Israel’s National Library is unveiling a trove of Hebrew manuscripts giving the first physical evidence of an ancient Jewish community in Afghanistan. Library officials said Thursday the documents came from caves in an area of northern Afghanistan that is now a Taliban stronghold. The documents, some 1,000 years old, survived because Jews do
Iran's nuclear weapons program remains the number one threat over Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Speaking to Israeli ambassadors and consuls at the conclusion of their annual gathering in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said, "The number one threat has been and remains Iran, our commitment has been and remains to prevent Iran from
President Shimon Peres, who in a speech on Sunday claimed that a large majority of Israelis supported setting up a Palestinian Authority state in land liberated by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War, is apparently behind the times. A poll released Thursday shows that, for the first time, a plurality of Israelis now oppose
Iran's ability to attack Israel has been compromised significantly in the past year, Israeli diplomats meeting in Jerusalem were told by Defense Ministry intelligence officials. According to the study by the officials, Iran's attempts to prop up Bashar al-Assad and the weakness of Hizbullah has taken a great toll in manpower and funds from the
UAE vice President and Governor of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid a senior Egyptian delegation to discuss the arrest of 11 Egyptians accused of forming a Muslim Brotherhood cell in the emirate. Among the Egyptian delegation was presidential adviser for foreign affairs and international cooperation, Essam el-Haddad, and the head of Egypt’s intelligence services,
A member of an Egyptian fact-finding mission says former President Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV feed. This new information could lead to the retrial of the ousted leader. Although the 84-year old is already serving a life sentence the new evidence could raise the punishment. In
A senior Egyptian official, who also serves as an adviser to President Mohammed Mursi, said on Tuesday that Israel will cease to exist within a decade. During an interview with private Egyptian television channel ONTV, the deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, Erian, attempted to explain a previous controversial announcement he had
The United Arab Emirates has arrested an “Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood cell” that trained local Islamists in how to overthrow Arab governments, a Sharjah-based newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed source familiar with the investigation. The oil-rich Gulf state - of which Sharjah is one part - has previously voiced strong distrust of the
Leading members of Egypt’s hardline Islamist movement unveiled a new political party on Tuesday, pointing to new rivalries that could split the Islamist vote in an impending parliamentary election. The creation of the al-Watan (‘Homeland’) Party is part of a political landscape that was dominated by a variety of Islamist parties in the last
A24-year Indian student in Bonn was brutally attacked by Islamic extremists who slashed his tongue when he refused to convert, German police said Thursday. The Indian student was attacked on Christmas eve when he was on the way to his place in Bonn. The men enquired about his religion and asked him to
