The Jerusalem Post reports: The IDF is preparing for the possibility that Russian air strikes will push Islamic State, currently 40 km. away from the Israeli border, toward the Golan Heights in the coming months. Additionally, the IDF’s 210 Habashan
The Jerusalem Post reports: Jerusalem responded largely with a yawn to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday that the US eavesdropped on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with current and past officials saying it is an open secret that Washington listens in on high-level
GOP 2016 candidate Ben Carson slammed President Barack Obama for spying on Israel — and also pushed Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton into the middle of the expanding scandal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Richard Burr from North Carolina, Republican chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, told Breitbart News that his panel will investigate whether President Obama’s National Security Agency (NSA) broke the law by eavesdropping on private conversations between American lawmakers and Israel.
Tim and Eva Jisser started a mobile home park in Palo Alto, California, in 1986. Now the family wants to move on, but the city told them they must pay $8 million to do so.
TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority Security Forces spokesman posted a message on his Facebook page to Palestinian children saying that the only way to defeat Israel is to “water it with blood,” Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported.
TEL AVIV – A man has won a court case after refusing a police order on the Temple Mount to drop his hands, a gesture which could be perceived as praying and therefore offensive to Muslims, the Jewish Press reported.
Israeli athletes dropped out of an international windsurfing competition in Malaysia after the organizers refused to let them compete with the Israeli flag and national anthem.
Israel’s first college aimed specifically at students with autism, Asperger’s syndrome and complex learning disabilities is set to open in March 2016. According to the NRG news website, the BE Academic College will be a collaboration between Beit Ekstein, an
Many people come to New York City with big dreams. Many of them return home disappointed, others work for years before seeing results, and very few make it within a year. Meet the exception: Chef Nir Mesika from the northern
In the midst of its espionage operations against the State of Israel, the Obama administration’s National Security Agency (NSA) listened in on private conversations conducted with members of the U.S. Congress and American-Jewish groups, a late Tuesday report in the Wall Street Journal reveals.
JAFFA, Israel – Twenty-three Saudi women have been indicted for membership of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, Al Arabiya website reported on Tuesday.
TEL AVIV – The most popular baby name in Israel in 2014 is Mohammed, according to a report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday.
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel’s top court on Tuesday upheld a bribery conviction against Ehud Olmert, making him the country’s first ex-prime minister to serve jail time. The 70-year-old, who was prime minister from 2006 to 2009, was sentenced in May 2014
Israel beefed up security along the Lebanese border, after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to avenge the assassination of Samir Kuntar, Israeli media reported on Monday. According to Wallanews, local farmers near the scenic, predominantly rural border said it was the most security presence
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 the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group has developed a reputation for successfully recruiting using social media, this week, a call from “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—demanding more Muslims join the jihadist group—was met with a chorus of mockery and jeers.
The declared leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is spinning critical ISIS military losses as a “blessing from Allah,” while continuing to summon Muslims around the world to enlist in the jihadist group.
TEL AVIV – A German journalist who spent days with the Islamic State said that the only country in the Middle East that the jihadists fear is Israel because they know that the Jewish state’s “army is too strong for them.” In
TEL AVIV – An enormous prehistoric stone structure in Israel’s north, dubbed the “Stonehenge of the Levant,” remains a total enigma to archaeologists. Galgal Refaim (Hebrew for “wheel of ghosts”) is the largest and oldest stone structure in the Middle
TEL AVIV – A new Torah scroll written in honor of the 72 IDF soldiers who were killed during Operation Protective Edge was dedicated in Tel Aviv on Sunday night. The Torah was donated to the North Central Synagogue which
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
GAZA CITY (AFP) – A Palestinian wounded at the Gaza border in clashes with the Israeli army last week died early Monday from his injuries, the Gaza health ministry said. Yusef al-Buhel, 48, died after being shot east of the Maghazi refugee
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bill that would impose new regulations on Israeli non-profit groups that receive funds from foreign governments won ministerial approval on Sunday, a move critics said targets pro-Palestinian organisations. Dubbed a “transparency bill” by its sponsor, far-right
A bill enacting an annual day celebrating immigration to Israel passed the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday, paving the way for a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday. The legislation, sponsored by Likud MKs Miki Zohar and
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
Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security”, his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement,
TEL AVIV – Breitbart Jerusalem conducted an exclusive interview with a leader of the up-and-coming Iran-backed militia in the Gaza Strip, calling itself Al-Sabireen.
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
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the opening of Sunday’s weekly cabinet meeting to again condemn acts of Jewish terrorism, but stressed that just as the scope of Jewish terrorism can in no way be compared to the much greater Palestinian
Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries. Security was tight at the Vatican as Francis, marking the third
Israeli warplanes have hit Hezbollah targets in the Qalamoun area of Syria in a series of at least seven airstrikes, Syrian media outlets reported Saturday night. The Israel Defense Forces declined to comment on the alleged airstrikes, Channel 2 television
TEL AVIV – In an audio message released on the Internet on Saturday, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the self-declared Islamic State, threatened Israel while taunting the “Crusader” West for failing to launch a ground campaign against his terrorist organization.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached out to Christians on Friday to deliver a special Christmas greeting from Jerusalem. “From Jerusalem I wish Israel’s Christian community, and Christians everywhere, a very joyous Christmas and a happy new year,” said Netanyahu in a
Contents: Merry Christmas, happy Kwanza, belated happy Hanukkah, Ramadan, Winter Solstice!; Hezbollah promises revenge for deadly Israeli airstrike in Syria; Israel and Hezbollah may be close to war again; Russia is sharing information with the Taliban in Afghanistan to fight ISIS
TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority security organizations are reportedly on heightened alert in and around Bethlehem, fearing the Islamic State could launch terrorist attacks targeting Christian tourists or sites over the next few days.
The Times of Israel reports: Just a few days after the Technion broke ground on a research center in Guangdong, a second Israeli institution — Israel Aerospace Industries — announced that it, too, was establishing one in the southeastern Chinese province.
TEL AVIV – Hamas on Friday reportedly test fired 12 rockets from the central and southern Gaza Strip, launching the projectiles into Mediterranean Sea. Earlier this month, Breitbart Jerusalem reported that Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been launching regular rocket tests and has been
Palestinian security forces say they arrested two suspected Islamic radicals in the burning of a Christmas tree in the northern West Bank.
