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A Thai farm worker was killed in Israel on Thursday by a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory of Gaza, according to the Israeli military.
Israel is launching a pioneering "organ for organ" donation programme: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed. The new law is aimed at boosting organ supply in the country.
Israel's Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, aka Mossad, has never been more popular in the Jewish state. Mossad memorabilia sell like hot cakes and its official website attracts an increasing number of visitors wanting to become ag...
PM: Israel to erect Red Army memorial
MOSCOW – Israel will erect a memorial commemorating the Red Army’s crucial role in the victory over the Nazis, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin at a photo opportunity before their meeting Tuesday.
Israeli ‘harem’ leader Goel Ratzon charged with rape and incest
An man dubbed Israel’s Josef Fritzl was indicted yesterday on charges including enslavement, rape and incest over a cult-like harem in which he fathered dozens of children with 32 women.
Israel rerouting barrier near West Bank village
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel began work on Thursday to reroute a section of its West Bank separation barrier to restore land to a village that has become a flashpoint of Palestinian opposition to the enclosure.
Mother Nature's strange style
YC sent me those fantastic photos taken by Joseph Meiri * Is Mother Nature confused? *
Israel Calls for Peace Talks Amid Tensions with Syria
Israel says it is extending an olive branch to Syria in a bid to end an escalating war of words. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to ease tensions with Syria by calling for a resumption of peace talks.
Israeli forces detain Spanish, Australian pro-Palestinian activists
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli troops broke down the door of an apartment in the Palestinian-ruled West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Spain and Australia, their roommate said.
Mideast peace talks will resume in 'coming weeks': Israeli PM
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he expects peace talks with the Palestinians to resume in the coming weeks, nudged on by the United States, after being stalled for more than a year.
Israel Searches for Explosive Barrels in Sea
TEL AVIV—Israel closed a stretch of beaches north of the Gaza Strip after two explosive-laden barrels washed ashore and Palestinian militants promised more, in revenge for what some in Hamas said was Israeli's assassination of a top Hamas leader l...
Israel Rebukes 2 Officers for U.N. Gaza Compound Shelling
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military confirmed Monday that it had reprimanded two senior officers, a brigadier general and a colonel, for the firing of artillery shells that hit a United Nations compound during the Gaza war last winter. It was a rare ...
Israel set to respond to UN demand on Gaza war
JERUSALEM — Israel was to give UN chief Ban Ki-moon a letter on Friday in response to a UN demand that it probe alleged war crimes in its Gaza offensive which the Jewish state previously rejected, officials said.
Attacker hits Israeli chief justice with sneaker
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli man hurled his sneakers at Israel's Supreme Court chief justice on Wednesday during a hearing on medical marijuana, hitting her between the eyes, breaking her glasses and knocking her off her chair.
Israel rebukes Turkey over a television series, humiliates Turkish ambassador
Israel has issued a stern rebuke to Turkey's ambassador over a television series which depicts Israeli intelligence agents as baby-snatchers.
Israel orders new fence to keep out African migrants
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the construction of two massive fences along his country's southern border with Egypt in a bid to keep out African asylum seekers he claims are threatening the country's Jewish character.
U.S. suggestion of sanctions causes stir in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. peace envoy's suggestion that Washington could penalize Israel financially to force it to make concessions to the Palestinians drew Israeli ire on Sunday.
Israeli Planes Kill 3 Militants in Gaza Strike
Israeli warplanes killed three Islamic militants on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the military would respond harshly to rocket and mortar fire from Gaza.
Israeli war game eyes Gaza 'occupation'
Tel Aviv is conducting war games in the Negev desert, in what appears to be preparation for a new offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Israel approves building project in disputed east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israel has approved construction of four new apartment buildings in disputed east Jerusalem, officials said Tuesday, fueling tensions with the Palestinians at a time when the U.S. is labouring to get peace talks moving again.