Israel

Higher number of Palestinians killed in West Bank this year

Three times as many Palestinians were killed in the West Bank in 2013 as in the previous year, according to an Israeli human rights watchdog.

Israeli women between the ages of 20 and 33 will be eligible to receive government-funded abortions in 2014.

Unlike the Ethiopian Jews who arrived in Israel about the same time, Russian Israelis have made deep inroads into Israel’s politics and economy.