News Briefs

Noam Shalit will seek to run on the Labor Party list in the next election.

MK Anastassia Michaeli throws a cup of water at MK Ghaleb Majadle after he calls her "fascist," tells her to "shut up."

Tamar gas field will supply Dalia with 1.38 billion cubic meters of gas over 17 years.

Petition brought by Yesh Gvul against appointment of Sohlberg rejected.

Danny Ayalon's webpage falls victim to "Gaza-Hacker".

New law passed in a 21-8 vote.

Recent round of tension triggered by Hamas' “inadequate and humiliating” refusal to permit Fatah officials to enter Gaza.

Ismail Haniyeh receives a warm welcome in Tunis.

Defense Secretary, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff counter Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz.

IDF soldiers arrest four Palestinians, armed with pipe bombs, pistol, and a knife, at Salem Crossing near Jenin.

Five activists suspected of involvement in the attack on the IDF's Ephraim Division military base last month indicted in Jerusalem District Court.

The Israeli military will take part in a major missile defense drill in partnership with the United States, following a 10-day Iranian naval exercise...

The hacker, going by the username ‘0xOmar’, said he has an additional 60,000 numbers he intends to release.

A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq has killed 72 people. The bombings began early in the morning when explosions struck two Shiite...

Hamas called on the Palestinian Authority to boycott upcoming land-for-peace negotiations on Monday.  The request comes a day before Israeli and Palestinian representatives are...

Thousands of Chareidi men (ultra-Orthodox Jews) protested at Kikar Shabbat, the main intersection between the Geulah and Meah Shearim neighborhoods in Jerusalem, this Saturday...

Israeli airforce struck at terrorists preparing to launch rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip this Friday, killing 21-year-old Muaman Abu-Daf . The IDF...

North Korea buried “dear leader” Kim Jong-Il on Wednesday in a massive national funeral. A long, snowy funeral procession in the capital of Pyongyang featured...

A scandal has led to the investigation of the Saudi Ministry of Commerce by Saudi authorities, who discovered a well-known Saudi discount store selling...

Syrian army tanks pulled out of Homs on Tuesday as a team of Arab League observers examined the embattled city which has served as...

Israel's unemployment has dropped to the lowest point in 20 years, with a 5.6% umemployment rate, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.  The...

Mortar fired from Gaza.

Two explosions, possibly suicide bombers rock Damascus on Friday morning,

Just prior to the start of Hanukah, 76 new immigrants from North America added light and happiness to the country, landing at Ben Gurion...

Abbas flies to Turkey to meet with released terrorists.

MK Otniel Scheller attacked with a firebomb on Tuesday night..

Ramat Gilad may no longer be under threat of destruction.

Tel Aviv University Professors Yona Keisari and Itzhak Kelsonhave developed a tiny radioactive wire which irradiates tumors from the inside out.  The cancer-killing "cluster...

Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea is dead at age 69. North Korean media reports that he died on December 17 while traveling...

At 7:30am Baghdad time, the final convoy of US troops left Iraq, ending an almost nine-year military operation which began with the toppling of Dictator Saddam Hussein.