Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned world powers against making a "historic mistake" in nuclear talks with Iran, as tortuous negotiations approached deadline.

"It's important that there won't be a bad deal," Netanyahu told ABC News on Sunday. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday that France's parliament would be making a "grave mistake" if it recognizes a Palestinian state in a vote on December 2. 

"Do they have nothing better to do at a time of beheadings across the Middle East, including that of a French citizen?" he told reporters in Jerusalem, referring to hiker Herve Gourdel who was executed by his jihadist captors in Algeria in September.

Israel's government Sunday endorsed a proposal to anchor in law the country's status as the “national homeland of the Jewish people,” drawing fire from critics who said it weakened democracy.

"The cabinet today approved a draft basic law: 'Israel the national state of the Jewish people" said a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, one of whose MPs was a sponsor.

Jordan called Wednesday for "restraint and calm" after two Palestinians killed five Israelis at a Jerusalem synagogue in the city's bloodiest attack in six years.

As custodian of the holy places in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, Jordan also urged a halt to Israeli actions at the city's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound that have helped fuel months of Palestinian unrest.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support Sunday for the U.S. fight against Islamic State militants, but cautioned against any softening toward Iran.

"We want them both to lose. The last thing we want is to have any one of them get weapons of mass destruction," Netanyahu said in an interview with CBS Face the Nation.

A bitter feud between Israel's armed forces chief and the head of domestic security hit the headlines Thursday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked them for making their dispute public.

Details of the spat were plastered across Israel's main newspapers after Netanyahu's office issued a statement urging chief of staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz and Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen to stop washing their dirty laundry in public.

Israel's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a draft bill which would ban the free distribution of Israel HaYom, a freesheet which solidly backs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A preliminary reading of the bill was passed by 43 in favor to 23 against with nine abstentions.

Suspected extremists torched a West Bank mosque in an apparent revenge attack Wednesday, as the Palestinian leader and the U.S. top diplomat were to meet Jordan's King Abdullah over the spiraling violence.

Months of unrest have escalated in recent days, spreading from annexed east Jerusalem to the occupied West Bank and Arab communities across Israel, and raising fears of a new Palestinian uprising.

Israeli Environment Minister Amir Peretz said Sunday he is resigning over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's social policies, in a potentially major blow to the stability of the coalition government.

Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Peretz said the state was undergoing "an earthquake in all fields -- diplomatic, social and financial," and accused Netanyahu of acting irresponsibly, a statement from his spokeswoman said.

Stone-throwing Palestinians battled Israeli police in a refugee camp in east Jerusalem Friday as the top EU diplomat warned of a new wave of violence if peace efforts remain deadlocked.

Clashes shook the Shuafat camp for a third straight day with security forces firing tear gas at crowds of youths who set light to tires and rubbish bins.