Generals-turned-politicians accuse PM of exploiting security issues for political gain after newspaper says he planned, and later abandoned, Gaza operation last week

Blue and White leader says he'll tap fellow former IDF chief Gabi Ashkenazi for defense, ex-defense minister Moshe Ya'alon for education, if he forms next government

In prepared messages for use on election day and leaked a day before, potential voters told of strong showing in 'left-wing strongholds'; Likud denies responsibility

Enigma of origins of Bronze Age Levant's tin supply solved through isotope and chemical composition analysis that shows 13th–12th century BCE tin bars likely came from Cornwall

Central Elections Committee dispatching 3,000 camera-equipped observers, with instructions to call the cops if anyone found filming illegally

Security source says PM appeared to be guided by political considerations in pushing for 'far-reaching' military operation last week after rocket fire

Determined not to stand idly by in the face of environmental degradation, animal rights campaigner Miki Haimovich eyes Environmental Protection Ministry

In get-out-the-vote address, leader of the Vizhnitz sect says those who seek to 'destroy religion' are trying to bring another Holocaust, in apparent reference to Liberman, Lapid