Despite embrace of mask wearing and social distancing, Haredi neighborhoods hit hard by second wave of coronavirus pandemic

The PM claims there is a wide-ranging conspiracy against him, but his opponents assert that his populist rhetoric is undermining trust in democratic institutions

Senior official accused of making 'explicit threat' to silence the premier after responding to his attacks on law enforcement and the judiciary

Movement for Quality Government asserts Likud-Blue and White coalition cannot proceed without publication of Netanyahu's conflict of interest disclosure

'Sapiens' author says current affairs are more important now than ever, as the world undergoes the largest social experiment in modern history

Newly elected to the Joint List, self-described feminist Iman Khatib-Yasin has widespread support from both sexes as she accuses the Jewish state of the ultimate sexist suppression

Blue and White could position itself as a responsible opposition by backing PM's virus crisis management, and fighting him on everything else. It could always depose him later

Sebastian Kurz says Israeli PM warned that Europe was underestimating the threat, urged him to 'wake up and take action'

State Department report also highlights party's controversial ads targeting journalists and its efforts to 'dissuade Arab voter turnout' by installing cameras at polling stations

Despite Netanyahu's apparent inability to form a governing coalition, chancellor feted 'clear election victory'; so far no word from Trump or Modi