US secretary to meet with leaders of Israel, PA, Jordan and Egypt; US says first Mideast visit not about restarting peace talks, but rather how to improve life for both sides

Jewish Agency chief and ex-Labor leader receives signatures of 27 MKs, is seen as frontrunner; Israel Prize-winning educator garners 11 signatures; 3 remaining candidates drop out

Jewish Agency chief and former Labor leader is seen as frontrunner, with Israel Prize winner Miriam Peretz, ex-Likud MK Yehudah Glick and others also vying; deadline is midnight

Outgoing president, 81, will undergo further tests and receive medicine, his office says

After worst night of internal Jewish-Arab chaos for many years, capped by brutal mob assault on Arab man in Bat Yam, politicians call for calm and an end to attacks

Leaders horrified as hooligans fill streets, burning, beating, shooting, smashing; Netanyahu says may send army into towns; Bat Yam mob assault on Arab man decried as 'un-Jewish'

President calls for rioters to be brought to justice, denounces 'shameful' silence of Arab leaders; Netanyahu says events 'remind us of scenes from our people's past'

Eruptions of Arab violence across Israel; Lod mayor describes 'civil war’ in Jewish-Arab city, army sent in as police chief calls situation unprecedented

Spokesperson for organization's rights chief urges Israel to allow 'freedom of expression and assembly' on Temple Mount; Rivlin holds an emergency briefing with EU ambassadors

Arab Israeli shot dead amid violent riots by Arab mob in Lod, two Jewish residents arrested; Jewish-owned homes attacked along with school, synagogue, hospital