Middle East

Clashes erupted on the Temple Mount Monday morning, after Islamists attempted to violently prevent Jews from visiting. Dozens of Muslim extremists – many of them masked – had barricaded themselves in the Al Aqsa Mosque since last night, and had actively stockpiled rocks and other projectiles for use against security forces and Jewish visitors. They

Palestinian dentists arrested for carrying out pipe bomb terror attack (JNS.org) Five members of a Palestinian terrorist cell led by a dentist were apprehended by security forces last month, the Israeli Shin Bet security agency revealed Monday. The terrorists—including three dentists—had carried out a pipe bomb attack in which an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer

ROME, Italy (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department released the text of a joint media availability held on June 27 by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m delighted to welcome the prime minister of Israel, my friend Bibi Netanyahu, to the American residence here

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Israel and Turkey have reached a reconciliation deal, an Israeli official confirmed Sunday. Under the deal, Israel is to pay 20 million dollars to a fund for the families of nine Turkish nationals shot dead when Israel overpowered a ship headed to break the Gaza naval blockade in May 2010, the

With a black velvet kippah, tzitzit, and Hebrew name, Avihai Shanti looks like any other Orthodox Israeli Jewish man. But Shanti”s outward appearance belies his unique story and his journey as an Arab convert from Islam to Judaism. Raised in the southern city of Beer Sheva, has been forced to flee his parent”s home, after

A few years ago, the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael (Jewish National Fund) introduced the world to a new and different Blue Box. You may remember the old ones: they were blue and white and had Keren Kayemet LeIsrael written on the front in Hebrew. The money you shoved into their slots was sent to the JNF,