Surveys have Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Beiteinu list winning 32 to 37 of parliament's 120 seats, making it the best positioned to form Israel's next government.

Report on pace of construction released a week before parliamentary elections, which P.M. is poised to win.

Former journalist has led her party toward a focus on social and economic issues, leaving its anti-war past behind at a time of strong nationalist sentiment.

Center-left activists hoping to defy what is expected to be an easy win for the incumbent prime minister.

President Barack Obama heads into his second term weighed down by an unproductive relationship with the leader of Israel, the bedrock U.S. ally in the Middle East.

Mahmoud Abbas has said that he will not permit a repeat of the armed uprising against Israel that erupted in 2000.

Fears former Republican Senator's views on Iran's nuclear program and Palestine will increase pressure on Jewish state.

Mahmoud Abbas will not rush to issue new passports and ID cards with national emblem.

Benjamin Netanyahu asked his base to cast ballots for his list, rather than hawkish alternatives.