Arkia Airlines and the Jewish Agency signed a cooperation deal on Sunday to fly Jewish immigrants to Israel, putting an end to El Al's monopoly as the only Israeli airline that flies immigrants into the country.
The Office for Israeli Constitutional Law, a non-governmental legal action organization, sent a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week, warning that by labeling Jewish settlements in the West Bank illegal, she is violating international law.
S Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell welcomed with hesitation the Israeli decision to offer a 10-month settlement construction freeze in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem
A federal grand jury in Pennsylvania indicted four men Tuesday for an alleged plot to support the Lebanon-based group Hizbullah through illegal schemes, including buying the group more than 1,000 machine guns.
As Sarah Palin embarked on a tour for her just published book “Going Rogue,” she became the latest prospective Republican presidential candidate to criticize the Obama administration’s policy on Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero that talks between Israel and the United States over construction in the settlements on the West Bank had ended.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday briefed his cabinet about US incentives for a fresh 90-day construction ban as a Peace Now report showed settlers have been building at a furious pace.
