The TASE, which went public in August, has lost 40% of investors since 2010. With 447 traded companies at a market value of $215 billion, the exchange has been struggling with delistings and declining trading volumes.

The threat to Israel now is that Jordan is a very unstable partner in maintaining security in the Jordan Valley.

Middle East expert says PA campaigning in east Jerusalem, which Israel bars, may be the "alibi" Ramallah seeks to be able to fault Israel for not holding the elections after all.

Nearly 60 tombstones defaced in cemetery that dates back to second half of 18th century. Slovakia’s Jewish community labeled it an "unprecedented barbaric act."

Part of it consists of $90 million for the US Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which seeks to protect nonprofit institutions, including synagogues.