Their political songs have caused public debates in Israeli newspapers, radio and television stations, and even Israel's parliament.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Israel's Foreign Minister says the ships are expected to sail toward Syria.

VOA: special.2011.02.19

President Obama, speaking Thursday on CNN, said he recognized Israel's security concerns.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

Israel's father died when the boy was eight years old.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor says the investigation by the U.N.-appointed Goldstone Commission was one-sided and biased from the beginning.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

and Netanyahu fears a Palestinian state in the West Bank would lead to a similar situation in Israel's backyard.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

But the loudest applause was for his call for the ending of Israel's embargo against Palestinians living in Gaza.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Mr.Netanyahu warned Lebanon not to test Israel's resolve, saying there would be a harsh military response to any further attacks.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Israeli naval commandos stormed onto a ship loaded with weapons near Cyprus and took it to Israel's southern port of Ashdod.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Mr.Netanyahu accused Turkey, which unofficially sponsored the flotilla, of ignoring Israel's diplomatic efforts to avoid a clash on the high seas.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Both claim Jerusalem as their capital. Whether that peace process can continue under Israel's new administration remains a question.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Efraim Inbar, director of Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Israel's Bar-Ilan University is pessimistic about prospects for a breakthrough soon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

On the other hand,he says, the world understands the threat posed by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and that serves Israel's interests.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

This really disturbs me,he says. The 1996 alliance between Israel and Turkey, made Ankara Israel's closest friend in the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27