This marks the first escalation in violence since a cease-fire ended 11 days of conflict between Israel and Hamas last month

Nides has years of experience on both Wall Street and Capitol Hill and has been lauded for his ability to manage and navigate complex diplomatic and bureaucratic situations

According to security sources, supervision of materials entering Gaza is not sufficiently budgeted or staffed, and Hamas has taken advantage of that

With observance of Jewish holidays and a Holocaust museum situated inside a church, Christian Zionist advocacy and influence are growing within Taiwan’s religious community

Nachman Shai pledges to work for equality, saying Israel must mend a rift that has developed with Diaspora Jewry over Israeli religious policies

Sources in the governing coalition say the move is meant to enable the new ministers and Knesset committees to start their work without delay