Israeli arrested after West Bank arson that killed toddler
By DANIEL ESTRIN Israel said Tuesday it was interrogating the suspected head of a Jewish extremist group in the first arrest of an Israeli suspect following last week’s arson attack…
Territorial disputes
UN report on Gaza: Both sides may be guilty of war crimes
By ARON HELLER A much-awaited United Nations report into the 2014 Gaza war released Monday found that both Israel and Palestinian militant groups may have committed war crimes during the…
Analysis: New Netanyahu government headed for turmoil
By DAN PERRY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to cobble together a government dominated by nationalist and religious allies, setting the stage for conflict with the Palestinians and…
AP Analysis: Speech fallout could determine Netanyahu’s fate
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and DAN PERRY With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a tough re-election fight in two weeks, the U.S. Congress has handed him an unprecedented boost with its…
Despite spat with US, Israeli leader fighting Iran nuke deal
By ARON HELLER Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington next week on a last-gasp effort to seal what he hopes will become his signature achievement: preventing Iran from…
Israeli leader calls for mass Jewish influx after attack
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israel’s prime minister on Sunday called for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following a deadly shooting near Copenhagen’s main synagogue, renewing a blunt message…
Ire over Netanyahu’s speech, but Dems hopes to limit fallout
By CHARLES BABINGTON The Israeli prime minister’s upcoming speech to Congress without President Barack Obama’s blessing has angered Democratic lawmakers, but they see little remedy except to hope for minimal…
Lebanese Hezbollah hits Israeli convoy, killing 2 soldiers
Missiles fired by the Lebanese Hezbollah group struck an Israeli military convoy on Wednesday, killing two soldiers in an apparent retaliation for a deadly airstrike attributed to Israel that killed…