The number of attacks on Israelis dropped sharply in 2009, the domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet said in its annual report on "victims of terrorism" published on Thursday. It said the number of attacks was at its lowest level since the start of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, in 2000. In all, 15 Israelis were killed during 2009, compared with ...

Israel's internal intelligence service urged the public Monday to exercise caution when using Facebook, saying Arabs are trying to recruit spies on the popular social networking site. The Shin Bet security agency warned Israelis against answering unsolicited messages or sharing telephone numbers and other sensitive ...

Israel's intelligence agency has stopped using a detention facility where Palestinians and others were allegedly held in isolation, an Israeli government official told a U.N. torture watchdog Wednesday. Human rights groups say the detention center, known as Facility 1391, may have violated international law and U.N. experts questioned Israel about it at a hearing in Geneva this ...