Dismissing criticism as "laughable," Yisrael Beytenu chief says vote-sharing deal preferable to Netanyahu's "surrender" to Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, Amir Peretz's interview with Israel Hayom raises concerns among Labor party activists.
Following Wednesday night's rocket attack on southern Israel, the third such attack in less than a week, Hamas asks Palestinian Islamic Jihad to hand over the operatives behind the rocket attack for interrogation. PIJ has thus far refused the request.
Israel's relations with the International Criminal Court are guided by a failed strategy that views it as a legitimate institution. The US has a superior strategy based on an understanding that the ICC is a hostile political organization.
New report shows that recent strike near Baghdad destroyed storehouses of missiles and weapons believed to belong to pro-Iranian militias. PM Netanyahu: I instructed security forces to do "anything necessary to thwart Iran's plans." American diplomatic officials: Israel carried out strikes.
Israel, like other big defense exporters, closely guards details of its weapons sales and its export rules are not widely known, but the Defense Ministry confirmed the change had gone into force about a year ago.
