Israel carried out airstrikes against Syrian targets, but has limited its accusations to the Syrian regime, which it sees as responsible for any attacks launched from its sovereign territory.

Avigdor Lieberman's exploitation of the haredi draft issue to torment Netanyahu means months more deadlock in policymaking and tons of hateful election rhetoric and divisiveness.

The Yisrael Beytenu leader has become the darling of the Left for denying Netanyahu a fifth government. The media will make him a hero.

Over 50 years after the Six-Day War, Russia and the United States are convening a joint security summit in Israel, while Arab states have come to terms with the fact that we cannot be defeated through war or even by a protracted terror campaign.

French government says it respects Iraqi sovereignty, but opposes the death penalty, and the French Foreign Ministry is "intensifying" diplomatic efforts to prevent the execution of its citizens.