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Israel's new defence chief jokes about curbing his fiery nature

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his choice for defence minister, ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman, signed a coalition agreement on Wednesday (May 25) and issued assurances that the mos

25/05/2016

Israel

Netanyahu reshuffle means Israel being taken over by 'extremists'

Reports from Israel say Benjamin Netanyahu has offered the job of defence minister to his far-right rival Avigdor Lieberman in a move to strengthen his…

20/05/2016

Sci-Tech

Israeli divers discover Roman treasure in ancient sunken cargo ship

Archaeologists in Israel have recovered bronze statues and thousands of coins from a merchant ship that sank off the Mediterranean coast some 1,600 years ago during the late Roman…

19/05/2016

Israel

Divers uncover shipwreck treasure trove in Israel

Archaeologists have uncovered a haul of treasures while diving in Israel. Statues and thousands of coins are among the haul, located in an ancient

16/05/2016

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Palestinians remember Nakba

A commemorative convoy for Nakba, the displacement of Palestinians due to Israel’s 1948 declaration of independence, leaves Duheisha refugee camp in

15/05/2016

Israel

Israeli soldier goes on trial for killing wounded Palestinian attacker

The trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker has opened. Sergeant Elor Azaria denies using

09/05/2016

Israel

Israel PM Netanyahu rebukes deputy military chief over Holocaust speech

The dressing down comes after Major-General Yair Golan said on the eve of the annual Holocaust Day that he saw signs in Israeli society of 'nauseating processes' that occurred in Germany 70, 80, 90 ye

08/05/2016

Israel

Deadly flare-up in violence as Israel finds Gaza tunnel

A Palestinian woman has died in Gaza amid the worst flare-up of violence there with Israel since the war in 2014. Hospital sources say the

06/05/2016

Israel

Israeli troops shoot dead driver who rammed car into soldiers

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian driver in the West bank on Tuesday after he’d rammed his vehicle into three of their colleagues. In the last

04/05/2016

Israel

Israeli forces shoot dead 16-year-old Palestinian boy and his sister

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have shot dead two Palestinians at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank. Police said the

27/04/2016

Israel

Jerusalem fears return of dark days of bombings

After a period when Jerusalem commuters were again at ease with public transport that had been targeted in suicide attacks in the past, people went

19/04/2016

Israel

Israeli PM vows to hunt down Jerusalem bus bombers

Israel’s Prime Minister has vowed to track down those responsible for a bus bombing in Jerusalem on Monday. At least 21 people were injured in the

19/04/2016

Israel

Israel police say Jerusalem bus blast was a bomb

Israeli police have confirmed that a small bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem on Monday during the evening rush hour. Eye witnesses said an empty

18/04/2016

Israel

Israeli police confirm bomb injures 16 on Jerusalem bus

Police have confirmed a small bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem on Monday during the evening rush hour. Eye witnesses has said an empty bus caught

18/04/2016

Israel

Hollande and Abbas discuss the Middle East conflict

French President Francois Hollande said that an international conference to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the best way to bring peace

16/04/2016

Culture news

Graffiti art comes to life at night in Jerusalem market

A graffiti duo are turning a Jerusalem shuk, and its drab alleyways, into a portrait gallery.

31/03/2016

World

Netanyahu offers Belgium Israel's help in fight against terror

Following comments by several of his ministers after the Brussels attacks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured Belgium of his

24/03/2016

Israel

Brussels must be a wake-up call for Europe says Israeli security expert

In this longer version of an on-air interview with Israeli security expert Yoram Schweitzer, euronews' Damon Embling gets the view on Europe's security dilemma from a man living in a state that has st

24/03/2016

Israel

‘Execution’ claims as video shows shooting of wounded Palestinian

Video alleged to show Palestinian youth being shot in the head while immobile on the ground

24/03/2016

Cinema

'Rabin The Last Day' a reflection on the nature of peace

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai’s docu-drama takes us back to the moments prior to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin in 1995

18/03/2016

World

David Grossman: Israelis 'more prone to fanaticism and fundamentalism'

World renowned author and peace activist David Grossman is very much attached to his homeland of Israel, but is also a harsh critic of its politics

17/03/2016

Israel

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan has died aged 71

Former head of Israeli security agency Mossad Meir Dagan has died of cancer at 71. A pugnacious retired army general, Dagan took over the Mossad in

17/03/2016

Israel

Two Palestinian children in Gaza 'killed by Israeli airstrike'

An Israeli air strike on the Gaza strip caused the deaths of a 10-year-old Palestinian boy and his six-year-old sister, according to medical

12/03/2016

Israel

Palestinians open fire on traffic in Jerusalem as series of attacks continue

Israeli police have shot and killed two Palestinians accused of opening fire on traffic in Jerusalem

09/03/2016

Israel

Palestinian woman shot dead after car ramming attack - Israeli army

Israeli forces say they have shot dead a Palestinian woman who drove a car into an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Friday. He is not thought to

04/03/2016

Israel

Two Palestinians shot dead after attacking Israeli in West Bank

Israeli soldiers have shot dead two Palestinian teens after they allegedly attacked an Israeli settler at his home in the occupied West Bank

02/03/2016