Old-new PM takes calls from Trump, Pence, Orban and Kurz; Modi tweets in Hebrew; Merkel, May and Macron likely awaiting final results

The ultra-Orthodox won big by invoking rabbinic leaders; the secular right-wing that played with racial prejudices did relatively well, while those that didn't fared poorly

Army stops unarmed Palestinians in two separate incidents along the southern border

Tamar Zandberg claims political intervention and discrepancies in the counting process; Central Elections Committee denies it

Dr. Mina Tzemach blames failed exit poll, that gave Gantz's Blue and White 4-seat advantage over Likud, on members of Netanyahu's party who wanted to 'screw over Channel 12'

Expressionist artist was long seen as victim of Hitler's regime after it condemned his work as 'degenerate art'

Judges reject family petition to freeze destruction of two apartments used by Arafat Irfaiya, who was charged in the rape and murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher in February

Vote count as of Thursday morning shows Blue and White getting most votes in middle-class town, long believed to be a barometer of the country as a whole

After dire election results, Labor head says he plans to serve the public 'from the opposition' as an MK, does not explicitly say he'll resign amid growing calls to do so

Official insists only data posted online was wrong, while actual ballot count safe in 'separate and secure server'; says no suspicion that glitches were caused by cyberattack