Hassan Sarbakhshian spent almost two years between 2006 and 2008 among the Jewish communities in Iran, but when he submitted the book to Iran’s Culture Ministry for publication, he ran up against the country’s pervasive anti-Zionist culture

Iranian-armed terror group dominates Lebanon's politics and plays instrumental role in spreading Tehran's influence throughout Arab world, but lately also faces deep criticism on multiple fronts

After the opening of the school year was shrouded in uncertainty for weeks over wage disputes, schools across the country opened their gates, welcoming students back from a long summer break

Palestinian health ministry says men pronounced dead on scene in two separate Israeli raids; IDF views claims they were killed by Israeli fire with suspicion; military says six wanted persons arrested in counterterrorism crackdown

Eitan Fichman's sister Shira says he 'kept the family strong' after the loss of their sister Efrat; family says agreed to autopsy of body of soldier, who was otherwise healthy, but postmortem not carried out due to lack of available doctors

Security Council expresses concern at recent installation of 'containers' along UN-drawn Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel that restrict the UN force's access and visibility; U.S. envoy implies Hezbollah at fault

Country's Civil Aviation Authority says airfield closed for maintenance work; watchdog says Israel fired four missiles targeting runway and nearby warehouses which likely contained shipment of Iran rockets

Call delayed by a week after Ukraine president expresses anger at Israeli failure to participate in international diplomatic form in support of Ukraine and its sovereignty over Crimea; Kyiv envoy says Israeli policy on Ukraine 'baffling'