Prime minister welcomes US decision of new sanctions on Iran.

Some 20 Israeli-Arab activists arrested as demonstrations take place nationwide against Prawer-Begin plan, IDF evacuation of 1,300 homes in South Hebron Hills; demonstration south of Rahat draws one thousand people.

The World Jewish Congress led tributes to Righteous Gentile, WWII-era German industrialist Berthold Beitz who died in his native country Tuesday aged 99, as President Ronald S. Lauder paid tribute to him as “a beacon of hope in a sea of despair”.

Syrian leader praises soldiers' ''courage in face of barbarism.''

Israeli President called on the Lithuanian presidency of the EU to avoid placing pressure on Israeli and Palestinian parties “if it wants to assist in the peace process”, at a meeting with Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite on his arrival in Vilnius on Wednesday.

Already under pressure from the new military-led government in Egypt, the militant group Hamas took another public-relations blow Tuesday when Iran began distributing food aid to Gazans, but delivered the charity through Hamas' rival, Islamic Jihad.

Group: Talks ''exploitation of so-called political process.''

Sign of growing Fatah-Hamas tensions during Egypt crisis.

Iran expected to achieve ''critical capability'' to produce sufficient weapon-grade uranium think tank says.

The Israeli foreign ministry on Tuesday issued a belated rebuttal to a UN statement condemning a government bill regularising the rights of the Bedouin population living in the Israeli Negev desert.