Israel Israel's PM slams US Secretary of State's speech Israel's prime minister has denounced a speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry which said settlement building is holding back peace. 28/12/2016
Israel Jerusalem council axes new building permits after Netanyahu intervention Plans for hundreds of new homes for Jews in mainly Arab East Jerusalem have been dropped by the city council on the personal request of the Israeli prime minister. 28/12/2016
Israel Israel's Netanyahu summons diplomats over UN Resolution Israel summoned diplomats of 10 of the 14 nations which voted for last week’s UN Resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 26/12/2016
Israel Israeli PM Netanyahu to re-assess UN ties Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has reacted angrily to the US abstention on a UN resolution condeming settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 24/12/2016
Israel Israel's ex-president freed from jail after serving five years for rape Israel’s former president Moshe Katsav has walked free from prison, winning early release, five years after being jailed for rape. 21/12/2016
Israel Disgraced ex-Israeli president to be freed from jail The disgraced former Israeli president, Moshe Katsav is to be freed on parole after serving five years of a seven year jail term for rape. 18/12/2016
Israel Israeli settlers vow to fight Christmas Day eviction Dozens of Jewish settlers and their supporters have vowed to resist the imminent eviction of an illegal outpost in the West Bank, after recently rejecting a government relocation deal to move to a nea 16/12/2016
Israel Israeli parliament leader denies 'Taliban' attitude to female dress code Israel's Parliamentary Speaker has said the Knesset has not gone, in his words, "Iran-Taliban" following row over the length of womens' skirts. 16/12/2016
Israel Jewish settlers demand support for Amona outpost Residents and supporters of the Amona settlement in the West Bank protest near the Israeli PM's residence in Jerusalem against the outpost's dismantlement. 13/12/2016
Israel Netanyahu statue toppled A golden statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given a mixed reception by onlookers as it made a brief appearance in Tel Aviv. 07/12/2016
Israel Israel 'strikes ISIL target' on Syrian side of Golan Heights The Israeli military says it has struck an ISIL target on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. 28/11/2016
Israel As wildfires rage Israeli police arrest 13 suspected arsonists Israeli police arrest 13 suspected arsonists while Netanyahu claims fires are "terrorism" 25/11/2016
No Comment Israel's wildfires spread as homes and woods in Haifa are burnt down Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on November 25 forcing thousands of residents to flee the city of Haifa, as leaders blamed arsonists for some of the blazes and branded them… 25/11/2016
Israel Arrests made as Israel fires rage for third consecutive day Israeli police make arrests in connection with raging forest fires in Haifa and the West Bank. 24/11/2016
Israel Israel police to probe Netanyahu lawyer's role in German submarine deal The attorney-general has ordered an inquiry into a contract for three submarines over a possible conflict of interest. 23/11/2016
Israel Living with occupation, a look at everyday life for East Jerusalem's Palestinians Five years after the Palestinian Territories applied to be considered the UN's 194th member state, conditions in East Jerusalem are getting worse. 20/11/2016
Israel Israel backs draft bill to legalise settlements Israel’s parliament has approved a draft bill to legalise thousands of Jewish settlements on privately-owned Palestinian land in the West Bank. 16/11/2016
Israel Israel muffles the muezzin An Israeli ministerial committee has voted to support a bill enforcing lowering the volume of loudspeakers calling worshippers to prayer in mosques. 14/11/2016
Sci-Tech Tel Aviv hosts alternative fuel summit Air quality in cities is getting worse according to a recent UN report which says pollution leads to the deaths of more children every year than malaria and HIV/AIDS… 08/11/2016
Israel Israel jails a 14-year-old Palestinian for 12 years for double stabbing attack Israel has jailed a 14-year-old Palestinian for 12 years for the 2015 stabbing of two people in a settlement north of Jerusalem. 07/11/2016
Israel Holocaust survivors strut their stuff at beauty pageant To the strains of the Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”, 14 elderly women strutted their stuff down the catwalk cautiously, hindered only slightly by the odd dodgy hip. 01/11/2016
Israel Original rock of tomb of Jesus revealed In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the origi 30/10/2016
Israel The Palestinian Territories' 'delicious' one and only brewery faces constant adversity Milk and honey are not the only things that flow from the olive tree-peppered hills of Ramallah. There is also beer. 30/10/2016
Israel UNESCO passes controversial Jerusalem resolution The UN’s cultural body UNESCO has adopted a contentious resolution heavily criticising Israel’s activities at holy sites in East Jerusalem. 18/10/2016
Israel UNESCO moves to calm tensions with Israel The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO has moved to try to calm tensions with Israel after the country’s cut cooperation with it on Friday. 14/10/2016
Israel Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO Israel has suspended cooperation with UNESCO. 14/10/2016