The standoff follows a bold assault by Islamic State jihadists who broke into Gweiran Prison, enabling an unknown number of terrorists to escape and hold hostages. At least 27 US-backed fighters of the Kurdish-led force have been killed.

While no one knows what Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's political fate will be, MKs Miri Regev and Israel Katz fire barbs at each other, and MK Ofir Akunis warns that internecine fighting "plays into the hands of the bad government."  

IMPACT-se discovered that peace-making was "by far" the top priority discussed in the textbooks that were analyzed.

Experts explain whether the consecutive tremors in northern Israel on Sunday can be seen as a sign of a much larger earthquake to come.