Israel issued a report on Sunday arguing its 2014 Gaza offensive was lawful, a move aimed at pre-empting the release of findings of a U.N. war crimes investigation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scorned as a waste of time.
Israeli military prosecutors closed a probe into the death of four children in Gaza last year and opened three new ones — including an alleged revenge shelling.
Beit Shemesh is a city known in recent years for divisiveness and contentious political demonstrations.
When Israel’s coalition government formed last month, its constituent parties all but ruled out establishing a Palestinian state in the near future.
After huge success in slashing mobile phone rates, new Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon hopes to do the same with sky-high housing costs with reforms aimed at increasing supply and cooling demand by raising taxes on investment homes.
America\’s top general sought to reassure Israel on Tuesday of \”unshakable\” U.S. military support, despite deep strains in political relations over the prospect of a U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran and differences over Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy.
The Islamist Hamas movement that dominates Gaza has gained in popularity among all Palestinians since last year\’s war with Israel, but most feel the devastation caused by the conflict outweighs its achievements, a new poll shows.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he hoped Arab states could press the Palestinians to return to talks to reach a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Ahava Dead Sea minerals cosmetics company, under pressure for operating in the West Bank, is considering opening a manufacturing plant inside Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon voiced concern on Tuesday that Washington\’s supply of advanced arms to Gulf Arab states to deter Iran could eventually challenge Israel\’s U.S.-backed regional military supremacy.
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