EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton deplored Israel’s announcement of new home construction plans in East Jerusalem neighborhoods, including Ramat Shlomo, calling on Jerusalem to end construction intended to accommodate “natural growth.”

Explosion injures five soldiers working to destroy tunnel.

Israel’s Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has canceled a ceremony planned for French President Francois Hollande during his upcoming visit to Israel after the French leader called off a speech to the Israeli parliament and opted instead to speak to students at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University.

PA vows no peace agreement will be completed until all Palestinian inmates freed, as Abbas greets prisoners in Ramallah.

Tensions rise within coalition on eve of prisoner release.Tensions rise within coalition on eve of prisoner release.

''We won't have comfort until they are all released.''

Israel is to release 26 Palestinian prisoners in a second stage of a four-stage process by which 104 Palestinian prisoners will be sent to the Palestinian Authority as part of the agreement to renew peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

In response to several rockets and mortars attacks fired from Gaza into Israel in the past 24 hours, the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck two concealed rocket launchers in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced.

Israel on Sunday morning switched to standard time at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, after Daylight Savings Time (D.S.T) was extended by 3 weeks.

Deputy defense minister: Release endangers Israel's security; Bayit Yehudi calls on ministers to vote for bill against release.