The holiday we know today began as two distinct ones, one for nomadic herders and one for farmers. Neither involved Egypt.

Lopez, 49, will play at Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on August 1

'Sufficient numbers of Israelis believe Netanyahu is the nation’s indispensable man,' Time columnist writes in entry on Israel's newly reelected premier

366,016 votes went to parties that did not pass the electoral threshold, amounting to 8.49 percent of all valid votes

Danny Danon says Israel has no intention of annexing major Palestinian cities, but only places where there is majority of Jews

But there's one obstacle in Aviv Kochavi's way

Thanks to MK Issawi Freij, tens of thousands of Arab citizens voted for Meretz, and it passed the electoral threshold

'Increasingly, Americans associate religion with the Republican Party — and if they are not Republicans themselves, they turn away from religion,' said a political science professor