Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad’s fortunes, U.S. views shift

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in a 1967 war, even if international views on Damascus change, Israeli Prime Minister…

Merkel honours Holocaust victims, vows German commitment to Israel

By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood on Sunday in Jerusalem with her head bowed over the buried ashes of Jews killed in Nazi death camps,…

Israeli PM to meet UAE, Bahrain ministers in New York

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet ministers from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, his first meetings with Gulf leaders since taking office in…

Netanyahu suggests on Facebook that Biden fell asleep meeting new Israeli PM

(Removes typographical error in first paragraph) JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested in a Facebook video posted on Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden had fallen…

Palestinian president says he’s ready for confidence-building

CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he was ready to take confidence-building measures and restore calm in the Palestinian territories though Israel's actions had made a…