West Bank center gains backing for university status Israel’s education minister expressed public support for turning a West Bank university center into a full university, and the Finance Ministry announced extra funding in advance of a committee vote on the issue.
Protesters torch National Insurance Institute branch Protesters set fire to a branch of Israel’s National Insurance Institute in solidarity with a man who set himself alight the previous night.
Clinton asks Israeli leaders to bolster Palestinian Authority Israel and the United States are on the same page on Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters in Jerusalem.