Benjamin Netanyahu has curbed building projects in Jewish settlements, say media reports, in a bid to help the US revive peace talks with Palestine.
US President Barack Obama has said that settlement building in the occupied West Bank did not "advance the cause of peace".
Barack Obama has headed to Israel on a mission to soothe tensions with his hosts but faces scepticism about his plans to thwart Iran’s nuclear threat.
Efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, said Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli prime minister’s aides accused United States president of interfering in Israel’s elections.
Israel moved ahead with plans to build 3 000 settler homes in one of the most sensitive areas of the West Bank.
Israel plans to build thousands of new homes for its settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, defying a UN vote.
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has called US President Barack Obama and the two discussed options for "de-escalating" the situation in Israel and Gaza.
World leaders have been quick to congratulate US President Barack Obama on his re-election, and used the opportunity to punt their interests.
On a train ride through Jerusalem’s various enclaves, no one is prepared to bet against Netanyahu.
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked furious debate over refugees and migrant workers from Africa, claiming they threaten the nation’s security.
Israel has begun plans to build a controversial detention centre for refugees and illegal immigrants. It is meant to detain "infiltrators".
Millions of Israelis stood silently and all road traffic stopped as sirens wailed for two minutes to remember the Jews killed during the Holocaust.
Israeli and Palestinian officials say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad in coming weeks.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says international sanctions are hurting Iran’s economy but not enough to persuade it to curb its nuclear ambitions.
An uncompromising speech in the US by Israel’s prime minister has persuaded the public back home that war with Iran is possible, perhaps even likely.
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/ 26 January 2012
Israel’s defence minister Ehud Barak warns tougher sanctions are needed against Iran despite the unprecedented oil embargo agreed by the EU this week.
The office of Israel’s Prime Minister says the Cabinet has approved a $160-million programme designed to stanch the flow of illegal migrants.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation’s application for UN membership in weeks.
Palestinians used the mechanics of diplomacy to grab a rare moment in the international sun, forcing the world to pay attention to their cause.
US and European powers stepped up a diplomatic scramble on Sunday to avoid a UN showdown on the Palestinian plan to seek full UN membership.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he would uproot settlements in a "generous" peace deal with Palestinians, but ruled out a return to 1967 borders.
Benjamin Netanyahu said he would set forth his view of a Middle East peace on Tuesday and reaffirmed Israel would never return to its old borders.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Saturday that he was locked in crisis with President Barack Obama.
Palestinians will seek recognition as a United Nations member-state in September given the deadlock in US-brokered peacemaking with Israel.
Palestinian officials say further negotations are pointless after Israel rejected President Barack Obama’s call to base talks on pre-1967 war lines.
Barack Obama failed to resolve the rift with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over the Middle East peace process after talks.
A surprise deal to end decades of rivalry between Fatah and Hamas was on Thursday welcomed by the Palestinian leadership, but denounced by Israel.
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/ 11 January 2011
Tzipi Livni’s Kadima party is to oppose legislation to investigate funding of civil and human rights groups in Israel.
Australia said it would urgently send fire-fighting experts to Israel to help it combat a massive blaze that has raged for three days.
A major forest fire killed at least 40 people in northern Israel on Thursday, including prison guard cadets trapped in a bus.
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/ 22 November 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said told his Likud party there was no deal to reach a border agreement within the new 90-day freeze.