News Briefs

Tractors are still heading for Gush Etzion after a court order to demolish structures was cancelled.

At 6:50 AM sirens went off in the Ashelon Beach area warning of an imminent rocket strike from Palestinian Authority-Hamas controlled Gaza.

Settlers in Judea, Samaria and the Binyamin region are preparing for government forces intent on more demolitions.

Israel Police received more than 9 million ‘100' calls (Israel’s ‘911') in 2013; 18 percent came from Tel Aviv.

Our servers were overwhelmed yesterday by an article picked up on the Drudge Report. We love that!

After Yesh Atid blocked an important anti-terrorism bill, Naftali Bennett hit back, hard.

The IDF issued a directive to military units to release all Lone Soldiers next Thursday. Simultaneously, the IDF has invited all civilian agencies to attend to all these Lone Soldier's needs at one time, on that day.

Aliya support organizations to host event for immigrants who have left their families in order to serve the Jewish state.

The United Nations is considering the possibility that Iran just might have figured out how to avoid international sanctions in order to continue that...

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has ramped up its campaign against the boycott, divestment, sanction movement (BDS) in Australia with an information booklet...

On the face of things, Jewish life in France appears stronger than ever: Jewish schools are thriving, there are kosher butchers all over the country, and the Jewish population has more than doubled since 1945. So why are people talking about the end of Europe's largest Jewish community?

A record 385,000 visitors entered Israel in April, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Ministry of Tourism. Three hundred forty two visitors stayed at...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in London.

Numerous associates of former prime minister Ehud Olmert were sentenced to prison Tuesday and fined millions of shekels, along with the ex-politician.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Tuesday morning to serve six years in prison.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is about to be sentenced after being convicted on two charges of bribery.

It took a second hearing and a tight vote, but in the end the good guys won this round.

Yesh Atid minister Yaakov Perry has blocked a new law that would prevent early release of terrorist prisoners.

After reaching the pinnacle of the American medical profession by the age of 30, Glick packed it all up for the opportunity to build the Jewish state. Ahead of his latest award ceremony, Glick sat with The Jewish Press to talk about Israel, medicine and everything in between

Trivialization of the Holocaust has reached new lows.

Protesters gathered in front of King David's Tomb demanding the Israeli government not hand over or sell our holy site to the Vatican.

An Israeli man charged in the United States with selling arms to Iran was arrested at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport.

Jerusalem police closed the main entrances to the Western Wall plaza this morning (Monday). The Civil Security firm that provides security at the site...

Changing your driver’s license in Israel may get a little easier, thanks to efforts by U.S.-born Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman.

At last, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has a new chairperson: Likud Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin. It's taken six months.

PM Netanyahu is hoping to end the president’s authorization to assign the task of assembling a governing coalition after each election.

The trip highlights Hong Kong’s strong economic ties with Israel and aims to further raise Israeli business interest in the region.

Ken Livingstone, the anti-Semitic former mayor of London, has lashed out again at Britain’s Jewish community. Speaking to the BBC’s Newsnight program, the radical politician...

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists are using new high-tech methods in their efforts to murder Israelis on the roads in Judea and Samaria.

“President Jonathan has accepted Mr. Netanyahu’s offer to send a team of Israeli counter-terrorist specialists to assist in the ongoing search and rescue efforts.”