"Israel without Jerusalem is like a body with a weak heart. Ceding religious sites will lead to religious war."
Continue reading Prime Minister Netanyahu Says Israel Will Never Give Up the Temple Mount.
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Surging street violence against African migrants, including a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a "pogrom", drew empathy for the rioters from the interior minister on Thursday.
Continue reading Anti-African Street Violence Increases in Israel .
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon said the military option against Iran must remain viable if sanctions fail.
Continue reading Israeli Ministers Are Not Certain Iran Nuclear Talks Will Succeed.
Iranian negotiators on Thursday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear program, and demanded answers to their own counteroffer meant to alleviate concerns about Iran's ability to build atomic weapons.
Continue reading Iran Rejects Nuclear Proposals by Western Countries.
Millions of Egyptians are voting today and tomorrow to choose their president, in the first election since the people ousted longtime ruler and close U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak last year.
Continue reading WATCH: Israel and Christians Are Concerned About Egyptian Elections.
Israel expressed deep suspicion on Tuesday about an expected deal between the U.N. nuclear agency and Iran, suggesting Tehran's aim was to wriggle out of sanctions rather than make real concessions ahead of wider atomic talks with world powers.
Continue reading Israel Not Sure of Expected Iran Nuclear Deal.
Israeli youth dance under a huge national flag during a parade marking the nation's 45th Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Continue reading Israeli Youth Celebrate Jerusalem Day.
Continue reading Has the Jerusalem Expansion Reached a Point of No Return?.
Iran is seeking atomic weapons to destroy Israel and world powers should not make any concessions over its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday.
Continue reading Israeli Prime Minister says Iran Wants to Destroy Israel.
The United States has agreed to sell unarmed surveillance drones to Iraq's navy as part of an effort to help protect that nation's oil exports amid growing tensions in the Persian Gulf and to strengthen U.S.-Iraqi ties.
Continue reading U.S. and Iraq Agree on Drone Deal.
Sheikh Hamad Al-Thani calls on Israel to 'take positive steps in favor of peace, coexistence'; says new coalition between Likud, Kadima gives Israel 'strong footing to make concessions for peace'
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Photo: Reuters
Continue reading Qatar Emir Urges Israel to Choose Peace .
Tens of thousands of flag-waving Israelis on Sunday marched in celebration of Jerusalem Day when Israel captured the Arab eastern sector of the city 45 years ago during the Six-Day War.
Continue reading Israel Marks 45 Years Since Seizure of East Jerusalem.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided. Pictured: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a special cabinet meeting marking 'Jerusalem Day' in the Ammunition Hill memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Continue reading Former Israeli PM says Jerusalem Should be Partitioned for Peace.
A Jerusalem pastor believes his recent appearance on "The 700 Club" could have contributed to his church being forced out of its building in an Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Pictured: Pastor Steven & Shari Khoury
Continue reading Jerusalem Church Evicted from Building After Appearing on "The 700 Club".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his skepticism Friday on the outcome of the next round of talks between Iran and the P5+1 (U.S., U.K, China, Russia, France and Germany) that will take place in Baghdad. The first meeting took place last month in Istanbul.
Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar is one of the few Western leaders to have met with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Ayatollah Khamenei.
Continue reading Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei Calls Israel a 'Historical Cancer'.
Turkey said on Thursday it had scrambled military jets to intercept an Israeli plane that violated northern Cypriot airspace this week, and demanded an explanation for the incursion.
Continue reading Turkey says Israeli Plane Violated the Airspace of North Cyprus.
An Iranian official called this week for an 'Islamic Awakening' movement to help Palestinian Authority Arabs "demolish the Zionist regime", the IRNA news agency reported.
Continue reading Iranian Official Calls for 'Islamic Awakening' to Destroy Israel.
U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms.
Continue reading U.S. Israel Envoy says Plans to Strike Iran Are "Ready".
Noble Energy is to hook up two small natural gas fields to Israel's central gas supply to avoid electricity shortages over the summer due to the cut in Egyptian supplies, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Continue reading U.S. Gas Giant Works to Supply Israel with Gas After Egypt Cuts Supplies.
