Netanyahu's request to formalize Drorit Steinmetz as director general of the Prime Minister's Office, even though she is a suspect in an active criminal investigation, adds to a growing list of investigations involving close associates of the prime minister

Turning the yellow hostage pin into a partisan issue risks desecrating a campaign that struggled to stay above politics. A state commission of inquiry is a just cause that should stand on its own – without retroactively politicizing a symbol that once united a fractured public

The former IDF military advocate general also told police that she leaked the video, showing the abuse of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli prison guards, to fend off a delegitimization campaign against the military prosecution

Iranian officials warned Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that public anger after last month's deadly crackdown has reached a tipping point, and that a limited U.S. strike could embolden protesters and threaten the regime's survival

An impoverished, weak news channel will be unable to do investigative journalism. Their journalistic product will depend on tycoons or politicians who fund their work – which may be driving the communication minister's crackdown on press and strengthen the government's influence in media

Mordechai David claimed 'left-wing leaders' had pressured the police commissioner to have David arrested, saying that the questioning was 'selective enforcement.' Last week, David blocked former court chief Aharon Barak's car, filming himself calling Barack 'Israel's Khameini'

The Portland Trail Blazers forward, enjoying the best season of his career, was not named to the All-Star starting lineup despite finishing with 2,202,605 votes – ahead of players including LeBron James and Kevin Durant – but was chosen as a reserve by the league's coaches