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Peres says attack on Iran ‘more and more likely’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak are said to be seeking to win Cabinet support for a strike on Iran.

Israel demands UN bin Goldstone Report

Israel demanded on Sunday that the United Nations bin a report critical of its deadly 2008-2009 offensive on Gaza.

Israel demands retraction of UN Gaza criticism

Israel on Sunday demanded the retraction of a United Nations report deeply critical of its deadly 2008-2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Olmert faces growing public mistrust over bribe scandal

Public mistrust is mounting against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, with an opinion poll on Monday showing a majority of Israelis think he should resign over a new probe into…

Israel launches air raid on Gaza

Israel launched an air raid on an uninhabited area of Gaza on Wednesday after warning that it would respond ”in a measured fashion” to continuing rocket fire from the lawless…

Israel says Middle East peace possible in five years

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in interviews published on Friday that the Jewish state could clinch global peace with its enemies within five years, after Arab leaders…

Olmert says he will set Israel’s borders in four years

Acting Premier Ehud Olmert, the frontrunner for the March 28 elections in Israel, has fleshed out a key election promise in vowing to set Israel’s permanent borders within four…

Israel piles pressure on Palestinian leader

Israel was piling pressure on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to end rocket attacks by militant groups in the Gaza Strip ahead of a summit on Monday between Israeli Prime…

Israel mulls U-turn on destroying Gaza homes

Israel looked set on Monday for a U-turn by deciding not to destroy the homes of settlers due to be uprooted from Gaza, as a special unit was established to combat extremist…

Settler leader ‘prepared to die’

Leading Jewish settlers were meeting on Monday to decide whether to call for civil disobedience in protest at Israel’s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and isolated…

At least 15 die in bus attacks in Israel

At least 15 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in the twin suicide bombings of two buses in the southern Israeli town of Beersheva on Tuesday. The attack came hours…

Israeli prime minister faces battle

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was facing a battle on Monday to keep his coalition from fracturing and maintain his majority in Parliament after winning qualified Cabinet…

Fresh suicide blast in Israel

A Palestinian attacker blew himself up outside a nightclub in Tel Aviv early on Friday in the fourth suicide attack since Sunday.