'I think I found out that I was Jewish in my late 20s. I didn't know,' told the singer who was raised Catholic and is now a practicing Buddhist during a PBS interview

Two days after blocking the abolition of the reasonableness standard, Israel's top court also quashed the law meant to deprive the AG of the legal option of declaring the prime minister unfit for office. At least for the duration of the war, Netanyahu's planned putsch against Israeli democracy has been stopped thanks to the liberal majority on the bench

Wild yaks happily thrive as high as 6,000 meters above sea level, reveling in freezing, low-oxygen, high-solar radiation conditions, a new paper explains. Cows do not. The hybrid yak-cow, though, is hardy and productive – which means both in meat and milk – at medium elevations

The magazine, read predominantly by a religious-Zionist audience, received a strongly-worded letter from the Courts Administration legal adviser, arguing it may amount to 'incitement to violence'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have asked his ministers to shut up and stop saying stupid things about Gaza. Instead, he ignored and even encouraged them. He welcomes the frivolous South African request to the ICJ because it vindicates his 'The world is against us and it's not my fault' narrative

In this unusual tour of Kibbutz Be'eri, which was destroyed by Hamas three months ago, the visitors are also the main victims: 'This is my first time at Be'eri since October 7. It's difficult for me to be here after everything we've been through'

Zeev Engelmayer is best known for his activist character Shoshke, who until October 7 was a familiar figure at anti-government protests. Since Black Saturday, though, he has been drawing daily postcards reflecting both his hopes and fears over the war, especially regarding the hostages held by Hamas

Biden administration has been criticized by some former U.S. officials and members of Congress for failing to respond with adequate force to the Houthi aggression