Monday's gun attack on IDF patrol resulted from one Syrian soldier's decision to shoot at us, source says.

Leaked report contradicts findings of Swiss experts; radiation scientist says both studies found similar levels of Polonium 210 in Arafat''s body but differed in their explanations of how it got there

Defense Minister praises IDF's Northern Command and the Golan Division for work to secure border, providing humanitarian aid.

Israel has been invited to formally join the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) of the UN Human Rights Council, a move that grants it national rights at the UNHRC.

Deputy FM Elkin urges Germany to give any Jewish-owned art from Munich trove to Jewish or Israeli museums if heirs are not found.

The European Parliament will send a fact-finding mission to assess the situation of Palestinian prisoners in Israel in the beginning of next year, it was announced at a meeting this week of the Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (DPLC).

After an increasing number of religious people ignore rabbinate's ruling, chief rabbis reiterate their stance.

Dozens of Palestinian and European activists on Monday expected to board boats headed from Gaza toward Israeli Navy ships enforcing the blockade on Hamas • IDF begins preparations and has reviewed standing orders to deal with the planned flotilla.

Israel is to join the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) with which it has been feuding for years, an unnamed Israeli official told the news agency AFP. Israeli membership of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) in the UN Human Rights Council had been approved and a formal invitation was expected shortly, the official was quoted as saying.

''Israel will always have Canada as a friend in the world,'' Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday at an annual gala dinner of KKL-JNF in Toronto attended by some 4,000 guests.