Israel

Israeli soldiers fire back at Palestinian snipers on the Gaza border

The Islamic Jihad attack came a day after Israel announced that it would ease restrictions on Gaza due to the relative quiet on the border.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrive for a press conference on U.S. President Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on February 11, 2020, in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/Getty Images)

Ehud Olmert asks Israel’s president to expunge his criminal record

Olmert has talked about returning to public life, though it is not clear if he would consider running again for Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to open 2 weeks after elections

The chair of the three-judge panel hearing the case was on the panel that sentenced former prime minister Ehud Olmert to eight months in prison for bribery.

Israelis quarantined for suspected coronavirus will get special voting booths for March 2 elections

Palestinian man tries to stab Israeli police officer at Cave of the Patriarchs

Israel to build a rail line that that will run from Ben Gurion Airport to the Western Wall

US ambassador to Israel leads newly named committee mapping out West Bank settlements for Israeli rule

Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier freed after 5 years of Hamas captivity, is engaged

Pro-Israel political action committee takes heat for anti-Bernie Sanders ads

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