The services sector accounts for 49% of total Israeli exports during this period, its highest level ever. Israel Export Institute chief: Figures reflect the resilience of Israeli exports. Unemployment in Israel fell to 3.7% in July.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN writes to Under Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba, expressing Israel's "extreme concern" about Palestinian terrorist acts targeting children.

Joint Arab List Chairman Ayman Odeh's surprising announcement that he would be willing to join a Center-Left government, sent shockwaves through the Israeli political system, but he's just falling in line with the new trend.

Nickolay Mladenov tells Security Council that violence is taking place “against the backdrop of the complete political deadlock of the Middle East peace process and the lack of any perspective to revive it.”

Tensions between the Jewish state and the Islamic republic are rising at a particularly fraught time: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to project strength ahead of the Sept. 17 elections, while Iran has taken a series of provocative steps aimed at pressuring European nations to provide relief from crippling US sanctions.