News Briefs

I'm sorry, but Naftali Bennett decided to dress up as an aging Tel Aviv Hipster and... apologize...

The New York premier of Sony's new film, "The Interview" has been scrapped due to a terror threat.

Harvard boycotts SodaStream to avoid offense to Palestinian Arab students.

FM Avigdor Liberman refuses meeting in Jerusalem with Swedish counterpart over PA recognition.

The State Dept. re-defines “unilateral” and won’t veto a resolution that does not explicitly ”prejudge” outcome of peace talks.

Two-thirds of the Palestinian Authority fears criticizing leader Mahmoud Abbas, according to the latest poll. Does he still represent the PA people?

After 5 years in jail, Cuba has released Jewish-American Alan Gross.

In the boy's bag police found a Chanukiah, oil candles and matches.

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has expressed outrage over the removal of Hamas from the European Union’s list of officially designated terror organizations, after...

Jeb Bush announced his intention to “actively” explore the presidency in a Christmas and Hanukkah greeting message. “Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!” the former Florida...

“We are not satisfied with the European Union's explanation that the removal of Hamas from its list of terrorist organizations is a 'technical matter,”...

Two-thirds of Palestinian Authority Arabs in Judea and Samaria are afraid to express criticism of Mahmoud Abbas, according to a survey carried out by...

High housing prices are blamed, but has anyone suggested that working for a living might help?

The decision may boomerang on Hamas once the court studies new evidence to prove Israel’s case.

“This is the earliest evidence of the use of olive oil in the country, and perhaps the entire Mediterranean basin."

The Palestinian Authority ignores American advice to wait and is to present its proposal for recognition as an independent country at the UN Security Council.

Americans are receiving an education in siege tactics via a real terror threat from the Sony cyber attackers.

NYPD is pulling detectives off homicides and other investigations to broaden security of protests across the city.

Report determines mosque fire blamed on "Jewish settlers" was actually an electrical fire.

At least 145 people, including 132 children, were slaughtered in a Pakistani Taliban attack on a school Tuesday in Peshawar.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lost no time this year in publicly offering warm Chanukah greetings to the nation's Jewish community, even ahead of US Pres. Obama.

Shas takes a hit in the latest poll, and the coalition possibilities shift a bit with the changing numbers.

And that puts pressure on Aryeh Deri...

Hundreds of schoolchildren killed or wounded in Taliban attack on Pakistani school.

Abbas’ counting on vocal support doesn’t mean he knows how to count votes.

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced that Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo are the first non-U.S. cities selected to participate in the $45 million expansion of its...

More than 1,000 high school seniors from 25 Jewish schools across France will light the Hanukkah menorah together on Thursday in Jerusalem. Jewish Agency chairman...

Cannabis is being touted as a cure for diseases from diabetes to Parkinson’s and epilepsy.

Swastikas were found spray-painted on a Tufts University building for the third time in nearly two years. The latest swastikas were found Saturday morning on...

The defense lawyer accuses the government of ignoring radical left-wing extremists.