Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu becomes welfare minister, his 4th portfolio in addition to prime minister

Netanyahu took the welfare post in the wake of Haim Katz’s resignation over charges of fraud and breach of trust.

Tourist pays $2,800 for shawarma platter in Jerusalem

The owner said the transaction was a mistake, but a former employee told an Israeli television station that it was a scam.

Argentina’s former president under fire for ‘consuming oranges from Israel’ comment

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, now a VP candidate, was indicted in office for allegedly covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.

Israel’s president remembers murdered yeshiva student Dvir Sorek at start of school year

Zehut Party votes to approve deal with Netanyahu to drop out of elections

Netanyahu says he will extend ‘Jewish sovereignty’ over all West Bank communities

Saeid Mollaei reacts after a victory at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Aug. 28, 2019. (Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)

Iranian judo athlete who threw match against Israeli will no longer compete for Iran

Netanyahu calls for boycott of HBO’s ‘Our Boys’

Hamas and ISIS hate Israel — and each other

A view of Sana'a, Yemen on Sept. 1, 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

In a first, Israel to repatriate Jewish sex offender to Yemen

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