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On Monday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said during a televised conference that US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital would be a "major catastrophe."

Putin supports the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which is also strongly backed by Iran.

Waqf says it will make ruling about restarting visits to holy site after conducting study, in wake of Israeli decision to replace security measures

Israel is removing metal detectors from a holy site in Jerusalem and will use less obtrusive surveillance instead.

I never mentioned the word or the name Israel

The president’s message was all the more striking given how little Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition government supports any major initiative with the Palestinians, particularly one that would involve two states, one for Israelis, one for Palestinians.

I will reiterate, that whoever wants to strike us will be beaten

The military actions did not go unnoticed both in the Middle East and further afield.

The United States has its own system for intercepting ballistic missiles in space, Aegis.

A truck rammed into a crowd of soldiers in Jerusalem.

Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an inquiry into corruption allegations.

He still has the same best friends he's had for over 30 years

French President Francois Hollande has suggested Russia could face war crimes charges over its bombardment of Syria's second city Aleppo.

In a statement that was not to be made public until his death, the former Israeli President told Jerusalem Post he stopped PM Benjamin Netanyahu from a “catastrophic” military strike against Iran, at the time the world leaders were engaged in nuclear deal talks.

The 93-year-old reported to be stable and fully conscious after being rushed to hospital

The IDF says it has attacked a Syrian Army launch site near Israel’s border in the Golan Heights, after a Syrian mortar landed inside Israeli territory. The initial incident produced no casualties or damage, according to Israeli media.

Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, Israeli authorities say.

Britain is responsible for all Israeli war crimes since 1948 because it created the 1917 mandate which saw Arabs removed from their land to make way for the state of Israel, a top Palestinian diplomat has said.

Social media giant accused of not doing enough to remove posts that Israel says incite violence

Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to normalize ties, a senior Israeli official told reporters, according to Reuters. This will end bitter rift over the Israeli Navy’s killing of nine Turkish citizens during a Gaza flotilla raid in 2010.