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Livni could head new party; Labour, Yesh Atid recruit candidates
Israel’s former-foreign minister Tzipi Livni is set to make a decision over the coming days on whether or not to...
Israel’s ambassador to the US: strike to delay Iran better than inaction
Israel’s Ambassador to the US said yesterday that Israel would be willing to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, even if doing...
Lebanese violence over Syrian divide threatens instability
Violence erupted yesterday at the funeral of General Wissam al-Hassan, who was killed in a Beirut car bomb on Friday,...
Lebanon sectarian abductions raise fear of Syrian conflict spillover
Armed Shiite militants in Lebanon said yesterday that they had captured more than 20 Syrians and would hold them until...
Fatah scores mixed results in local Palestinian elections
Early indicators suggest that the Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may have won control of just six...
Defence Ministry to issue 6,000 work permits in gesture to Abbas
As a gesture to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel’s Defence Ministry is seeking to grant an additional 6,000 permits...