Middle East

Israel arrests Palestinian Authority-linked terrorist who killed hiker (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested a Palestinian Authority-linked terrorist who shot and killed Israeli hiker Danny Gonen near the community of Dolev in Samaria last month. The Shin Bet security agency, together with the Israel Police and the Israel Defense

By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — The agreement reached by Iran and six world powers, most of whom have stockpiles of nuclear bombs, which will prevent Iran from joining the nuclear club for at least ten years,  is a done deal. The Republican dominated Congress will fulminate in end-of-the-world language for 60 days, but there is

    Kerry says Netanyahu’s reaction to Iran deal is ‘way over the top’ (JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on the Iran nuclear deal were “way over the top” and that Israel is “safer” because of the deal. “This is under attack by people who

By Anav Silverman TEL AVIV (Press Release) – On Tuesday morning, 221 new olim from across North America including 14 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and four Canadian provinces, landed in Israel.  The flight, chartered by Nefesh b’Nefesh, was facilitated in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah & Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel,

Iran and world powers reach nuclear deal, Netanyahu calls it ‘historic mistake’ (JNS.org) Iran and the P5+1 nations on Tuesday reached a final nuclear deal whose details are still emerging. According to reports, in exchange for the lifting international oil and financial sanctions on Iran, the deal restricts the amount of nuclear fuel that Iran