Jessica Elgot

Israeli heritage site row 'could start intifada'

Israeli President Shimon Peres calls for calm after a plan to restore Jewish heritage sites in sensitive Muslim areas has led Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to warn of a third intifada.

Fake Viagra factory raided in Israel

Fake Viagra and Cialis tablets, both used to treat impotence, have been found in a factory in central Israel, raided by undercover police.

Family of Rachel Corrie will sue Israel

The family of pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer are to sue the defence ministry in a civil case.

Liberal Judaism to lobby Lords over gay marriage

Liberal Judaism has thrown its weight behind an amendment to the Equality Bill to allow same sex civil partnership ceremonies to take place in synagogues.

Terry Wogan and Rabbi Pete Tobias

More British passports linked to Dubai murder

Dubai has linked two more British passports to the killing of Hamas militant Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a luxury hotel, as David Miliband met Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Brussels to discuss Mossad's alleged role in the murder.

Lieberman: Don't blame Mossad for Dubai murder

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has told his Irish counterpart that there was no evidence Mossad carried out the murder of a Hamas militant.

Israeli army clashes with shrine protesters

Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinians in Hebron angry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to include the Tomb of the Patriachs in Hebron and the site of Rachel’s Tomb in Bethelehem as part of an Israeli £69m restoration plan for heritage sites.

Manchester Uni anti-Israel protest

Leo Baeck's YouTube stars

Foreign Office: Mossad never told of Dubai murder

The Foreign Office insists that ministers knew nothing about the six British passports used to cover the identities of the assassins.

Mossad 'told MI6 before Dubai murder'

A Mossad source has claimed that MI6 were tipped off before the Dubai assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, and told that British passports would be used, but they were not told the target or location of the killing.