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Army court finds Israeli medical sergeant guilty of manslaughter

The Israeli public is split following a guilty verdict in the Elor Azaria manslaughter case.

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Israeli PM denies corruption charges

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been questioned in a preliminary criminal investigation by the anti-fraud unit of the Israeli police.

Israel

Police question Israeli PM in corruption probe

Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under caution at his official residence in Jerusalem as part of an inquiry into corruption.

West Bank

Palestinian woman shot by Israeli police 'was attempting knife attack'

Israeli police say a Palestinian woman, shot and injured by security forces on Friday, had been trying to carry out a stabbing attack.

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Palestinian child caught in IDF stakeout

A group of Israeli Defence Force soldiers apprehended 7-year-old Palestinian boy, Muamen Murad Mahmoud Shteiwi on Friday, December 23, during the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Kafr…

West Bank

Palestinian president: peace talks will resume if construction of settlements is halted

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Israel must halt the construction of settlements in the West Bank before peace talks can begin.

Israel

Israel's PM slams US Secretary of State's speech

Israel's prime minister has denounced a speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry which said settlement building is holding back peace.

USA

John Kerry: Two-state solution will end Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Speaking in Washington, the US Secretary of State said that the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank endangers peace.

Israel

Jerusalem council axes new building permits after Netanyahu intervention

Plans for hundreds of new homes for Jews in mainly Arab East Jerusalem have been dropped by the city council on the personal request of the Israeli prime minister.

West Bank

Palestinian president hails historic UN condemnation of Israel

UN resolution was possible when the US broke with past practice and abstained during voting in the Security Council

USA

Trump calls UN "sad" club after vote on Israeli settlements

On Twitter, US President-Elect Donald Trump mocked the UN as "sad," labeling it "just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time."

Israel

Israel's Netanyahu summons diplomats over UN Resolution

Israel summoned diplomats of 10 of the 14 nations which voted for last week’s UN Resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Israel

Israeli PM Netanyahu to re-assess UN ties

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has reacted angrily to the US abstention on a UN resolution condeming settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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Israel to re-assess UN ties after settlement vote

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will re-assess its ties with the United Nations, after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement buil

World News

US abstention allows Israeli defeat

The US has taken the strongest action in years against long standing ally Israel.

World News

UN Security Council demands end to Israeli settlements

After the US abstained from voting, the resolution was adopted with 14 votes in favour, to a round of applause.

Israel

Israel's ex-president freed from jail after serving five years for rape

Israel’s former president Moshe Katsav has walked free from prison, winning early release, five years after being jailed for rape.

Israel

Disgraced ex-Israeli president to be freed from jail

The disgraced former Israeli president, Moshe Katsav is to be freed on parole after serving five years of a seven year jail term for rape.

USA

Trump picks hardline pro-settlement lawyer as ambassador to Israel

Donald Trump has named hardline pro-settlement lawyer David Friedman as his pick for ambassador to Israel.

Israel

Israeli settlers vow to fight Christmas Day eviction

Dozens of Jewish settlers and their supporters have vowed to resist the imminent eviction of an illegal outpost in the West Bank, after recently rejecting a government relocation deal to move to a nea

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