May 7 - By Associated Press
A suspected Israeli crime lord pleaded guilty Monday to being part of a racketeering enterprise that distributed Ecstasy and whose members killed a man for stealing a large drug shipment, a defense attorney said.

Mar 2 - By msnbc.com
Feb 18 - By Donna Cassata , Associated Press
Two powerful House Republicans accused President Barack Obama of jeopardizing Israel's security with a "record low" budget request for a cooperative U.S.-Israeli missile defense program. The election-year claim fails to take into account the billions the administration wants in aid for the Mideast ally and ignores a few Washington realities.
Feb 15 - By Associated Press
A spokesman for the New York City police says it has heightened security around Israeli government offices and synagogues.
Feb 9 - By Associated Press
Chile has settled its criminal case against an Israeli hiker accused of negligently causing a fire that destroyed much of the Torres del Paine national park.
Feb 2 - By David B. Caruso, Associated Press
The daughter of an Israeli politician and former defense minister has been jailed in New York in connection with a prescription drug fraud case in Florida, authorities said Thursday.
Sep 5 - By Sam Kim, Associated Press
South Korea has struck a $43 million deal with an Israeli company to buy advanced rockets to protect a front-line area attacked by North Korea last year, officials said Tuesday.

Jul 19 - By The Associated Press, HONS
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - One of the victims of the February earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand may have been an Israeli spy, according to a report in .

Jun 17 - By Associated Press
Dozens of Israeli couples exchanged wedding vows on Friday in a mass civil ceremony on the promenade of a Cypriot coastal resort.
Feb 10 - By Ben Hubbard, Associated Press
An Israeli woman has given birth in a Palestinian hospital — an extremely rare occurrence that won her flowers and a handwritten note from the Palestinian president.
Nov 11 - By Associated Press
An Israeli diplomat in Jordan says an Israeli tourist has been killed and five others were wounded in a car accident while visiting a famous biblical site.

Aug 30 - By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
Israel's outgoing U.N. ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, calls her job "an almost impossible mission," but she's still heading home on a note of hope.
Apr 24 - By Ashraf Sweilam, Associated Press
Egyptian police say they have arrested an Israeli who illegally crossed into the Sinai peninsula on a motorbike.
Apr 7 - By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
Two Israeli Arab authors who won literary awards in Lebanon will not be able to collect their prizes in Beirut later this month because of laws in the two countries, organizers of a cultural festival said Wednesday.
Mar 15 - By Karoun Demirjian, Associated Press Writer
Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday.

Aug 9 - By Eyad Moghrabi, Associated Press Writer
The only known Israeli Jewish member of the Palestinian group Fatah announced Sunday he was seeking a position in the movement's key decision-making body.
Apr 13 - By Ashraf Sweilam, Associated Press
An Israeli tourist vacationing at an Egyptian Red Sea resort was stabbed in the face on Monday, authorities said. Israeli police said the attack was criminal and was not terrorism-related.

Feb 15 - By Brian Murphy, Associated Press
The top official in women's tennis reprimanded the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for blocking an Israeli player from a premier Dubai tournament, calling the decision to deny her a visa "regrettable."

Jan 27 - By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
Monika Borgmann's telephone has been ringing off the hook since she ignored a Lebanese ban on showing an Oscar-nominated film made in Israel about the Jewish state's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

Jan 15 - By Kari Huus, msnbc.com
Derar Mohammed, a 19-year-old Palestinian, spent several hours Thursday watching a surreal scene unfold on television as Israeli forces inflicted heavy damage on the Gaza City neighborhood where he and his family lived until they fled the city nearly three weeks ago.

Dec 29 - By The Associated Press, HONS
Israel began a massive assault on the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27, inflicting scores of casualties over the following days. History provides some clues to what is behind this violence.
Oct 24 - By Associated Press
A top security official says an Israeli businessman has been kidnapped in Ghana and the kidnappers have contacted his family to demand a $300,000 ransom.