More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails have agreed to end their protest following negotiations.
Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah wins an appeal against deportation from the UK, but a Jewish group has reacted with disappointment at the decision.
Israel has declared the Nobel Prize winning poet Günter Grass persona non grata - after he published a work accusing Israel of posing a threat to world peace.
The visit of the UN envoy Kofi Annan to Damascus this week underscored international concern about the horror being visited on civilians, but no-one, it seems, has an easy way of resolving the deeper
Militant factions in the Gaza strip agree to an Egyptian-brokered truce with Israel after four days of clashes in which 25 Palestinians were killed.
The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been simmering as usual while the world has been distracted by last year¿s Arab Spring and its repercussions. But the changes in the region affect Israel and the Pa
Israel's prime minister leaves Washington with President Obama's promise that the US 'has Israel's back', but two Middle East experts say Benjamin Netanyahu's visit has created even more confusion.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warns President Barack Obama that "time is growing short" on whether to attack Iran as he raises fears of another Holocaust.
Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu meets Barack Obama at the White House, amid more warnings over Iran's nuclear programme. But how united are Israelis over the prospect of war?
John Sparks on developments in Thailand's international terrorism saga.