Gaza News

Tens of thousands of Gazans living in tents and damaged homes face a wet, cold and miserable winter as Israel’s blockade of the coastal territory continues to prevent the importation of building and reconstruction material. During the last few weeks Gazans...

J Street executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami denied rumors on Wednesday that the lobbying group is facilitating the Washington tour of Judge Richard Goldstone, who authored the UN Human Rights Council report that accused Israel of war crimes during Operation Cast...

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with the parents of captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Schalit holds dual French-Israeli citizenship. After the meeting, the soldier's mother Aviva said she did not receive any new information.

In the monthly newsletter that the hesder yeshiva Birkat Yosef in the northern West Bank settlement of Elon Moreh sends to its students in the army, a soldier in the Kfir Brigade describes how he and his comrades stopped a...

The crash-landing of President Obama's high-profile push for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has resulted in one idea almost no one seems to like: that the Palestinians simply declare their long-envisioned and much-discussed state of Palestine. But some influential Palestinians (and even...

IsraelNN.com) Terrorists from the Hamas-run Gaza region attacked the Western Negev with a Kassam rocket several minutes ago...The Color Red early warning system was sounded in the area, giving residents up to 20 seconds to run for cover.

IsraelNN.com) Starting next summer, commanders of infantry platoons will be equipped with laser rangefinders to help direct artillery fire more accurately. The tiny rangefinder is the size of a matchbox, and its use by IDF platoon commanders will answer a...

Israel has rejected a move by the Palestinians to gain international recognition for an independent state, saying negotiations are the solution. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said such unilateral moves would unravel past agreements to reach Middle East peace. The Palestinians...

Avichai Rontzki as saying at the Hesder yeshiva in the occupied West Bank. "Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood," added the...