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West Bank – Iconoclast Muslim Woman Aligned With Hard-Line Settler Movement Runs For Parliament

West Bank – Iconoclast Muslim Woman Aligned With Hard-Line Settler Movement Runs For Parliament

Kinbutz Yehiam, Israel – An Arab-Israeli Muslim woman is running for a parliament seat as a member of a hard-line religious Jewish party that opposes… Read More ›

Israel – Military Threatened To Be Torn Apart From Within By IDF War Crimes Probe

Israel – Military Threatened To Be Torn Apart From Within By IDF War Crimes Probe

Israel – A bombshell has fallen within the ranks, turning military commanders and lawyers against each other on a possibly unprecedented level over the Office… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Routs Danon In Party Primary To Retain Likud Chairmanship

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Routs Danon In Party Primary To Retain Likud Chairmanship

Jerusalem – Israeli media reported Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the backing of his hard-line Likud party in its primary and will lead… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Court Rejects Greek Appeal To Gain Holocaust Funds Held By Israel

Tel Aviv – Court Rejects Greek Appeal To Gain Holocaust Funds Held By Israel

Tel Aviv – In a contentious case pitting two bodies engaged in Holocaust restitution against one another, a court rejected a demand by the Greek… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Court Rejects Petition To Declare Home Of Terrorists’ Demolitions Illegal

Jerusalem – Court Rejects Petition To Declare Home Of Terrorists’ Demolitions Illegal

Jerusalem – The High Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected a petition to ban all demolitions of terrorists’ houses as well as a petition to… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Thanks US And Australia For Rejecting Palestinian UN Bid

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Thanks US And Australia For Rejecting Palestinian UN Bid

Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the UN Security Council vote, thanking  the US and Australia for voting against the motion, and praising Rwanda… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinians To Apply To Join International Criminal Court After UN Setback

West Bank – Palestinians To Apply To Join International Criminal Court After UN Setback

West Bank – Officials said on Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership is meeting to plan its next steps after a resolution to end Israel’s occupation… Read More ›

West Bank – Suspected Hate Crime Attack On Palestinian House Being Investigated By Police

West Bank – Suspected Hate Crime Attack On Palestinian House Being Investigated By Police

West Bank – Police were investigating a suspected ‘price tag’ hate crime attack in the West Bank village of al-Dirat after a firebomb was thrown… Read More ›

Israel –  Mastermind In June Kidnap, Murder Of 3 Israeli Teens, Has Been Convicted By Hamas Court

Israel – Mastermind In June Kidnap, Murder Of 3 Israeli Teens, Has Been Convicted By Hamas Court

Israel – On Wednesday, the IDF military court convicted Hussam Hassan Kawasme of being the mastermind behind the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens… Read More ›

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia Says It Is Open To Jewish Workers

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia Says It Is Open To Jewish Workers

Riyadh – A Labor Ministry source in Riyadh was quoted as saying in a Saudi newspaper on Tuesday that Jews and foreigners with other religions are… Read More ›

Libya –  Up To 1.8 Million Barrels Of Crude Destroyed At Oil Port Fire

Libya – Up To 1.8 Million Barrels Of Crude Destroyed At Oil Port Fire

Libya – A top oil official said on Tuesday, a fire raging for almost a week at Libya’s biggest oil port of Es Sider has destroyed… Read More ›

Israel – Authorities Recover Jewelry Stolen By Beit Shemesh Man, 800 Ancient Coins

Israel – Authorities Recover Jewelry Stolen By Beit Shemesh Man, 800 Ancient Coins

Beit Shemesh – The Israel Antiquities Authority discovered during a  routine security check a veritable treasure hunt. A Beit Shemesh man had stolen hundreds of… Read More ›

Jakarta – Official: No Victim From Crashed AirAsia Plane Was Found With Life Jacket On

Jakarta – Official: No Victim From Crashed AirAsia Plane Was Found With Life Jacket On

Jakarta – On Wednesday, an Indonesian search and rescue official said that none of the bodies recovered so far from the crashed AirAsia jet had… Read More ›

Russia – Putin Sends Magnanimous New Year’s Message To Obama

Russia – Putin Sends Magnanimous New Year’s Message To Obama

Moscow – In a New Year’s message to U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said  that Moscow is looking for equality in… Read More ›

Ramallah – Abbas: Palestinians To Join International Criminal Court

Ramallah – Abbas: Palestinians To Join International Criminal Court

Ramallah – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians will join the International Criminal Court — a move that sets the stage for filing a… Read More ›

Berlin – Germans Are Told Not To Attend Anti-Islam Rallies By Merkel

Berlin – Germans Are Told Not To Attend Anti-Islam Rallies By Merkel

Germany – On Wednesday German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the country’s citizens not to participate in weekly anti-Islam rallies that have attracted growing numbers of… Read More ›

Tehran – Lawyer: Prisoner Exchange Offered By US For Detained Ex-marine

Tehran – Lawyer: Prisoner Exchange Offered By US For Detained Ex-marine

Tehran – In an attempt to gain custody of former marine in prison in Iran, Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency is saying the United States… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Deri To Resign From Knesset

Jerusalem – Deri To Resign From Knesset

Jerusalem – On Tuesday evening, Shas chairman Arye Deri has submitted his letter of resignation to the Knesset to Speaker Yuli Edelstein. Deri’s latest move… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Palestinian Injured When Soldiers Shoot At Vehicle After Explosive Hurled At Them

Jerusalem – Palestinian Injured When Soldiers Shoot At Vehicle After Explosive Hurled At Them

Jerusalem – On Monday, IDF soldiers stationed near the village of Beit Omar south of Bethlehem fire on a Palestinian vehicle after it drove past… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Corruption Probe Looks At Israeli Election Campaign

Jerusalem – Corruption Probe Looks At Israeli Election Campaign

Jerusalem – On Tuesday morning it was reported that a far-reaching Israeli corruption investigation that has roped in 30 public figures and politicians linked to… Read More ›