'In spite of our different views, we stand in strong opposition to the new law,' petition reads, while other liberal U.S. Jews warn new law will cause drift toward BDS camp.

Planned phone call comes after complaints by Palestinian officials that they have failed to establish contact with the Trump administration.

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy's new book, a highly idiosyncratic take on what he sees as the fundamental lesson of Judaism, also offers a surprisingly clueless view of Orthodoxy.

That so few Jews of Middle Eastern or North African origin have advanced in Israeli academia is a sad reflection of systematic, if unintended, discrimination.

But does it mean that a brilliant future is in store for Israel?

If the pilot program is a success and women begin serving toward the end of the year, there could eventually be all-female tank crews.

Muhammad Al-Qiq will begin to take food and water after Israel agrees to let him go by mid-March.

Trump may not herald settlement expansion or end of two-state solution, but could allow Israeli right to dismantle Israel’s democracy.