Housing & Construction may put its African business up for sale ■ First Int’l Bank quarterly profit falls 17.5% on one-time costs ■ Gazit Globe turns in wider loss in first quarter versus a year earlier ■ Disappointing earnings take toll on insurance stocks

Our fertility rate is much higher than elsewhere in the developed world, and it’s rising

Incendiary kites have burned thousands of dunams, causing millions of shekels of damage – and the problem is far from being solved

Israel carries out 30 strikes on Gaza, including attack tunnel ■ IDF says some Gaza rockets are Iranian-made ■ Army: More than 25 rockets intercepted ■ IDF calls incident worst since 2014 Gaza war

Talcum powder was flung over the garbage bins at the Chabad Student Centre Wednesday and offensive letters left at the building

'Hamas has failed – all it can offer is terror. Palestinians in Gaza need real leaders,' U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt tweets

The forces are stationed in Yitzhar, in the northern West Bank, a settlement known for extremism and anti-Arab attacks on Palestinian targets

In Israel, like the U.S., politicians like to silence their opponents, and they disparage citizens and ignore freedom of expression on social media