Right-wing bloc projected to win 64 seats, compared to 56 for the center-left • Poll supports PM Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that Likud voters are complacent, with the center-left making a stronger showing among people who say they will definitely vote.  

Find marks first evidence of 2,000-year-old Jewish settlement, as the site appears to contain underground hidden passageways used by Jewish rebels around the first century C.E., says Israel Antiquities Authority.

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says Arab states urgently need to modernize irrigation techniques and coordinate water management strategies.

Country's Jewish Council will initially offer a low single-digit number of candidates for consideration, with those selected possibly serving in missions outside Germany, says the German Defense Ministry.

After 37 years, the body of Staff Sgt. Zachary Baumel was brought home to Israel for burial. Benny Gantz saw it as a prime opportunity to complain.