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Pope Benedict XVI considered a friend in Israel
When Joseph Ratzinger became pope in 2005, many in Israel wondered whether the German-born Cardinal with the Nazi past would prove a worthy successor ...
Israel's Delek gains rights to Cyprus gas field
U.S. firm Noble Energy has ceded 30 percent of its rights to a gas field off Cyprus' south coast to Israel's Delek and its subsidiary Avner Oil ...
Israel advances plan to build in Jewish settlement
An Israeli official says the government has given final approval for construction of 90 new homes in a West Bank settlement, a move that could cause ...
Israeli troops detain AP photographer
Israeli troops detained an Associated Press photographer during West Bank unrest over the weekend, handcuffing him and forcing him to sit on the ...
Rabbi David Hartman dies at 81
Rabbi David Hartman, one of the world's leading Jewish philosophers who promoted both Jewish pluralism and interfaith dialogue, has died. He was 81.
Writer Antonio Molina awarded Jerusalem Prize
Acclaimed Spanish writer Antonio Munoz Molina said Sunday he would accept a prestigious Israeli literary award despite calls from pro-Palestinian ...
Bulgaria to brief EU ministers on bus bombing
Bulgaria will brief other EU nations on the results of the probe that linked the Shiite group Hezbollah to last year's bus bombing that killed five ...
Israel: Obama visit on Iran, Syria, Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the upcoming visit of U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on Iran's nuclear program, the violence ...
Israeli forces break up Palestinian encampment
Israeli troops on Saturday drove some 100 Palestinian activists out of an illegal tent camp they had set up near the city of Hebron in the southern ...
Netanyahu ally: Peace with Palestinians impossible
A powerful partner of Israel's prime minister has called peace with the Palestinians "impossible," saying the conflict between them and Israel can ...
Iran denies role in bus bombing in Bulgaria
Iran's ambassador to Bulgaria on Friday rejected allegations that his country was involved in a bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists in ...
Iran: Sanctions make nuclear talks with US futile
American proposals for direct talks with Iran are pointless while Washington is "holding a gun" to the country through sanctions, Iran's supreme ...
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 ...
Israeli group criticizes army over conduct probes
An Israeli group investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories is criticizing the army for not indicting a single soldier despite ...
Bulgaria: IDs, location of 2 terror suspects known
The two living suspects behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year have been identified and both are now living in ...
Germany warns of 'consequences' for Hezbollah
Germany warned Wednesday of "consequences" for Hezbollah if allegations are confirmed that the group was behind an attack which killed five Israeli ...
Israeli flotilla inquiry suggests legal reforms
A commission tasked with probing the 2010 deadly Israeli naval raid on a Gaza-bound ship has recommended several legal reforms to improve the conduct ...
Bulgaria knows identities of terror suspects
The identities and whereabouts of three of the four suspects that were behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year ...
Israel vows justice for victims of Bulgaria attack
Israel's prime minister has told relatives of victims of last year's attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria that those responsible for the killings ...
Bulgaria links Hezbollah to attack on Israelis
Hezbollah was behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said Tuesday, describing a sophisticated ...
US urges Europe to take action against Hezbollah
The Obama administration called Tuesday for Europe to take "proactive action" to disrupt the Hezbollah organization following an investigation that ...
Israel unlikely to retaliate after Bulgaria report
Israel on Tuesday welcomed a Bulgarian report implicating Hezbollah in the deaths of five Israelis in a bus bombing last summer, signaling that it ...
Israel's Netanyahu hits snags in building team
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to take office for a third time, his attempts to form a new coalition government have gotten off ...