A senior Palestinian official on Monday revealed that the new European Union guidelines prohibiting Israeli entities beyond the Green Line from receiving EU funding was part of a deal that led the Palestinian Authority to resume talks with Israel.
Defense minister says West Bank settlements are important to Israel's homefront defense, need to be strengthened; settler leader says an interim agreement with temporary borders would harm Israel's security.
The Mamilla Mall, near the Old City of Jerusalem, was to have been the target of a Hamas terrorist bombing operation planned for the Jewish holiday season beginning this week, Israel’s General Security Service (GSS), announced Sunday.
-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel deployed its Iron Dome missile defence system to bolster its security as the West weighed military strikes on neighbouring Syria.