Ski resort closes to visitors, as rare springtime storm hits northern and central Israel, foiling many vacationers' plans for holiday trips

High Court issues injunction against Tel Aviv municipality building a homeless shelter on top of an Ottoman-era cemetery

Pilgrims get rare opportunity to crawl up Holy Stairs, which according to Christian tradition are stained with Christ's blood and were brought from Jerusalem by Roman Empire

Critics say Volodymyr Zelensky, who is mostly known for playing a politician on TV, lacks experience, but polls still show him cruising to an easy victory over Petro Poroshenko

Groups warns of return to autocratic system as Egyptians go to polls for three days of balloting on letting president stay in power until 2030

Tichon Hadash finishes undefeated run at international tourney in Greece by stunning home crowd with last-second basket

'Diane Arbus: In the Beginning' provides a snapshot of the wealthy Jewish shutterbug who sympathized with the Big Apple's downtrodden, calling them 'aristocrats'

Iraqi leaders say they will not be constrained by US attempts to isolate Tehran and Damascus and are spearheading an initiative to bring Syria back into the Arab League

Yisrael Beytenu head says coalition entry dependent on party sticking to its basic principles on security, immigration and absorption