The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today dismissed the new Amnesty International report on Israel’s military conduct in the West Bank.

1,705 African migrants agreed this month to voluntarily leave Israel, Interior Minister says.

Military orders farmers away from fields adjacent to Lebanese borders.

The human rights group Amnesty International has alleged in a new report that Israeli troops were regularly using excessive, reckless violence in the West Bank. An Israeli government spokesman said the report “smacks of bias, discrimination and racism'' and accused Amnesty of wanting to deprive Israel of the right to self-defense.

Ukraine's acting President Oleksander Tuchynov promised on Wednesday that he would do everything in his power to protect the country's Jewish community, Israeli radio reported.

In interview previewing the April 6 Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, former PM gives insight into peace talks with the Palestinians, praises Netanyahu for toning down approach to US.

Likud, Bayit Yehudi MKs apologize to Shapiro, say that he was upset that closed meeting was recorded without his knowledge.

Police open investigation into haredi ''incitement'' over IDF enlistment of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students; Lapid's security heightened.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to pay a 24-hour visit to Israel Monday with sixteen members of her cabinet who will participate in consultations with the Israeli government at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.

Republican senators are trying to attach sanctions language onto bills relating to other subjects; Israeli envoy to US says pressure on Iran ''dissipating,'' as monthly oil exports increase.