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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he would not take orders over Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, rejected on Sunday a U.S. demand to halt plans to build more homes for Jews in the disputed area.

The United States is "absolutely not" giving Israel a green light to attack Iran, U.S. President Barack Obama told CNN Tuesday.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. suggested on Sunday that the U.S. would not stand in the way of Israeli military action aimed at Iran’s nuclear program.

Israeli archaeologists said on Sunday they had discovered the largest underground quarry in the Holy Land, dating back to the time of Jesus and containing Christian symbols etched into the walls.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday called for creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would ...

Roughly half of Israelis support bombing Iran's nuclear facilities if international efforts to stop the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons fail, according to a Hebrew University poll released Sunday.

A woman in Tel Aviv, Israel, gave her elderly mother a new mattress as a surprise gift, throwing out the old tattered bed her mother had slept on for decades. The gesture ended up bankrupting Annat's mother, who had stuffed her savings of nearly $1 million inside her old bed for decades, Annat told Israel Army Radio.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says Israel is not planning unilateral military action against Iranian nuclear sites.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rebuffed U.S. calls to impose a freeze on all settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, setting the stage for friction with President Barack Obama.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ending a three-day trip, is likely to face questions on Capitol Hill on his refusal ...