PM praises far-right Almog Cohen as a 'warrior,' confirms waiving tenure requirements to allow newly minted Likud member to run; Olympic medalist Oren Smadja joins Erdan's party

Whatever Israel Katz may want to believe, Iran's leaders are not cowering, and Israel will not defeat its enemies by endlessly blowing things up; Netanyahu should know better, but he's in full-blown denial mode

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey aren't going to go to war for each other. But they do want to show the US and Iran that they are ready to lead in a region they see as destabilized by Jerusalem

Protesters sit in front of traffic on stretch of Route 4 outside of Bnei Brak; soldier escorted to safety by police after mob surrounds him, calls him 'f--k up,' in Givat Shmuel

PM, who reportedly caught wind of the intraparty coup and quashed it, is said to view next week's primary as opportunity to settle scores and weaken the tech millionaire

WSJ says intelligence from Israel indicated that Iran planned to take down plane with shoulder-to-shoulder missiles, with Rubio and other aides remaining on board despite threat

IDF says it mistakenly launched interceptor toward troops in southern Lebanon; no injuries * Army says Gazans crossed ‘Yellow Line’ and stole pipes, shots fired at them yielded no confirmed hit

Closed borders and antisemitism made the country's musical genesis story all the more unlikely, but as a newly translated book shows, perseverance and luck helped make history