
TEL AVIV – The Israel Antiquities Authority announced it will incorporate the recently unearthed remains of a 3,400-year-old citadel into a state-of-the-art beachfront tower. An archaeological excavation in the northern coastal city of Nahariya exposed the remains of a millennia-old
by Deborah Danan7 Jan 2016, 6:22 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – In a major fail for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Spain’s Supreme Court issued an historic ruling against the country’s Housing Ministry for illegally excluding an Israeli university from a scientific competition. The Council
by Deborah Danan7 Jan 2016, 5:44 AM PST0

On Monday, California State Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) introduced two pieces of legislation to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the State of Israel.
by Adelle Nazarian7 Jan 2016, 5:42 AM PST0

In the wake of Friday’s tragic shooting in Tel Aviv’s bustling city center – taking two lives and wounding ten – Israelis scramble for answers to an evolving and unpredictable security threat.
by Zach Huff7 Jan 2016, 5:31 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – More and more Palestinian intellectuals, including noted journalists, are speaking out against the participation of children in terror attacks against civilians. The Palestinian leadership has not condemned any of the stabbing or shooting attacks in the latest
by Deborah Danan7 Jan 2016, 5:16 AM PST0

Masked militants fired at a group of dozens of Israeli tourists at the Barceló Three Pyramids hotel next to Cairo on Thursday, causing damage but no injuries.
by Breitbart Jerusalem7 Jan 2016, 4:46 AM PST0

To the uninitiated, being a reporter, witnessing news as it happens and getting up close to news makers seems to be an exciting way to make a living. But for journalists who are field reporters, the profession also carries a
by Breitbart Jerusalem7 Jan 2016, 2:07 AM PST0

The notion that the Obama administration’s talking points increasingly sound like they are coming out of Tehran was further solidified this week, culminating with an op-ed published by Bloomberg confirming that the State Department acquiesced to Iran’s demand to reject new missile sanctions.
by Adelle Nazarian6 Jan 2016, 8:36 PM PST0

TEL AVIV – The United States has been promoting former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as a potential successor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a source in the Palestinian president’s office told Breitbart Jerusalem. The source said Abbas’ aides
by Aaron Klein and Ali Waked6 Jan 2016, 12:31 PM PST0

A prominent Muslim Brotherhood official has been freed from a Jordanian jail after serving 13 months in prison.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Jan 2016, 11:03 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Despite Hezbollah repeatedly threatening to attack Israel in revenge for the death of terrorist Samir Kuntar, Monday’s attempt at retaliation may show that the Lebanese Shi’ite terror organization, mired in a financial crisis and up to its neck in
by Deborah Danan6 Jan 2016, 7:04 AM PST0

An IDF soldier accused of leaking classified information to right-wing Jewish activists was on Tuesday sentenced to 45 months in jail. Corporal Elad Sela, 26, is a resident of Bat Ayin settlement in Gush Etzion. He has been convicted for
by Breitbart Jerusalem6 Jan 2016, 1:46 AM PST0

Palestinians and Israeli Arabs have carried out at least 100 knife attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians in recent months. Now, the Israeli military hopes it has found a way of keeping its troops safe: Neck protectors designed to prevent
by Breitbart Jerusalem6 Jan 2016, 1:26 AM PST0

A Republican California assemblyman introduced a bill into the state legislature on Monday that would forbid the state – whose campuses have been a focal point of BDS activity – from doing business with companies boycotting, sanctioning or divesting from
by Breitbart Jerusalem6 Jan 2016, 1:13 AM PST0

A cash reward for information that could lead to the capture of Nashat Melhem, the suspect in Friday’s deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv, was offered on Tuesday by Mazen Qaq, the head of the merchants’ committee in Jerusalem’s Old City.
by Breitbart Jerusalem6 Jan 2016, 1:05 AM PST0

The Saudi execution of insurrectionist Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr threatens to touch off a conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims across the Middle East and beyond. Massive Shiite protests have occurred across the region over the past few days and have spread into Asia.
by John Hayward5 Jan 2016, 7:28 PM PST0

Police Commissioner Ronie Alsheich on Tuesday attempted to ease the frayed nerves of residents in the metropolitan Tel Aviv area in the wake of Friday’s shooting attack at a bar in Tel Aviv.
by Breitbart Jerusalem5 Jan 2016, 11:06 AM PST0

Partner Communications, Israel’s second-largest mobile phone operator, said on Tuesday it has notified French telecoms group Orange of its decision to terminate its Orange brand license agreement.
by Breitbart Jerusalem5 Jan 2016, 10:50 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Music by a trio of Jewish Israeli sisters has become hugely popular in the Arab world, most notably in Yemen, the Washington Post reported. The sisters, who sing in a Yemeni dialect of Arabic, are descendants of
by Deborah Danan5 Jan 2016, 4:55 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – The New York Times published an article on Sunday about a revolution taking place in the port city of Haifa that is forging a young, hip, and progressive Arab society. Secular, feminist, and gay-friendly, these Israeli Arabs have found freedom
by Breitbart Jerusalem5 Jan 2016, 4:42 AM PST0

Contents: Sectarian Sunni-Shia split deepens over Iran – Saudi split; President Obama may have to choose between Saudi Arabia and Iran; Hezbollah-Israel violence growing on Lebanon border; Residents of Tel Aviv Israel in panic after Friday’s gunfire attack; European and Wall St stocks fall sharply, following China
by John J. Xenakis5 Jan 2016, 4:00 AM PST0

The Knesset’s top security officer filed a complaint Monday with the Israel Police on behalf of Yisrael Beytenu chief MK Avigdor Liberman after the former foreign minister received threats to his life on his Facebook page. “You are our target,”
by Breitbart Jerusalem5 Jan 2016, 1:38 AM PST0

Iranian state-controlled Tasnim News Agency published an exclusive story on Monday blaming Israel and America for the recent execution of a prominent Saudi cleric.
by Jordan Schachtel4 Jan 2016, 9:37 PM PST0

A national debate turned to international scandal on Thursday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited Adolf Hitler’s Germany as the type of presidential system he would like to see established in Turkey. Now, the Turkish president’s office is claiming Erdogan’s comment was “distorted by the media.”
by Frances Martel4 Jan 2016, 6:52 AM PST0

The Tel Aviv District Police has opened an investigation in order to find out the circumstances by which a flag identifying with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist organization was found in a penthouse on Recanati Street in northern Tel Aviv.
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 4:25 AM PST0