Middle East

Several Egyptian lawmakers want a member of parliament to be referred to that body’s ethics panel after his assertion that the country should continue the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) because half the Egyptian men “are impotent.” According to the Al-Mesryoon website, the politicans want Elhamy Agina to be referred to the panel for

Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi of the Joint Arab List recently visited terrorist mastermind Marwan Barghouti in the Hadarim prison. Voice of Israel correspondent Gal Berger reports that Barghouti told Tibi that he supports holding local elections in the PA-controlled territories, and added that these local elections must lead to general parliamentary and presidential elections. The

Will Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas meet? Both leaders said on Tuesday they were willing to meet to relaunch peace efforts, but no date was set and they traded blame for stalled talks. Netanyahu, speaking at The Hague with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, stressed again he was willing

The High Court issued an interim order this afternoon (Tuesday) barring the Prime Minister from intervening to prevent railroad work on Shabbat. Only the Labor Minister can make that decision, the courts decided. The order stated that the Prime Minister had issued a directive to the Israeli Railway Authority instructing them not to work on

Search continues for victims of parking lot collapse (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Rescue teams at the scene of the collapsed parking facility in Tel Aviv were pessimistic Wednesday, saying the chances of finding survivors under the rubble after more than 48 hours were diminishing rapidly. Four people were killed and 23 others were wounded Monday

New clues in the 30-year old case of Ron Arad emerged this week as the IDF censor cleared for publication new details in the search for the Israeli Air Force navigator shot down over Lebanon in 1986. According to a report by Yediot Ahronot, over the past year, Israel has been in contact with Hezbollah,

Sweden’s FM Wallstrom opposes BDS (JNS.org) Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, known for harshly criticizing Israel, opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Swedish opposition leader Anna Kinberg Batra told the Israeli Knesset on Sept. 5. Wallstrom asked Kinberg Batra to pass on the message before she left for Israel to meet with the

Tel Aviv (dpa) – At least two people were killed and more than 20 injured after an under-construction car park collapsed Monday in northern Tel Aviv, according to local emergency services. Rescuers were attempting to extract seven people from the rubble on Monday evening, according to a police spokeswoman. Emergency services reported treating 25 people