Israel's ruling centrist Kadima party is holding primary elections that will result in the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The likely change of leadership will come as Palestinian peace negotiations falter over the longstanding issues of...
Israeli President Shimon Peres told his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, during a brief meeting Thursday in the Sinai resort town of Sharm el Sheikh, that Israel was prepared to accept the 2002 Arab peace plan as the basis of a global peace agree...
Today is the first deadline for Israel's current foreign minister to form a new government. Time is running out, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Tzipi Livni (file) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's bid to become Israel's f...
An annual Palestinian harvest means trouble in the occupied territories. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian photographer during an olive harvest in the occupied West Bank, 18 Oct 2008 (pictu...
Israeli police are on high alert after a mixed Jewish-Arab town is hit by ethnic violence. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. An Israeli man examines his shattered car windshield following clashes between Israeli Arab and Jewish...
Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a fourth time in a corruption scandal. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Investigators presented documents to Mr. Olmert allegedly showing that as a public official,...
Israeli politics and Mideast peace efforts have been thrown into turmoil following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's pledge to step down in September. VOA's Jim Teeple reports Ehud Olmert will leave office tarnished by corruption and many Israelis say hi...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he plans to step down as prime minister in September. VOA's Jim Teeple has the details from our Jerusalem bureau. In a surprise announcement from his residence in Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert says he will step down...
Palestinian and Israeli leaders have declared their commitment to peace before a Mediterranean summit in Paris. Lisa Bryant reports for VOA both sides have called for Europe to play a bigger role in the Middle East peace process. Palestinian Preside...
Investigators have disclosed new allegations against Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption probe. The Scandal could bring change in leadership, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olm...