
Israel's Labor head poised to be Netanyahu gadfly
Just seven years after quitting her job as a high-profile media commentator, the leader of Israel's Labor Party appears to be on track to become head ...

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.

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 ...

Netanyahu: Israel will keep settlement corridor
Israel's prime minister brushed off international uproar over a planned new settlement project near Jerusalem, claiming Thursday that Israel will keep ...

Ehud Barak says he's quitting Israeli politics
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly quit politics Monday, potentially robbing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a key ally who enabled his ...

Backing tough talk, Israeli premier wages 1st war
Throughout his long political career, Israel's prime minister has earned a reputation as a tough talker. An ardent hawk who wrote a book about how to ...

Israel's Barak hopes to extend political career
He's been Israel's prime minister, military chief, the country's most decorated soldier and, for the past five years, its defense minister and ...
Israelis pay tribute to Rabin in memorial rally
Thousands of Israelis are gathering at the Tel Aviv square where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated to mark the 17th anniversary of the former prime ...

Former Israeli kingmaker poised for comeback
The popular ultra-Orthodox Israeli politician Arieh Deri is preparing a comeback after a 13-year hiatus that included a brief prison term for ...