Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation and called for early elections after a sharp disagreement over a Gaza ceasefire deal, throwing the government into turmoil. Lieberman also said his party was quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, ...

WASHINGTON: The U.S. administration plans to ask Israel to withdraw from four Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, likely to become the capital of a future Palestinian state. Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post reported today that U.S. officials had informed Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor ...

Washington: President Donald Trump faced down warnings of widespread Middle East unrest and untold damage to the peace process Tuesday, telling anxious Arab leaders he still intends to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.Amid a frantic round of telephone diplomacy, Trump told Palestinian leader Mahmud ...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, saying his country will not allow Iran to "establish itself militarily in Syria".Both Russia and Iran, Israel's main enemy, are backing President Bashar al-Assad's regime in the ...

JERUSALEM, May  20, (APP): Israel Defence Minister resigns over differences with Netanyahu Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon announced his resignation on Friday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his post to hardliner Avigdor Lieberman to expand his governing coalition. "I told ...