An Israeli F-16 warplane takes off to a mission in Lebanon from an air force base in northern Israel. Israeli fighter jets have attacked central and eastern Gaza Strip following Tel Aviv’s threats of a fresh round of strikes on the blockaded sliver. The Sunday raids targeted al-Maghazi near the Gaza City and al-Qarara in the town of Khan Younis. The locals reported an increase in Israeli military... 

MI6 suspects that airline staff working for Mossad may have copied passports of Britons flying to Israel, News of the World reports, adding authorities also concerned about security searches carried out on British officials attending terrorism conference in country last September. The British secret intelligence service (MI6) suspects that airline staff working for the Israeli secret service Mossad... 

After the worst week in U.S.-Israel relations in 35 years, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington Monday and gave a powerful and effective speech at the AIPAC gala dinner at the Washington Convention Center, warning the world to stop Iran — or Israel will — and respectfully but directly challenging the Obama administration on Jerusalem and the peace process. Netanyahu received... 

If the State Department had issued travel advisory warnings to US government officials about to travel to Israel, Vice President Joe Biden would have no doubt ignored them. A better friend to Israel could not have been found in the 36 years that Biden represented Delaware in the US Senate and there was speculation that his popularity among Jewish voters and major Jewish donors was the primary reason... 

Relations between the U.S. and Israel have sunk to their lowest point in 35 years, derailing hopes for peace in the Middle East. Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. admitted that the crisis was real and dismissed attempts to play down the diplomatic row. Michael Oren said: ‘Israel’s ties with the United States are in their worst crisis since 1975 – a crisis of historic proportions.’ Israeli... 

Dai Bingguo refused to meet the Israelis The prime minister of contract murder, Binyamin Netanyahu, was not long permitted to rejoice over the agreement to sanction Iran which he had wrested from the Russian leadership. A few days later, China made it clear that it would in no case help to carry out such sanctions. Consequently, Netanyahu believed it necessary to pay a visit to the Chinese leadership,... 

Sources close to the Israeli government have warned Executive Intelligence Review that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner cabinet is close to making a decision to launch a preventive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Such a decision, that would be a further step closer to a devastating regional confrontation, could come as early as Sunday, when the Israeli cabinet convenes.... 

Mossad's Motto: "By Way of Deception, thou shalt do War" The number of fake British passports involved in the Mossad assassination of a Hamas leader has doubled to 12, it was revealed last night. Another 15 suspects were yesterday added to the wanted list over the killing of commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel – taking the total to 26. Police in Dubai are convinced Israeli... 

Hamas chief: Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh poses in military garb with his rifle The use of fake passports will be condemned by European Union foreign ministers today, in a move designed to censure Israel over the assassination of a Palestinian militant in Dubai. Diplomatic sources said the statement from officials, meeting in Brussels was intended to show disapproval at the killing Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh... 

An Israeli minister tonight insisted the assassination of a high-ranking member of Hamas should not be considered as murder. Yuli Edelstein, speaking on a visit to the House of Commons, said no-one should become ‘overly emotional’ about the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, which has been widely blamed on the Israeli secret service, Mossad. His remarks came as it emerged that two more counterfeit... 

Rabbi Mordechai Elon Israeli police said on Friday they were looking into allegations of sexual abuse against one of the country’s most famous and politically influential rabbis, in a case that has triggered dramatic headlines this week. Mordechai Elon — known as “Rabbi Motti” by viewers of his popular TV show and by many young men in the West Bank settler movement — has... 

Israeli Goel Ratzon sits in a courtroom at the district court in Tel Aviv, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Ratzon, a 60-year-old Israeli man who kept a harem of at least 21 women who bore him 49 children, has been charged with multiple counts of enslavement, rape, incest and other sexual offenses. An Israeli man who kept a cult-like harem of women and fathered dozens of children with them was charged in a Tel... 

Nancy Anderson, left, is comforted by her husband Michael during a press conference about their son, injured American activist Tristan Anderson, in Jerusalem, Monday, March 23, 2009. Anderson, 38, of Oakland, Calif., was hit in the head with a tear gas canister during a protest against Israel's separation barrier March 13, 2009 and has undergone three brain surgeries at a hospital near Tel Aviv... 

Jared Malsin Israeli authorities today deported an American journalist who was working as an editor for a Palestinian news agency. Jared Malsin, who is Jewish and in his late 20s, was detained at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport eight days ago as he returned from a holiday in Prague. His girlfriend, a Lutheran church volunteer who flew back with him, was deported two days later., but Malsin was... 

Ehud Barak Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has received dozens of death threats from people who fear Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be disbanded as part of peacemaking with the Palestinians, officials said on Wednesday. In November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu infuriated settlers by partially freezing new housing in the enclaves for 10 months. He called the moratorium a bid to coax...