The international row over Iran's nuclear program can only be addressed diplomatically rather than through military means, President Shimon Peres said on Friday.

The fifth round of talks between Israel and Syria scheduled for early next week in Istanbul were postponed due to the political situation in Israel and the resignation of Yoram Turbovitch, a senior negotiator in the talks, Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Thursday.

The Iranian nuclear program is a dangerous gamble which may lead to a "catastrophic" Israeli military strike, French President Nicholas Sarkozy warned on Thursday.

The first suspect in the mysterious murder of Prof. David Niv, director of the pain clinic at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center who was shot to death a year and a half ago, has been arrested, it was announced on Thursday.

During his state visit to Damascus, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to give Syrian President Bashar Assad a letter from Noam Schalit, the father of kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit, the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported on Thursday.

Israeli roads were again the scene of tragedy on Thursday morning, with a pair of deadly accidents in the South leaving two people dead, and 11 others injured.

Democratic vice presidential candidate addresses Jewish pensioners near Miami, declares Jewish state's security to improve if Obama is elected president 

 Rumors that former Shas chairman Aryeh Deri will throw his hat into Jerusalem's mayoral race sent shock waves through the city's political arena Tuesday. 

The supply of gas to Israel from its Egyptian neighbor was stopped on Friday, and as of Wednesday morning it had not yet been resumed, prompting some in Israel to fear that its main supplier of natural gas is running low on the resource.

With two-state solution increasingly unlikely, time to consider other options

Posts installed in Jerusalem marking Shabbat-friendly areas vandalized, making area ‘non-kosher’. Religious women unable to walk children in strollers, men unable to carry prayer books to synagogue 

French source tells al-Hayat newspaper countries' delegates to meet again in Turkey on Sunday for fifth round of unofficial talks. Source adds President Sarkozy interested in acting as mediator in direct negotiations 

Despite conviction of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Shas declares it will endorse its former chairman if he chooses to run in upcoming municipal elections 

"Why aren't you sending planes to evacuate Israeli tourists from Thailand? What are you waiting for?" asked a frantic caller to the Foreign Ministry's situation room Tuesday, following the Thai government's declaration of a state of emergency in the capital, Bangkok. 

Peace talks between Israel and Syria will resume this coming Sunday, according to a report in Wednesday editions of the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayyat. Citing French diplomatic sources, the report stated that the next round will be especially significant as it will deal with establishing a permanent border between the two countries. The issue of border is considered a potential deal breaker from the Syrian standpoint. 

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that indirect negotiations with Israel have brought about the possibility of peace, though the two countries still have quite a way to go toward that goal. 

Aryeh Deri, the controversial ex-political leader of the Shas Party, says the reports about his candidacy for mayor of Jerusalem are "too early."

Does PM Olmert intend to finalize a deal with the Palestinians at any price? 

Ar'ara resident tells police his father, brothers beat him for wearing Jewish symbol on his neck, befriending Jews 

Justice minister to present government with bill calling for first-time definition of High Court's authority. Supreme Court president fiercely objects; Friedmann promises bill will legitimize court's right to quash Knesset legislation