TEL AVIV, Israel – Less than a week before the international community is set to lift a decade of sanctions imposed on the Iranian regime, Teheran has pledged greater financial and political support for Hamas in exchange for a clear condemnation of Saudi Arabia, Hamas sources told Breitbart Jerusalem.
A 16th-century copy of the Talmud was on Tuesday sold at a New York auction for $9.3 million – a record for Judaic antiques. A source confirmed that the buyer was Leon Black, a New York businessman. Sotheby’s declared that
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s ambassador to the United States used the embassy’s annual holiday gift to make a political point this year, sending items made in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights to counter a divestiture movement aimed at
Israel should take a stand in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in his address to the Knesset on Wednesday. “When evil wins in one place, it will try to continue to another,” Poroshenko warned. “We need to act
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday accused Israel of continuing to “consolidate an Apartheid regime by accelerating policies that destroy the two-state solution.” Abbas’s latest accusation came in a “Christmas Message” in which he repeated other charges against Israel,
JERUSALEM – In addition to an up-front bonus of $4,000, the Islamic State is promising new recruits free housing and even matchmaking assistance for those interested in getting married, Breitbart Jerusalem has learned.
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced Wednesday it had arrested members of two large Hamas terrorist cells in the West Bank planning mass casualty suicide bombings and other attacks inside Israel.
TEL AVIV – A large British Muslim family was stopped from boarding a flight bound for Los Angeles amid concerns of an American overreaction to a suspected terrorist threat, the Guardian reported. In an interview on British radio, it was
TEL AVIV – A member of Fatah’s Central Committee sent a condolence letter this week to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah mourning the death of Samir Kuntar, calling the Lebanese terrorist a “national hero” and a “Palestinian martyr.” In his letter, which
TEL AVIV – Denial of the Jewish connection to Jerusalem has been unequivocally challenged by archeological discoveries, a U.S. congresswoman said on Friday. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chairwoman of the U.S.’s House Subcommittee on the Middle East & North Africa,
The Mail Online reports: As many as 1,700 Muslim soldiers are currently fighting for Israel as part of an alliance that dates back to the 20th century when Jews and Bedouin joined forces to protect the Jewish communities from their
TEL AVIV – Israeli water giant IDE Technologies opened the largest desalination plant in the Western hemisphere in California last week, JSpacenews reported. The new facility, constructed as part of an endeavor called the Poseidon project, will combat regional
JERUSALEM – Two Palestinian terrorists wounded at least three people in a stabbing attack near the Jaffa Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday.
TEL AVIV – A mysterious gold object discovered in a Jerusalem cemetery turns out to be a “diffuser of positive energies” available on the web, Facebook users informed the Israel Antiquities Authority. On Tuesday, Breibart Jerusalem reported that the Authority had
JAFFA, Israel – Although some member states are not aware of its existence, the ideology behind a Saudi-led anti-Islamic State coalition is challenging the jihadi organization’s theological underpinnings, the Mufti of Egypt told Asharq Al Awsat newspaper. Shawki Alam, the religious leader
The British shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has called for Palestinian leaders to be “more vocal in condemning violence”. Mr Benn has just returned from a three-day tour of Israel and the West Bank during which he met officials from the United Nations’
The divorced Palestinian wife of assassinated terrorist Samir Kuntar welcomed his death on Monday, in an interview with the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya television network. Accusing Kuntar of fighting not against Israel but against the Syrian people, Kifah Kayyal insisted in an
Israel’s government and largest labour union reached an 11th-hour wage deal Wednesday to prevent a paralysing general strike that had threatened to disrupt travel for thousands of pilgrims at Christmas. All members of the Histadrut labour federation — including workers
On a a chilly fall day, passersby on a central street in Sweden’s third largest city, Malmö, were greeted with chants in Arabic urging the killing of Jews. “Death to the Jews,’ and ‘More stabbings,’ the protesters screamed,” recalls Jehoshua
A Facebook post by an Arab journalist comparing the wretched condition of Syrian prisoners with that of well-fed Palestinians serving time in Israel has gone viral, eliciting surprising praise of Israeli practices from across the Arab world. The side by
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone conversation on Tuesday to continue their dialogue regarding the situation in Syria and other regional issues, the Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday. According to a PMO statement,
Jaffa, Israel – Palestinian social media has been abuzz with references to Hassan Nasrallah’s speech in the wake of the elimination of a top Hezbollah operative earlier this week, allegedly by Israel.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in Athens on Monday that his national authority was going to issue State of Palestine passports within 2016.
The Hamas leadership has sent Hezbollah a missive of condolences following Sunday’s assassination of operative Samir Kuntar, a gesture that irked some of its supporters, Breitbart Jerusalem has learned. Two letters were sent to the Lebanese militia, one signed by
JAFFA, Israel – The Islamic State organization has published a ban on satellite dishes and receivers in areas under its control in Syria, Iraq and Libya. “It is forbidden to sell, distribute and repair satellite transmitters and receivers everywhere in
TEL AVIV – Stumped Israeli archaeologists have turned to Facebook for help in determining the purpose of a mysterious gold tool discovered in a Jerusalem cemetery. “We’ve never seen such an object – either ancient or modern,” the Facebook post
