Hamas has elected senior group member Saleh al-Arouri, a man best known for orchestrating a lethal triple kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers, as deputy chief of its influential Political Bureau, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. Al-Arouri is the mastermind behind a long list of terrorist attacks in the West Bank....

A six-figure donation from Israeli philanthropist Morris Kahn is going to Ziv Medical Center in Safed (Tzfat) to fund treatment of hearing loss among Syrian children brought from conflict areas to Israel for medical care. The hospital near the border with Syria, recently visited by celebrity Conan O’Brien, has extensive...

American actress Greta Gerwig has expressed regret for signing a letter calling for a boycott of Israel. The actress was a member of a group of more than 60 artists who in July signed a letter urging Lincoln Center to cancel performances of “To The End Of The Land,” a...

A judge on Friday ordered Iran to pay $63.5 million in damages to Amir Hekmati, a former United States Marine, who was jailed and tortured in the country for more than four years. According to Hekmati, he was held in extreme solitary confinement, where he was beaten, threatened, and deprived...

Seven New York City Jewish businesses in Brooklyn and Manhattan received threatening flyers with an image of a swastika that said “out with the Jews” on Wednesday. Among the businesses targeted were three law firms in Sheepshead Bay, the Harlem Business Alliance on Lenox Avenue, the Numero Uno Jewelry store...

Why are Israeli TV formats like “In Treatment,” “Homeland” and “Fauda” extremely successful in the United States? It’s all about the characters, says Adam Berkowitz, co-head of the television department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Los Angeles and president of the international TV Formats Conference held September 12-14 in...