Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed with Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday to assemble a task force to monitor the implementation of a construction freeze in West Bank settlements.Read More
Steven Spielberg and the producer of “Everybody Loves Raymond” are producing a reality television series set at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital.Read More
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether Israeli organized crime is connected to an attack at a local synagogue.Read More
Richard Goldstone was honored with a human rights award.Read More
Israel has approved the construction of 84 buildings in West Bank settlements, despite a 10-month moratorium on new building in the territories announced a week earlier by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Read More
The mayor of a West Bank settlement was arrested after preventing government inspectors from entering the community to enforce a construction freeze.Read More
The Jewish Labor Committee is calling on Jews to boycott Hyatt Hotels.Read More
Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a petition to release information about the deal for the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit.Read More
The European Union is set to officially call for Jerusalem to be divided and serve as the capitals of both Israel and Palestine.Read More
Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch on Monday said there was no point in naming the prisoners whom Hamas wanted freed in exchange for Gilad Shalit, since a deal had yet to be reached for the abducted Israeli soldier’s release.Read More
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