The site that ancient tradition holds is where Moses saw the Promised Land before dying has reopened to the public.
Iraqi and Kurdish forces are continuing their offensive against Mosul, captured by ISIS in the summer of 2014. But the military campaign is just the start of a much larger battle over control of Iraq's second largest city.
The UNESCO Executive Board's announcement that it would reexamine the resolution passed last week severing Jewish ties to the Temple Mount didn't amount to much. The board passed the resolution Tuesday.
A day after the United Nations marked Yom Kippur as an official holiday, the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural organization voted for a resolution that claims Judaism's most holy sites aren't Jewish at all.
Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Dr. Dore Gold cited "personal reasons" for submitting his resignation on Thursday.
While Israelis celebrated the most solemn day of the Jewish year from Tuesday through Wednesday evenings, Israel Police were busy quelling riots and preventing terror attacks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to rename the Negev Nuclear Research Center after the late Shimon Peres.
A U.N. resolution, along with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, attempt to redefine the identity of Jerusalem, according to an art historian.
Israel Police units countrywide will provide extra security at synagogues, community centers, national parks and other public venues during Yom Kippur and the week-long Festival of Sukkot that follows.
A terrorist from an Arab neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem opened fire from a car at a light-rail stop on the city's Ammunition Hill, killing a woman and wounding five others in the attack and ensuing firefight.