Amid warnings of national emergency and Israeli fears over Syria, Aviv Kohavi agrees to Blue and White head's request for update after Netanyahu approves

Official request seeks release of Naama Issachar, who is believed to be held in tit-for-tat over detained Russian hacker wanted by US

Officials tell TV news they are taking 'quiet' action to help Israeli Naama Issachar jailed in Moscow; mother visits her in prison, says she feels 'she's been kidnapped'

Yaffa Issachar says 7.5-year prison sentence for possession of 10 grams of pot is 'very difficult' for her daughter Naama: 'I hope that I can calm her fears'

Israeli officials believe Moscow is trying to stop extradition of Aleksey Burkov to the US by jailing Naama Issachar; but he says 'Russians never leave Russians behind'

Israeli leaders are pleading with Putin to rethink 7.5 year term for woman caught with 10g of pot, held as apparent bargaining chip for Russian hacker Israel is to extradite to US

Naama Issachar, sentenced to 7.5 years for marijuana found in bag on Moscow stopover, widely believed to be held as bargaining chip for Russian hacker imprisoned in Israel

Mandate to scrape together Knesset majority likely to pass to Blue and White chief Benny Gantz in less than two weeks, unsourced report says

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

Merkel condemns attack, expresses 'solidarity for all Jews'; Rivlin: 'stunned and pained by terrible anti-Semitic murders'; Gantz: Berlin must increase fight against Jew hatred