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Israeli Arabs unenthusiastic about Jan. 22 vote
Israeli Arab activist Rasool Saada is crisscrossing the country to encourage fellow Arab citizens to vote in Jan. 22 parliamentary elections, ...
$500 million in checks left at Jerusalem holy site
Worshippers usually leave notes to the Almighty at one of Judaism's holiest sites. But half a billion dollars? Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who oversees ...
Ex-Israeli military chief and minister dies at 68
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, a former Israeli military chief who later became a Cabinet minister, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 68.
Israel to face new condemnation for settlements
The Palestinians said Tuesday that all of the U.N. Security Council members except the United States will condemn Israel's recent announcements of new ...
Israeli leader vows more east Jerusalem building
Israel's prime minister on Tuesday rejected international criticism of plans to build thousands more Jewish homes in east Jerusalem, insisting that ...
Google launches Dead Sea Scrolls online library
More than six decades since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls — and thousands of years after they were written — Israel on Tuesday put 5,000 ...
Israel probes post on embassy Facebook page
A spokesman says Israel's Foreign Ministry is investigating an anti-Palestinian post on the Facebook page of its embassy in Ireland. The inflammatory ...
Israel pushes on with east Jerusalem building plan
Israel on Monday said it was pushing forward with plans to build hundreds of homes in a Jewish settlement of east Jerusalem, risking renewed tensions ...
Pentagon front-runner has strong Obama ties
Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid ...
Report: Explosion in Lebanon near Israel border
A large explosion struck southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on Monday, the Lebanese official news agency reported. South Lebanon is ...
Palestinian premier: Boycott Israeli goods
The Palestinian premier called on his people Sunday to boycott Israeli products, the latest step in an economic battle between Palestinians and ...
Israeli foreign minister officially resigns
Israel's foreign minister has tendered his official resignation over fraud and breach of trust charges filed against him. Avigdor Lieberman's ...
Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
Peacemaking with the Palestinians, once the main issue by far in Israeli politics, has been strikingly absent from the campaign for next month's ...
Israel's Women of the Wall pray for equality
Israeli security guards at the Western Wall on Friday searched women worshippers arriving at the holiest place where Jews can pray for a seemingly ...
Hamas stages new marches in West Bank
Hamas has staged new rallies in the West Bank, one day after thousands of its activists turned out for the first marches there by the militant group ...
Hamas stages first West Bank march since 2007
The Islamic militant group Hamas staged on Thursday its first public demonstration in the West Bank since 2007, illustrating its improving ties with ...
US hesitant in condemning North Korean launch
The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to ...
Israeli police: Palestinian shot dead after attack
An Israeli police spokesman says a Palestinian was killed after he threatened officers near a holy site in the West Bank. Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld ...
Israeli minister: World would sacrifice Israel
Israel's hawkish foreign minister lashed out at the international community on Wednesday, criticizing its policies toward the Palestinians and ...
Vandals spray hate graffiti on Jerusalem church
Vandals have spray-painted "Death to Christianity" and "Jesus, son of a whore" on a Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem. The overnight attack on the ...
Gaza's tunnels rebound from Israeli offensive
Rafah's biggest industry is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border ...
Israel's Netanyahu: World has double standards
Israel's prime minister on Monday accused the international community of "deafening silence" in response to recent vows by the head of the Hamas ...
EU condemns Israel over settlements
The European Union warned Israel of unspecified consequences Monday if it goes through with plans to build thousands of new settler homes in Jerusalem ...