The Jewish state is under fire for its stance on African asylum seekers and support of human rights abusers.
The former Israeli prime minister and military man’s legacy is that of "The Bulldozer" – a polarising builder and destroyer.
Thousands of African women and children seeking asylum in Israel staged a protest march in Tel Aviv against the Jewish state’s immigration policies.
At the first of two funeral services, Israel has paid tribute to Ariel Sharon who is viewed as a hero at home and a war criminal by some others.
Following the death of Ariel Sharon, Isreal has increased its security for the former prime minister’s funeral near the Gaza border.
Despite him being a man of war, Sharon’s supporters question whether future leaders will have the same clout when it comes to securing peace.
The former Israeli general and prime minister has died after suffering a stroke and spending the past eight years in a coma.
The UN refugee agency has warned that Israel could be in breach of international law due to its policy of indefinite detention for asylum seekers.
Thousands of African refugees have gone on strike against the Israeli government’s "criminalisation" and "dehumanisation" of asylum seekers.
African asylum seekers have demonstrated outside Western embassies in Tel Aviv in a second day of mass protests against Israel’s immigration policies.
The condition of Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since 2006, continues to decline, says a hospital official.
Thousands of African asylum seekers have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv criticising the state’s long-term detention of illegal immigrants.
Rockets fired from Lebanon have struck northern Israel and triggered retaliatory artillery fire.
Israeli Mossad agents operating in Ethiopia in 1962 unwittingly trained Nelson Mandela in hand-to-hand combat, weaponry and sabotage.
Israel’s right-wing government has cracked down on migrants, seeing them as a threat to public order.
The Arab League has rejected US proposals that would allow Israeli soldiers to be stationed on the eastern border of a future Palestinian state.
The American Studies Association says its move to boycott Israeli schools is "in solidarity with scholars and students deprived of academic freedom".
Israel’s Benyamin Netanyahu’s decision not to attend Mandela’s memorial service failed to give due credit to the Israeli delegation that did attend.
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to cancel a trip to SA is likely to remind many of the difficult relationship between Tel Aviv and Pretoria.
The development of hundreds of settler homes in the West Bank has been approved by a committee of the Israel military, says a settlement watchdog.
Following a claim by the minister of international relations that ministers won’t visit Israel, Collins Chabane has addressed SA’s Jewish community.
Jewish leaders dismiss Israeli politician’s warning that anti-Israel atmosphere will lead to pogroms.
South African ministers do not visit Israel, says International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
The Gaza Strip’s Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, on Saturday denied reports that his group has been involved in fighting outside of Palestine.
A hardline speech has fuelled suspicions that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unwilling to agree to withdrawal from the West Bank.
How can we sort out the conceptual mess that afflicts the debates around the comparison between Israel and apartheid South Africa?
As Iran’s new president reaches out to the West with a message of moderation, Israel’s hawkish approach looks likely to come under pressure.
The US, UK and France want UN-sanctioned use of force should Syria fail to allow destruction of its chemical weapons, but Russia disagrees.
Benjamin Pogrund responds to readers who have had a lot to say about his column, Israel is not apartheid SA.
Israel: Opposing lobby groups vie for public and government support as anti-Zionist protests reveal anti-Semitism.
A small, economically powerful Jewish minority has a perfect right to try its hand at some arm-twisting.
The controversial "Shoot the boer" struggle song has taken on a new form, "Shoot the Jew", which even pro-Palestinian activists have condemned.