Exclusive report: Businessman in his 50s abducted after his bodyguard, police officer shot. Police negotiate his release. 'I was not harmed,' he says

State Department: Reaching agreement in one year's time may no longer be realistic due to settlements deadlock; Likud officials: 'Rebellion' within party against plan to freeze settlement construction wouldn't gain steam

Orthodox Jewish community accuses federal government of discrimination for not funding Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin while providing money to more liberal seminary

Hundreds of passengers stranded at Israel's international airport due to weather conditions. Incoming flights diverted to Jordan, Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. Tel Aviv's Sde Dov partially closed

Many residents of Upper Galilee wake up as mild earthquake hits Israel. 'I felt the bed literally shaking,' Safed resident says

Minister of Religious Services Yacov Margi calls on secular public to boost birth rate in effort to thwart demographic threat

Pini Cohen, who threw shoe at Supreme Court president will serve two years in prison instead of three, Jerusalem District Court rules

Comprehensive study reveals London Review of Books presents 'starkly one-sided and fringe approach' against Jewish state. Israeli, Jewish contributors among harshest critics