New Hope's Ze'ev Elkin to receive extra cabinet portfolio, in addition to housing minister nomination. Yamina's Nir Orbach had been target of intense pressure from the right to vote against the new government

The request comes after organizers canceled the parade amid police fears that marching through the Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter and Damascus Gate in the Old City would reignite violence

The swearing-in for the anti-Netanyahu government will take place after the government passes a vote of confidence by Knesset lawmakers

Websites operated by news outlets including the Financial Times, the Guardian, the New York Times, Haaretz and Bloomberg News also face outages

The site where Jesus’ disciplines were born and the birthplace of pre-Roman culture have much to teach archaeologists from the two teams, explains Kinneret College’s Prof. Mordechai Aviam

The leader of U.S. Jewry’s largest organization, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, is optimistic about Israel’s likely new government, but cautions that ideological differences will still distance Americans and Israelis.

The executive is suspected of directing employees to donate to organizations affiliated with former health minister's Ger Hasidic sect to torpedo a reform on labeling food products by nutritional value

Government-sanctioned rape, often does not receive wide media coverage, but many women are assaulted in Syria, Ethiopia and even in the European countries to which they have fled