Livni: No chance Israel can reach peace deal with Hamas

Syrian president hits out at Israel in interview.

Social protests held for second straight week.

Judges put 25-year-old man under investigation to determine whether he helped Merah steal scooter that was used in attack.

"Israel and Russia have excellent dialogue," the head of the security-diplomatic branch of the Defense Ministry says.

Finance minister working to build a “coalition within the coalition” to create alternative to religious marriage.

In past week PA security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media.

Egyptian policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven hostages are freed.

According to Al-Arabiya report, opposition claims chemical weapons used in Damascus and another town.

'Times of London' quotes Israeli officer as saying Israel prefers "the devil it knows."

Turkish PM to meet with Hamas leaders, Abbas in visit next month to Gaza Strip and West Bank.

French defense minister says increased pressure is justified; calls to defeat Iran's stalling tactics in IAEA talks.

Dempsey: Recent shipment of advanced Yakhont missiles "ill-timed" and could prolong suffering of bloody civil war.

Revisions of controversial publication made after uproar over text's rejection of Jewish scriptural-based rights to Israel, BBC reports.

German FM meets with Netanyahu, Peres in J'lem; expresses support for US initiative to restart peace process.

Italian court sentences Moroccan man to 5 years in jail for planning terrorist attacks on Milan synagogue, Jewish school.

A feeble state authority leaves Lebanon vulnerable to the spillover effect of the savage civil war raging in Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the move of the Arab League delegation as “a very big step forward.” In Israel, the reaction was more mixed.

Israel Navy’s Arena Command Post female controllers monitor all sea traffic and watch for hostile ships.

Unflattering appearance on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares sends Samy Bouzaglo and wife into expletive-laden Facebook fury.

How Lapid is handling his shift from political darling to national whipping boy.

The achievements of the visionary founder of Scitex are in sharp contrast to the misdeeds of the current crop of Israeli tycoons

Health Scan: low-fat dairy products, which are also healthier, should be cheaper than high-fat ones.

Leah Abramowitz, a veteran social worker and specialist in caring for Alzheimer’s patients, is retiring at 78.

Israeli experts weigh in on Angelina Jolie's mastectomy.

The Performance 0:2 conference will feature avant-garde lectures, panel discussions, workshops and shows.

The contemporary Beijing Dance Theater makes its Israeli debut in June.

Jazz pianist Anat Fort is ecstatic about her upcoming performance with her idol Shalom Hanoch.

Hundreds expected to attend 3-day festival in Portuguese capital set to open on May 22.

Jewish culture news worldwide: Ari Folman at Cannes; "The Goldbergs" hit network TV; Amy Winehouse exhibit.

Zsigmond Perényi to discuss recent anti-Semitism in his country with Foreign Ministry officials.

The approval of a Be’er Tuviya natural gas plant was not on the meeting’s schedule, the residents complained.

1,000 cubic meters of water per hour will be discharged next month from the Sea of Galilee to replenish river.

Delek Group reports signs of significant gas presence from the Karish 1 well; Energy Minister Shalom praises announcement.

From the early stages of the conflict Assad has relied on his praetorian units.

It is becoming evident that a veiled agenda underpinned the recent Turkish willingness to consider a rapprochement with Israel.

Candidly Speaking: It is now clear that, despite repeated previous appeals over many years by outside parties urging the Claims Conference to impose more effective supervision, gross negligence was the order of the day.

It is one thing for the ultra-religious to practice their belief system as they wish among themselves, and something wholly different when they try to impose it on the majority of the society.

iI was no surprise that Meitarim Ra’anana’s traditional annual Tikkun Shavuot epitomized its pluralistic educational philosophy.

My house is a decayed house, / And the jew squats on the window sill, the owner. (From “Gerontion”) On the Rialto once. / The rats are underneath the piles. / The Jew is underneath the lot. From “Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar”).

Obama administration targets those who oppose, expose failure of president's policies.

For a secure Israel to regain legitimacy, the idea of a Palestinian state must be discredited as a possible means of resolving conflict.

Territorial swaps were already discussed by then-premier Ehud Barak in his near-desperate peace-drive of 2000-2001.