and eat a slice of bread with…

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that the Peace Prize for 2012 will go to the European Union. “The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe,” said chairman Thorbjorn Jagland. “Over a 70-year period, Germany and France had fought…

An advisor to the Hamas government in Gaza urged his movement this week to refrain from emulating the PLO in making political concessions and adopting pragmatist policies. Instead, he called upon Hamas to declare that it was created to eliminate the State of Israel.   The advisor, Kana’an ‘Obeid, made the call in an October 8…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the drone aircraft which flew some 35 miles (55 km) last weekend into Israeli territory before being shot down by the IDF was sent by the Lebanese militia Hizbullah, an Iranian proxy force. Hizbullah boss Hassan Nasrallah was quoted a short time later as saying that his…

A Danish man claims he worked with the CIA to infiltrate al Qaeda as a double agent and helped track radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a prominent al Qaeda propagandist, until Awlaki was killed in an American drone strike. The 36-year-old Dane, who calls himself Morten Storm, told Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten that he cultivated a relationship…

The head of the Hizbullah terror group, Hassan Nasrallah boasted on Thursday that his group sent a sophisticated unmanned drone over Israel last week, saying the device was built by Iran, AFP reported. The Israeli Air Force shot down the drone on Saturday morning after it entered the country’s airspace from the Mediterranean Sea. “A…

There is ongoing concern within the New York Police Department over an Iranian-sponsored terrorist attack in New York City, due to the area’s large Jewish population, Commissioner Ray Kelly said Tuesday, according to The New York Post. “We’ve been concerned about Iran for a while, and I think the history of those events throughout the…

According to a news story on the respected Worldnet News Daily (WND) web site – with an accompanying array of photos as evidence – U.S. President Barack H. Obama has been wearing, since his days in college, a ring on which is inscribed the Shahada, the main Muslim prayer. The report quoted Egyptian-born Islamic scholar…

A day that began with a hike in the woods ended late last month with the sad discovery of human remains, and the knowledge that a seven-year search for IDF soldier Majdi Halabi had come to an end. The Israeli civilian found the body not far from where the long-missing soldier was last seen near…

Five French Islamist terror suspects have been released, with seven others due to be arraigned Thursday, according to a judicial source. The suspects will face an anti-terrorism judge on unspecified charges in connection with the bombing of a kosher supermarket in Sarcelles and plotting other anti-Semitic attacks. The two masked men hurled grenades into the…

There has been an increase of 45% in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in France over the past year, according to official data released this week. The data show that the anti-Semitic incidents increased after terrorist Mohammed Merah attacked the Otzar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse six months ago, killing a rabbi and three children.…

IAF aircraft struck a center of terrorist activity in northern Gaza on Wednesday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. According to the statement, direct hits at the target were identified. All Israeli aircraft returned safely to their bases. The attack is a response to high trajectory fire into Israeli territory, said the…

The IDF’s Sagi Brigade is training soldiers with tools to deal with new threats at the border with Egyptian, ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood. Once considered a quiet border with Egypt, which officially is at peace with Israel, the area has become a prime target for Bedouin, Al Qaeda, Hamas and Egyptian terrorists. A new…

A 17-year-old Arab terrorist stabbed a bus driver Wednesday evening, causing him light wounds. The driver, who is about 50, was evacuated to Shaarei Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem. The attack took place at the entrance to Betar Illit, barely twenty minutes from Jerusalem. The terrorist was arrested and was searched to make sure he was not carrying…

Yemeni authorities have arrested another jihadist American Muslim suspected of being an Al Qaeda terrorist. The unidentified man appeared on a list of wanted Al-Qaeda suspects, a security official told AFP. He was detained in Ataq, the capital of Shabwa province, a jihadist stronghold in the south of Yemen, the official said. The suspect spoke in…

A Syrian writer and political researcher, known for his virulent anti-Semitic writings, has been killed by state security services, his family and opposition groups said on Sunday. Mohammed Nimr al-Madani, 51, was killed 10 days ago under torture but his body is still with the intelligence security, a relative told AFP on condition of anonymity.…

IAF aircraft hit a terror tunnel in northern Gaza on Tuesday night, the IDF spokesman said in a statement. According to the statement, a direct hit was identified and all Israeli aircraft returned safely to their bases. The attack came in response to high trajectory fire into Israeli territory, said the statement. Earlier Tuesday night,…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas met Tuesday in Ramallah with representatives of EU countries in the Palestinian Authority and discussed with them the regional situation following the Arab spring and the PA’s position towards the peace process with Israel. Abbas told the European representatives that the PA is ready to resume negotiations with Israel on…

Dozens of armed men invaded the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last month, setting it on fire and hunting down staff, U.S. officials said on Tuesday in a dramatic, detailed account of the deadly assault in Libya. According to an AFP report, the officials said there had been no intelligence to warn that an attack was…

U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign has come up with an ad saying Romney is not an appropriate choice for global leadership. “His actions have proven that, on every measure, Romney has already failed the commander-in-chief test,” said a statement from the campaign. The ad harps on Romney’s “reckless, amateurish” trip to England last July, before…

Twin suicide bombings hit a Syrian air force compound near Damascus killing dozens of people on Tuesday, monitors said, as rebels took a key town on the road between the capital and second city Aleppo. Turkey, meanwhile, again warned Syria it would not hesitate to retaliate for any strike on its soil as the country’s…

A spokesman for the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley confirmed the terror organization was behind the shooting of a 14-year-old activist Tuesday. Malala Yousafzai was targeted by the Taliban because she is an outspoken advocate and supporter of education for girls. She was shot in the head on her way home from school in the…

According to Foreign Policy magazine, America and Israel are considering a joint surgical strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. A source “close to the discussions” says the strike could possibly consist of drones and bombers. The attack is expected to last less than a few days or possibly just “a couple of hours”, it was reported…

For five days in October, dozens of disabled veterans from the IDF will join sixty disabled veterans from Canada, America and Australia as they ride across Israel strengthening the bond between the countries and the veterans and sharing stories of personal heroism and bravery in their struggles with rehabilitation.  Starting in the North and ending…

The French Interior Minister warned that “dozens, even hundreds of individuals who are capable of organizing themselves” into groups similar to a radical Muslim cell whose leader was killed in a police raid on Saturday. Following the warning, Richard Prasquier, the head of the CRIF that represents most French Jews, said Monday that Islamic radicalism…

A Patriot anti-missile battery has been installed in the north, atop Mt. Carmel near Haifa. However, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, deployment of a Patriot battery “is not an unusual thing.” The system, operated by the IDF Air Defense Command, is capable of intercepting flying objects (balllistic missiles, aircraft and other threats) at ranges…

France is cracking down on terror after a sting operation in connection with an attack on a Jewish supermarket left one dead and 11 arrested. French President Francois Hollande announced just prior to the start of the Jewish holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah that France would take steps to “fight all terror threats.”…

To dance in celebration of the Torah, and then to dance again: the People of Israel were out in force Monday night for Second Hakafot. Israelis danced at locations all around the country to join together with Jews in the diaspora who had only just begun to observe the Simchat Torah holiday. The “Second Hakafot” event…

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday affirmed that as president of the United States he would prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability. In a major foreign policy speech, titled “The Mantle of Leadership”, in Lexington, Virginia, Romney warned that under President Barack Obama Iran is “closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability,”…

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — A troop carrier overturned on a mountain road in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula early Monday, killing at least 21 members of the security forces stationed on the border with Israel, officials said. Health Ministry official Tarek Khater said the driver of the vehicle was speeding downhill on the badly maintained single-lane road…

Terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip fired some 55 rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel early Monday morning. The shells landed in communities in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no reports of injuries, although two buildings were lightly damaged and several goats were killed due to an explosion in an animal corner. Hamas’…

An Israeli air strike in Gaza on Sunday evening targeted two terrorists, the IDF Spokesperson said in a statement. The statement named the two as Talat Khalil Muhammad Jerbi, a Global Jihad member from Rafiah and Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Makawi, a member of the Shura Council, a terror organization based in Gaza. The operation was…

Syrian mortar fire again struck a Turkish border village on Sunday, prompting artillery retaliation for the fourth day, AFP reported. The Syrian mortar round hit Akcakale, the site of a similar strike on Wednesday, as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said President Bashar al-Assad should be replaced by Vice President Faruq al-Shara. The mortar round…

Iran’s Foreign Minister is offering the West a compromise regarding his country’s nuclear program. In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel which will be published on Monday and of which excerpts were published Sunday, Ali Akbar Salehi said that Iran would be willing to limit its uranium enrichment if the international community agrees…

French President Francois Hollande vowed tough anti-terror laws and tighter securityon Sunday, as police Sunday staged more raids after a crackdown that saw one man killed and 11 arrested over an attack on a Jewish store, AFP reported. “The state is totally mobilized to fight all terror threats,” Hollande said after meeting Jewish leaders at…

U.S. army officers have begun arriving in Israel ahead of joint military maneuvers between the countries’ armed forces, the Yediot Achronot newspaper reported on Sunday. The officers will supervise the arrival of hundreds of U.S. troops on October 14 for joint maneuvers that will take place the following week and last for three weeks, the…

The Air Force carried out “mock raids” at medium altitude over southern Lebanon Sunday, hours after Israel said all indications are that Hizbullah launched a drone that was downed inside Israel on Saturday, according to the Arabic language Nahar newspaper. Israel previously has carried out surveillance flights over southern Lebanon, which is under control of…

A Saudi Arabian man faces 600 lashes and five years in jail for making an indecent sex proposal on Facebook, local news site Sabq reported.   The man, in his early 30s, admitted that he posted “an indecent proposal to offer himself for sexual acts” on his Facebook account. Saudi Arabia frequently punishes people for…

Three years from now, the Israel Space Agency will host the federation’s International Astronautical Conference, the International Astronautical Federation announced Thursday. Israel’s agency was selected to host the conference over its counterparts in Mexico and Thailand, and Istanbul Technical University, according to a report Sunday by Army Radio. The event has attracted more than 3,000…

The eight day festival that consists of Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah comes to an end Monday night, bringing an end to the month long holiday season and starting the regular year. In Israel, a popular expression is “Acharei Hachagim” – lets’ wait till after the holidays – as the entire country seems to put…

Police in Budapest said they have arrested two men after a Jewish community leader was attacked after leaving synagogue Friday night, AFP reported. Andras Kerenyi, 62, president of the local branch of the Budapest Jewish Faith Community, was verbally and physically assaulted on the night of Oct. 5, as he was leaving the Sabbath prayer…

Iran has withdrawn 275 of its elite Revolutionary Guard forces from Syria due to an economic crisis at home, reports The Sunday Times. Hundreds of Iranian soldiers from the elite “Unit 400” brigade have been fighting alongside Syrian government troops in the civil war against opposition forces hoping to topple President Bashar al-Assad. According to the…

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published a full-page ad in The New York Times on Friday warning of the anti-Semitic lies that have spread in the aftermath of the release of the anti-Islamic film that has been widely accused of sparking the recent surge of protests throughout the Muslim world. Under the headline, “All it Takes…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak met for an hour and a half on Saturday night and discussed Barak’s recent meetings in the U.S., which were made without Netanyahu’s approval and consent. Channel 2 News quoted a statement on behalf of both which Barak’s office published after the meeting and which read,…

A Swedish ship with activists from several countries aboard sailed from Naples on Saturday, in the latest bid to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza, AFP reported. The report said that a crowd of well-wishers saw off the sailing vessel Estelle as it left the Italian port as part of the “Freedom Flotilla” movement. “We think…

A man shot dead by French police Saturday in a nationwide crackdown on terror suspects was linked to an attack on a Jewish store last month, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said, according to AFP. The man killed in an exchange of fire in Strasbourg was “a delinquent who had converted to radical Islam” and his…

Fighting in Syria between Damascus and the rebel militias continues to drag on and the violent rebellion has now come to involve Turkey, Iran and the West.  The civil war continues to entangle Turkey in violence, as Saturday marked the fourth consecutive day in which Syrian shells fired by the rebels landed in the neighboring…

More and more members of the Knesset are calling for Defense Minister Ehud Barak to be ousted as tensions grow between the DM and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At a “Cultural Shabbat” event in Ramat HaSharon MK Faina Kirschenbaum attacked DM Ehud Barak for his recent behavior and the recent trouble he has been causing. …

The IDF suspects that the small UAV intercepted Saturday morning by IAF jets over the northern Sinai was launched by Iranian proxy militia Hizbullah. The drone may have been searching for targets for Iranian attacks. The defense establishment has been looking at the fragments of the UAV, which fell in the area of southern Mount…

PARIS (AP) — Police carried out raids across France on Saturday after DNA on a grenade that exploded last month at a kosher grocery story led them to a suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam. The man whose DNA was identified, named by police as Jeremy Sydney, was killed by police…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli jets scrambled to intercept a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace Saturday from the Mediterranean Sea, bringing it down without incident in the south of the country, a military spokeswoman said. Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said Israeli systems on the ground alerted the air force to the drone Saturday morning. She…

Thousands of Islamists demonstrated in central Amman to demand reforms on Friday, just hours after King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early polls without any major political change, AFP reported. “We demand constitutional reform before the people revolt. The people want to reform the regime,” the demonstrators chanted in the demonstration held outside Al-Husseini…

As the economic crisis in Tehran worsens and Iran’s currency continues to drop in value, members of the U.S. Congress are exploring possibilities to toughen the sanctions on the Islamic Republic even further, it was reported Friday. The sanctions currently being imposed on Tehran mainly include a prohibition of trade with the Iranian central bank…

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi visited the Sinai Peninsula on Friday to meet with and reassure Coptic families who fled from the town of Rafiah after receiving death threats, his Facebook page said, according to AFP. This “will not happen again,” Morsi told a group of local Bedouin tribal chiefs and other residents of the town…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN General Assembly placed fear into the hearts of Iranians, a Muslim woman from Tehran told Israel’s Channel 2 News on Friday. The woman, Shahanaz, agreed to be interviewed to the Israeli channel despite the risks involved. She was first interviewed two months ago and was interviewed again…

A radical Islamic leader has claimed that the suicide bomber who killed five Israeli citizens and a Bulgarian bus driver in the city of Burgas in July was his disciple. Omar Bakri, the founder of the group ‘Al Muhadzhirun’ who currently lives in Lebanon after leaving Britain following the attacks at the London Underground, made…

Turkey returned fire once again on Friday after a new Syrian shell landed in on its territory close to their common border, the Turkish private news channel NTV reported. The Syrian shell landed in the Turkish town of Altinozu in Hatay province near the border, triggering an immediate response fire from Turkish forces, said an…

Police have named the gunman who opened fire in an Eilat hotel on Friday, killing one person, as 23-year-old William Hershkovitz. The victim of the shooting has been identified as Armando al-Abed, a 33-year-old Arab Israeli from a Christian village in the northern Galilee region. Hershkovitz, who came to Israel from Poughkeepsie, New York, had…

The United Nations Security Council condemned on Thursday a mortar attack by Syria on a Turkish border town that killed five people, NBC News reports. “The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the shelling by the Syrian armed forces of the Turkish town of Akcakale, which resulted in the deaths of…

Jordan’s King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early elections on Thursday, the royal palace announced, according to AFP. “The king has decided to dissolve the chamber of deputies from this Thursday and to call early elections,” a statement quoted by the news agency said. It gave no date, but the monarch has said he…

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said on Thursday that a decision to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities should be an American decision. In a video interview with The Washington Post, Kissinger was asked whether he believes the U.S. should join Israel and set “red lines” for Iran, as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did in…

Iran offered a “nine-step plan” to defuse tensions over its unsupervised nuclear program, but the compromise offer was rejected by the United States, the New York Times reports. American officials said it required too much from the West, including a complete end to sanctions. The proposal would see the U.S. and Europe gradually end sanctions…

A tourist opened fire in the Leonardo Hotel in Eilat on Friday morning. Witnesses say the man stole a gun from a hotel guard and began shooting in all directions. A 50-year-old worker was critically wounded and died of his injuries shortly thereafter. Several people suffered shock. Three were taken to Yosephtal Hospital. The shooter barricaded…

A rocket fired from Gaza crashed into southern Israel on Thursday night, without causing casualties or damage, an Israeli military spokesman said. “The rocket landed in the Ashkelon area without causing any casualties or damage,” the spokesman told AFP. The attack comes after a similar incident on Monday. The last major flare-up in and around…

Classified documents obtained by the Al Arabiya network and released Thursday have revealed that the Syrian regime moved a chemical weapons stockpile with the help of Iran and knowledge of Russia. Furthermore, additional documents also reveal that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has also sought cross border cooperation with the State of Israel. The confidential files…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey would never want to start a war and parliament had authorized foreign deployment of troops as a deterrent after the fatal Syrian shelling of southeast Turkey. “We could never be interested in something like starting a war,” Erdogan told reporters at a news conference,…

The leader of the Islamic Jihad terror group, Ramadan Shallah, said on Thursday that it is time to re-examine the ceasefire with Israel, which terrorists from Gaza usually break in any case. In a recorded speech to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Jihad, Shallah said that all arrangements with Israel…

The Turkish parliament has authorized cross-border military action into Syria, if deemed necessary by the government. The mandate, valid for one year, was passed by 320 votes in the 550-seat Turkish parliament, the Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday. Besir Atalay, Turkey’s deputy prime minister, said that the authorization of the use of force in…

Cheers of “We love Israel” were heard throughout the streets of Jerusalem Thursday as thousands of Christians from all over the world paraded down the streets to show their support for the State of Israel.  The flags of over sixty countries waved alongside the blue and white flag of Israel as confetti poured down and…

In what appears to be another one of the Israel Police’s inexplicable decisions, an Arab taxi driver who rammed into a military vehicle Tuesday, injuring four soldiers, and then fled the scene, was freed by police Thursday after he turned himself in and was questioned. Police said the incident was an accident and not a…

An Arab-Israeli resident of the village of Majdal al-Krum has been charged with spying for and aiding the Hizbullah terrorist organization. The suspect, Mil’ad Mohammed Mahmoud Khatib, was arraigned Thursday at the District Court in Haifa on charges of espionage, contact with a foreign agent, aiding the enemy and conspiracy to assist the enemy in…

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an American citizen of Syrian descent who allegedly has ties to Al-Qaeda and has been plotting to kill U.S. military personnel overseas. Ahmad Abousamra, 31, was indicted in 2009, after taking multiple trips to Pakistan and Yemen, where he attempted to…

A showdown is shaping up between Jordan’s monarchy and Islamist forces, with rival demonstrations scheduled for this Friday. At least 200,000 demonstrators are expected to appear in the capital of Amman on Friday to support King Abdullah II, as some 50,000 protesters from the country’s sole opposition bloc, the powerful regionwide Muslim Brotherhood organization, do…

The Jerusalem Police closed off the Temple Mount to Jews Thursday after receiving intelligence that Muslims intended to attack Jewish visitors there. Earlier in the day, police limited Jews to a narrow strip between the Mughrabim Gate and the Shalshelet Gate. Jews were then told to leave that area too. Muslims hurled rocks at a…

For the third morning in a row, Arabs rioted on the Temple Mount, attempting to attack groups of Jews who sought to visit the holiest site in Judaism during the Sukkot holiday. Police again Thursday deployed large numbers of officers to keep the Arabs from attacking the Jews. Police have reported that there were mild…

Scuffles broke out Wednesday in central Tehran, in the first sign of unrest over Iran’s plunging currency, which has lost more than half its value since last week. Hundreds of police in anti-riot gear stormed the currency exchange district of Ferdowsi, arresting illegal money changers and ordering licensed exchange bureaus and other shops closed, witnesses…

Explosions at a Hizbullah weapons cache in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon killed nine people on Wednesday, among them Hizbullah members, AFP reported. A local security official told AFP that nine people were killed and seven wounded in the blasts. He said four Syrian migrant workers were among the casualties, adding that one or…

Rabbi Dovid Price, a renowned and beloved member of the Flatbush community and one of the first members of Flatbush Hatzalah, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 77. Rabbi Price, who was the principal of the Prospect Park Yeshiva Girls School in Brooklyn for many years, also served as coordinator of Flatbush Hatzalah.…

In the most recent attack in the name of Islam, Muslim protesters attacked Buddhist villages in Bangladesh, after an image portraying a burnt Koran was posted on Facebook. Witnesses said angry crowds set fire to homes and temples in the Cox’s Bazar district, forcing families to flee the area, BBC news reported. Hundreds of protesters…

Iranian officials claim cyber attackers targeted their country’s infrastructure and communications companies Wednesday, disrupting Internet access across the country, in what was most likely an attack aimed at stalling their nuclear operations.  Ever since Iran’s uranium enrichment centrifuges were hit by a computer worm in 2005, Tehran has taken extraordinary measures to tighten its cyber…

Vandals desecrated a middle school in Colllier County, Florida with anti-Semitic graffiti, in what parents and students are calling a hate crime.  Parents saw the hateful graffiti when they went to drop off their children at school on Tuesday morning, ABC 7 news reported. “There were three Nazi signs saying ‘we will burn you piece…

Six Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs took part in an attempt to ambush rape a Jewish Galilee woman Tuesday, police suspect. The woman went on a morning walk in the fields near Sharona, not far from the Sea of Galilee, where she walks every morning. She then found herself in what appeared to be a planned…

The Turkish army attacked several targets in Syria on Wednesday evening, officials in Ankara confirmed. The incident, the first of its kind since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad began in March of 2011, came several hours after a mortar shell fired from Syria exploded on Turkish territory and killed five people. “Our military…

UN Raises Syrian Refugee Estimate – Again The United Nations has again raised its estimate of the number of Syrians who will flee their country by the end of this year. At least 710,000 Syrians will have abandoned the nation by the end of 2012, estimates the U.N. agency for refugees. The figure was raised…

While an Israeli threat of an attack against Iran is speculated daily in the international media, classified Pentagon intelligence papers reveal that it was actually in 2008 that Iran was so fearful of an Israeli attack they mistakingly fired at their own airliners.  The New York Times reported that between 2007 and 2008 tensions were…

A Brooklyn teenager who went missing after Yom Kippur has been found alive and in good health. New York police reported that 17-year-old Tzvi Stolzenberg was in good condition when he was located. They did not reveal the teen’s whereabouts, nor details about the circumstances in which he was picked up. Stolzenberg went missing a week ago…

Israeli President Shimon Peres welcomed the citizens of Israel into his sukkah today and spoke to the crowd about the past, present and future of the State of Israel, expressing hope that the new year will bring what Israelis have longed for since the establishment of the state – peace.  Peres tried to keep things…

The annual Priestly Blessing from Jerusalem, chanted by thousands of Kohanim, male descendants of Moses’ brother Aaron the Levite, the first High Priest, went forth Wednesday from the Jerusalem’s ancient Western Wall (Kotel). The participants, members of the ancient priestly class of Jews, echo Israel’s chief rabbis in blessing the Jewish People — a ritual which takes place…

Around 200 people demonstrated in the city of Ramallah on Tuesday to demand the resignation of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, AFP reports. Waving flags and shouting “Abu Mazen (Abbas) leave,” the protesters marched from the central Al-Manara Square towards the presidential headquarters. They were blocked by police and there were some scuffles before the…

Jordan’s main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, sharply criticized on Tuesday the naming of a new ambassador to Israel, AFP reported. The group reportedly said the move was not in the kingdom’s interests. “In an act of provocation towards Jordanians, the government has named an ambassador to the Zionist entity within the framework of the…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces parliamentary questioning as Western sanctions help sink the “rial” currency by 20 percent in two days and Iranians run scared. The rial took a nosedive of 2-to-6 percent Tuesday following a dizzying 17 percent fall on Sunday in the wake of the threat of even tougher sanctions by the United…

A Palestinian car ran over four soldiers today in the area of Gush Etzion in Judea, outside a town barely ten minutes south of Jerusalem..  Four soldiers were standing on the side of the road in the community of Neve Daniel  in Gush Etzion when a Palestinian Arab owned vehicle hit the group and proceeded to run off.  The injured…

A rally is now under way outside of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, as Israelis attempt to express support and solidarity with the United States, amidst the growing sentiment that the U.S. is waning in its support of Israel. Organized by Im Tirzu (If you wish) the pro-America rally aims to let the United…

Swedish home and furniture retailer IKEA, which has two branches in israel,  has been criticized for deleting images of women from the Saudi version of its catalogue. The Sweden-based Metro newspaper printed side-by-side images of the Swedish and Saudi issues of the catalogue, showing that women had been airbrushed out of the Saudi version. In…

Some 6,000 Christian friends of Israel from over 100 countries, led by Evangelical community leaders, have arrived in Israel to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov will welcome the thousands of Christian visitors to the feast in a special broadcast at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. The International…

A prominent Pakistani is, once again, offering a six-figure monetary reward to anyone who kills the producer of the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” that has gained notoriety for allegedly sparking the violent protests that have spread throughout the Muslim word. While the allegation has been proven to be baseless, it has nonetheless become a…

Police ignored threats by Arabs to butcher Jews ascending the Temple Mount but arrested an Arab for trying to stab a police officer. The police also arrested Likud nationalist Moshe Feiglin for attempting to pray there. A number of Jews, including those from the Our Land of Israel movement, went up to the holy site on…

The Obama administration has warned European Union countries that granting the Palestinian Authority Non-Member Observer status in the United Nations would have “significant negative consequences.” A private memo secured by the London Guardian, advises that recognition by the General Assembly “would be extremely counterproductive,” and it openly hinted that such a move could result in…

A small group of protesters, most of whom were reported to be women, destroyed an Iranian police post protecting the French embassy in Tehran on Tuesday and threw stones at visitors before being arrested, a diplomat inside the embassy told AFP. The violent demonstration lasted 90 minutes and involved around 15 people, the French diplomat…

A new Hizbullah video highlights the terrorist organization’s latest campaign – “liberating the Galilee.” On the agenda is Hizbullah’s conquering of key sites and cities like tourist centers, refineries, and the Haifa port. The video was posted on a Hizbullah site Monday, the same day that Israeli Arab politicians led a protest commemorating the deaths…

Amazon, which sells nearly everything under the sun, has a new specialty item that has raised eyebrows – and ire – among many in thew Jewish community: A puzzle of the Dachau concentration camp. The $24.99 232 piece puzzle is recommended for children eight years and older, the product description at the site says. The…

Thousands of Arabs protested on Monday on the 12th anniversary of the “Israeli Arab intifada,” in which Arabs rioting in northern Israel in October 2000 faced off against police and security forces. Twelve Arabs were killed during those riots. The 2000 riots, in Nazareth and other largely Arab towns in northern Israel, were held in…

Thousands of people were left without power for hours during the first day of the Sukkot holiday on Sunday night and Monday. High winds blew down power lines in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Bnei Brak, causing power failures throughout the center of the country. Power failures were also reported in some spots in northern…

The Iranian economy is finding it difficult to cope with the economic sanctions, but the extensive financial aid to Syrian President Bashar Assad has not stopped – and is creating a rift at the top of the Iranian regime. The London-based Times newspaper reported Monday that Tehran has transferred some $10 billion in support of…

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accusing President Barack Obama of downplaying the significance of the Iranian nuclear threat, and calling for improved relations with Israel. In an opinion piece published Sunday in the Wall Street Journal, Romney discussed the American policy toward the Middle East. He began his op-ed by reviewing the “disturbing…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated on Sunday Ankara’s conditions to improving relations with Israel. “We will never reconsider restoring our relations with Israel,” until Israel lifts its Gaza blockade, apologizes to Turkey and pays compensation for the nine Turkish nationals killed on a Gaza-bound vessel by Israeli commandos in May 2010, Erdogan said,…

International sanctions could trigger a popular uprising in Iran like the revolt in Egypt that toppled president Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman predicted on Sunday. “The opposition demonstrations that took place in Iran in June 2009 will come back in even greater force,” Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview with the Haaretz…

The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was behind a pair of car bomb attacks which killed 55 people outside a military intelligence complex in the Qazzaz area of Damascus on May 10, newly-leaked documents obtained by Al Arabiya and published on Sunday reveal. The documents are part of some highly-classified Syrian security files obtained…

Azerbaijan has looked into the possibility of assisting Israel with a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a report Sunday by Reuters reveals. The report, published by correspondent Thomas Grove, is based on “local officials with extensive knowledge of Azerbaijan’s military policy.” According to these sources, Azeri authorities have, along with Israel, looked into how Azeri…

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday discussed several pressing regional issues in an address delivered at an annual conference of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party. “Our history, hopes and goals bind us together to achieve the freedom and justice that all nations are struggling for,” Morsi said during a short visit to Ankara, according…

A senior adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that classified documents published Saturday by the Al-Arabiya network were fake. The documents allege that Turkish pilots killed in Syria after Syrian forces shot down their plane were deliberately executed following consultation between Damascus and Moscow. “It is crystal clear that the…

Extremist Muslim rioters torched Buddhist communities in southeastern Bangladesh Sunday over an “offensive” photo on Facebook. The rioting was ignited over a photo uploaded to the social networking site by a Buddhist man from the area that allegedly defamed the Qur’an, according to district administrator Joinul Bari. Some 25,000 Muslims stormed a Buddhist hamlet in…

A Palestinian Authority mother from Gaza is home with a healthy baby thanks to Israeli doctors in Kfar Sava, after a complicated surgery. After losing three babies to rare birth defects at Egyptian hospitals, Jian Abu Agram, 31, was faced with a difficult decision last year after another child was born last April with the same…

For all of the criticism and praise that President Barack Obama has received for his handling of international relations with the Muslim world, the president has never launched an official campaign aimed at obtaining the Muslim vote in America. Now, a website that purports to do exactly that has been unearthed, the implications of which…

A Palestinian Authority terrorist tried to kill a Jewish driver in Samaria early Sunday morning. The vehicle sustained damage, but the driver escaped injury. The IDF is searching for the attackers. The attempted murder was on or near the terror-ridden highway that connects the outskirts of Kfar Saba, on the northern edge of metropolitan Tel…

Iraq is determined to stop and search flights from Iran over its territory which are suspected of carrying weapons to Syria, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in comments reported on Sunday. “We have assured US officials that the Iraqi government is determined to land (Iranian) flights and carry out random searches,” Zebari said, quoted by…

The United States has warned American female missionaries that they are targets of terrorists in Egypt, where Christians are on the run from Islamists. “The Embassy has credible information suggesting terrorist interest in targeting U.S. female missionaries in Egypt,” a State Department travel warning stated. It added, “U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance, taking necessary precautions…

Turkish pilots killed in Syria were deliberately executed following consultation between Damascus and Moscow, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya news reported Saturday. The news station says it has obtained classified Syrian documents proving the story, that will be published online, true. In June, Syrian forces shot down a Turkish plane, sparking outrage in Turkey. The plane’s pilots…

Several weeks ago the historic Levy Report declared that Judea and Samaria are not “occupied,” and that Israelis have the legal right to live in the area. The ground-breaking report was welcomed by the political right. However, in the weeks since, it has been quietly pushed aside. The report’s findings have not been the subject…

Police in New York have been searching for 17-year-old Tzvi Hersh Stolzenberg, a Brooklyn resident who has been missing since the end of Yom Kippur last Wednesday night. The officers are being assisted by volunteers from Shomrim, Jewish patrols in hassidic and hareidi-religious neighborhoods who, among other things, help locate missing people. Stolzenberg was last…

Iran’s currency, the rial, dived six percent to a new low of around 28,600 to the dollar in open trading on Saturday, deepening a month-long sell-off, AFP reports. The new rate was sharply lower than the 26,900 rials per dollar fetched on Thursday, the last day of trading. The plunge — and a steep rise…

Israel cannot make peace with the Palestinian Authority while it is led by Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said. Lieberman spent his time at the United Nations General Assembly last week meeting with dignitaries from around the world and – despite previous backlash – told them that Abbas is the primary obstacle to…

Israel has already breached its own red line set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by acquiring “dozens of nuclear warheads,” Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday, the AFP news agency reports. “If having the atomic bomb is passing the red line, the Zionist regime, that possesses dozens of nuclear warheads and weapons of…

Light rain fell across the country Saturday as Israel’s dry summer season drew to a close. The rain began in the south, and by the evening had spread as far as the Golan, although some areas remained dry. Occasional thunderstorms were reported in the Golan, and weather forecasters say storms may hit elsewhere in the…

The Standard & Poor’s credit rating agency believes that the significant cut of some NIS 14 billion ($3.5 billion) in Israel’s State Budget will be implemented regardless of upcoming elections. The agency’s economists, who visited Israel in the summer and met with the finance minister and Bank of Israel governor, affirmed the country’s A+ rating…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of a leading Islamic organization Saturday called for a global ban on offending the character of the Prophet Muhammad, saying that it should be equated with hate speech. Such a ban would demonstrate how an interconnected world respected different cultural sensitivities, said Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organization…

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu by phone on Friday, a day after his dramatic speech on Iran’s nuclear program before the UN General Assembly. According to the White House, Obama spoke with the prime minister for about 20 minutes. They discussed a “range of security issues”, including Iran, said a…

The United States on Friday unveiled $45 million in new aid to Syria, as Syrian grassroots activists preparing for the fall of President Bashar al-Assad appealed to world leaders for help, AFP reported. Hosting a meeting of the Friends of Syria group, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington was unleashing new funds to meet…

The Syrian regime has moved some chemical weapons to safeguard the material as it wages war against rebel forces but the main storage sites for its arsenal remain secure, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday. “There has been some intelligence that with regards to some of these sites there has been some movement …in…

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hinted on Friday that his position regarding Iran’s nuclear program is similar to that of his rival, President Barack Obama. CNN quoted Romney as having told reporters, after a phone call with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, that the two “spoke about his assessment of where the red line ought to…

The Palestinian Authority will submit a resolution seeking enhanced UN observer status for ‘Palestine’ later this year after the U.S. presidential election, a Palestine Liberation Organization official said on Friday. “We have begun consultations on the format of the text that will be presented to the General Assembly to upgrade the Palestinian status to an…

An explosive device was set off outside a Jewish community center in Malmo, Sweden late on Thursday night. Nobody was hurt in the blast, but the building sustained damage. Local police said it appeared that someone had tried to break in the door. Two 18-year-old men have been arrested in connection to the attack. The…

A coat worn despite the summer heat gave away a terrorist, 26, who planned an attack at the Hizme checkpoint, in northern Jerusalem. The terrorist arrived at the checkpoint at noontime Friday. The fact that he was wearing a coat despite the great heat aroused the Border Police’s suspicion. They conducted a search and found…

Two Israelis are reportedly among those killed in a Minneapolis shooting Thursday, involving a gunman who shot four dead people and committed suicide inside a sign-making business. According to TV Channel 2, co-owners Reuven Rahamim and Rami Cox were both killed. Cox’s daughter Shiri said that the shooter was an employee who had been fired…

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney expressed solidarity on Thursday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, after he called for a “red line” on Iran to stop it from reaching nuclear weapons capability. “I stand with Prime Minister Netanyahu,” Romney said in a statement quoted by AFP, after the Israeli Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly…

Three Azerbaijani men have been convicted of planning to murder Chabad rabbis at a Jewish school in Baku. The three have been named as Rasim Farail Aliyev, Balagardash Dadashov, and Ali Alihamza Huseynov. The planned attack was to be revenge on Israel for the death of an Iranian nuclear physicist. Iran suspects Israel of being…

The foreign ministers of Argentina and Iran met on Thursday at the United Nations to discuss the deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish association in Buenos Aires, officials said. Argentina has charged Iran of masterminding the bombing that killed 85 people at a building housing Jewish charities and NGOs in Buenos Aires. Both sides agreed…

The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, will meet with his Israeli counterpart Binyamin Netanyahu Friday in New York City. Harper is in town as the UN General Assembly convenes but he will not address the assembly himself. Instead, his foreign minister John Baird will deliver a speech to the assembly Monday. Harper was invited…

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the alleged filmmaker behind the video that sparked protests across the Muslim world, was arrested Thursday, the Los Angeles district attorney’s office said. “I can confirm he’s in custody, scheduled to make a court appearance as we speak, in federal court in downtown LA,” Thom Mrozek of the United States Attorney’s Office…

The Obama administration remained unimpressed on Thursday after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations and reiterated that the President would not set “red lines” for Iran. “As the prime minister said, the United States and Israel share the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,” spokesman Tommy Vietor of the…