American-based Israeli writer Reuven “Ruby” Namdar won Israel’s Sapir Prize, its most prestigious literary award, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported today. Namdar is the first Israeli expatriate to win the award. Interviewed by Skype from Israel, where he had traveled for the ceremony, Namdar told JTA that he was...

High-ranking Iranian military officers have stepped up their rhetorical attacks on Israel in recent days, repeatedly threatening to attack the Jewish state. Lt. Gen. Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stated on Saturday that Iran would form a new West Bank military front against Israel, stating...

Two Israeli soldiers were confirmed dead and seven wounded after terrorists in Lebanon fired an anti-tank missile that hit a military vehicle on the border with Israel, the IDF confirmed. Israel responded to the cross-border attack with artillery fire and a warning to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, which claimed responsibility for the...

To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, a BBC show called The Big Question, which purports to deal with moral questions, asked on Sunday “Is the time coming to lay the Holocaust to rest?” Some of the panelists rejected the question. The Times of Israel reports: Rabbi Yaakov Wise countered that the...

Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer highlighted Israel’s role as refuge for every Jew in a speech delivered Sunday. Dermer noted that possibly as much as 3% of France’s Jewish population could move to Israel in 2015 and asked rhetorically, “Despite all the concerns regarding the future of...

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab extended a state of emergency yesterday in parts of North Sinai by another three months, the Al-Ahram website reported. The Egyptian army has been acting intensively in Sinai in recent months to eradicate terror cells scattered throughout the peninsula. The operation began on October, after more than...