ToI founding editor David Horovitz discusses Smotrich and US-Iran talks as Knesset correspondent Tal Schneider explains why choosing the bar association's chief matters so much now

Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, slated to meet both political and military leaders and discuss 'constraining Iran's destabilizing behavior'

Washington says Jerusalem will maintain military edge and free hand to act against adversaries in the Middle East, report says

Suspects are 'employees or operational agents' of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, long believed to be behind AMIA attack that killed 85, with Iran's help

Meeting to take place in Kazakhstan on June 21, says Moscow; four countries have all played roles in Syrian civil war

Local media says car-ramming attack occurred during memorial for Kian Pirfalak, who was killed in shooting during demonstrations last year

Supreme leader says Tehran not pursuing weapons of mass destruction for religious reasons, urges cooperation with UN watchdog but 'existing nuclear infrastructure' must remain

New alliances thread through Mideast as Syria is re-embraced by the Arab League and Iran signs accords with Saudi Arabia, UAE. This week, we hear of additional looming hotspots

'Firm Hand' exercises include lengthy ground combat on Lebanon front, hundreds of aircraft carrying out mock strikes 'deep in enemy territory,' cyber warfare

Defense minister also threatens to 'send Lebanon back to the stone age' if Hezbollah goes to war against Israel, during visit to Northern Command headquarters for major drill