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Israel's hair-raising history

'Ugly Israeli' goes viral

Was Bibi's image damaged by cease-fire agreement?

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv August 10, 2014. Israel said on Sunday it would not return to Egyptian-mediated ceasefire talks as long as Palestinian militants in Gaza kept up cross-border rocket and mortar fire. The head of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo said earlier that it would pull out unless Israeli negotiators, who flew home from the Egyptian capital on Friday hours before a three-day ceasefire expired, came back to the talks. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Israelis near Gaza again feel abandoned by their government

Gila (R) and Doron, the parents of four-year-old Israeli boy Daniel Tregerman, sit on a bench before his funeral in a cemetery near the border with the Gaza Strip August 24, 2014. Tregerman was killed by a mortar attack from Gaza on Friday, the first Israeli child to die in the six-week conflict. Egypt called on Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday to halt hostilities and return to talks. But there was no sign that negotiations, last held before a ceasefire collapsed on Tuesday, would resume any time soo

Parliament Speaker Key to Lebanese Electoral Law

Lebanon's House Speaker Nabih Berri speaks to journalists after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXTX78

Israel Must Invest to Deter Iran

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu draws a red line on the graphic of a bomb used to represent Iran's nuclear program as he addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 27, 2012. The red line he drew represents a point where he believes, the international community should tell Iran that they will not be allowed to pass without intervention. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR38I7P

Why US must also open East Jerusalem embassy

A Palestinian demonstrator holds placard during a protest against a promise by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to re-locate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, in the West Bank near Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC1261704EA0

Israel's 'tribal wars' veer out of control

Netanyahu critic wins prestigious literary award

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 14: Author, David Grossman (Israel) poses for a photo after being announced the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2017 for his book 'A Horse Walks into a Bar' at Victoria & Albert Museum on June 14, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Israeli booksellers uncover ‘grandpa and grandma’s Tinder’