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US President Barack Obama is to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time since a row over East Jerusalem.

Declaring "Jerusalem is not a settlement," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant note on Monday after new U.S. criticism of Jewish home construction in disputed territory in and around the city.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reaffirmed the US commitment to Israel's security, while urging the Jewish state to make difficult choices for peace. Clinton, addressing the pro-Israel US lobbying group AIPAC, said the status quo in ...

Israel has no intention of backing down in its argument with the United States over Israeli plans to build 1,600 apartments on disputed land in largely Arab East Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

Israeli troops killed two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier on Sunday, the Israeli army said, in West Bank violence that placed further strain on U.S.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismisses the view that relations between the United States and Israel are in crisis after a row between the two countries over settlements.

Palestinian students dedicated a public square to the memory of Dalal Mughrabi, who in 1978 helped carry out the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel’s history.

Mideast rivals Israel and Syria announced on Tuesday ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that ...

The vice president emphasizes America's ties with Israel in meetings with top officials. The trip is intended to smooth over strained relations between the two governments.

Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday began an effort to heal strained ties with Israel, pledging a total U.S.

The United States says Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to indirect peace talks brokered by special U.S. Mideast envoy ...