The Jerusalem Post reports: Nearly thirty thousand Jews moved to Israel in 2015, up from 26,500 last year, the Jewish Agency for Israel announced on Thursday. Aliya has been on the rise in recent years, driven largely by the flow
Christmastime tourism in Israel is anemic this year as Palestinians carry on an intifada where radical Muslims have been stabbing Jews at random in public.
French immigration to Israel reached a record high in 2015, Israeli officials said Thursday, citing “physical insecurity and financial uncertainty” as main driving forces. Around 8,000 French Jews were expected to have arrived over the course of the year, a
TEL AVIV – Amid fears of Hezbollah retaliation for the assassination of arch-terrorist Samir Kuntar, the Israeli security establishment has banned farmers in Israel’s north from approaching the Lebanese border. Four days after the child murderer was targeted in an
JAFFA, Israel – A member of the Fatah Central Committee pledged on Wednesday that the killing of a top Hezbollah operative “will not go unaccounted for.” Al Ahmad, a loyalist of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, called Sunday’s assassination of Samir
Two Israeli security guards were wounded in a stabbing attack at an industrial area near the settlement of Ariel, while a soldier was lightly wounded in a vehicular terror attack near Qalandiya on Thursday. In Ariel, the attacker, Muhammad Zahran,
The Health Ministry issued a warning on Thursday of a new outbreak of swine flu in Israel, calling on the public to get a flu shot, after one woman died of the H1N1 virus and six other women were hospitalized.
Israel should take a stand in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in his address to the Knesset on Wednesday. “When evil wins in one place, it will try to continue to another,” Poroshenko warned. “We need to act
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday accused Israel of continuing to “consolidate an Apartheid regime by accelerating policies that destroy the two-state solution.” Abbas’s latest accusation came in a “Christmas Message” in which he repeated other charges against Israel,
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced Wednesday it had arrested members of two large Hamas terrorist cells in the West Bank planning mass casualty suicide bombings and other attacks inside Israel.
A “grain of salt” warning must accompany reports from Seymour Hersh, who has made some fantastic claims during his career. With that in mind, his latest post in the London Review of Books alleges the U.S. military is sharing intelligence with the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad for the purpose of helping Assad’s military take down Islamic State and al-Qaeda rebels.
TEL AVIV – A large British Muslim family was stopped from boarding a flight bound for Los Angeles amid concerns of an American overreaction to a suspected terrorist threat, the Guardian reported. In an interview on British radio, it was
TEL AVIV – A member of Fatah’s Central Committee sent a condolence letter this week to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah mourning the death of Samir Kuntar, calling the Lebanese terrorist a “national hero” and a “Palestinian martyr.” In his letter, which
TEL AVIV – Denial of the Jewish connection to Jerusalem has been unequivocally challenged by archeological discoveries, a U.S. congresswoman said on Friday. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chairwoman of the U.S.’s House Subcommittee on the Middle East & North Africa,
The Mail Online reports: As many as 1,700 Muslim soldiers are currently fighting for Israel as part of an alliance that dates back to the 20th century when Jews and Bedouin joined forces to protect the Jewish communities from their
TEL AVIV – Israeli water giant IDE Technologies opened the largest desalination plant in the Western hemisphere in California last week, JSpacenews reported. The new facility, constructed as part of an endeavor called the Poseidon project, will combat regional
TEL AVIV – A mysterious gold object discovered in a Jerusalem cemetery turns out to be a “diffuser of positive energies” available on the web, Facebook users informed the Israel Antiquities Authority. On Tuesday, Breibart Jerusalem reported that the Authority had
JAFFA, Israel – Although some member states are not aware of its existence, the ideology behind a Saudi-led anti-Islamic State coalition is challenging the jihadi organization’s theological underpinnings, the Mufti of Egypt told Asharq Al Awsat newspaper. Shawki Alam, the religious leader
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone conversation on Tuesday to continue their dialogue regarding the situation in Syria and other regional issues, the Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday. According to a PMO statement,
Back in 2002, in the dark ages before Breitbart News Network, the great conservative commentator Ben Shapiro warned that the United States must “Keep an eye on Russia,” because “Russia is renewing her relations with America’s enemies.” Shapiro reiterated his message in 2007, warning America that “Russia isn’t to be trusted.”
TEL AVIV – A Jewish math teacher at an Israeli university opened a class for the campus’ Arab cleaners to learn basic math. Shai Gol, who in addition to teaching is also completing his PhD at Bar Ilan University, decided
Newly released wiretap audio finds former Foreign Minister of Argentina Héctor Timerman admitting that the government of Iran “planted the bomb” at the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters in 1994, the deadliest terror attack in Argentina’s history.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s threat to avenge Samir Kuntar’s death should be taken seriously by Israel, a column in Haaretz warned. According to Haaretz columnist Amos Harel, past experience shows that Hezbollah takes matters relating to its honor and image
Ynetnews reports: If it plays according to the rules set out in the last two years, it is just a matter of time before Hezbollah avenges the assassinations of Samir Kuntar and Farhan al-Shaalan and it will most likely be a ground
The Jerusalem Post reports: The shutting down of Hamas’s operations in Turkey is emerging as one of the sticking points preventing the signing of an agreement normalizing ties between Israel and Turkey, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told
CNN reports: Jerusalem (CNN) – There were few, if any, victorious moments to share from Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds’ combat time in World War II. So he kept quiet. He told his son little of how his platoon, part of
Ynetnews reported: Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Monday addressed the targeted killing of notorious terrorist Samir Kuntar in a televised speech on Monday, saying that the group holds Israel responsible for the killing with complete certainty. Nasrallah vowed that Hezbollah would
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Hamas chairman Khaled Mashaal over the weekend, showcasing his longstanding support for the Muslim Brotherhood and its Palestinian terror affiliate that rules the Gaza Strip.
JAFFA, Israel – The recent rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Israel heralds an imminent conflict between Salafi groups that have pledged loyalty to the Islamic State and their ideological enemies, an Iranian-backed militia called Alsabereen.
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
JERUSALEM — A top official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government who has been accused of sexual misconduct said on Sunday that he would step down. The official, Silvan Shalom, the Israeli interior minister and deputy prime minister, has denied
Continuing in its recent tradition of casting the United States as all that is evil in the world, Salon.com has once again published a piece insisting that the U.S. is the scariest, most dangerous country in the world and that America is what ails humanity, even more so than radical Islam.
TEL AVIV – ZAKA, Israel’s emergency response service, slammed the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) decision to treat the most severely wounded person at the scene of a terror attack – even if that person is the terrorist – saying, “No
MACAU (Reuters) – Top Republican Party donor Sheldon Adelson said on Friday he met presidential candidate Donald Trump earlier this week and that the two American billionaires broached the issue at the heart of Adelson’s political agenda: support for Israel.
BEIRUT (AP) — Samir Kantar, a Lebanese who was convicted of carrying out one of the most notorious attacks in Israeli history and spent nearly three decades in an Israeli prison, has been killed by an Israeli airstrike near the
Jerry Seinfeld works hard for his money. The 61-year-old multi-millionaire entertainer, whose nine-season eponymous-titled sitcom became a cultural touchstone unmatched in TV history, went back to his roots on Saturday night in Tel Aviv and proved that he was master
Jerusalem Online reports: The Palestinian terrorist who stabbed 3 people in Ra’anana successfully entered a private house nearby, while being chased by the police. Thanks to the mother’s courage, a tragedy was prevented. A terrorist entered a house on Ramhal
The Jerusalem Post reports: Hamas is closely following reports about rapprochement between Turkey and Israel and is waiting for an official word from Ankara on the issue. On Saturday, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal met in Istanbul with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Times of Israel reports: In 1938, a bridge was built over the Yarkon River to celebrate the opening of the Reading Power Station. The cornerstone read: “This bridge will be important in the expansion of Tel Aviv on both
