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"At least five people were critically injured in the assault, which occurred about 20 kilometers from the Israeli city of Eilat and close to the Israeli-Egyptian border, and Israeli soldiers exchanged gunfire with the assailants, described by the IDF as 'terrorists.'"

As the Knesset plenum holds a special session today, protesters and police are clashing outside. Some protesters tried to break into the Knesset to heckle the politicians.

Israel's army is planting new land mines along its border with Syria in an attempt to dissuade protesters from rushing into the Golan Heights, according to a report in an Israeli military magazine.

JERUSALEM -- Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into streets across the country Saturday for a fourth consecutive week, exanding their protest movement against the nation's high cost of living from major central cities to smaller ones in outlying areas.

"JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- US representative Steny Hoyer(the Democratic Whip of the House of Representatives) said Wednesday that the Obama administration would use its veto at the UN Security Council if Palestinians move forward with a bid for recognition in September." "Meeting with Israel's president Shimon Peres, Hoyer handed over a signed resolution affirming "unyielding" support for Israel and calling on the Palestinians to return to negotiations, The Jerusalem Post reported." "In response, Peres said he would "never forget this bi-partisan support"...neither will we.

Campaigners vow 'more pressure and more people' after 300,000-strong demonstration across country

Israel’s benchmark stock index plunged the most in almost 11 years after Standard & Poor’s lowered the U.S. credit rating and amid concern the widening sovereign debt crisis in Europe will stall global growth.

More 300,000 people gather in Tel Aviv Saturday night for one of largest protests in Israel's history; some 30,000 rally in Jerusalem, tens of thousands demonstrate elsewhere. Student leader: We demand change

Demonstrators march in Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Kiryat Motzkin to protest high cost of raising children; 'stroller march' organizer rejects Treasury's claim that free education for children aged 10 and over is unreasonable.

"It is hot on August afternoons in Tel Aviv and even beneath the shade of the trees that line the elegant Boulevard Rothschild the air is sultry and still. But something is stirring in the summer heat."