
President Reuven and his wife, Nechama, were the guests of honor of US President Barack Obama for the White House Hanukka candle lighting ceremony on Wednesday evening. At the opening of the ceremony, Obama mentioned that in a meeting prior
by Breitbart Jerusalem10 Dec 2015, 3:16 AM PST0

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recently adopted dog Kaiya has sunk her teeth into her new position, biting two visitors at an event on Wednesday, including the husband of the deputy foreign minister. At a candle-lighting ceremony to
by Reuters10 Dec 2015, 1:47 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – While recognizing the Jewish state is struggling against radical Islam, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected comments on Muslim immigration made in recent days by Donald Trump.
by Aaron Klein9 Dec 2015, 11:55 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump when the presidential candidate visits Israel at the end of the month, according to multiple reports.
by Aaron Klein9 Dec 2015, 6:55 AM PST0

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
by AFP9 Dec 2015, 4:15 AM PST0

JERUSALEM – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have released a Hanukkah song video with lyrics that give even reigning Hanukkah king Adam Sandler a run for his gelt. The song attributes different Hanukkah elements for each day of the eight day
by Breitbart Jerusalem9 Dec 2015, 3:56 AM PST0

Jewish organizations in the United States harshly criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday following his comments on the entry of Muslims to the country. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said that “a plan that singles out Muslims and denies
by Breitbart Jerusalem9 Dec 2015, 3:23 AM PST0

The father of the gunman behind the San Bernardino, California massacre was medicated and does not recall telling an Italian newspaper that his son, Syed Rizwan Farook, backed the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and was obsessed with Israel, according to a family lawyer.
by Edwin Mora8 Dec 2015, 7:29 PM PST0

An Israeli-tested drug that tackles cancer through sophisticated manipulations of the body’s natural immune system was key in helping rid former US president Jimmy Carter of life-threatening tumors that developed after he was diagnosed with melanoma earlier this year.
by Breitbart Jerusalem8 Dec 2015, 2:56 PM PST0

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – For four years, llana Lerner Kalmanovich rode a hot and crowded bus three hours each day to reach the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she was pursuing degrees in physical education and nutrition.
by Breitbart Jerusalem8 Dec 2015, 2:49 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – In a debate about Israel’s future, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and the so-called peace process, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach locked horns with American Jewish author Peter Beinart in Tel Aviv on Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah.
by Deborah Danan7 Dec 2015, 11:10 AM PST0

An Israeli man was critically wounded in a stabbing attack Monday afternoon, near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel Police said the terrorist was shot dead by security forces at the scene.
by Breitbart Jerusalem7 Dec 2015, 10:53 AM PST0

The Israeli government told The Jerusalem Post its military would only attack Iranian jets in Syria if they threatened Israel.
by Mary Chastain7 Dec 2015, 10:28 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – In interviews with Breitbart Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad each rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s assertion that Israel will become a binational state if the so-called two-state solution is not implemented.
by Aaron Klein and Ali Waked7 Dec 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister insists his country is not heading toward becoming a binational state, rejecting a warning to that effect by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. At his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu says “Israel
by AP7 Dec 2015, 2:35 AM PST0

San Bernardino jihadi Syed Rizwan Farook’s father, who is also named Syed Farook, gave an interesting interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, in which a few interesting bits of family history popped out.
by John Hayward6 Dec 2015, 6:41 PM PST0

Two victims were lightly wounded Sunday evening in a stabbing in Jerusalem and a Palestinian attacker was killed by an IDF soldier at the scene.
by Breitbart Jerusalem6 Dec 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

Contents: NY Times Page One calls for laws to confiscate some gun owners’ guns; Israel bombs targets in Syria since Russia’s military buildup; Israel receives tacit approval from Russia for Syrian airstrikes
by John J. Xenakis6 Dec 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – A window into the extremist mindset of San Bernardino jihadist Syed Rizwan Farook was provided by his father Syed Farook, who described his son as “obsessed with Israel.”
by Aaron Klein6 Dec 2015, 7:07 AM PST0

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking at the Saban Forum in Washington D.C. Saturday, warned that current trends in the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts are leading to a one-state reality. Kerry also said that if the situation
by Breitbart Jerusalem5 Dec 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

From the International Business Times: A lead tool discovered in Israel what archaeologists say depicts the earliest evidence of use of the metal by humans. The tool was found in a cave in north of Negev desert, in southern Israel.
by Breitbart Jerusalem5 Dec 2015, 12:18 PM PST0

The Times of Israel Reported: While America puzzles over the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, many American Jews are puzzling over an additional element: the religious identity of victim Nicholas Thalasinos. Pictured on his Facebook page wearing a scarf-style
by Breitbart Jerusalem5 Dec 2015, 3:23 AM PST0

The latest atrocity from the Islamic State is a video showing children – boys who look about ten years old, referred to by ISIS as the “Cubs of the Caliphate” – executing prisoners in Syria. Five of the murders are carried out with pistols, but the sixth is a knife beheading.
by John Hayward4 Dec 2015, 10:06 AM PST0

JERUSALEM – There’s an entire country that would probably differ with the White House’s off-key assertion that gun control will help deter terrorists.
by Aaron Klein4 Dec 2015, 5:38 AM PST0

A piece in the Wall Street Journal co-authored by two professors of law claims U.S. academic institutions’ boycotts of Israel are not legal. Steven Davidoff Solomon and Eugene Kontorovich, professors at the University of California, Berkeley, and Northwestern University respectively,
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Dec 2015, 5:14 AM PST0