The United States on Monday voiced opposition to Israel's decision to halt the transfer of tax money to punish the Palestinians' bid to join the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to withhold tax money from the Palestinian Authority (PA) in response to the latter's bid to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday, reported Ha'aretz daily.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Thursday over the Palestinian-proposed United Nations draft resolution which calls for Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories by the end of 2017.
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday met the chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in London, seeking to ease the diplomatic tensions over a possible Palestinian bid at the UN to end the "occupation" on the territories occupied by Israel.
Israel will cooperate with a UN inquiry committee investigating attacks on its facilities during the recent Gaza war, Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Islamic Hamas movement on Monday slammed Israel for not allowing the UN inquiry committee from arriving in Gaza to probe the results of the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.
The armed wing of Islamic Hamas movement warned on Thursday of another war with Israel, in case the process of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip is kept obstructed.
Israel's Knesset (parliament) approved on Monday a law that will prevent the government from releasing Palestinian prisoners who were jailed for committing terrorist attacks against Israelis as part of future diplomatic overture or prisoner swaps.
Israel recalled its ambassador to Sweden on Thursday in protest of the Scandinavian country's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, a source with the Foreign Ministry confirmed to Xinhua.
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett's live interview with London-based Sky News on Thursday turned into a heated exchange when he lashed out at the broadcaster for insinuating that Israel is an apartheid state.
UN political chief on Wednesday said Israel's new settlement plans in East Jerusalem threaten the viability of the future Palestinian state, urging meaningful negotiations toward the goal of a two-state solution.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin made a historic visit to the Israeli Arab village of Kfar Qasim on Sunday and condemned a 1956 massacre conducted by Israeli security forces, which left 49 Arabs dead.
Israel has told the New Zealand government that it will not accept New Zealand's new ambassador because the ambassador was also accredited to the Palestinian Authority, according to reports on Monday.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday that he does not believe it is possible to reach a long-standing, permanent truce with Hamas, local media reported.
An Israeli diplomatic official said on Sunday that Hamas has started to rebuild its military capabilities, including rebuilding tunnels and rockets, local media reported.
Israel's Finance Minister on Sunday called on international leaders to hold a regional summit focused on demilitarizing and reconstructing the Gaza Strip, which was devastated following Israel's military offensive against the Islamist Hamas movement.
Latin American countries, including Venezuela, Chile, Peru and Brazil, on Thursday marked the end of Israel's nearly two-month-long offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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