Forthcoming elections a factor in Israeli negotiationsIn two months’ time Israelis go to the polls to elect a new governmentThu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
Israeli leaders meet to assess ceasefire offerIsrael’s senior ministers met last night to consider ceasefire proposals drawn up by Egyptian mediators after extensive talks…Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Lives and Israel's image likely cost of land incursionAn opinion poll published yesterday in the Ha’aretz newspaper showed only 30 per cent of Israelis support a ground incursion …Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Hamas truce proposals given to IsraelAn Israeli official travelled home from Cairo last night bringing Hamas truce proposals as efforts to achieve a ceasefire to …Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
Israel counts cost of war: €60m spent so far could rise to €800mThe last five days of fighting in the Gaza Strip have so far cost Israel €50 million-€60 million.Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
Israeli campaign set to escalate after 75,000 reservists draftedIsrael has approved the drafting of 75,000 reservists ahead of what diplomatic source said was likely to be a “significant escalation…Sat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
Huge psychological impact as conflict hits Israeli metropolisJUST BEFORE 7pm local time yesterday, sirens rang out across Tel Aviv and Israel’s worst nightmare became a reality.Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Gaza rockets reach Tel Aviv for first timeIsrael has continued pounding targets across Gaza, but militants managed to maintain steady rocket fire into Israel, inflicting…Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Israel kills Hamas military chief in air strike offensive on Gaza StripIsrael has launched a large- scale military operation against militants in Gaza, beginning the attacks with an air strike that…Thu Nov 15 2012 - 00:00
Political merger stuns Israel ahead of general electionIn a political bombshell that shook up the Israeli election campaign, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced last night …Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
No response from Israel over Sudan bomb claimISRAEL IS refusing to respond to Sudanese claims that it was responsible for the bombing of a large Khartoum munitions plant …Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Hamas evacuates compounds after Israeli warningHAMAS HAS evacuated many of its compounds in the Gaza Strip, fearing stepped-up Israeli air strikes after Israeli prime minister…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Israel sets calorie limit for Gaza residentsTHE ISRAELI military has released documents showing that in order to enforce its closure on the Gaza Strip it calculated how …Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
Netanyahu calls early general election in Israel next yearISRAELI PRIME minister Binyamin Netanyahu has declared that the country’s general election will be brought forward to early next…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Israel vows to block Gaza-bound shipISRAEL HAS vowed to block a ship carrying European pro-Palestinian activists from reaching Gaza, in the latest effort to break…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Four killed as militants attack Israeli soldiers at Egypt borderAN ISRAELI soldier and three Islamic militants have been killed in a clash on the Israel-Egypt border.Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Palestinians angry at leaked comments by RomneyPALESTINIAN OFFICIALS have reacted angrily to the comments by US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that Palestinians…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Netanyahu defends his call on US to take clear stance on Iran strikeISRAELI PRIME minister Binyamin Netanyahu has defended his call for the United States to set red lines on Iran’s nuclear programme…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Obama in peace offering call to Israeli PMUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama has spent an hour on the phone with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in an effort to ease …Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Palestinian Authority cuts top pay to quell protestsTHE PALESTINIAN Authority (PA) has decided to cut fuel prices and reduce the salaries of top officials in an effort to quell …Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Palestinians in violent clashes with police over price hikesPALESTINIAN PROTESTS against the high cost of living in the West Bank have turned violent, with police and demonstrators clashing…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Jewish militants suspected of vandalising monasterySUSPECTED JEWISH militants have vandalised a Trappist monastery outside Jerusalem in what police think is a so-called “price-…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Jewish settlers obey Israeli court order to leave Migron outpostSOME 50 Jewish families have left their homes at Migron, the West Bank’s biggest outpost, obeying a court order to evacuate by…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Israeli court rules against family of Rachel CorrieA HAIFA court has rejected accusations that Israel was to blame for the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Jewish settler boys suspected of petrol bombing PalestiniansTHREE BOYS aged 12 and 13 from a West Bank Jewish settlement have been detained on suspicion of carrying out a petrol bomb attack…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
EU states urged to label all West Bank produce separatelyTHE PALESTINIAN Authority has urged European Union states to follow South Africa’s example and separately label all products …Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Knesset speaker condemns racist attackTHE SPEAKER of Israel’s Knesset parliament has apologised to the Palestinian victim of a racist attack in central Jerusalem, …Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Youths held for attack on PalestiniansPOLICE HAVE arrested nine Jewish teenagers in connection with an attack on three Palestinians in central Jerusalem in the early…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Opposition leader seeks meeting on IranISRAELI OPPOSITION leader Shaul Mofaz has demanded an urgent meeting with prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss the government…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Israeli authorities condemn attacks on PalestiniansTHREE PALESTINIAN youths were badly beaten in the centre of Jerusalem and a West Bank petrol bomb attack left six others hospitalised…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Israeli leaders clash over attack on Iran nuclear sitesAN UNPRECEDENTED war of words has broken out among the Israeli leadership after comments by President Shimon Peres that Israel…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Israel presses US for commitment on Iran actionISRAEL IS pressing US president Barack Obama to make a definitive statement at the UN general assembly in late September, committing…Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
Israel makes preparations as fears of Iran's threat intensifyAMID MOUNTING speculation that Israel may be considering a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities this autumn, …Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
Defection linked to strike on Iran, says Kadima leaderSHAUL MOFAZ, the leader of the centrist Kadima party, says the defection of one of his party’s senior figures to the ruling Likud…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Iran was behind killings, says PM of IsraelISRAELI PRIME minister Binyamin Netanyahu has blamed Iranian-backed Hizbullah for Wednesday’s terrorist attack in the Bulgarian…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Seven Israeli tourists killed by bus bomb in BulgariaAT LEAST seven people were killed and 30 wounded when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at the terminal of Sarafovo…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Israel grants full university status to West Bank collegeIN A controversial decision, Israel has for the first time granted full university status to a West Bank settlement college.Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Kadima party quits Netanyahu's coalition over dispute on drafting ultra-OrthodoxTHE CENTRIST Kadima party, which joined prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government just over two months ago, yesterday quit…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
US and Israel to co-operate against Iran's nuclear ambitionsUS SECRETARY of state Hilary Clinton and Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu have promised to co-operate to thwart Iran…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Former Israeli PM cleared of most corruption chargesFORMER ISRAELI prime minister Ehud Olmert has been acquitted of major graft charges that prompted him to resign from office, …Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
'Incredible damage' in war on Hizbullah, Israeli general warnsA SENIOR Israeli general has warned of devastating consequences if another war breaks out between Israel and the Shia Hizbullah…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Palestinian boy testifies against Israeli police filmed beating himABD A-RAHMAN, a nine-year-old Palestinian boy, testified yesterday at the Hebron police station after he was kicked by an Israeli…Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir diesYITZHAK SHAMIR, Israel’s seventh prime minister, and its most dogmatic and uncompromising leader, will be buried in Jerusalem…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
National service plan riles Israeli ArabsISRAELI ARABS have reacted angrily to plans by the government to introduce compulsory community service as part of a Bill to …Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Russia, Israel to continue talks on Iran, says PutinRUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin, speaking during a 24-hour visit to Israel, says Moscow and Jerusalem will continue consultations…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Tel Aviv police criticised for clampdown on social protestersPOLICE ARRESTED 85 protesters during a social protest in Tel Aviv after activists broke into a bank and blocked the city’s main…Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
Three die in attack on Israel borderISRAEL HAS deployed tanks to its border with Egypt after an Israeli civilian was killed in a cross-border raid, along with two…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Official report criticises Netanyahu over flotilla raidA DAMNING report by Israel’s state comptroller has criticised prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s handling of the maritime raid…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Israel accuses Iran on Syria massacresISRAELI PRIME minister Binyamin Netanyahu has accused the country’s arch-foes Iran and Hizbullah of supporting the “massacres…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
West Bank building plans spark angerISRAEL HAS announced plans to build 851 new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank, sparking an angry response from the Palestinians…Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
