Total ban on oil imports to begin July 1, 2012.
Khaled Mashaal recently announced that he would not seek reelection as politburo chief.
By Sam Ser
If Bashar Assad does not accept the national unity government proposal, the Arab League will ask the United Nations to step in and end the crisis.
The men had been in staying in the compound for over a year.
Shimon Peres called on Justice Minister Yaakov Ne'eman to prosecute Sheikh Muhammed Hussein.
Israel Bonds raised $1.1 billion in all of 2011.
Shas MK: Torah protected Jews before there was a state, the IDF, and Shin Bet.
Arab Knesset member "fears nobody".
Migron is largest outpost community in Judea and Samaria.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has rejected the New Year’s wishes of Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, sending the letter back because it called Jerusalem the capital of the State of Israel.
Incident comes amid growing lawlessness and discontent among Sinai Bedouin
By Sam Ser
Man locked daughter in bathroom for nine years because she wanted to go to school. "She hasn't seen sunlight since," he told police.
According to sources, the ban would halt all oil imports by July 1, 2012.
Arab League has decided to extend its observer mission.
By Sam Ser
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz are reported to be locked in a disagreement over the appointment of the next air force commander, with some suggesting a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities as the source of the divide.
Statements come in annual Human Rights Watch report.
The vehicle can operate while under attack from molotov cocktails.
The Sunday Times also reported that the US postponed the joint US-Israel military drill
Migron's residents are not waiting for politicians to change their fate and are offering a one million shekel reward to anyone who can provide legal proof that Migron is owned by its residents and is not private Arab land.
Statements come as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao wraps up trip to Gulf region.
Netanyahu supports MK Benny Begin's proposal for evacuating Migron.
Any.DO was downloaded over 500,000 times in its first month.
Campus watchdog organizations Im Tirtzu, IsraCampus, and Israel Academia Monitor performed the survey.
Jordan's Speaker of Parliament blasts Rivlin's New Years greeting as racist.
Sheikh Muhammad Hussein in response: "I can't change the Hadith."
Former media personality dispels any notion that he would join Kadima, Labor
Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi, Ibrahim Sarsour, and Masud Ghnaim all photographed meeting with Dr. Aziz Dwaik.
By Sam Ser
Witnesses said the Free Syrian Army held territory and set up roadblocks in Douma, a center of dissent, for up to several hours before retreating to their hideouts.
Head of Har Bracha yeshiva supports IDF service for religious men.
Islamist parties expected to fair well in upcoming Libyan elections.
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party wins 235 seats; the ultra-conservative Salafist Al-Nur party wins 121 seats.
One-year extension of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law supported by Israel Security Service.
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan has commissioned a jeweler in Calcutta, India to make shoes for her out of gold.
Graffiti was sprayed on IDF building in Tel Aviv.
PM speaks on the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazis decided on their "Final Solution," for the Jewish people.
Terrorist squad in southern Gaza targeted after launching rockets.
Palestinian man wielding an axe attacks border guards.
By Sam Ser
Air force kills rocket squad, but shooters flee in West Bank ambush
By Maury Litwak
There are two types of politicians we encounter when advocating to relieve our community’s tuition burden through the use of government funding: those who claim to be 100 percent behind us, and those who claim to be 100 percent against us. What’s interesting is that politicians in both categories do not seem to understand what “100 percent” means.
U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran ineffective; EU to encourage Arab building in Area C; Al Jazeera accused of promoting anti-Americanism; Israelis rescued from the Italian Costa Concordia cruise liner.
By Aaron Klein
“I worry the publicly available information is giving only a very small picture and that Iran is actually even much further along,” Bolton said in a radio interview on “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio”
By Ron Kampeas
The AJC said the “unfettered right of religious institutions to decide who shall convey their religious messages is as much an element of church-state separation as the ban on government sponsorship of religious messages.”
Offer included four ministries in the Syrian government in exchange for supporting Assad.
Russia says it will veto any UN authorization of military force against Assad regime.
Eighty-five prominent Holocaust scholars last week criticized President Obama for failing to respond to Libya’s hosting of a Darfur war criminal.
The female employees are protesting against corruption and harassment in the PA.
Turkey's Foreign Minister made the offer in a joint news conference with Iranian counterpart.
An IDF Spokesperson said that a fragmentation grenade was found on the person of one of the detainees.
Yukiya Amano makes comments in interview with Financial Times Deutschland.
Israel fears protesters may incite anti-Israel violence on anniversary of January 25 Revolution.
By Sam Ser
European foreign ministers declared their countries’ intent to embargo oil from the Islamic Republic, beginning as early as July, and freeze the assets of Iran’s central bank
UK PM Cameron discloses the information to the House of Commons.
Netanyahu will discuss natural gas, security cooperation.
Knesset Speaker Rivlin heckled as he tries to enter main entrance.
anti-Israel Arab graffiti increasing in Jerusalem.
A slew of new Israeli innovations are set to make life more convenient – and more viable – all over the world.
Arab-Israeli conflict intensifies on the web.
By Sam Ser
Many claim prejudices against the Ethiopians’ skin color and widespread suspicion of the authenticity of their Jewishness prevent greater integration.
Comments come in speech by Netanyahu at Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.
Khaled Mashaal has served as chairman of the Palestinian terrorist group since 1996.
Brinksmanship between Iran and the West continues.
PM repeats invitation to Abbas to revive direct talks.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen met with Jordan's King on his recent trip to Washington.
Valerie Amos presented annual report on humanitarian conditions in Judea and Samaria and Gaza.
Tibi makes comments at event honoring Palestinian 'martyrs'.
Police dismantle Yissa Bracha, near Mitzpe Yericho, early Thursday morning.
A celebration of the 100th birthday of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of over 20,000 Hungarian Jews in the final days of World War II, also marks the renewal of investigations into the events surrounding his death. In attendance - the Iranian Ambassador to Hungary
JERUSALEM – Even as Mossad agents and a team of IDF cyber-warfare specialists began an intensive global hunt for “Ox Omar,” the alleged Saudi hacker who exposed the financial records of thousands of Israeli credit-card holders, the defiant cyber-terrorist launched a second wave of “virtual jihad” attacks on a number of Israeli websites including some government sites and those of El Al and several Israeli banks.
Mahmoud Abu Rahma authored articles condemning the use of "human shields" by Hamas.
The law sought to increase the numbers of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students serving in the IDF.
Discussions follow recent legislation seeking to ban electronically-amplified muezzin calls entirely.
Iranian lawmaker says threats were accompanied by offer for dialogue.
Perry suggested that the US should eliminate all foreign aid to Turkey.
Danny Ayalon takes issue with UK Deputy PM's "irresponsible" comments.
Israeli hackers take down Saudi, Abu Dhabi financial websites.
Approximately 5,000 people have been killed in Syrian government crackdown.
Bolton: "The world's central banker of terrorism will very soon become a nuclear weapons state."
The law is being challenged as an unconstitutional limitation on free expression.
By Sam Ser
Tzipi Livni announces Kadima primaries; Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman faces indictment
Livni was under heavy pressure from Kadima party members.
Shalem College, Israel's first liberal arts college, is slated to open in 2012-13.
Two terrorists killed, one wounded.
Rabbi Amsalem admonishes UTJ MK Gafni for recent comments that Haredim should not serve in the IDF.
Turkish newspaper cites report that implicates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
By JTA
Heightened caution comes after a month of increasingly worrisome attacks against synagogues in Bergen County, an affluent part of New York City’s suburbs with a sizable Jewish population.
EU Heads of Mission Report calls for the reinstatement of the PLO in East Jerusalem.
By Sam Ser
The most significant outcome of the understandings reached by the two sides was the granting of discounts on water tax rates, which have already risen sharply over the past year, and a freeze on planned changes to municipal tax rates that would primarily benefit large families but dig into the budgets of financially strapped towns.
Turkish intelligence report claims Israeli drones gathered data on potential Kurdish training sites.
Barak insists Israel coordinating with US on Iran.
Knesset Speaker Rivlin had sent letter expressing displeasure at participation of Hamas.
Two-day old strike ends after paralyzing local services in Israel.
Iran's OPEC governor: Embargo would push Europe "into a deeper crisis."
Lieberman is accused of receiving "millions of dollars" between 2001 and 2008 while serving as MK and government minister.
Organization highlights a role in protest it had previously denied.
According to the poll, Kadima would plummet 17 Knesset seats if elections were held today.
Government Press Office presents recent findings of Hebrew University professor.
Move follows the downing of El Al and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange websites by anti-Israel hackers.
The asian nation receives approximately 10% of its oil from Iran.
French foreign ministry spokesman: Russian draft "very far from the reality of the situation in Syria."
The nationwide strike enters its second day, as the Union of Local Authorities seeks to maintain unity.