Israel

Naseer Judeh has taken up an initiative to bring peace between Israel and Palestine.

Peace talks resume with first face-to-face meeting in more than a year.

Egyptian ballot overshadowed by deaths of 17 people in clashes between army and protesters.

An ultra-Orthodox man was arrested recently on charges of sexual harassment after he verbally abused a woman Israeli soldier for not moving to the back seat of a public bus.

The daughter of ousted Libyan dictator Mummar Gaddafi Aisha is seeking political asylum in Israel, according to a report on the Intelligence Online website.

Pre-emptive assault on Gaza Strip 'terror squad' foils rocket attack on Israel, says IDF.

Israeli security forces arrested prominent right-wing activists in the West Bank early Thursday, reports Haaretz.

“When I walk to school in the morning I used to get a tummy ache because I was so scared … that they were going to stand and start yelling and spitting,” the AP has quoted Naama Margolese as saying.

Around 1,000 pro-democracy activists gathered in Israeli city of Beit Shemesh to rally against ultra-Orthodox Jewish zealots attempting to radicalise religious elements in the country and excluding women from public life.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hamas once close allies but rift appears in relationship after Syrian regime accused of fabricating allegations against the Palestinian militant group.

With scuffles over the Muslim call to prayer, controversy over women's rights and accusations about freedom of expression being stifled, what is happening to diversity and tolerance in the state of Israel?

Hanukkah ceremonies were held in Trafalgar Square in London, Washington D.C. on the Ellipse outside Whitehouse, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Brandenberg Gate in Berlin and in Jerusalem, Israel.

Hundreds of Palestinians welcomed the freed Palestinian prisoners on their homecoming.

Israel has started preparations to release 550 Palestinian prisoners ahead of the second phase of a deal with Hamas that led to the release of soldier Gialad Shalit after five years of captivity in the Gaza strip.

Iran is considering moving its uranium enrichment facilities to safer locations in response to fears of a possible strike from the West.

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters, waving the militant movement's flags, gathered in Gaza to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the founding of the group, which was also relayed on Twitter.

Florence far-right gunman Gianluca Casseri, who shot dead two Africans Tuesday, and Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik may have more in common than expected, experts on far-right movements point out.

Five members of the neo-fascist organisation "Militia" were planning to start "a revolutionary war" against Roman Jews and leading politicians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his support for a law that would ban mosques from using loudspeakers system used for their call to prayer.

The Muslim Brotherhood has called for a review of Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.

Sheikh Youssef al Qaradawi, the outspoken and influential Muslim cleric, has called for a UN-backed intervention in Syria if the Arab League's initiative fails to secure peace.

At least five UN members of a UN peace delegation and a Lebanese civilian have been injured in a bomb blast in southern Lebanon.

A prominent Zionist rabbi is facing trial in Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court on charges of forcible sexual assault.

Israeli ministers reacted angrily after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was quoted saying she feared for the future democracy and the rights of women in Israel.

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has accused his country of 'executing' him as he arrived at Maasiyahu prison near Tel Aviv on Tuesday to being a seven-year jail term for rape.

Saudi Arabia is considering acquiring nuclear weapons, following in the footsteps of Israel and Iran, its former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal said.

Despite spending most of his time in hiding, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah made a rare public appearance in Beifut during celebrations for the Shia holy day of Ashura.

The case of a Tunisian actress who posed semi-nude for a local magazine has underlined a growing trend in the Arab world for activists to use their bodies as part of a political or social protest.

The Israeli government has dropped an advertising campaign by the Ministry of Absorption warning expatriate Israelis against assimilation into American society.

Syria's state-run media says the army test-fired missiles while the air force and ground troops conducted exercises "similar to a real battle," over the weekend in the latest sign of defiance of Damascus.