Labor Party MK Eral Margalit Resigns Knesset

Margalit says he will return to his prior occupation as an entrepreneur, and will head the foundation he launched with his wife 15 years ago.

Lurking Clowns Turn Israeli Towns Scary After Dark

“Someone jumped behind me with a clown costume and yelled at me. . . I had a pistol, and it’s lucky I didn’t shoot him by mistake."

Swastikas Painted on Sign to Site of Ancient Susiya Excavation

The swastikas were spray-painted on to the sign during the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

Avraham Fried and Family – First Time Ever on Stage Together

It’s ‘family first’ this Sukkot – with the Fried family performing at the United Hatzalah Chol HaMoed in Jerusalem

Netanyahu Pledges Enhanced Development in Ma’ale Adumim as Part of ‘Greater Jerusalem’

“We are adding industrial zones and the required expansion to enable accelerated development of this place."

Watch Netanyahu Speak to Grieving Las Vegans: ‘We Shall Overcome, Together’

"The people of Israel stand with the people of America this time and anytime, but especially in this time.”

Tzohar Senior Rabbi Denounces Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu over ‘Libel’

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu accused a private kashrut organization of ignoring the sale of meat slaughtered in an Arab village to Jerusalem restaurants under their supervision.

Putin Aide: Turkey Made Down Payment on S-400 Systems

The deal, estimated at $2.5 billion, has caused concern among Turkey’s NATO allies, who argued that the Russian system is incompatible with NATO's.

White House Senior Official: Hamas Won’t Be in Government without Recognizing Israel

'For too long, Hamas has exploited the people of Gaza as hostages and shields, bullying them into submission.'

Al-Hamdallah Government Meets in Gaza for Reconciliation Talks with Hamas

Both the Hamas in Gaza and the PLO in Judea and Samaria have not held parliamentary elections in more than a decade, and it remains to be seen who would win such an election – should the PA government call one.

Report: Orthodox Justice Defied Supreme Court’s Directive, Participated in Gush Etzion Liberation Ceremony

Recently retired Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, also an Orthodox Jew, told Army Radio he saw no problem in his former colleague's attending the ceremony as a private person.

Israel to Share ‘Confidential and Secure’ Biometric Database with US

For the first time, Israel is willing to reach understandings with the United States over its fingerprint database, an agreement it rejected in the past.

Equifax Reveals 2.5 Million More Affected by Breach, Totaling 145.5M

Interim Equifax CEO Barros says the nightmare is not yet over: “The company’s investigation ... is expected to be completed in the coming weeks."

IDF Steps Up Bedouin Recruitment Efforts

The number of Bedouins volunteering for IDF service currently stands at around 450 per year.

NY Members of Congress Push to Deport Former Nazi Guard

Palij pleaded in court that he was forced to serve as a guard at the slave labor camp during World War II.

North Korean Ship Caught Delivering Weapons to Egypt

The UN labeled the incident the “largest seizure of ammunition in the history of sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”

Teen Volunteers Build Succot For Elderly

This year, volunteers will erect and dismantle some 250 Sukkot around the country.

Mossad: Iran Still Tops Agency’s Agenda

Prime Minister Netanyahu saluted the Mossad operatives for their “bravery, professionalism, planning and execution.”

Israel Silent on Palestinian Authority Unity as Hamdallah Visits Gaza

“There is no such thing as a moderate Hamas," he said. "They are not abandoning the notion of violence against Israel."

58 Murdered, 515+ Wounded in Las Vegas Massacre

Watch video recording the start of the attack. Police found the shooter dead when they reached his room.

PA, Egyptians, in Gaza for Reconciliation Talks with Hamas

On Saturday evening, Haniyeh released a statement saying, "The reconciliation is a will and a decision, to prevent Israel from swallowing up the West Bank and continuing its siege of the Gaza Strip.”

Israel Innovation Authority: Israeli Economy Losing Momentum with Slow Hi-Tech Hiring

'If we do not act to leapfrog [non-hi-tech] industries forward – the gap between the hi-tech industry and traditional economy will only increase.'

OU Slams Mayor de Blasio for Traif Only Free School Lunch Plan

The OU is planning an ad campaign condemning the mayor's failure to meet the nutritional needs of city children.

Israeli Olympic Winner Yarden Gerbi Retiring from Judo

One year after winning a bronze medal in the Rio Olympics, the Israeli judoka says, 'The fire inside me has gone out.'

5 Arrested for Smuggling Phones to Security Prisoners in Soft Drink Packages

Police say the smugglers were paid handsomely: from a few thousand shekels for a miniature cellphone, to the equivalent of $2,255 for a normal-size cellphone, and $4,230 for a smuggled smartphone.

11-Day Sukkot Curfew on Gaza Strip, PA

If anyone asks, this is why Israel closes off the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority for the duration of Jewish holidays: to commemorate the Park Hotel massacre.

Austrian Police Force Muslim Women to Show their Faces as Burqa Ban Takes Effect

The “Prohibition of the Covering of the Face Act,” a.k.a. the anti-burqa law, came into effect in Austria on Sunday, banning women from covering...

Catalans Defy Spanish Police Violence, Vote for Independence

"With this day of hope and suffering, the citizens of Catalonia have won the right to an independent state in the form a republic."

NYS Probes Germany’s Marxist Leninist Party Accounts at Deutsch Bank

The NYS Comptroller focusing on accounts belonging to Germany's Marxist Leninist party in a probe aimed at the PFLP terrorist group.

50 Arrests As Hundreds of Neo-Nazis March in Gothenberg, Sweden

Seven people were injured in the riot that followed, including one Gothenberg city police officer.

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