Tag: Israel

Israeli ministers are threatening a broad range of economic and political sanctions against the Palestinians in response to their high-stakes campaign to seek full...

US President Barack Obama embarks on a diplomatic marathon this week at the United Nations, touting his approach to Libya, but hoping to contain...

President Mahmud Abbas has promised Palestinians he will seek UN membership before the Security Council next week, amid mounting opposition from Israel and the...

Israel's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the Egyptian ambassador after statements by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, who said the peace treaty between the two...

Israel has boosted its army presence in the West Bank ahead of a Palestinian recourse to the UN amid fears they may resort to...

Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Danny Navon was returning to Israel on Thursday with his staff, fearing a large demonstration outside the embassy in Amman...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government was consulting with Egypt on arrangements to return Israel's ambassador to Cairo after...

Israeli officials called on Sunday for relations with Egypt to return to normal despite Friday's attack by a mob on Israel's embassy in Cairo. "We...

A senior Israeli official on Friday called Turkey's announcement that Turkish warships would escort any future convoys to the Gaza Strip as "harsh and...

Israel will not apologise to Turkey for a deadly May 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and will not lift its blockade on the...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a total freeze on military and trade ties with Israel and threatened Tuesday to visit Gaza as...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged “real” economic change Sunday after huge nationwide demonstrations which broke Israeli records, as the media mulled the protest movement’s...

Israel wants to calm a fierce row that has erupted with one-time ally Turkey over a 2010 raid on an aid flotilla, but not...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Turkey and Israel on Saturday to improve their relationship and accept the recommendations of a U.N. report into...

Israel expects a massive vote for the Palestinians when they seek membership of the United Nations next month, Haaretz newspaper on Sunday quoted Israel’s...

A days-old truce announced by Gaza militants appeared to be fast unravelling on Thursday after 24 hours of air strikes left six Gazans dead...

The Arab League on Sunday condemned Israeli air assaults on the Gaza Strip and said the United Nations must take action to end the...