IDF res. colonel killed 40 yrs to date of pilot brother's death.

A retired Israel Defense Forces (IDF) colonel, Seraya Opher, was killed by two Palestinians in a terrorist attack outside a home in the West Bank overnight Thursday.

Police say nearly 1 million mourners converge on city to mourn loss of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yosef; police send hundreds of officers to maintain control ; 200 treated for minor injuries, 8 hospitalized.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who as the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party became a fiery figure in Israeli politics championing the interests of Jews of Middle Eastern and North African origin, died here on Monday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Palestinians must ''recognise Israel as the state of the Jewish people'' in order to achieve real peace.

A 9-year-old Israeli girl, Noam Glick, was wounded in the chest Saturday by a Palestinian in Psagot, a West Bank settlement located near Ramallah.

Czech President Milos Zeman, who starts Monday an official visit in Israel, has proposed to move the Czech embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 4

''Israeli'' describes citizenship, not nationality in an ethnic sense, court rules

Prominent Holocaust historian Israel Gutman has died in Jerusalem, at the age of 90.

Obama agrees it is ''paramount Iran doesn't get nuclear weapons,'' says US is entering talks ''clear eyed,'' taking no options off the table, including military option.