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An obituary is presented for the late Israeli statesman Ariel Sharon.

The article focuses on the willingness of winemakers to create wines in Israel. Topics include the release of the marawi wine by Recanati Winery in October 2015, development of wines from indigenous grapes, and a project led by Ariel oenologist Eliyashiv Drori at Ariel University aiming to use DNA testing to identify and recreate wines in the country.

The article discusses the European Union's (E.U.'s) mandate that goods produced in Israeli-occupied regions of Palestine have product labels to reflect their status of being produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, within the context of the international boycott of commercial products made in Israeli settlements.The impact that the E.U.'s mandate has on Israeli businesses in the West Bank is discussed.

The article reports on violence between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, Israel, between October 1 and 14, 2015. Topics include how the Internet and social media are impacting the violence, the young Palestinians that are participating in the uprising, and how both Israeli and Palestinian security forces are responding.

The article reports on the introduction of Israeli security measures, which included checkpoints and roadblocks, and reserve soldiers' deployment to bolster police forces after more than two dozen attacks mostly by young Palestinians in Israel in 2015.

The article reports that six Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip in October 2015 as they opened fire to control crowds around the fence separating Gaza from Israel and this has further raised tensions for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas. It presents views of Nathan Thrall, an analyst for the non-profit organization International Crisis Group in Jerusalem, on the same.

The article focuses on Palestinian prisoner Mohammad Allan who is being held in administrative detention in an Israeli prison without charge or trial and is attempting to starve himself to death in an effort to be released. The authors explain that a law was passed in July 2015 allowing for the force-feeding of hunger strikers and explore how this is causing legal, medical, political, and ethical problems for the country.

The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Zivotofsky v. Kerry to reject the U.S. Congress' efforts to require the U.S. State Department to list Israel as the birthplace of American children born in Jerusalem on U.S. passports. Topics addressed include the majority's ruling that the president, rather than Congress, must determine U.S. policy on the status of Jerusalem, as well as the dissent of justices such as John G. Roberts Jr. and Antonin Scalia.

The article discusses Pope Francis I's plans to sign a treaty recognizing a Palestinian State, noting the significance in terms of increasing international support for Palestinian sovereignty. The authors' discuss disappointed reactions from Israelis, as well as concerns regarding Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The article discusses criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama following Netanyahu's statement that he would not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state. According to some Israeli analysts, U.S. criticisms may draw sympathy for Netanyahu and raise fears of a major shift in U.S. policy towards Israel. Other topics include U.S. negotiations with Iran, the 2015 Israeli elections, and Israeli policy in the Gaza Strip.

The article discusses Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's apologies for comments he made during his re-election campaign in which he warned Israelis about Israeli Arab voters, highlighting the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama's critical view of Netanyahu. Topics addressed include Netanyahu's claims that he would not support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as Netanyahu's response to claims that his comments were racist.

The article discusses the impact of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election campaign on Israeli relations with the United States. Topics addressed include the administration U.S. president Barack Obama's reassessment of relations with Israel after Netanyahu expressed opposition to a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and to U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran, as well as Obama's lack of trust of Netanyahu.

The article discusses plans for changes to Israel's government following the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, highlighting plans for Netanyahu to lead a conservative-leaning Israeli Parliament. Topics addressed include Netanyahu's government's potential approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran's nuclear program, as well as considerations of Israeli political parties such as Likud, the Jewish Home party, and the Zionist Union.

The article discusses Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's victory in 2015 Israeli parliamentary elections, noting his defeat of politician Isaac Herzog of Israel's Zionist Union political party. Topics addressed include the potential impact of Netanyahu's divisive campaign tactics, Netanyahu's potential plans for forming a new coalition government, as well as considerations of Netanyahu's Likud political party and politician Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party.

The article discusses the potential long-term impact of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign for re-election in 2015, noting that Netanyahu won re-election. Topics addressed include Netanyahu's campaign claims that he would not support a Palestinian state and his confrontations with the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama, his criticisms of voting by Israel's Arab citizens, and concerns that Netanyahu was overly divisive in his effort to maintain power.

The article discusses comments by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicating that he will not support independent statehood for Palestine if re-elected as prime minister. topics addressed include Netanyahu's challenge in the election by Isaac Herzog of the center-left Zionist Union political party, as well as Israeli public opinion on Netanyahu's conservatism and his national security stance.

The article reports the verdict of a civil case at the U.S. Federal District Court in New York City that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) are liable for terrorist attacks in Israel in which Americans were killed. Topics discussed include plans of the Palestinian organizations to appeal the verdict, the use of the U.S. Ant-Terrorism Act to try the case, and the testimony given by survivors of the attacks.

The article discusses debate within Israel over the relationship between the country's democracy and its identity as Jewish state, highlighting legislation proposed by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli nationalist politicians that would elevate the significance of Israel's Jewish identity. Topics addressed include the dissolution of the Israeli Parliament over the legislation, as well as considerations of Israel's relationship with Palestinian Arabs.

The article discusses a terrorist attack in Jerusalem in which 5 people, 4 of whom were orthodox Jews, were killed by two Palestinian men at the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue. Topics addressed include reactions by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, as well as escalating violence between Jews and Palestinians.

The article discusses the Israeli government's barring of access to a sacred site in Jerusalem known as the Temple Mount by Jews and as the Noble Sanctuary by Muslims. Topics addressed include Israel's counterterrorism concerns regarding Palestinian men at the site, as well as the implications of Israel's action in terms of escalating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and tensions with Jordan.

The article focuses on the increasing number of Israelis who are interested in migrating to Berlin, Germany due to factors such as Israel's high cost of living and the growth of Berlin's Israeli community.

The article focuses on the preparation of the residents along the quietest frontier of Israel for the threat from new volatility. It mentions that civilian security team Tomer Lahav carried his son who was injured during the training. It adds that some experts considered the Golan Heights as most volatile and unpredictable.

The article focuses on the lost homes and dreams after the destruction of Zafer Tower No. 4 in Israel by Islamist organization Hamas. Topics discussed include several things destroyed, including the stethoscope of doctor Mohammad Abu Rayya, photographs and notes of journalist Hisham Saqalla, and replica of the Eiffel Tower owned by lawyer Faraj Shorafa, mobile-phone evacuation orders for the residents, and Mohammed Owda H. Abu Mathkour, owner of contracting company Zafer.

The article reports on the cease-fire agreement announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ismail Haniya, political leader of Hamas who is based in Gaza, which is being criticized and greeted with skepticism by politicians and analysts. It mentions that Netanyahu asserted that Israel had great military accomplishment and great diplomatic achievement while Haniya states that Hamas had surrendered without winning.

The article discusses a conflict between Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas and the Israeli government in Israel and the Gaza Strip, noting that Israeli forces killed three top Hamas commanders. Topics addressed include an Israeli advantage in a war of attrition, rockets launched at Israel by Hamas, and Israeli airstrikes.

The article discusses the statistical measurement of civilian casualties from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip as of August 5, 2014. Topics addressed include varying numbers calculated by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the United Nations (U.N.), and the Israeli government, as well as considerations of how to characterize individuals as combatants fighting for Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas.

The article discusses the findings of an examination of an Israeli military attack on Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas that killed a number of civilians being sheltered at a United Nations (U.N.) school in Jabaliya on the Gaza Strip in July of 2014. Topics addressed include scrutiny of Israel's tactics in dense urban areas and its use of heavy artillery, as well as the Israeli Coordination and Liaison Administration (C.L.A.)'s role in ensuring that refugee shelters are not attacked.

The article discusses the Israeli military's confirmation that Hadar Goldin, a soldier thought to have been captured during a clash with Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip on August 1, 2014, was actually killed in the battle. Topics addressed include Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments on the conflict, as well as the possibility of reaching a cease-fire agreement.

The article discusses the Israeli government's concerns about the sophistication of tunnel networks leading from Gaza to Israel used by Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas to attack Israel, highlighting Israeli ground attacks on the tunnels as of July 29, 2014. Topics addressed include the design of the tunnels, as well as tunnels discovered by the Israeli military.

The article discusses an explosion at United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) school in the town of Beit Hanoun on the Gaza Strip amidst Israeli government military strikes targeting Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas on July 24, 2014. Topics addressed include civilian casualties from the explosion, the school's role as a shelter for civilians during the conflict, and international efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The article discusses civilian casualties from Israel's military strikes on Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas in Gaza as of July 23, 2014. Topics addressed include Israel's allegations that Hamas uses civilians as human shields by launching attacks near residential buildings, mosques, and hospitals; the legal aspects of urban warfare; and political and diplomatic benefits for Hamas as the number of civilian casualties rises.

The article discusses the Israeli military's ground invasion of the Gaza Strip as of July 21, 2014, focusing on international calls for a cease-fire in order to halt civilian casualties, as well as the discovery of tunnels used by Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas. Topics addressed include skepticism of reaching a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as comparisons of the 2014 conflict to prior conflicts in the region.

The article discusses the language used by both Israelis and Palestinians when discussing the Arab-Israeli conflict and military action in Gaza as of July 20, 2014. Topics addressed include hateful and racist language used in propaganda broadcast through social media outlets, as well as language used by Israeli government officials and the Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas.

The article discusses the Israeli armed forces' ground invasion of the Gaza Strip in an effort to fight against the Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas as of July 19, 2014, focusing on differences between Israel's approach relative to its previous campaigns against Hamas in Gaza. Topics addressed include Israel's strategy of targeting tunnels used by Hamas to store weapons and stage attacks, as well as considerations of foreign diplomatic approaches to resolving the conflict.

The article discusses the escalation of Israeli-Palestinian conflicts following the murder of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir days after the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers as of July 2, 2014. Topics addressed include Israelis' and Arabs' reactions to racism in Israel and the West Bank, as well as efforts to prevent the further escalation of violence.

The article discusses the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in June of 2014, highlighting allegations that the militant Palestinian group Hamas was behind the kidnappings. Topics addressed include escalations of violence in the West Bank as a result of the kidnappings, as well as the reactions of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The article discusses a security crackdown in Israel following the kidnapping of Israeli teenager Naftali Fraenkel and two other teenagers as of June 29, 2014, focusing on the implications in terms of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Topics addressed include the attitudes of Fraenkel's mother and the mother of a Palestinian teenager who was killed while confronting Israeli guards, as well as support for efforts to recover Fraenkel.

The article reports on the vow of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to help catch the kidnappers of three Israeli teenagers in 2014. According to Abbas at a conference of Islamic leaders in Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority was helping Israel in searching the teenagers while he did not mention the Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyah (Hamas). He added that they did not want to go back to the destruction or anarchy that occurred in the second intifada.

The article discusses Pope Francis' invitation to host a prayer summit and peace discussion between Israeli president Shimon Peres and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict as of May 25, 2014. Topics addressed include Francis' trip to Palestine and Israel, as well as some doubts that the prayer summit would lead to any significant change.

The article discusses Pope Francis I's planned visit to the Middle East as of May 21, 2014, highlighting his plans to express support for a sovereign Palestinian state and to travel directly into the West Bank without passing through Israel. Topics addressed include the Vatican's denial of any political reasoning behind the pope's itinerary; his plans to visit Jordan; and his plans to meet with refugees and deliver a Mass in Manger Square, Bethlehem.

The article discusses Judge David Rozen of Tel Aviv District Court in Israel's sentencing of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to 6 years in prison on charges of corruption. Topics addressed include allegations that Olmert accepted bribes regarding the construction of the Holyland apartment complex during his tenure as mayor of Jerusalem, the case's broader implications in terms of efforts to prosecute political corruption in Israel, and Olmert's personality and political views.

The article offers information on Palestinian politician Marwan Barghouti who has been serving life sentences in an Israeli prison.

The article discusses the release of Palestenian prisoners from Israeli jails, a condition of U.S. mediated peace talks between Palestine and Israel. Topics include the post-prison life of former Palestinian prisoner Muqdad Salah, Salah's 1994 murder of security guard Israel Tenenbaum, and the Palestinian Authority's monthly payments and grants to former prisoners and prisoners' families.

The article reports on 60 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip down across southern Israel on March 12, 2014 scrambling thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters. It states that the violence was the most intense barrage since a cease-fire that ended the eight-day cross-border violence in 2012. It notes that Israel revenged with airstrikes on the night of the same day across Gaza that hit two locations with artillery fire. The incident recorded no injuries on both sides.

The article discusses the conflicting attitudes of Palestinians who work for Israeli companies in settlements in the West Bank as of February 10, 2014. Topics addressed include a tension between the economic benefits of salaries paid to Palestinians by Israeli companies and the companies' occupation of land that is contested as part of a possible Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, as well boycotts of companies that operate out of industrial zones in the West Bank.

The article reports on the political and military responses of Israel to ongoing regional destabilization throughout the Middle East as of January 2014. Details are given describing the Israeli military strategy seeking to protect its own borders despite the rise of several different radical sectarian Islamic groups in neighboring countries, such as Iraq and Syria. Focus is also given to the political debate feeding off the regional security trends.

The article reports on the preliminary approval of a bill by Israel's Parliament on January 15, 2014 that would make a crime to call someone a Nazi or any other term associated with the Third Reich or to use Holocaust-related symbols in a noneducational way. The bill imposes a fine of $29,000 and up to six months of imprisonment. Critics state that the proposed law is an infringement on free speech but backers viewed the move as a response to the rising global anti-semitism.

The article discusses peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine as of January 1, 2014, highlighting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand that Palestine recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Topics addressed include Palestinians' resistance to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state due to concerns regarding Israel's Arab population, as well as a lack of consensus on what it means to be a Jewish state.

The article discusses the American Studies Association (A.S.A.) academic organization's decision to boycott Israeli academic institutions in order to protest Israel's treatment of Palestinians as of December 16, 2013. Topics addressed include the influence of the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (B.D.S.) Palestinian protest movement in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Israeli criticisms that the boycott hurts academic freedom.