Israel’s prime minister and defense chief will be called to testify in an investigation into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, the leader of an Israeli commission of inquiry said in an opening statement Monday. Read the full story

Under President Barack Obama, the United States no longer provides Israel with automatic support at the United Nations where the Jewish state faces a constant barrage of criticism and condemnation. Read the full story

The Israeli government has imposed a de facto freeze on new Jewish construction in Jerusalem’s disputed eastern sector, municipal officials said Monday. The decision was made despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public insistence that building would not be stopped in the face of U.S. pressure. Read the full story

Israel must recognize that the world will not put up with decades more of Israeli rule over the Palestinian people, the country’s defense minister said in unusually frank remarks Monday. Read the full story

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a planned trip to Washington next week for President Barack Obama’s 47-country nuclear security conference. Read the full story

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his policy of settlement expansions amid mounting criticism that has dipped Tel Aviv into international isolation under his leadership. Read the full story

US President Barack Obama quit a recent meeting with Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu to have dinner in private after the latter failed to hand a written promise of concessions on Jewish settlements, reports say. Read the full story

Arab League chief Amr Moussa has said that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel, only days after the Palestinian side had agreed to the contacts. Read the full story

Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni has lambasts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arguing that his policies are leading Tel Aviv to a diplomatic downfall. Read the full story

Australia has summoned the Israeli ambassador over forged Australian documents used by a terror team that assassinated a senior Hamas commander in Dubai last month. Read the full story

The democratically elected Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has called for uprisings in the occupied West Bank over a controversial Israeli plan to confiscate two holy sites in the territory as “national heritage.” Read the full story

Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer flew to China on Wednesday to urge Beijing to back tough sanctions against Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons project. Read the full story

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that Moscow is against imposing “crippling sanctions” on Iran over its nuclear energy program. Read the full story