Refusing to concede, rival Ofer Berkovitch claims 'many irregularities' and says soldiers' votes yet to be counted ■ Leon is politically close to the defense minister and was Netanyahu’s director general

Ultra-Orthodox communities are increasingly divided, with a small but growing number of young people openly defying their rabbis and voting for non-Haredi candidates – with major implications for the Diaspora

Director and cast vow to honor memory of Chaim Tukachinsky, who died in hit-and-run incident in September

Arrested three times in her native Iran, London-based Golazin Ardestani refuses to apologize for her music or lifestyle – or collaborating with Israeli songwriter Idan Raichel

The change in tune seems like a bait-and-switch to many Jewish Minnesotans; she was directly asked her stance on BDS at an August primary debate held in a synagogue

The State Department also designated the son of Hezbollah's leader a terrorist and blacklisted Al-Mujahidin Brigades, which it said had links to Hezbollah and had plotted a number of attacks against Israeli targets

The sultan, who is not likely to pay a domestic price for the Netanyahu's visit, is trying to promote an arrangement that will cool off the Israeli-Palestinian crisis while keeping a distance