Erdogan can now crush Turkey's democracy – but not the deepening dissent with his rule. His only real means of assuring his pre-eminence is the further imposition of punitive and oppressive measures on civil society

The military courts don’t treat Palestinian children as minors deserving protection: They sweepingly recommend that the children be detained until the conclusion of proceedings against them

Sgt. N, of the elite Duvdevan unit, was convicted of manslaughter, after admitting that the shooting occurred while he was playing with his weapon in the unit barracks

In a Knesset debate on the egalitarian prayer space in the Western Wall, Lawmaker Yinon Azoulay suggests Reform Jews take the money they invest in Israel and 'build a Kotel in the U.S.'

Following the non-fatal stabbing of a nurse, the Nurses' Association shut down health services across the country to protest the violence that they face while on the job

British envoy to Israel relays protest to Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat ■ British Minister of State for the Middle East says 'we are very concerned with this act and its timing'

Nearly-complete fossil foot found in Ethiopia shows young Australopithecus afarensis retained ape-like ability to grip branches

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