Barak Ravid

With state ultimatum to dismantle large portion of Migron set to expire in three days, Netanyahu says government will 'respect court decion while continuing to strengthen settlements.

Foreign minister urges cabinet to issue ultimatum to PA president and thwart his UN bid.

Israel believes the report backs up claims that Tehran has sped up its nuclear project, while the White House insists that findings don’t change the working assumption that there is still time to resolve the crisis diplomatically.

Meeting with visiting U.S. congressman Mike Rogers in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said information revealed Thursday proves Iran continues to ignore international demands.

In closed discussion, defense minister attempts to dispel impression that Israel seeks to intervene in Palestinian politics: 'Abbas is no Zionist... but to suggest that we should try to oust him - that's a strange idea.'

South Africa’s envoy to Israel to be reproached over his nation’s decision to label Israeli goods originating from settlements in the West Bank.

Palestinians condemn Lieberman's letter to Mideast Quartet calling for new PA elections; Netanyahu's office says Lieberman's position doesn't represent that of the prime minister.

Abbas' spokesman urges world leaders to reject a letter by the Israeli foreign minister which calls for new PA elections and the removal of the Palestinian president.

In letter sent to the foreign ministers of the Middle East Quartet, Lieberman calls PA a 'despotic government riddled with corruption.'

Foreign minister tells senior Israeli diplomats that deployment of Egyptian military tanks and aircraft in Sinai is a violation that must not be ignored.

Israeli envoy to Sofia called in for clarifications after Minister Ayoob Kara's chief of staff met with Syrian opposition members, presenting himself as a special envoy for the Israeli government.

Some want the spiritual leader of Haredi party Shas to support a strike, others to oppose it. At least one visit, in which the rabbi was briefed on Iran's nuclear program, came at Netanyahu's behest.

Kadima chairman says prime minister 'crossing red lines' by bypassing public discourse, damaging relations with U.S. and losing control over his cabinet.

Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon says the attacks – a fire-bomb hurled at a Palestinian taxi near the settlement of Bat Ayin and a suspected lynching in downtown Jerusalem - run contrary to Jewish values.

'In some situations, you must say what you believe, even if you are the president of the state,' says Israel's fifth president; White House also praises Peres' remarks against attacking Iran.

In annual report on terrorism in foreign countries, U.S. government report defines so-called 'price-tag' attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank as acts of terror.

Former chief of Israeli intelligence Amos Yadlin writes in the Washington Post that Obama must visit Jerusalem and convince the Knesset and the Israeli public that the U.S. is committed to preventing the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon.

Even if there is a ladder that could allow Netanyahu and Barak to back down – it isn't clear if Washington will manufacture in time.

PM, fearing that the attack could spark violence in the West Bank, sends messages to Palestinian leadership saying he views the attack seriously.

Public criticism of Peres comes after president says Israel can't act alone on Iran, must trust Obama; PM aides: Luckily Begin ignored Peres in 1981 when he bombed the Iraqi reactor.

Meeting between Deputy Minister Ayoob Kara’s bureau chief, Syrian dissidents takes place in Bulgaria; FM Lieberman demands Netanyahu reprimand Kara.

Recent embarrassing Facebook and Twitter posts prompt Foreign Ministry to update social media guidelines for Israeli diplomats around the world.

Sources fear move could encourage a general European boycott of products from the city, and even turn Modi’in into a flashpoint of diplomatic controversy.

Neeman's proposal would mean that the opinions of the ministries' legal advisers would not be automatically added to proposed resolutions, except in cases when they deemed them to be unequivocally illegal.