Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana is criticized for saying that if he could push a button to "send Arabs to Switzerland", he would.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks ahead of a visit to the region by United States President Joe Biden.

Israeli officials view PLO Secretary-General Hussein al-Sheikh as "a very, very positive player in the Palestinian arena," says Michael Milshtein, an Israeli expert on Palestinian affairs.

In the runup to the now-ditched decision to join the convention, Israeli policymakers said they would add their own interpretation, in what Dr. Yona Cherki says is misleading and dangerous.

The university says it recognized the two-time Academy Award-winner, who splits his time between Tel Aviv and Hollywood, for his “critically acclaimed cinematic success as a writer, director, and actor."