Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold confirmed to a Saudi-owned website on Monday that the IDF thwarted attempts to transfer advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah. This is the first time an Israeli official makes such a statement not under the cover
While millions across Europe recover from Christmas and prepare to celebrating new year’s eve at public firework displays, security services are scrambling to prevent terror attacks which will seek to target large gatherings of people enjoying the holiday. Vienna police are working
TEL AVIV – Amid fears of terror attacks, Israel adopted a series of measures on Sunday to increase punishment for businesses which employ Palestinians illegally residing in Israel. The public security ministry stated that the new regulations were to deter
The Palestinian Authority leadership is expected to meet in the coming days to discuss the future of its relations with Israel, PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said on Sunday. Erekat said that he expected the meeting to take place before the
Two soldiers were wounded on Sunday afternoon in a stabbing attack at Hawara checkpoint in the West Bank, hours after another soldier as lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem. Givati Brigade soldiers were in the middle of a
Tunisia admitted that around 3,000 of its nationals have left for Syria and Iraq to fight in the ranks of the Islamic State, more than three times the number previously estimated. Walid Elwekeine, a spokesperson for the Tunisian Ministry of
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Sunday, the army said, the latest attack in 12 weeks of heightened violence. Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car-rammings and shooting attacks have
Israeli police have released footage showing mounted officers eliminating an Arab terrorist in downtown Jerusalem. The incident, one of two terrorist attacks over Shabbat, took place Saturday afternoon at IDF Square in central Jerusalem, not far from the Municipality building.
A propaganda film for the Somalian Al-Qaeda cadet branch has shown jihadist fighters living the high life, hunting African big game, eating rich food and relaxing in the bush. Part of a series of dispatches about life with the jihadist movement
The terrorist who led the bloody Paris terror attacks in November entered the UK on a fake passport to seek logistical support from jihadis in Britain just weeks before the atrocity was committed, according to reports. It is claimed that Abdelhamid Abaaoud,
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia’s government has banned celebrations of Christmas and New Year in the Muslim majority country, saying the festivities might attract Islamist attacks. “All events related to Christmas and New Year celebrations are contrary to Islamic culture, which could
Two men have been arrested in counter-terrorism raids in Sydney. Police thwarted what they say were plots to attack locations including the Royal Australian Navy base at Woolloomooloo Bay (pictured) and state police headquarters in the west of the city. Both
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
Hezbollah leaders vowed revenge against Israel on Monday for the death of Samir Kuntar (pictured) on Saturday night in an airstrike attributed to the Israeli Air Force. “The Israeli enemy will regret the assassination of Samir Kuntar,” said the head
The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, (ISB) Georgia is working with Muslim middle and high school students on how to handle “attacks” against them or Islam, presumably by Americans, says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
TEL AVIV – Columnists at Egyptian daily Al-Watan are calling for Egypt to launch preemptive strikes in Libya against the Islamic State, for fear that the terror group will attack Egyptian soil. The articles, translated by MEMRI, were both published
JERUSALEM – Samir Kuntar, perpetrator of one of the most brutal terror attacks in Israeli history, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria, the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Sunday. Kuntar was reportedly the target of a guided missile strike
TEL AVIV – A Palestinian university got into the Christmas spirit by decorating a tree with photos of terrorists, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. The Fatah student’s movement at Birzeit University near Ramallah erected a Christmas tree adorned with pictures
In response to CNN debate moderator Wolf Blitzer’s opening question about national security that put forward the premise that he was an isolationist, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump responded, “We are not talking about isolation – we’re talking about security. We are not talking about religion – we’re talking about security.”
Pressure is growing on social networks to play a bigger role in finding and weeding out jihadists and others looking to recruit members and plot deadly attacks. But it’s more complicated than it sounds: networks like Facebook and Twitter support
As FBI divers continue to paddle the murky waters of a lake in San Bernardino, the federal investigation into the massacre at a county health department gathering is reaching a critical juncture: Whom were the two shooters in contact with?
TEL AVIV – Israeli security forces here arrested the alleged perpetrator of a vehicular ramming attack injuring four Israeli soldiers in the West Bank yesterday. Significantly, the alleged terrorist attacker confessed to being motivated to carry out his jihad in part
A Palestinian motorist attempted to ram his vehicle into IDF soldiers conducting security checks at the Hilhul Junction near Hebron on Friday. The assailant was shot and killed at the scene. No Israelis were wounded in the attempted attack. Shortly
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Two Israelis were stabbed in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with one of them seriously wounded, and the Palestinian attacker was shot dead, the Israeli police and army said. An initial statement from the military said
A 23-year-old man from the eastern French city of Strasbourg has been identified as the third bomber involved in the attacks at Paris’s Bataclan music hall, police sources said Wednesday. Foued Mohamed Aggad went to Syria with his brother and
