In the recent flare-up of violence with Gaza, both Israel and Hamas racked up successes and failures. But it's still the Palestinian terrorists who decide when the fighting will start and when it will end, and Israel must change that equation.

Democratic House speaker tells Washington Post Israel is 'one of the greatest accomplishments of the 20th century.' Jewish state celebrated 71 years of independence on Thursday.

“The people of Israel have attained the pinnacle of their existence," wrote Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, just one day after officially declaring the State of Israel’s independence. The item will be put up for public auction next week at the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem.

Museum authorities at the former Nazi death camp have protested to an online vendor that was selling miniskirts, pillows and other items bearing photos of the camp, where some 1.1 million people were killed during World War II.

Unchained, and yet somehow tethered to a Jewish and regional past, today’s Israeli cuisine blends European, Arabic and Asian traditions in a visual audacity that erases taste borders.