The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) come in to action, intimidating people and bulldozing a space where they can build their first command post.

COMMENT: Israel's settlements are no obstacle to peace, despite what New Zealand's UN Resolution or President Obama say.

COMMENT: New Zealanders deserve to know why the issue of settlements has become so challenging, and why it came before the council in December

Prime Minister Bill English has defended New Zealand's sponsorship of a UN resolution on Israeli settlements - and has received the backing of Labour leader Andrew Little.

New Zealand needs to show Israel there is a cost of continuing war, by refusing to accept imports or Israeli visitors from the occupied territories.

The major obstacle to a Palestinian state is not settlements.

The Israel Defence Force sergeant was found guilty of shooting a 21-year-old Palestinian

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has given his first interview since his electorate office was vandalised in protest at a UN resolution against Israeli settlements.

Hawke's Bay protesters travel to Wellington to vent fury at UN resolution.

In protest at an "outrageous" United Nations resolution, busloads of Hawke's Bay residents will travel to Parliament today to condemn

COMMENT: Sustaining the UN's declaration is the long-standing belief in the evolving justice to the two-state solution.

John Kerry, the outgoing US secretary of state, has issued a desperate final warning.

COMMENT: New Zealanders should be proud of the role their country played in getting the Security Council, after years of inaction.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says settlement growth in Israel means the prospects for a diplomatic solution are being "narrowed".

Israel's administration doesn't have any more sanctions planned for NZ after recalling ambassador Itzhak Gerberg and blocking NZ's ambassador from travelling there.

McCully was reportedly warned of a "declaration of war" if the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning Israel's continued settlements.

COMMENT: Israel faces an international backlash but NZ has much to learn about innovation from the plucky nation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

A father in Arizona went to check on his crying toddler in the early hours of the morning and found a stranger in his house.

More than 60,000 people from Israel's northern city of Haifa were evacuated from their homes Thursday and yesterday.

Nachum Schwartz is living his dream in a trailer on a windy hill, raising his children and a flock of sheep, as one of the chosen ones.

Watch NZH Focus: A Kiwi marathon swimmer has set a world record as part of a group who became the first people to swim across the Dead Sea.

NZ's foreign minister is making one last push to get a Security Council resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

Green MP Marama Davidson has been released by Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv and is on her way back to New Zealand.

Green MP Marama Davidson is among a group of 13 women detained by Israeli authorities while in a flotilla trying to get to Gaza.

Israel has approved 284 housing units in the West Bank, drawing a US accusation that its policies could expand settlements in an "unlimited way".

COMMENT: Concerns about the game from Iran, Russia, Israel and China may are by no means unfounded on technical grounds.

Critics on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict blame social media for violence and hate.

Israel is increasingly being seen as a role model for entrepreneurship.