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Israeli leaders say the award-winning Israeli actor known for portraying Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof has died in Tel Aviv.

News channel Al Jazeera is formally asking the International Criminal Court to investigate the fatal shooting of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as she was reporting from a Palestinian refugee camp in May.

Two blasts have gone off near bus stops in Jerusalem at the height of rush hour, killing a Canadian-Israeli teenager and injuring at least 18, in what Israeli police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s conference Saturday amounts to a display of support for one American political party ahead of a presidential election that is rare for a foreign ally.

Israel’s departing prime minister says Israel will not participate in an American investigation into the fatal shooting of a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent in the occupied West Bank

Israel’s departing prime minister says Israel will not participate in an American investigation into the fatal shooting of a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent in the occupied West Bank.

Reports in Israel claim that the FBI is going to investigate the killing of a Palestinian-American journalist. Israel's defense minister said the investigation was a 'grave mistake.'

Israel has sworn in its most religious and right-wing parliament after nearly four years of political deadlock and five elections.

Officials say a Palestinian killed three Israelis and wounded three others in a settlement in the occupied West Bank before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel.

An Israel man who was stabbed by a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank last month has died from his injuries

Israel’s prime minister on Sunday issued a plea for national unity, days after he was defeated in national elections by the former premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, with the backing of a far-right ultranationalist party. In a memorial ceremony for the assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned of the deep divisions plaguing the country after the bitter campaign, Israel's fifth election since 2019. Religious Zionism emerged as the third-largest party in Parliament and is expected to play a key role in in Netanyahu’s government.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has yet to call Netanyahu but spoke Saturday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to reaffirm a commitment to a two-state solution.

A statement said Lapid congratulated Netanyahu and has instructed his office to prepare an organized transition of power.

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears set to return to power as head of Israel’s most right-wing government ever after winning this week’s national election.

The apparent comeback of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the dramatic rise of his far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies in Israel’s general election this week have prompted little more than shrugs from many Palestinians.

"We are on the cusp of a very big victory," Benjamin Netanyahu told supporters. He has partnered with the far-right and vowed to impose tougher law enforcement on Palestinians.

Amid high turnout, Netanyahu's bloc of parties looks set to take at least 65 seats, more than enough to build a ruling coalition.

After four inconclusive elections, it looks like the fifth time finally worked for Benjamin Netanyahu.

For the fifth time in four years, Israelis went to the polls, and once again, no clear victor immediately emerged.

In a decisive election, long-serving former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could return to power if exit polls remain the same.

Israel's fifth election in three years has mired the country in an unprecedented political crisis that has eroded faith in democratic institutions.

In the fifth election in 3 1/2 years, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has partnered with fringe elements of Israel's far right to try to unseat centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

Israel's fifth election since 2019 largely presents familiar faces to voters.

Polls show that Benjamin Netanyahu might be able to form a government with a conglomeration of far-right-wing, religious parties, but will he take the risk?

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be edging toward victory in national elections, with nearly two-thirds of ballots showing that he and his ultranationalist and religious allies are poised to achieve a stable majority in the country’s parliament.

No party is likely to win enough votes to govern on its own, and that could hand a lot of power to smaller parties, including Itamar Ben-Gvir's "Jewish Power."

Israeli voters appear to be hopelessly deadlocked as the country heads to elections once again.

Long regarded as a disenfranchised minority, they can break the deadlock that has afflicted the country’s democracy.

Either side could win. But to govern, the centrist bloc may be pushed right, and the rightist bloc to the extreme right.

Lebanon has signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel to an American mediator, and Israel was expected to sign off

Lebanon and Israel signed and delivered copies of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal following months of indirect talks.

Israel is holding its fifth national election in under four years, and once again the race is shaping up as a referendum on former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fitness to rule.

The voices of Israel’s Palestinian citizens are often drowned out or delegitimized in the country’s noisy politics.

The military says Israeli forces have raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank’s second largest city, blowing up an explosives lab and engaging in a firefight

The military says Israeli forces have raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank’s second largest city, blowing up a bomb lab and engaging in a firefight.

The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week are complicating Israel’s balancing act between Russia and the West

The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week are complicating Israel's balancing act between Russia and the West.

The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have complicated Israel's balancing act between Russia and the West. Israel has stayed largely on the sidelines since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February so as not to damage its strategic relationship with the Kremlin. Although Israel has sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine, it has refused Kyiv's frequent requests to send air defense systems and other military equipment and refrained from enforcing strict economic sanctions on Russia and the many Russian-Jewish oligarchs who have second homes in Israel.

The curious incident of the Iranian poodle in the nighttime.

Israel’s Security Cabinet has voted in favor of the U.S.-brokered maritime border deal with Lebanon, the first of several procedural hurdles before the agreement is formally adopted

Israel and Lebanon brokered a historic agreement to resolve a long-running maritime border dispute, following months of negotiations guided by the United States.

The deal is necessary for the two countries to exploit natural gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean.

Israel’s prime minister says the country has reached an “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the U.S. has brokered a “historic breakthrough” between Israel and Lebanon that would end a dispute over their shared maritime border.

Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached a “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations. The agreement would mark a major breakthrough in relations with the two countries, which formally have been at war since Israel's establishment in 1948. There was no immediate confirmation by Lebanon that a deal had been reached.

Israeli authorities are searching for a gunman after a deadly shooting at an Israeli security checkpoint. Police have made three arrests and mobilized a large search party.

Israeli police have arrested at least three Palestinian suspects in connection with a deadly shooting at a Jerusalem checkpoint, and security forces were searching for the suspected gunman

Israeli police have arrested at least three Palestinian suspects in connection with a deadly shooting at a Jerusalem checkpoint, and security forces were searching for the suspected gunman.

The European Union and Israel have held high-level talks for the first time in a decade.

Israel’s prime minister has welcomed a U.S. proposal for setting the maritime border with Lebanon, saying the American plan for resolving a long-running dispute between the neighboring countries would lift Israel’s economy and boost regional security

Israel’s prime minister says that two Ukrainians wounded in the war with Russia will receive specialized medical care in a new program in Israel, which has stayed neutral during the conflict

Talks between Israel and Lebanon on a prized swath of Mediterranean Sea appear to be making progress as the Biden administration urges the two countries to expedite a resolution.

On Monday, a JetBlue flight reportedly traveled above Hurricane Fiona in an unusual flight path. The plane flew at 30,000 to 34,000 feet, as storm clouds reached 45,000 feet.

A former police officer in a small Texas town was found not guilty of murder Thursday in the slaying of a Black man who offered a handshake as the officer arrived to respond to a call about a fight at a convenience store.

Two of the world’s most persistent conflicts have punctuated debate at the United Nations.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, warning Iran that the Jewish State is not afraid to take action against Tehran if necessary.

The meeting comes as both countries face lucrative opportunities to export natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean to an energy-starved Europe.

Israeli police say they have found the body of a Palestinian man suspected of killing an 84-year-old Israeli woman after an overnight manhunt

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sees a global battle between centrists and extremists.

A coalition of lawyers and advocacy groups has referred the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on behalf of her family.

Israeli police say an 84-year-old woman has been beaten to death in central Israel, and they are searching for a young Palestinian man wanted in the killing.

Palestinian security forces exchanged fire with militants in the center of the West Bank's second-largest city Tuesday as angry residents pelted an armored jeep with objects and chased it away. In separate violence, Israeli police said late Tuesday that an 84-year-old woman was beaten to death in central Israel and that they were searching for a Palestinian suspect. Prime Minister Yair Lapid called the killing “pure evil.”

Israel’s prime minister has vowed to begin production at a contested Mediterranean natural gas field “as soon as it is possible.”

Israel's prime minister on Monday vowed to begin production at a contested Mediterranean natural gas field “as soon as it is possible,” threatening to raise tensions with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group. Yair Lapid's announcement in a statement from his office came at a sensitive time in long-running efforts by a U.S. mediator to resolve a dispute over the countries' maritime border. Lapid said it is “both possible and necessary” to reach an agreement with Lebanon, which he said would benefit both countries and “strengthen regional stability.”

The Iranian president’s comment that “there are some signs” that the Holocaust happened but that the issue required more research has sparked an outcry from Israel, a country home to tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors

The Iranian president’s comment that “there are some signs” that the Holocaust happened but that the issue required more research has sparked an outcry from Israel, a country home to tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors.

The Iranian president's comment that “there are some signs” that the Holocaust happened but that the issue required more research sparked an outcry on Monday from Israeli officials, who denounced the remarks as antisemitic Holocaust denial. Hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi made the comment during an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” on the eve of his visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly. When asked whether he believed the Holocaust happened, Raisi said there “are some signs that it happened.”

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made clear that he doesn’t expect an agreement with Iran in the immediate future to restore Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though he said there’s no reason for Iran not to sign up and European countries would remain “patient.”.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says no one will “dictate our open-fire policies,” appearing to reject U.S. calls for Israel to review its rules of engagement following the shooting death of a prominent journalist

Russia has obtained hundreds of Iranian drones capable of being used in its war against Ukraine despite U.S. warnings to Tehran not to ship them.

Israel's prime minister has branded the deal on the table a "bad one," and warned it will give billions of dollars to Iran and its regional militia groups.

The Biden administration says it has responded to Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.

Israel's prime minister says the West is letting Iran manipulate talks over an emerging “bad deal” to curb Tehran's nuclear capabilities.

The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.

Pope Francis had an unexpected visitor during his weekly address, when a small boy joined him on the podium during a general audience.

Germany’s chancellor says that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years.

The attack in Jerusalem followed a tense week between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem's Old City early Sunday, wounding eight Israelis in an attack that came a week after violence flared up between Israel and militants in Gaza.

The three-day conflict killed 44 Palestinians and showcased the precision of Israel’s U.S.-backed antimissile defense system, known as the Iron Dome.

Over three days of fighting, 44 Palestinians were killed, including 15 children and four women, and 311 were wounded. No Israelis were killed.

Israel’s caretaker prime minister appears to have taken a gamble with his preemptive strike against Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza, less than three months before he is to compete in general elections to retain his job.

With a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants holding after nearly three days of violence, Gaza’s sole power plant resumed operations.

A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants has taken effect in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that has killed dozens of Palestinians.

Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are exchanging fire in the worst bout of cross-border violence since an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last year.

Israeli airstrikes have flattened homes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel are persisting for a second day, raising fears of another major escalation in the Mideast conflict.

Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 10 people, including a senior militant, and wounded 55 others.

Israeli police say troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with armed Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.

President Joe Biden has called for “two states for two peoples” — the Israelis and Palestinians — while visiting the West Bank.

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, is describing Joe Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia as “heartbreaking,” accusing the U.S. president of backing down from his pledge of prioritizing human rights.

Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace to “all air carriers,” signaling the end of its longstanding ban on Israeli flights overflying its territory.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid stood side-by-side and declared they would not allow Iran to become a nuclear power.

The White House says President Joe Biden will try to limit physical contact during his Middle East trip because of concern about rising COVID-19 cases.

The widow of Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S.-based writer killed by Saudi government agents four years ago, says she received a commitment that President Joe Biden will bring up the murder when he meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

President Joe Biden has opened a Mideast visit by offering anxious Israeli leaders strong reassurances of his determination to stop Iran’s nuclear program.

President Joe Biden's visit to the Middle East comes as the region is experiencing dramatic changes and struggling to address deep problems.

The Polish president says Poland and Israel have taken a step toward normalizing diplomatic ties as the Israeli ambassador officially presented his credentials in Warsaw.

President Joe Biden is heading to the Middle East for the first time since taking office last year.

The leaders of two parties in Israel’s outgoing government coalition announced that they would merge ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Israel’s prime minister has expressed hope that his country will establish formal diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia.

Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.