Evan Cohen, a tenured linguistics professor and former LGBT rights activist, is expected to return to teaching at Tel Aviv University

Country's much-lauded and decades-old overseas development arm faces uncertain future amid budget shortfall, efforts to bring private sector into game

'Benjamin Philip' says he worked for the Mossad for 9 years, helping to fight the Iran-backed Hezbollah; now he faces deportation to Lebanon and says Israel's nowhere to be found

Statement says joint decision made after 'incorrect' interpretation that prize is political; announcement comes 2 years after Natalie Portman refused to accept award from Netanyahu

PMO reportedly rejects plans to build in Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem due to 'diplomatic difficulties'

Schocken house in Jerusalem's Smolenskin Street, formerly used by music academy, has become part of Prime Minister's Residence without municipality approval

Foreign minister says Heba al-Labadi and Abdel Rahman Miri will be with their families in coming hours; no word on return to Tel Aviv of recalled ambassador

Merkel tells Netanyahu she plans to step up security around community institutions; Rivlin asks his counterpart to take 'uncompromising action' against anti-Semitism

Latest recording follows new claims of abuse by Sara Netanyahu, including forcing employees to stay for unpaid hours at official residence

South Africa-born Evan Cohen last year criticized government's surrogacy law as 'shameful'; has no previous experience in public diplomacy