For his 90th birthday, Shimon Peres hosted numerous politicians and celebrities and spoke of his life and his vision of peace for the future. Dignitaries from around the world gathered in ...

Before the summit, CNN's Jerusalem Correspondent Ben Wedeman spoke with Israeli President Shimon Peres about his aspirations for the region. Ben Wedeman (BW): Mr. President, thank you for meeting ...

Forum says yellow ribbon indicates an 'uncompromising moral commitment' to captives, which PM has not displayed; at Peres ...

Israel's ability to build and deploy nuclear weapons, while never officially acknowledged, remains at the heart of its ...

Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank is not a future prospect; it is a fact of life. Israelis and Palestinians live ...

MK Gideon Sa'ar announced to the Prime Minister that he decided to give up the offer to be appointed as Defense Minister in ...

The Israeli prime minister rejected a U.S.-backed proposal for a 21-day cease-fire with Hezbollah. 'If you strike us, we will ...

On the trip, she met with both the then-current prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir, and a future prime minister and president, Shimon Peres. Streisand was not daunted by a terrorist shooting that took ...

Israel's intelligence network experienced a major blunder with Operation Suzanna, a failed plan to stage attacks in Egypt and ...

(CNN)-- Israeli President Shimon Peres said he had an amicable phone conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a day after Erdogan stormed offstage during an angry exchange ...

Part of a long line of cantors, he led services at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem for 30 years and helped train the next ...