Israeli Government

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Israeli government minister Uzi Landau likens European leaders' efforts to get Iran to curb its nuclear program to Britain's early “appeasement” diplomacy with Adolf Hitler. (Associated Press)

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Decades of fraught relations between the Israeli government and Bedouin Arabs living in the hardscrabble Negev Desert are coming to a head over a state plan that would expel 30,000 of the nomads from unauthorized tent encampments and shantytowns and move them into some of the country's most destitute towns. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement Sunday about an Israeli government probe of the 2010 Gaza Strip flotilla raid. The military and government were cleared of wrongdoing. Nine passengers were killed in the clash with commandos. (Associated Press)

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Foreign workers and their children gather Aug. 1 in Tel Aviv following the Israeli government's decision to deport illegal migrants and their families. (Associated Press)