WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Obama administration does not concur with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's characterization of the United Nations Human Rights Council as a “terrorist rights council.” “We would not agree with that,” Jen Psaki, the ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The 45 United Nations Fiji peacekeepers who have been held captive by a Syrian rebel group since last month were released. The peacekeepers, captured on the Golan Heights, were released Thursday at the Quneitra crossing on the ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has illegally coerced nearly 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into returning to their home countries, where they risk serious abuse, Human Rights Watch said. Returning Sudanese have faced torture, arbitrary detention and ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli military began targeting sites in Gaza after rockets were fired from the coastal strip on the southern Israeli city of Beersheba in violation of a cease-fire extension. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly also ...

(JTA) — Palestinian leaders announced a five-day extension of the cease fire between Israel and Gaza shortly after midnight on Thursday even as an exchange of rockets and missiles raised questions as to whether the truce could hold. Shortly before the ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A number of Senate Republicans blocked Israel's request of an additional $225 million for the Iron Dome anti-missile system during the current Gaza Strip conflict. Republicans had initially objected to the inclusion of the request by Sen ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sitting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a meeting in Ramallah, West Bank, July 19, 2013. (State Department photo/ Public Domain). One year ago today, Secretary of State John Kerry stood ...

Do Hamas leaders skinny-dip?: In this selection of clips from recent Egyptian TV broadcasts, Egyptian commentators slam Hamas leaders for their purported stupidity and sybaritic lifestyle, including swimming at nude beaches. (MEMRI). Jon Stewart: Wrong ...

Do Hamas leaders skinny-dip?: In this selection of clips from recent Egyptian TV broadcasts, Egyptian commentators slam Hamas leaders for their purported stupidity and sybaritic lifestyle, including swimming at nude beaches. (MEMRI). Jon Stewart: Wrong ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hamas leaders called on Palestinians living in the northern Gaza Strip to return to their homes, and ignore Israeli warnings of an impending military operation. “To all of our people who have evacuated their homes – return to them ...

Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah, at head of table, attending his first meeting of the new unity government Cabinet in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 3, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90). WASHINGTON (JTA) — The new Palestinian unity government ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) – The Obama administration is scrambling to salvage Israeli-Palestinian talks threatened by disputes over core identity issues for each side: recognition of the state's Jewish character for Israel, the release of prisoners for the Palestinians.

(JTA) — The Arab League refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in the framework of current peace talks with the Palestinians, as per Israel's demand. On Sunday, Arab League foreign ministers released a resolution at a meeting in Cairo that supported ...

WhatsApp's Ukrainian Jewish founder and CEO Jan Koun became a household name this week. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). Jan Koum's birthday is Monday, but he's already received his big gift. The Ukraine-born CEO and founder of WhatsApp has ...