Israel News

JERUSALEM a?? People in southern Israel who were hiding out in bomb shelters to get away from the heaviest Palestinian rocket fire since 2012 said Thursday they hope that the barrage does not signal anew war.

David Cameron is meeting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today on the second day of a trip to the Middle East designed to bolster efforts to rekindle the stalled peace process.

Rescue workers are using back hoes and a bulldozer to search for any victims still buried after an explosion demolished two Manhattan buildings.

Ed Miliband has drawn battle lines with the Tories over Europe by effectively ruling out a referendum on British membership - unless Brussels makes a grab for fresh powers.

A Ukrainian Jewish leader opposed to the Russian takeover of Crimea failed to drum up support this week from Israel, which is sitting out the crisis pitting its U.S. ally against Moscow.

Israeli lawmakers have voted to end the practice of exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredi, from national service, a move that opens them up to military conscription for the first time in the country's 65-year history.

Militants in the Gaza Strip fired at least 20 rockets Wednesday into southern Israel, sending civilians rushing into bomb shelters but causing no casualties in the largest barrage in months.

David Cameron has arrived in Israel on his first visit as Prime Minister, vowing to add his weight to a US-led effort to rekindle the Middle East peace process.

San Francisco firefighters prevented a five-alarm fire from spreading from a condominium construction site to nearby buildings on Tuesday.

Voters in a deeply divided Israeli city have returned an ultra-Orthodox mayor to his post after he narrowly defeated a secular challenger in a repeat vote held following fraud allegations.

Authorities say a federal switcheroo is to blame for last week's 5-mile-long traffic jam during a Malibu visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Suzan Hansen and Robin Buck will star in the Long Beach Opera's "The Death of Klinghoffer."

HEBRON HILLS, West Bank a?? Preparing his jeep for the short drive into the West Bank city of Hebron, where tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers often flare, Nabeel Sabbagh looked like every other Israeli Border Policeman serving at this hilltop base.

Israel expressed regret Tuesday over the killing of a Palestinian judge from Jordan, who was shot by Israeli soldiers at a border crossing, and promised Amman that it would carry out a joint investigation into his death.

Israel expressed its regret on Tuesday over the killing of a Jordanian judge, who was shot by Israeli soldiers at a border crossing, and promised Jordan to carry out a joint investigation into his death, Reuters reported.

Israel approved a change to electoral law on Tuesday that raises the percentage of votes needed for seats in parliament, an amendment that critics said targets Arab and ultra-Orthodox Jewish minorities.

Hamas military wing members take part in a ceremony to inaugurate a monument marking the anniversary of the death of a senior Hamas official Ibrahim Maqadama, killed in an Israeli air strike in 2003, in Gaza City , Monday, March 10, 2014.

Israel has voiced fears armed groups in Lebanon and Gaza would deploy exploding drones, in addition to their main rocket arsenals, against Tel Aviv in a future war, the chief of Israeli air defence said.

The Revolutionary Council of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party on Monday unanimously endorsed his rejection of demands to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, officials at the meeting told AFP .

Prime Minister David Cameron plans to make his first visit as British leader to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week.