Israel

Male Israeli soldiers allowed to ask out of serving with women

Soldiers can request to be excused from any military event that goes against their beliefs, according to a new directive.

Trump’s Israel adviser: Annexing West Bank won’t harm country’s Jewish character

David Friedman, who also is a longtime attorney to the Republican Party's presidential nominee, made the remarks during a recent meeting in New York with the head of a West Bank regional council.

Netanyahu apologizes for comparing Hebron shooter’s parents to fallen soldiers’

Netanyahu told Channel 2 that he did not regret making a supportive telephone call to the father of Elor Azaria, who shot a subdued Palestinian attacker in Hebron in March.