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The head of Lebanon's largest Christian denomination visited a parish in Israel on Monday, becoming the first Lebanese religious leader to come to the Jewish state since its creation in 1948.

Juliette Bannoura hopes Pope Francis can save her family's four acres (1.6 hectares) of olive groves and other Palestinian-owned lands in the scenic Cremisan Valley south of Jerusalem from the path of Israel's separation barrier.

Pope Francis took a dramatic plunge Sunday into Mideast politics while on his Holy Land pilgrimage, receiving an acceptance from the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to visit him at the Vatican next month to discuss embattled peace efforts.

Israel on Wednesday said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaida plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets, in what analysts said was the first time the global terror network's leadership has been directly involved in plotting an attack inside Israel.

Israel's chief negotiator Tzipi Livni says negotiations with the Palestinians in Washington could start right away.

Would you volunteer for this army?  According to an article in the Daily News, a new video reportedly featuring female Israeli fighters swiveling their hips, spanking one another and using military-issued rifles as stripper poles is the latest sexy stunt to put a stain on the Israel Defense Forces...

President Barack Obama is en route to Israel.

An upcoming trip to Israel could help boost President Barack Obama's image there. It will be his first visit as president to a country where many don't view him as a friend of the Jewish state. No date has been announced, but Israeli TV says the trip will take place in late March.

President Barack Obama plans to visit Israel in the spring, marking his first visit to the nation since becoming president.

The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state.