The Shin Bet has announced the arrest of an Islamic Movement terror cell suspected of planning shooting attacks against IDF soldiers. Three Israeli-Arab men had allegedly began plotting to carry out shooting attacks against soldiers in the Negev desert region, in November 2015, in response to Israel’s decision to outlaw...

A convicted terrorist representing the Fatah party, which is headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, was elected mayor of Hebron in Sunday’s local elections, The Times of Israel reported. Palestinians in Hebron just elected this man, who murdered 6 Israelis, to be their mayor. Only in the PA can...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday welcomed Washington’s new ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, to “our eternal capital” Jerusalem. “Welcome. It’s a pleasure to see you and to welcome you to Jerusalem, our eternal capital. I know you went to the Kotel [Western Wall]. It’s deeply appreciated by all...

Arab Gulf states have offered to improve ties with Israel if it intensifies efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with the Palestinians, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The potential steps could include allowing Israeli planes to fly over their territory, establishing direct telecommunication access to Israel, easing some limits on...

Former top officials of the Obama administration are actively seeking to discourage Congress from imposing new sanctions on Iran, Jenna Lifhits reported Monday for The Weekly Standard. The Ploughshares Fund, which was credited by the Obama administration for promoting the nuclear deal, circulated a letter on Capitol Hill that had originally written...

Israel has appointed the ever first female judge (Qadi) to the Muslim Sharia Courts. Hana Khatib, an expert in Sharia law from Tamra in the lower Galilee, was sworn in Monday at the President’s residence with four other new judges. “This is a really big victory, and it really shows...

Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, 68, has been signing autographs and greeting fans as he tours Jerusalem, Masada and Eilat with his girlfriend since arriving in Israel on Saturday evening. Wednesday night, Aerosmith’s Aero-Vederci Baby! farewell tour kicks off in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park in front of an audience of approximately...

Israel’s Delek Group is acquiring the Canadian company Ithaca Energy, an oil and gas operator in the North Sea, through its DKL Investments wholly owned foreign subsidiary. The deal is worth $590 million. Delek Group of Herzliya leads natural gas exploration and production activities in the Eastern Mediterranean’s Levant Basin, including...

Attributing new revelations about the “the depths to which the Syrian regime has gone with the continuing support of its allies, Russia and Iran,” to newly declassified reporting, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Stuart Jones said that the regime had installed a crematorium at a...

Israel’s recently installed ambassador to Nigeria cancelled the embassy’s Independence Day celebration and used the money saved to create a soccer league for children who escaped from the terrorist group Boko Haram, Ynet reported Sunday. Ambassador Guy Feldman used the money initially allocated for the party to buy uniforms for 225...