US National Security Adviser is in Israel with other top American officials to report on the progress with Iran over its nuclear program; tells PM that US will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.

In harshest attack on Abbas in two years, foreign minister says the Palestinian leader ''consistently rejects peace.''

A new study by Prague's Jewish community released on Monday registered a significant increase of attacks against Jews on the Internet for the second straight year.

Venezuela’s Jewish umbrella body CAIV has presented a new study in which an unusually high number of anti-Semitic incidents in the country is recorded for the year 2013.

This year's Israel Prizes were awarded to eight laureates across a variety of categories.

President tells Channel 2 that his meetings with Abbas were put on ice by PM at point when an agreement was near; sources in the PM's Office deny that Abbas agreed to anything at the time.

Obama: ''US was first nation to recognize Israel'' and is now the first to come to Israel's defense.

The State of Israel started Monday night to mark its 66th birthday, with Yom Haatzmaut, the official Independence Day ceremony kicking off the festivities.

150,000 ladybugs have been released in Northern Israel in an effort to save Israel’s iconic “sabra” prickly pear cactus from a voracious aphid that threatens to render it extinct in a number of regions of the country

This year the celebration takes on a somewhat different format, as all 14 beacon lighters are women.