The residents of this small Buddhist monastery in California abandoned promising careers and the idea of raising a family in favor of an ascetic existence – and happiness

Family of 60-year-old man said he suffered from hearing loss and likely could not hear the soldiers who the military said he tried to run over

There are issues on which pragmatism, logic and morality give way to populism and ulterior motives. If the moral argument doesn’t sway right-wing cabinet members, perhaps economic ones will

Single-family homes give way to high-rise apartment buildings in West Bank settlements as new 'Greater Tel Aviv' takes form

Palestinian media reports say troops entered just before meeting ■ Palestinian Football Association chief claims soldiers committed verbal and physical abuse

The opposition’s challenge will be to present a vision of equality and openness in the face of the right’s racism and exclusion, as a foundation for Jewish-Arab cooperation that will lead to a change of government

As Netanyahu grapples with those two evils, his top political rival flirts with the right-wing

Israeli army says soldier was wounded after Palestinian approached outpost and attacked him with a rock ■ 37 alleged Hamas activists arrested in Thursday overnight crackdown of West Bank