Middle East

The leader of the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Thursday that the next conflict with Israel could occur inside its territory, suggesting the militia could invade its southern neighbor. Hassan Nasrallah, a longtime foe of Israel, said the group could battle Israel within its borders, as tensions continue to rise over Hezbollah’s continued involvement […]

This Saudi Arabian woman is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of a bus driver who suffered a stroke while on the job. Saudi Arabia is the only country where women are not allowed to drive – but that didn’t stop 20-year-old Ashwaq al-Shamri from getting behind the wheel to save her

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The text of the proposed Basic Law about Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people reads well and sounds good in Jewish ears. It addresses the question that Israelis have been asking since the beginning of the state: Is Israel the state of the Jewish people or the

Suspects affiliated with banned Northern Branch of Islamic Movement, deemed a terror group, received cash from Turkey and UK By Times of Israel staff Suspected members of the Islamic Movement’s Northern Branch are brought to Jerusalem District Court, on May 11, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Seven senior members of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement

Survey by religious pluralism group finds greatest support among secular, with 13% of religious Zionists backing them up By Times of Israel staff Young girls peak through a curtain next to the bride at an ultra-Orthodox wedding on January 18, 2016. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90) A poll released Wednesday to mark the upcoming Lag B’Omer holiday indicates

Protesting jailing of a woman as a draft dodger, men riot inside Tzrifin for several minutes before police evict them By Times of Israel staff Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting for the release of jailed draft dodgers break into Tzrifin army base, May 10, 2017. (Screen capture: Channel 2) Dozens of religious men broke into an army