Bank of Israel says economic damage of latest closure actually expected to be somewhat less than previous ones, due to more lax restrictions and schools staying partly open

When Jews started helping people in Syria who had been their sworn enemies for decades, it made me rethink my early prejudices against them

Clalit vaccine chief says army to send in medics to help out; hopes that immunization fever will spread to Palestinian parts of Jerusalem as well

Palestinians celebrate holiday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus with marching bands and other events, but there, and around the world, streets are empty and moods are somber

Amid multiple reports of covert overtures between nations, some analysts see Ankara as seeking to start off relations with new, less friendly US administration on the right foot

Chezy Levy says hundreds of test samples undergoing genetic mapping, additional confirmed cases likely

Private intelligence firm releases photographs of aftermath of Friday pre-dawn attacks attributed to Israel against missile production complex near Masyaf

Ashkenazi and Nissenkorn may quit politics, unsourced reports say, though party colleagues want the foreign minister to take over, and the justice minister is mulling move to Labor