While Clinton would certainly look presidential standing among world leaders, the downsides of heading to Israel in the heat of her campaign outweigh the advantages significantly.

Alongside Obama and Peres' family, only three Israeli politicians will eulogize Israel's elder statesman, all three from the Likud.

Diplomats warn that actions of ministry other than the Foreign Ministry are in potential violation of British law.

The eighth century find at Tel Lachisch, in southern Israel, is the first physical evidence of biblical accounts of King Hezekiah's battle to abolish idol worship.

Israel and Bahrain have no official diplomatic ties. This is the first reaction to Shimon Peres' death by a leader in the Arab world other than Abbas.

The courts' severe handling of Olmert's cases means police don't need suspicion of a mega crime to go after Netanyahu.

Yitzhak Gabay gets another four months behind bars, for a total of 40 months, as the Supreme Court rejects his appeal and finds for the state which found his punishment for the November 2014 attack too lenient.

In Ofra, a settlement near Ramallah, residents hand out photographs of Peres planting a tree there at the time of their founding 41 years ago.