The foreign minister said that he “rejected any attempts to sully all of Yisrael Beytenu.”

The two are under the investigation of Israel's security agency, the Shin Bet.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted the plight of Christians in the wider Middle East, in a special Christmas address, while contrasting Israel as a safe-haven for the region's Christian minorities.

Moshe Kahlonm leader of new party, unveils his first candidate for the March 17 election as Israel's former ambassador to the US.

The group said in a statement issued in the Gaza Strip that, “The enemy alone bears the responsibility of the repercussions of its uncalculated actions.”

The army chief was commenting on the Palestinian sniper fire that left an IDF soldier seriously wounded near the Gaza frontier on Wednesday.

Security forces at West Bank checkpoint uncover a number of pipe bombs in possession of the suspects.

IDF responds to attack with tank fire and air strike; reports that Hamas field commander killed by IDF fire; Hamas: Israel is ''playing with fire.''

Defense minister: In north, Hezbollah remains deterred, and Free Syrian Army-linked groups are preventing radical Islamists from approaching our border.