Col. David Rokani, the master of ceremonies for 34 Independence Day celebrations, is set to retire. He will be replaced by Lt. Col. Shimon Deri.

A new book sheds light on the less glamorous side of Israeli diplomacy: security officer Danny Biran recounts how he searched for his wife through the rubble of the Buenos Aires embassy after the 1992 terror bombing, while consul Stella Rapp tells of how she organized a Seder for an Israeli prisoner in Switzerland; and deputy consul general Rogel Rahman writes of the daring operation to rescue a hostage at the Berlin consulate.

Ken Livingstone was suspended by his own party after saying that Hitler supported Zionism 'before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews.'

After Netanyahu refutes French peace initiative, PLO chairman Saeb Erekat responds, says that biliateral negotiations are 'coercion by an apartheid government.'

A Palestinian tanker truck turned over, colliding with another vehicle. Both caught fire, leading to the deaths of four adults and a child.

Two elderly women about 80 years old were stabbed Tuesday morning on the Goldman Promenade in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Two women in their 70's were stabbed Tuesday morning on the Golden Promenade in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem

Staff Sergeant Tuvia Yanai Weissman, killed in the terror attack at a Rami Levi supermarket last February, along with Col. Yisrael Shomer and Col. Shai Kalpar, received citations.