The defense establishment credits improved intelligence, IDF and PA security services operations and educational activities at Palestinian schools for the recent decline in terror attacks.

As a former combat medic, I'm dismayed to find the Israeli army under attack and vulnerable from a direction in which its defenses are being stripped weak: the Israeli right.

Eight Jewish visitors were removed from the contested holy site for violating visitation rules by bowing down and praying.

While Israel is naturally interested in the next president's policies, it is even more concerned about whether the winner will be able to maintain global U.S. leadership.

Arrests follow detention of nearly 100 in pre-dawn house raids in downtown Cairo, a popular hangout for young, pro-democracy activists.

The death of one woman was initially ruled an accident, but DNA testing and cell phone tracking led police to Fyodor Beshnery, 26, of Haifa. The investigation has since expanded to include other cases.

Magistrate orders Rabbi Eliezer Berland be kept in a single cell and that his wife and assistant may bring him kosher food twice daily.

Following a successful run last year, the Gluteria – chef Eran Zino's gluten-free restaurant – will open its doors for nine days during Passover.