In first public comments after Israeli elections, US president says his administration is evaluating options 'to make sure that we don't see a chaotic situation in the region' following PM's rejection of two-state solution and subsequently backtracking.

In the 1960s, Israel's external security service found itself in a compromising situation when it was asked to help carry out an assassination by a secret ally, that later sent shockwaves through the country's highest echelons and whose effects are still felt today.

Source says Major-General Herzi Halevy to fly to US to familiarize himself with counterpart agencies, despite tensions between Obama and Netanyahu over Iran.

Israeli-Arab journalist also to participate in ceremony marking Israel's 67th anniversary, this year dedicated to 'groundbreaking Israelis'.

'Every New Yorker is feeling this pain right now,' says Mayor Bill de Blasio after Brooklyn fire kills 7 children of the Orthodox Jewish Sassoon family; Mother Gayle and her teenage daughter Sipora remain in critical condition - the only ones to survive the fire.

J Street director Jeremy Ben-Ami says US should support UN Security Council resolution for ending conflict, slams Netanyahu for 'fear-mongering and scare tactics tinged with racism."

Six members of Hamas were arrested after forming a terror cell in the West Bank, found with explosive materials; meanwhile, IDF holds massive Gaza-area drill.

Dan Shapiro said that the US has no choice but to reexamine its policy towards Israel after comments made by Netanyahu at the end of his campaign differed from Israel's fomer stance on the two-state solution.