Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians

Two senior Israeli government ministers lashed out at US Secretary of State John Kerry on Oct. 17 over remarks he made linking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the growth of Islamic extremism.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to New York on Sept. 28, vowing to expose 'slander and lies' laid out by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in his U.N. speech

Israel warned on Aug. 17 it would not countenance any long-term truce deal that did not answer its security needs as Gaza ceasefire talks resumed in Cairo.        

Hamas warned Wednesday that Israel would pay for the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teenager in annexed east Jerusalem, in suspected revenge for the murder of three Israeli teens.