
Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders
Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack ...
Israel lawmaker: Hezbollah getting chemical arms
A former Israeli defense minister alleged Monday that Syria's chemical weapons are "trickling" to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It was the ...

Israel: Iran has not crossed nuclear 'red line'
Israel's prime minister on Monday said that Iran is steadily edging closer to nuclear weapons capability but has not yet reached the "red line" he ...
Israel responds to Gaza rocket fire with airstrike
Israel responded to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on sites used by Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian ...

Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front
Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil ...
Israeli court: Stop detaining women at holy site
An Israeli court has instructed police to stop detaining women for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men.

Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews
A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely ...

Israel shoots down drone, Hezbollah suspected
Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached its northern coast from neighboring Lebanon, raising suspicions that the Hezbollah militant group ...

Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran
On Chuck Hagel's inaugural visit to Israel as U.S. defense secretary, Syria surpassed Iran as the security threat of greatest urgency to the U.S.

Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with ...

Israel approves 'Open Skies' deal with EU
Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved a deal to allow more EU flights, hours after the country's airlines went on strike out of concerns that the ...

Israel: Gaza militants fired from Sinai last week
Israel's prime minister is accusing Gaza militants of carrying out a rocket attack from Egypt's Sinai desert on a southern Israeli resort last week.

Israeli PM doesn't rule out helping Syrian rebels
Israel's prime minister declined to rule out the possibility of providing arms to Syrian rebel groups, saying in a television interview broadcast ...

Activists: Rebels capture base in central Syria
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory under their ...

AP Interview: Israel's Olmert begins tech venture
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joined forces Thursday with a leading Kazakh industrialist and an Israeli entrepreneur to launch a new ...

Rockets fired at Eilat in southern Israel
Militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula fired at least two rockets at Israel's southern resort town of Eilat early Wednesday, officials said, ...

Thatcher Funeral: Guest list standouts
More than 2,300 guests attended the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday. In all, 11 ...

Thatcher Funeral: Attendees and No-Shows
More than 2,300 guests have confirmed they will attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Among the former U.S.

Israel honors war dead with somber Memorial Day
Israelis paused Monday to honor fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism with sirens and ceremonies on the country's annual Memorial Day. It is one ...

Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty
In 65 years, Israel has surpassed the dreams of its founders, emerging as the Middle East's strongest military force, a global high-tech powerhouse ...

Liberal Jews see a victory in proposed prayer area
Israeli authorities have proposed establishing a new section at the Western Wall where men and women can pray together, a groundbreaking initiative ...

Iran unveils uranium sites, renews defiant tone
With words of defiance, Iran announced two nuclear-related projects Tuesday that expand capabilities to extract and process uranium — modest advances ...