Axe-wielding Palestinian killed trying to enter Israel It was the second time in two days that Gazans breached the border fence.
Major department store in Japan bans wine from Golan Heights at special event The Daimaru chain said it feared protests from activist groups at the fair celebrating Mediterranean cuisine.
Proposal to overhaul conversion in Israel would remove control from Chief Rabbinate The proposal, which also would recognize non-Orthodox conversions abroad, was met with opposition from haredi Orthodox and religious Zionist rabbis.