This is the first U.S. comment on PM Bennett's plan to push for more than 2,000 Israeli settlement homes in the West Bank

Ten other countries, including Israel, have announced that they will boycott the UN conference, known as the Durban conference

A continued rise in COVID figures comes as the country is expanding its vaccine booster campaign to people aged 50 and up

The third COVID dose will also be given in Israel to people with disabilities, psychiatric patients, and other high risk groups at a younger age

The resurgent Taliban are estimated to hold over two-thirds of Afghanistan, weeks before the end of the U.S. military mission some 20 years after its invasion

As Israel's northern border heats up, army intelligence is forced to disentangle a complicated tangle of power brokers and interests between Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Force

Bennett might succumb to pressures regarding a lockdown, despite his previous objections ■ Meanwhile, Netanyahu is more interested in criticizing the new PM than in paying for his own hotel