Arabs MPs heckle, Jews applaud Canada PM at Israel Knesset

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 09:18

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was shouted down by Arab lawmakers at the Israeli Knesset on Monday in a speech which won him a standing ovation from Jewish MPs.

Middle East may flare up if peace talks fail: Israel`s Peres

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 19:11

Middle East could erupt into violence if the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapse, Israel`s President Shimon Peres warned on Monday.

Israel develops laser-based air defense system

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 09:41

Israel is developing a laser- based air defense system for intercepting short-range rockets and other airborne threats, local media said.

Israel to stop gas mask distribution to public

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 09:38

Israel`s security cabinet decided Sunday to end its policy of distributing gas masks to the public from next month, in a move expressing trust in the dismantle process of Syrian chemical stockpiles.

Israel frees prominent Hamas leader

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:29

Israel released a prominent leader from Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday after he spent more than two years in prison, Palestinian officials said.

Israel carries out air raids on Gaza Strip

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 15:22

The Israeli Army launched two air raids on the Gaza Strip overnight in retaliation against a rocket attack on southern Israel, it said on Sunday.

UNESCO postpones Jewish exhibition on Arab warning

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 09:01

UN`s cultural agency has said it would postpone exhibition tracing 3,500 years of relationship between Jewish people and Israel, after Arab countries warned show could jeopardise the peace process.

Israel summons EU envoys in tit for tat after settlement protest

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 04:59

Israel summoned European ambassadors accusing them of pro-Palestinian "bias" damaging to peace prospects, in a tit-for-tat move after Israeli envoys were called in over settlement expansion plans.

Israeli bill to outlaw the word Nazi sparks ire

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:13

An Israeli draft law that would criminalise the use of the word Nazi in most cases has sparked a debate on freedom of speech in a state that was founded out of the ashes of the Holocaust.

Israel summons EU envoys in tit for tat after settlement protest

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:02

Israel summoned European ambassadors on Friday accusing them of pro-Palestinian "bias" damaging to peace prospects, in a tit-for-tat move after Israeli envoys were called in over settlement expansion plans.

Israel summons EU envoys over pro-Palestinian `bias`

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:14

Israel`s foreign minister summoned European ambassadors on Friday over pro-Palestinian "bias" which has harmed peace chances, his spokesman said, after the Jewish state`s envoys were called in over settlement announcements.

Israel advances bill banning Nazi terminology

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 07:40

Israel`s parliament has given initial approval to a bill banning the use of Nazi terminology, media reported on Thursday, with critics saying it violates freedom of expression.