News Briefs

Disability rights foundation calls on US to denounce using name of a disability as a derogatory term.

Iran claims to have foiled a sabotage attack on tanks used to transport nuclear “heavy water.”

Sweden's new prime minister-elect has recognized the so-called 'state of Palestine,' albeit illegal, without borders.

The assassin shot Glick in the stomach, neck, chest and arm.

Knesset members express fury at assassination attempt by an Islamic Jihad terrorist against Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick Wednesday night.

Both the gun and the motorcycle used in the assassination attempt were found in Hijazi's home.

Police checking if Hijazi's gun was used to shoot Yehudah Glick.

Well-known Temple Mount activist, Yehuda Glick, was seriously wounded in a shooting in Jerusalem late Wednesday night and is being treated for serious wounds in Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital.

He turned to Yehuda in a thick Arabic accent and said, "Yehuda, I am angry at you," and then shot him three times point blank.

Police closed the Temple Mount following the assassination attempt on Yehudah Glick.

Jerusalem police report a shooting outside of the Begin Heritage Center. Man down in serious condition.

U.S. officials should not have called Bibi 'chicken****,' administration official said, all other insults OK.

Nobel Prize Winner Malala donates $50K to rebuild Gazan UNRWA schools.

Canadian law enforcement officials to counsel wannabe jihadis and try to find them jobs in a program aimed at prevention.

Lawmakers across spectrum uphold ban keeping Balad MK Hanin Zoabi out of the Knesset.

A Torah scroll dedicated to the memory of five children has been stolen from Moshav Bareket.

Several hundred Jews from the Old City streamed into the Yemenite Village of HaShiloach (Silwan) over the Sabbath to pray with new neighbors.

Egypt is evacuating thousands of its residents in Sinai along the Gaza border in order to form a buffer zone.

Israeli universities rank among the best in the world -- but one cannot say the same for its gender equality standing.

Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar has allegedly had his Egyptian citizenship revoked.

Israel Police are cracking down on those aiming to kill Israeli motorists on Jerusalem roads.

PM Netanyahu: Israel's safety unimportant to those who anonymously attack Israel, him.

Columnist quotes Obama aide insulting Netanyahu, citing "crisis" in US-Israel relations.

'Lone Wolf' terrorists have caused US government to increase security at government buildings.

Israel Will Buy, And Help Produce, American Jet Fighters; Will Sell Communications Equipment to Canada

The Egyptian soldiers were killed with weapons acquired from Hamas.

Source in the PM's office made a simple and to the point response.

All of Israel’s media were delighted with the story, because cussing White House senior officials are always a good story. But they faced a communication problem which threatened to lose in translation the entire slur. Simply put: there’s no Hebrew parallel to Chicken****.

"If what is written is true, then the current administration intends to throw Israel under the bus."

Israel's Pres. Reuven Rivlin inaugurates Museum of History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, together with Polish counterpart.