The agreement was the culmination of almost two decades of negotiations between Israel and the Vatican.
The increased security presence comes in response to the stone throwing and grave desecration that has been occurring with regularity in the area.
Mamun Ismyail Salame Stut was originally sentenced to 38 years in prison for attempted murder, assembling explosives, and membership in a terror organization.
Deal is estimated to exceed $1 billion.
By David Wilder, Tazpit News Agency
USAID continues to offer funding to Arab 'development and humanitarian projects' in Hebron despite Abu Mazen’s attempt to unilaterally declare a ‘Palestinian state’ at the UN in September 2011.
The Freedom and Justice Party will lead the Labor, Planning and Budget committees.
The new technology can provide internet connections 10 to 100 times faster than current speeds.
Egypt's military receives $1.3 billion a year from the US.
Feiglin camp cites absence of voting materials at polling booths in Judea and Samaria.
Canadian FM was "proud" to watch Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations General Assembly last September.
Russia resisting resolution that would condemn Bashar al-Assad and demand his resignation.
While a contentious Likud primary is expected to result in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s landslide victory over Jewish Leadership faction head Moshe Feiglin, a strong showing by the underdog has already impacted Israel’s leading party.
Canada's foreign minister and finance minister are on an official
125,000 Likud members are eligible to vote in polling stations across the country, which opened at 10 A.M. and will close at 10 P.M.
A newly-released study shows that while Israel continues to achieve major secular advances in fields such as science and technology, agriculture and economy, the populace is more religious now than ever before.
Israel is on par with Finland and Sweden as having the best internet defenses.
The individuals were members of the 'Milad Ayyish Battalion'.
Ismail Haniyeh is set to visit Iran, Qatar, and Kuwait.
The three Arab men planned to attack IDF soldiers at a security checkpoint.
Three-day visit by IAEA nuclear experts was scheduled to end on January 31.
Israeli national elections are scheduled for November 2013.
"Shoa", a 9-hour French documentary about the Holocaust, will be broadcast for the first time by a Muslim country.
33 violent incidents were recorded in 2011, in comparison to 69 in 2010 and 50 in 2009.
Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman reported yesterday that Turkey pledged to provide Hamas aid money in lieu of Iran.
The Arab League suspended its observer mission Sunday after government violence this weekend resulted in the deaths of approximately 200 civilians.
PM cites PA broadcast and comments by PA religious leader for incitement.
US Defense Secretary makes statements on '60 Minutes'.
Move comes amid a recent crackdown on pro-democracy NGOs.
After a nasty interchange between Israeli and PA representatives in Amman, Prime Minister Netanyahu telling his cabinet "signs are not particularly good" for peace as a result of negotiations
Raam-Ta'al MK Ahmed Tibi recently made an inflammatory speech praising martyrdom.
Comments were made on a PA-run television show last week.
Netanyahu: "The Eilat Railway will be a passenger railway with a travel time of two hours" from Tel Aviv.
Project head Professor Pini Gurfil says the satellites have great practical applications.
The move comes after intensified Israeli action against Hamas individuals and institutions.
Pollard has served 27 years in federal prison, seven in solitary confinement.
Trip is Jordan is Mashaal's first since being expelled in 1999.
IAEA is expected to visit the underground enrichment site near the city of Qom, in which Iran recently said it had begun uranium enrichment work.
Haniyeh and Erdogan reportedly discuss finances in Haniyeh's first official visit to Turkey.
Reports estimate that the death toll in the weekend government crackdown has exceeded 210.
Netanyahu blames Palestinians for failure of recent negotiations in Amman, Jordan.
The teen loner awaiting trial for the firebombings of two northern New Jersey synagogues has been charged with an additional arson attempt at the Jewish Community Center of Paramus.
The Arab League decision comes in the wake of the uptick in government violence over the weekend.
Father of three suffered burns on face and shoulders while extricating his family from danger.
Micha Lindenstrauss' report on the 2010 tragedy leaked ahead of its release next week.
Meir Dagan expresses opposition to the law.
Eamon Gilmore will meet with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, among others.
Palestinian sources claimed that the Israeli principles presented would destroy any chance for a two-state solution.
General Martin Dempsey acknowledged that US and Israel see the threat differently.
Republican US presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s relationship with Jewish mega-billionaire and foremost donor Sheldon Adelson has raised the ire of critics, who say Gingrich’s very public support for Israel is an exchange for support.
US Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says Palestinians "want to eliminate the state of Israel."
Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education taken offline.
Gabi Ashkenazi says that Israel must 'keep a viable military option on the table.'
Message left on website taunts anti-Israel hacker ox0mar.
MK Yisrael Eichler makes comments in response to Livni's condemnation of ultra-orthodox sector.
Iranian President: "Why should we run away from the negotiations?"
90% of Israeli Jews celebrate the Pesach Seder.
PM Netanyahu recently said that the law would be extended another five years.
Recent poll found that almost 90% of Israeli Jews believe that the American Jewish community is crucial to Israel's security and continued existence.
'Hannibal' claims to have access to a trove of confidential Iranian information.
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman: ""We will reject any request from the Israeli embassy to meet."
By Aaron Klein
Moscow has been trying to water down United Nations Security Council resolutions targeting Syria in recent days, with Russia insisting that any Council action should not only focus on the Assad government, but also the opposition movement trying to end Assad’s rule.
By dvora
Defenders of President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Holocaust were dealt a blow last week when a study by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum rejected a claim they have made regarding the U.S. failure to bomb Auschwitz.
JERUSALEM – Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has ordered a formal Israel Police probe of Palestinian Grand Mufti Muhammad Hussein for incendiary remarks made at a recent gathering of Fatah leaders in Ramallah.
The guarantees will extend through September 2015, are worth $3.8 billion.
Dan Gillerman makes comments at a women's Zionist conference.
'Anonymous Palestine' claims responsibility in tweet.
PA president not excluding possibility of additional low-level discussions.
By Sam Ser
Even before the meeting on Wednesday, PA and Israeli officials declared the talks fruitless, with each side trying to portray the other as the recalcitrant one.
The report was commissioned by the Bundestag in 2008.
The websites of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer and Assouta Medical Center in Tel Aviv were both taken offline.
The Palestinians are reportedly seeking the deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Sa'adat.
By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama won’t show up on the vote tallies after polls close in Florida’s Republican primary on Jan. 31, but the president’s supporters already are waging a fight for the Sunshine State.
Two Palestinian teenagers caught on tape firing on Israeli vehicle last Saturday.
UN agency created to assist, protect, and advocate for 'some 5 million Palestine refugees,' pending a solution to their plight.
King Abdullah reportedly hinted at such measures to get Abbas to talks in Amman.
Russia opposes sanctions and military intervention against Syrian regime.
Suspects allegedly intended to murder the Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan and two employees at the Chabad school in Baku.
A 19 year-old from Lodi, New Jersey has been arrested and charged with attempted murder for anti-Semitic firebombings of 2 Bergen County synagogues.
All cases so far have tested negative for harmful substances like anthrax.
The Lithuanian sage is suffering from pulmonary edema.
Members of terror group’s political echelon had been hiding from law in Red Cross compound.
An ancient Torah scroll once belonging to the great Torah sage Ben Ish Chai has been rescued from war-torn Iraq, and made its way home to Israel’s beach-side community of Netanya on Tuesday.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton scheduled to visit Israel, Judea and Samaria, and Gaza this week.
Footnote, a film by Joseph Cedar, is a film about father-son Talmudic scholars.
By Sam Ser
Dozens of haredim stoned the car of a woman as she hung posters for a lottery; similar incidents have sparked debate over the treatment of women in haredi society
Turkish PM responded to the bill with threats of additional sanctions on France.
Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein has ordered an investigation of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, for comments he made glorifying the killing of Jews as a religious edict for Muslims at a Fatah event recently
Andrew Adler proposed 'taking out' president deemed unfriendly to Israel.
Hannibal has been responsible for the release of several batches of personal information.
36 aircraft would be delivered to Syria at a total cost of $550 million.
IAI and Boeing mark 10 years of collaboration.
Mohamed Saad el-Katatni quoted as saying that Camp David accord "needs reevaluation".
USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the Strait without incident Sunday.
"Strong and quick" pressure on Iran is still necessary, Israeli PM insists.
Total ban on oil imports to begin July 1, 2012.
Khaled Mashaal recently announced that he would not seek reelection as politburo chief.
By Sam Ser
If Bashar Assad does not accept the national unity government proposal, the Arab League will ask the United Nations to step in and end the crisis.
The men had been in staying in the compound for over a year.
Shimon Peres called on Justice Minister Yaakov Ne'eman to prosecute Sheikh Muhammed Hussein.
Israel Bonds raised $1.1 billion in all of 2011.