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Hadar Shavit, 39, from the town of Lapid.   Shavit, a veteran pilot, revealed only upon boarding the helicopter that Ran Lapid, a distant relative of his, would be at the helm. Lapid was also killed in the crash. "I...

President Barack Obama and visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting in the White House Monday night, in an attempt to re-launch the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.     The two leaders discussed security cooperation on a...

US efforts to revive the Middle East peace process floundered Tuesday after US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held closed door talks amid signs of friction. The two went into talks after the US renewed its...

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...

Israel and the Palestinians are preparing a prisoner exchanger that could lead to the release of an Israeli soldier who has been held for more than three years In the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Palestinian militants will be released by...

Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva religious school in the occupied West Bank, says Jews are allowed to murder even non-Jewish babies and children if they pose a threat to Israel, Haaretz reported. Shapiro said Jews...

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.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians , Palestinian medical workers said. An army spokesman said the strikes, which occurred after a rocket fired from the Hamas...