Sen. Charles Schumer's criticism of the Obama administration's Israeli policy drew a rebuke from the White House.

A delegation of Israeli Arabs, including six Knesset members, is visiting Libya.

Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that Israel would not attack Iran without consulting the United States and that Jerusalem clearly saw sanctions as the next step to deal with Teheran’s nuclear program.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak and US Middle East envoy George Mitchell discussed ways to resume stalled peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians during a meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Friday morning.

U.S. Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell arrived in Israel for meetings with Israeli officials and later in Ramallah with Palestinian officials.

Two Katyusha rockets reportedly fired at Eilat from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula landed in Jordan.

An Israeli embassy opened in New Zealand for the first time since 2002.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk said on Wednesday that if Israel is a superpower that manages alone, then it can make decisions alone.

The relationship between Israel and the U.S. "will only be strengthened in the months and years to come," U.S. President Barack Obama said in a special statement for Israel's 62nd Independence Day.

Israel may come under new pressure next month at a UN meeting on atomic weapons