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Middle East unrest increases the chance of a surprise attack on Israel, the head of its air force said on Wednesday, but added that he did not see an attack as imminent.

US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Israel Thursday as he kept up a push to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to peace negotiations amid a growing skepticism over his efforts.

Critics say the law, passed soon after Israel was founded to claim the property of Palestinian refugees, is now used to unjustly seize property at the edge of Jerusalem.

After Omri Hayun railed against Israel's economic situation last week on the social networking site, he found police knocking at his door.

Earlier this month, Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, Mexico's newly-appointed secretary of public security in Chiapas, announced that discussions had taken place between his office and the Israeli defense ministry

Four people were killed and several others injured during a suspected bank robbery in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday, Israeli media reported.

On Tuesday, May 21st, Hebrew-language sources said that the Israel's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni urged the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government to resume direct peace talks in order to achieve a settlement that is based on the two-state solution.

Egyptian authorities seized 16 African migrants trying to cross into Israel near the Karem Abu Salam crossing on Monday, security sources said.

Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defense Forces statement said Tuesday.

On Monday 20th May, Hebrew-language sources reported that Israel decided to cancel a planned visit by a delegation from UNESCO, the United Nation's cultural organization, to the occupied Jerusalem.