8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (349+ words) Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The United States is pulling some non-emergency staff and their families out of Israel with the possibility of a strike on Iran still on the table Friday. The U.S. State Department authorized the removal of non-essential diplomatic staff due…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (410+ words) Feb. 12 (UPI) -- An Israeli court has indicted a military reservist and a civilian for using classified information while wagering on military operations, defense officials announced Thursday. Prosecutors said the alleged bettors accessed classified information and used it to place bets…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1192+ words) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Selma Blair plays a hostage from Israel's Kfar Aza kibbutz in the film Stay Forte, opening Friday in Los Angeles to qualify as an awards contender. The role is one of Blair's first since her multiple…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (524+ words) Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has landed in Israel to meet one-on-one with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over operations in Gaza City to expand the war even after the Trump administration criticized Israel for a surprise attack against…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (518+ words) Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Family members of Israeli hostages demanding that the government make a deal to free them blocked a major freeway in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after Hamas signed onto a joint Egyptian-Qatari peace plan. Authorities broke up the women's…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (525+ words) Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Israel's goal in Gaza is not to occupy the devastated Palestinian enclave but to "free it from Hamas terrorists," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Sunday as he defended the plan to escalate its offensive, which has…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (463+ words) Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly moving toward full occupation of Gaza after dissent in the ranks and international condemnation. Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with his security cabinet Thursday, an Israeli official said. He met with…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (409+ words) July 25 (UPI) -- Hamas "didn't really want to make a deal" on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, President Donald Trump said after the United States and Israel pulled negotiating teams from Doha, Qatar. U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (249+ words) July 8 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded "opportunities for peace" with Iran and in Gaza after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday. Netanyahu and Vance met earlier Tuesday at Blair House, and…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (793+ words) July 6 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is travelling Monday to Washington as Israel sends negotiators to Qatar amid ongoing talks toward a ceasefire with Hamas. The administration of President Donald Trump also seeks to ease tensions along the Israel-Syria border....