Israel accepted the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire that began on the 15th of July, 09:00 Israel time.

In these hard times and tensions between Israel and Hamas government in Gaza, President Shimon Peres and President-elect Reuven Rivlin wrote a joint op-ed calling all sides in Israel and ou ...

​The bodies of Eyal, Naftali and Gilad, the 3 teenagers kidnapped by Hamas, have been found on Monday, June 30, 2014, two weeks after they were abducted.

On June 10, 2014, Reuven Rivlin was elected by the Knesset to serve as Israel's 10th president. He will assume office on July 24.

Pope Francis has arrived in Israel on Sunday afternoon, May 25, 2014. He was greeted by President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers of the Israeli Government.