Middle East

Security forces questioning suspect, who reportedly says he wanted to live in the Jewish state By Alexander Fulbright View of Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border near Rosh Hanikra, in northwestern Israel, November 10, 2016 (Doron Horowitz/Flash90) A Lebanese man was arrested in northern Israel on Thursday after illegally crossing the

Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday evening won the primaries of the leadership of the Jewish Home party, and will continue to head the party over the next several years. Bennett won 80.3% of the votes. 15,701 out of 30,734 (50.67%) of the members of the Jewish Home party exercised their right to vote in

Central Bureau of Statistics figures show number of residents increased by 1.9% in the past year, including 174,000 babies By Stuart Winer Children play in the fountains at Teddy Kollek Park in Jerusalem on July 26, 2016 (Zack Wajsgras/Flash90) Israel’s population stands at 8,680,000 and is increasing at nearly two percent a year, according to

Arab MK Talab Abu Arar (Joint Arab List) claimed Israel’s government is responsible for “racist attacks” against Israeli Arabs. Abu Arar’s attack follows the arrest of youths, including soldiers, after they attacked Arabs who dated Jewish girls. In an interview with Quds Paras, Abu Arar said the “Palestinian presence in Be’er Sheva is angering the

Israel has appointed a female judge to a Sharia court for the first time, breaking with the country’s Jewish ultra-Orthodox ideology that forbids women from serving as jurists in religious courts. The Judicial Appointments Committee —headed by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party — voted unanimously for the appointment of Hana