Israeli police agreed to place the woman into a program typically used in organized crime cases after assessing risks tied to her allegations against Tzachi Braverman, a Netanyahu confidant and prospective envoy to London

The directive, stationing police officers mainly in the Tel Aviv District, follows the arrest in the past month of several teenagers, all minors, on suspicion of involvement in two murder cases in Petah Tikva in central Israel and Be'er Sheva in the south

Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2004, warns that the social media videos are 'no laughing matter.' The 78-year-old professor decries Facebook as the 'main culprit'

Surveys by Israel's three main news outlets put the bloc aiming to oust the prime minister at 60, 58 and 52 seats, as former-PM Bennett emphasizes that the alliance will rely exclusively on 'Zionist' parties

In a speech delivered to senior officers, the chief of staff focused on looting in Lebanon, which he described as 'a moral stain on the entire army,' the destruction of a statue of Jesus and soldiers wearing patches with political messages. He promised that he would enforce a series of measures to combat these problems

The spectacle of Palestinians risking their lives for work is not a disgrace, but the result of a system that denies them dignity

Israel has enjoyed substantial international credit for many years. That support is crashing as polls in the U.S. show sympathy for Israel in steady decline, now falling somewhere between support for China and Turkey