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.”
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.
He seemed calm and confident, responding quickly to the questions without any hesitation. His tone was often diplomatic. This was how Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan appeared during his interview with Al-Monitor, which took place at his residence in the capital
Egypt has sent Hazem Khairat as the new ambassador to Israel after a three-year hiatus, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Sunday. Khairat, arrived on Friday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his return to Israel saying it “will allow us to improve even more
For the past few days, the IDF has been performing controlled bombings in the Lebanese border region. These include artillery fire into open areas, and are meant to prevent Hezbollah from exploiting the stormy weather Israel has been experiencing lately
Four days after releasing footage of Gilad Shalit in captivity, Hamas revealed a more detailed documentation of the abducted IDF soldier’s time as a prisoner in Gaza, Israel’s Channel 2 reported on Sunday. The new video shows Shalit and his five
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemingly echoed some of the sentiments of Donald Trump on Saturday, when the Israeli leader questioned the loyalty of segments of the Israeli-Arab population.
An unidentified gunman shot and moderately wounded a female IDF soldier at the Cave of the Patriarchs near the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday. There were unconfirmed suspicions that the fire was carried out by a sniper from
TEL AVIV – Fifty-per cent of children did not show up for school in North Tel Aviv, the area where the terrorist of Friday’s shooting attack was last seen.
Contents: Saudi Arabians execute 47 prisoners for ‘terrorism’ including prominent Shia cleric; Execution of Shia cleric Nirm al-Nimr triggers mass protests in Mideast
LOD (ISRAEL) (AFP) – A court charged two Israelis on Sunday over a firebomb attack last year that led to the deaths of a Palestinian couple and their toddler, the Israeli judiciary said. Amiram Ben Oliel, 21, from the northern settlement
TEL AVIV – A careful review of Friday’s shooting incident on popular Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv raises significant questions about organizational terrorist involvement in the devastating assault.
Israel cannot allow pockets of the country to have lax gun law enforcement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday evening, visiting the site of Friday’s shooting on Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street.
Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee declared, “Israel has shown more good sense than the Americans have when it comes to protecting their citizens” and argued that none of President Obama’s gun control proposals would have prevented mass
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey must accept that it needs Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, as the two countries seek to thrash out a deal on normalising ties. NATO member Turkey was a key regional ally of Israel until the two
Tel Aviv, famous for its exuberant street life and 24-hour partying, had a subdued air Saturday as it reeled from a deadly shooting attack at a bar on the busy Dizengoff Street in the heart of the city. The recently
The father of the Arab Israeli gunman believed to have carried out Friday’s deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv urged security forces on Saturday to detain his son as soon as possible, fearing that he would strike again. “What is
In one of the most heartwarming accounts to emerge in the wake of Friday’s tragic shooting attack at a bar in central Tel Aviv, was the unlikely ordeal encountered by a young Israeli man named Ido Lazan and his beloved
A Salafi terrorist group associated with Islamic State claimed responsibility for the volley of rockets fired at southern Israel on Friday night. “We take responsibility for the rocket bombardment on the Sderot settlement at 11:07 p.m. Friday night. Praised God,
GAZA CITY (AFP) – The Israeli air force carried out attacks on Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, Palestinian security sources said, just hours after rockets from the enclave hit southern Israel. According to the sources, the Israeli strikes targeted
TEL AVIV – Tel Aviv was rocked Friday by an apparent shooting attack in which two people were killed and at least seven were wounded. The shooting attack took place at a central Tel Aviv pub on bustling Dizengoff Street,
Israel’s Education Ministry has ruled against the inclusion of a novel about a romance between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man in the Hebrew high school curriculum because it feared it could raise tensions among pupils, an official said
Israel Authorities are expected to release the bodies of more than 20 Palestinian terrorists who were killed while they were carrying out terror attacks, according to a report on Friday. On Thursday, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
The Israeli Meteorological Service (IMS) said 2015 was Israel’s third-hottest year on record. August and September were among the steamiest months ever recorded, the Walla news site reported. Still, 2015’s temperatures were significantly below those recorded during 2010 — the greatest
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, was questioned under advisement for five hours on Thursday on suspicions of using public funds to pay for private expenses. Mrs. Netanyahu cooperated with the investigators and denied the suspicions against her. She arrived
