Middle East

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff announced his resignation Tuesday following a decision to cancel his upcoming appointment as cabinet secretary. Sharan told Netanyahu he intended to “take a break from government service and consider some senior job proposals outside of the government,” a brief statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said. He is

Israel on Tuesday accused a United Nations employee of taking advantage of his position to assist the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, the third such allegation in less than a week. According to the Shin Bet security service, Wahid Abd Allah Borsh, 38, an engineer in the UN’s Development Program, both funneled resources

At the end of last week a group of tourists from Israel received permission to pray at the tomb of Aaron, brother of Moses, which is in Jordan. However, Jordanian officials refused to let them through with anything that marks them as Jewish, according to a Channel 2 news report. The visitors wanted to enter

Turkish authorities have arrested the brother-in-law of one of the jihadis who targeted the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January 2015, as he made his way to Syria. Mourad Hamyd is a relative of Cherif Kouachi, one of two brothers to kill 12 people at the offices of the magazine

  For first time, Israeli university offers degree in winemaking (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem plans to introduce a degree in winemaking in the coming academic year. The program, recently accredited by the Israel Council for Higher Education, will offer viticulture, enology and winery-oriented business management studies. The course will be