If there is anything we have learned from the political logjam crippling the government is that Israel’s current electoral system has landed the country in this mess and therefore it is time to seriously consider changing it.

"Despite America's pressure and its imposed sanctions on our oil exports, we still continue to sell our oil by using other means. They have failed to bring our oil exports to zero as planned," says Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri.

Online retail giant comes under fire for featuring merchandise bearing the images of the Nazi death camp. Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum says the merchandise is "disturbing and disrespectful."

"Within 2-3 weeks we will open the wells and start to supply the gas, Before the end of the year we will start supplying the domestic market, and in the weeks right after that we will export to Egypt and Jordan," says vice president for regional affairs at Texas-based Noble Energy.

Ismail Haniyeh is slated to meet with Egyptian officials in what Gaza officials said was a potential sign of stepped-up efforts to shore up the Cairo-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.