Israel's Cabinet approved a plan to bring about 8,000 more Ethiopians to Israel over the next four years.

gypt is not doing enough to stop arms smuggling into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli intelligence official said Sunday, in a rare criticism of Cairo.

''What is the point of negotiating while Israel is continuing to steal Palestinian land?'' say PLO panel officials in response.

Obama calls measure “very constructive step,'' says Netanyahu ''is serious''; rightists show stiff resistance.

What benefits Israeli security more - a few more trailers on some hilltops or doubling the number of advanced fighters in its inventory?

In every generation new foils rise up against Likud prime ministers to trap, restrain and constrain them.

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.

US President Barack Obama said Sunday it was a ''promising'' sign that Israel's prime minister was reviewing a package of US incentives aimed at halting Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank.

In the Israel Defense Forces, under the guidance of army rabbis, some 5,000 young soldiers in the last decade have undergone a conversion process seen as rigorous but welcoming.

Secretary of State criticizes Israel's settlement plans as 'counterproductive'; Egypt: Israel not doing what it is supposed to do.