Critics of the idea say it's a tourist trap that turns Jerusalem into 'a cheap amusement park with tourist attractions like in Disneyland'

The answer lies with Israel’s widespread use of political appointments: Studies show they lead to bad government, but ministers seemed determined to make the situation worse

Something borrowed, something Lent? The custom seems to have arisen in 13th-century Italy, as masquerade festivities escalated into the traditional Christian feast day of Shrove Tuesday

The American Academy of Motion Pictures has grown weary of films about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Netanyahu recommended for the job Italian-born Johanna Arbib, the president of the Jerusalem Foundation, a non-profit that promotes social and cultural projects in Israel’s capital

A government is obligated to protect the rights of those subject to occupation. Ayelet Shaked is making it hard

The boy was found dead in a car near a train station with signs of violence on his body. The preliminary investigation says it's murder

The interior and justice ministries believe that the ruling may force the state to reopen asylum requests by thousands of Eritreans, leaving the state unable to deport or imprison them