Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are among the far-right members of the committee, which will devise policy on combating violent crime wave in Arab community

'With me, they won’t shut down roads,' says Yoram Sofer, who recently ordered a crackdown on demonstrators outside Netanyahu residence in Caesarea

Interior and Health Minister Moshe Arbel meets counterparts in latest of several high-level visits, as ties between nations deepen; also inks deal for cooperation in health field

Made up of mostly US-born Jews, the squad ranked 2nd in Europe coming into the tourney; its small but growing number of sabras indicates the sport is catching on in Israel

Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, slated to meet both political and military leaders and discuss 'constraining Iran's destabilizing behavior'

Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Iran to meet his counterpart, reportedly asks that briefing be relocated because of picture of slain Revolutionary Guard general on wall

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu receives wide criticism for comments accusing Amir Yaron of 'sullying Israel's name abroad and harming the credit rating'