Five months after Israel promised to introduce measures to ease the allegedly illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, there are few signs of real improvement on the ground, 22 international human rights and humanitarian organizations charged in a report...

Seven members of one family, including a pregnant woman and two children, were killed when the minibus they were traveling in ignored traffic signals and crossed the tracks right into the path of a speeding train, rescue services said.

Itai Ben Dror accompanied police yesterday to the Netanya home where he lived for the past year, and where he is suspected of having taken the lives of his three young children early Saturday morning. The suspect, accompanied by investigators from the...

Israel asked EU countries to prevent flotilla vessels from leaving from their ports and to prevent their citizens from taking part, turning its attention to the diplomatic front as the wave of boats aiming for Gaza’s shores continues to grow. The...

The Israeli military has partially opened a motorway that runs through the occupied West Bank to Palestinian drivers, to comply with a ruling by Israel’s Supreme Court. For Israelis, Highway 443 is a major link between Jerusalem and Tel...

Ten years ago, on May 24, 2000, the IDF completed its unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon. This year on May 24, the IDF, some might say, was busy paying the price for its rushed pullout, as some 40 local councils ran civil defense drills to...

Three fifths of Israelis support dismantling settlements in the disputed territories, according to a survey conducted by the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 60% of the Israeli public...

Russian-Israeli billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak has been indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering. He is accused of seeking to buy a Dutch company without revealing his role in financing the deal, in contravention of Israel’s laws on money...

Israel’s powerful security cabinet warned on Wednesday it would hold Hamas responsible for any attacks from its Gaza stronghold and kept in place a crippling blockade of the Palestinian territory. In the face of US pressure, Prime Minister...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considers the lifting of the Iranian nuclear threat his life’s mission. Before coming to power, he had mentioned that such an operation might cost thousands of lives, but the price was justified in view of the...