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Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch paid a surprise visit to the Israeli-Arab town of Kafr Kassem on Friday, where he vowed to increase police efforts to fight crime in the Arab sector. During his tour, in which he was joined...

IsraelNN.com) A fire in a grocery store in the town of Tal-El in the western Galilee Saturday night spread to a neighboring synagogue. The synagogue was heavily damaged, and dozens of firefighters from the region were dispatched to fight the...

Haredi worshipper (illustration)   Photo: Reuters The Western Wall. 'Belongs to all of us'   Photo: Guy Assayag Zionist overtones, appeal for welfare of IDF soldiers apparently not well-received by worshippers, who tear them out of prayer book.

Many Shas members have recently become members and heads of religious councils in communities throughout the country, apparently due to efforts by Religious Services Minister Yaakov Margi. The minister, a Shas member, has taken advantage of a new regulation that...

There are two crises brewing regarding the supply of basic services to the public, but one is getting a lot of attention while the other is getting hardly any. While nearly everyone is aware that water is scarce, few realize...

The government will ask the Supreme Court this week for more time to evacuate West Bank outposts in light of the administration's freeze on settlement construction and related diplomatic developments. The government is expected this week to inform the court...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not allow the Likud central committee to convene to debate his decision to freeze construction in Judea and Samaria, sources in the Prime Minister's Office said Saturday night. Speaking in Ra'anana, at an event under...

The Shas faction is expected to appeal a bill that would help identify women who falsely claim to be religious in order to avoid army service at the government meeting on Sunday. The new law is meant to allow the...