
In CAR, diamonds are a rebel's best friend
Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, Seleka rebels who ousted Central African Republic's president six weeks ago are ...

Israeli official: Syria's Assad used chemical arms
A senior Israeli military intelligence official said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons last month in his battle ...

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 ...
Correction: Israel-Struggling Sect story
In a story March 17 about eastern European brides joining the Holy Land's dwindling Samaritan community, The Associated Press misspelled the name of ...

Kerry upbeat after 3 days of Mideast diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday wrapped up three days of high-level Mideast diplomacy on a positive note, saying he held "very ...

Report: Anti-Semitic incidents surged in 2012
Israeli researchers warned Sunday of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, topped by a deadly school shooting in France, noting a link to the rise ...
Iran vows to level Tel Aviv if Israel attacks
Iran says if it's attacked by Israel, it will annihilate Tel Aviv and Haifa. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all ...
Hate graffiti sprayed on Jewish homes in Tel Aviv
Israeli police say vandals have spray painted hate graffiti on several Jewish houses in Jaffa, a mixed Israeli and Arab neighborhood of Tel Aviv.

Jerusalem Arab residents contest highway route
A new Israeli highway project is threatening to add to tensions in Jerusalem by cutting through a quiet, middleclass Arab neighborhood to link a large ...

Israel quietly sends migrants to Sudan
Israel has quietly repatriated hundreds of Sudanese migrants in recent months, drawing accusations from rights groups that it has coerced the Africans ...
Historians, scientists, artist win Israeli prize
American intellectual Leon Wieseltier, French philosopher Michel Serres and British historian Sir Geoffrey Lloyd are among the winners of this year's ...
Facebook video overturns parking ticket in Israel
An Israeli woman has turned to Facebook to beat a parking ticket — and expose a Tel Aviv road crew. Hila Ben Baruch says she parked her car legally ...

AP Interview: Israel's Lapid won't be 'fig leaf'
Little known outside Israel, political newcomer Yair Lapid could soon become the moderate face to the world of an otherwise hard-line government after ...

Analysis: Israel left wing sees Jewish state's end
An apocalyptic tone has crept into Israel's hitherto muted election season, with opposition leaders and others sounding increasingly desperate ...
Israeli police say blast criminally motivated
A bomb exploded in a car near a bus in Tel Aviv on Thursday in what police said was a criminally motivated assassination attempt. Four people were ...

AP photo essay: Ex-Soviet immigrants change Israel
In parts of Israel, it's hard to find a single Hebrew sign in a sea of Cyrillic. Shopkeepers address customers in Russian, and groceries are amply ...

At Israel school, anyone can learn to be a prophet
Instead of long beards and robes, they wear track suits and T-shirts. Their tablets are electronic, not hewn of stone, and they hold smartphones, not ...

New Israeli right-wing leader worries Netanyahu
The charismatic new leader of Israel's Jewish religious right is siphoning a large chunk of votes from the prime minister's party, according to polls ...

Israel OK's new homes in West Bank, Jerusalem
Israel on Wednesday pressed forward with the construction of thousands of new homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, part of a series of new ...

Hamas chief's Gaza visit sign of regional embrace
The supreme Hamas leader's first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip this weekend signals growing regional acceptance of the Islamic militant movement in ...

Israel basketball team dumps captain for Nazi slur
Israel's top basketball team has suspended its captain because he called a fellow Israeli player a Nazi. Guy Pnini told local media that he had lashed ...

Footballers protest Israel hosting UEFA Euro U21
Dozens of leading footballers have signed a statement protesting UEFA's decision to stage the European under-21 championship in Israel next year ...
Hezbollah says it would hit Tel Aviv in future war
Lebanon's Hezbollah group would fire thousands of rockets into Israel in any future war and target cities in the country's heartland, the group's ...