TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The indictment in Washington of a senior American scientist on charges of attempting to spy for Israel is another body blow for the Jewish state as it grapples with mounting international criticism and fears that its leaders could face arrest abroad for war crimes.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Israel's leaders are circling the wagons against international efforts to arrest them abroad on war crimes charges.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009.

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 9 (UPI) -- Israel's military, once vaunted as an overwhelmingly secular institution of the Jewish state, is being increasingly penetrated by hard-line religious groups bent on waging a holy war against Arabs, according to critics.

UPI Almanac for Monday, June 22, 2009.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, April 30, 2009.

WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- Jordan's King Abdullah, who met with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington last week, warned that unless headway was achieved in the dormant peace process, the Middle East could be heading toward renewed open conflict.