Segal was one of the first American film actors to rise to leading man status with an unchanged Jewish surname, making him a trailblazer for other Jewish actors who rose to fame in the 60's and 70's

Kahanist party makes major gains ■ 450,000 votes in double-sealed envelopes yet to be counted ■ Kahol Lavan, Meretz spring back from brink of demise ■ Islamist party enters Knesset

Egyptian official says they hope to use tugboats to refloat the ship and that the operation would take at least two days to unblock the man-made waterway

Sheikh Hamdan, brother of the current ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, had been in poor health for several months

It's not suprising for the Yamina leader to be stuck between Bibi and no Bibi: He's always attempted to portray himself as the 'sane rightist'

The 21-year-old suspect purchased a Ruger AR-556 semi-automatic pistol, a weapon that resembles a semi-automatic rifle, six days before the shooting, according to a court affidavit

With exit polls only revealing uncertainty and a probable deadlock, Netanyahu treads with caution and relies on the common denominator of this next Knesset: right-wing values

The bottom line seems to be that the breakup of the Joint List persuaded Arab citizens to vote with their feet and stay home

As with every election since 2013, Bennett met his fate at the ballot box, left with just seven seats after Netanyahu got through with him, cruelly and efficiently as no one else can do

It appeared to be the first time since September 2018 that envoys from the four mediators - the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations - have met

Lockdowns, quarantines, more than 6,000 deaths, Shin Bet tracking, huge deficits, soaring unemployment and a closed airport did nothing to change Israelis' minds at the polls

Three election exit polls project Netanyahu doesn't have a majority, even with Bennett ■ 450,000 votes in double-sealed envelopes yet to be counted ■ Kahanist party makes major gains ■ Kahol Lavan, Meretz spring back from brink of demise

Mansour Abbas' gamble of breaking with the Joint List doesn't seem to have panned out

Radical characters look likely to enter the Knesset, with far-right alliance Religious Zionism projected to get seven seats

Reform rabbi Gilad Kariv said ultra-Orthodox calls for a boycott against him in election campaign are a rejection and boycott of a large chunk of the Israeli public and half the Jewish people around the world

'There will be many voting for Smotrich, and that's not terrible because it may rescue the right,' says one worshiper at a synagogue

There is still no clear victor in Israel's 2021 election. A fifth election is now a possibility

Paris closed its embassy after evacuating some 50 French and British nationals as fighting broke out in Tripoli in July 2014, and will be reopening following a smooth transition of power after a decade of violence

Israel immediately and without evidence pointed the finger of blame at Iran when oil started washing up on its beaches. But the disaster could have a much less conspiratorial explanation.

Asked about any withdrawal from Afghanistan, where the United States has been at war since 2001, Blinken said a U.S. review of options was underway and he would consult with allies

Israel election 2021: Retailers reported massive traffic at stores around the country when they opened on Election Day

Vaccinated Israelis have increasing options of countries to visit, although things can get complicated with children who are not vaccinated

Mehdi Hasan asked Levy to compare the similarities between former U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel elections 2021: Exit polls and live results updated in real-time in what is seen as a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli army strikes the Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Election Day rocket, which landed in an open area in the city of Be'er Sheva

Flags at the White House were at half staff until sunset on Monday to commemorate the Atlanta shooting victims. They flew at full staff for a few hours on Tuesday morning before being lowered again to mark the Boulder killings

As she approaches 59, the renowned Israeli singer is daring to open old wounds in her new memoir: from a childhood in Iran that included a five-story fall that nearly ended with a kidnapping, to her struggle for survival in Israel as she was forced t...

Iraqi and U.S. officials have said they support a scheduled withdrawal of forces from Iraq, but questions remain over time-frames and the scope of the threat posed by Islamic State

In normal times, Netanyahu would need a strong judiciary more than anything to rein in Kahanist leader, but the criminal proceedings against the prime minister have stripped him of his red lines

Authorities said Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was from the Denver suburb of Arvada and that he engaged in a shootout with police Monday afternoon inside the Boulder store

Finance experts say that the local market has gotten so used to political uncertainty that most election outcome scenarios wont make much of a difference for the stock exchange

Israel elections 2021: Some scenarios are more likely than others, but particularly since by law no polling results have been published since Friday, none are beyond the realm of possibility

Over the past year or so, Israel has seen an incredibly large number of companies reaching unicorn valuation privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more

'It's kind of boring here,' complained one volunteer from the far-right Religious Zionism party, as Israelis vote for the fourth time in two years. 'There's no one here from the left to argue with'

The controversial firm is accused of hacking the phones of dozens of human rights activists around the world as well as journalists from Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television

Israel election 2021: If Prime Minister Netanyahu's haters were to acknowledge his achievements, it would be easier to listen to them when they list the dangers he presents

Authorities have not yet offered a possible motive for the bloodshed, which killed 10 ranging in age from 20 to 65, including an 11-year veteran of the Boulder police force

Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research survey finds that neither Hamas nor Fatah would be able to form a parliamentary majority after the May elections

Some of the Syrian refugees interviewed by Amnesty said they were beaten by metal sticks, electric cables and plastic pipes

Ramat Beit Shemesh is uncharacteristically quiet this Election Day, with residents citing voter fatigue and holiday preparations

The discovery of vast shell middens, aka garbage from seafood feasts, attests that the rising seas as the Ice Age waned didn't wash away all trace of prehistoric societies living by the sea

Unlike previous Israeli elections that saw disinformation spread against Arabs in Hebrew, this time, Israel's Arabs are enjoying bespoke propaganda in Arabic and even Likud wants a slice

Israelis with a 'green passport' or negative coronavirus test will be able to visit Cyprus, and Israelis with negative COVID tests even if they're unvaccinated can go to Greece

A Palestinian official said on Sunday that Riyad al-Maliki's VIP card, a pass granted by Israel to allow senior Palestinian officials to move freely through border crossings, had been confiscated

Despite 'clear violations' of Facebooks policies, hundreds of pages and groups with just under 27 million followers were still active as of March 18, nonprofit advocacy group Avaaz finds

Outside polling places in Tel Aviv and the suburb of Ramat Hasharon, voters see few signs for optimism on Election Day

Frozen in time, the destruction of the Canaanite town of Azekah wasn't wrought by a volcano but by humans, and paints a vivid picture of horror at the end of the Bronze Age

The nightmare we're living in is so deeply rooted that a fifth Israel election is seen as a reasonable scenario, while previous elections show that the opposition loses even when it wins

Right-wing NGO Im Tirtzu says oversight app not functioning, while election committee calls claims an attempt 'to undermine public faith in the election results and in the committee'

Washington, which agreed to withdraw its troops by May 1, is pushing for a proposal that would replace the Kabul government with an interim administration

Bangladeshi officials are investigating the cause of the blaze which reportedly left more than 550 people injured and about 45,000 displaced

With rapid COVID-19 testing, Israel prepares for next phase of reopening ■ Israelis with weak immune systems are more hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID ■ Palestinian Authority launches vaccine drive

Shmuel Shapira was the driving force behind Israels effort to develop its own coronavirus vaccine, and is ending his role as the project encounters delays

From concerns about 'outdated information' during its trial to missteps in reporting data and a blood clot scare, health officials worry that past issues could cause lasting harm to the shot

Even on Election Day, some European-born immigrants are still mulling which right-wing party will get their vote: Likud, New Hope or Yamina

Roberto Jefferson, leader of the Labor Party, or PTB as it is known in Brazil, claps back after Jewish organization condemns his remarks, calling their statement 'clowning'

While polling data does not indicate who will be able to form a government, polling suggests 76 of the Knesset's 120 seats will be held by the right

Haaretz reveals how Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu, Likud officials and their media proxies have been using the Trump (and QAnon) playbook to cast doubt over election results since April 2019

The bloodshed comes less than a week after gun violence left eight people dead, including six Asian women, at three day spas in and around Atlanta

The detailed maps showed the exact boundaries of Israel Air Force and Military Intelligence bases as well as their names

Broad unemployment rate dropped to 15.4% in second half of February from 18.2% in first

Everything you need to know in order to exercise your right to vote in Israel Tuesday

To save the democratic process, on Election Day, Israel's center-left voters should not settle for Sa'ar of Lieberman. They should boost Meretz and Labor into the Knesset

More than a decade ago, Netanyahu vowed he would make Israel among the worlds 15 wealthiest countries by GDP per capita. He didnt even try

A joint study with Israeli HMO Maccabi and the Technion, which included data from 1.7 million Israelis, shows protection against coronavirus peaks 35 days after second jab, at 99.3 percent

From the possibility of a Kahanist in the next Israeli cabinet to a Reform rabbi being elected for the first time ever, here are five crucial characters and trends to look out for on Tuesday

The planned road will encroach on parts of the 50-acre swamp, whose seasonal pools draw a variety of water birds as well as mammals such as foxes and swamp cats

Protesters against Netanyahu reflect on the past months of demonstrations, and the future, as they dismantle their tents near his official residence

Israeli company's deal with Thoma Bravo is expected to provide IronSource up to $2.3 billion in cash

According to newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Civil Administration authorities showed some community members a map of the new village plans for the Khan al-Ahmar community

Smotrich's far-right Religious Zionism party has spotted a possible opportunity to fill the void caused by failing trust in the ultra-Orthodox community's leadership

Hackers post lists detailing names, ID numbers and voting location of all Israeli adults a day before election, blames politicians for using app they call a spy tool

Department of Justice official tells 60 Minutes that there is enough evidence to file sedition charges against some of those involved in the U.S. Capitol assault

The move by Saudi Arabia follows Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels stepping up a campaign of drone and missile attacks targeting the kingdom's oil sites

Ordinary Israelis didn't do too badly during the pandemic year, but the future may not be as bright as Netanyahu promises

The Decisive Decade for climate change is apace and Israel continues to pretend its business as usual despite our unique vulnerabilities to climate change

This week's election is more bad news for the Israeli left, after two years of a near-total collapse of popular support. How on earth did we end up here? Could a new left, committed to full equality for all, still arise?

What internet dating and Naftali Bennett share, how a 'strategic' vote is like a pre-cooked meal, and why a Tel Aviv Party would be bad. The renowned behavioral economist weighs in on the dynamics driving Israel's election

Footage of the assault in the Stamford Hill neighborhood shows a man putting a bag or pillowcase over the head of a woman in Haredi dress before delivering blows to her stomach

Orly Ades says delegitimization efforts have focused on undermining the Central Election Committee and its members ■ Labor warns of attempts to influence vote count

In the 2020 election, voters hoped the Joint List could shape Israel's political agenda. Now, after a split in the Arab alliance and an uptick in gun violence, voters are focused on the basics: personal security, housing and jobs

Prosecutors are looking to gather information and testimony from bankers, bookkeepers, real-estate consultants and others close to the Trump Organization

The danger is not of a coup d'etat, an overnight installation of a dictatorship or a drastic wholesale suspension of civil rights. Rather, it comes in the form of a gradual diminishing and weakening of democracy

Election Overdose podcast, episode 13, one day left: What Netanyahu was hoping to achieve by stalking Bennett, why have there been no debates for 20 years and has Lapid launched his campaign too late?

Biden said last week in an ABC News interview that it will be 'tough' for the U.S. to meet a May 1 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

Hamas, the Islamist militants governing Gaza, have good reason to favor Netanyahu, despite the damage he has dealt to the Palestinian cause

A deep dive into Israeli-Iranian naval war

Ein Matzav protest movement members say they are shifting focus to increasing voter turnout, while a statue of a demonstrator put up at the nearby Paris Square is once again removed

A renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, Saadawi's writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society

Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi of Egypt and Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman hope to use new cities to transform their countries. Don't count on it

With rapid COVID-19 testing, Israel prepares for next phase of reopening ■ Israelis with weak immune systems are more hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID ■ Palestinian Authority launches vaccine drive

Israelis head to the polls on Tuesday, for the fourth time in two years ■ Military announces West Bank closure on Election Day ■ Activists take down anti-Netanyahu protest encampment