Israel Israel's election teases left that power is within reach This Tuesday (March 17th), Israelis are threatening to vote Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government out of office. Centre-left Zionist Union 16/03/2015
World As Israeli election nears, economic concerns take precedence over peace International observers are keen to know what the election will mean for peace talks with the Palestinians. 16/03/2015
Israel Netanyahu warns of 'real danger of left-wing government' in Israel Trailing in the polls before Tuesday’s elections, Israel’s prime minister has warned that the right-wing government he leads could be voted out of 16/03/2015
Israel Scramble for votes pits Netanyahu's Likud against rightist allies Flagging in opinion polls before Tuesday’s Israeli election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to rally his country’s rightists by casting 14/03/2015
Israel Livni and Herzog merge in Zionist Union to oust Netanyahu Running mates former justice minister Tzipi Livni and Labour Party leader Isaac Herzog are not an obvious electoral alliance teaming up against Prime 13/03/2015
Israel How Netanyahu's American influence wavered Benjamin Netanyahu — nickname ‘Bibi’ — was born on October 21, 1949, in Tel Aviv, but his family then lived in Jerusalem. They moved to Philadelphia 12/03/2015
Israel Orthodox Jewish women's party B'Zchutan joins Israel election race Less than a week before the Israeli election, a Jewish ultra-Orthodox women’s party has entered the race, challenging traditional beliefs about the 11/03/2015
Israel Outcry as Israel foreign minister says 'behead disloyal Arab-Israelis' There have been calls for Avigdor Lieberman to be arrested, after the foreign minister and nationalist party leader said Arab-Israelis who were disloyal to the state of Israel should be decapitated. 10/03/2015
Israel Israel's Arab citizens brandish new electoral power Israel’s elections for parliament next week [17th March] hold the potential not only of a new prime minister emerging, with a move towards centre 09/03/2015
Israel Anti-Netanyahu rally draws huge crowds in Tel Aviv An anti-Netanyahu rally has drawn huge crowds to the Israeli capital Tel Aviv. An estimated 35,000 people gathered to call for the Prime Minister to 08/03/2015
Israel Jerusalem: at least five injured in vehicle attack Israeli police say at least five people have been injured after a suspected Palestinian motorist rammed his vehicle into them. It happened on a main 06/03/2015
Israel Netanyahu's Congress speech no election clincher say Israelis Bibi's speech to Congress divides opinion in Israel, just like everything else in this fractious election campaign 05/03/2015
Israel Netanyahu: Fears and lies Benjamin Netanyahu is currently Washington’s uninvited guest, deciding the electoral boost back home is worth the White House snub. In any case 03/03/2015
Israel US tensions with Israel increase over Iran's nuclear programme. US-Israeli relations appear to be in danger of sinking to their lowest level in recent years. The issue at stake is Iran. Israel’s Prime Minister 25/02/2015
Israel Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comments seen to be at odds with his intelligence service Leaked cables have landed the Israeli Prime Minister in hot water. Media reports that the leader was at odds with his own secret service over Iran’s 24/02/2015
Israel Leaked documents allege Israel PM and Mossad differ on Iran Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations in 2012, in which he warned Iran was a year away from being able to make a 24/02/2015
Israel Israel warns 'bad Iran deal' could spark Middle East nuclear arms race As world powers seek an agreement in the Iran nuclear talks, Israel says it will try and thwart any deal that it believes undermines its security 19/02/2015
Israel Netanyahu urges Europe's Jews to move to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to this weekend’s deadly synagogue shooting in Copenhagen by urging European Jews to emigrate to 15/02/2015
Israel Netanyahu's 'Bibi-sitter' joins odd election video gallery Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline image is challenged by his own Likud party in an Israeli election campaign video in which the prime minister plays a 04/02/2015
Israel Israel blames Iran for deadly clash on Lebanese border Israel’s Prime Minister has accused Iran of being behind Hezbollah’s deadly attack on Israeli troops near the Lebanese border on Wednesday. The 29/01/2015
Israel Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire near Lebanon border Exchanges of fire have been reported between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters near the Lebanese border. Israeli media say an army vehicle was 28/01/2015
Israel Palestinian man shot after allegedly stabbing several bus passengers In Israel, up to ten people have reportedly been stabbed by a Palestinian man on a commuter bus in central Tel Aviv. Police say the alleged 21/01/2015
Israel Seven Israeli Arabs accused of terrorism and links with ISIL Israel has charged seven people with aiding terrorism, belonging to an illegal group and contacting foreign agents 18/01/2015
Israel ICC opens inquiry into Israeli-Palestinian conflict The International Criminal Court has launched an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories. Prosecutors say they will examine 16/01/2015