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Israel will boycott the Israeli Film Festival in Paris over its screening of Foxtrot - an Israeli film in which IDF soldiers kill and bury four Arab youths.

Former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer was arrested in Israel after fleeing Australia. Leifer, who is in her 50's, faces 74 allegations of rape and sexual abuse of children

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to continue strikes in Syria despite the risk of sparking a conflict with Iran via its Syrian and Lebanese proxies.

IDF's aerial raids decimate Iranian and Syrian positions as Israel quickly steps up its response.

Netanyahu's government is offering 20,000 male migrants, most of whom are from Sudan and Eritrea, $3,500 (£2,500) and a plane ticket to what it says is a safe destination in Africa.

The Syrian regime claimed that most of the projectiles fired by Israeli forces were intercepted.

An Israeli minister said he was "honoured" that Poland had cancelled his visit after condemning a law making it a crime to blame Poland for Holocaust atrocities.

During World War II Algeria was under the control of France's Vichy government, which collaborated with the Nazis.

Initially, up to 20,000 refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, will receive notices.

Polish senate backs bill making it illegal to attribute crimes of Nazi Germany to Polish state or people.

Israeli rights group sues New Zealand activists over full-page ad in Washington Post that urged pop star to cancel Tel Aviv show.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) warns of Iran's interference and growing Hezbollah influence in Lebanon.

Proposed Polish law that would make it illegal to accuse Poles of complicity in Holocaust is attempt to rewrite history, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A year into Donald Trump's inauguration, tourist numbers have fallen by four percent with the economy losing $4.6bn in revenue.

Although the agenda for the meeting is not known, Syria and Iran's presence in the strife-torn region are expected to figure.

Gay couple Ethan and Elad Dvash-Banks sue US after one twin son born via surrogate denied citizenship as he has Israeli DNA.

El Al pilots refuse to deport Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to home countries where they face risk of death.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a spectacular collection of 900 ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered in the Qumran caves outside Jerusalem in 1947.

Up to 40,000 African refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, are at the risk of deportation or imprisonment in Israel.

Oliver McAfee, 29, disappeared on 21 November while riding solo along the Israel National Trail near the small town of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev.

An Israeli man, Moshe Harel, described as the ringleader of a global organ trafficking network has been arrested in Cyprus.

Iran's chief public prosecutor says the ongoing anti-government protests are the result of a CIA plot.

Video emerges shows protesters at a Holocaust exhibition in Tunisia tearing down posters and chanting 'Free Palestine'.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out air strikes for two consecutive days against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli prime minister castigates Arab protesters for demonstrating against him during a visit to northern town of Ein Mahil.

A French children's magazine has been withdrawn from newsstands after it listed Israel alongside North Korea as places that weren't considered "real countries".

Israeli authorities are mulling to name a station in Jerusalem after the US president as a mark of courtesy for recognising the ancient city as capital.

New Zealand pop star Lorde has cancelled her planned concert in Israel following pressure from fans not to endorse the Jewish state and the status of Palestinians.

The total population of four out of the eight countries who backed the US plan to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital is 191,000 - smaller than Huntsville, Alabama.

Part of the patient's shinbone was removed after road accident eight months ago, and has now been regrown in a radical new procedure by Israeli doctors.