Jerusalem  - An Israeli legislator who caused outrage in Israel for indicating that Premier Ehud Olmert deserved the death penalty for returning the Golan Heights to Syria, refused to retract his r

Jerusalem  - Adding its weight to the struggle against obesity, the Jerusalem municipal

Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied Monday that he had committed to withdrawing from the occupied Golan Heights, as a precondition set by Syria for renewing peace negotiations.

"All that I said to the Syrians was that I know what you want, and you know what I want. There is no commitment beyond that," Olmert told an Israeli parliamentary committee on foreign and security affairs.

In a surprise, three-way announcement from Jerusalem, Damascus and Ankara, Israel and Syria said last week that they were holding indirect peace negotiations under Turkish mediation, the first such talks in eight years.

Jerusalem - The US political author and critic of Israel Norman Finkels

Jerusalem  - Israeli police questioned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Friday for a second time on suspicions that he illegally received hundreds of thousands of US dollars from a US fundraiser

Jerusalem  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened once again Sunday that Israel would take military action to end continuous rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and warned that a decision on