'The prime minister has declared war on democratic Israel,' an opposition lawmaker said after the Netanyahu government said it would not uphold a recent High Court ruling. Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs said the decision did not defy the ruling but offered 'sharp criticism' of it

Secular residents and customers from the area arrived at the new café to prevent ultra-Orthodox men from entering the premises amid repeated confrontations throughout the day. 'I feel this will happen again next week, and we will prepare for it,' the owner told Haaretz

Wiam Faisal, 17, died Saturday after the shooting in which Jonathan Khoury, 18, was killed; another young man remains hospitalized in serious condition as police investigate the incident in northern Israel

What brings a young Israeli, someone serving in a combat unit, to torture a man by tying him to a pole? Did he wrong them somehow? He's their age, after all. Did they think about his life or his dreams? About his past, present and future?

The Armenians deserved this recognition a century ago. They receive it now not because historical truth finally prevailed, but because it briefly became politically expedient: one more truth spoken as a lie by the reckless government of Benjamin Netanyahu

Most of Iran's population has known no leader other than Khamenei, whose mass-mourning ceremonies began Friday. That same public is waiting to see who is actually making decisions, and whether the new leaders will succeed in turning Iran into one of the world's central players