Israeli troops thwart attempted stabbing attack
05-20 20:11
Soldiers manning a temporary checkpoint south of Jerusalem foiled an attempted stabbing by a Palestinian man on Sunday, Army Radio reported.
Palestinians express anger on occasion of Israel's Jerusalem Day
05-20 20:08
The Palestinian leadership on Sunday said all Israeli measures in East Jerusalem are "invalid," while the Islamic Hamas movement called for an uprising against Israel if right wing activists should storm the Old City.
Israel chides S. Africa over separate labels for settlements products
05-20 20:06
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday criticized a South African decision to label products originating in West Bank settlements separately from products made in Israel proper.
Israeli forces nab Islamic Jihad kidnapping cell
05-20 19:38
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Sunday announced the arrest of an Islamic Jihad cell that attempted to kidnap Israeli civilian motorists and hitchhikers.
Israel moves Palestinian prisoners out of solitary confinement
05-17 21:51
Israel started on Thursday moving Palestinian prisoners from solitary confinement to ordinary detention facilities, implementing part of an Egyptian-mediated deal that ended a mass hunger strike this week.
5 Palestinians wounded in Israeli fire in Gaza
05-17 17:09
Five Palestinians were wounded Thursday during artillery shelling and shooting that accompanied an Israeli army incursion in the Gaza Strip.
Abbas to resume statehood bid in UN: official
05-16 19:50
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will resume diplomatic efforts to obtain statehood through the United Nations after starting to "despair of" resuming peace negotiations with Israel.
Israeli DM notes two W. Bank settlements to remain in any final agreement
05-15 21:36
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Israel plans to hang on to two major settlements in the West Bank in any potential Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, local newspaper Haaretz reported Tuesday.
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops on "Nakba Day"
05-15 19:05
Several dozen Palestinians in Bethlehem hurled stones at Jewish worshipers at one of Judaism's holiest sites during "Nakba (catastrophe) Day" protests Tuesday morning, as demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.