Israel escalated its threats on Tuesday to invade the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rocket fire after a plan to withhold key utilities drew objections from legal experts and foreign powers.
The head of the Anglican Church has gone to Israel to meet the country's chief rabbis for talks Wednesday, his office said.
Dozens of police and protestors were injured on Tuesday in clashes in a Druze village of northern Israel where demonstrators charge a mobile phone mast has caused an outbreak of cancer.
Dozens of police and protestors were injured on Tuesday in clashes in a Druze village of northern Israel where demonstrators charge a mobile phone mast has caused cancer outbreaks.
Israel's Supreme Court was scheduled on Tuesday to hear a plea bargain between the state and disgraced ex-president Moshe Katsav over a string of sex offences that sparked national outrage.
TEL AVIV — Israel has requested a formal partnership with NATO. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been negotiating with the Western alliance for a relationship that would include intelligence exchange, military exercises and joint operations.
TEL AVIV — The Hamas regime is putting in place a security system along its border with Israel. Officials said Hamas's new military has constructed a system of bunkers and rocket launchers along the Israel-Gaza border. They said the Hamas effort was proceeding amid daily clashes with Israel.
Israel began cutting vital fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, following through on a promise to step up pressure on the territory's Hamas rulers after months of Palestinian rocket attacks.
Israel's attorney general told the government on Monday it could not cut electrical power to the Gaza Strip as part of its sanctions against the Hamas controlled territory, although he did approve other measures.
Israel's attorney-general told the government on Monday it could not cut electrical power to the Gaza Strip as part of its sanctions against the Hamas-controled territory, although he did approve other measures. Israel began implementing ...