Former Prime Minister and Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
What do Americans really need to know about what's going on in the Middle East? Three leading experts on the Middle East explain four things you need to know.
Archaeologists in Israel say a ram statue discovered in the ancient port city of Caesarea may have meant to depict either Jesus or the Good Shepherd's flock.
Three people were wounded, two critically, in a stabbing attack at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday.
The mood in Bethlehem is glum due to the lack of visitors and to make matters worse, the Palestinian Authority wants Christians in Bethlehem and the West Bank (biblical Judea and Samaria) to tone down their Christmas celebrations this year.
A Palestinian group based in Lebanon fired three rockets into Israel on Sunday. The group blames Israel for an airstrike that killed arch terrorist Samir Kuntar.
Israeli terror victim Naor Shalev had two reasons to celebrate on Thursday: it was the day he became a man, and he's alive!
Jordanian Air Force pilots recently visited Israel as part of their military duties, media reports say.
Despite all the trouble on Israel's doorstep, the Jewish state ranks as the 18th most desirable country in which to live in the world, according to this year's United Nations Human Development Index.
Just two days after a poll showed that two-thirds of Palestinians support the current wave of stabbing attacks against Israelis, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon accused Israel of bringing the trouble on itself.