A Palestinian terrorist was arrested for the 2010 murder of two Israeli soldiers after he was permitted to enter Israel to donate bone marrow to his brother, the Shin Bet security agency said Sunday.
Fifteen years after Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip, an Israeli minister said the Jewish state would eventually re-invade the Hamas-run coastal enclave if rocket fire into Israel continued.
Lebanese protesters have hung in effigy an image of Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah during protests outside the country's parliament in Beirut, amid mounting anger over the government's silence after last Tuesday's explosion killed more than 160 people, injured 6,000 more and destroyed large swaths of the city.
Thousands of Israelis protested Saturday outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem as well as his private home in Caesarea, as part of ongoing demonstrations calling to unseat the premier over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the corruption charges facing him.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has in the past threatened to annihilate Israel with what he described as a "nuclear" explosion at the Haifa port using the same chemicals found at the Beirut blast, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.
Israel offered humanitarian aid to its ostensible enemy, Lebanon, after a massive explosion at a Beirut port killed at least a 100 people and injured thousands more, leaving large swaths of the capital in ruins.
Seth Rogen on Monday calledPresident Donald Trump a "white supremacist" and accused Republican lawmakers of spreading "blatantly antisemitic propaganda" in an interview with the Israel's left-wingHaaretz daily.
Seth Rogen on Monday denied apologizing over controversial comments made a week earlier questioning the point of Israel's existence, saying all he did was offer "clarity" on the issue to the leader of the Jewish Agency who then misrepresented his remarks.
A Syrian terror cell that infiltrated Israeli territory Monday in order to carry out an attack against a military post has been thwarted, the IDF said.
A new medical device preventing preterm birth, which exacts the heaviest toll on the field of obstetrics, has been developed by a team ofIsraeli doctors and engineers.
Twitter came under fire at Israel's Knesset Wednesday for flagging President Donald Trump's tweets while allowing those by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei calling for Israel’s destruction to remain untouched.
Disgraced UK rapper Wiley has taken to Facebook to abuse Jewish celebrities who were critical of a slew of antisemitic posts on Twitter and Instagram in which he compared Jews to the Ku Klux Klan and claimed they were behind black slavery.
The IDF foiled a Hezbollah terror attack along the border with Lebanon on Monday afternoon, the military said, and opened fireat a number of terrorists from the Iran-backed group that entered Israeli territory.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) once again found herself embroiled in controversy after a mailer sent from her campaign blasted her main opponent, attorney Antone Melton-Meaux, over large donations he’s received - but chose to name only the Jewish donors.
The UK's home secretary has demanded a "full explanation" from Twitter and Instagram as to why they didn't act immediately to remove anti-Semitic posts by British rapper Wiley, in which he compared Jews to the Ku Klux Klan and said Jews were behind black slavery.
A small group of protesters is demonstrating against former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, claiming that his political group took money from a company associated with the late American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group on Tuesday accused Israel of killing one of its members raising concerns of a retaliatory strike, the Kan public broadcaster reported.
In the latest of aseries of unexplained disasters in Iran, an explosion was reported Sunday at a power station near the central province of Isfahan.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will begin in January 2021, a judge ruled Sunday morning, adding witnesses will be called to testify three times a week.
U.S. Jewry is in a “dangerous place in history,” former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said in an interview, and he recommended that the heavy security measures in place for European synagogues be adopted by Jewish houses of worship in the U.S.
Two cemeteries in Europe were reported to have been vandalized Thursday -- the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in the world in the German city of Worms and another in southern France, whose gravestones were vandalized with swastikas and the words “Death to Jews” and “Death to the French.
TEL AVIV --At least seven ships caught fire Wednesday at the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr in Iran which houses Iran's only nuclear plant, the regime-affiliated Tasnim news agency reported.
Media personality Nick Cannon drew fire over the weekend when a recent video of his show, Cannon's Class, surfaced containing antisemitic rhetoric.
TEL AVIV -- Attacking Israel would be a "great mistake" on Hezbollah's part, a U.S. general touring the region said this week, adding it would not end well for the Iran-backed terror group.
TEL AVIV --Health Ministry officials warned that another lockdown was imminent if virus cases continue to spin out of control, with one official saying the High Holy Days would be spent with immediate family members only.
TEL AVIV --An overwhelming majority of Israelis think the unity government forged between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz has not performed well in handling the twin crises--economic and health-related--facing the country as a result of the pandemic, new polls show.
TEL AVIV --A senior Hamas military commander has defected to Israel after it was discovered he was collaborating with the Jewish state as a spy, the Saudi al-Arabiya channel reported.
TEL AVIV -- Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest the government's economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic in what was later described by the country'sdeputy health minister as a“health terror attack.
Liberal writer Peter Beinart's latest oped published in theNew York TimesWednesday has sparked outrage among U.S. Jewish leaders for calling for the end of Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday admitted his government was too hasty in reopening the economy and as a result, Israel is now facing a "second wave of corona.
Notorious anti-Semite and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan live-streamed a three-hour Independence Day rant on YouTube where he calls prominent Jewish Americans, including Jonathan Greenblatt and Alan Dershowitz,“Satan,” as well as repeating the lie Israel was behind George Floyd's killing.
JAFFA -- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has demanded Israel seal off the West Bank, saying the Jewish state was to blame for a spike in coronavirus infections among Palestinians.
Israel was behind an explosion at anIranian nuclear facility last week that caused "significant damage" and set back Tehran's nuclear program by months, The New York Times reported Thursday citing a Middle Eastern intelligence official.
TEL AVIV --Israel launched a new spy satellite into orbit Monday morning, in what was hailed byDefense Minister Benny Gantz as an "extraordinary achievement."
TEL AVIV --At pro-Palestinian Black Lives Matter rallies in New York and Washington, chants were heard calling for “Death to Israel,” “Death to America” and “From Gaza to Minnesota, globalize the Intifada!”
TEL AVIV – Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank puts an end to the “morally repugnant” notion -- endorsed by all U.S.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah faction and its rival Hamas agreed to put aside their differences and “unite” to thwart Israeli-American "plots" against the Palestinians, senior officials from both sides said Thursday.
TEL AVIV -- Lawmakers from 20 different countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America signed a letter on Wednesday endorsing Israel’s plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported.
TEL AVIV --Senator Bernie Sanders signed a letter Tuesday pushed by four House progressives includingAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), that calls for the U.S.
TEL AVIV -- Protesters at an anti-annexation rally in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Sunday were heard shouting anti-Semitic chants including calling for a “war against the Jews in the streets” and warning Jews the "the army of Muhammad will return.
TEL AVIV -- Reps.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are among four House progressives calling for the U.S. to cut aid to Israel over its plan to apply sovereignty over parts of the West Bank.
TEL AVIV – North American-based Pro-Palestinian groups have called on the public to join “Day of Rage” rallies across the U.S. on Wednesday, the day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has earmarked for beginning the process of annexation of parts of the West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the first steps towards building "Trump Heights" on Sunday, coinciding with the 74th birthday of the president for whom the Golan Heights town is named.
TEL AVIV - Turkey's top religious officialvowed over the weekend to continue Islam's struggle "until Jerusalem is completely free" and called on the Muslim world to rally against Israel.
TEL AVIV -The Health Ministry's head of health services on Sunday said Israel is embroiled in a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, amid a dramatic spike in new infections.
Protesters shouted antisemitic chants, including "dirty Jews," at a massive demonstration against racism in central Paris, France, on Saturday.
TEL AVIV - The "great nation" of Iran has smashed the U.S. knee that was on its throat,Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, in an apparent nod to the manner in which George Floyd died while being restrained by a police officer.
TEL AVIV - A self-described Communist UK-based newspaper has published anarticlefalsely claiming the police responsible for the death of George Floyd were trained by Israel in "restraint techniques.
TEL AVIV -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce the annexation of three large Jewish towns in the West Bank in the very near future, but will not make any declarations for now regarding the Jordan Valley or other settlement blocs, top Israeli officials said.
TEL AVIV - The Palestinians willunilaterally declare a state based on the pre-1967 lines if Israel goes ahead with its plan to annex parts of the West Bank,Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh warned Tuesday.
TEL AVIV -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israel was applying the "emergency brakes" on easing coronavirus restrictions, amid an upward trend of cases in the country.
TEL AVIV – Iran has attempted numerous cyberattacks on Israeli water systems in the past, all of which were thwarted, the Hebrew language Walla! News reported Sunday.
TEL AVIV - Eighty-seven schools around Israel have closed over coronavirus cases and nearly 10,000 students and staff members are in quarantine.
TEL AVIV - Iran, Russia, China, and Turkey are celebrating the "collapse" of the U.S., the Jerusalem Post reported, with the aim of furthering their own economic interests and engaging in an Middle East arms race.
TEL AVIV -Israel's national cyber chief on Thursday said the country had thwarted a large-scale “synchronized and organized attack” on its water systems, but warned a cyber winter was coming faster than expected.
TEL AVIV --Rep. Ilhan Omar compared Israel with Saudi Arabia in an interview Sunday, saying both countries used money to influence the Trump administration and that as a result Israel's "destructive policies" were being "rubber stamped" by the U.S.
TEL AVIV - Under U.S. pressure, Israel has appointed a local company to construct Sorek 2, a desalination plant that is set to become world's largest, rather than a Chinese company.
TEL AVIV — Israel’s on Sunday requested Twitter remove Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s account, citing his “antisemitic and genocidal” tweets in which the Iranian supreme leader called for the “elimination of Israel.
TEL AVIV -- Israel has a "historic opportunity" to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Israel must jump at the opportunity come July, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday.
TEL AVIV -- Israel "should be deeply ashamed" for putting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on trial for trying to obtain favorable media coverage, Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, who served onPresident Donald Trump's defense team in the impeachment trial, said Sunday.
TEL AVIV -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he was being framed in an "attempted political coup" at the start of his corruption trial as he became the first Israeli leader to face criminal indictment while in office.
TEL AVIV -The Palestinian Authority has refused to accept a shipment of aid against COVID-19 sent by the United Arab Emirates because the PA“doesn’t want to serve as a bridge for the normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel,” thePalestinian news agency Maan reported on Thursday.
TEL AVIV - Former Pink Floyd frontmanRoger Waters sang that Palestinians will “take back the land, from the Jordan river to the sea,” a battle cry that ultimately calls for the elimination of Israel.
TEL AVIV - Thousands of Iranians are turning to Israel for help amid the coronavirus pandemic and many of them are even requesting asylum from the Jewish state, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
TEL AVIV -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to apply Israel sovereignty over Jewish settlements in the West Bank ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Israel's 35th government, ending nearly 16 months of political deadlock.
TEL AVIV -Israel's newly appointed Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday hailed U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace as a "historic opportunity" to shape the country's future.
TEL AVIV - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a visit to Jerusalem, accused Iran of “fomenting terror” even as Iranians are battling the coronavirus pandemic.
TEL AVIV -Iran is building a new weapons storage facility in eastern Syria at a military base near the Iraqi border,Fox Newsreported Wednesday citing aprivate Israeli intelligence firm.
TEL AVIV -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed erstwhile Likud rival Gilad Erdan as Israel’s ambassador both to the United Nations and to the United States, marking only the second time in Israel's history that one man was tapped for the double role.
TEL AVIV - Likud MK Yuli Edelstein accepted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's appointment as health minister Tuesday evening.
TEL AVIV - A rare bronzecoin dating back to the Bar Kochba revolt (circa 132 CE) was revealed by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Monday, just ahead of theLag B'Omer holiday, which commemorates the life of anti-Roman second-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
TEL AVIV - Israel will transfer as much as NIS 800 million ($228 million) to the Palestinian Authority to cover projected losses over the coronavirus pandemic, Israeli and PA officialstold The Times of Israel.
TEL AVIV - Three Arab Gulf states have reached out to Israel for help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a representative from Israel's leading hospital said Sunday.
TEL AVIV -Israel’s soccer league is expected toresume matches,sans spectators, in coming weeks after a two and a half month layoff, according to a new agreement signed Wednesday between the Health Ministry and league officials.
TEL AVIV -The High Court of Justice unanimously rejected petitionsabout whether to allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next government despite his indictment in three corruption cases, allowing him to go ahead with the controversial rotational unity coalition deal signed with Blue and White chief Benny Gantz.
TEL AVIV - Israel’s Biological Research Institute has made a breakthrough development in isolating an antibody that neutralizes the Chinese coronavirus, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
TEL AVIV - Israel is joining a newly formed alliance between immunized countries that have succeeding in containing the coronavirus pandemic with the aim of resuscitating the tourism industry.
TEL AVIV -Israel's High Court of Justice on Sunday held the first hearing, which was broadcast live on television, about whether to allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next government despite his indictment in three corruption cases.
TEL AVIV - Germany on Thursday announced it officially recognizes all of Hezbollah, and not just its military wing, as a terrorist organization, marking a departure from its previous position which was in line with the EU.
World Jewish Congress President RonaldLauder said his organization should formally censure New York CityMayor Bill de Blasio for singling out the Jewish community in a series of tweets over violations of coronavirus restrictions.
TEL AVIV - Israel's Defense Minister Naftali Bennett's recent interview on live TV was interrupted by a gatecrasher in the form of his 8-year-old son. The perennially cool defense minister continues to answer the news anchor's questions with aplomb, stopping only to kiss or caress the young interloper.
TEL AVIV - Israel coronavirus pandemic will likely spark a massive wave of immigration to Israel, with some 100,000 expats and new arrivals expected to move to the country once the crisis is over, according to Ministry of Absorption statistics.
TEL AVIV — In a strange twist, the coronavirus pandemic has breathed new life into Gaza's long-abeyant factories which are now working furiously to produce PPE including masks,gloves and protective gowns for Israel.
TEL AVIV - As countries around the world scramble to gain access to ventilators, an Israeli DIY design that can be downloaded for free on the internet is offering a stopgap solution to the shortage by providing the blueprint to build makeshift breathing machines for as little as $500.
TEL AVIV - An Israeli hospital will begin testing COVID-19 patients with medicinal cannabis, which is known to have anti-viral properties, as part of a new experimental treatment.
TEL AVIV - A Palestinian terroristrammed his van into a Border Police officeron Wednesday morning at a West Bank checkpoint, then left the vehicle and stabbed the officer with a pair of scissors.
Nearly two-thirds of American Jews (63 percent) feel less safe today than a decade ago, according to a survey released by the Anti-Defamation League Tuesday.
TEL AVIV - The Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center announced that it intends to file a class action lawsuit in the coming days, suing China for trillions over alleged negligence involving its handling of the novel coronavirus, Hebrew-language media reported.
TEL AVIV - Anti-Semitic incidents in which Jews are blamed for the spread of the coronavirus and the resultant economic crisis are on the rise around the world, Israeli researchers said in a report released Monday.
TEL AVIV - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz signed a coalition agreement to form a unity government, ending a year and a half political deadlock.
TEL AVIV - Israel's military has developed a system for converting CPAP breath regulators into respirators in the case that the health system is faced with a shortage of ventilators.
TEL AVIV - Israel announced Thursday it would begin easing coronavirus restrictions as a nationwide Passover curfew ended.
JERUSALEM - The traditional priestly blessing of the Passover holiday occurred at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning with only 10 worshipers present, including U.S.
TEL AVIV - If Israel develops a vaccine against coronavirus, anti-Israel boycotters are still permitted to use it, Omar Barghouti, founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish state said.
TEL AVIV - Inmates in Israeli prisons are manufacturing protective masks in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Israeli news siteCTech reported citing the Israel Prison Service (IPS).
TEL AVIV – Israeli scientists said they are “days away” from obtaining the active component of a coronavirus vaccine that could lead to human testing as early as June 1.
JAFFA - Dystopian scenes unfolded in the central Israeli city of Jaffa Wednesday, with residents burning tires and throwing rocks at police after an alleged quarantine violator refused to identify himself.
TEL AVIV - Israel was ranked the safest country to be in during the pandemic, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement citing statistics from the Deep Knowledge Group (DKG).
TEL AVIV - Scapegoating Asian-Americans and Jews for the spread of the coronavirus has a "genuine threat" that will rob America of its civility,World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder warned in a recent oped.
TEL AVIV - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his staff will enter quarantine until Health Ministry officials complete an epidemiological investigation into whether he was exposed to the coronavirus, his office said Monday, a day after one of his aides tested positive.
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