As Israeli President Shimon Peres’ term in office will come to an end this summer, the Speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, Yuli Edelstein, will meet this week the various candidates to succeed the 90-year-old statesman and is expected to announce a date for the vote next week.

Groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, say acceding to the court would end impunity for alleged war crimes.

Nedal Amar lured his co-worker Hazan to the West Bank with promise of criminal score and then killed him.

Defense Minister tells Knesset panel that Israel opposes Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, thinks it probably won't come to fruition anyway.

According to IDI/TAU poll, only 9% of Israelis see achieving peace with Palestinians or improving country's image as top priority.

In harshest attack on Abbas in two years, foreign minister says the Palestinian leader ''consistently rejects peace.''

This year's Israel Prizes were awarded to eight laureates across a variety of categories.

President tells Channel 2 that his meetings with Abbas were put on ice by PM at point when an agreement was near; sources in the PM's Office deny that Abbas agreed to anything at the time.

The State of Israel started Monday night to mark its 66th birthday, with Yom Haatzmaut, the official Independence Day ceremony kicking off the festivities.

150,000 ladybugs have been released in Northern Israel in an effort to save Israel’s iconic “sabra” prickly pear cactus from a voracious aphid that threatens to render it extinct in a number of regions of the country