High school teachers union head says education minister's plan to scrap testing for history, literature, civics and biblical studies will harm students and make them 'ignorant'

A conversation with historian Eric Alterman, whose new book explores critical tension at the heart of US Jewish discourse on Israel and what is missed by debate without listening

IRGC and Quds Force commanders pay last respects to Khodaei; 'We want revenge only,' mourners say; unconfirmed reports say he oversaw attacks on Israeli targets in India, Thailand

Defense minister alters bill at last-minute so that it covers 75% of ex-combat soldiers' tuition costs instead of originally proposed 67%, leading Likud to drop its opposition

Israel's approval needed since Egypt agreed in 1979 peace treaty to demilitarize Tiran and Sanafir; Jerusalem asking Riyadh to take steps toward normalization in exchange

In leaked recording from faction meeting, Regev, Steinitz heard rapping colleagues for second-guessing their opposition to coalition bill covering tuition costs for combat veterans

Idris Abu al-Qian shot during fight involving hundreds of members of an extended family in Hura; police investigate potential connection to ongoing feud within clan

'Concentrated dispersion' - the development of existing residential areas and less urban sprawl - adopted as way forward for building across Israel