Senior official Khalil al-Hayya also defends participation of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the funeral of slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani

Network surveys see Blue and White edging ahead of Likud, but neither camp able to muster 61 seats without Avigdor Liberman, even if extremist party somehow makes it into Knesset

Israeli officials tell TV station there has been 'progress' in talks to secure freedom of Naama Issachar, 27, imprisoned in Russia on drug charges

32 deaths reportedly linked to aggressive strain of virus since start of season, almost double total for all of 2018-2019 season

Young people trafficking in the drug, which is legal in Israel, arrested in Vienna, Copenhagen, London; were likely paid by criminal groups in Israel

40 years after his death, Helmut Kleinicke, who kept mum about sheltering and helping Jewish laborers avoid deportation to death camps, designated as Righteous Among the Nations

New permanent exhibit at Berlin site, where Nazis plotted genocide of the Jews while sipping cognac, aims to attract wider audience, director says

Government Accountability Office says 'the President is not vested with the power to ignore or amend' funding approved by Congress