Security source: ‘Our goal is to disrupt the movement of shooting cells’; IDF stepping up activity in area.

Perhaps in his new role Michael Oren could improve relations with the US during the last five months of the Obama administration.

Common feeling among Israelis is that they do not receive effective care in the public healthcare system.

Israeli-Arab MK Tibi: Boycotting is a democratic right, occupation should be boycotted.

The rise of Tim Kaine, long aligned with J Street's worldview, is a significant milestone for the young lobby of a two-state solution.​

Palestinian analyst Jihad Harb: Neither Hamas nor Fatah can afford to cancel this vote.

Sharbafs are sleeping in a tent under the trees on the edge of settlement.

The ruling was noteworthy in light of ongoing pressure to drop the Gaza blockade, imposed in 2007, after Hamas took over from Fatah.