Villagers face eviction from a bitterly contested border area that was designated as a military zone

International outcry as Palestinians protesting against policy of detention without charge near death

Dramatic agreement with centrist Kadima party keeps hawkish Israeli PM in power until late 2013

Israel's security services are calling for the punitive demolition of the family homes of two Palestinian men who murdered several members of a Jewish settler family more than a year ago.

The brother of the man who murdered the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin walked free yesterday after 16-and-a-half years in jail for being an accomplice, declaring that he was "proud" of what he did.

An early election date could have implications for the timing of any pre-emptive strike on Iran

Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni announced her resignation from Israel's parliament yesterday with a withering attack against the current leadership, warning that its policies had placed Israel's existence as a Jewish and democratic state "in mortal danger".

Israel has legalised three outposts in a move that critics say effectively establishes the first new Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land in more than 20 years.

Netanyahu tries to play down fraying relations as Cairo scraps Mubarak-era contract

Washington expresses doubts as Iranian military claims it has cracked secret codes