Security officials believe that more such cells are organizing in the West Bank with the aim of carrying out similar operations, including now during Ramadan.

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, former World Bank economist, beats Keiko Fujimori by less than 2 percent of the votes.

The officer ran into the fleeing Palestinian gunman, who asked him for a cup of water. The officer left him with his family and went over to the site of the shooting before realizing who the man was.

Archaeologists find rare cache of 2,150-year old silver drachms in Modiin in a crack in an ancient wall. Who dunnit?

General closure begins midnight Thursday and will end midnight Sunday, after the holiday of Shavout, military says.

Prime Minister's Office says Topaz Luk was asked to accompany Netanyahu to site of the shooting but does not explain why others were prevented by police from getting close.

Responding to the arguments of those who make this baseless comparison gives it far more respect than it deserves, but a closer look the motivations behind it reveals a desire not to save Israeli democracy but to turn one's back to it.

Twenty years ago, Haaretz ran a series of reports about the disappearance hundreds of Mizrahi infants, most from Yemenite families, during Israel’s early years. Were they kidnapped and put up for adoption? Had they died and been buried without their parents’ knowledge? Or is there a third possibility?