Abbas' election bluff

Abbas' election bluff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hasn't run for office in 14 years. Now, under pressure from the EU, he is talking about holding an election, but this week, Hamas surprised him by agreeing to his conditions. Will the Palestinians have an opportunity to choose their leadership?

A thunderous quiet

A thunderous quiet

Iran is still determined to entrench itself in Syria, and Israel is equally determined to keep it from doing so. If Israel doesn't want to find itself facing a stronger version of Hezbollah in Syria, it has no choice but to take action.

Terror village

Terror village

The Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, next to Armon Hanatziv, has been a hotbed of terrorism since the Second Intifada. Is it because the residents are poor and desperate? Not really – many of the Jabel Mukaber terrorists come from well-off families.

The man who broke the ice

The man who broke the ice

Legendary Russian hockey player Viacheslav Fetisov made history during the Cold War when he joined the NHL. Some 30 years later, he speaks with Israel Hayom to discuss a new movie about his experience.

Funneling hatred

Funneling hatred

A precedent-setting lawsuit filed in Washington by the JNF-KKL and a number of families from southern Israel aims to tear the mask of a number of organizations posing as Palestinian human rights charities and expose their true faces as supporters of terrorism and destruction.

'Israel is what the Arab world can be but is unable to be'

'Israel is what the Arab world can be but is unable to be'

Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr was 14 when he discovered much of what he was told about Israel was a lie and the revelation sent him down a harrowing path, from which he emerged as a pro-Israel advocate in the United States. "I dream of making the Arabs understand what Israel really stands for," he says.