Shmuel Birnham's road from Vancouver rabbi to official Jewish clergyman of the 2010 Winter Olympics began, in all places, at an interfaith service with the Dalai Lama.
Prisoner swap negotiations over the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit have "collapsed" due to policies set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said Tuesday in an interview with the BBC.
The American political commentator and Harvard law professor Alan M. Dershowitz has strongly attacked South African judge Richard Goldstone, who headed a UN panel that produced a damning report on Israel’s conduct during the Gaza war.
Police in Egypt have arrested 25 Muslim extremists suspected of having planned a terrorist attack against Jewish pilgrims who visited the grave of the Kabbalist rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira near Alexandria several weeks ago.
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday denied that two of its senior officers had been summoned for disciplinary action after headquarters staff found that the men exceeded their authority in approving the use of phosphorus shells during last year's military campaign in the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli government wrote in a recent report.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must have a presence in the West Bank even after a peace agreement is achieved, the first time he has spelled out such a demand.
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon declared Monday that Israel's relations with the United States have "never been better", telling delegates to the Herzliya Conference that the allies' ties go well beyond dealing with the Middle East conflict.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak spoke personally multiple times on Sunday in an effort to settle their dispute over whether to form a committee to probe Operation Cast Lead.
Israeli security forces last month arrested two Hamas militants suspected of plotting attacks against civilian targets across Israel, it was revealed on Sunday following the lifting of a gag order.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday that Israel would retain control of a large West Bank settlement under any future arrangement with the Palestinians.
