News Briefs

COGAT chief hopes Hamas “would not steal water from civilians as they steal construction materials intended for the reconstruction of houses.”

Israel’s Channel 2 television network thought Herzog’s remarks constituted elections propaganda.

The house, which is made up of simple mortar and stone walls that was cut into a rocky hillside, was first discovered in the 1880s by nuns at the Sisters of Nazareth convent.

Ron Dermer responds to Netanyahu critics following Netanyahu's speech.

Secy of State John Kerry updates media on the progress made in talks with Iran in Switzerland before leaving for the US; talks resume on March 15.

Researchers at the University of Haifa find that it is better for customer service employees to express positive emotions rather than show neutrality in their work.

Palestinian Authority and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says Israel will never be accepted as a Jewish State, but played coy about security issues.

Ferguson police officer cleared by Justice Department of civil rights charges in shooting of Michael Brown.

When Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv, only 100,000 people will need to seek shelter, instead of 400,000.

Two Islamic holidays have officially been added to the New York City public school calendar, closing schools on those days starting next year.

If President Obama isn't going to listen to Netanyahu, at least he should listen to the concrete proposals by members of his own Democratic party.

Eli Yishai is starting to surge upward.

State Dept. press briefing reporter: 'Netanyahu said Iran and ISIS are working together.' No, he said the opposite.

Andrea Shea King singled out the Black Congressional Caucus in a racist rant.

One issue the anti-Netanyahu parties and their media boosters don’t talk about is daily terror.

The anti-Bibi barrage last week cost him a grand total of two seats, which went to other parties but not to Bujie and Tzipi.

Don't listen just to Bibi, President Obama, but to your own experts, right there in Washington DC.

She was brought to tears and "saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States."

Jordan's King Abdullah II warns the battle against Daesh, known as ISIS, has launched World War III, although the U.S.-led coalition fighting the terror group may not yet know it.

The PA and PLO say they have "no money to pay" $655.5 million in damages awarded by a US federal court to American citizens who were victims of Palestinian terror.

Pres. Barack Obama says Israel's prime minister offered "no viable alternative" to the current deal with Iran. Here's how it lines up.

Dozens of Democrats gathered to spew a stream of venom before the cameras Tuesday at Israel's prime minister after his speech to Congress.

Eli Beer stunned the 16,500 AIPAC conference participants by arriving on stage with lights and sirens blaring on an ambucycle, a specially equipped motorcycle ambulance designed by United Hatzalah to speed up emergency response times.

Israel's PM Netanyahu was interrupted 40 times with standing ovations in his 40 minute historic speech to the US Congress on Tuesday. Transcript here.

The transcript of PM Netanyahu's speech is available here. The speech begins at 6pm Israel Time / 11AM NY Time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRf1cdw4IAY?rel=0&w=475&h=267]

Former US Secy of State Hillary Clinton is found to have exclusively used private email while at State Dept.

Bottles of wine accompany the Pesach storytelling - each glass of wine represents the four expressions used by G-d in describing the redemption of the Jewish people from Egypt.

"Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate..." to wipe out Israel, PM Netanyahu told Congress.

The Prime Minister showed AIPAC a map of Iranian-backed Hezbollah attacks in five different continents.

If Iran is serious, Netanyahu can skip his speech and tell the Air Force to rev up its engines.