Reports from Israel say that the Defence Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of hundreds of new housing units in the illegal settlement of Ariel, near Nablus in...

Israel's Minister of Defence looks set to approve the master plans for the development of four West Bank settlements. Israeli Army radio said that Ehud Barak is going to...

Israel's Defence Minister has warned that a "political tsunami" could hit the country through the wave of international recognition of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders. "We are...

Israel's Defence Minister has called on the rest of the Israeli government to maintain strong ties with the US Administration. This is especially important, said Ehud Barak, due to...