Saeb Erekat says Palestinian waiting to push to join international bodies in order to give Obama and Kerry opportunity to push forward peace efforts; Kerry due to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah on Thursday and Friday.

Following the deadly shooting at the Be'er Sheva bank, here's a look at who meets the specific licensing criteria in Israel, aside from members of the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Police, Israel Prison Service and other official bodies.

'People should be careful not to incite in such ways, so that tomorrow people don't start shooting bank employees like ducks,' banker says in wake of deadly attack.

Israel Police investigating possibility that the assailant, a Jew in his 40s, committed the attack following a dispute with the bank management over a NIS 6,000 overdraft.

The State Department announced the appointment the same day it released its 2012 report on religious freedom that recorded a 'continued global increase in anti-Semitism.'

Despite recent gains, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is still underperforming compared to other global financial centers and is thought to have room to rise.

IDF: We're not aiding the opposition, the aging Sufa may have been left in Lebanon after the 2000 withdrawal.

The Secretary of State's weeklong trip will also see him try to advance his two-month effort to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

In response to class-action suits prompted by investigative report, Tnuva says consumers don't want to know how the sausages are made - even when they're kosher.

'Omar', a political thriller by director Hany Abu-Assad, is the first film to be fully funded by the Palestinian cinema industry.