Development Program removes 35,000 tons of garbage from Wadi Gaza, plans sports and leisure facilities, as clean water flows in from new treatment plant

Palestinians, Jordan and Egypt pan move by far-right police minister, who urges more funds for Jewish settlement in Negev and Galilee to show Israel is sovereign there too

Yisrael Beytenu head says Netanyahu government's subsidies will doom many to remain in poverty; predicts UTJ, Otzma Yehudit will get 'backdoor' funds

Ministers approve adding NIS 60 million to upgrading Western Wall during cabinet meeting held in holy site's tunnels; PM: 'I have some experience, I have passed 20 budgets'

In letter, former senior Bank of Israel and Treasury officials say the planned funding of food vouchers and unregulated schools poses an 'existential threat to Israel's future'

Far-right minister Smotrich hails decree paving way to reestablish settlement evacuated in 2005; US Embassy in Israel says Washington 'deeply troubled' by move

Researching his new book 'Birchers,' Matthew Dallek discovers paperwork documenting a successful espionage effort to thwart an anti-Civil Rights group deemed a threat by some Jews

UTJ head reportedly threatens to thwart passage of budget -- without which government will fall -- unless Netanyahu government okays NIS 600 million ($164 million) more by Sunday