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Fatah, Hamas agree to form caretaker government without Fayyad
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have agreed to hold elections next May and are due to establish a caretaker...
Netanyahu shelves bill on judicial appointments
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the shelving of a bill that would require candidates of the Supreme Court to face...
Palestinian activists start series of civil disobedience protests
Police yesterday evening arrested six Palestinian activists who tried to ride an Egged bus into Jerusalem, in an effort to...
Jordan’s King Abdullah: Syrian President Assad should resign
Jordan’s King Abdullah told the BBC yesterday that if he were Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, he would step down as...
EU threat to tighten Iran sanctions, divided over possible military option
In a meeting held yesterday in Brussels, European Union foreign ministers threatened to tighten sanctions on Iran over its nuclear...
Controversial judicial appointment bills pass Knesset reading
Two bills aimed at reforming the judicial appointments system passed their first reading in the Knesset yesterday amid strong criticism....