An Israeli government panel of ministers has approved a list of 26 Palestinian prisoners to be released on Monday in the framework of the peace talks with the Palestinians.
At least five rockets were fired Sunday morning from Lebanon at Israel. One of the rockets landed west of Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli city near the Lebanese border.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said he is looking for legal ways to ban controversial humorist Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, whose shows have repeatedly insulted the memory of Holocaust victims and could threaten public order.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed the Iron Dome rocket defense system in Ashdod, Beersheba and Sderot after two rockets launched from Gaza landed near Ashkelon early Thursday.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has called on US President Barack Obama to commute the sentence of Jonathan Pollard and secure his release during this holiday period.
As a result of the killing Tuesday of an Israeli civilian on the Israeli-Gaza border by a sniper from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) retaliated and targeted terror sites in the Gaza Strip.
The World Jewish Congress (EJP) on Sunday mourned the passing of its long-time president Edgar Bronfman, who died on Saturday in New York at the age of 84.
A tragedy was prevented Sunday in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, when a bomb exploded in a bus in the city, shortly after the passengers were evacuated after it was spotted.
The Guardian and The New York Times cites British intelligence document indicating that surveillance was conducted against Israeli leaders, other allies.
