road

The prospect of an energy independent Israel, thanks to newly-found gas fields, has forced Russia to scrap plans to link Israel with a pipeline.

Reported by Ziva Galili

Shortly after Highway 443 opens to Palestinian Authority traffic, Jewish drivers report attacks along the road.

This time Israel's government has gone too far. The storming of a civilian flotilla carrying 700 humanitarian activists and 10,000 tons of aid, in international waters, at night and in the dark, is reprehensible. It was no secret to anyone that this effort was underway. The organizers made it abundantly clear what the mission would be. It has been in the news for weeks.

28-year-old woman falls from perilous path's cliff during guided bicycle tour.

Monday morning, I received an email with the subject line "A Strange Night Raid in Bil'in." An enclosed link led to video footage that I would call more chilling than strange. Israeli soldiers stalk through the West Bank village, taping Hebrew documents to shuttered storefronts. The village is black, silent. The soldiers don't speak; we hear the low rumble of the army jeeps, the hiss of tape being stripped away from the roll, the click of a camera as the IDF records its work.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made clear it had no intention of reversing the order that has cast a shadow over the latest U.S. push for Mideast peace.

As Biden held talks with top Palestinian leaders in the West Bank, Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai, whose office announced the new construction on lands Palestinians claim for a future state, said the problem was about timing, not substance.

Police are investigating the suspicion that a truck driver fell asleep on the wheel, plowing into a family's minivan on Arava road.

Once again, even Americans can not stand up to a small group of settlers, who show - more often than not - that they have the last word on what takes place in the West Bank. This time, a small group of settlers insisted, and succeeded, to squash a plan for building a hospital for Palestinian children at "Oush Grab" ("the Crow's Nest") east of Bethlehem.

Archaeological excavation in the heart of the Old City confirms depiction of ancient map and uncovers ancient road. Video footage.